Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Early the next morning.

When Gu Chan got up, Wan Peng and Wan Feiyan were already wandering around Jiangnan City.

Gu Chan didn't care about them so much. After breakfast, she changed into beggar's clothes, quietly slipped out from the back door of Wanyuanfang, and continued to be a beggar in East Street.

Since Ma Zheng was gone, crosstalk could no longer be performed, and Gu Chan could only stand on the street alone and perform clapper talk.

Her performance of clapper talk alone was certainly not as effective as the two people's crosstalk performance yesterday. By noon, she had only earned about fifty copper coins in total.

This also made her feel quite helpless.

At this time, the mangy dog ​​came over, sat next to her and said, "Where is your friend? Why is he gone?"

"He was kidnapped last night. I don't know who kidnapped him. The man came in with his face masked and beat us up. He said he was stronger, so he took him away. He didn't arrest me because I was too thin." Gu Chan said with a wronged look on her face.

"Damn it, you came to my territory to snatch people, right? Don't be afraid, I will send people to investigate and find out who caught him. When we find out, I will definitely help you get the person back." The scabby dog ​​said angrily.

His first reaction was that other beggar gangs came to him to arrest people. After all, the crosstalk show performed by Gu Chan and Ma Zheng yesterday was very attractive and they earned a lot of money.

In this case, it is understandable that other beggar gangs would want to capture Ma Zheng and use him as a cash cow.

Gu Chan nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble you to help me."

"Wipe your tears and pay your share of the money for today. I will take you to see our gang leader later." The scabby dog ​​urged.

Gu Chan quickly counted out ten copper coins and handed them to him, saying, "Five copper coins are for share money, and the other five are for honoring you, old man."

"You little brat, you're really smart. Let's go!" The scabby dog ​​smiled with satisfaction, patted Gu Chan's shoulder and said.

After saying that, he was the first to stand up and leave.

Gu Chan collected the remaining copper coins in the bowl and put them in her pocket, then followed him away with the bowl in her hand.

Half an hour later.

The two came to a dilapidated temple in the west of the city.

At this time, a group of beggars were sitting around the dilapidated temple, waiting to offer alms to an old beggar sitting in the front.

The old beggar looked to be in his seventies. He was wearing tattered clothes, had a head full of white hair and a thin body. At first glance, he looked like he was about to be buried.

But in fact, the spiritual energy in his body is very powerful, and his whole body is full of energy and spirit. He is by no means as weak as he looks on the surface.

Behind the old beggar stood a shiny and polished Buddha statue, which formed a sharp contrast with him.

Gu Chan followed the mangy dog ​​and sat on the right side of the dilapidated temple, waiting quietly.

Watching the beggars come forward one by one to offer their offerings and then leave in a hurry, she couldn't help but whisper in the mangy dog's ear, "Is he our gang leader?"

"Yes, he is in charge of the Beggars' Gang in Jiangnan City. All of us beggars have to pay tribute to him every day. In return, he provides us with protection. Don't be fooled by his dying appearance. In fact, he is very powerful. Other Beggars' Gang leaders are afraid of him and hope he dies soon!" The scabby dog ​​explained in a low voice.

Gu Chan nodded repeatedly after listening.

While the two were talking, the last beggar paid his alms and left. Only Gu Chan and the mangy dog ​​were left in the huge dilapidated temple, still sitting there.

The scabby dog ​​quickly reached out and pulled Gu Chan up and walked to the old beggar and sat down cross-legged.

Then he took out a bag of copper coins and handed it to the old beggar, saying, "Boss, this is our East Street's contribution this month. Please accept it."

"Hmm!" The old beggar responded indifferently, took the bag of copper coins and put it beside him.

The scabby dog ​​continued, "Boss, this is one of the two kids I told you about before, who suddenly came to East Street to beg. I originally planned to observe them for half a month, but they behaved very well in the past two days, so I decided to bring him here in advance. Please register him as a beggar."

"Aren't there two people? Why is there only one? Where is the other one?" asked the old beggar.

"Another child was kidnapped last night. I don't know if it was another beggar gang outside the city that came to kidnap him. I haven't sent anyone to investigate yet." The scabby dog ​​explained.

The old beggar frowned and shouted coldly, "Go check it out quickly. I want to see which beggar gang dares to come to my territory to rob people."

"Yes, boss." The scabby dog ​​said respectfully.

The old beggar ignored him and stretched out his hand to Gu Chan, saying, "Come on, little thing, give me your hand."

"Okay, boss." Gu Chan said obediently.

After saying that, she stretched out her right hand and placed it in the old beggar's hand.

"Buzz!"

But at the moment when their hands touched each other, the spiritual energy in their bodies secretly collided, causing a slight buzzing sound to suddenly sound between their palms.

The old beggar immediately raised his eyes and glared at Gu Chan, his face changed drastically.

The scabby dog ​​looked puzzled and asked, "Boss, what's that sound?"

"You go out and wait. I have something to say to him alone. No one is allowed to come in and disturb him without my permission." The old beggar said coldly.

The mangy dog ​​nodded in agreement, quickly got up and took his leave, and went to wait at the entrance of the dilapidated temple.

After he left, the old beggar glared at Gu Chan and said, "Little thing, you are too young to try to deceive me, the old beggar with nine fingers. Tell me! Who are you? Why did you try to infiltrate our Beggars' Sect in this way?"

"Old leader, you are really not simple! I can't see through you at all. It seems that your physical strength is far superior to mine. No wonder other leaders of the Beggars' Sect are so afraid of you." Gu Chan said fearlessly.

The nine-fingered old beggar grinned, let go of Gu Chan's hand, shook his head and said, "Go! I won't embarrass you. We in the Beggars' Sect are only trying to make a living, and we don't want to have any disputes with other forces. You and I should just pretend that what happened today never happened."

"No! I want to join the Beggars' Sect just to hear things that others can't hear. You can't chase me away." Gu Chan said with a faint smile.

"What do you mean?" the nine-fingered beggar asked doubtfully.

Gu Chan did not hide it and said directly, "Old Boss, to be honest, I am the Ninth Prince's man. This time I came to Jiangnan mainly to help him raise money for border relief. In other words, I came here to make money under the order of the emperor. Before I can gain a firm foothold, I naturally have to find out the most real details here first."

"So that's how it is. Then I understand. You are not a bad person. We have more to talk about next." The nine-fingered beggar said with relief.

What he was worried about just now was that Gu Chan was sent by other forces to cause trouble in order to eradicate their Beggars' Sect. However, judging from the current situation, he was indeed overthinking.

Gu Chan's background was much greater than he had imagined, and she was not mainly targeting them, so he could naturally feel at ease.