I was a conman in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 779 The Fortune Teller Scammer

Chapter 779 The Fortune Teller Scammer

"Heh!" Wang Wenzhou sneered, and said angrily, "You old liar, you still dare to lie to me! Men, cut off another finger!"

"Yes!" The guard stepped forward, drew his sword, and with a swift stroke, cut off another finger of Du Wenhan's.

"Sigh..." Gao Guiying sighed and shook her head helplessly.

Da Yu'er and Wen Lian Die couldn't stand it either, but no matter how they tried to persuade their nemesis, he was too drunk to listen.

The three children huddled together to discuss what to do with Sheng Lan. They finally reached a consensus: let the man be considered unlucky; after all, their nemesis was in a bad mood. Once they arrived in Hanshan, they would definitely invite several fortune tellers to give the nemesis a proper reading and devise an effective solution.

It's understandable that the children are like this. Compared to modern times, the technology in the Ming Dynasty was really backward, so most people believed in ghosts and gods and were more superstitious than modern people.

Du Wenhan knelt on the ground, clutching his fingers pitifully.

Wang Wenzhou asked coldly, "I'll ask you again, did you calculate that you would die today?"

Du Wenhan had been a con artist for many years. Professional con artists are very clever. Although he was in a lot of pain, he kept thinking about how to answer.

"Hmm..." Du Wenhan covered his fingers and said cautiously, "Reporting to your question, sir, I've calculated that I'm doomed today!"

"Haha!" Wang Wenzhou laughed loudly, "You old liar, you're clever indeed! But you've fooled me again! Guards, chop off my fingers!"

"Snap!" Du Wenhan's third finger was gone.

The children were both amused and exasperated. Their own nemesis got drunk and started acting crazy—wasn't that just asking for trouble? The fortune teller was trying to be kind and helpful, and if the child didn't believe him, fine, but why torture him like this?

Although the girls were not happy, none of them stepped forward to persuade them. They all knew that in this world, probably only the little bitch Liu Rushi and the little bitch Sheng Lan could persuade their enemies, but those two little bitches were long dead.

"Sigh..." Gao Guiying sighed. She genuinely envied Liu Rushi and Sheng Lan. Why were those two little bitches still thinking about them even after they were dead?

Wang Wenzhou looked at Du Wenhan kneeling on the ground and asked again, "Old Du, I'll ask you one more time, can you really tell fortunes?"

"Bang, bang, bang!" Du Wenhan kowtowed three times, his voice trembling with tears, and said, "My lord, I don't know how to tell fortunes! I just rely on my mouth to beg for food every day!"

Wang Wenzhou looked at the babies and complained, "Babies, babies, you see! What bullshit fortune telling, it's all a scam!"

The children looked at each other, exclaiming, "Oh dear, you've tormented me like this, how can I possibly tell the truth?" "Mr. Du, I'm so sorry, please don't be too angry. My dear has just been in a bad mood lately."

Wang Wenzhou beckoned to Gao Guiying and said, "Sister, come here, I want to have a drink!"

Gao Guiying rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou. "You rascal! You're still drinking? You might as well drink yourself to death!"

"Hurry up!" Wang Wenzhou urged.

Gao Guiying quickly sat on Wang Wenzhou's lap with the wine bottle in her hand, took a sip of wine, and fed it to him mouth to mouth.

Wang Wenzhou took a sip of wine and asked, "Old Du, even if you were kicked out of the capital, how come you ended up hanging out with those beggars?"

Du Wenhan dared not lie any longer, and he quickly replied, "After I was driven out of the capital, unfortunately, the silver I was carrying was stolen. I fell ill from anger and lay on the roadside, with no one to care for me. It just so happened that these brothers passed by and rescued me. So, I stayed with them."

"Oh!" Wang Wenzhou nodded, his hand instinctively reaching inside Gao Guiying's clothes, and asked again, "Was it your idea to rob her on the road?"

"Bang bang bang bang..." Du Wenhan kept kowtowing, begging for mercy as he kowtowed: "My lord, please spare me! It's all my fault! It was my idea, and I had no other choice. We haven't eaten for days!"

"Alright, stop kowtowing! You didn't say you hadn't eaten! Jian Fengyu had someone start a fire and cook. I'm in a good mood today, so I'm treating them to dinner!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.

Sheng Lan frowned deeply. "My darling, you're really drunk. You're capable of anything crazy. Can't you give me a break? You don't know how heartbroken I am seeing you like this! No, I absolutely have to find my darling a little bitch who can keep him in check. Otherwise, if he keeps degrading himself like this, he'll get sick sooner or later."

Soon the guards had prepared the meal. Wang Wenzhou, with one arm around Dayuer and the other around Wen Liandie, followed by Gao Guiying, strolled over to the beggars.

By this time, seven or eight beggars had gathered together, wolfing down their food.

Upon seeing Wang Wenzhou approach, the thirty-odd beggars all knelt obediently in fear. These beggars weren't stupid; they knew Wang Wenzhou was not someone they could afford to offend. Moreover, Du Wenhan had secretly told them that this high-ranking official was either a high-ranking official or a general in the court, and they should absolutely not anger him.

Wang Wenzhou quickly said, "Get up, everyone! It's fate that we met. As the saying goes, 'He who feeds you is your mother.' If I give you food, shouldn't you call me 'Dad'?"

"Father!" The beggars immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Sigh..." Gao Guiying sighed. This rascal, he's really being ridiculous!

"Alright, alright! My good sons, get up and eat! We're family, no need to stand on ceremony!" Wang Wenzhou looked around and sat down next to Du Wenhan.

The beggars at the same table as Wang Wenzhou were all terrified, their bodies trembling slightly with fear.

It's not that the beggars were cowardly; it was mainly Wang Wenzhou's behavior just now that was outrageous. Cutting off people's fingers indiscriminately was worse than an animal.

"Hurry up and eat, aren't you all starving? Are you lying to me?" Wang Wenzhou asked.

The beggars were terrified and quickly grabbed their food, wolfing it down.

In fact, Wang Wenzhou hadn't prepared much food on his journey; most of what he had eaten was game hunted by his guards. But for these beggars who had been starving for days, it was all a delicacy.

Wang Wenzhou took a sip of wine with Da Yu'er in his arms, then looked at Du Wenhan and said, "Old Du, you should eat too!"

"Thank you, Father!" Du Wenhan wasn't stupid. Since Wang Wenzhou had recognized him as his godson, he naturally had to immediately curry favor with Wang Wenzhou.

"Hiccup!" Just then, a little beggar choked because he was eating too fast and let out a hiccup.

He choked so badly that he stood up and kept pounding his chest.

Upon seeing this, Gao Guiying picked up the wine bottle and handed it over.

The little beggar took the bottle, drank some wine, swallowed his food, and felt better. He looked up, ready to return the bottle to Gao Guiying.

But when he looked up, he was completely stunned.

Wow! What a beautiful fairy sister! The little beggar was completely dumbfounded! He stared blankly at Gao Guiying, as if he had been frozen in place.

"Fuck your mother!" Wang Wenzhou cursed, pointing at the little beggar.