Chapter 238: How to Choose
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I could feel the ambient temperature around me being very low.
Luckily, I went to a ready-to-wear store when I was in a small town and had the opportunity to change into what I was wearing.
In retrospect, this was a wise move!
At least this one will allow me to cope with the situation I am in for the time being.
Still, I closed my eyes and sensed everything around me.
The carriage continued to jolt along the mountain road.
The road conditions are very bad, and it is extremely difficult to walk.
As the wheels swayed, I actually started to fall asleep......
Suddenly, the carriage shook violently, so hard that I almost hit the wall of the carriage!
Immediately after that, the carriage suddenly stopped!
...... Miss Hua took the maid all the way to the door of the restaurant in the center of the town.
But they didn't expect that the timing of their arrival was very unfortunate, and even the upstairs seat was gone.
Under the hat, Miss Hua's face was naturally very ugly.
The little maid stepped forward and asked the young man in the restaurant: "It's not convenient for our young lady to sit downstairs, can you go upstairs to see, maybe there is a private room!" ”
The young man in the restaurant showed an apologetic look, lowered his voice and said, "I'm sorry, it's really gone!" ”
The young man pointed to the full number of guests sitting in the lobby under the restaurant, and said in an affirmative tone: "Look at us here...... There are no more seats at the bottom! ”
Miss Hua looked up, swept her eyes across the lobby of the restaurant with the little maid, and took a closer look.
They found out that the guy in the restaurant was right, there were indeed a lot of people here, and there was a special place.
That is the area around the center of the town, and although the business of other restaurants and restaurants is also thriving, it is not as crowded as here.
No matter how big the restaurant is, it occupies such a small area in the town, and there are many customers, and the number even exceeds those time-honored brands seen in Suzhou City.
What's special is that the restaurant is surprisingly prosperous, and I really don't know where so many customers come out of here.
"It's the right time, and then we have to wait in line to eat."
The young man explained to them.
Miss Hua Jia originally arrived in the town in good spirits, and she was in a good mood on the way out of the inn.
The guards sent out to get things done, and it went exceptionally well, better than she had ever imagined.
When she went out today, she really didn't expect that the business of the restaurant she wanted to go to would be so good, and give her a disadvantage.
In this case, I am afraid that they will have to wait a while to even sit down and eat.
However, the customers who come from the south to the north do not think so, they may feel that the more they have to wait, the more it means that the taste of the food and drinks here is good.
If you really compare the business of those shops on the street, you can see that the same rule is followed.
The flow of people who are thriving in business is more crowded, and in turn, the cold people are more depressed.
The little maid looked at it stunned for a while, and then asked the young man in the restaurant, "Why is the business of your restaurant so good?" ”
The young man's eyes turned to her, and after listening to this, a smile appeared on his face, and he replied in a serious tone: "Naturally, it is because the wine and food taste good." ”
The little maid glanced at him and asked, "Doesn't the war in the Northland affect the business in the town?" ”
Usually people who are new to town will be curious!
The young man thought for a moment and then said, "There are indeed a lot of people who have come during this time. ”
He paused, and then said, "Although the Northland is about to go to war, there are really not a few people coming and going in the town. ”
The young man said with a little pride in his tone: "We don't seem to have much influence here, I'm not lying, you can see for yourself." ”
While talking and waiting, there were more and more guests at the door, as the young man said.
At a glance, there are about a dozen people waiting in line over there.
Miss Hua and the maid are at the top of the line, which means that as long as there are guests inside, they can take their turn to take a seat.
Most of the attention of the customers waiting in line is attracted by the food and drinks on the table in the lobby, and the waiting time is exceptionally quiet.
Compared to them, the guests eating in the restaurant are very noisy.
People standing at the door waiting...... Everyone seems to be looking forward to this meal and is very patient.
If you can't bear it, you'll have to change places a long time ago, so why wait here!
All those who come here should be admired.
"Miss, do you think you should wait?"
The little maid knew that if this matter was changed to Suzhou City, it would be unimaginable that her own young lady was willing to wait...... But right now they are in a small town far away from Suzhou.
The maid knew that the young lady had tracked her from Suzhou to the town along the way, and her reaction would sometimes be more special, so it would be more reliable for her to decide.
"Wait, wait!"
The little maid got a response, and stood aside very interestingly, waiting with her own lady.
Miss Hua's gaze subconsciously turned to the stairs on the side of the restaurant.
If the guests in the upstairs seating are going to leave after eating, they will come down from here.
At this moment, no one is coming down the stairs, is it really a bad time to come?
I just caught up with such a lively time.
...... The guards of the Yuwen family sat in the private room, and one of them looked out the window.
Just now, I really saw clearly that Miss Hua and the maid were coming in this direction, but now I didn't hear any follow-up movements.
There seem to be a lot of people under the restaurant, and the sound coming from the lobby is noisy, and it is difficult to distinguish the voices of individual people.
The guards of the Yuwen family turned their eyes to their companions and asked, "I obviously came in, why didn't I come up?" ”
Soon they knew the answer.
Because I heard that the young man who came to the private room to deliver food said that the downstairs had begun to wait for a table.
The guards of the Yuwen family poked their heads out of the window facing the street and looked down, and also saw the line extending at the entrance of the restaurant.
"Than when I came yesterday...... There are more people! ”
He sighed with emotion, and his companion lowered his voice and said: "It's more lively than the few I have been to in Suzhou City, and it seems that the war has not affected the business here at all." ”
"Shall we stay here and wait, or shall we leave through the side door?"
The companion looked at the guard.
"Don't go, keep staying, this is what the young master means."
After nodding his head, his companion looked at the guard and said in surprise: "However, have you noticed that the person brought by Miss Hua is only one maid." ”
"The guards she was carrying with her should have been guarding her all the way, but I don't know where she went?"
The companion paused, and continued: "Is it looking for someone in the town?" ”
The guard smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this. ”
He glanced at the door, retracted his gaze and said, "Our young master should have arrived in the north of the town, and the hired car has been arranged, and we will soon be able to leave the town smoothly and go to the northland." ”
"I hope the two sides don't meet, as you say, it will go well."
...... At this moment, the boy remained upstairs in the inn where he was staying in the town.
He got the news from the conversation with the young man until now, and he has been in the house where Xiaoling lives.
This room...... It doesn't look like anyone has even slept on the bed, because the bedding and cushions are neatly folded, and it looks like they haven't moved.
The baggage on the table opened one, and he looked down at the contents as if he were looking at them.
The other is the package where the medicinal herbs are placed, and most of the things in it have been taken away, which should be the one that Xiaoling brought with him when he planned to boil the medicine last night.
No matter from which angle you look at it, the things left in this room don't tell that Xiaoling fled suddenly, but more like she went out halfway.
...... At night in the town, when you push the window and look out, it is not the streets around this area that are lively.
The boy thought back carefully, and before he fell asleep last night, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with the inn.
Even thinking of Xiaoling's reaction last night, there was nothing abnormal, no matter how you think about it, it makes people wonder.
The boy immediately denied in his heart the idea of misidentifying the abduction.
That time in the dangerous area near Suzhou City, the other party did come for himself, but unfortunately he caught Xiaoling by mistake.
But this time, everyone else is in a small town far away from Suzhou, and they will not follow them all the way for the same purpose.
Along the way, they spent a few days in the mountains, which was equivalent to a few days of cutting off contact with the outside world.
To say that there are people who are secretly stalking sounds unreasonable.
Could it be that something unusual really happened to the inn last night after he fell asleep?
If you want to ask about this, the most suitable person can obviously only be the young man on duty at the inn last night.
Only he had seen Xiaoling before his disappearance and knew what he was doing at that time.
...... After thinking for a moment, the boy turned to leave, when he heard a rush of footsteps in the hallway.
Then there was a knock at the door.
He stepped forward and opened the door, and sure enough, he saw the young man at the inn standing in the doorway looking at him.
"Something wasn't right last night!"
The young man looked at the young man and said, "It was very late last night, but a group of guests suddenly came to the inn, a total of six people. ”
"They asked for a room," said the young man, in a changing tone, "but this morning, when I went to see it, I don't know when they were gone. ”
The young man frowned, and immediately answered, "You take me to see the house where they live." ”
The young man led the way, and the boy followed him all the way to the westernmost room on the upper floor of the inn.
"That's right here, they asked for two rooms."
As soon as the young man finished speaking, the young man had already walked straight in.
As soon as you push the door and enter the room, with the same furnishings, every room in the inn looks similar.
At first glance, it looks like you're in the same room again.
The boy scrutinized everything in the room.
He saw that the chair beside the table had been pulled apart and had not yet returned to its original state, but the bedding on the bed was also neat, and it was obvious that no one had ever slept on it.
What's more, there are six people in two rooms, which doesn't sound right.
With such a small house, it stands to reason that it can accommodate two people at most, and it can't be a man of five big and three thick.
Because the size of the bed is obvious!
"What accents do the six of them have?"
The young man looked at the young man and asked, "You have seen so much at the inn that you should be able to hear it." ”
"This ...... The person who asked first was our accent, and it sounded like a local. ”
The young man frowned and stared at the young man, who said, "The people who came with him haven't spoken, but they are dressed like they are not from us, they are from somewhere else." ”
"Isn't it obvious to the rest of the people, but there is only one person who looks very obvious and is not dressed here."
"At first glance, you can tell where you are coming from somewhere else...... I didn't look carefully at night, and I didn't have a chance to ask in detail. ”
The young man hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You also know that a place like ours is not so exquisite, and the original guests are not full, so they are not as meticulous as the big stores. ”
The meaning revealed in the young man's words was well known to the young man.
Although the general hotel should inquire about the origin of the other party, the guests who come at night are more special, and the business of the inn is relatively deserted.
If you really want to take advantage of the loophole, if you have the intention, it is indeed impossible to prevent a young guy from waiting.
"All of a sudden, I don't know how long they left, most of them had something to do with the guest."
The young man glanced at the young man apprehensively, turned his head and whispered, "I'm guessing." ”
...... The boy came out of the alley adjacent to the inn, carrying a large bag in his hand and another on his back.
As the time agreed with the guards approached, he had to go to the north of the town, and along the way decide whether to rush to the north according to the original plan or change his plan to stay in the town to investigate Xiaoling's whereabouts.
How to choose?
For teenagers, because of uncertainty, the clues are unknown...... It will be a dilemma right now.
The crux of the matter is that so far he doesn't have a very definite clue, which is crucial.
Although the young man said that there were six people who stayed at the hotel last night, he didn't know anything about the origin of those people!
The boy came out of the alley and took a shortcut through the town.
On the streets of the town, there are snack bars along the street, and it is the time to start the morning market business.
There was a burst of aroma wafting from the streets, and the teenager walked through the streets, with a heart in his heart, and had no desire to stop and eat.
When he was almost at the middle of the town, he looked at the noise in front of the alley, and decided to change his route.
The boy made a detour through the town from one side and went straight to the north of the town.
...... At this moment, in the north of the town, Tianfang and two guards sat on the south side of the street where the most carriages were parked.
They chose a location with a clear view of the carriages passing through the town.
I watched people getting out of the car and walking in, and cars and pedestrians coming out of the town one after another.
This area is not as lively as the south of the town, but there are still a lot of people coming and going to the north, plus there are several nearby villages on the official road outside.
The flow of people has never stopped! (To be continued.) )