Alien landlady

Chapter 28
"Miss, why don't we go to the manager's office to talk? This street is full of people coming and going, so it's not good." The assistant wrinkled a sad face and was about to beg.

Bai Tongtong glanced at the assistant, and felt that it was indeed not suitable to discuss this matter in broad daylight. She hadn't tasted the taste of this time-honored chain store yet, but it would not be a few days before she heard that it was closed due to serious negative news.

Seeing that the other party nodded, the assistant hurriedly led Bai Tongtong and the two waiters into the restaurant and went straight to the manager's office upstairs.

While going upstairs, the assistant was also thankful that the store is usually only managed by the manager. If the boss was present and heard about this, I'm afraid that all the waiters will have to find another job tomorrow.

When the assistant led people into the office, the manager was buried in a pile of documents. When he heard someone coming in, he thought it was the assistant who had given him a letter, and stretched out his hand without raising his head.

"Did the postman forget something today? Another letter?"

"No, manager, there are other urgent matters. You have guests." The assistant locked the door to prevent others from breaking in by mistake.

Only then did the manager raise his head, glanced at Bai Tongtong who was standing in front of the table with arms folded, and then at the two waiters standing beside him.

"Come here because of Miss Drago's matter last night?" The middle-aged manager, who looked like an upper-class gentleman, was also aware of the details.

"What's the manager's opinion?" Bai Tongtong felt that he had put on this formation, and if he still couldn't see what was going on, the manager could retire and go home.

"If I confess, I can write a letter of recommendation to work in a restaurant in another city, and I can come back in a few years. If it is found out who did it, I will also write a letter to inform the whole industry not to hire me." This is The manager's promise to Bai Tongtong is a blatant threat to his employees.

The uncle lowered his head humbly, expressing that he knew nothing.

Chuan Caisheng was obviously panicked, looked at the manager, then at Bai Tongtong, and when he realized that he really had no way out, he finally burst into tears and admitted that someone had given him money to serve tea Add some medicine to it, and make sure that the cup of tea is placed in front of Miss Dreger.

"I said it all! I don't know what that powder is, just a little bit! I fell all down! I don't know anything! I thought it was a prank by noble children, they often do this! I didn't know it was forbidden by magicians. Medicine!" Chuancai cried until his face was covered with tears and snot.

"How long have you been working in our shop? Young man?" the manager suddenly asked kindly.

"Eleven years, manager, I've been working here since I was 11." Chuancai replied sobbing.

"Yeah, 11 years, not a short time. Are you married?"

"I have two children, and my wife is pregnant with the third." Not knowing what the manager meant, Chuancai nodded nervously.

The manager put his hands on the table, and his expression became more and more pleasant, "Is your income from this job difficult to meet family expenses?"

"It's... not bad... no... not too short..." Chuancaisheng was worthy of being an old employee, and after guessing the manager's intentions, he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.

Sure enough, the manager suddenly turned his face in the next second, "If you were confused and made a mistake because your family was anxiously waiting for money, I can forgive you, but since you are not short of money, you have done bad things that can put our store to death. The behavior has also damaged the reputation of an innocent noble lady! Do you have a grudge against our shop?!"

"Miss Drago is the daughter of Viscount Drago of Castle Chamington. I always thought that Chateau Chamington and the city of Menise were inseparable. The people of the two cities are as close as a family, but Unexpectedly, last night, someone in my family would harm my family without hesitation for a small amount of money." Bai Tongtong put on a good face, shook her head and sighed in a disappointed tone.

The manager stared at his employees with a dark face, and the assistant stood behind the door covered in cold sweat, listening carefully to the movement in the corridor outside. Although the walls were thick, he was still afraid of being overheard.

Chuan Caisheng knelt on the ground with his knees limp, regretting his behavior last night, "Please, don't fire me! I really can't live without this job! Everything was ordered by others, and I know everything said!"

"You didn't say it completely. Tell me who is the person who gave you money and ordered you?" Bai Tongtong said condescendingly.

"That man is a gangster in the nearby street. I don't know his name, but his nickname is Red Rat, because he has a red birthmark on his left cheek, and he is a thief. He earns his living by asking people for information, running errands and delivering messages."

"Where can I find this red rat?"

"I don't know where he often goes, but I know that if you want Red Rat to do something, go to the end of the street, find a mobile peddler selling candy, tell the peddler where you meet, and then go and wait by yourself. What is the peddler with Red Rat I don’t know about the relationship, I really don’t know!”

Bai Tongtong felt that Chuan Caisheng had confessed everything clearly this time, she took out a silver coin and threw it to him, and gave one to the uncle, and made a smirk at Chuan Caisheng, "Thank you for your help."

Turning his head, he looked at the manager who was about to smoke from his head, "Your Excellency, Viscount Drago, works for the castellan of Fort Chemington. I heard that the House of Elders will be re-elected next year. I think, the castellan of our two cities It must be advancing and retreating together. When I went to find the red mouse to inquire about the news, the manager had better hurry up and report to your boss. How could the parents ignore the fact that your child has suffered such a big grievance? You said yes no?"

How could Bai Tongtong know whether the city lords of the two cities really wore a pair of trousers in politics, but the manager of this restaurant definitely did not have a knighthood, and it made him feel happy to think about it with a few cheap words and an image of being considerate.

Now that the manager had to fight for the reputation of the restaurant, he immediately got up and opened the door for Bai Tongtong himself, and asked his assistant to take her to the street.

Still coming out from the back door, after asking the direction at the end of the street, Bai Tongtong gave the assistant another 10 denomination silver coin, 20 silver coins to 1 gold coin. In vain.

It was not difficult to find the itinerant peddler who sold candy. Bai Tongtong walked the end of the street and found that there was only one peddler who only sold candy. .

Bai Tongtong went to the peddler, bought a small pack of colorful sugar balls for 5 copper coins, and naturally and smoothly said the name of a nearby restaurant when paying, but the meeting place was in the alley next to it. detected when.

The peddler finished the business calmly, pushed the trolley straight to the end of the street, and disappeared after turning the corner.

Bai Tongtong walked slowly to the place she chose, and handed out the candies she just bought to the children who ran past her.

After waiting for about ten, twenty or ten minutes, a young man with a red birthmark on his left cheek slipped into the alley, and he really looked like a villain.

Bai Tongtong stood in the middle of the alley, some distance away from both ends of the alley. Even if someone passed by, he would not pay attention to the movement in the alley. Even if he heard the sound, he would just think it was a fight and move away.

Bai Tongtong put her right hand behind her back, and waved a 5 silver coin in her left hand, attracting the red mouse to come to her quickly.

"What are your orders from the beautiful, charming and generous lady?" Red Mouse arched his back and smiled obsequiously.

"I want to buy a message."

"Ma'am, please tell me."

"Who asked you to find someone to pour medicine into the magic apprentice's teacup?"

The red mouse's expression froze instantly, and he turned around and was about to run away.

Bai Tongtong had been guarding against this move, and swung out his right hand, which had been carried behind his back, at a faster speed, and hit the side of his waist with the stick he held in advance, causing the red mouse to scream and collapse immediately. Limp and half lying on the ground panting.

Putting away the silver coins in his left hand, Bai Tongtong held a stick in his right hand and pointed at the red mouse on the ground. The threatening posture remained unchanged, but he began to chant magic spells in his mouth. Under the command of his left hand, a string of sparks fell on the red mouse On the ground in front of me, the hard ground was burned until it smoked, and after the smoke cleared, there were a few small pits on the ground.

Red Rat was so frightened that he couldn't scream, curled up and trembled, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have provoked a very troublesome guy, a female mercenary who knew magic!The one who can afford to hire such a person must be a powerful and big financial backer!He knew he couldn't be greedy for money to take that deal!
"Please, please forgive me. I just work for money." The red mouse seemed to be strangled by someone. strength.

"I also work with money. If I can't bring back news that satisfies my boss, you don't want to see the sun tomorrow."

"I don't know the people who are looking for me. Most of the time, I don't know the people who are looking for me to do things. I just collect money and run errands, and I don't ask about the rest. I really don't know what that package of medicine is!"

"Stop talking nonsense, I will give you three choices. One, be broken by this stick in my hand; two, be repaired by my magic; three, tell me what happened and give you 2 silver coins. Which one do you choose ?”

"I choose three! I choose three!" shrieked Red Rat.

Bai Tongtong took the stick and danced a flower, swung the tip of the stick down, and pointed it straight at the tip of the red mouse's nose, "Say! If you dare to play me a word, I will let you have a bad day in the city."

"That's a woman, dressed like ordinary girls on the street, with a foreign accent, definitely not from the surrounding cities, but I can't hear anything."

"What does she look like? What color is her hair? What color is her eyes? What kind of hairstyle is she wearing? What kind of dress is she wearing? Are there any jewelry? Are there any birthmarks or moles on her hands? Where did she meet you? How long have you been chatting? How much will you be paid to do this? What kind of coins are they? Large denominations or small denominations? Tell me!" Bai Tongtong asked the red mouse a series of questions to recall the details.

"The appearance is very ordinary, not so beautiful that people can't forget the type, there is a kind of arrogant temperament, it is different from ordinary girls, it seems to be similar to you and a little different, I can't tell. The figure is very good, with big breasts. Hairstyle I didn't notice, the skirt seemed to be very new, and she was wearing a gray cloak. When she gave me the money, her hands didn't look like delicate lady's hands, but they didn't look like servants. I've seen a lot of noble servants, and that girl didn't have the temperament of a servant .”

"That's the temperament of a warrior." Bai Tongtong replied lightly.

The Red Rat opened its eyes wide, as if suddenly enlightened, and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, it is the temperament of a warrior, mercenaries and warriors, the kind of temperament that this type of people have."

"Don't remember her hair or eyes? What does she look like? She's wearing a hood?"

"I really don't remember the hair and eyes. I'm not a pretty girl, but I remember having freckles on my face."

"Freckles? Where are they?"

"It's on the face." Red Mouse was puzzled.

Bai Tongtong flicked the stick, scaring the red mouse back, "I'm asking where the freckles are on the face?"

"On the cheeks or on the bridge of the nose."

"Be serious!"

"Forgive me, I really don't remember, I never pay attention to this, as long as you give me money, I can do anything, I don't care who the employer is, people want me to do things because of my merits!" Red Rat She screamed again, but it involved the new injury on her waist, and she gasped for breath again in pain.

"Wait a minute, you just said that as long as I give you money, you can do whatever you want?" Bai Tongtong thought of a way.

"I..." Red Mouse was stupid again, he said a lot in a mess just to beg for mercy, and he couldn't remember after he said it.

"Let me ask you, if you were to see that woman again, would you recognize her?"

"Yes! I can! I will definitely recognize her when I see her again!" No matter whether you can or not, you nod first before speaking.

"Very good." Bai Tongtong put away the swinging stick, and clamped the previous 5 silver coin on his finger, "Have you heard of the annual martial arts competition held by the Military Academy?"

Red Mouse looked at the silver coin, swallowed his saliva and nodded.

"After the annual contest is over, those noble young masters and ladies will hold another banquet. I want you to pay attention to these movements and find out your messenger."

"I know that it is an annual tradition of the Mowu Academy that the aristocratic salons of the two colleges hold a joint banquet to celebrate the annual championship and winter vacation. I know which restaurants they usually choose, and I will definitely find that woman. Please believe me!" Hong Shu carefully propped up his upper body, patted his chest to assure him.

Bai Tongtong loosened her fingers, and the silver coin fell in front of Red Mouse, and then she took out a gold coin of 1 denomination from her body, and Red Mouse almost drooled when he opened his mouth.

"As long as you don't randomly point out someone playing me, this 1 gold coin will be yours then. But if you dare to play me..."

"I know, I know, if I dare to play tricks on you, I will have a bad life in my life."

"No, I will make you disappear completely from now on, and no one will know your whereabouts." Bai Tongtong shrugged and threatened lightly.

The red mouse took a deep breath. In such a cold day, there was icy ground under his butt, but he was suddenly sweating. In his eyes, this female mercenary who knew magic must have done a lot This is the first time this has happened.

It's terrible, how could he mess with such a horrible person!Mother!
"I promise not to act recklessly, definitely." Red Rat tried his best to control his trembling body, he didn't know whether it was fear or cold.

"When you find out the news, write a letter and send it to Ms. Drago, a first-year student at the School of Magic. You must have heard about the incident at the Eros restaurant yesterday."

"I've heard, I've heard, I really didn't know that the medicine powder was a forbidden medicine for magicians. Noble children like to eat some strange medicine powders most, and enjoy the feeling of dying. I thought that was the same."

"Remember to keep this matter secret. The forces behind Ms. Drago are very powerful. You don't want this matter to rise to the level of national politics, do you? It's no good for anyone if things get complicated."

"I understand, I understand. I won't tell anyone. I will investigate in secret. No one will know what I am investigating!"

Bai Tongtong finally took two steps back, collected the money, and under the terrified eyes of Red Rat, recited a basic white magic spell, which was just a consoling magic that relieved the pain, it had no therapeutic effect, but it hurt her For the red mouse who had been hit hard with a stick, it was like seeing a god descending.

In the eyes of the red mouse as if looking at God, Bai Tongtong walked away from another exit of the alley.

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