Chapter 100: A Trick Knocks on the Door
Hua Zilai and Yin Seventeen live in the east five rooms on the third floor. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
From the staircase crossing, from the first row to the flower from the nine rooms, a total of nine, the west five from the staircase crossing, but from the pick-up room to the pick-up room.
The southeast, northwest, and northwest sides are all hollow-shaped interconnected corridors, and the second and third floors are the same.
That is to say, when you come out of the Nine Room, you only need to pass through the grandstand in the south of the middle, and you will be the closest to the Pick Up Room.
The area in the middle, surrounded by guest rooms on the east, west, and north sides, and a grandstand on the south side is a private room in the inn.
There are private rooms on the second and third floors, but they are also divided into grades, the second floor is an ordinary private room, and the third floor is a private room that needs to be booked.
Yin Seventeen and Hua Zilai had been on the road for an afternoon, and the two of them really needed to wash up.
Half an hour later, the two of them sat at the table facing the street in the stands, no longer wearing their official clothes, and both of them changed into a set of regular clothes.
Zhao Youlai is a very caring shopkeeper, not only on the dishes that Hua Zilai likes to eat when he is at the Longmen Inn, but also asks Yin Zilai about the dishes he likes to eat, but Hua Zilai only said one word to him - meat.
So at this moment, Yin Qiqi looked at the other three dishes in the three dishes and one soup, except for a plate of green vegetables, all of which were more or less mixed with meat, and she was suddenly glad that she was from the Longmen Inn with the flowers, not with Zhanyan.
After chewing on two chopsticks and vegetables, Yin Seventeen remembered the light green futon on the bed in the room, and the azaleas on the futon that were exactly the same as the rose-red futon, and she said:
"Brother Hua, you said that you saw the rose-red futon at the scene of the crime at the Longmen Inn, where did you see it?"
Hua Zilai understood Yin Seventeen's words, and after taking a sip of fish soup, he explained:
"The bedding in the upper room on the third floor is light green, the bedding in the ordinary rooms on the first floor is dark blue, and only the bedding in the medium rooms on the second floor is rose-red."
Medium room on the second floor?
Yin Seventeen said: "I want to go and see." β
Hua Zilai nodded and said, "We'll go after dinner." β
Yin Seventeen asked, "Why don't we live in the medium room on the second floor?" β
That will be more conducive to the two of them to investigate the case nearby.
Hua Zilai also wanted to come, and mentioned it to Zhao Youlai, but Zhao Youlai said that the rooms on the second floor were all full, and he and Yin Seventeen were one step late.
The number and layout of the guest rooms on the second floor are the same as those on the third floor, and even the numbered rooms are in the same location.
Yin Seventeen is located on the third floor of the number of the first class room under the same location, is the second floor of the number of the middle room, this room is a middle-aged man who is not confused, he is a passing businessman through the county of Zhulin, only spent one night in the Longmen Inn, tomorrow morning will check out and leave.
Hua Zilai was talking to this middle-aged businessman, the middle-aged businessman was very bold, probably with the idea of not wanting to offend the official, he quickly nodded and agreed.
Yin Seventeen and Hua Zilai entered the middle room, and sure enough, they saw the rose-red futon on the bed, which was exactly the same as what they saw at the scene of the crime in the wing room of Qianguang Temple.
But nothing else is the same.
Yin Seventeen even deliberately looked at the four tables under the feet of the only table in the medium room, but there was nothing.
Hua Zilai had heard the clue that Zhan Yan found four small pieces of rose-red square cotton cloth under the four table feet, and seeing Yin Seventeen's disappointed look after seeing the bottom of the table, he couldn't help but say:
"There are seventeen more medium rooms on the second floor, and maybe we can find some clues in the other rooms."
In the next hour, Yin Seventeen and Hua Zilai separated and knocked on the door of each tenant on the second floor, and after looking around the guest room, he asked again if there were four small pieces of rose-red square cotton cloth found under the feet of the square table?
The answer is no.
Not only was there no rose-red square cotton cloth for the table legs, but even the furnishings in the guest room did not resemble the scene of the crime.
After bumping into Hua Zilai and knowing that there was nothing to be gained from each other, Yin Qiqi returned to the room with some discouragement, and fell on the bed to look at the detailed pattern of the five bats on the top of the tent, and slightly emptied his thoughts.
"Tuk, tuk!"
I don't know how long later, just when Yin Seventeen was hazy and drowsy, there was a sudden knock on the door, she thought it was Hua Zilai who was coming to the door, so she got up and went to the door to open the door.
But as soon as he opened the door, he found that there was no one outside the door at all, but saw a figure flashing through the corridor.
This is the third floor, it is already three o'clock at the moment, there is no one in the corridor, most of the guests are doing their own things in their own rooms, some go to bed early, this will also blow the lights and rest, so some rooms on the third floor are dark.
The situation was a little uncertain, but Yin Seventeen still followed.
In her opinion, the figure came to her on purpose, but instead of showing up to face to face, he knocked on the door and ran, this is the rhythm for her to keep up, could it be that the figure wants to take her somewhere? Tell her something?
did not alarm the flower next door, the knock of the figure was also very quiet, did not alarm the others at all, Yin Seventeen followed the figure out of the number room, all the way to the second floor of the inn.
The medium rooms on the second floor of the inn are full, and the situation is a little different when there are more people.
Zhao Youlai had just finished delivering tea to the medium room on the second floor, and was about to go down the stairs to the first floor, when he almost bumped into Yin Seventeen, who was running down the corner of the second floor:
"Yo hey! Master Yin, what are you doing in such a hurry? β
Yin Seventeen looked at the corridors on the left and right sides of the second floor, but she couldn't see the figure again, she asked Zhao Youlai:
"Zhao Youlai, did you see a figure just running down from the third floor? The man was running fast, probably wearing a dark robe, did you see it? β
Zhao Youlai was stunned for two breaths, then shook his head and said:
"I haven't seen it!"
Yin Seventeen asked again, "Where are you from?" β
Zhao Youlai pointed to the five medium-sized guest rooms on the left side of the staircase on the second floor and said, "I just came out of Room No. 1 ......."
Before he finished speaking, Yin Seventeen had already turned on his toes and ran to the right of the staircase, and Zhao Youlai was a little dumbfounded at that speed:
"What are you doing? What's this for? β
Yin Seventeen Road quickly ran the entire corridor from the right, and in less than half a moment, she returned to the staircase where she almost bumped into Zhao Youlai, she stood in the middle of the four guest rooms in the north, and quietly recalled the place she had just run away.
The grandstand on the second floor is the same as the grandstand on the third floor, both are built on the street, and when Yin Qiqi hurried past the stand, three of the eight round tables in the grandstand were seated, a young man, an elderly couple, and a teenager, and there was nothing wrong with it.
After thinking about it, Zhao Youlai and Hua Zilai came down from the third floor, Hua Zilai walked to Yin Seventeen, looked left and right, and asked after seeing that there was nothing unusual:
"Seventeen, I heard you, you're looking for someone?"
Yin Seventeen glanced at Zhao Youlai when he heard this.
Zhao Youlai was a little anxious, and waved his hand again and again:
"Master Yin, don't get me wrong! The small one has absolutely no meaning, that is, seeing that you are looking for someone in a hurry, I went to find the Hua Ye, thinking that the Hua Ye can help the Yin Xiao Ye, unlike the small one, it will also help a messenger to report the news, hehe! β
Yin Seventeen didn't mean Zhao Youlai, he glanced at it purely casually, but this glance revealed many reasons for Zhao Youlai.
Hearing what Zhao Youlai said, Yin Seventeen asked again:
"Zhao Youlai, you just delivered tea on the second floor, you really didn't see any suspicious people?"
Zhao Youlai shook his head like a drum, and he only swore with four fingers to the sky:
"I really didn't see it! There are not many guests in the private room tonight, in addition to sending tea and towels to individual rooms on the second floor, the eight private rooms are empty, and then there are a few guests in the guest rooms on the second floor. β
Hua Zilai said, "Who have you seen?" Is this a chase? β
Yin Seventeen looked at Hua Zilai and said in detail from the beginning:
"I was resting in the room, but also thinking about things, suddenly someone knocked on the door, I thought it was Brother Hua you, so I opened the door without asking anything, but after opening the door, there was no one outside the door, I felt suspicious, so I quickly stepped out of the door to look left and right, just to the left of my door, that is, to the direction of the seven room, I saw a dark figure who quickly turned into the staircase, but the person ran very fast, and when I chased down the second floor, he was long gone."
Zhao Youlai added with a fluttering eyebrow: "That perineum master is really chasing very fast, and he almost collided with me!" β
Hua Zilai sorted out Yin Seventeen's words: "You mean, someone knocked on your door first, then led you down to the second floor, and then disappeared on the second floor?" β
Yin Seventeen Dao: "That's it! β
Hua Zilai thought about it and asked Zhao Youlai: "You just said that the private rooms on the second floor are empty tonight?" β
Zhao Youlai nodded and said, "Yes!" β
Yin Qiqi had already heard the meaning of Hua Zilai, and as soon as Zhao Youlai's affirmative words fell, she and Hua Zilai tacitly separated left and right, and one person began to search the eight private rooms on the second floor.
Eight private rooms are built opposite each other, with four doors facing north and four doors facing south.
Hua Zilai checked the four private rooms facing north nearby, and Yin Seventeen ran to the side of the stand to check the other four private rooms facing south.
Zhao Youlai waited for the two of them to run out in front of him, and he was still a little stunned:
"It's not...... What is thisβwhat is this doing, this is ......."
Shocked again: "Could it be a thief?" β
Zhao Youlai panicked, ran down the stairs and ran to the counter on the first floor, and went to tell the shopkeeper Zhao:
"Oh no! Shopkeeper's! A thief! β
So after Hua Zilai and Yin Seventeen checked the eight private rooms to no avail, the two stood in front of the wooden railing of the street stand and talked about the strange knock on the door tonight, and the fluttering dark figure, when the shopkeeper Zhao grabbed a wooden stick with the thickness of his own arms and rushed up to the second floor, and ran near the two of them:
"What about thieves? Where is the thief? Bah! Look at Lao Tzu and suffocate a with a stick! β
Zhao Youlai also nervously followed behind Zhao's shopkeeper, and also took a thick wooden stick to guard around.
Yin Qiqi looked at the shopkeeper Zhao and Zhao Youlai, one was round and short, the other was thin and tall, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she looked at it, and then raised her eyebrows, she tried to keep herself from laughing, but she couldn't stop the urge to bend the corners of her mouth.
Hua Zilai was also made angry and funny by the two rough lines of Zhao Shopkeeper and Zhao Youlai, who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and stood in front of the railing with his forehead in front of him for a long time, staring at Zhao Youlai, the initiator.
Zhao Youlai was aggrieved by Hua Zilai: "Didn't you say that there were suspicious figures?" β
Shopkeeper Zhao was also in the play, and when he heard Zhao Youlai mention the suspicious figure again, he immediately shouted again:
"Where's the suspicious figure? Where is it? There is a kind of land for Lao Tzu to come out! β
The shopkeeper Zhao was afraid of frightening the guests on the second floor, and then the bad reputation would affect the business of the inn, so even if he caught the thief, he was very low-key, only he and Zhao Youlai were two, and then two thick wooden sticks, and from time to time howled two cries that were deliberately suppressed by himself.
Yin Seventeen looked at the stands that had long been empty, and thought that when she and Hua Zilai searched the eight private rooms, the three tables of guests must have seen some signs, so they went back to their respective rooms early.
Hua Zilai slapped a bear's paw on the back of Zhao Youlai's head, and asked sadly:
"Who told you that the inn was a thief? Yes? β
The palm of Hua Zilai is not small, and it is also a little angry.
With that palm, Zhao Youlai was immediately patted with stars, shrunk his head and muttered:
"Isn't there a figure...... It's gone......"
A false alarm.
Shopkeeper Zhao went downstairs with Zhao Youlai's collar and decided to give Zhao Youlai a deep and long education called "calm".
The shopkeeper Zhao and Zhao Youlai scolded or begged for mercy and shouted that they didn't dare anymore gradually drifted away, Yin Seventeen looked around at the stands with lanterns hanging on both sides, the faint light was not bright, but it was not so much that he couldn't see his five fingers, not to mention that there was a very bright oil lamp on the round table in the center of the stands.
When she ran to the stands, she asked the guests at the three round tables, and all four of them said that they had not seen anyone in dark robes running by, and then she continued to chase until she went back to the point of origin at the staircase, and did not see the figure again.
Yin Seventeen said: "This person must have something to tell me, but he couldn't tell me directly face to face, so he knocked on my door and led me to the second floor...... There must be something on this second floor that I should be noticing! β
Hua Zilai heard Yin Seventeen say this, and unconsciously followed her gaze around the stands, and then looked at the guest rooms on the east and west sides and the private room in the middle, and was unclear for a while:
"Why do you think and be sure that the man is trying to tell you? Maybe the man just knocked on the wrong door, and when you open the door, you realize that you knocked on the wrong door, so you run away......"
Yin Qiqi looked at Hua Zilai and asked, "Brother Hua thinks someone is playing a prank?" β
Hua Zilai shrugged and said, "It's not impossible. β
Yin Seventeen insisted on his opinion: "No, my sixth sense tells me that this person is trying to tell me or remind me of something, and these things may be related to the case we are investigating!" β
Hua Zilai couldn't understand Yin Seventeen's stubbornness: "But we've searched all over and there's nothing!" β
Yin Seventeen said: "Just because we haven't found anything yet doesn't mean there's nothing here. β
Hua Zilai thought about it and walked to the west corridor.
Yin Seventeen asked suspiciously, "Brother Hua, where are you going?" β
Hua Zi replied without looking back: "I'll go to Shopkeeper Zhao to ask for two bright lanterns, let's look for them again!" β
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