Chapter 150: Plan before you act
At night, the sky was dark and dark, and the herringbone roofs were covered with a thick layer of snow. The ice cubes in the corners of the eaves, the white heat in the chimneys, although it was already past eight o'clock, the snow reflected the whole city dimly, and you could still see your own footsteps.
After more than ten days of sneaking, he finally came to Ammosidu. They entered the city during the day, and because they saw the wanted posters posted everywhere, even if they were disguised, they were afraid that something would happen and they would be discovered, so they didn't come out until the evening to inquire about the residence of the person they were looking for.
Ammoxi is a metropolis in the western part of the Demon Moon Empire, because of the vast land and different people, the cultural climate here is very different from that of the imperial capital, and it has a unique taste.
At this time, there was goose feather snow in the sky, and it fell on the fur of the two for a long time. Alice wore thick gloves and a snow rabbit fur scarf around her neck, and she shrunk her neck, with half of her face tucked under her scarf, leaving only the bridge of her nose above and below her eyebrows exposed.
Ixiusen also put on his warm robe and looked left and right. There aren't a lot of pedestrians on the street, and most of them stay at home.
"After asking for so long, they all said they didn't know the person you were looking for. Yi Xiusen said: "If there is, no one will know about him, could it be that there is no such person here at all?"
Bing Zhixiao didn't speak, he was also worried about this in his heart, if he said that he was transferred, someone should also know about Ishubetty Rosst, but after inquiring for so long, no one knew.
Alice tugged at the corner of her childish clothes: "Where are we going now, back to the hotel?"
"Nope. Bingzhi said evilly: "I'll go to the tavern to inquire again, you and Ixiusen will go back to the hotel first." ”
"I'm going too. Alice said.
Bingzhi said evilly: "No, you have to stay in the hotel, in case something happens, we can flee separately, and it will be easier for me to escape alone." ”
"Oh. Alice didn't want to affect him because of what happened last time, so she went back to the inn with Ishson.
Ammosidu is also a big city, and there are naturally many pedestrian pavilions. Many travelers can't afford to eat and stay in a big hotel, so they like to go to the tavern for a drink, exchange some information with the passers-by, and exchange experiences. At this time, although it was night and there were few pedestrians on the road, there were still many people in the tavern and the lively place, and some city people would also have a drink here and inquire about the situation outside.
Without this person, he thought to himself, "Wasileb wouldn't lie to me because he wanted me to leave Sofina quickly, would he?" How could Ammosidu not have this man?"
The Witch's Tavern is a well-known old tavern in Ammosito, where city dwellers and passers-by like to have a drink and walk, and it has naturally become a place for the exchange of information.
The old wooden door to the 'Squeak' tavern was opened, and a child stood in the doorway and looked inside.
"Hehe, look, who's here?" a curly-haired man in front of the bar said to the boy in a loud voice, "Kid, do you want to come in and listen to the story?" ”
There was a burst of laughter in the already lively tavern.
The woman next to the big man took a sip of her cocktail and beckoned to the child: "Don't be afraid, come here, I'll tell you the story if you want to hear it, my sister has a lot of adventure experience." ”
The child walked over with a smile on his face: "Hello, I'm not here to listen to stories, I'm here to inquire about a person, a person from the city." ”
"Inquire about people, you have come to the right place, the Witch's Tavern has been open in Ammoxidu for more than a hundred years, and there is no one in the city who does not know the shopkeeper. ”
The bartender behind the bar got a glass of juice and handed it to the kid and said, "It's not that exaggerated, kid, tell me who you're looking for?"
The child took a big sip and said, "I'm looking for a guy named Ishuberty Rost, you know?"
There were three people drinking in the corner of the tavern, and when they heard that the kid was looking for this person, their faces immediately changed. One was about to get up to catch the child, but was stopped by another person: "Don't worry, this person is not what we are looking for." It must be that Bing Zhiye himself does not dare to show his face, so he will find this kid to inquire, and we will be able to find him after following this kid. ”
The man sat down patiently again.
"You're looking for Ishuberty Roster?" the tavernkeeper asked, "What are you looking for this guy?"
"I'm looking for him...... Can you tell me if you have something to do with him?" said the child.
The tavern owner smiled: "Of course. You must have asked a lot of people, and they told you they hadn't heard of this person, right?"
The child didn't know if that was the case, but nodded.
The tavern keeper said, "It's really your luck to come to me, and if you ask others, no one really knows about him, because there is no such person in Ammosito. ”
"What do you mean?" the child asked, puzzled.
The tavernkeeper said, "This man has been incognito for a long time, and he has a different name, Anruen Dibby. ”
The child said, "I see, then where does he live?"
"7 White Hart Street, but he doesn't necessarily live there. The tavern keeper said.
"Oh, xiexie, and xiexie. "The kid finished the juice and was ready to leave.
The tavern owner suddenly said, "Wait a minute, you haven't given the money yet, all the news is asking for money." ”
The woman next to him said, "He's just a child, and you want money?"
The tavern owner smiled: "No matter what the news is, you will be charged, this is the rule of this store for more than a hundred years. But ......" then said to the child, "For the sake of being a child, I will only charge you a silver coin." ”
The woman next to her also laughed when she heard this. The curly-haired man said: "I mean, you even want a child's money, so you really live more and more back." ”
The little one took out a silver coin from his pocket: "Here you go, xiexie, your juice is delicious." ”
"You're welcome and welcome next time. ”
After the child left, the three guys in the corner glanced at each other, put down the liquor on the table and went out.
Outdoors is not as good as indoors, the chill hits all of a sudden, the child puts his hand to his mouth and rubs it with a breath of hot air, and comes to a dead alley.
"I asked for the news you wanted, and what about the three gold coins that were promised to me...... Hey, what about people?" the child stood at the mouth of the alley, and there were still people in the alley except for the piles of broken wooden barrels and old cloth bags. ,
Seeing that the person who hired him was not here, his joy suddenly disappeared: "Hateful liar! Playing tricks on me, isn't it?
These three people were the three people in the tavern who were looking for the ice child, and one of them said, "Don't be afraid, little friend, I want to ask you, did someone hire you to inquire about the person named Ishuberty Rost in the tavern?"
"yes. The child exclaimed, "He promised to give me three gold coins and wait here for my news, but you see, the man is gone." It's disgusting!"
Another impatient grabbed the kid and asked, "Do you know where he's gone?"
"Let go of me, let go of me. The child was caught by him and cried out again and again.
The third man persuaded his partner to let go, took out a wanted poster from his bosom and asked, "Is he the one who is looking for you?"
The child looked at the poster and shook his head: "I don't know." ”
"What don't you know?" asked the woman in charge.
The child said, "I don't know." The man who hired me was wrapped in a black robe, I don't know if it was him, but he looked like an adult. I don't know where it went, but if I knew, I would have asked him for money. ”
"Oh. The woman in front of her muttered for a while, and the black-robed man could also be dressed as an ice child.
"Hey, what is this?" The anxious man noticed something pressed under an old cloth bag full of things, and when he took it out, it was three gold coins.
The child cried out, "This is mine, he gave it to me, give it back to me." "Hurriedly jump up and grab it.
The third man's heart moved, and he shouted, "Oh no, he's in the tavern!"
After taking a sip of champagne, the wearing ice child took a sip of champagne, put down the coin, and left the witch's tavern.
The three people who were looking for Bing Zhiyi quickly rushed to No. 7 Bailu Street, but they didn't see any trace of Bing Zhixi.
The anxious man looked around in the snow and said, "No one?"
This is a large mansion with no footprints in front of the mansion.
The woman said to the third person, "Go and ask the brothers who are looking around to see if there are any suspicious people passing through here." ”
After waiting for a while, he was anxious: "I don't know if the people of the Weishenme Empire just don't agree to transfer him away? Wouldn't it be better for us to set a trap to catch the Ice Childish Evil here, so that we now have to secretly protect him again, find clues to catch the Ice Childish Evil, and think of finding the princess, which is really passive. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, do you know who this person is? He's Queen Athena's own brother. ”
"The Emperor...... The Queen's Brother~!"
The woman said, "Yes, so don't complain, I know a little bit about this." The reason why this person was not taken away was because the people in it were unwilling to leave. ”
"Weishenme? Is he so hard that he doesn't know it's dangerous now?"
The woman shook her head: "He insists on staying in Ammositu, and he will not leave even if he dies." Reputedly...... It is said that he is terminally ill and will not live long. You know some people who don't leave where they live until they die. ”
"That's the case~!" the anxious man stopped talking.
It didn't take long for the third man to come back and shake his head: "Nothing suspicious has passed through here. ”
"Oh!" said the woman, bowing her head, "could it be that we miscalculated, that the man who hired the little boy was not in that tavern, but had some accident and had to go?"
The third person thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. Maybe he knew that we would come and that there would be an ambush here, so he didn't make a move. This guy really has some brains, and it's not so easy to deal with. ”
Bing Zhixiao returned to the hotel, he didn't go to No. 7 White Deer Street, just as the three people guessed, he knew that there would be an ambush waiting for him, so he couldn't act rashly. Seeking and then acting is the best policy.
(There were more things than I expected, and I just came back tonight, and a chapter was sent right away.) )