Mysterious country

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"Young man, you can really joke. This afternoon, you are the only one who has come in and asked for housing. No one else has come in before."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Xia Qi took a careful look at the middle-aged old woman and saw that the expression on her face didn't really look like she was lying. But if she didn't lie, then it meant that Zhao Anguo was lying.

But no matter who these two people are, they seem to have no reason to lie.

The middle-aged woman is just an ordinary villager. She should not insist on saying that there is no room when running this small hotel. And since Zhao Anguo let him come in to take a look, it is even less likely that he would make up such a lie. , otherwise it wouldn’t be obvious waiting for him to come in and expose it.

"This thing is really strange."

Xia Qi didn't want to understand what was going on, but it was very simple to figure it out. All he had to do was call Zhao Anguo in and have a confrontation between the two.

"Zhao Anguo! Zhao Anguo!"

"Senior, did you call me?"

Hearing Xia Qi's shout, Zhao Anguo hurriedly walked in and asked with a smile.

"Come over here and ask me something."

Waiting for Zhao Anguo to come over, Xia Qi pointed at him and asked the middle-aged woman:

"Sister, look, have you seen him just now?"

"I haven't seen it before." The woman shook her head, and then said impatiently:

"What on earth do you do? You can't live in a house anymore. Why do I think you are playing tricks on me?"

"No, auntie, how can you say you haven't seen me?"

Before Xia Qi could say anything, Zhao Anguo was unwilling. He took a step closer to the middle-aged woman, pointed at himself and said to her:

"Auntie, please take a closer look at me. A few minutes ago you were sitting there with your legs crossed and a small radio in your hand. I asked you if you had a room. You said no and used a very inexplicable way. Look at me, you have replaced the small radio in your hand with a round fan, don’t you recognize me?"

"You young man, don't talk nonsense. When have I seen you? I'm too lazy to argue with you. If you want a room, you're welcome. If you don't want to stay, leave as soon as possible. What are you talking about? These inexplicable words you say make me feel like I'm stupid. Same!"

"It's not you..."

"Yasukuni!"

Zhao Anguo wanted to have a few words with the old woman, but was stopped by Xia Qi, indicating that he didn't need to say anything more:

"Go and call the people outside, tell them there are only 11 rooms, and two people need to live in one room, and let them decide for themselves, go ahead."

Zhao Anguo followed Xia Qi's instructions and walked out angrily. Before leaving, he didn't forget to glare at the old woman.

Xia Qi looked at the old woman who also looked very angry, and couldn't help but become more confused in her heart.

"Is it possible that when Zhao Anguo came in before, the person he saw was not this woman?"

Although he wanted to ask the old woman a question, other employees had already walked in from outside one after another at this time. Xia Qi had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​asking for the time being and wait for an opportunity to talk later.

After waiting for the staff to open the rooms, under the leadership of the old woman, they walked through a somewhat shady corridor and came to the other side of the room.

"It's not a peak season recently, so there aren't many people traveling. Otherwise, if it were the peak season, such nice houses would have been snapped up long ago."

"By the way, sister, who live in those rooms in front?"

"They are all painters, and there seem to be a few writers who come here to experience the local customs. I don't understand what these people have to write about or take photos of."

The middle-aged woman walked while talking, until her fat body stopped, pointing to the two rows of houses in front of her and said:

"These are your houses. Since you all know each other, I won't divide them with you according to the rooms. Although they are big and small, they are generally similar.

Call me if something happens, but don’t call me if something happens at night. You go to bed early, so if anything happens, you can solve it as soon as possible. "

After the woman finished speaking, she turned around and went back.

Xia Qi watched the woman walk away, still quite confused in her heart. At this time, she heard Zhao Anguo's voice coming from the side:

"Senior, I really didn't lie to you. I did ask this old woman before. She told me personally at that time that there was no room."

Xia Qi glanced at Zhao Anguo suspiciously, thought for a while and asked:

"Is she dressed differently than when you saw her before?"

"Wearing?"

After hearing this, Zhao Anguo took a closer look at the old woman's back, and then said uncertainly:

"I didn't pay attention to this, I just remembered that she was holding a small radio to listen to it."

"Well, it's okay. I believe you are not lying. I will try to figure it out."

After Xia Qi finished speaking, he patted Zhao Anguo on the shoulder, and then said to everyone waiting in the corridor:

"You will stay here temporarily tonight. As for me, I will start to investigate what happened in the village. If I am not here, you should try to move as little as possible. If you feel something is wrong, contact the people sleeping next door in time, and gather other people in a group in time. .

This can be regarded as a reminder or a warning to you. In short, please remember that my team will never allow fighting or secret plots to occur.

If not, then I will do my best to help everyone survive. On the contrary, if someone has unclean hands and feet, then I will definitely make him die ugly and make him regret doing so.

Do you understand? "

Although everyone did not answer, they nodded to express their understanding. Seeing this, Xia Tian Qi's stern expression became more relaxed, and then asked:

"In a moment, report your strength truthfully. Don't make false reports or conceal them. Let's start with Zhao Anguo."

"..."

Everyone reported their strength, and then Xia Qi mentally divided these 12 people into three echelons.

The first echelon is basically only a little stronger than ordinary people and has very little experience. They are absolute rookies. There are 3 people in total.

The second echelon is stronger than ordinary people. They are in the middle of the ghost level. They have limited means and limited experience. They are newcomers.

This echelon has the largest number of people, with 6 people.

The third echelon, whose strength is closer to that of Li Gui, can defeat ordinary ghosts, has some self-protection ability in incidents, and has rich experience.

There are three people in this echelon.

People in the first and second echelons are of no use in team events. When he and Xu Tianhua were involved in team incidents, Xu Tianhua's approach was to release everyone and then use them as bait to lure ghosts into taking the bait.

It's a pity that he is not Xu Tianhua. Although he doesn't put much thought into his team, since it is his team, he will not push them out to die, not to mention that the ghost is not strong enough for him. Unable to deal with it.

Therefore, he decided to keep the people in the team and find a way to complete the incident by himself. After all, counting on these soldiers who are not even at the level of a fierce ghost will not only increase casualties, but they will also be much more efficient than if he did it himself.