Chapter 270: Ruler Howard
Without waiting for Leach to open his mouth to express his opinion, the fat shopkeeper, who still hadn't completely gotten rid of the suspicion, was the first to jump out and retort: "It can't be Qinguo......! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
The big guy lost something, especially the most important commissioned items, Tali was in a bad mood, and when she heard that the fat shopkeeper was still there at this juncture, she was angry: "What are you calling nonsense, if you want me to say, we lost something, you may be the accomplice of that Qinguo, maybe you are the ghost planted in the town by the gangsters!"
"You!" the fat shopkeeper's face turned the color of pork liver, but considering that Tali was his own customer, and the things were indeed lost in his own shop, he held back his anger and said in a calm tone as much as possible, "You can doubt me, but you can't doubt Qinguo." Anyone in this town can be an internal ghost, but Qin Guo is the most unlikely. Do you know that half a year ago, that group of thugs went to Qinguo's restaurant to make trouble, and Qinguo resolutely refused to pay the protection money, and that group of thugs had evil thoughts and wanted to defile her! Fortunately, the commander of the guard happened to lead a patrol in the vicinity at that time, and Qinguo was saved from being poisoned, but he was almost unclothed, and he was almost succeeded by them! It was also from that time that the commander specially arranged for people to patrol near the restaurant. You say, is it possible that Qin Guo is an inner ghost?"
Tali was just angry, so she was a little speechless, and after hearing what happened to Qinguo, she immediately felt compassion, but regretted her recklessness.
However, it was obviously not something she could do to make her admit her mistake on the spot, so she whispered: "Even if Qin Guo is not suspicious, your suspicion is still very great! Obviously, we only stayed with you yesterday afternoon, and we were robbed that night, can you explain it to us?"
Seeing that Tali was soft and didn't hold on to Qinguo's affairs anymore, the fat shopkeeper didn't continue to worry about her, and just said calmly: "I'm sorry, I can't prove my innocence, so I'm willing to cooperate with you until I clear my grievances." ”
Both sides gave way, and Leach hurriedly stepped forward to play the round.
In fact, when he first heard that Saya was suspicious of Qin Guo's head, Leach was also suspicious. After all, it was too much of a coincidence, they had just finished drinking the fruit wine that claimed to improve the quality of sleep, and then the things were stolen, and it was when everyone didn't notice the slightest abnormality, which made Leach have to wonder if Qin Guo had put sleeping pills in the fruit wine, which made them sleep so dead.
However, after listening to the fat shopkeeper's excuse for Qinguo, Leach suddenly remembered that when drinking fruit wine, Qinguo had reminded them more than once that drinking less fruit wine had no effect, and there were also many benefits, but once they drank too much, they would go up, although it was not harmful to the body, but it was likely to delay things.
And when they asked for more fruit wine, Qin Guo also repeatedly dissuaded it, but at that time, the five of them didn't pay much attention to it, but they thought that Qin Guo's words were a bit exaggerated, so they ignored it and insisted on asking for three bottles of fruit wine, which caused the five of them to drink a little too much, so that they didn't notice that such a big thing had happened.
Thinking of this, Leach immediately crossed Qin Guo off the list of suspects.
Later, Leach asked the four women if they had found anyone staring at them maliciously when they were being interrogated, and the answer was "no".
Helpless, the five had to report to the official under the leadership of the fat shopkeeper.
Because the mayor of the town fled with his family when the riot could not be suppressed, and the newly appointed mayor of the federal government has not yet been decided, so the most powerful person in the current town of Kermos is the one who has a crush, no, the guard commander who is desperately pursuing Qinguo.
Arriving at the barracks in the southwest corner of town, Leach couldn't help but frown.
Although from the words of the fat shopkeeper, Leach had already deduced that most of the town's guards were useless, and he did not have much hope that they would be able to help, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he was inevitably a little disappointed.
Even if he has never been in the army and has no experience in leading troops, Leach also knows that if an army wants to maintain combat effectiveness for a long time, if it cannot be fed by war, it can only constantly strengthen training, and whether an army's combat quality is high or not, you can get a glimpse of it from its standing posture.
However, the situation before him was that the guards at the gate of the barracks were lazily leaning against the stakes, and when they saw a stranger approaching, they did not immediately become vigilant as Leach had imagined, but only walked out of it a young man who was hanging out, carrying his weapons at will, and asking them what they were going to do, and what the other guards were supposed to do, as if Leach and the six of them were all air.
"It's a ghost if such a group of men and horses can win a battle, no wonder they can't even beat a rabble of gangsters......"
No matter how much he slandered in his heart, but since he had a request for others, Leach could only put his posture to the lowest.
After a rough recount of what had happened last night, Leach duly made a timely request to see the Commander of the Guards.
Fortunately, the guard who stepped forward to inquire did not ask Leach for errands, but turned around and went directly into the barracks to ask for instructions, which made Leach feel that this team was not rotten to the bone, and it was still saved.
Without leaving Leach and the others to wait long, the guard quickly ran back and told them that the Commander was free to meet them.
The Commander of the Guard was surprisingly young, in his early twenties. Come to think of it, since he is Qin Guo's suitor, Qin Guo looks like he is only eighteen or nineteen years old, so as his suitor, the age of this guard leader named Howard should not be much older, otherwise it will be too shameless.
After seeing Leach and them, Howard warmly invited a few people to take a seat.
At a closer look, Leach noticed that although Howard was still handsome, there was a little bit of wood between his eyebrows, and he seemed to be a real person. If you put it somewhere else, it is easy for such a person to feel safe, but if you put him in the position of the commander of the guard, it will inevitably raise doubts about his ability to work.
Indeed, judging from the "great achievements" of the town guards, Howard, the commander of the guards, does not seem to be very competent.