Chapter Ninety-Nine: Weighing the Pros and Cons
From the moment we tracked it to the cave hideout, we had been walking through the cave all along.
Unexpectedly, the scene that appeared in front of me at this moment turned into a high place on a certain cliff.
"Big young master, is the position of the deep valley ahead particularly low?"
I froze and subconsciously turned my head to ask the boy.
Seeing this, it is easy to think about the issue of altitude.
"That's right."
The young man looked at me with a smile on his lips and said, "Yes, indeed." ”
This guy didn't seem to be worried, but he had expected it
No, he was shocked by the scene in front of him, just like me, which means that his love has changed quickly and he has made new discoveries
But in this way, the problem was thrown at us again.
Suppose that if you want to continue to go forward and keep tracking, the only way is to try to go down from your current position, which is the cliff, all the way to the bottom.
The question is whether this is getting farther and farther away from the official road
If you give up tracking, the fastest way to get back to the official road is to go back the same way from the cave pass
There was some confusion in my heart, and I thought about it for a while, but I didn't think about what to do for the time being.
Think of the calm guy standing next to him, or throw the problem at him.
I turned my head and frowned at the tsundere boy and asked, "Young Master, what do you think you should do?"
Descending from the cliff into the deep ravine, where I didn't know anything about the situation, it was a very risky thing for me and him.
Can you not take the risk?
Thinking about that time in the Misty Forest, I almost fell into a trap.
If it weren't for the teenager's quick response. With my quick movements, I might still be trapped in a trap by now
But if you want to turn back to the passage of the cave and go through it again, it seems that the previous action is ridiculous, and it is simply useless
I walked for half the night, walked so hard, and turned back. It's also drunk when you think about it
There are pros and cons to both options. I knew it in my heart, but I didn't know how the tsundere boy would decide.
I don't know what the guy standing in front of me is thinking at the moment.
The guards who followed the man in front of him entered an inconspicuous alley in the north of Nanhua Town.
Now it was getting dark. Seeing that the alley was very deserted, only one or two people passed by occasionally.
When they arrived in town, their attire remained largely unchanged.
It didn't seem so conspicuous in the crowd, but when the guards walked through the quiet alleys, it felt a little more abrupt.
Especially the guards of the Sea Country are still Lian Jiazi. Ordinary people look at him, and there is always something different.
The guards were cautious. As soon as my mind turned, these questions immediately came to mind.
So he didn't stay long after following the man into the alley, and quickly turned back into it.
He was afraid of being suspicious and revealing his flaws.
From the mouth of the alley to the market again, people come and go.
The guard's actions just now felt like a pedestrian who had gone the wrong way.
Such a situation. It is not an unusual thing for Nanhua Town, where there are foreign merchants and aliens.
I was unfamiliar with life in the town and strayed into an alley. It's natural
Seeing his figure disappear at the mouth of the alley, the person who had entered before stood still. After looking at it for a moment, he entered the hidden courtyard.
The guards were right, and the moment just now did arouse the suspicion of others.
Tianfang took another guard with him, and at this time he had already arrived at another teahouse in the market, which was also a shop facing the street.
He sat at the window table with the guards below, waiting for the man who had been sent to return.
The tea house is served with tea from the local mountains, and Tianfang took a sip without frowning.
The taste seems to be a little inferior, but when he heard street gossip while walking on the road, he also heard passers-by praise the teahouse in Nanhua Town.
Maybe there is a designated place, but it's not the same family, I thought to myself.
The tea is average, the snacks are ordinary, and the sky is looking around, except for the superior location, I can't think of what to compete with others.
After a while, I saw the guard hurrying into the teahouse, and suddenly found the place where they were sitting.
The guard sat down and recounted what had just happened, especially since he mentioned the fact that the alley he had followed into was very deserted and inconvenient to move.
Tianfang listened to the words, and said after groaning: "It's really not appropriate to follow too closely, it seems that you have to think of another way to listen to the situation." ”
After frowning and pondering, he made a decision.
Tianfang turned his head to look at the lively market outside the window, and saw that those who were about to close their stalls began to tidy up and leave one after another.
After a while, Tianfang turned his gaze back and said to the two guards: "Leave Nanhua Town tomorrow morning, there is still time now." ”
He said calmly: "Find a way to explore the alley over there at night to see what the situation is."
Hearing this, the two guards exchanged glances, looked at Tianfang and asked, "Lord, you have doubts about that house."
I can't think of a reason why Tianfang would deliberately pay attention to that side, and the guards want to take advantage of the time to inquire now, maybe they can hear Tianfang's statement.
"I can't tell, I just think so." A smile rose at the corner of Tianfang's mouth and said, "It's rare to be casual once, let's see what happens." ”
In the past, the Lord was rigorous in his work, and he had never heard the words like this time, and the guards were suddenly surprised.
Tianfang lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and his eyes turned to the window again, when he was with the little girl before, he had heard her do this more than once.
The girl trusts her instincts very much, so she usually does things that people can't think of, but the experience has also made him realize that often the doubts in his heart are not empty.
Even if the truth of the matter is revealed, there will be a slight deviation, but after some tracking, there are few times when the particles are not harvested.
It is most common to hit crookedly.
Often it is one thing that is investigated, and there will be new discoveries in the things that are involved
The alien race he saw on the street just now, Tianfang felt with his keen intuition that there seemed to be a secret hidden in those people.
Speaking of which. There are not one or two alien races he met in Nanhua Town, but in the lively market, Tianfang can pay special attention, and indeed even he himself can realize that there are some inexplicable meanings.
Since there are suspicions, the people at the bottom are also ready-made, and tonight I have stayed in Nanhua Town and never left, so it is better to plan and go to figure it out
Tianfang whispered a few words to the guard, following his plan. I'll meet them at the inn next.
Because Tianfang wants to walk around Nanhua Town. Look around again.
Tell them to act in unison, so that the two of them may have a good look, and go to the house in the alley to listen together.
It's getting dark. Tian put up and took the first step.
He went out of the teahouse and into the street, where the guards remained.
They had to wait until it was completely dark, and then look for an opportunity to go to the alley.
Watching the back of Tianfang leave. The two guards looked at each other.
"Hey, I said. Isn't there something different about our Lord lately?"
The guard watched the sky go away, and said to his companion in a low voice.
"You say, I found out a long time ago," the companion took a sip from his teacup. Looking at the guard, he answered, "The Lord has changed a lot this year, unlike the Lord we were familiar with before. ”
"Is it all because of the relationship between the little junior sister," the guard said in a hurry. "Probably not."
"It's hard to say, by the way, you've seen the Lord's junior sister," the guard asked curiously as he looked at his companion. "What kind of person is it?" "I haven't seen it, I haven't had a chance to see it, I guess I'll have to wait a few days, I'm sure I'll be able to see it." “
The companion looked at the mouth of the alley not far from the window, and muttered in a low voice, "It's getting dark quite quickly, let's wait a little longer, and when the people in the market disperse, it's not too late to go." ”
"That's natural, you and I have to think about how to listen to it safely."
After thinking about it, the guard said to his companion: "In Nanhua Town, after all, there are many people walking around. ”
"We'd better be careful, if we alarm someone, maybe the Lord will be affected by us."
"Hey, you're thinking too much, maybe the Lord will just leave us and go to find the little sister by himself."
The companion grinned as he picked up the teacup.
"Probably not, is it possible to let us listen to it to separate us and facilitate our actions."
The guards were dumbfounded.
"Hey, I'm just saying, you're still a serious brother, stupid or not"
The companion burst into laughter.
Although the next task is still a bit dangerous, the atmosphere in the teahouse is very relaxed at this time, accompanied by the conversation of the tea customers around them and the cries of the market, and the movement of their table will not attract the special attention of others at all.
Tianfang came out of the market and continued to walk the streets of Nanhua Town, he thought about it and went to a nearby pharmacy.
This is the busiest street in Nanhua Town near the pharmacy.
Because there are many people who patronize it, even if it is still open at this point, it is much later than those peers in the national capital city who close.
Tianfang walked around the shop and then walked out again.
Then he continued down the street, this time to a dim sum shop.
As he walked around the streets, he saw many people going to the supposedly long-established place in the north of the town to buy locally produced dim sum.
There were many people in line, and Tianfang just looked at it and didn't stop.
At this moment, he thought of the people queuing up on the lively street just now, and his heart suddenly moved.
After a while, Tianfang turned around, and this time he went in the direction of returning to the inn where he had settled earlier
Walking to the vicinity of the inn, Tianfang saw a small group of people passing by on the street in front of him, and he was slightly stunned, staring at it.
It seems that the local government of Nanhua Town came out on an errand.
They hurried into the night and headed in the direction of the east of the town.
The crowd hurried through the streets on horseback.
It seemed that they were in a hurry to get out of town and head northeast.
Because that area goes out, it is the official road, all the way to the official road to the north.
Tianfang stood on the street and paused, just in time to see that the shop on the street was about to close, selling some locally produced mountain goods.
It's nothing more than dried mushrooms and dried meat from mountain people.
There are too many shops like this in Nanhua Town, and the business is average every day.
Because of the advantage of the approaching end of the year, the business during this period was slightly better.
Tianfang stood on the street and thought about it carefully, walked to the edge of the small shop and asked.
In order to be more natural when talking, he first bought some things from the shop and held them in his hands.
After thinking about it, Tianfang turned his head and asked the old lady who looked at the shop: "Have you seen the officials here in Nanhua Town still go to handle cases at night?"
The eldest lady glanced at Tianfang in surprise, and listened to his tone of voice was extremely soft, although she couldn't see her true face with a hat, she looked like a son.
The eldest lady stepped forward and said, "Those people are not our officials here. ”
A hint of suspicion flashed in Tianfang's eyes, and then he smiled, looked at her intently and asked, "Isn't it?"
"Well," the eldest lady answered, "I heard that it was from the Wang Shi's side." ”
"In the past few days, our people here have said that Wang Shi has bypassed Nanhua Town and gone to the north, and these people don't know why they stayed in the town."
"I'm probably done today, and I'm in a hurry to catch up with Master Wang."
Tianfang's eyes moved, looked at the eldest lady and asked, "Auntie, the news of Wang Shi has spread in the town."
"No, it's all quietly discussed in private, and I also heard from people passing by."
The eldest lady paused, then pursed her lips and said, "That team of people just now, I've been around the town many times, and I've seen a lot of faces, so the big guys are talking about it." ”
Tianfang didn't continue to ask, thanked the eldest lady, and left with the mountain goods he bought in the shop.
Approaching the south of the town, the day is released and the alley is turned, and the long street in front is not as lively as the narrow streets in the north of the town.
He walked into the door of the inn and saw that the young man in the inn had begun to draw water by the well again.
Tianfang stopped at the door and looked, the corners of his lips moving slightly.
The young man's eyes were very sharp, and he looked at Tianfang who came in at the door, and knew that it was a new guest who had entered the hotel, so he greeted and said, "You're back, what's fun in the town?"
Generally, most of the guests who go out are wandering around the north of the town.
The young man looked at Tianfang, and he was about the same as them, who had just returned from the north of the town.
"It's okay, it's quite lively." Tianfang replied in a gentle tone.
"You've bought a lot of things," said the young man, putting down the bucket and smiling as he approached the sky.
He saw clearly the mountain goods in Tianfang's hand, and immediately smiled: "Before the Chinese New Year, there were many customers who came to the town to buy things. ”
Tianfang raised his hand to show him, and the young man looked down and said, "You are very good at picking, these are all good." “
Looking through the window, in the lobby on the ground floor of the inn, there are still two guests sitting at the moment, but there is only tea on the table in front of them.
The young man looked at Tianfang's line of sight, tilted his head and thought about it, and said, "Our cook here has gone out, and we have to let the guests wait."