The Book of Heaven

Chapter 204 Fishing
Of course, Ma Zheng would not entrust a group of beggars to do such a highly technical job as murder. He just described Ma Zhao's appearance, and then gently left five fingerprints on the silver ingot with the five fingers of his right hand, and then The rowdy beggars calmed down immediately.

"I will give this ingot to anyone who can provide useful information. If anyone dares to lie to me, I will do it on his head."

The brains of normal people may not be harder than silver ingots. Ma Zheng's words caused the beggars to disperse. Although being a beggar may not be good, they are all people who cherish their lives, otherwise they would have died long ago.

Only two beggars stayed behind, looking at Ma Zheng eagerly.

"Are you sure you've met the person I mentioned?"

After the two beggars looked at each other and nodded, a smile appeared on Ma Zheng's face, and he said, "If that's the case, then lead the way."

When Ma Zheng broke the silver ingot in half with his fingers, the two beggars couldn't help swallowing again, and tremblingly took half of the silver ingot.

"This is the deposit. After I'm sure you're not lying, I'll give you the rest."

Ma Zheng's request was satisfied, and the two beggars had indeed seen Ma Zhao before, after all, Ma Zhao's body was easy to attract attention.

"We met him at noon, and he went to the inn ahead by himself."

"Go to the inn? Didn't you come out after that?"

"No, we didn't leave that street until after dark, and we haven't seen him come out anyway."

The living habits of the beggars here in Phoebe Forest are different from those in other places. They are more used to finding a place to lie down during the day and take a nap to refresh their spirits. The merry-go-round asks for money.

That's why they don't move from noon to night, that's their rest time.

The inn is not a night of joy, although the door is still open, but there are no guests inside, only a little brother resting on the table.

"Is it here?"

"That's right!"

"Okay, you wait outside, I will give you the rest of the money when I come out later."

Regarding Ma Zheng's behavior, the two beggars were not angry, they already got half of it anyway, this is the official ten taels of official silver, even half can cover their monthly income.

So it doesn't matter to wait here, they have no ghosts in their hearts, and they are not afraid of Ma Zheng's schemes.

The name of the inn is very common, "Nanzhuju", and the scale and decoration are also the most common in this era.There is a small three-story building in the front, a small courtyard behind the small building, and an elegant room behind the courtyard. As for the owner of the inn, he may not necessarily live here.

Ma Zheng walked into the inn, and the shopkeeper at the counter woke up the drowsy second brother.

Holding a white towel in his hand, the younger brother rubbed his sleepy eyes and came to Ma Zheng to say hello, and asked him casually whether he should stay in the hotel or not.

"Find someone."

Grabbing a handful of copper coins from the bag, Ma Zheng laughed.

The second brother turned his head to the counter to see the face of the shopkeeper.

This scene caused Ma Zheng to turn to the counter, but the shopkeeper was honest and honest. Seeing Ma Zheng approaching, he said, "Objective, who are you looking for?"

"Find a big guy who comes in at noon, he's probably..."

Ma Zheng described Ma Zhao's appearance in as kind a tone as possible, but before Ma Zheng finished speaking, he noticed that the shopkeeper's face changed a little.

"It seems that you have seen it."

"Yes, I have."

Although Ma Zheng looked very young on the outside, for some reason, the shopkeeper didn't dare to look Ma Zheng directly in the eyes, let alone answer Ma Zheng's words while evasive.

Frowning, Ma Zheng turned his head to look at the younger brother who was eager to try, and said, "Can you tell me?"

"No, I can't say it."

The second brother didn't speak, but the shopkeeper stammered and growled.

"Why can't you tell?"

Across the counter, Ma Zheng grabbed the shopkeeper by the collar and leaned over to ask.

"Because those people are fast catchers!"

The shopkeeper's face looked like he was about to cry, and his round eyeballs rolled around in their sockets, but all the tears were squeezed out.

"Catcher? Don't pretend to be a fake, since the catcher, why don't you go to the yamen, and want to stay in your small inn?"

When Ma Zheng was speaking, the younger brother who was standing beside him wanted to run away, but was knocked to the ground by Ma Zheng's light kick.

"They're not from the police in the city. They seem to be from Tianshui's accent."

When the shopkeeper said this, Ma Zheng frowned and let go, "Tian Shui, could it be one of them?"

"In the elegant room in the backyard."

The hunched shopkeeper pointed to the back door of the inn.

The little second brother just got up, opened his mouth, and was trampled over by Ma Zheng. It alarmed the group of "captives" in the elegant room.

If the shopkeeper didn't tell lies, the Tianshui City police officer has no friendship with Ma Zheng, so he doesn't know who came, and whether Ma Zhao has fallen into the other party's hands now.

"The person I just mentioned went to the private room at the back, did he leave?"

"Yes, I went, but I haven't left yet."

"Listen, you two. I am a general of the imperial court. Today I am here to arrest these arresters who abused their private power. The imperial court does not want to say anything about it. You better shut up!"

The waist badge of General Yiwei can often be used, especially when facing the bottom of society like the shopkeeper and the second brother.

The two who were stunned by the waist badges naturally nodded, and even the younger brother went to close the gate first and hung up the closed sign at Ma Zheng's request.

Among the policemen in Tianshui City, the person Ma Zheng is most familiar with should be that Bai Feixiang.Although this person has been blacklisted in Ma Zheng's "Record of Enmity and Enmity", Ma Zheng knows that it will take time to kill Bai Feixiang. Or backstabbing, they are all joking with their own lives.

This life is not easy to come by, Ma Zheng certainly will not give up at will.

"If Bai Feixiang really came here in person, then things will be troublesome."

Standing at the back door of the inn, Ma Zheng stared at the elegant room under the night, the outline of the elegant room could be seen under the faint brilliance of the lanterns, only the two and three windows on the ground floor still had lights shining through, but they couldn't see it either. Half of the figure shakes.

Because Ma Zheng's "identity" was exposed, the shopkeeper and the second brother were very quiet. The conflict between the military and the government is not something ordinary people like them can mix.

"Come on, little brother, I need your help with something."

Ma Zheng turned around and waved at the trembling second brother.

Neither the shopkeeper nor the second brother lied. Bai Feixiang and his group moved in three days ago. As soon as they arrived, they packed up all the elegant rooms in the backyard and prevented anyone including the second brother from entering or leaving.

Bai Feixiang and the others were fishing, and Ma Zhao was the best bait.

(End of this chapter)