Chapter 197: The Journey to Wengshan (1)
After walking for about half an hour, the two finally stopped in front of a building. Lu Jia raised his eyes, and finally understood the origin of this "urn mountain", the restaurant in front of him resembles a large urn, narrow up and down, only wide in the middle, majestic and tall, the outer wall is smooth, as if it is made of some special building materials, it is completely different from ordinary buildings, there is no tile in sight, the wall is full of small windows that are ventilated, count one carefully, and there are at least more than 20 rooms on each floor. Standing under the restaurant, you can vaguely hear the joyful sound of singing and dancing upstairs, the noisy sound of the guests, and you can smell the smell of wine and meat in the restaurant, which is very peculiar. It's no wonder that it can accommodate all the people of Abyss City to take shelter from the rain and rest here.
"Hundreds of years ago, when the Western Regions had not been recovered by the Northern Moon, the most talented architect Bo Qian of the Western Regions royal family at that time had gone to a distant country to study, and after coming back, he received the imperial order to save the rain damage problem of Dayuan City, so he designed such an urn mountain that can accommodate the entire Dayuan City to live in, and all the materials used are from the technologically advanced distant country, so the whole urn mountain is different from any building in Beiyue. This urn mountain, before and after the construction of ten years, but the urn mountain has not been completed, the Western Regions country was recovered by the northern moon, the urn mountain has no financial support, and it is about to be terminated, and then it was looked down upon by the wealthy businessmen in the Western Regions, and continued to support the construction of the urn mountain, which is what you see now Urn Mountain. Haimi led the way into Wengshan in front of him, and explained to Lu Jia the origin of Wengshan.
"I see, my subordinates said how to look at it is very different."
"There are a total of fourteen floors in Wengshan, the lower four floors are all places for daily food and entertainment, and there are places for entertainment and leisure, the middle five to nine floors are the guest rooms, and the upper five floors are the refuge places for the residents of Dayuan City, and every merchant in Dayuan City has a fixed residence in Wengshan, and we will visit from house to house later." Haimi said, he had already pushed open the gate of Wengshan and entered, in order to hide his identity, he quickly tore a piece of fabric from the edge of his clothes to cover his mouth and nose, and followed behind Lu Jia with a hunched back, looking like a respectful servant.
"This-" Before Lu Jia could react, Xiao Er, the shopkeeper in Wengshan, came up and looked the two up and down, only to see that the two of them were soaked, their boots were stained with mud, and they looked like dusty servants, and many years of experience in seeing people made him recognize the person in front of him at a glance, nodded and said: "Yo, guest officer!" It's come from afar! Xiao Cui, hurry up and find two clean clothes for these two guest officers. Turning to the two again: "I wonder if the two guest officers are passing by here to prepare a meal or to negotiate business and want to stay in the hotel?" β
"Talk about business!" Lu Jia straightened his back, put one hand behind his back, and tried his best to pretend to be a businessman and said.
"Okay, those two guest officers, please upstairs!" Xiao Er made a gesture of please, and led the two upstairs.
Lu Jia followed behind Xiao Er, curiously looking at the internal structure of this urn mountain: on the first floor, you can faintly hear the sound of music and the singing of the singers, it seems that it is the place where those guests are looking for beauties to listen to the music; The second floor is very different, with the shouts and cheers of rough men, mixed with the sound of dice and card tables, and it looks like a place for fun and gambling; The third and fourth floors are quiet, but the smell is full of appetite when passing by, and it must be a place for daily meals; On the fifth floor, the field of vision instantly widens a lot, and you can also feel that the area is larger than the fourth floor below, presumably in the middle of the "belly" of this urn mountain, a long corridor with no end in sight, and wooden doors on both sides, which is the room where the guests of the urn mountain live. However, the little two did not stop directly on the fifth floor, but continued to take the two upstairs, Lu Jia was a little puzzled, and asked: "I heard that the fifth floor of this urn mountain is a resting place, why do you have to go up?" β
"Oh, that's the case, the best business in Dayuan City in autumn, recently, there are many merchants from all over the world who come to see the goods and buy goods, but they encountered heavy rain, so they can only stay in Wengshan, and the rooms below have long been booked out." Xiao Er explained, but his footsteps hadn't stopped yet, it was already the ninth layer!
"Well, if you're not mistaken, we've just passed through the ninth floor?" Lu Jia was a little confused, didn't the guest room where the guests lived only go to the ninth floor? How- turned around and motioned for help to Haimi behind him, Haimi followed with his head down, where could he see his hints. Helpless, he could only continue to ask.
"Ah, there are no more vacant rooms below, Wengshan makes an exception, and when it is full, you can temporarily use the vacant rooms above the ninth floor." Xiao Er said, stopped on the first floor, turned around, and continued to walk towards the interior of the floor.
Lu Jia raised his head, if he was not mistaken, this should be the eleventh layer of Wengshan!
"Two sons, this is it, this is the key to these two rooms, and Xiaocui will come up with clothes and food later, and the two guest officers will ask for a toilet first!" Feel free to mention any commands! After Xiao Er finished speaking, he handed the key to Lu Jia, and turned to leave.
Although Lu Jia was a little puzzled, he never saw anything wrong, and was about to open the door in front of him with the key, but was stopped by Haimi snatching the key.
"Deputy Leader, what's wrong?" Lu Jia asked in a low voice.
"That little second already knows the identities of the two of us. It seems that this urn mountain, as early as under the arrangement of Lou Wange, is afraid that if we appear under the urn mountain, her plan will begin! Haimi raised her head and looked at the room in front of her.
Lu Jia was puzzled, what was going on with all this?
Haimi bypassed Lu Jia and opened the door of the room in front of him, went in and sat at the table, looked around the interior of the house, it was all his familiar appearance, ripped off the black cloth on his face, and smiled softly: "This room is Wengshan, a room exclusive to Haimi!" β
Lu Jia followed into the door, and after confirming that the door was closed, he suddenly came to his senses, nodded and said: "What does the deputy head mean is that there are many guests in Wengshan, and there are no extra rooms is fake, and they deliberately brought us to this room, just because they already know the identity of the deputy leader?" β
"Well, this room is the room where I have been living every time I go back and forth between the Western Regions and the Imperial Capital, and it is impossible to lend it to other guests in normal times."
"So, what do we do next? If it is really as the deputy leader said, then all our actions will not fall into the eyes of the people of Wengshan. β
"Perhaps, we can find someone to give it a try!" Haimi took a sip of tea, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said with the corners of her mouth slightly hooked.
"Knock-"
After a while, there was a knock on the door, Haimi and Lu Jia glanced at each other, opened the door, and saw two girls standing outside the door, one holding a neat fold of clothes in his hand, and the other holding a hot meal in his hand.
"Guest, your clothes and food!" The two girls gave a shallow salute.
"Come in!" Haimi waved his hand and said very politely.
When the two girls heard this, they stepped into the room, but at the moment when they just stepped into the house, Haimi waved his hand, and a strong wind struck, and the door closed suddenly.
"Oh, this window is not closed properly, why is it so windy all of a sudden? I'm sorry! Haimi got up and went to close the window, a look passed, Lu Jia by the door understood, a dodge, both hands grabbed the necks of the two girls, where could the two girls withstand this strength, the things in their hands were loose, the food and clothes fell to their feet, and they were easily choked by Lu Jia's throat and pressed behind the door.
"Guest, what is this doing?" A girl trembled, holding Lu Jia's arm with both hands and struggling.
"The girl has been serving in Wengshan for so long, do you know who I am?" Haimi turned around and walked towards the two girls, touched her face and asked.
"No, I don't know!" The two girls were still struggling, none of them would have thought that they were just a daily guest, but they didn't expect to meet such a villain today.
"I don't know, so do you know who the owner of this room is?" Haimi approached the two girls and cupped their chins.
"It seems to be a friend of the boss, called, calledβ" The girl was so hurt that the corners of her eyes were already filled with tears, and her breathing became short, and Rao remembered the names of the people in this room, and she really couldn't remember them at this time.
"What's it called?" Haimi motioned for Lu Jia to increase his strength and continued to ask.
"It's called Haimi, yes, Haimi!" One of the girls suddenly remembered and struggled to speak.
"Haimi!" Haimi withdrew his hand, and also asked Lu Jia to withdraw his hand, returned to his seat, looked at the two girls viciously, and said, "If the two girls want to get out of this room alive today, they can answer my next question well, and there is no way to hide it." β
The two girls were tortured like this, naturally they knew how powerful these two were, covering their necks against the wall and panting, in order to be alive, what did it matter if they asked a few questions, so they nodded heavily.
"Is there anything unusual in Wengshan recently, for example, a group of people suddenly came, all dressed in black and covering their faces, and still holding weapons in their hands?"
The two girls shook their heads, there really haven't been such people in Wengshan recently, but there are more businessmen coming, but this time of the year is also the time when there are the most businessmen, so there is nothing strange.
"Then, have there been any different businessmen in Wengshan recently, that is, they only ask and don't buy, and they still stay in Wengshan, and they must go every time they eat, drink and have fun, or find a reason to meet the shopkeeper?" Hami continued.
The two girls frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly several figures appeared in their minds, one of them said: "Yes, in the past, when guests came to Wengshan, they were all optimistic about the merchants, or they looked at the things in the Wengshan trading ground, and they bought things and left, and no one stayed in Wengshan for more than ten days, but recently, there were a few merchants who claimed to buy furs, but they seemed to have lived in Wengshan for half a month, and they drank and gambled every day, and owed money to many merchants. β