The surname of the shopkeeper of the Zhendong Inn is Tian, who is in his 50s, and everyone calls him Lao Tian because of his easy-going treatment.

When Li Baosheng and Huang Hanming came, Lao Tian also happened to be eating.

"Two poor masters, do you live in a hotel?"

Li Baosheng shook his head, "Shopkeeper, we came here to inquire about something." ”

Lao Tian nodded, "Two poor masters, excuse me, as long as the villain knows, he will definitely tell you." ”

Li Baosheng asked with a smile, "What is the shopkeeper's surname?" ”

Lao Tian hurriedly waved his hand, "What is your surname, the villain's surname is Tian, everyone calls me Lao Tian." ”

Li Baosheng nodded, "Then I'm welcome, Lao Tian, we want to ask, did four people come to stay in the hotel last night?" ”

"Four people?"

Lao Tian shook his head, "No? ”

Hearing Lao Tian's answer, Li Baosheng frowned, and asked again, "Lao Tian, think about it again, are there four people coming to stay in the hotel?" ”

Lao Tian recalled it carefully, and then shook his head, "No, the villain didn't remember that there were four people who came to the store together!" ”

Hearing Lao Tian's affirmative answer, Li Baosheng couldn't help but be stunned, and Huang Hanming on the side hurriedly asked, "Lao Tian, think about it, is there a time when you are not here, those four people come to stay in the hotel?" ”

Lao Tian frowned, and asked suspiciously, "Two poor masters, did those four people come very late?" ”

Li Baosheng nodded, "It's true that they didn't come early, can you ask other guys, have there been four people here?" ”

Hearing this, Lao Tian hurriedly waved his hand and called a guy over, "Zhang Song, you were here last night, did you see four people coming to stay in the hotel?" ”

Zhang Song lowered his head and thought about it, then shook his head, "Don't remember?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Song's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Lao Tian to answer his words, so he continued to speak to himself.

"The shopkeeper, there are three groups of people who came to stay at the hotel last night, but each group is two people, and there are no guests who come with four people."

Lao Tian nodded, turned his head to look at Li Baosheng, and said with a wry smile, "Two poor masters, it seems that the person you are looking for is not here." ”

Hearing the words of the two, Li Baosheng was a little disappointed, "It seems that they really didn't come here to stay in the hotel." ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng remembered what Zhang Song said just now, his heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at Zhang Song, and asked with a smile.

"Zhang Song, then tell me about it, these three groups of people are in the middle, do they know each other?"

Zhang Song shook his head, "Poor master, this villain doesn't know, they didn't come together when they came, so the villain doesn't know if they recognize each other?" ”

Li Baosheng frowned, "Zhang Song, you mean to say that these three groups of people came here to stay in the hotel, but because they came at different times, they didn't meet each other, right?" ”

Zhang Song nodded, "That's it, they didn't see each other." ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng thought for a while, "Is there anything strange about these three groups?" ”

"Strange place?"

Zhang Song scratched his head, "Two poor masters, what's the strange place?" ”

Li Baosheng said with a smile, "It's just an unreasonable behavior for a day, or words and deeds and the like, is there any?" ”

Zhang Song shook his head, "The villain doesn't remember, I don't think there's anything unreasonable!" ”

Suddenly, he said, "Lao Tian, can you take a look at your registered book, so that it will be clear?" ”

Hearing this, Lao Tian hurriedly waved his hand at Zhang Song, "Zhang Song, go to the counter and bring the bookkeeping book, so that the two poor masters can see it?" ”

Zhang Song hurriedly answered, ran quickly to the counter, and soon ran back with the account book.

"Two poor masters, this is the registered ledger."

Zhang Song spoke, and turned the account book to yesterday's page, "Two poor masters, you see, this is the guest who registered last night." ”

Li Baosheng took the account book handed over by Zhang Song, looked down, but his brows furrowed, and he stretched out his hand to point to the name on the account book.

"Are there any women in the three groups that moved in last night?"

Zhang Song nodded hurriedly, "Yes, of the three groups of people who moved in last night, two of them are husband and wife, and one is a brother and sister!" ”

After hearing Zhang Song's words, Li Baosheng was a little annoyed, and immediately threw the account book on the table, "Since they are husband and wife, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Seeing that Li Baosheng's face was a little ugly, Zhang Song hurriedly waved his hand, "Two poor masters, you didn't ask, you just asked how many guests came, and you didn't ask if it was a man or a woman!" ”

Li Baosheng sighed, turned his head to look at Huang Hanming, and said with a wry smile, "Huang Hanming, is there anything else you want to ask?" ”

Huang Hanming shook his head and was about to answer, but suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Song and asked tentatively, "Zhang Song, let me ask you, did any of the three women yesterday have men dressed as women?" ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's question, Zhang Song was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he reacted and immediately waved his hand again and again.

"This ......, how is this possible?

Bad master, don't be kidding, who would have the leisure to do such a thing? ”

Huang Hanming shook his head a little stubbornly, "Zhang Song, if I ask you, you will answer honestly, do you want to hide it?" ”

Zhang Song was taken aback by Huang Hanming's words, and hurriedly waved his hand again, "Poor master, how could it be, the villain just thought it was impossible, so he didn't answer." ”

Huang Hanming frowned, "You mean to say that there are no more men dressed as women?" ”

Zhang Song nodded, "No!" ”

Huang Hanming sighed in disappointment, "Zhang Song, think about it, are the women among them very ugly, maybe they are men dressed as women?" ”

Zhang Song shook his head, "Poor master, this is impossible, if it is a man, there will always be a beard, but they don't have a beard!" ”

Hearing this question, Li Baosheng frowned, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhang Song, "Then you are not nonsense, how can you say this?" ”

Zhang Song is young, although he has a little beard, but this is not very heavy.

Zhang Song touched his beard and said with a wry smile, "Poor master, this is different, don't I have a little bit?" ”

Hearing Zhang Song's answer, Li Baosheng wanted to laugh a little, but he forced a smile and continued to ask, "Your beard is too little, if it were you, you wouldn't be able to see it?" ”

Zhang Song was a little embarrassed and hurriedly defended, "No, no, how can this be!" ”

Huang Hanming sighed, "Zhang Song, it's not accurate to judge whether you are a man by just not having a beard!"

Think about it again, is it possible that the three women last night were men? ”

Hearing this question again, Zhang Song's brows suddenly tightened, "The two poor masters, but they are very thin, not like men?" ”

Li Baosheng glanced at Zhang Song and sighed, "Zhang Song, but you're not fat!" ”

Zhang Song does look a little thin among normal young men, which he admits himself.

"Two poor masters, this ......?"

Zhang Song didn't know what to say, and cold sweat was already breaking out on his head.

Li Baosheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "Zhang Song, don't be nervous, we just want to know, among the three women yesterday, is there anyone who is not a woman, think about it carefully, this is very important to us?" ”

Zhang Song sighed, "I don't know, in short, I feel that they are women, definitely not men!" ”

Lao Tian, who had been sitting on the side and had not spoken, suddenly asked, "Two poor masters, who are you looking for, are they from the town?" ”

Speaking of this, Lao Tian's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Li Baosheng and Huang Hanming to answer his words, so he continued to speak on his own.

"The two poor masters, if it is a person from the town, although the villain does not dare to say that he knows everything, he still knows a lot, as long as you say it, I should be able to find it."

Li Baosheng sighed, "Lao Tian, thank you, it's just that we are not looking for people from this town, we are looking for four beggars from Black Mountain City, so we asked if there are four people to stay in the store?" ”

"Four beggars?"

Lao Tian was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Two poor masters, then you are in the wrong place, how can a beggar come to stay in the hotel?" ”

Speaking of this, Lao Tian's tone paused, frowned, and then said slowly, "Second poor master, there is an abandoned earthen kiln about three or five miles outside the town, so you have some beggars living there, but I don't know if there are any beggars you are looking for?" ”

"Earthen kiln?"

Hearing Lao Tian's words, Li Baosheng subconsciously turned his head to look at Huang Hanming, but found that Huang Hanming was also looking at him with an inquiring gaze.

Li Baosheng frowned, turned his head to look at Lao Tian, and asked with a smile, "Lao Tian, where is the specific location of this broken temple?" ”

Lao Tian stretched out his hand and pointed out the door, "Two poor masters, as long as you walk east from here, out of the town, there is a path leading to the south, and then follow this path until you walk three or five times, and you can see the earthen kiln on the side of the road." ”

Li Baosheng nodded, and was about to get up to say goodbye, when Huang Hanming suddenly asked, "Lao Tian, there were no four people we said last night, so think about it, during the day, are there four people like that who come to stay in the hotel?" ”

Hearing Huang Hanming's question, Lao Tian frowned and thought for a while, then picked up the account book on the table, flipped through it carefully, and then shook his head.

"Two poor masters, I didn't find the four people you mentioned!"

Huang Hanming sighed, "Lao Tian, will they be separated, you take a good look, is it possible that these four people live separately?" ”

Lao Tian shook his head, "No, most of the merchants who come to stay with us are businessmen who go to Montenegro City, because the distance from here to Montenegro City is about a day's journey, so most of the merchants who come and go will live in the town." ”

Speaking of this, Lao Tian said with a wry smile, "So basically no one comes to our inn during the day, most of them are at night, and of course some come in the afternoon." ”

Huang Hanming nodded, "Isn't there such a person among the guests who came in the afternoon?" ”

Lao Tian shook his head, "Poor master, the villain has already read the account book just now, most of these people who came to stay in the hotel came from the west, that is to say, they all rushed to Black Mountain City, not from Black Mountain City."

So there shouldn't be the four people you're looking for? ”

Hearing this, Li Baosheng suddenly asked, "Lao Tian, if they say that they are from the west, but they are from Black Mountain City, can you find out?" ”

Lao Tian smiled bitterly and shook his head, "If you just listen, of course you can't hear it, but if you are a guest from afar, you should be able to see it, right?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Song also hurriedly said, "The two poor masters, the shopkeeper is right, if it is a guest from the west, most of them are bringing goods to Black Mountain City, so they should all have goods."

As for the guests who came back from Montenegrin City, their goods have been sold out, so most of them return empty-handed, and at most they will buy some things that friends want to bring back, which should not be very much. ”

Lao Tian nodded, "Yes, many of these guests have been coming and going for many years, and they are all old customers who come to live with us, so even if they look at people, they should be able to divide them into seven, seven, eight, eight." ”

After hearing the words of the two, Li Baosheng sighed, "Lao Tian, you have already looked carefully, from last day to night, it is true that none of the four people I said have lived here, right?" ”

Hearing Li Baosheng's question, Lao Tian hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "There shouldn't be!" ”

Speaking of this, Lao Tian's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Li Baosheng to answer his words, so he continued to speak to himself.

"The two poor masters, just like Xiao Bu said just now, if it is a beggar, it is impossible for them to come to the hotel, if you continue to look for it in the inn, I am afraid it will only be a waste of time!"

Hearing Lao Tian's words, Li Baosheng knew that he meant well, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Lao Tian, do you know where the four people we are looking for had dinner last night?" ”

Hearing this, Lao Tian frowned, "If they are beggars, they will naturally beg for some food and hide in a corner to eat!" ”

Li Baosheng shook his head, "Lao Tian, you're wrong, what we're looking for is a beggar who had dinner yesterday at the Zhendong Hotel, which is not far from here." ”

"Zhendong Hotel?"

Hearing this, Lao Tian was stunned for a moment, and then stretched out his hand and pointed out the door, "Poor master, are you talking about the Zhendong Hotel not far from us?" ”

Li Baosheng nodded, "That's right, it's the Zhendong Hotel not far from here!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Baosheng's tone paused, but then, he didn't wait for Lao Tian to answer his words, so he smiled bitterly and continued to speak to himself.