Pushing open the iron door of the hotel, there is a plain and delicate wide hall, not very luxurious decoration and exotic style, with the exquisite kerosene lamps on the ceiling, revealing a warm atmosphere.

Directly opposite the hall is a small and delicate black bar, followed by two young girls in white long-sleeved women's shirts and black sleeveless women's suits, one is sitting in front of the bar, smiling at the guests who have just walked through the door; The other lowered his head, spread out a pamphlet in front of him, and kept writing on it with a pen in his hand.

Thorn walked all the way to the bar, and asked the young and beautiful girl in a Western-style maid dress at the back of the bar, "How much do you charge for this accommodation?"

The girl who was asked looked at the pale young man in a mechanical suit in front of her with a professional smile, and quickly replied:

"Hello guests, our hotel provides three kinds of rooms, the first is a single room, the price is one silver horn a day; The second type is a double room, with a choice of a double bed room and a double bed, and the price is a piece of five silver horns a day; The third type is the VIP room, which only has a double bed room, and the price is three silver horns a day. At the same time, we will provide guests with three meals a day on the second floor, and the food is included in the room rate, and there is no additional charge for guests. All three types of rooms are currently available. ”

The young woman, who spoke clearly and fluently, spoke quickly, then paused, adjusting her breathing:

"Same-day check-in and deposit is required for the three types of rooms, and the deposit for the three rooms is equivalent to the room rate. The next day is 1 p.m. for settlement, and if you do not check out after 1 p.m. the next day, you will be deemed to have continued your stay. If you check out, we will refund the deposit after checking the good condition of the room, and if there is any damage to the furniture, you will need to compensate for the price before returning the deposit. ”

The young girl, who still had some freckles but showed more youthful energy, kept a professional smile, did not despise the pale and slightly thin young man in front of her, and waited quietly for his answer.

The cheap apartment in the dock area where Thorn lived was only five silver horns a month's rent, and the rent of a hotel in this overseas business district can be described as expensive.

Mentally prepared for this price, he nodded: "Single room, stay for a day." ”

As he spoke, he took out a silver horn from each of his two pockets, and took out the identity card that he had prepared and handed it to the other party.

This identity card is also the product of the Great Chong Dynasty's imitation of overseas countries, and the people have to apply for their own one since birth, and with the identity card can they stay in a legal hotel or take a steam train ship in the territory.

The young girl at the front desk was surprised by the strange way of withdrawing money from Thorn, took the silver horn, and then handed the identity card to the girl next to her who bowed her head and wrote.

The other girl raised her head, revealing a lovely round face, she carefully checked the Thorn himself and the contents of the identity card, nodded seriously, and then lowered her head and quickly wrote down the contents of the identity card on the book in front of her.

After a moment, she raised her face, returned the identity card to Thorn, and took out a key and handed it over:

"Mr. Jing, your room is on the third floor, I'll take you there now, you can put away the key, it's time for dinner, and you can go to the restaurant on the second floor to enjoy lunch with the key later."

"Well, there is Lao." Thorn put away his identity tag and key and replied politely.

The girl at the front desk walked out, put her palms on her left abdomen with her palms folded down, her knees slightly bent, and made a ladylike salute to the thorns: "Please come with me." ”

The two of them didn't say anything all the way, and when they went up to the third floor to the front of the room, the girl turned around and saluted again:

"Mr. Jing, I won't bother you, I wish you a happy meal later. If you need service, you can ask at the front desk. ”

Thorn nodded slightly, watched the girl's back turn away, and then took out the key and opened the door.

Although this is a single room, it is also larger than the cheap apartment where Thorn lived before, which is clean and elegantly decorated, snow-white walls, the bed in the middle of the room is covered with snow-white sheets, there is a dresser and wardrobe next to the bed, there is a bathroom not far away, and there is a small balcony on the other side, and you can see the bustling streets of the business district when you walk to the balcony.

Thorn nodded with satisfaction, only to feel sleepiness hit him all of a sudden.

He had only slept for three hours before, and he had been exhausted from the previous night's running and overdraft of the secret technique of the fish intestine stabbing sword, but he didn't dare to sleep in the rickshaw - what if someone took his luggage?

Now that I've entered this hotel, I'm finally a little more relaxed.

Quickly put the luggage in place, then went out of the room to lock the door, forced down the stairs, and arrived at the restaurant on the second floor, where many residents were already eating.

Thorn quickly walked in, looked around, and saw that many guests were putting their keys on the table, and it wasn't long before a waiter brought the tray containing the food.

Immediately followed suit, and it didn't take long for a waiter in a long-sleeved white shirt and a black sleeveless suit to walk over with a tray and quickly prepare vegetables for thorns.

When he removed the lid of the round glass plate on the tray, a hot air wafted out along with the smell of food, which instantly shocked him.

On the tray are three white porcelain plates, one containing a milky white soup, in which you can see clams and other seafood; A large piece of fried lamb chops, the strong fragrance emitted instantly made the index finger of the thorn move; On the last porcelain plate are two small and delicate egg tarts. On the edge of the tray are paper towels with knives, forks and spoons.

The waiter asked in a low voice:

"The main course at noon was fried lamb chops in red wine, the appetizer was a creamy seafood bisque, and the dessert was strawberry tart. The drinks served are red wine and honey lemon tea, which one do you need? ”

"Lemon tea." Thorn thorn replied.

This is also the habit of being a trader in his previous life, in order to keep his brain clear, he never drinks.

"Okay, please wait."

The waiter quickly served a glass of dark brown black tea with a lemon scent and lemon slices on the rim of the cup.

"Your dishes are ready, please use them slowly."

The waiter took two steps back, bowed slightly at the waist and left silently.

Thorn picked up the knife and fork and enjoyed the food slowly.

The milky soup with the sliced seafood whets his appetite; The fried lamb chops are processed just right, without a little mutton smell; The sourness of the lemon and the sweetness of the honey in the black tea are just right; The final dessert is the egg tart, which is delicately delicious and not overly sweet.

Thorn, who quickly swept away the food, picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of his mouth, got up and went back to the room, took off his coat and hung it, and fell asleep on the bed.

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The main mansion of the Tsumon Division, in the afternoon of the same day.

In the main hall, Zheng Fuli had already retired at this time, and Sun Changsheng sat on the main seat alone, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The elegantly furnished hall was empty except for the dignitary, and the doors were closed.

Suddenly, a gloomy male voice sounded in the air: "My lord, I have already investigated the Red Mansion. ”

A figure came out of nowhere, a middle-aged man in a black tweed coat and gold-rimmed glasses.

This person looks like Si Svenwen on the outside, with a wolf tail on his forehead and a wolf tail on the back of his head, a well-proportioned body, fair skin, and an extraordinary appearance.

Sun Changsheng, the port governor of Jinmen, looked at the person who suddenly appeared, and his heart was instantly startled, and the hand holding the teacup was slightly forced, almost letting the tea flow out. However, he cultivated his qi deeply, and then quietly put the teacup on the table, looked at the middle-aged man standing in the hall and asked in a deep voice, "What is the result?" Was the Red Mansion Bloody Case Done by Warlocks? ”

"It's not." The middle-aged man from the wolf background shook his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, even he felt a little incredulous at the detected results.

"I cast a spell on the ruins of the Red Mansion to check, but I didn't notice any traces of mana, obviously the murderer is not a transcendent person, according to the wounds on the body of the recognizable corpse at the scene, it can be determined that there is only one murderer, it should be a swordsmanship."

The middle-aged man brought a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said slowly, and when he said the three words transcendental, he deliberately made his tone a little heavier.

Sun Changsheng is in a high position, and one of the necessary abilities to survive in officialdom is to read words and colors and read the air, and he naturally understands what the subtext of the warlock in Western clothes in front of him is.

With the revival of the second layer of the spiritual sea, the spiritual energy tide has officially arrived, not only the people, but also the undercurrent in the court. Under the acquiescence of the monarch, the transcendents of the government are gaining power little by little, walking to the front of the stage, and squeezing the space of mortal bureaucrats step by step.

But he really didn't expect that just a warlock, a sixth-grade magician, and a so-called transcendent who could be surrounded and killed by a few teams of soldiers would dare to mock the dignified four-rank great nobles!

Even Sun Changsheng's Qi cultivation kung fu was profound, and his face changed on the spot.

But he thought of the news from the court, and the fact that the person in front of him did not have the behavior of ignoring the rules of officialdom, he quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a cold voice: "Ding Yuanshan, then what did you find out when you went for half a day?" ”

The middle-aged warlock Ding Yuanshan looked at the gaffe Governor of Jinmen Division pretending to be a majestic voice, and was very disdainful of this in his heart, but after all, the rules on the surface could not be broken, so he immediately bowed down and replied:

"Lord Hui, I completed the spell casting through the tokens left in the official mansion by those secret agents, and it has been determined that the four people who fled from the Red Mansion that night, in addition to the secret agent Bai Mu, Wu Zhi, and Li Dong, the last person is Zhang Zheng, this person was Bai Mu before the military status was removed, and the chief of Wu Zhi and the two was also the leader after becoming a secret agent."

The sven warlock paused, and continued:

"I learned that Zhang Zheng's whereabouts last night were to collect the filial piety of his subordinates at the Red Turban Tavern, distribute tasks and drink and have fun, and he left the tavern at nine o'clock in the evening, and no one has seen him since. At ten o'clock that night, the Red Chamber was attacked, which was just enough for an agent to walk from the tavern to the Red Mansion in just one hour. ”

"Based on the above information, I think that this Zhang Zheng is by no means as simple as a deserter, he may even be an internal ghost, and it is precisely because of this person's internal and external cooperation that the murderer who is not an extraordinary person will kill all the secret agents in the Red Mansion."

As before, the warlock with the gold-rimmed glasses was a little more vocal at the word transcendental.

Sun Changsheng, who heard the words transcendent again, was already a little used to it, he was silent on the surface, but he was even more angry in his heart, he nodded with a cold face, and gave orders:

"In that case, Ding Yuanshan, I ordered you to go to the Patrol Bureau immediately and help them arrest those four people!"

"Yes, obedience!"

Ding Yuanshan raised his hand and saluted, said without humility or arrogance, and then immediately turned around and left.

People who have been in officialdom for a long time know that the so-called neither humility nor arrogance is just a joke, and the eternal theme is that the officials crush people to death at the first level, and the flattery of the subordinates to the superiors is the eternal theme. Those who are not humble or arrogant are simply self-defeating - which superior will promote subordinates who do not submit to themselves?

But this warlock, the power belongs to himself, and the news from the court recently, he really has the confidence to face his superiors without being humble or arrogant.

The so-called no desire is rigid, because there is nothing to want, so it can be neither humble nor arrogant.

Looking at the straight back of this person who bowed down and saluted without being humble or arrogant, and pushed open the door and left directly, Sun Changsheng didn't say a word, until this person's figure gradually became smaller until it disappeared completely, and then he blushed his face, angrily picked up the teacup on the table and slammed it on the ground!

"Bastard!"