Chapter Thirty-Four: Tracking

  Li Yunfei looked at Lu Xiaofeng's anxious appearance and could only comfort him by saying, "There's no use in being anxious, since I've asked him to stop, there must be a reason."

  Li Yunfei turned around and looked at Meng Wei, then said: "Does Ah Tu know why you want to drive him away?"

  Meng Wei said: "He doesn't know, we just said, don't allow him to beg here."

  The police want to catch a beggar, and they don't need any reason at all.

  Li Yunfei said: "After you find him, don't disturb him, hurry up and tell us."

  "Alright, I'll go right away."

  Lu Xiaofeng said, "Alright, after you find it, don't come here looking for me again. I'm taking Jin Jiulian to see a doctor now. You go look for us at the most famous doctor in this place, Shi Jingmo." Shi Jingmo was the most famous doctor in this place, and Meng Wei naturally knew where he was.

  "Alright, I know," said Meng Wei, and then he thought about leaving again.

  Li Yunfei stopped him again and said: "Don't be in a hurry, now have someone find some dust to sprinkle on the places we just touched. Make sure it's evenly spread."

  Meng Wei nodded and said: "Got it. I'll go do it now!"

  Li Yunfei said, "Oh, and one more thing. Put this box back where you found it, tell the person who was disguised as a beggar to leave, and have someone stay in the neighboring courtyard of this house. If they find anything suspicious, notify us immediately. Go quickly."

  Meng Wei hastily ran out.

  Lu Xiaofeng was very satisfied with Li Yunfei's handling of the matter, and Li Yunfei's handling of the matter was indeed very appropriate, even if Jin Jiulian was still sober. He wouldn't have handled it better than him. Unfortunately, he wasn't a god either. There were things he couldn't anticipate. Shi Jingmo was unexpectedly not there.

  This famous doctor has always been very arrogant and rarely goes out to see patients for others. However, the master of Huayu Xuan is an exception.

  Ye Yifan's eye injury had not fully recovered, and he had also contracted a disease. He kept muttering to himself about his stolen famous paintings. Why do people with more money find it harder to let go of material possessions? Is it because they can't let go that they have money in the first place?

  Li Yunfei couldn't help but think of Huo Xiu, that person who valued money more than his own life. He sighed and said: "Lu Xiaofeng, do you still remember Huo Xiu? This Ye Yifan is similar to him."

  Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but laugh at Li Yunfei's words. Unable to find a doctor, there was no way to treat Jin Jiulian's illness, and if they left, they would lose contact with Meng Wei.

  Lü Xiao Feng suddenly said: "I feel that this matter is full of secrets, I always find it strange, as if this matter is not as simple as we imagined."

  Li Yunfei smiled and said, "Actually, I've had a bad feeling about this for a long time. You didn't notice it, but Jin Jiuling let us crack this case, and in fact, there were some suspicious points in the middle of it all. Many clues that Jin Jiuling himself could have discovered, he deliberately let us help him with. Jin Jiuling isn't just capable of this much."

  Just as Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng were discussing the doubts, Meng Wei came to the door, shouting: "There's a clue! There's a clue! I know where Ah Tu is!"

  Lu Xiaofeng hastily asked: "Where is Ah Tu?"

  Meng Wei said: "That Ah Tu is at his own home."

  Lü Xiao Feng curiously asked: "Do beggars also have homes?"

  Meng Wei said cautiously: "Even dogs have dens, let alone humans!"

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "That's right, people always need a home. A person without even a home is too pitiful."

  This house, however, can only be considered a den. It's an abandoned brick kiln that has been converted into a home. A few holes have been punched in the walls to serve as windows. Since the weather is still quite hot, the broken wooden boards covering the windows won't be nailed shut. And yet, there's actually light coming from inside.

  "Is Ah Tu's man still there?" asked Lu Xiao Feng.

  Meng Wei said: "He's still there, and he somehow got a pot of wine from somewhere, and is now drinking it by himself."

  Li Yunfei continued to ask: "Has anyone come looking for him?"

  Meng Wei said: "Not yet, but there is someone coming over from that side."

  Li Yunfei thought for a moment and asked: "What kind of person is he?"

  "It's a young man, surprisingly wearing a red scarf. Dressed like an official." Meng Wei said: "He's also carrying a yellow cloth package in his hand."

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "Is the person who came a real official or an impersonator?"

  Meng Wei lowered his head and said in an embarrassed tone: "It should be true."

  Not long after he finished speaking, a red-capped official with a yellow cloth package in his hand swaggered up from the bottom of the slope. After looking around for a few eyes, he drilled into Ah Tu's cave. Of course, he didn't see Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng, they were all hiding on a big tree.

  "Should we go in and catch them now?" Meng Wei asked in a low voice.

  Li Yunfei immediately shook his head and said, "No, the person we want to catch is not him."

  Meng Wei immediately understood and asked: "You want to find that embroidery thief from him."

  Li Yunfei nodded.

  Meng Wei said: "The words left on the box are that he wants to go back. Do you think he went back to Gong Sun's side?"

  Li Yunfei nodded and said: "That package must be something someone wants to give her. Now she should have returned to her own nest."

  Meng Wei had no choice but to calm down and wait. Before long, the official wearing a red cherry blossom hat came out again, swaggering along, humming a tune as he walked down the mountain slope. He had finished his task, so he looked extremely relaxed.

  Half a while later, the lights in the house suddenly went out. Ah Tu came out and closed the door made of broken wooden boards behind him. He had two worn-out burlap sacks on his back. The yellow cloth package was obviously inside the sack.

  Lu Xiaofeng thought for a moment and said: "We'll keep an eye on him. Meng Wei, you go back and take care of your Jin Laozong."

  Meng Wei said: "For just the two of you, isn't this also too dangerous?"

  Lu Xiaofeng patted Meng Wei's shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry, we'll be fine."

  The moon is still full, and the moonlight shines brightly on the ground. The evening breeze already carries a hint of autumn. This is indeed perfect weather for traveling. Ah Tu neither took a carriage nor rode a horse. He strolled leisurely in front, seemingly not hurrying at all. Lu Xiao Feng and Li Yun Fei could only hold their breath and slowly follow behind him. Fortunately, it was already very late at night, and there were no other pedestrians on the main road. The three of them walked like this, one after another, on the road. Ah Tu sometimes hummed a tune, sometimes sang an opera. He seemed to be walking slower and slower.

  As time passed, the moon had sunk and the sky gradually brightened. But instead of quickening his pace, Ah Tu actually slowed down, found a tree by the roadside, and sat down at its base. He opened his sack, took out half a roasted goose and a flask of wine, and started eating and drinking right there on the road.

  Li Yunfei clearly saw Lu Xiaofeng's mouth pucker, and his stomach made a series of calling sounds. During the day, Lu Xiaofeng was in a bad mood, grieving for the Snake King, so he didn't eat, but Li Yunfei did, and Li Yunfei had food in his storage ring. He just wouldn't say that he had food.

  At this time, Ah Tu tore off a goose leg and gnawed on it. After taking a sip of wine, he suddenly sighed again and muttered: "Drinking alone is really boring, now if someone could come to accompany me, that would be great."

  Li Yunfei looked at Lu Xiaofeng's expression and couldn't help but feel amused. Li Yunfei still didn't speak, watching as Lu Xiaofeng made a fool of himself.

  At last, A Tu finished eating. He wiped the oil stains on his pants and stood up to leave. Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng followed behind him.

  At this time, Lu Xiaofeng pulled down Li Yunfei's clothes and said: "Look, he still has the thing!"

  Li Yunfei took a closer look and found that it was the roasted goose, the roasted goose had only eaten one leg of the goose, and the rest of the goose hadn't moved at all. This beggar didn't know how to be frugal, obviously he wasn't a real beggar.

  Li Yunfei looked at Lu Xiaofeng's pitiful gaze at the roast goose and asked, "What are you looking at? Let's go, keep following."

  Lu Xiaofeng asked: "Li Yunfei, are you hungry?"

  Li Yunfei said: "Of course, I'm not hungry. I ate something during the day, and you didn't eat. How pitiful! Ah! You wouldn't be thinking of eating that roast goose of his, would you?"

  Lu Xiaofeng perhaps thought of that Ah Tu's body full of ulcers, and couldn't help but say: "Even if I'm starving to death, I won't eat this thing."

  Li Yunfei looked at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "Alright, follow me."

  The sun slowly rose, and the road gradually had people rushing to the early market. Ah Tu suddenly started sprinting on the road, a beggar, no matter how crazy he was on the road, or rolling around, nobody would notice him.