Chapter Ninety-Six: The Truth Is Like a Mystery (I)
Dugu Jian and Yang Ying went out of the east gate, asked people where Balizhuang was, and immediately rushed over. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThis Balizhuang is located in the northeast of Chengdu, close to the main road to the north and east, and anyone who takes the land route whether they want to go to Hanzhong or Jiangling needs to pass through here. Therefore, it is very lively with people coming and going.
There is an inn in the town, next to the main road, where pedestrians and traders usually stay. The scale of this inn is no worse than those big inns in Chengdu. It didn't take long for Dugu Jian and Yang Ying to come to Balizhuang. Looking at the three-story inn, two people strolled in. Xiao Er, who was in charge of the reception, hurriedly greeted him with a smile, Dugu Jian told him that he was looking for the shopkeeper, and the little er led the two to the counter, and after explaining the situation to the shopkeeper, he turned around to greet the other guests.
The shopkeeper introduced himself with a smile: "Two guest officers, just call me Shopkeeper Lu, I don't know what is the matter with the two of you?" Dugu Jian asked directly: "Shopkeeper Lu, we want to ask you about the two brothers and sisters who came from Lin'an, they are about twenty years old, and they are very handsome, I wonder if they have lived in your store in the past few days?" The guest officer also saw that the small shop is next to the main road, and the number of customers coming and going from the north to the south is unknown, and I see hundreds of people a day, where can I remember living so much?"
Finally got such a little bit of news from He Laosi and the disciples of the Beggar Gang, how could Dugu Jian not be excited? But at this time, he heard Shopkeeper Lu say that he was not impressed, how can you tell him not to be in a hurry? He continued to ask anxiously: "Shopkeeper Lu, please think about it again, we ...... it"
At this time, a guest came over to settle the account, and the shopkeeper Lu was naturally a little impatient with Dugu Jian, and suddenly interrupted his words: "Didn't the guest officer see that I was very busy here? With that, he lowered his head and began to fiddle with the abacus and go to settle the bill for the guest. Dugu Jian and Yang Ying were a little helpless, so they had to turn around and come to the door. Fortunately, it was not yet noon at this time, and there were relatively few people staying in the hotel, so Xiao Er was not so busy. Just now, Shopkeeper Lu asked Dugu Jian to find him, and Xiao Er heard it from afar, and he immediately rushed over and said with a smile: "Two guest officers, I don't know what is going on, please just give me orders!"
Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, looking at the honest smile of Xiao Er, Dugu Jian asked calmly: "Xiao Er, have a pair of young brothers and sisters come here to stay or eat in the past few days? They are about the same height as the two of us, and their appearance is not much different, it is the accent of Lin'an......" Dugu Jian used all the words he could think of to describe Zhang Linxin and Zhang Rumeng, hoping to get some useful news from Xiao Er's mouth.
But who knew that after thinking about it, Xiao Er replied apologetically: "This, this small, small one really haven't seen it, I haven't seen it! Guest officer, really, really sorry!" Yang Ying looked at him and seemed to be a little strange, and felt a little wrong in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Little Er, you think about it carefully, don't miss anything." ā
The shopkeeper shook his head and looked embarrassed: "There is indeed no small one, and the guest officer's words are embarrassing." There are indeed a lot of people who have passed by in the past few days, but there are really no people from Lin'an Mansion. If there really is, why should the little one hide it?" Dugu Jian saw that there was no flaw in his speech, and it didn't seem to be fake, so he had to give up. took out a tael of silver from his bosom and handed it to the shopkeeper: "Little second brother, that's really troublesome for you, this is a little heart, if you see them, please pay attention to them, and notify us when the time comes." The shopkeeper took the silver, nodded and smiled respectfully: "The little one knows, the little one knows, and the two guest officers must pay attention to ......."
Out of the inn, Yang Ying looked back at the shopkeeper who was greeting guests there, and muttered with some doubts: "Why does this little er feel a little weird?" Dugu Jian didn't hear Yang Ying's words clearly, and asked casually: "Miss Yang, what did you say?" Yang Ying shook her head: "It's nothing." Then he looked at Dugu Jian with a smile: "Brother Dugu, since we haven't heard any useful news here, let's go and ask elsewhere, right?" Dugu Jian looked around and replied abruptly: "Okay." ā
After looking for a long time near Balizhuang, the two of them still had no gain, Zhang Rumeng and Zhang Linxin, brother and sister, seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no trace of them. Seeing that it was about to be noon, Yang Ying opened her mouth and said to Dugu Jian: "Brother Dugu, why don't we go back to the city first and see if there is any news from He Laosi and the beggar gang." After all, the strength of the two people was too limited, and Dugu Jian had no choice but to pin his hopes on He Laosi and Xiao Lei and others. At this time, Yang Ying proposed to return to the city, and he naturally did not object, but thought that maybe they had already discovered something.
So the two of them returned to the city and came to He Laosi's house. At this time, He Laosi was about to go out, and when he saw Dugu Jian and Yang Ying coming in, he said with a smile and respectfully: "Helper, you came just in time, your subordinates just got some news, and they are about to go to you to tell you!" Yang Ying nodded: "Well, I don't know if you have made any new discoveries?"
He Laosi said with great certainty: "I got very reliable news this morning, just three days ago, that is, the evening when my subordinates met Zhang Shaoxia and Miss Zhang at the dock, a good friend of mine happened to come back from the Sword Pavilion, because it was too late, he stayed at the inn in Balizhuang, and happened to meet the two of them who also went to stay there. ā
"Can you be sure?" Dugu Jian was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly confirmed with He Laosi. He Laosi was not ambiguous: "Well, my subordinates are sure, I also confirmed it again and again with that friend today, and he told his subordinates with great certainty that it is the appearance and accent described by the gang leader, and he can't make a mistake!" Yang Ying fell into deep thought when she heard this, and her delicate face looked so moving in the sunlight. "Strange, Brother Dugu, since that's the case, why did you say that the shopkeeper Lu and the shopkeeper of the inn said that they hadn't seen it?"
Dugu Jian was also a little puzzled: "I also feel very strange, could it be that they have something unspeakable?" Both of them looked at He Laosi, wanting to get something useful from him. He Laosi saw that the two of them were looking at him, and he also looked a little helpless, he shook his head: "Helper, this is ...... The subordinates don't know, they conceal it and don't report it, why is it, I'm afraid they can only ask the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper himself. However, his subordinates speculated that maybe there would be some clues left in the room where Zhang Shaoxia and Miss Zhang lived. (To be continued.) )