Chapter 54: The Oriental Hotel
Hua Ziyu saw Wang Xiaotian and Xia Xianlong coming over together, and immediately looked puzzled. Because along the way, he saw that the two of them had quarreled, and there had never been such a state of peace and quietness.
Therefore, Hua Ziyu was very surprised and said, "Why did you two come together?
Wang Xiaotian and Xia Xianlong glanced at each other, and immediately said in unison: "Yes." ”
Hua Ziyu was very depressed and asked, "Then what is the reason for this time?"
Wang Xiaotian and Xia Xianlong stretched out their hands to point at each other almost at the same time, and said in unison again: "You ask him." ”
Hua Ziyu saw the same reaction between the two, and immediately cried and laughed, and said: "You two are not three-year-old children, what kind of childish temper are you playing? I have something to talk about with Professor Cabal. ”
Wang Xiaotian asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
Hua Ziyu said: "Professor Kabal said that the whereabouts of the rest of the delegation have been discovered. ”
"Where?" Wang Xiaotian and Xia Xianlong said in unison again.
Hua Ziyu looked at Kabal and said, "Professor Kabal hasn't had time to say it yet. ”
Kabal said: "You have come at the right time, and I will tell you again." I've been out there for the past two days, looking for clues. This morning, I found the marks left by the rest of the mission. I followed the mark all the way to the Oriental Hotel. ”
"Oriental Hotel?" Wang Xiaotian and Xia Xianlong were taken aback at the same time. Isn't this the place that Durban is talking about?
Wang Xiaotian couldn't help but secretly wonder, did Cabal really find the clues left by the other members of the visiting group, or did he already know that those people were actually in the Oriental Hotel? He and Xia Xianlong had just obtained the news through the hermit organization, and Cabal jumped out to tell Hua Ziyu, all this was too much of a coincidence.
"The Oriental Hotel is the most upscale hotel in the city, covering a vast area, luxuriously furnished, with beautiful women, but the charges are also frighteningly expensive. Non-dignitaries are not willing to move in at all. ”
Wang Xiaotian said to Hua Ziyu: "Professor Hua, I think it is necessary to go and see what is going on." ”
Hua Ziyu nodded and said, "Without further ado, let's leave now." ”
He called Lu Yusheng and told him to keep an eye on the other team members, don't let them go out and run around, and wait for them to come back.
Lu Yusheng agreed repeatedly.
When Hua Ziyu and the four of them left, Lu Yusheng closed the door of Hua Ziyu's room, and when he turned around, he saw Wang Dadi and Lu Ziming, hiding behind the pillar, looking at him sneakily.
Lu Yusheng immediately shouted: "You two, what the hell do you want to do?"
Wang Dadi and Lu Ziming stood up from behind the pillar. Lu Yusheng walked over and reprimanded, "Do you two want to go out and hang around?"
Lu Ziming said unconvinced: "What do you mean by wandering around? The two of us want to go out to find out the news." ”
"What kind of inquiry, you two just want to go shopping around. ”
Wang Dadi said: "Yes. We just wanted to go shopping and buy some things and come back. Along the way, we had to stay in camps or hotels like dogs in cages. ”
And a few of them, in the name of finding out the news, can also take the opportunity to buy a lot of good things back. There are good things they occupy, completely ignoring our feelings. What's the point?"
Lu Ziming said: "That's it." It is. We've been here for two days, and every day we just eat, sleep, and eat, and we don't have any. Anyway, it's not a big deal at this time, so why don't you let us go out for a walk?"
Lu Yusheng said: "I can't go." Professor Hua specially told the two of you to stay in the hotel honestly and not leave. ”
Lu Ziming rolled his eyes, took Lu Yusheng's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, we won't go out." I've got something to do with you. Dadi, you go somewhere else first. As he spoke, Lu Ziming glanced at Wang Dadi.
Wang Dadi nodded in confusion and looked at it in confusion, Lu Ziming pulled the very reluctant Lu Yusheng and slipped into their room.
Wang Xiaotian and the four of them soon came to the Oriental Hotel. The Oriental Hotel is actually a very large courtyard, with high and thick walls and a very wide gate that can accommodate four horse-drawn carriages side by side.
At the door, there were four servants in white robes, and when they saw someone entering, they bowed in unison and shouted "Welcome, distinguished guest" in Dushante. If someone goes out, shout, "Slow down." ”
Entering the courtyard is a very wide lawn, in the middle of which there are many flower beds of different shapes, planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, all kinds of flowers are mixed together, the strong fragrance is fragrant, and it makes people drunk, like drinking wine.
Many richly dressed guests sat on blankets on the lawn and enjoyed wine and food under the service of the hotel's beautiful maids. There are even some people, who are already a little drunk, pull the beautiful maid into their arms, and unscrupulously put their hands up and down, attracting the malicious peeps of onlookers.
Seeing these flowers and lawns, Wang Xiaotian couldn't help but be speechless. Although Duchant is located in an oasis, tens of thousands of people live in the city, and water is very scarce, so there is not much green in the whole city.
The Oriental Hotel actually used such precious fresh water to plant such a large lawn and exotic flowers and plants for the guests to enjoy, and it was really wealthy.
Across the lawn and further inside, there is a huge curved fountain. Behind the fountain is a Canaanite Commonwealth style house resplendent with gold. In front of the gate, which was decorated with gold, silver and precious stones, stood four beautiful women dressed in robes, turbans, and covered faces, revealing only beautiful eyes and willow eyebrows.
Seeing the four people coming, the four beauties immediately bowed at the same time, and said in a whisper: "Welcome to your guests."
Immediately after entering the gate, a man in a white robe, a white turban wrapped around his head, and two upturned mustaches on his lips greeted them, bowed to them with a smile on his face, and said, "Welcome to four distinguished guests." I'm Parma, the manager on duty, can I help me?"
Kabal couldn't wait to ask, "Is there a guest named Aimar who lives here?"
Parma shook her head, "No." ”
"What about Mohd?"
"Nope. ”
"Ahmadinejad?"
"No, there isn't. ”
Xia Xianlong interrupted Kabal, "Professor Kabal, please wait. Let me ask him. ”
Although Kabal was in a hurry, he also knew that it was not appropriate to ask such a name, so he stopped asking.
Xia Xianlong said to Parma: "Manager, how many guests are staying in your store?"
Parma smiled, "147." ”
"Do you remember the names of all the guests?"
The smile on Parma's face was even more smug, and she nodded, "Of course." Remembering the name registered by the guest is just the basic requirement for the service staff in our hostel. ”
Xia Xianlong wanted to question whether Parma really remembered the names registered by the 147 guests, but Wang Xiaotian suddenly said, "Maybe they used fake names?"
Cabal immediately came to his senses and said, "Yes. Right. They should have been registered under a false name. ”
Wang Xiaotian said: "Professor, do you know what name they will use?"
Cabal thought for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know. ”
Wang Xiaotian glanced at Xia Xianlong. They had already learned about the check-in status of the other members of the delegation through Durban, but if they said it directly, wouldn't it be true that Cabal and Hua Ziyu would find out about their names?
Therefore, Wang Xiaotian asked Xia Xianlong to quickly think of a way, not only so that Kabal could not see that they had mastered the whereabouts of the other members of the delegation, but also could use Parma's mouth to tell where those people's rooms were.
Who knows, Xia Xianlong didn't accept the invitation at all, ignored Wang Xiaotian's eyes, and said directly to Kabal: "Professor Kabal, is there any other way to find your companion?"
Wang Xiaotian was a little angry when he saw Xia Xianlong kicking the ball to Cabal, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but be amazed.
If Cabal can name the room numbers of those people, it means that all this was definitely arranged in advance. If Cabal didn't know, they couldn't find a clue this time and had to return in vain, which means that Cabal didn't deceive them.
Kabal stomped his feet in a hurry, "Where else can I do? Just now I followed the marks they left all the way to the outside of the walls here, and I didn't come in to see them, how can I know which room they are in?"
Palma suddenly said, "How many distinguished guests are here to find friends?"
Xia Xianlong rolled his eyes, "You just saw it?"
Palma just smiled, not angry or sneering, which fully reflects the quality of a high-end hotel lobby manager. He said, "If I could tell me about your friend's outstanding physiognomy features, perhaps I could remember which room he lived in." ”
Wang Xiaotian listened and looked at Kabal.
"I have a friend who had a wound on his face when he was younger, with a scratch on his left eye, with an eye patch, and a scar that went up to the top of his lip," said Cabal immediately. ”
Parma reacted immediately and said, "Oh. You're talking about Mr. Karzaya. He lives in Courtyard No. 13 on the West End. ”
Overjoyed, Cabal immediately took out a gold coin and handed it to Parma, "Please take us to him." ”
Parma's two mustaches immediately cocked, and her eyes narrowed into crescents. He reached out and took the gold coin, put it in the hidden pocket of his sleeve, nodded again and again, and said, "No problem, please come with me." ”
The four of them followed Parma, bypassing the fountain and goldfish pond, through the Moon Gate, to the West End. The West District is a general term, and there are more than 20 small courtyards in the style of the Canaanite Commonwealth neatly distributed inside. Each courtyard has a large area and a separate portal, making it ideal for large caravanserais.
Palma led the four of them to the thirteenth courtyard and knocked on the door. Soon a man's voice came to mind, "Who's knocking on the door?"
When Kabal heard this, he immediately became agitated and shouted, "Mahathir!
"Mr. Cabal!?" the man inside let out an exclamation, and the door was immediately opened. A middle-aged man wearing a black robe, a black turban, an eye patch on his left eye, and a striking scar on his face appeared at the door.
When he saw Kabal, he immediately stepped forward and hugged him, and said incoherently, "Mr. Kabal, it's really you! You're safe and sound. Thank the gods, thank you to the spirits of the desert. ”
Cabal patted Mahathir on the back and said excitedly, "It's great to see you, thank the gods." In order to find you, I tossed tens of thousands of miles. ”
The two hugged and said that they would be separated for a long time. Mahathir looked at Wang Xiaotian and asked, "Who are these three gentlemen?"
"It's a long story. Let's go inside. ”
Cabal then gave Parma another gold coin and told him to leave.
Mahathir hurriedly let the four into the courtyard, shouting as he went, "Come out, everyone, Mr. Kabal is back." ”
There were more than ten rooms in the courtyard, and when they heard the movement, a dozen people immediately came out, and when they saw Kabal, they immediately swarmed around, crying and screaming excitedly, and chattering non-stop.
Wang Xiaotian and the three of them stood aside, watching the situation of everyone meeting each other, silent.
It wasn't until the men's emotions were almost cathartic that Cabal said, "Quiet, quiet." Everyone go to the living room, I have something to tell you. ”