Chapter 66: A Night in the Cloud Tower
Early the next morning, all the merchants who had gone to the lord's house for a banquet returned to their residences.
Yunlou also slowly returned to the east.
There was no one behind him, and Rahman and the others had already left early after seeing him come out safely, as for Zhong Hexi...... He had already accompanied the real proprietor to another place.
The door opened, he walked in, and sat down on the first floor of the East Guest's chair.
Rubbing his temples tiredly, he impatiently drove away the servant who had come up to serve, and after a moment called the caravan steward who had been standing at the door, as if he were routinely checking the chamber of commerce.
This is the habit of the proprietor, who has to inquire about the situation of the Chamber of Commerce every morning and deal with some things that need to be decided by him personally.
For Yun Lou, who has now replaced the original East Shopkeeper, he must also abide by this habit.
After all, the danger is not over! Yun Lou knew very well in his heart, maybe there was some means of monitoring him hidden in a corner of this small building now!
Last night's interrogation actually didn't last long, and after most of the merchant guards who had been assassinated had gone to a place called "Qianjia Wine Shop" to buy wine, Luo Yongning put them aside and immediately organized a team of people to go to that place to investigate.
After that, while waiting, Luo Yongning ordered people to pack up two small buildings for the merchants and their guards to rest, and selected the guards of the Zhuang's Mansion who were guarding around them by name in front of everyone.
In the name of protection, in fact, no one knows that it is spying on them, but no one dares to say more about it, after all, such a thing happened tonight, and none of them who are masters can escape!
Of course, if being watched can allow them to prove their innocence to Luo Yongning, I believe that even if two more guards are stuffed in each person's room to watch them sleep, it is estimated that they will raise their hands to welcome.
However, Yun Lou understood that after this incident, they no longer had any trust in the eyes of this suspected "Qingmu Dao Chief", although they couldn't talk about much trust before, but now this distrust has risen to the level of vigilance!
This is also what Yunlou is very interested in, because even at this point, the other party actually did not give up the idea of trading with them!
On the contrary, in order to make them retreat one by one, the other party also pretended that I actually believe in you very much, but this kind of thing must be strictly investigated and dealt with seriously. Not only used the majesty of the owner to frighten these merchants who had gradually become bolder, but also slightly reassured them that they would not evacuate directly from Luo's Village because of this incident.
Obviously, even at this time, the first thing in the owner's mind is still their deal!
In other words, this seemingly ordinary, routine transaction after every demon tide is even heavier in Luo Yongning's mind than the fact that he was assassinated and his hometown was set on fire!
This is obviously an extremely unusual thing for an owner who controls almost all the initiative and who does business with depends entirely on his mood!
There must be something greasy in this deal!
Maybe there is nothing strange about the contract on paper, and the transaction itself is normal and reasonable, but the other party's purpose may not be pure!
Thinking of this, Yun Lou's first thought was the impact of this transaction - more and more people who couldn't live in their own country, or wanted to make more money, would follow the caravan here! Finally settle down here!
This is the purpose of Luo Yongning, the owner of the village, clearly at the banquet: he hopes that a large number of people will fill the population shortage caused by Luojiazhuang's sudden demon tide!
Obviously, the relationship between population and wealth circulation is clear in the owner's heart, in order to maintain the development of Luojiazhuang, he must introduce population to the outside world, and at the same time, this means can also create a lot of wealth for Luojiazhuang again!
But is that all he aims?
When Yun Lou thought of this, he had been hiding in the quilt and sneering.
Why are all the high-level people in Luojiazhuang who are counting the population a wine bag and rice bag, and any number is vague and vague?
Why don't they ever count every household in Locke's Village in detail? Is it really because the demon tide is frequent and the personnel changes quickly, so it's useless to count?
Why do these guys count far more deaths than they die in the resistance to the demon tide every time the demon tide dies? Is it really these guys who want to make some personal gain from it, so they lie about so many numbers?
Why is it that after every demon tide, there are so many people who are inexplicable, and even they themselves can't tell where they come from, to get through the most difficult period for Luojiazhuang?
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One question after another flashed in Yun Lou's mind, making him more and more sure of the conjecture in his heart, but he didn't make a rash conclusion, after all, there was a lack of key evidence, as long as he took a wrong step, the hidden main quest he had worked so hard to unearth would come to an end!
…… He had gone to great lengths to pull the Rahman and the others to him, and had agreed that they would keep the team intact, not just so that they could enjoy the benefits of this hidden quest for nothing!
Even Mu Yan had to pay so much in exchange if he wanted to know, how could they get these so easily?
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Back to the beginning, after Yunlou returned to the east, he arranged everything according to the habits of the east shopkeeper, and finally returned to his bedroom to sleep on the grounds that he had not rested all night.
He actually knew that after their group of wealthy businessmen rested yesterday, the owner of the village who was suspected of being the "Qingmu Dao Chief" must have searched door to door, and he must have been searched here, and even he suspected that even the owner of the village where Mu Yan lived did not let go!
However, he didn't worry about Mu Yan, and he didn't worry much about himself, the two of them had already predicted this situation, they had already prepared for the transfer and the things that should be hidden, if the owner really came, he would definitely not find anything, now he only needs to play the role of the shopkeeper well, and the rest just needs to wait for Mu Yan to take the initiative to come to him.
Thinking like this, his mind sneaked into the park mark and saw the "hidden main quest five" that was still marked as unfinished, and suddenly felt a little sad, although he knew that his guess was not far from ten, but no evidence was no evidence, he didn't sense his divine sense, and he didn't see the appearance of Qingmu Daochang, just based on Mu Yan's reaction and some details observed in Luo Yongning, he made a guess that the amusement park was not recognized.
He wanted to get the next task, and now he could only wait for Mu Yan to inform him!
Thinking about it, he gradually fell asleep......
It's true that he didn't sleep well last night, even if he was really sleepy at the time, but he had to pretend to be afraid that he wouldn't sleep well, so he didn't fall asleep until the end.
Now, I can finally get a good night's sleep......
PS: I can't stand it, I'll get up sooner with one more left.