The coach shop is not far from the Zhendong Inn, and Li Baosheng and Huang Hanming followed the address and soon saw the door of the coach shop.

Compared with the quietness of the Zhendong Inn, the carriage shop is very lively.

It was time to eat, and there were many guests eating in the courtyard, and there was the neighing of horses in the backyard.

A fellow brought a plate of flatbread out of the room, shouted loudly, and distributed it to the people in the courtyard.

Li Baosheng quickly stepped forward to stop this guy, "Where is your boss?" ”

Seeing that it was two catchers who were questioning, the guy was startled, and hurriedly turned around and pointed, "Two poor masters, our boss is in the hall." ”

Li Baosheng nodded, turned around and walked towards the hall.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw an old man shouting in the hall.

"You, hurry up and get some soup out, don't you see anyone asking for soup?"

Li Baosheng knew that this person should be the shopkeeper, so he coughed, "Who is the shopkeeper here?" ”

When the old man who was shouting in the hall heard this, he hurriedly turned his head, and when he saw that it was two catchers, he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile.

"The villain is the shopkeeper here, what do the two poor masters have to order?"

Li Baosheng nodded, "What's the shopkeeper's surname?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly replied, "My surname is Wang, just call me Lao Wang!"

Two bad masters, what's the matter? ”

Li Baosheng nodded, "Shopkeeper Wang, it's not a big deal, I just want to ask you about something." ”

Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly made a gesture of invitation to Li Baosheng, "Poor master, let's go over there to talk, and be quieter over there." ”

The direction pointed by the shopkeeper was actually a corner of the hall, but it was quieter than the others.

The three of them came to the corner and sat down, and then the shopkeeper Wang arched his hand and asked, "Two poor masters, what do you want to ask?" ”

Li Baosheng asked with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wang, we want to ask, did four people come to stay in the hotel last night?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and nodded, "Of course there is, we will be more prosperous at night here!" ”

Hearing Shopkeeper Wang's answer, Li Baosheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, what do the four people you said look like?" ”

"What does it look like?"

Hearing that he was going to describe his appearance, the shopkeeper Wang frowned, and suddenly pointed to those people outside, "Two poor masters, look at them, those four people yesterday look like that?" ”

Li Baosheng turned his head and looked out of the door, I thought I saw those people sitting outside who were eating, and I couldn't help frowning.

"Shopkeeper Wang, did you say that the four of them were in those crowds?"

Hearing Li Baosheng's question, Shopkeeper Wang looked out of the door carefully, and then shook his head, "I didn't see it, but the four people who came yesterday were dressed the same as these people outside, no different." ”

Li Baosheng couldn't help frowning, "Shopkeeper Wang, did you say that the four people who stayed in the store yesterday are these businessmen?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, and Li Baosheng, who turned his head to look, asked suspiciously, "Two poor masters, I am here in a big car shop, and I naturally entertain such guests, is there anything wrong?" ”

Seeing that Shopkeeper Wang misunderstood what he meant, Li Baosheng hurriedly waved his hand, "Shopkeeper Wang, that's not what I mean, it's just that the person we are looking for is not such a person." ”

Shopkeeper Wang frowned, "Two poor masters, what kind of people are you looking for if you don't look for such people?" ”

Li Baosheng said with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wang, I found four people all wearing long robes, they should be from Black Mountain City, I wonder if there were any such four people last night?" ”

Hearing what Li Baosheng said, Shopkeeper Wang lowered his head and thought about it, then slowly shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Two poor masters, if you want to find someone wearing a long robe, and he is from Black Mountain City, the villain is not here." ”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Wang's tone paused, but then, without waiting for Li Baosheng to speak, he continued to speak to himself.

"Two poor masters, if you are wearing a long robe, you can go to the Zhendong Inn in front of you to look for it, there are many people like him there, maybe you can find it."

Li Baosheng shook his head with a wry smile, "Shopkeeper Wang, let's not hide it, we have already been to the Zhendong Inn, but there is no one we are looking for." ”

"No?"

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head, "If he doesn't have it there, we shouldn't have it here."

The two poor masters, you have also seen here, the people who live are some small traders in the past, even if there are big customers, the people who come here to stay are only coachmen and the like, and those bosses have lived in the Zhendong Inn.

So if you want to find someone to wear a long shirt, I'm afraid you won't find it here. ”

Hearing Shopkeeper Wang's answer, Li Baosheng was a little disappointed, and couldn't help frowning, "Shopkeeper Wang, think about it again, it's important to us?" ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's question, Shopkeeper Wang shook his head with a wry smile, "Two poor masters, I'm not lying to you, what I said is true, there were a total of 16 guests yesterday, and there will be absolutely nothing wrong with this, because I just checked the account book this morning, and I also checked the number of guests." ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng frowned, "Isn't there anyone I said among these 16 guests?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, "No, 16 guests sounds like a lot, but in fact, there are only three groups. ”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Wang stood up and arched his hand at Li Baosheng, "Two poor masters, you will go and take the account book for you to see." ”

Li Baosheng nodded, "Then it's troublesome to the king's shopkeeper." ”

Shopkeeper Wang turned to leave, walked to the counter, and soon walked back with a ledger.

"Look, you see, this is the guest who registered last night."

Shopkeeper Wang sat opposite Li Baosheng, opened the account book, and sent it directly to the last page, pointing to the words on the account book.

"Two poor masters, you see, there were eight people in the first group of guests last night, and the remaining two groups were all four people."

Hearing Shopkeeper Wang's words, Li Baosheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wang, since those two groups of people are four people, isn't there anyone I am looking for?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang waved his hand, "Two poor masters, no, because the remaining two groups of people are all merchants, and everyone is carrying goods, you can see at a glance that they are rushing to Black Mountain City, and the person you are looking for is from Black Mountain City, how can it be them?" ”

Hearing this, Li Bao was stunned, "Shopkeeper Wang, are you sure they are all from other places?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, "Two poor masters, although I am not very sure, but there is still a possibility of eight or nine points, if they are not rushing to Black Mountain City, how can they bring so many goods?" ”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Wang's tone paused, but then, without waiting for Li Baosheng to speak, he continued to speak to himself.

"What's more, the time they came was not right, with the villain's many years of experience, the guests who came from afar would basically come here after dark, because the distance over there was here, even if they rushed at the fastest speed, it would be dark when they arrived at the villain's inn, or even later.

However, it is much closer to this place from Montenegrin City, and if you use a horse-drawn carriage, you can get here in the afternoon if you speed up your journey.

So, guests coming out of Montenegro, they all arrive before dark.

It is for this reason that the villain judges that those people must be foreign businessmen. ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, even if it is very close from Black Mountain City to here, if they set off late, won't the time to get here still be after dark?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head and said with a smile, "Two poor masters, this is impossible, no matter who is in a hurry, they know whether to hurry early or not late, because once there is something delayed on the road, I am afraid it will delay even more."

Especially these merchants, they are more afraid of accidents, so they set off early. ”

Hearing the words of the shopkeeper Wang, Li Baosheng couldn't help nodding secretly, and was even more puzzled in his heart, could it be that Su Mazi and the four of them didn't come here either?

The question is, if they don't come here either, where will they go?

Could it be that they really have a place to live here and don't need to stay in a hotel?

Just when Li Baosheng was puzzled, Huang Hanming suddenly asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, are you sure that the guests of the two groups of four people who came yesterday are all foreign businessmen?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, "Judging from the villain's experience, it should be right." ”

Huang Hanming shook his head and said solemnly, "Shopkeeper Wang, this matter is very important, we can't rely on experience, but we have to prove it." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Hanming glanced down at the account book, and then continued, "Shopkeeper Wang, are they also from other places registered?" ”

When the shopkeeper Wang heard the question, he subconsciously glanced at the contents of the account book, and then said slowly, "The two poor masters, these two groups of four businessmen, one will be from Qingyang County, and the other will be from Linshui County.

They are registered in these two places, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. ”

Huang Hanming nodded, "In this way, the two of them are no problem, then let me ask you, where did they come from in the caravan of eight people?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang said with a smile, "Two poor masters, these eight people are from Black Mountain City, they are the first to come, and it was not dark when they came. ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, where are the eight of them now?" ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's question, Shopkeeper Wang spread his hands, "The two poor masters, they went out to do business, of course they left early." ”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Wang's tone paused, but then, without waiting for Li Baosheng to speak, he continued to speak to himself.

"Two poor masters, you also know that from this section to the next inn, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid it won't be until very late, so most of the guests who set off from here will get up early and leave."

Hearing Shopkeeper Wang's answer, Li Baosheng's brows furrowed, and he hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, among the eight of them, is there anyone wearing a long robe?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang lowered his head and thought about it, then shook his head, "No! ”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Wang's tone paused, but then, without waiting for Li Baosheng to speak, he continued to speak to himself.

"Two poor masters, let me tell you, the eight people who live here are not all the people in their caravan.

I heard from the caravan that there were ten of them, and that they were only relative coachmen and some guards who lived here, and that the owners of the caravan did not live here, they were dirty and messy first, but lived in the inn in the east of the town. ”

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper Wang smiled bitterly, "Two poor masters, you think, here are some coachmen and guards, how can they wear long robes, that's too inconvenient, right?" ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng nodded in disappointment, but did not speak.

Li Baosheng raised his head and looked at the smiling face of Shopkeeper Wang, and suddenly his heart moved, and he asked with a smile, "Shopkeeper Wang, since they all live here, you should have seen them, right?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, "That's natural, how could I not have seen my guests?" ”

Li Baosheng asked slowly, "Shopkeeper Wang, since you have seen them, you should think about it, among them, is there anyone who has a lot of pockmarks on their faces?" ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's words, Shopkeeper Wang was stunned for a moment, his brows gradually wrinkled, and after a long while, he said slowly.

"Doesn't think so?"

Looking at Shopkeeper Wang's hesitant look, Li Baosheng couldn't help frowning, "Shopkeeper Wang, do you have it or don't you remember?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, "The two poor masters, it was already night when they came, although I have seen them, but if you want to say whether they have pockmarks on their faces, I really don't remember clearly." ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng was in a somewhat complicated mood, although Shopkeeper Wang did not say the answer he wanted to know, but after all, he did not say the news he did not want to hear.

Huang Hanming also understood Li Baosheng's thoughts, and hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, even if you don't remember what they look like, then think about it, the guys in your store should be able to remember, right?"

After all, they have to use hot water and eat a lot of things like that, so you know more than you do, right? ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's words, Shopkeeper Wang nodded hurriedly and looked around the hall before standing up and walking quickly to the door.

Shopkeeper Wang looked around the courtyard and saw a young man, who immediately beckoned.

"Ge Hui, come here, I have something to ask you."

A fellow in the courtyard who was beckoning those people to eat heard the greeting of the shopkeeper and immediately walked over quickly.

"Shopkeeper Wang, what's the matter?"

Seeing Ge Hui coming, the shopkeeper Wang was just about to ask, but suddenly remembered something, so he beckoned to Ge Hui.

"Ge Hui, you come in, the people in the yamen have something to ask you?"

"What?"

Hearing the words of the shopkeeper Wang, Ge Hui was startled, hurriedly walked to the side of the shopkeeper Wang, and asked in a trembling voice.

"Shopkeeper Wang, what is the matter with the people in the yamen looking for me?"

Seeing Ge Hui's appearance, Shopkeeper Wang smiled and waved his hand, "Look at what scares you, it's not a big deal, it's just that there are some things I want to ask you, you just need to answer carefully, understand?" ”

Hearing that he was just asking a few questions, Ge Hui breathed a sigh of relief, "Got it!" ”

Shopkeeper Wang took Ge Hui to the hall, "The two poor masters, his name is Ge Hui, he is the guy in our store, the affairs of those eight people yesterday are in charge of Ge Hui, if you want to know about those eight people, just ask him, he should know best." ”

Hearing the words of the shopkeeper Wang, Li Baosheng nodded and turned his head to look at Ge Hui, who was a little uneasy.