Chapter 1598: Tracking Insects to Find the Enemy

He paused: "Buying in the name of the chamber of commerce is more likely, because Tianshui City has always encouraged chambers of commerce and firms to purchase residential land, so there is a large reduction in taxes and fees." The Yao Nation, especially Tianshui City, has always been a unique existence on the Flash Gold Plain. Other countries basically emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, or at least take agriculture as the foundation. Only the Yao Nation vigorously promotes commerce, and the efficiency and level of domestic logistics and commerce even exceed most other parts of this world.

He He Lingchuan had only been in the Yao Nation for a few months, but he had been rolling in the commercial and political piles, and his understanding of the system and laws here had long since surpassed that of the Tianshui locals.

Based on this alone, he basically concluded: "Either he purchased a big mansion in the last half month, or he is staying in a luxury inn. I lean toward the latter possibility. After all, purchasing residential land is more troublesome. If he doesn't want to live in Tianshui City for a long time, an inn is the first choice."

"However, the screening that should be done cannot be less. I will go to Tianshui City's housing department to screen the real estate transactions in the last half month. Tian Yun looks like a particular person—" unlike Dong Rui, who could live in a dark, damp kiln cave at will, "with many people and no shortage of money, the mansion he buys won't be too small."

If the mansion is small, not only is it not enough to live in, but privacy cannot be guaranteed. You know, they are raising demon puppets; if one accidentally escapes and hurts someone, it won't be fun.

These demon puppet masters naturally don't like to crowd with ordinary people. Psychologically, they will also tend toward big mansions with better privacy; Dong Rui even wants to stay away from others in Yongquan Villa.

Of course, there are third and fourth possibilities, which is that Tian Yun used other aliases to purchase big mansions in Tianshui City in the past, and is living there happily now. Or Tian Yun and the others' residence is not in the city at all, but these two possibilities are relatively small, and it's looking for a needle in a haystack, so He He Lingchuan won't care about them for now.

Dong Rui asked: "How many high-end inns are there in Tianshui City?"

"At least fifty-one."

"..." Are there so many? Are the merchants in Tianshui City that rich? He He Lingchuan went out to assign tasks.

Two hours later, he came back to find Dong Rui, holding two pieces of paper in his hand, one of which was a map with red circles drawn on it.

"The weather is good today, let's take the beetle and find the owner."

This search took two full days.

Finding people is the same as handling cases; you have to do a lot of useless work.

He He Lingchuan had important things to do during the day, and only after getting off work, uh, getting off the job in the evening, could he go into the city with Dong Rui to find people, and he had to wear a veil hat to find them.

There were fifty-one high-end inns in Tianshui City waiting to be screened, and the housing department also handed over information on ten big mansions, all of which were traded in the last half month.

A total of sixty-one places.

The good news was that the range of the insect puppets sensing the ancestor insect was large, conservatively estimated at more than three or four miles, and the luxury inns in Tianshui City liked to cluster together. Twenty-two or twenty-three of them were gathered on a few famous streets. He He Lingchuan and Dong Rui walked down the street, and the insect puppets had no reaction, so these places could be excluded.

The big mansions waiting to be screened could only be run one by one.

It was also a walk in vain every time.

After two days, only three inns and four big mansions remained.

"If we don't find them in these last places, we have to consider other possibilities." Then, the difficulty of finding Tian Yun would increase significantly.

The moon was on the willow tips, and Dong Rui also rubbed his face: "His aunt's, my legs are almost broken from running!"

Fortunately, just as they approached the Fennel Inn at the South Gate of Tianshui City, the two insect puppets locked in the cricket cage suddenly became restless, hitting the cage frequently! "There's a reaction!" Dong Rui's spirit was greatly lifted, turned into a quiet place, and tore open the cage door.

The two insect puppets immediately flapped their wings and flew out, with spider silk tied to their bodies.

"Follow."

The Fennel Inn was magnificent, and the plaque was wiped bright, but the insect puppets didn't enter at all, instead circling the outer wall and flying inside.

This street was also brightly lit, but the storefronts and houses on both sides of the street were not as neat and imposing as the outer street.

The insect puppets naturally didn't know how to distinguish between good and bad, and rushed behind a wall.

This courtyard wall was not high, the color was mottled, and grass grew on the broken parts of the wall top.

Just looking at this wall, it didn't have anything to do with the word "luxury."

Dong Rui pulled the insect puppets back and specifically went around the front door to look at the inn's sign: "Tonglai Inn?"

Just looking at the storefront, he knew it was just an ordinary inn. The plaque had traces of being repaired, and two broken bamboo baskets were left at the entrance, with no one caring. Two refugees who were tired from walking were sitting on the stone steps to rest, and the waiter inside came out to drive them away: "Shh! Go sit somewhere else!"

"Hey!" Dong Rui glanced sideways at He He Lingchuan, "Tian Yun actually lives here? You guessed wrong!"

He He Lingchuan didn't answer, snapped his fingers, and waved at the inn.

The Yangshan people behind him dispersed, watching this inn from different directions, and jumped over the wall.

Subsequently, He He Lingchuan and Dong Rui walked straight into the Tonglai Inn.

He increased his footsteps, but the shopkeeper still shrank behind the counter. It wasn't until Dong Rui knocked on the counter that the shopkeeper stretched out his head, half-squinting, and asked lazily: "Stay or eat?"

"Stay." He He Lingchuan said, "How much for a night?"

"Half a tael."

For such an ordinary inn, half a year ago it was at most two taels of silver a night. Who knew it had more than doubled now. He He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "Does it include breakfast?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "The big stove hasn't been fired for half a month, you have to go outside to eat."

Food was so expensive, how much would it cost to cook it and serve it? The guests who stayed all complained about the high price, and after arguing a few times, the inn's kitchen stopped firing.

Saving firewood and saving trouble.

"Let me see the guest room first."

Many guests would first inspect the guest room situation before deciding whether to stay. The shopkeeper was also used to it, and raised his chin at the waiter on the side: "Take them upstairs to see."

He He Lingchuan asked first: "Are there many people staying? Is it quiet?"

"Many, this is a fifty-year-old brand, and now nearly half are occupied, with thirty percent being old guests."

Dong Rui interjected: "Go upstairs and see."

The cricket cage in his sleeve was jumping up and down, and by feeling, it should be going up.

The waiter was suspicious: "What sound?"

"I'm raising two crickets."

The waiter didn't doubt it, and led the two to climb the stairs with a lantern.

There are two rows of guest rooms upstairs, totaling about ten, arranged in a "U" shape. The shopkeeper wasn't bragging; this is an old-established shop, and the furniture looks like it has some years on it, but it is still quite well-maintained.

The guest rooms were all closed, and the three walked past one by one. Dong Rui suddenly turned his head, raised his eyebrows at the third room on the left, and gave He He Lingchuan a look.

This one!

He He Lingchuan immediately asked the waiter: "Is anyone living in the room directly opposite?"

"No." The waiter walked over and opened the door casually, "Let you see."

The furniture in the room was simple, with two narrow beds, but only one chair, one square table, and a washbasin stand under the window.

He He Lingchuan stood by the window and could see the center of the street.

He focused his energy again and could see Wanqi Liang drinking water at the cold water stall.

As soon as the window opened on the second floor, Wanqi Liang looked up and saw him.

"Just this one." He He Lingchuan threw a tael of silver to the waiter, "No need to look for change, pour a pot of tea."

With the money in place, the waiter's face immediately relaxed. He was about to go down, when He He Lingchuan took out another ingot of silver and placed it on the table: "Ask you two questions."

"Ah, you say, you say." The waiter faced He He Lingchuan, not noticing Dong Rui raising his hand to release a soundproofing barrier.

He He Lingchuan asked directly: "What kind of people live in the room opposite?"

"Opposite?" The waiter was stunned, "They are two out-of-town guests in their thirties or forties, very stingy, never giving tips."

Dong Rui heard this, the age matched, but were there only two people?

"What do they do?"

"Not clear."

"Not old guests?"

"No, I've been at Tonglai Inn for three years, and this is the first time I've seen them."

"Last few questions." He He Lingchuan pushed the silver forward, "When did they check in?"

"Three, no, four days ago."

"Do they have any companions?"

"No, just the two of them came to stay." The waiter was also sensible, pouring out everything like beans from a bamboo tube, "One of them had a bruised nose and swollen face when he first moved in, as if he had just been beaten. I asked him if he had encountered robbers, and he answered vaguely, but didn't say what he was doing. These two guests go out at dawn and return at dusk, and don't come out after returning, nor do they see anyone else coming to find them."

"Are they in the room?"

"Yes, they just asked for two bowls of noodles to eat in the room." The waiter immediately bowed, "Two guests, please don't make trouble in this shop! We really can't afford it anymore."

The inn was struggling to open. Originally there were four waiters, but now only one was left inside and out.

This waiter was straightforward. He He Lingchuan stuffed the silver into his hand and patted his shoulder: "Rest assured, we are all good people. Whatever you usually do, do it now; whatever you didn't do, don't do it now, and nothing will happen in this shop!"

The heavy silver ingot soothed the waiter's anxiety. He gave two 'oh's and went out, climbing down the stairs with a 'deng deng deng'.

Dong Rui asked in a low voice: "Make a move?"

"Release the eyeball spider inside."

The eyeball spider, which hadn't been on the field for a long time, finally got the opportunity to perform a mission.

It's an old brand, so the building has some age, and the door gap wasn't very tight. The little spider easily drilled in through the gap.

Sure enough, as the waiter said, there were two people sitting inside eating, one of whom had bruises on his face and blood marks left by a whip on his neck. Although he was recovering, one could tell that the person who hit him didn't hold back at all.

This person was slurping noodles, but couldn't slurp smoothly, having to stop after two bites because opening his mouth pulled at the bruises on the corners of his mouth.

"How long are we going to stay here?" the chubby companion asked him, "When can Master let us go back?"

The wounded man slurped, "Finish the errand Master entrusted, and we can naturally go back."

The companion answered vaguely: "Second Senior Brother, I always feel something is wrong?"

"Eat your noodles." Second Senior Brother looked at him: "Eat more, ask less."

Through the eyeball spider, the two people living opposite were recognized: "Not Tian Yun." ===== CHAPTER 1599 =====