44. Extremely strange restaurants
"Hmph." She gave him a symbolic double blow, then quickly left the slum and entered the bustling shopping street.
"Girl, may I ask who ......" Wang Wenyuan subconsciously glanced at the slightly mysterious man, and couldn't help but ask.
"He's called Sulmo, and he's one of our teammates on this mission." Gu Yuexi walked to Wang Wenyuan's side, lowered her voice, and explained slowly.
Seeing her rather cautious appearance, coupled with such a brief word, he felt that things did not seem to be so simple, and he must not be able to ask anything through a few words, so he had to suppress the curiosity in his heart and shut his mouth.
After a while, Sulmo stopped next to a small, poorly decorated restaurant and waved at the two of them, as if he had something important to say to them.
"Is there something wrong?" Gu Yuexi hurriedly walked to his side and looked at him with some confusion.
"Eat something, and then go." Sullemo dropped this illogical sentence and walked into the restaurant.
"That's interesting." She shook her head a little helplessly, and said in her heart that this person's mentality is really good, and in such a tense situation, there is still leisure to go to dinner.
But she thought about it for a while, and finally walked in, after all, she didn't know him, what if he took the opportunity to reveal some important clues about the Snow Mountain Scroll to her during the meal? Or maybe tell her some other important information?
Stepping through the door, she found that it was not a good place to reveal information, as there were almost no seats available in the store at the moment; And the diners here are all enthusiastic and talkative hired hands and vendors, and their voices are as loud as the sound of the loudspeakers and announcements in the square, so much so that after less than half a minute in the restaurant, her ears are ringing.
"Girl, do you think this person is confused, or is his head unsound?" When Wang Wenyuan saw the scene in front of him, his face instantly didn't look good.
"Confused or not, just ask." Gu Yuexi saw him standing at the door of the back kitchen of the restaurant, so she walked over quickly without hesitation.
Seeing that they all showed impatience, the corners of Sulmo's mouth curled slightly, and then beckoned to them again and entered the back kitchen.
"Yes, Sulmo." Seeing this, she instantly understood something, he was using the noisy environment in the store as a cover to confuse the people who were secretly following him, and then reach his ulterior secret.
Sure enough, in a corner of the kitchen full of miscellaneous items, there was a half-open secret door, and in the center of the secret room, there was a spiral staircase that extended downward.
"Don't have a hole." Wang Wenyuan couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he saw that there were many mysteries hidden in such a small space.
Gu Yuexi was slightly stunned, because she was keenly aware that the spiral staircase here was very similar to the spiral staircase in the small building of the underground space, and it could even be called a "miniature version" of the spiral staircase.
"Friends, please." Sulmo sat on a leather couch next to the spiral staircase, a few simple yet delicious dishes at his side.
Listening to his majestic and rich voice, Wang Wenyuan's heart tightened, why was this person's voice so similar to the one he heard last time he was caught by the red giant crab in the underground space?
Could it be that this person was the one who knocked him unconscious and sent him to the underground space? Or was it the man behind directing the Cancer to take him into the water and send him to the blue stone door?
But he quickly denied these speculations, after all, in the world, how can there be such a coincidence, and when he was caught by a giant crab, his consciousness was not clear, so it is understandable that there is a certain degree of deviation.
"Wen Yuan, what's wrong with you?" Gu Yuexi immediately noticed the strangeness in his eyes, so he didn't understand.
"I didn't ...... It's okay. Wang Wenyuan couldn't help but pat his sweaty forehead, and hurriedly pulled back his thoughts that had fallen into his memories.
"It's okay, let's eat quickly, I'll have to hurry in a while." Gu Yuexi was smiling and groaning with gruel, and at the same time, she used the spare light of her eyes to pay close attention to the two men beside her who were behaving strangely.
"Miss Gu's state of mind is not ordinarily high." Seeing her slowly serving the soup without any intention of eating, and knowing that she was still wary of herself, Sulmo picked up her knife and fork and munched on the chicken and potatoes on her plate.
"There's no way, the situation is compelling, I can't be a chess player who controls the chess game, so I have to be a careful chess piece." Gu Yuexi's words were very peaceful, like the strings on the violin; However, her heart was like the turbulent waves of the sea during a storm.
"Miss Gu's analogy is really appropriate; But you must know that the chess pieces that are obscure will one day become chess players, while the chess players who are ape and horse are worried that they will one day become the next chess piece. Sulmo sighed and touched the hat that was high above his head.
"At the bottom of the spiral staircase, is the location of your people's secret joints?" Gu Yuexi turned sideways, looked at the area below the stairs, and found that on a small wooden table, there were four lit kerosene lamps neatly placed.
"Think of it as a small meeting room for our Guzd; Also, I don't like the word secret joint. Sulmo stood up and quietly tossed a yellow envelope down the spiral staircase as she lowered her head to drink the soup.
In the next second, a small old man walked out of the gloomy stairwell, hurriedly held the envelope in his hand, and then disappeared into his sight out of thin air.
"Let's go." Seeing that Gu Yuexi and Wang Wenyuan had eaten all the food on the plate, Su Lemo accosted them a little unnaturally, and then walked quickly towards the outside of the restaurant.
"Wen Yuan, guess which organization he belongs to?" She bowed her head and pretended to tie her shoes; At the same time, a serious expression was revealed.
"I don't know, but I have a rough estimate based on his speech and demeanor that he doesn't belong to the Seda Party or the Southern Association." Wang Wenyuan was silent for a moment, and replied in a tone that was not very certain.
"That's enough." Gu Yuexi nodded, and then quickened her pace.
By the time the three of them arrived at the northern pier of Patna, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.
At this time, the sidewalks along the Ganges River were crowded with all kinds of people who came for a walk, including old people with gray temples and old age, as well as ignorant and toddler children; There are both pious and grateful believers and expressionless soldiers with loaded guns......
Looking at the paper boats burning with candlelight on the water and the frolicking fishermen, Gu Yuexi couldn't help but fall into deep thought, how could there be an extremely precious snow-capped mountain scroll in such a lively place?
Before she could come up with a reason, she saw Sulmo walk straight up to a group of fishermen who were barbecing meat, and then handed one of them a wad of cash.
The fisherman smiled and counted the coins, and when he had made sure that the amount was sufficient, he beckoned his friend and drove a speedboat out of the harbor.
"Miss Gu, this trip is a long way, I hope you can stick to it." Sulmo took out a large marching bag from there, and carefully counted the contents of it.
"How far?" Gu Yuexi stared at the wide river surface and the dim night sky, and asked subconsciously.
"Secrecy for now." Sullemo motioned to the fishermen to place all the gasoline cans at the stern of the boat, not to occupy the small space in the center of the boat.
"Maybe, four or five hundred kilometers." Wang Wenyuan stared at the neatly arranged gasoline barrels at the stern of the ship and said with a little certainty.
"Four or five hundred kilometers ......" Gu Yuexi couldn't help but think, Patna City is located in the middle reaches of the Ganges River, and five hundred kilometers downstream just arrived at the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh, and five hundred kilometers upstream against the current can reach Kanpur, the industrial center of the Delhi Kingdom.
"Miss Gu doesn't have to take it seriously, this data is only estimated by the fuel consumption of a medium-sized standard configuration speedboat under normal driving conditions; In fact, with the advent of the rainy season in South Asia, the hydrological conditions of the Ganges River are becoming more and more complex, and there is no way for speedboats to ensure normal driving conditions; In addition, most of these speedboats have been modified, so their model, size, and engine power are also very different from the standard configuration; Therefore, the credibility of this data is less than 30%. Wang Wenyuan looked at her with a serious look, so he hurriedly reminded.
"Yes." Gu Yuexi nodded slightly, and then curled up in the corner of the speedboat and took a nap.
Wang Wenyuan sat beside her, fanning her with a folding fan while thinking about the next plan.
In fact, after Hou Shaochun, Zhao Chenghui and others rescued him, they did not have a detailed conversation with him, but only explained two things to him: one is to meet Gu Yuexi quickly, and the other is to find an old man named Lonely Empty as much as possible.
Now she is looking for it, but where is the old man called Lonely Empty at this time?
After thinking about it for a while, he simply focused on her.
Thinking that it was probably because of running around, her little face, which should have been delicate and fair, became a little rough and yellowish at this moment; And in the upper right corner of her lips, there were actually two swollen red envelopes, I don't know if she felt that pain.
"My hair has become dry, too." He gently twisted her long hair, and said to himself, unconsciously, with a little pain in his heart.
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"Deacon Hou, how is the situation in the barracks?" At the same time, Li Boling stood on a towering hill near the barracks with a cane, looking solemnly at the brightly lit barracks not far away.
"Not very optimistic, the king of Delhi left a hundred and ten personal soldiers, stationed around the residence of the mission, if we rush in, maybe no one will be rescued, but we will be damaged in the middle." Hou Shaochun took his glasses, carefully observed the wind and grass in the barracks, and then whispered.
"Guys, if you have any tricks, you might as well reveal them." Li Boling glanced at the members of the Southern Association behind him, and his words were filled with a hint of respect.
"It's very simple, the king of Delhi has left more than half of his personal soldiers, so his bodyguard will definitely be greatly reduced, and we can take the opportunity to sneak attack the king of Delhi's convoy and then storm the military camp." Without pause, Palermo spoke his plan in one breath.