As it gradually darkened, there was basically no one on the streets of Qixia Town. For people of this era, nightlife mostly consisted of group sex at home.
QQ~
"Come in."
Creak~The door was pushed open.
Bai Zhantang walked in carrying a basin of hot water.
Chen Hai had been arranged to stay in the guest room on the second floor. His original place was Guo Furong and their room. Now that the misunderstanding was resolved, it would be inappropriate for him to continue living there.
"Hey, you're not asleep yet." Bai Zhantang closed the door gently with his foot, so steadily that not even a sound of the door closing was made. This is a manifestation of his skill.
"Yeah, I've been lying down for a whole day and now I can't sleep." Chen Hai turned his head and looked at Bai Zhantang and said.
He guessed that these people would definitely send someone to investigate his background, but he didn't expect them to be so patient and come so late.
"If you can't sleep, just soak your feet. There are some medicine in it. It's good for your body." Bai Zhantang said as he put the basin in his hand on the ground.
"Thank you for your help. By the way, Brother Bai, have you discussed it? About the martial arts learning matter..." Chen Hai went straight to the point. He knew that he had considerable initiative now and beating around the bush would be a waste of his time.
"Don't worry, Xiao Guo is choosing the right martial arts."
As he spoke, Bai Zhantang sat down opposite Chen Hai.
"Honestly, I'm so sorry for accidentally hurting her this time. Thank goodness you're so magnanimous and didn't bother with her. By the way, we don't even know your name yet."
Operation Trickster begins.
"My name is Chen Hai, you can just call me Xiao Chen."
Chen Hai smiled inwardly, this was interesting, he had done a lot of this kind of work of asking questions before, he didn't expect that it would be his turn this time.
But if you want to trick him, it depends on whether he has the ability.
"How can you call me that? Brother Chen, I don't usually see you in Qixia Town. Are you here to do business?"
"No, I'm just here for tourism. It looks like you're familiar with the people here. The store has been open for quite a long time."
"Haha, it's OK. We've been open for two years. Our town is small and everyone knows each other well."
"Yeah, so how's the business going?"
The two of them chatted about this and that for half an hour.
After Bai Zhantang went out, he wiped the sweat from his head. Wow, he met an old hand.
"Zhan Tang, what's the situation? Have you gotten the information out of him?" Tong Xiangyu asked in a low voice as she watched him come out.
After taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, Bai Zhantang sat down in a horse stance.
"This guy is definitely not an ordinary person. Don't say such clichés. He almost got me into trouble."
"Really? What should we do?" Xiucai was a little panicked, because Bai Zhantang was already the oldest gangster here.
"Don't worry, I'll try again later. I just don't believe it. How can he still speak without making any mistakes?"
"Then go quickly, why did you come out?" Guo Furong shouted anxiously. He had already contacted the Weiwu Escort Agency and paid the deposit.
"Why are you in such a hurry? There are no candles in there. I'll come out and get a few."
After getting the candle, Bai Zhantang straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and pushed open the door to the second floor.
The others looked at his back expectantly.
"Here it comes, the candles are here." Bai Zhantang sat back in his original seat with a smile.
"Old Bai, I have something to ask you." Chen Hai sat upright and looked at Bai Zhantang. He was ready for the general attack.
After the first half-hour of confrontation, Chen Hai had almost figured out some basic qualities of the man in front of him.
If you are very careful in what you say and very vigilant, then if you want to find a breakthrough you can only start with your ability to withstand psychological stress, so you have to take drastic measures.
"If you ask, I will tell you everything I know."
"How do you punish theft here?"
As soon as Chen Hai finished speaking, Bai Zhantang froze instantly, and the hand that was lighting the candle shook twice.
"Brother Chen, why are you asking this? I don't know. I'm not a constable." Bai Zhantang replied with forced calmness.
However, the sweat on his head had already exposed him a little.
"Then your business ability is not good enough. How can the King of Thieves not even know this little thing?" Chen Hai threw out a royal bomb.
"Who said I'm a thief?" Bai Zhantang jumped up.
"Don't get excited. You have a gold medal of immunity. What do you have to worry about?" Chen Hai picked up the candles on the table and slowly arranged them.
"Who are you? From the Six Gates?!" Bai Zhantang's calves were shaking a little. He now felt like this was a trap!
"I told you, don't get excited. If you really have a problem, how could you be in the same store with the hero from Guanzhong?" Chen Hai continued.
"You also know the hero of Guanzhong!" Bai Zhantang became even more worried. This guy's points were very accurate!
"I know a thing or two about you, Marquis Lu. Your small shop is also home to many talented people. The leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect seems to be here as well." Chen Hai continued to reveal the shocking news.
"..." Bai Zhantang froze for a moment, then took a step forward, leaned on the table, and smiled, "You seem to know us well."
Phew~ Chen Hai gently blew out the match in his hand, raised his head and spoke slowly, "I know a thing or two."
Chen Hai knew that the person in front of him had started to fantasize. Fantasizing was the most terrible thing. Once you start fantasizing, all the rigor is nonsense.
Humans' self-perception bias causes them to overlook many things.
Another half an hour passed, and when Bai Zhantang came out again, his clothes were soaked with sweat.
Tong Xiangyu looked at his expression and quickly poured him a glass of water.
"How's it going? Did you get it out?"
"It was revealed." Bai Zhantang sighed, "It was just that our background was revealed. He didn't say anything except his name."
"Oh my god, is this guy so powerful?!" Big Mouth looked at the second floor in surprise.
"He probably figured it out a long time ago. Before I went in, he already knew that I was the King of Thieves, and he also knew about the scholar Guanzhong hero, and even about the leader Xiaobei!" Bai Zhantang was nervous as he held the porcelain bowl in his hand.
"Um... these are what I said..."
Just as everyone was surprised, Guo Qiangwei silently raised her hand.
"You?!" All eyes were focused directly on him.
"When you guys went out to discuss it, he chatted with me, and as we were chatting, I told him everything..." Guo Qiangwei's voice faded away.
"You! You!" Everyone glared at him, this guy is a bad teammate!
"Okay, you can't blame him. The man above is definitely a master of interrogation. He is good at inducing confessions and setting traps. Among all the cops I have seen over the years, only Zhuifeng, one of the Four Great Detectives, can compare with him in this aspect." Bai Zhantang shook his head.
However, knowing that it was Guo Qiangwei who revealed the secret, Bai Zhantang changed his mind. Although the identity of the guy above is questionable, judging from his current behavior, there should be no big problem.
He initially thought that this guy was a rebel.
"Then Mr. Bai, what should we do next?" Guo Furong asked.
"What should we do? Let's take it one step at a time." Bai Zhantang sighed, "I guess if we don't teach him a few tricks, there's no way he can get away with it."
"I think it's normal. After all, we were the ones who made the mistake in the beginning. Just teach him a few moves. He's so old now, and he might just learn martial arts for self-defense. Besides, he's injured, so even if he learns, he has to heal his injury first." Tong Xiangyu set the tone for the matter.
"Don't worry. Let Master Zhou come over tomorrow to take a look at his condition. If he is not suitable for learning martial arts, then it has nothing to do with us." Bai Zhantang said finally.
Nothing happened that night, until the next morning.
Guo Furong sent Guo Qiangwei to the intersection.
"Sister, I'll go back and get some money and send it to you." Guo Qiangwei said softly.
"Well, be careful on the road and say hello to my parents for me." Guo Furong straightened her hair.
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot, sister, your father said he will come here to see you, you have to be careful." Guo Qiangwei suddenly said.
"Ah?! Really?" The expression on Guo Furong's face was as if the sky had fallen.
"Yes, he came out at about the same time as me, but he said he had something to do. I guess he will be here soon." Guo Qiangwei said.
When Guo Furong heard this, her whole body went limp and she almost fell to the ground.
Guo Qiangwei quickly supported her.
"Well, sister, I'm leaving first. Take care of yourself. I'll come back when I get the money."
After Guo Qiangwei left, Guo Furong seemed to have made up her mind. She rushed into the store and pulled Lu Qinghou to the backyard.
"Furong, Furong, what's wrong with you!"
"Something bad has happened. My father is coming. We have to leave quickly. You should pack your bags too. Remember! You are not allowed to take those crappy books of yours!"
"Why are you leaving when your father comes?"
"Don't worry about it. He must be here to take me home. If you don't want to see me again, then don't bother!"
After these words were spoken, Lu Qinghou had no time to delay any longer and quickly ran back to his room.
The noise woke up Big Mouth again, and also woke up everyone in the inn.
"Oh my god, what are you doing again!" Tong Xiangyu felt like she was almost ten years older because of the disturbance.
"My father is coming, we have to leave here quickly! I plan to go to Dali first. It's far away and he will definitely not be able to find us. If that doesn't work, we'll go south." Guo Furong said as she packed.
"Until the South Pole?!" Tong Xiangyu reached out and held Guo Furong's package. "Xiao Guo, that's your father! You ran away. What should we do if he asks us for people?"
"You just say you don't know me and you've never seen me before!"
Tong Xiangyu looked at her and smiled. Guo Furong also knew that the reason she gave was too unreliable.
"Then what do you say we should do?" Guo Furong said helplessly, throwing the bag away.
"In a word! Unity is strength!" Tong Xiangyu said as she pulled the hands of several people together.
"But the guy upstairs can't unite with us." Big Mouth pointed to Chen Hai's room on the second floor.
"That's right." Tong Xiangyu thought for a while, "Well, Zhan Tang, send him to the doctor first, and then send him to the Weiwu Escort Agency. In short, don't let him come back before you come up with a solution."
"No problem." Bai Zhantang waved the rag, "But if I go, will the door be open today?"
"That's right. If we don't open the door, we'll have nothing to eat." Tong Xiangyu turned to look at Zhu Wushuang, "Wushuang, how about you give me a hand?"
"But I have to patrol the streets, Xiaoliu won't let me run around..."
"No problem, I'll take care of Xiaoliu's side." Tong Xiangyu made the decision directly.
A few minutes later, Zhu Wushuang, with the encouraging eyes of several people, gently knocked on Chen Hai's door.
"Come in."
"Hey, good morning." Wushuang went in and found that the room had been tidyed up by Chen Hai.
"Good morning, what's up?"
"It's nothing, it's just that your injury is almost healed." Zhu Wushuang was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
"It's OK, it's much better now."
Speaking of this, Chen Hai has to sigh that the medicine in this world is really powerful. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but now it's almost healed in less than a day.
"Well, just to be on the safe side, why don't you go see a doctor?"
Chen Hai turned around and looked at her. Her shy movements, hesitant tone, and stiff way of speaking all showed that her intentions were not pure.
"Okay, but I don't have any money." Chen Hai didn't expose her.
In just less than a day, Chen Hai had already seen through the ways of many people in the inn, and they were all very upright people.
Otherwise, he would not have dared to directly expose Bai Zhantang's identity yesterday. After all, it would be easy to be silenced if the identity of a thief was exposed.
"It's okay. Our boss said that she will cover your medical expenses, food and accommodation during the time you are here." Zhu Wushuang said hurriedly.
After leaving the inn, Chen Hai found that his main quest had started, which was good news.
In addition, the appearance of this world is somewhat different from what Chen Hai imagined.
This gap is not too bad, but too good.
As a top student in the Political Science and Law Department of Handong University, Chen Hai naturally knew history. In his impression, this martial arts world was a place of chaos.
The saying that a hero breaks the law with force is not just a joke. In addition, productivity in ancient times was generally low, so the lives of civilians should have been relatively poor.
But when he actually walked around, Chen Hai discovered that regardless of other worlds, this world looked pretty good. At least there weren't many people with pale faces, and although their clothes had patches, they were all neat, and there were no gangsters.
"Miss Zhu, the security here is very good."
Chen Hai sighed.
"It's okay, it's mainly thanks to our Captain Yan." Zhu Wushuang was also very happy to hear Chen Hai's words. After all, the good public security was also thanks to people like them.
"By the way, how does it feel to be a constable? You must be very busy every day."
"It's okay, not too busy. It's pretty good most of the time, just a little boring." Zhu Wushuang relaxed completely.
Now the initiative of speech is back in Chen Hai's hands.
He was almost feeling a little guilty. The people he met were all very simple. Compared with those corrupt officials he had seen before, they were as pure as little white rabbits.