Yuanshin, no one knows the harem better than me

Chapter 830 Eight Lost Books

"Really, at this time, Onodera can't get in touch because of the holiday!"

"I'll go back to Inazuma City with Kuroda to make an emergency printing, but the demand for this book is too high, and urgent printing may not be enough..."

"However, it is a blessing in misfortune to discover the situation today. If it is a few days later, it will really be impossible to recover."

"Hey, you said that suspicious guy in the warehouse, did he do it?"

"Just to find out about this, the editor-in-chief went over there."

"..."

Going to Yuanguo Jiansi, I saw people from Yaetang gathering together.

When they were supposed to greet the festival with joy, they were discussing and dignified, and they could tell at a glance that something bad had happened.

Xia Tian wondered if he should go to the past, and felt that he had to do the task in the past...

However, the vanguard Paimeng has already rushed over, and is still actively asking, like a warm-hearted brave man.

"Look at you, what happened?"

"Ah, it's a few travelers, don't worry about it, it's about our internal situation... Are there any problems?"

After the "Eye Hunting Order" subsided, many themes about travelers emerged, including some excellent works.

In order to pursue an exact description, many authors specifically asked the editor-in-chief Yae.

Even if the editors have never seen it, they have more or less heard the editor-in-chief Yae's description of the appearance of the travelers, not to mention the last time, the male traveler went out with the general and went to the Yae-do in person.

Abedo stepped forward, and of course he had to ask about his affairs in person: "I'm here to find the editor-in-chief Pingshan, do you know where he is now?"

"The editor-in-chief is now at the warehouse at the port..." I was about to say, and after looking at Abedo's appearance, I changed my question: "Excuse me, are you the teacher "Chalk" who was invited to draw the portrait of Wugexian? "

"It's me." Abedo nodded without hiding anything.

"My surname is Kuroda, you probably want to ask about Wugexian's information?"

The editor named "Kuroda" also knew the purpose of Abedo's visit, and quickly apologized: "I'm very sorry, please take a break at the Chamber of Commerce of Nations, and I will contact the editor-in-chief to send the materials to..."

"Don't be so troublesome, you all seem to be busy, I can go find him myself."

Abedo doesn't have much expression and often looks cold, but he is actually a very polite and easy-going person.

The same is true in Mond. Although he is already the chief alchemist of the Knights, he does many small things by himself in order not to trouble everyone.

But editor Kuroda was in trouble, as if there was something inconvenient: "This, this..."

Abedo thought carefully, and broke through with a word.

"Excuse me, is there something wrong with the latest volume of "Shen Qiu Picking up Swords"?"

"Ah! How... how do you know?"

"You all know that the editor-in-chief is going to send me materials. It seems that the editor-in-chief didn't forget about it, but something unexpected happened."

"But you all know that I am "chalk", but you don't want me to go directly to the editor-in-chief. "

"After much deliberation, it could only be that something happened to the "Shen Qiu Picking up Swords" that I was responsible for the illustrations, so you all instinctively want to hide it from me."

Everyone will reason, thinking of this level is not too shocking.

But being able to accurately express the result of the previous second's speculation in words in the next second, this is an ability that even Xia Tian does not have, and it is close to a robot.

Don't look at it, Editor Kuroda has no choice but to let out a long sigh of relief, and finally he doesn't have to find a reason to hide it.

"This... well, I'm really ashamed, Teacher Baicha, things are indeed as you said."

"Earlier today, someone found a sneaky foreigner in the Rongcai Festival warehouse at the port, so they called Tianling Fengxing."

"Tianling was worried about the risk of the goods being stolen, so he contacted all the people who rented the warehouse, only to find that all the new issues of "Shen Qiu Picking up Swords" that were placed there were gone!"

"What, the book is lost?!"

Paimeng suddenly yelled loudly, attracting the attention of others, and also the editors of Yaedo who knew about it.

Ying jumped up lightly, pulled Paimon into her arms, covered her mouth and said, "Shhh, keep your voice down!"

Abedo mentioned this "Shen Qiu Picking up Swords" before, saying that the latest volume was released at the Rongcai Festival, and it was one of the highlights of Yaedo's preparations for the festival.

The editor of Heishan looked sad: "Not only will these books be released at the final stage of the Rongcai Festival, but the author, Mr. Zhenyu, will also come to the launch event and sign the sale in person...Because the situation is severe, the editor-in-chief immediately I rushed to the warehouse to determine whether the theft was related to the foreigner. "

"I see, it would be a pity if "Shen Qiu Picking up Swords" could not be released on schedule, and it would be very unfair to Teacher "Pillow Jade". "

Abedo put his hand on his chin, and acted as if thinking about it. Hearing the meaning of his words, he probably wanted to help.

Xia Tian, ​​who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Since the editor-in-chief has gone to the warehouse at the port, let's go and have a look!"

Ying blinked and looked over, opened her mouth without making a sound, through the changes in the contours of the red lips and uvula, Xia Tian could probably understand, she was asking: Did you find anything?

The cute appearance made Xia Tian laugh, not something that cannot be said.

"I didn't find anything, but I'm quite interested in that foreigner... I always feel that he might be someone I know."

I still remember that there were a total of six Mond guests invited, but only five could arrive.

Xia Tian thought that the last person was drunk and missed the time to get on the boat.

Looking at it now, it is also possible that he boarded another ship earlier because he was drunk.

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Port warehouse.

As editor Kuroda said, editor-in-chief Hirayama and the people who followed Tianling walked together.

Something was lost in the warehouse, so it was reasonable for Kujo Saro to appear.

What is unreasonable is that the person opposite her, looking at her... the emerald green bard, with an innocent face spread his hands.

Jiujo Shaluo frowned: "..."

Wendy squinted her eyes and smiled bitterly: "..."

"Hey, you, you...how are you here?!"

Paimon's exclamation broke the silent confrontation, Jiutiao Shaluo thought he was talking about himself, and explained righteously: "Tianling pursues the execution of official duties, of course I will be here."

"No, Sara, I'm not talking about you—" Paimon turned his body, with his butt facing Kujo Sara, and his face facing Wendy: "The singer, that suspicious foreigner in the warehouse, could it be you Bar!"

Wendy touched the back of her head and stuck out her tongue. Instead of being ashamed, she took pride in it: "Hey, I'm sorry, judging from the results, it's indeed me."

Jiutiao Saluo at the side first misunderstood that Paimeng was talking to him, and now he was left alone. Although she is not a girl with delicate thoughts and arrogant emotions, she will also be embarrassed by this.

Xia Tian took a step forward and asked, "Sara, why are you here."

Obviously just said it once, no one listened at all?

Kutiao Saluo's embarrassment turned into displeasure, and he repeated it emotionally: "Didn't I say that? Tianling follows official duties! Of course I will be here!"

Of course Xia Tian knew, that's why she asked this purposely, so as to wash away Jiu Tiao Sha Luo's embarrassment... But judging by her angry look, I don't know if she did something wrong.

Turning around helplessly, she saw Yingzheng looking at herself with a smile.

Although the person involved doesn't understand my kindness, it's a good consolation to know personally.

What I am most afraid of is embarrassment. As long as there is no embarrassment, other emotions will turn into clouds under the regulation of fairness and justice.

Jiutiao Shaluo faced the crowd, pointed at the emerald green boy, and asked, "Do you know this Mond who "smuggled in" and called himself a bard? "

Ying spoke first: "I can't say it doesn't matter..."

Xia Tian added: "It can only be said that it is quite familiar."

Then Paimon concluded: "Sara, based on what we know about him, the theft should have nothing to do with him, but what about "smuggling"? "

Kujo Sara briefly explained the process of discovering the matter.

"Although Inazuma is open to the outside world and welcomes people from all over the world, he must provide his identity information to the boat owner before boarding the boat. He has nothing..."

"Professing to be a guest of the Rongcai Festival, but I can't come up with an invitation letter."

"We therefore suspect that he entered the country illegally..."

"After all, he was found in the container of dandelion wine just now... Now that the goods in the warehouse are missing, it's hard to say that it has nothing to do with him!"

The suspicion was reasonable, and there was no way to find evidence to prove Wendy's innocence for a while.

But no matter how you think about it, it won't be him.

Xia Tian joked: "If the wine is gone, it might be him, but the book is definitely not stolen by him... I think he can be trusted for the time being."

Just like what Paimon said before, I believe it, but without evidence, this kind of statement is generally not adopted by officials.

But after listening to Jiutiao Shaluo, he seemed to be persuaded: "Well, since you said so..."

Paimon protested incomprehensibly: "Eh? Why don't you believe me when I say that, but once Xia Tian says it, you will believe it!"

"I-I didn't!"

Rarely flustered, after all, his fairness might be doubted, so he hurriedly said to Xia Tian: "I mean, since this is your friend, then you should go and ask for clarification!"

The Jiutiao Shaluo at this time has a kind of contrast and cuteness. If he can blush a little more, it will be even cuter.

The crowd surrounded Wendy and began the interrogation.

Before asking, the villain Wendy filed a complaint first.

"Wow, it's so embarrassing to be looked at by you with such suspicious eyes just after we repeated it in a foreign country!"

With his hands on his hips, Paimon warned, "It's not a question of whether it's interesting or not, it's to help you clear your suspicions. Do you want to go to jail?"

Wendy smiled: "Don't worry, the person who sent me the invitation letter was Kamisato Ayato, who can know this, it is unlikely that he is a stowaway?"

"But why didn't you take a boat with the bards?" Xia Tian asked, wanting to confirm his random guess, could it really be caused by drinking?

then.

Wendy gave a rather "childish" explanation.

"Of course it's because after I received the invitation letter, I wanted to come to Daozu sooner. At this time, I happened to meet a cargo ship carrying dandelion wine, so I set off with them."

"The captain and I hit it off very well, and invited me to drink a lot of good wine along the way. I probably fell asleep lying in the cargo box while carefully comparing the taste differences between the dandelion wine and the rice wife wine.

"When I wake up, I will be in this warehouse, and this general who is enforcing the Heavenly Law is staring at me from above the box!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Jiujo Shaluo, his eyes were full of sadness of being misunderstood.

Kutiao Shaluo would not believe everything easily, so he asked: "Since you have been in the warehouse, have you found any unusual changes? Clues and the like?"

Wendy thought for a while: "So, I did hear footsteps around me vaguely, and more than once, but I don't think there is anything unusual about those sounds..."

"Obviously there is a voice, why don't you think it's abnormal?"

Jiutiao Shaluo frowned, Xia Tian took over the conversation and made a general analysis.

"When you mention thieves, you usually think of "picking open the lock" or "searching around." Just now, Wendy meant that he didn't hear this obviously unnatural sound. "

"As for the sound of footsteps, because this is a warehouse, a lot of goods come in and out every day, and it's normal for people to walk around here."

After listening to what Xia Tian said, Kutiao Shaluo, who has rich experience in handling cases, thought for a moment.

"That is to say..."

"Yes."

Xia Tian believes that Jiutiao Saluo is smart and intelligent, and he will definitely think of it together.

"There are at least a thousand copies of the first batch of books and periodicals sold. It is absolutely impossible for one person to transport this weight in a short period of time. It must be a joint crime."

"Going back and forth many times, no abnormality was found, it shows that the prisoner is very familiar with the warehouse and has the key."

"Even getting acquainted with the guards, you might think it's a normal moving job if you see it."

Although this inference cannot find the criminal immediately, it can at least prove Wendy's innocence.

Jiujo Shaluo has an inexplicable trust in Xia Tian, ​​and sometimes even overrides his own judgment.

She nodded: "I understand, I will send someone to ask the relevant personnel in the warehouse, and retrieve the entry and exit records of the last few days."

Wendy felt comfortable and heavy, thinking about going to have a few drinks to calm down the shock: "Hee hee, then I can go too?"

"Stop." No matter what, Jiutiao Shaluo felt that the bard was weird, and wanted to leave a restraining order: "Although your suspicion of theft has been ruled out for the time being, whether you have come to Daozu legally, this matter has not yet..."