After moving to Berry Street, the fishing tackle shop in Sanborn was a little far away.

Youla left with her front legs, and Li Qiuzhi also tied the scimitar around his waist and went out. The arrows of the hunting bow were almost scrapped, and since he was not commissioned to clean up monsters in the wild, he did not need to carry them with him for the time being.

Today, the weather is not good.

Li Qiuzhi, who was walking among the streets, looked up at the sky. It was hazy, with no dark clouds and no sun.

In order to make time, Li Qiuzhi started jogging and overtook a carriage carrying goods that was moving slowly, attracting the curious attention of the horseman wearing a hat.

Li Qiuzhi smiled politely in return, and then ran faster.

About ten minutes later, when his body had just warmed up, he arrived at the fishing gear store. The gray-haired Sanborn was cleaning the store with a broom.

It seemed that Li Qiuzhi's arrival was not seen.

"Hi, Mr. Sanborn." Li Qiuzhi called behind him in a calm tone.

When Sanborn heard the voice, he turned around with his broom and said with bright eyes: "Oh, here you are, the young adventurer from Liyue."

"Yes, I agreed to take your commission last night, hehe."

Li Qiuzhi smiled and said.

"Alas" Sanborn sighed again when he mentioned what happened yesterday. He placed the broom on the wall at the door and leaned against it. "Please come in and I will tell you in detail."

The two came to the counter of the store, and Sanborn walked inside to ask Li Qiuzhi to wait for a moment.

Sanborn took out a stack of paper information from the drawer under the counter. He opened the silver metal clip and took off the top two papers.

He handed it to Li Qiuzhi and said, "You take a look first."

Li Qiuzhi reached out to take it in confusion, not quite sure what was going on. He stood and looked at the words recorded on the paper carefully.

Fruit-stuffed bait: thirty kilograms, fifty thousand molad;

Tarn simple fishing net: five pieces, 45,000 moras;

Tarn brand hard bamboo fishing rods: ten pairs, 30,000 molars;

In addition to the above information, there are many other items such as fish baskets, rain hats, raincoats, etc. This is a purchase receipt with a total value of 550,000 molas.

There doesn't seem to be anything strange about this at first glance.

Li Qiuzhi looked at the second document. It was the same goods, but the price had increased by almost 20%. For example, thirty kilograms of fruit-stuffed bait changed from 50,000 moles to 60,000 moles.

The total amount of goods increased from 550,000 molas to 700,000 molas.

The two documents show that the two purchase dates were less than two weeks later.

The fishery in the Mondstadt area, especially in Mondstadt City, is not prosperous at all compared to Liyue and Daozhi. After all, although the Cider Lake is large, it is limited.

Therefore, generally speaking, the prices of related fishing gear supplies will be relatively stable and should not rise so much in a short period of time.

"Could someone be profiting from this?" Li Qiuzhi asked in surprise.

"I think so." Sanborn was somewhat silent as he spoke, then moved the remaining stack of purchase receipts in front of him, pointed to the top one and said, "This is the original price."

When Li Qiuzhi heard this, he couldn't help but take a look. There were almost the same amount of goods, but the total cost was only about 400,000 molas.

"Could it be Mr. Sanborn's old friend?"

Li Qiuzhi thought of the object of Sanborn's sigh yesterday evening.

Sanborn put away the receipt and said as if recalling:

“I had just retired at that time, and seeing that I had nothing to do, my son suggested that I open a fishing tackle shop, and I happily agreed.

“But my son is too busy, so I have to do all the preparations. That’s okay. Rather, I enjoy being busy again.

"My good friend Lucar was one of the sales directors of Tarn Fishing Gear Factory, whom I met when I was looking for purchase channels. Our friendship was established over these more than ten years."

That said, they are indeed quite good friends. After all, we have known each other for more than ten years. Li Qiuzhi thought silently in his heart.

"When the price increased for the first time, I asked him what was going on. He said that the raw materials in the factory were robbed by monsters during transportation. The price increase was only temporary due to lack of materials."

Sanborn continued:

"Although he made shaky words at the time, I didn't care. I believed him. After all, he was an old friend of mine.

"The second time I felt a little strange. I can't be robbed by monsters twice in a row. After learning the lesson, don't they know how to hire some powerful adventurers to protect me?

"With doubts, I went to the Tarn factory and asked the employees there. They said there was no news about price increases in the near future. At this time, I knew the problem lay with my old friend Lukar."

After listening, Li Qiuzhi nodded and asked simply guessing:

"So Mr. Sanborn wants me to find evidence of Lukar's illegality?"

Sanborn patted his gray-haired head and said softly:

"No, of course not. After so many years of friendship, I know very well that Lucar must not be such a despicable person. He must have encountered an obstacle in his life that he cannot overcome.

"I don't want to make my old friend lose face by questioning him face to face. Young adventurer, all you need to do is help me investigate what happened to him recently. Please help him if you can, and I will give you a satisfactory reward."

Li Qiuzhi was a little surprised. He originally thought it was a simple script of finding evidence and arresting people, but he didn't expect it to be quite complicated.

A cool breeze blew in, and Li Qiuzhi's hair in front of his forehead moved slightly. Since his emotions were heightened here, he certainly had no reason to refuse.

"I see. Leave this matter to me, Mr. Sanborn, and I will try to help you investigate."

Li Qiuzhi had a smile on his face and patted his heart in agreement.

"Well, that's up to you. I really don't want anything to happen to Lukar. He lives at No. 86 Dandelion Street. If you can't find him, you can go to Tarn Fishing Gear Factory to look for him."

After Sanborn told the story, he obviously relaxed a lot, and his brows were no longer frowning.

When leaving Sanborn's fishing tackle store, Li Qiuzhi glanced at the clock in the store, which read a quarter past nine in the morning.

He did not go directly to No. 86 Dandelion Street. After all, Lukar probably needed to go to work at this time. After all, he was the sales director of Tarn Fishing Tackle Factory.

Alas, another twenty minutes of walking time followed.

The only means of transportation in Mondstadt are horse-drawn carriages, and the other type of transportation is the Wings of Wind. However, using the Wings of Wind in public areas requires a flight certificate.

It is not easy to obtain a flight certificate, and generally only adventurers have a strong need for it.

Li Qiuzhi felt that he needed to get a flight certificate as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too troublesome to travel. Although the Wings of Wind could only glide, he had to go to a relatively tall building before flying.

But there's no denying its practicality.

Just a few days after becoming an adventurer, Li Qiuzhi felt the pain of being unable to use the teleportation anchor.

Thanks to "Once Upon a Time Unforgettable" for the 100 coin reward!

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