After the immortal disappeared

He paused: "It is more likely to purchase in the name of the Chamber of Commerce, because Tianshui City has always encouraged the Chamber of Commerce to purchase residential land, so there are large tax exemptions."

Yao Country, especially Tianshui City, has always been a unique existence on the Flashing Gold Plain. Other countries basically emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce, or at least are based on agriculture. Only Yao Country vigorously promotes commerce, and the efficiency and level of domestic logistics and commerce even exceed most other countries in the world.

He Lingchuan has only been in Yao Country for a few months, but he has been rolling in the business and politics, and his understanding of the system and rules here is far better than that of the locals in Tianshui.

Based on this alone, he basically concluded: "Either he will buy a new mansion in the last half month, or stay in a luxury inn. I tend to the latter possibility, after all, buying a house is more troublesome. If he doesn't want to live in Tianshui City for a long time, the inn is the first choice."

"But the necessary screening cannot be missed. I will go to Tianshui City's housing department to screen the transactions of ready-made houses in the past half month. Tian Yun looks like a particular person-" Unlike Dong Rui, who can live in a dark and damp cave, "There are many people and they are not short of money, so the house they buy will not be too small."

A small house is not only not enough to live in, but also privacy cannot be guaranteed. You have to know that they raise demon puppets, and it will not be fun if they accidentally escape and hurt people.

These demon puppet masters naturally don't like to gather with ordinary people, and psychologically they will tend to have more privacy in the mansion; Dong Rui even has to stay away from others in Yongquan Villa.

Of course, there are the third and fourth possibilities, that is, Tian Yun used other aliases to buy a mansion in Tianshui City before, and now he is living in it. Or Tian Yun and others' residence is not in the city at all, but these two possibilities are relatively small, and it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so He Lingchuan will not care about it for the time being.

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

"At least forty or fifty."

"..." So many? Are the merchants in Tianshui City so rich?

He Lingchuan went out to explain the task.

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 lead the beetle to find the owner."

...

This search took two whole days.

Finding people is like solving a case, and a lot of useless work has to be done.

He Lingchuan still has business to do during the day. After work in the evening, uh, after work, he can go into the city with Dong Rui to find people, and he has to wear a veil to find them.

There are 51 high-end inns in Tianshui City to be screened, and the housing department has also handed over information about ten mansions, all of which were sold in the past half month.

A total of 61.

The good news is that the range of insect puppets sensing the ancestor insect is very large, conservatively estimated to be more than three or four miles, and the luxury inns in Tianshui City like to gather together. There are twenty-two or twenty-three inns gathered on several famous streets. He Lingchuan and Dong Rui walked along the street, and the insect puppets had no sense, so these places can be ruled out.

The mansions to be screened can only be run one by one.

They were empty every time.

After two days, there were only three inns and four mansions left.

"If these places are not found in the end, we have to consider other possibilities." Then, the difficulty of finding Tian Yun will increase significantly.

The moon was on the willow branches, and Dong Rui rubbed his face: "Damn it, his legs are almost broken!"

Fortunately, just as they were approaching the Fennel Inn at the south gate of Tianshui, the two insect puppets in the cricket cage suddenly became agitated and frequently hit the cage!

"There is a reaction!" Dong Rui was greatly encouraged, turned into a secluded place, and pulled open the cage door.

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

"Follow me."

The Fennel Inn was magnificent, and the plaques were polished to a shine, but the insect puppets did not go in at all, but circled around the outer wall and flew inside.

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

The insect puppets naturally did not know how to distinguish between good and bad, and they rushed behind a wall.

The courtyard wall was not high, the color was mottled, and grass grew on the damaged part of the wall.

Just looking at this wall, the word "luxury" has nothing to do with it.

Dong Rui pulled the insect puppet back and went around the main entrance to look at the sign of the inn:

"Tonglai Inn?"

From the facade, it was clear that this was just an ordinary inn, with signs of repairs on the plaque, and two broken bamboo baskets were left at the gate and no one cared. Two refugees were tired and sat on the stone steps to rest. The waiter inside came out to drive them away: "Hush! Go sit somewhere else!"

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

He Lingchuan did not answer, but snapped his fingers and waved to the inn.

The Yang Shanren behind him dispersed and stared at the inn from different directions.

Afterwards, He Lingchuan and Dong Rui walked straight into the Tonglai inn.

He stepped harder, but the shopkeeper still huddled behind the counter. It was not until Dong Rui knocked on the counter that the shopkeeper stretched out his head, half-closed his eyes, and asked lazily: "Are you staying overnight?"

"Stay in the hotel." He Lingchuan said, "How much per night?"

"Half a tael."

Such an ordinary inn would cost at most two taels of silver per night half a year ago, but I didn't expect it to more than double now. He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "Do you provide breakfast?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "The big stove has not been turned on for half a month, you have to eat outside."

Food is so expensive, how much does it cost to serve it? All the guests who stayed in the hotel thought it was too expensive, and after a few quarrels, the kitchen of the inn stopped turning on the stove.

It saves firewood and trouble.

"Let me see the guest room first."

Many guests will check the room condition first before deciding whether to stay. The shopkeeper was not surprised and raised his chin to the waiter beside him: "Take him upstairs to have a look."

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

"There are so many. We are a time-honored store that has been in business for 50 years. We have been here for almost half a mile now, and 30% of them are regular customers."

Dong Rui interjected: "Go upstairs and have a look."

The cricket cage in his sleeve was jumping up and down, and it felt like it was pointing upwards.

The guy was suspicious: "What's the sound?"

"I raised two crickets."

The man had no doubt that he had it, so he led the two of them up the stairs with a lantern.

There are about ten rooms in the two rows of guest rooms upstairs, in the shape of a "冂". The shopkeeper is not bragging, this is a time-honored restaurant, and the furniture looks old, but it is still well maintained.

The doors of the guest rooms were all closed, and the three of them walked past one by one. Dong Rui suddenly turned his head, raised an eyebrow at the third room on the left, and winked at He Lingchuan.

This one!

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

"No." The guy walked over and opened the door, "I'll show you."

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

He Lingchuan stood near the window and could see the middle of the street.

When he concentrated again, he could still see Wan Qiliang sitting in a cold water stall drinking water.

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

"This is the one." He Lingchuan threw a tael of silver to the waiter, "No need to look for it, just pour a pot of tea."

Once the money was received, the guy's face immediately relaxed. Just as he was about to go down, He Lingchuan took out another ingot of silver and put it on the table:

"Two questions for you."

"Ah, you say it, you say it." The waiter faced He Lingchuan and did not notice that Dong Rui raised his hand to place a soundproof barrier.

He Lingchuan asked directly: "Who lives in the room opposite?"

"Across the street?" the waiter was startled. "They are two out-of-towners in their thirties and forties. They are very stingy and never give rewards."

When Dong Rui heard this, he realized that they were of the same age, but were they just two people?

"For what?"

"Not sure."

"Not a regular customer?"

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

"Last questions." He Lingchuan pushed the money forward, "When did they move in?"

"Three days, no, four days ago."

"Do they have any companions?"

"No, it's just the two of them here." The waiter was also very knowledgeable and said everything himself. "One of them had a black nose and a swollen face when he first moved in, as if he had just been beaten. I asked him if he had encountered a robber. He said vaguely, but he didn't say what he did. The two guests went out at dawn and came back at dusk. They stayed behind closed doors and no one else came to see them. "

"Are they in the house?"

"Yes, I just ordered two bowls of noodles to eat in the house." The waiter immediately handed over his hands, "Two guests, please don't cause trouble in this store! We really can't afford it."

The inn was having a hard time opening. There were originally four waiters, but now he was the only one left inside and outside.

This guy was a bachelor. He Lingchuan put the money into his hand and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, we are all good citizens. Whatever you usually do, do it now; don't do it now if you don't usually do it. In this shop Nothing will happen!"

The heavy silver ingot soothed the waiter's uneasiness, and he went out with a few oohs and thumped downstairs.

Dong Rui asked in a low voice: "Do it?"

"Let the eyeball spider in."

The Eyeball Spider, who had not played for a long time, finally got the opportunity to go on a mission again.

It's a time-honored store. The building is old and the door cracks are not very tight. The little spider slipped in through the gap easily.

Sure enough, as the waiter said, there were two people sitting and eating inside. One of them had bruises on his face and blood marks on his neck from the whip. Although he was recovering, it could be seen that the one who beat him was not soft at all.

This man was chewing his noodles, but he was doing so awkwardly. He had to stop after taking two bites because the bruises on the corners of his mouth were pulled when he opened his mouth.

"How long will we stay here?" his slightly fat companion asked him, "When will Master allow us to go back?"

The wounded man gasped, "After completing the errands assigned by Master, you can go back naturally."

The companion said vaguely: "Second senior brother, I always feel that something is wrong?"

"Eat your noodles." The second senior brother looked at him and said, "Eat more and ask less."

Through the eyeball spider, the two people living across the street recognized him clearly: "It's not Tian Yun."