Chapter 136: A Guest Arrives
In the world before Xiang Chen Liuling, the Blue Enchantress was a dyed flower made from a variety of hybrids between the moon season and the rose. It is dyed as the flower grows, giving it a natural blue color.
This practice is more "orthodox", but many unscrupulous merchants directly dye white roses blue, so that the color of the dyed flowers is unnatural, and there will be a golden powder.
However, in Huaihua City on the Honeysuckle Continent, the Blue Enchantress is not so artificially dyed, but artificially cultivated by using fish and minerals from the deep sea as nutrients.
It's just that the cost of this flower is high, the natural price is also high, and the requirements for the growth environment are extremely harsh, in the honeysuckle continent, only Huaihua City has this kind of blue enchantress for sale.
One of the characteristics of the naturally grown blue Enchantress is that when you are facing the sun, you can see a gorgeous halo of colorful light on the petals. In addition, no matter how much this blue enchantress is protected, as long as it is subtracted from the branches, it will not survive for more than five days. Of course, if it is processed chemically, it can be made into other crafts.
The ring that was given away by No. 38 with such a large amount of money will naturally not be a fake blue enchantress that matches it. And this kind of real blue enchantress is only sold wholesale by three planting bases in Huaihua City.
Xiang asked Blank to write down the three planting bases, and then contacted them one by one, each of which was sure that they never sold to private individuals.
Moreover, due to the characteristics of this flower, they have not sold the blue enchantress outside Huaihua City. Although there are many foreign merchants who want this kind of blue enchantress, at most they can only get the dried flowers of the blue enchantress or the so-called "eternal flowers".
After confirming that the Blue Enchantress belonged to the flowers that were only sold in Huaihua City, it was impossible to ask for their customer list further.
"Blank, is there any way you can determine which flower shops are selling the Blue Enchantress, and which are selling the Blue Enchantress that are truly natural?"
Blank's Samuel quickly inquired and said, "There are currently two thousand three hundred and seventy-eight flower shops in Huaihua City that retail flowers, and each of them has a blue enchantress for sale.
According to the sales price filter, there are 305 stores where a blue enchantress is sold for more than one gold. In five days, more than 99 stores were sold at once, and there were 17 stores in total. ”
Listening to Samuel's report, Xiang Chen Liuling shook his head: "Seventeen!?" Wow, there are a lot of rich people in Huaihua City! Then are we going to go to seventeen stores to inquire? But how do you ask? ”
"It's still just a matter of sifting through slowly. Don't worry, we've narrowed it down a lot. There are not many people who buy so many blue enchantresses at one time, either to hold some kind of big wedding banquet, party, conference, or to give gifts.
In addition to the clue of the blue enchantress, aren't there boxes and cards? This jewelry box is also custom-made at first glance, as long as you can find the person who made the custom, and the store where it is delivered, there may be overlap.
As long as a few clues coincide, then naturally you will find that person, isn't this exactly what you originally thought, Miss? Why are you impatient when you find a place?
It's not easy to find this kind of clueless person, but we're lucky to have so many clues. Don't be in a hurry, or you can go and rest for a while, and leave this simple matter to Samuel and me. Blank said with a gentle smile.
Xiang Chen Liuling frowned and thought for a while, nodded and said, "Then, okay, you check first, I'll go play with the carrots for a while!" ”
"Okay." Blank nodded with a smile, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called Xiang Chen Liuling: "Don't go out alone!" ”
"Got it, I'm in the yard, not going anywhere! If I want to go out, I'll take Xiaoying with me, it's always okay, right? ”
Xiao Ying is an orc of the cat clan, and her sensitivity and alertness are far beyond ordinary people. Blanc also played against Xiao Ying when he was teaching Chen Liuling, and he was quite impressed by the orcs' own combat attributes. If Xiang Chen Liuling went out with Xiao Ying, he would be more or less at ease.
Seeing that Blank didn't say anything, Xiang Chen Liuling grinned at him and ran out in a hurry.
Not long after, the cheerful hissing of carrots came from the yard, as well as the laughter of Xiang Chen Liuling and Xiaoying.
Listening to these sounds, Blank's face couldn't help but show a smile like an old father, and then he began to concentrate on the investigation and comparison of information.
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Xiang Chen Liuling and Xiao Ying had a good time playing with carrots in the yard, and Xiao Ying was skillful enough to weave a flower crown for the carrot with the wild grasses, wild flowers and flexible branches in the yard.
The carrot doesn't have a high opinion of this corolla, and it is more interested in the fragrance of carrots from the backyard, and wants to go to the backyard. But the bad-hearted owner just didn't let it go, and insisted on arranging flowers on its head, and the carrot was really wronged.
When she was having a good time, suddenly the doorbell rang, and Xiao Ying inquired, and it turned out that the guest had come to the door.
Xiang Chen Liuling thought that Blank was in the office, so he had a little more heart, and directly asked Xiaoying to lead the guest to the living room, ran to the office to get the notebook and Fei'er, said hello to Blank, and came to the living room.
The guest was a middle-aged woman in her thirties, dressed in half-new and wearing ornaments that looked like they hadn't been maintained for a long time.
Her fingernails are short, her finger joints are thick, and her skin is rough, and she looks like a hand that works a lot. A pair of leather shoes looked worn out, too, but apparently she did her best to wipe them down when she went out.
Her hair looked a little dry and dull, and it was messily tied up at the back of her head. The face is not powdered, the bags under the eyes are blue, the eyes are blank, and there are fine lines everywhere, which looks a little lost.
"This eldest sister, you take a sip of tea first." Xiang Chen Liuling looked at her soullessness, and asked Xiaoying to make her a cup of tea that Fanny bought.
Seeing that after she drank tea, the whole person was much more sober, so he asked with a smile: "Do you have anything to do with our detective office?" ”
The woman hurriedly brushed her hair and said slowly: "Hello, I, my name is Fang Ming, and my family lives at No. 103 Tie Anchor Road. My husband's name is Luo Ya, and he is a fisherman. When he came back from fishing, I would sell the fish in the shop, and if I couldn't sell it, I would make salted dried fish.
My family's things are genuine, and I never do those bad deals! ”
Xiang Chen Liuling was happy when he heard it, and said in his heart: "Eldest sister, are you here to sell goods?" However, looking at her dejected appearance, she still hid what she said in her heart, and said with a kind smile:
"Uh, Sister Fang, then, what are you looking for me for?"
"Oh, yes, yes, yes! I, my husband is missing! I, I want you to help me find him! ”