Chapter Seventy-Eight: Detective, Risking Yourself
I stood still and looked at the boy in bewilderment. "Words * love * first * hair [Fengyun Novel Reading Network baoly]
He turned his head to look at me and said in a deep voice: "Xiaoling, you also said that the cliff will not be their daily passage in and out. ”
"Yes, that's what I've always thought."
I have no denying that it is unreasonable to say that the passage on the cliff is the way they enter and exit every day!
The conclusion that the onlooker will come to when he thinks about it!
The young man nodded, "Indeed, there is not a single boat near the river. ”
"You've been in that area with me, and the missing villagers don't look like they're fishing in the lake."
The night breeze blew, and I felt cold on my body, but fortunately, my thoughts were still very clear.
"If I had been fishing, I would have come back a long time ago."
It should be when everyone is busy eating dinner!
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!
I have always agreed with this sentence, and now the boy told me, and I was quickly persuaded by him.
"Young Master, I said that this area is really unfamiliar to me."
If it weren't for the purpose of tracking down Tiger Cliff Village and figuring out what was going on with the Longyuan Lake that the mysterious identity of the person who appeared several times and claimed to be a friend of the shopkeeper of the Nanhua Town Inn and followed him to find it, I wouldn't have followed him to such a place.
After I came, I realized that so far, we still haven't found any definite clues.
I stood there a little dazed, and I didn't know if it was where Tiger Cliff Village was.
"Young Master, since I said that the decision is up to you, I will naturally listen to you at this time," I stepped forward, raised my head and looked at the young man, and said in a changed tone, "But do you think we really don't need to go into the villagers' houses to have a look?" ”
After saying that, I looked at him and waited for his answer.
In my opinion, at least a few households must be picked and looked at in a targeted manner.
A whole village. It is impossible to leave no trace of it, I am convinced of that.
The boy thought about it, and this time he agreed.
"Xiaoling, which house are you going to enter?" He raised an eyebrow at me. He said with a smile: "How are you going to choose?" ”
I pursed my lips, and after all, I don't have a clue for the time being, so it's better to refer to one at random.
I looked around, and I had walked half the village with the tsundere boy. Then pick from the homes of those who walk by.
My eyes were quickly fixed on a certain place.
The reason why I chose that one was purely because the yard of that family was wider than most of the others.
It looks like the conditions are a little better than the other villagers.
"Let's go there!" I pointed in the right direction, and the boy readily agreed.
He took a few steps, stopped where he was, turned around, looked at me and said thoughtfully: "Xiaoling, if there is an abnormality, you have to follow me closely, and I will protect you." ”
I nodded.
Out of caution, the boy remained in the same position as he walked. Well, if two people have a formation as well.
He was in front of him, and I followed him.
With a goal, and the fact that I walked in and walked with him for half the village without encountering any danger, the pace was a little faster.
Walking to the courtyard of the house, I paused at the door, bumped the young man's elbow and asked, "Shall we go in directly?" ”
As soon as the words fell, the young man didn't say much, and took a step forward to push open the courtyard door.
Through the moonlight, you can see the appearance of this courtyard in front of you, which is indeed a cannibal family in the mountains. It looks better than the two mountain houses we stayed in succession.
The yard was very clean.
Under the eaves, just like my usual mountain houses, there are still a lot of pickled products, no matter where I go, it seems that the mountain people like to make these things to eat.
There must be someone living here. You can tell by looking at the freshness of the food.
Where the hell did those people go? How could there be no one in the whole village!
I walked around the courtyard, turned my eyes to the boy's position, and suddenly saw him stop and look a little strange.
My heart tightened, and I immediately walked up to him and forced myself to ask, "What's going on?" ”
The boy made a silent gesture at me.
Then, he made a few gestures. As sharp as I am, I already understand what he means.
I was drumming in my heart, but I tried to stay as calm as I could by his side, and the boy walked to the stove of the house and stopped at the door.
I listened with bated breath to the movement inside, knowing that the boy would never do this for no reason, and that he must have discovered something unusual.
What is it exactly?
After entering the backyard, Gu Qimei and the guards around her followed the leader forward, and when they reached the outside of the big house in the middle, everyone stopped.
It looks like it's going to be trading in this room.
The other party is careful, a bunch of people in the outer courtyard are guarding, and there is a response when there is a shout.
When Gu Qimei and the guards entered the mansion just now, they narrowly escaped the level where the people in the outer courtyard were scrutinized, if it wasn't for the guide to come out to relieve the siege, Gu Qimei didn't think about how to answer the best answer!
Looking at the courtyard in the courtyard, Gu Qimei wondered in her heart, and suddenly there was a sound of dispute from inside the house!
She had a good ear and recognized two voices at once!
The voices she had heard were all the ones she had heard, and that was the purpose of this trip.
She turned her head to look at the guard, who was obviously more nervous than her, listening intently to the content of the argument between the two inside.
Seeing this, the leader was a little big, he took a few steps back and walked under the tree in the courtyard, and Gu Qimei and the guards also retreated over there.
"According to our rules, if you encounter such a situation, you have to wait, and wait for the people inside to make a deal before you go in."
The leader explained to Gu Qimei, and it sounded like there was a bit of helplessness in his tone, presumably he didn't want to see this situation.
It's best to have a smooth transaction on both sides of the deal.
After thinking about it, Gu Qimei nodded to the leader and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, just wait." ”
The voices were quieter, and from a distance under the trees in the courtyard outside, you could still hear the key words they were discussing.
Speaking of which, the two sides are arguing over the price of the goods, but listening to the price they mentioned, it is indeed surprising.
Gu Qimei exchanged glances with the guards again, and quietly moved a few steps towards where he was standing.
The leader was a little uneasy.
Originally, they brought Gu Qimei here, thinking that the transaction would be completed smoothly, but the two people in it were arguing over the price. No matter how I think about it, it's more depressing.
He waited impatiently under the tree, grumbling in his heart.
After waiting for a while, he turned his head to Gu Qimei and said, "I'll go see the movement, you wait a while." ”
I heard that he was planning to leave. It's the best!
Gu Qimei was thinking about talking to the guards, and when she heard this, she immediately nodded and said, "I'm tired of going and seeing." ”
The man took a few steps, glanced back at the two men under the tree, and then entered the large room in the center.
The moment the door opened and closed, Gu Qimei did see the two familiar figures.
The one from the Sealand army was standing at the table in the middle of the room. Talking to another person.
On the table in front of them, there seemed to be some things, and Gu Qimei didn't have time to see what they were.
The door was closed tightly again, Gu Qimei walked to the guard, and said in a low voice: "Did you see it clearly just now, what are they trading?" ”
The guard raised his head and looked at Gu Qimei, then shook his head and said, "The time to close the door is too short, and the light in the room is too dim, I really can't see it clearly, but it's just those two people." We can know for sure. ”
Gu Qimei was silent, turned her head and glanced at the front yard that came in earlier, and said, "Be clever later, you have to know how to improvise." ”
The guard immediately spoke up, "Don't worry. ”
In fact, even if Gu Qimei doesn't care, with the reaction of the guards, most of them won't be out of the basket, and if she says more, she will make her heart feel more stable.
The argument in the house continued, this time about the quality of the goods, about the good or the bad. In fact, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than a disguised dispute about price.
The guard took a few steps forward, closing the distance, trying to hear their conversation.
"There is no such thing. I've been here last time, and it's not at this price. ”
It sounded like the scar-faced man's voice, with dissatisfaction and resentment.
"What are you talking about," the insiders scoffed. "At this time, the war is about to start in the Northland, and the next time there will be a chance to deliver to Nanhua Town, I don't know when it will be!"
"If there is a lot of supply, the price will be cheap, you still don't understand this truth, military master."
The people in the room said to him.
After a brief silence, the conversation resumed.
"Alright," Scarface replied in a rather helpless voice, and he paused, "just take it as undercharged." ”
After speaking, there was silence again, and Gu Qimei guessed in her heart that it was about a transaction, one side of the silver ticket and the other side of the goods.
"Dude, you can still earn so much money in the Sealand Army, you are also a capable person!"
This voice had never sounded before, it seemed that there were other people in the house, at least in the ears of Gu Qimei and the guards, that voice was a little measured, and it was indescribable.
"With the little money in the army, where can I afford this, Lao Tzu has another way."
The scar-faced man's tone was very unkind, it sounded like he was not very satisfied with this transaction, and most of it had something to do with the fact that the price of the transaction could not be suppressed.
He said sullenly: "Lao Tzu earned your money, but in the end I still have to spit it out to you!" ”
This sentence was a little strange, and Gu Qimei looked in the direction of the gate in confusion.
It sounds like the way that person is talking about making money is also related to the people in the house?
"By the way, where is Master Wang right now, Master Jun, I heard that I didn't enter Nanhua Town, but we heard that we went north."
The people in the house seemed to be planning to take some news about the Sealand King from the scar-faced man's mouth, and Gu Qimei frowned tightly as she listened outside the house.
The hood obscured her face, and no one could see her dull face at the moment.
Even if she was suspicious in her heart, she always hoped that the scar-faced man in the Sealand Army, who was in the house right now, had better be innocent as a colleague of the eldest sister!
Listening to their conversation now, she gradually tasted the taste, and knew that this time it might not be so simple.
He actually revealed the news of the military to the trading party to know that this person couldn't even keep his mouth shut, which shows what kind of character he is.
Gu Qimei sighed and shook her head silently.
She retracted her gaze, remembering that if the transaction in the house was smooth, it would be her turn next, no, she had to say hello to the guards quickly.
So, Gu Qimei quickly came to the guard's side, whispered a few words, and took out the silver ticket she was carrying, and personally handed it over to the guard.
"Later, you are responsible for giving them the money, we don't know the goods traded in it for the time being, so let's tell them"
The guard made a gesture to interrupt Gu Qimei and said, "Understand, let's just say that all the money we brought is here, let them see how much goods they can give!" ”
Gu Qimei showed an appreciative look and gestured to the guard, she was so clever!
They continued to wait under the tree, and soon, the men inside had finally finished trading, and the scar-faced man from the Sealand army came out of the house.
The burden on his back was still there, just like when Gu Qimei and they saw him before.
Looking at the shape and size of the baggage, there is not much difference.
He walked past Gu Qimei and the guards, didn't look at them more, and hurriedly walked in the direction of the outer courtyard, it seemed that there should be something to do, or it was possible to rush back to the army in a hurry, after all, it was getting dark.
Gu Qimei was puzzled in her heart, according to this view, the goods in the house should be very small.
But she couldn't understand what was so expensive at the price they had quoted before!
Without thinking too much, she approached the guard and said, "Act when the opportunity arises." ”
The man in the house came out, and it was the one who led them in.
"Follow me!" This time, his face looked a lot better, and the transaction just now was completed smoothly, and it would not affect the guests he brought!
Gu Qimei followed him into the house, and saw at a glance that there were neatly arranged small cyan porcelain vases on the table.
At this moment, she suddenly realized that the guy who traded before must have traded these things, so he took up a very small space, and if she stuffed it into the baggage, she naturally couldn't take up much space.
When he walked out, he looked at the bag he was carrying when he followed up, and it was precisely because of this.
Gu Qimei saw that on the chair placed against the wall on one side of the room, there was indeed a third person sitting.
When she caught a glimpse of him, her eyes froze, but she didn't expect that the person's appearance was actually a foreign race from the Northlands.
So far, she has answers to a few questions.
The colleague of the eldest sister of the Gu family in the Sealand army who participated in the transaction, the way he said to make money must be related to people of other races, so the money earned in the end of the anger still has to be handed over to the other race, so that it can be used in exchange for those things on the table.
Gu Qimei suppressed the suspicion in her heart, coughed lightly, and the guard next to her immediately stepped forward and took out the silver ticket that Gu Qimei had given before.
"All the money we brought is here, look at it, how many goods can you buy?" (To be continued.) )