Chapter 155: Plan before taking action
Night, dark sky, gabled roofs covered with thick white snow. There was ice on the corners of the eaves, and white heat was rising from the chimneys. Although it was already past eight o'clock, the white snow reflected the whole city dimly, and I could still see my footsteps.
After more than ten days of sneaking, we finally arrived at Anmosiddu. Bing Zhixie and the others entered the city during the day, because they saw wanted posters posted everywhere. Even if they were disguised, they were afraid of being discovered by accident, so they did not come out until evening to inquire about the residence of the person they were looking for.
Anmosi is a large city in the western part of the Demon Moon Empire. Because of its vast territory and diverse people, the culture and customs here are very different from those in the imperial capital, and have a unique flavor.
At this time, heavy snow was falling in the sky, and it fell on the fur of the two people for a long time. Alice wore thick gloves and a scarf made of snowshoe fur around her neck. She shrank her neck, and half of her face was tucked under the scarf, leaving only the bridge of her nose and eyebrows exposed.
Ixusen also put on his warm robe and looked around. There are not many pedestrians on the street, most people stay at home.
“After asking for so long, they all said they don’t know the person you are looking for.” Ishuson said: “If there is, no one knows about him. Is it possible that there is no such person here? ?”
Bing Zhixie didn’t say anything. He was also worried about this. If he was transferred, someone should know about Yihubei Rost, but after asking for so long, no one knew.
Alice tugged at the hem of Bing Zhixie's clothes: "Where are we going now? Back to the hotel?"
"No." Bing Zhixie said: "I'll go to the tavern and ask again. For a moment, you and Ishuson go back to the hotel first.”
"I'm going too," Alice said.
Bingzhixie said: "No, you have to stay in the hotel. If something happens, we can escape separately. It's easier for me to escape alone."
"Oh." Love. Liz didn't want to affect him because of what happened last time, so she had no choice but to go back to the hotel with Ishuson.
Anmosi is also a big city, so there are naturally many pedestrians visiting restaurants. Many tourists who cannot afford food and accommodation in big hotels prefer to go to taverns to have a drink, exchange information and experiences with passers-by. Although it was already evening and there were few people on the road, there were still many people in the bustling tavern. Some city dwellers would have a drink here and inquire about what was going on outside.
No such person? Bing Zhixie thought to herself: "Wasilebu didn't lie to me because he wanted me to leave quickly, right? But the way he looked that day didn't look like he was lying. How could Anmosidu not have this person?"< br>
The Witch's Tavern is a very famous old tavern in Anmosiddu. City residents and passers-by like to have a drink here before walking. It has naturally become a place for information exchange.
The old wooden door of the ‘Zhi Ya’ Tavern was opened, and a child stood at the door and looked inside.
"Hey, look, who's here?" A big curly-haired man in front of the bar said to the child in a loud voice: "Kid, do you want to come in and listen to a story? Oh, you haven't grown all your hair yet. , you can’t hear the story here.”
There was a burst of laughter in the already lively tavern.
The woman next to the big man took a sip of the cocktail and waved to the child: "Come here, don't be afraid. If you want to hear a story, I will tell it to you. 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 the story. I'm here to inquire about someone, a person from the city."
"Inquiry about someone? You have come to the right place, witch The tavern has been open in Anmosi for more than a hundred years, and there is no one in the city that the owner doesn’t know.”
The bartender behind the bar did it. He handed a glass of juice to the child and said: "It's not that exaggerated. Children, tell me who you are looking for?"
The child took a big sip and said: "I am looking for someone named Yihubei Rost. , Do you know?”
There were three people drinking in the corner of the tavern, and their expressions changed immediately when they heard that the child was looking for this person. One person 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 Bing Zhixie who dared not show up and asked this child to inquire. We will wait for him Follow this kid and you'll find him."
The man sat down again.
“Are you looking for Yihubi Rost?” the tavern owner asked, “Why are you looking for this person?”
“I’m looking for him... I have something to do with him, can you tell me Me?" the child said.
The tavern owner smiled: "Of course. You must have asked a lot of people, and they all told you that they have never heard of this person, right?"
The child didn't know if that was the case, but He also nodded.
The tavern owner said: "You are really lucky to have found me here. If you ask others, no one may really know about him, because there is no such person in Anmosiduli."
"What do you mean? "The child asked in confusion.
The tavern owner said: "This man has been anonymous a long time ago. He used another name, Anrun Dibi."
The child said: "So that's it. Ah, where does he live?"
"No. 7, Bailu Street, but he may not live there," the tavern owner said.
"Oh, thank you, thank you to this sister too." The child finished drinking the juice and was about to leave.
The tavern owner suddenly said: "Wait a minute, you haven't given me any money yet. All information requires money."
The woman next to me said: "He is just a child, but you also want money. Huh?”
The tavern owner smiled: “No matter what news you have, you will be charged for it. This has been our rule for over 100 years. However…” He then turned to the child and said, “Because you are a child. For my sake, I’ll only charge you one silver coin.” The woman next to her also laughed when she heard this. The curly-haired man said: "I mean, if you even want a child's money, then you are really going to live longer."
The child took out a silver coin from his pocket: "Here, thank you for the juice, it's delicious."
"You're welcome, welcome to come again next time."
The child left Finally, the three guys in the corner looked at each other, put down their drinks on the table and went out.
Outdoors are no better than indoors, and a bone-chilling chill suddenly hits. The child puts his hands to his mouth, takes a breath of hot air, rubs it, and comes to a dead end alley.
"I asked for the news you wanted. Where are the three gold coins you promised me... Hey, where are the people?" The child stood at the entrance of the alley. Apart from the broken barrels and old cloth bags piled up, there was nothing in the alley. There are people.
Seeing that the person who hired him was not here, his happy mood disappeared: "Damn liar! Are you having fun playing with me? It's really disgusting, disgusting, disgusting, big liar, bah!" He was getting angry and was about to leave angrily, but turned around I turned around and saw three adults.
These three people were the three people who were looking for Bing Zhixie in the tavern. One of the women said: "Don't be afraid, kid. I want to ask you if someone hired you to find out about the man named Yi Xiu in the tavern. Betty Rossiter’s person?”
“Yes,” the kid said angrily, “He promised to give it to me. Three gold coins, wait for my news, but look, he is gone. How disgusting!”
Another more impatient person grabbed the child and asked: “Do you know where he went? "?"
"Let me go, let me go." The child was in pain from his grasp and kept shouting.
The third person persuaded his partner to let go, took out a wanted poster from his arms and asked: "Is he the person looking for you? Do you know where he went?"
Children watch He 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 even 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 he went. I know. If so, I would have asked him for money."
"Oh." The woman in charge thought for a while, the man in black robe might also be dressed as Bing Zhixie.
"Hey, what is this?" The impatient man found something under an old cloth bag full of things. He took it out and saw that it was three gold coins.
The child shouted: "This is mine, he gave it to me, give it back to me." He jumped up and grabbed it.
The third person's heart moved and shouted: "Oh no, he is in the tavern!"
Bing Zhixie, who was wearing makeup, took the last sip of champagne, put down the coins and left the witch. Tavern.
The three people looking for Bing Zhixie quickly arrived at No. 7 Bailu Street, but there was no sign of Bing Zhixie.
The impatient man looked around in the snow and said, "No one? What's going on?"
This is a large mansion, and there are no other people's footprints in front of the mansion.
The woman said to the third person: "Go and ask the brothers who are watching around to see if any suspicious people pass by here."
After waiting for a while, the impatient person said : "I don't know why the people in the empire just don't agree to transfer him? Since he will be in danger, he should be moved elsewhere. . Wouldn’t it be better if we set a trap to catch Bing Zhixie here, and now we have to protect him secretly, find clues to catch Bing Zhixie, and try to find the princess. It’s really too passive. "< br>
"Stop talking nonsense. Do you know who the person here is? He is the biological brother of Queen Athena."
"The emperor...the queen's brother~!"
The woman said: "Yes, so don't complain. I know a little about this. The reason why I didn't take this person away is because of this The people inside don’t want to leave.”
“Why? Doesn’t he know it’s dangerous?”
The woman shook her head: "He insisted on staying in Anmosido and refused to leave until he died. It is said...it is said that he was seriously ill and would not live long. You know some people, before they die, do not want to leave. It turns out that I left the place where I live."
"That's it~!" The impatient person stopped talking.
Not long after, the third person came back and shook his head: "No suspicious person passed by here."
"Oh!" The woman lowered her head and said, "Did we make a mistake in our estimation? The person who hired the little boy Not in that tavern, but what happened and had to leave?"
The third person thought for a while and shook his head: "No. Definitely. Maybe he knew that we would come and there would be an ambush here, so he didn't act rashly. This guy is really smart and not that easy to deal with."
Bing Zhixie returned to the hotel, but he didn't. Going to No. 7 Bailu Street, just as the three people guessed, he knew there would be an ambush waiting for him there, so he couldn't act rashly. The best policy is to plan and act later.
(End of this chapter)