Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Secret Agent
Lin Yi and the three of them went to Xuanzong together, and basically did not meet what happened before on the way, so they were already injured and recuperated little by little on the way, on this day, they had found an inn about four kilometers away from Xuanzong to rest, when the three of them just entered, they found that there was something strange inside, it should be said that it was because there was not even a guest here and felt strange.
The three of them sat together, and at this time, the innkeeper immediately ran over when he saw someone coming, and he asked very happily, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you need?"
Seeing Xiao Er so enthusiastic, Yang Xue was a little embarrassed, and he said honestly: "We need two pots of wine, three catties of beef, a plate of side dishes, and three bowls of rice." ”
"Okay, two pots of wine, three catties of beef, a plate of side dishes, and three bowls of rice, will be delivered immediately, but is it okay to ask the three of you to pay the bill first?" Xiao Er said.
"Well, of course. Yang Xue felt a little strange and replied, because in ordinary inns, you don't pay the bill first, you basically pay the bill after eating first, but here it's the other way around, and I always feel weird.
"Thank you very much, all the guest officers, a total of three silver taels. Xiao Er said.
Chu Jun took out the three silver taels and handed them to Xiao Er, who immediately ran to the backstage.
"Three silver two, how do you feel very cheap...... Yang Xue asked weakly.
Indeed, a meal like the one they ordered would cost at least twenty taels of silver, but here it is only three taels of silver, which is too little.
"Just look around. Lin Yi said lightly.
Yang Xue looked around and found that the walls around him were full of dust and traces of decay, which told him that this place had a long history, and they hadn't changed it yet.
"Perhaps, this place is very poor, but there is a question, since this place is an inn not far from Xuanzong, it should not be like this, because there are usually a lot of people moving away from large sects, so there should also be pedestrians here to stay, but why are there only three of us at the time of the night? Chu Jun said.
After a while, Xiao Er in the inn began to deliver the food one by one, and some more people came from the door, and one of them said, "Ah, we are finally going to complete the task, and this time the master will definitely reward us well." ”
As soon as this person exited, a man with a straw hat next to him slightly hit him with a sword, although the range of movement was very small, but it still let Lin Yi and the three of them see it, the man walked in slowly, and he shouted: "Xiao Er, hurry up!"
Xiao Er, who heard the call, immediately ran to him, and he asked with a smile, "Guest officer, what do you need?"
"Two pots of good daughter red, and four catties of mutton. The hook-nosed man said.
"This, two guest officers, because this inn is a small inn, so the type of food is relatively monotonous, only beef and pork, I'm really embarrassed. Xiao Er nodded and said.
"What? I don't even have mutton, and your inn is ........" Before the hook-nosed man finished speaking, he was scolded by his companion next to him, and the eyes of the two were on each other, as if the man in the straw hat was passing on some information to the hook-nosed man, and the hook-nosed man didn't say anything more, and after a while, the man in the straw hat turned his head and said gently: "Xiao Er, then let's have four catties of beef." ”
"Alright, alright, guest officer, you wait a minute. Perhaps because he felt nervous after being counted, Xiao Er seemed a little cringe.
Yang Xue turned his head, and he said lightly: "What are these guys, they don't feel like good guys." ”
Lin Yi drank slightly, he replaced his language with silence, which meant telling Yang Xue not to speak, and Chu Jun on the side kept looking at Lin Yi's eyes when those people were talking, and it could be seen from his indifferent eyes that Lin Yi wanted Chu Jun and Yang Xue to be silent, so Chu Jun closed his mouth and ate the food without speaking.
There were two people at the table who didn't speak, Yang Xue looked at the two of them speechless, and had no choice but to eat food boringly.
After a long time, Lin Yi got up and walked in front of Xiao Er and asked, "Xiao Er, we need a guest room, is there one here?"
"Yes, yes, it's up there, guest officer, slow down. Xiao Eryou said.
Lin Yi turned his head, glanced at Chu Jun and Yang Xue, and motioned for them to follow.
Xiao Er opened a guest room in front, and the three followed Xiao Er in, as soon as he entered the guest room, Yang Xue was thundered by the interior of this guest room, and it can be seen from the appearance that the chairs and chairs have been patched with nails several times, and the ground is full of potholes, but the only better thing is probably the bed in this guest room, he asked a little depressed: "Are you so poor?"
After hearing this, Xiao Er took a few steps back a little embarrassed, his face was slightly red, and he lowered his head, not knowing what to say.
Yang Xue looked at Xiao Er, who was red-eared and red-faced, and didn't know if he had said something wrong, he turned his head and looked at Lin Yi, not knowing what to do.
"May I ask, has there been anything major that happened here that makes you poor?" Lin Yi asked.
Xiao Er shook his head, and he said softly: "Guest officer, in fact, you can also see that our inn is much worse than other inns, naturally because of the problem of money, but why is this so, I hope that it is better for all guest officers not to get to the bottom of it." ”
After speaking, Xiao Er turned around and left, Lin Yi and the three of them watched him leave, closed the door, and the three of them gathered together, Yang Xue wondered: "What is this called? Such a dilapidated room." After saying that, he sat down on a broken chair, and the chair made a "click." The sound made him bounce in fright.
"It's really too poor here. Lin Yi said that there is basically no such poor inn in Guzong, even a small inn not far from Guzong will not be so poor, this stark contrast prompts him to increase his vigilance, and he always feels that this is not a good place.
"Tomorrow we are going to enter Xuanzong, and I've been thinking about what identity we should use to cover up when the time comes?" Lin Yi asked.
"Then think of it as a merchant selling medicines, we have those precious pills in our hands that can create a false identity for us, plus I have been to a large auction house like the Hidden Snow Pavilion before, so I naturally know some tricks, and I can borrow my experience to falsify our actions. Yang Xue said.
Lin Yi thought for a while, it seemed that there was no other better way to complete this task, and the method that Yang Xue said was not a good method.
"Okay, then you can be the guide, and we'll look around in the back. Lin Yi said.