123. Old Don is missing
The traffic situation in the capital is worthy of its name, and it took more than an hour for the taxi to send Gu Bei to his destination.
To be honest, if he had known that it was such a waste of time, Gu Bei might as well directly use the Eight Doors of Carrying Technique Space to teleport back, although it was a little farther away, the number of jumps and the amount of Qi consumed were a little more, but the total time would not add up to half an hour.
After getting out of the car to settle the bill, Gu Bei carried a silver-white alloy suitcase and took the elevator back to the floor where the room was located.
Swipe the card to open the door, and the moment the door of the room opened, Gu Bei noticed some problems.
...... in the room No one?
Gu Bei's Liuku Immortal Thief passively detected an independent aura, but in the room, not to mention the powerful smell unique to the Dragon King of Old Tang, there was not even the smell of living creatures.
Pushing the door in, Gu Bei looked at the two beds with the suitcase.
Empty.
The sheets on the bed were spread out evenly, not even a little dented, and the quilt was neatly folded, as if it had never been spread out at all.
This is true for both beds.
This is a housekeeping service that every hotel will have, when the guest is not in the room and the guest is allowed to enter, the service staff should clean the room as soon as possible, change the bed with clean sheets and quilt covers, replenish the used disposable supplies, and restore the whole room to the best reception state.
In addition to roadside hotels, hotels with star ratings generally have corresponding regulations.
Before checking in, Gu Bei also asked related questions, and the hotel's customer service staff replied: every day at two o'clock in the afternoon for unified sorting, if there is a need for emergency cleaning, you can also use the internal line to call the service staff.
The time to clean the room is two o'clock in the afternoon every day, and the error before and after will not exceed an hour, and it is now half past seven in the morning, and Gu Bei has been returning from yesterday morning for almost a day and a night, close to twenty-four hours, and it is a matter of course when his bed is cleared.
But the same is true of Old Don's bed.
This means that at least after two o'clock in the day yesterday, Old Tang did not return to the room.
The lingering thin smell in the air that is difficult to discern is also a constant statement.
As the dignified king of bronze and fire, Old Tang ...... Missing?!
Could it be that he was kidnapped?
Gu Bei's mind came to mind that Lao Tang was tied to a chair by Wuhuada, and there were several black-clothed people with unclear faces but fierce expressions standing around, Norton's soul floated aside to watch the excitement, and Old Tang cried and shouted with that happy face: "Old Gu come to save me!" ”
Gu Bei shuddered: "No, it's impossible." ”
Let's not talk about whether Norton will watch Old Tang being arrested, let's just say that Old Tang himself will not have any power to fight back in the face of a few or even a dozen ordinary people.
After all, Old Tang's physical fitness is not much different from that of the standard dragon king, although he holds power but not power on the throne of the twins, but it is not comparable to the likes of the second-generation breeds of half-breeds.
And after a year of training, as well as Gu Bei's tips and Norton's guidance from the side, although the current old Tang still can't release those world-destroying level super dangerous spirit spirit at will, but it is still possible to mobilize a part of the "spirit" with "words" with a strong bloodline.
If you compare it with an actual example, the current old Tang is a Chu Zihang who has no combat experience but has a plus version of combat effectiveness.
And Old Tang also carried a nuclear-level killer like Norton with him.
To say that this kind of goods will be kidnapped......
It is better to say that Lu Mingze was kidnapped by Lu Mingfei.
After all, if Lu Ming had to kidnap Lu Mingze, Lu Mingze probably wouldn't fight back, so the probability of success was still very high.
If it weren't for the kidnapping, where would Old Tang go?
Could it be that he jumped into the night last night and hasn't come back yet?
No, Lao Tang doesn't jump Di, the money for this goods is enough to eat at most, Jump Di...... He can't afford to spend.
Could it be that you wake up early in the morning and go to buy breakfast?
It's impossible, when he doesn't work, Lao Tang never sleeps until twelve o'clock at noon, and if Lao Tang spent the night in the hotel last night, then this neat bed can't be explained, after all, Lao Tang never makes a bed.
Could it be a check-out and left?
It's even more impossible, the luggage of this cargo is still in the room, and Lao Tang is going to the United States with Gu Bei and Chu Zihang this time, there is no reason to leave early.
As for why they went back to the U.S. together......
Because Gu Bei feels that as an express company, he can't only limit his vision to China, nor can he only see the current small profits, but also look at the international and look forward to the future.
Therefore, Lao Tang was appointed as the head of the North American branch of Nadutong, responsible for establishing the first foreign base of Nadutong.
This time the North American branch of Didutong is an attempt by Gu Bei, because the purpose of Nadutong is to balance the particularity of the half-breed and let humans have a promotion channel.
Therefore, unlike being confined to a corner under one person, Nadutong in the dragon world is destined to be an international organization, and it will spread all over the world where there are humans and half-breeds.
Therefore, the task that Gu Bei gave to Lao Tang this time was very heavy, and Lao Tang was a good brother who valued righteousness, so it was naturally impossible to escape in this situation.
Gu Bei's mind kept popping up with all kinds of thoughts, and then he was strangled to death by himself, and suddenly he thought of something in his thoughts: "This guy ...... You can't get lost after going out, right? ”
Gu Bei's eyelids jumped, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this fantasy-sounding speculation might be the truth.
After all, anyone who knows Lao Tang knows that he is a road idiot.
Lao Tang, who used to be a hunter, relied on his road idiot attributes, and moved wildly during the mission, not only successfully dodging many plot kills, but also finding the hidden mission target in a sparse way, and mixed up a nickname of "lucky one" on the entire hunter website.
Gu Bei once gave Lao Tang a more detailed examination, and found that Lao Tang's road idiot attribute was not accidental, but composed of two reasons.
The first aspect is that Lao Tang, as the king of bronze and fire, under the influence of high bloodline, will make some uncontrolled behaviors under the influence of the subconscious, or be attracted by nearby alchemy products or high concentration of "spirits", resulting in deviating from the subjective route without Lao Tang himself noticing, and thus getting lost.
And on the other hand......
Because Lao Tang himself is a big road idiot, he belongs to the kind of person who can't find the original route once he deviates from the established track.
Under the influence of these two aspects, they together constitute the road idiot attribute of the old Tang.
Therefore, Lao Tang's road idiot is completely different from ordinary people's road idiots who don't recognize the road at all, and his road idiot has to be divided into two steps.
In the state of recognizing the road at the beginning, first of all, the subconscious led him to deviate from the route, and then the old Tang who deviated from the route was very self-righteous and moved forward according to the established route, and then the person disappeared as he walked.
But there's a big problem with that.
What wants to interfere with Old Tang, attract the subconscious of the Dragon King within Old Tang, and cause it to deviate from the course is definitely not an ordinary existence.
In the records, the items that were able to achieve a similar effect were the alchemy corpse puppet buried in the mausoleum, the alchemy item containing the living spirit, and even the egg of a sleeping secondary species.
So...... What attracted him this time?
Gu Bei felt a chill in his heart, and always had a bad premonition, so he returned to the hotel after a busy day and a night without even sitting down, and turned around and left the hotel with a silver-white metal box.
He's going to get it back.
-- Time goes back to a day ago --
Aug. 21 at 12:27 p.m.
At this time, Gu Bei had just sent away Brother Du Feng, leaving 100,000 yuan for Ruan Yun's family, and then he walked away, hiding his merit and fame.
At this time, Old Tang had just woken up.
Should I say it or not, the two of them have traveled together for almost a year, Gu Bei can be said to be the person who knows Lao Tang in the world, he said that Lao Tang sleeps until twelve o'clock, then Lao Tang must not get up at eleven o'clock.
Even if you soak in the hot spring pool the night before, you will sleep until the sun rises today.
Looking at the unfamiliar ceiling, Old Tang spent nearly an hour on the soft big bed to calm down before he reacted.
It's not a rainforest anymore, and it's not a tent overhead.
It's still comfortable to live in the city, whether it's your own small rental house in the United States, or the big hotel you live in now, or the apartment in the headquarters of Nadutong.
It's really technology that changes lives.
Turning his head and glancing at the bed next door, he didn't see Gu Bei as expected.
Old Don is used to it.
Gu Bei still insisted on the habit of running in the morning in the early years, so he has always maintained a good routine, and later the Liuku Immortal Thief and the training of the body became a master, although there was no need to continue to boil the body. But the routine has been retained.
At this time, should I go to lunch?
Old Tang got dressed and washed, and was brushing his teeth, when there was a knock on the door.
"It's coming!"
Old Tang rinsed his mouth, thinking that Gu Bei ate very quickly today, I don't know if he brought me something to eat...... No, Gu Bei has a room card, and he doesn't need to ring the doorbell when he comes back.
When he opened the door, it was not Gu Bei, but a woman in work clothes.
It is the room cleaning of the hotel.
Old Tang took out his phone and glanced at the time: 14:04.
It's been this time.
The cleaner pushed the trolley and asked very politely, "Hello, do you need to clean the room?" ”
"Oh, good."
Old Don moved out of the way of the door and let the other party into the room.
In fact, there was nothing to clean up in the room.
Gu Bei's bed was neatly arranged by himself, and there was no garbage on the ground, the only thing he needed was to make up for the disposable toiletries that were consumed in the bathroom, and the bed that was tossed into a kennel by Lao Tang overnight.
Because Lao Tang is extremely dishonest when he sleeps, his bed is not very neat, at first Lao Tang will make it diligently, but over time, he will not make the bed much.
After all, it's always going to be messy.
This results in contrasting beds in the room.
On the left, Gu Bei: clean and wrinkle-free, the bedding is neatly stacked, and the pillows are also placed in the right place.
Old Tang on the right: One word, chaos.
Old Tang watched the cleaner busy in the room, put on his shoes and prepared to go out to eat something, and before leaving, he said: "Just lock the door directly after you clean up." ”
"Okay."
Don left the hotel, ready to go around and find something to eat.
This is also a fixed project, you must know that Lao Tang has a total of four labels in Gu Bei: eating, sleeping, good brother, and acting dragon king.
A good brother refers to the relationship between two people, the acting dragon king refers to the identity of Lao Tang in this embarrassing situation now, and sleeping refers to sleeping like a dead pig every day until three poles a day.
As for eating......
To tell the truth, the lion's big mouth is an exaggerated adjective to others, but it is an accurate and practical description to Lao Tang.
During this year's trip, every time he arrived at a new place, Gu Bei's first task was to help the souls in the sea to fulfill their wishes, and Lao Tang's first task was to find out what delicious food was in the city.
After Gu Bei finished his business, the two would eat all kinds of food in the city as a celebration, and then leave the city for the next location.
This trip to the capital is no exception.
Old Tang waved his hand to stop a taxi, and after getting into the car, the driver glanced in the rearview mirror and looked surprised: "Young, foreign friend? Do you speak Chinese? ”
Although Lao Tang is Chinese, he lives in North America all the year round, and because the appearance of the dragon king will grow with his inner thoughts, over time, in addition to the softness of the Orientals, he also has a little bit of the stiffness of the Westerners.
Old Tang shook his head happily: "I am Chinese, Chinese-American. ”
The driver understood: "Oh, I see, green card." ”
Old Tang opened his mouth and wanted to explain that a green card is not a nationality, but after thinking about it, he closed his mouth again.
The explanation is not clear, and it may become more and more confusing as it is said, so it is not necessary.
The driver didn't say much: "Where to go?" ”
Old Tang didn't pretend to take out his mobile phone to look at the map, and asked directly: "Are there any special delicacies around?" ”
In a city, if you are looking for a company or school, you can ask for express delivery, ask for takeout if you are looking for someone's place of residence, and find a rental if you are looking for special attractions.
Find a quasi.
The driver said happily: "The little brother is traveling back to China?" Do you want to try the game? Or Quanjude? Square brick factory? Or the Four Seasons Minfu? These people from other places like to eat, and they are all quite close to here, but we locals don't eat much. ”
Old Tang didn't think much about it: "Let's go to the nearest one." ”
"Well, you buckle up."
The car started and poured into the rolling traffic, as if it had merged into a long dragon, this dragon had no head or tail, but there was no end in sight.
Don sat in the back seat, looking through the window at the rapid backward scenery on both sides of the road.
High-rise buildings are towering, traffic is busy, and people come and go.
There is something indescribable about this city, like a knowledgeable old man, and like a vibrant teenager.
The wind brought a familiar taste, and Old Tang felt that the taste was somewhat familiar, like an old man he hadn't seen for a long time.
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