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Tao Shan is really a person who knows how to be measured, he only asked the necessary information to find someone, although they got along very happily during this time, he didn't ask even a word, for example, why did she look for such a person?
Now, Lan Shuying has officially become a client of the shadow genre.
She transferred a deposit to Tao Shan, and then no longer asked about the progress of their work, she quietly left the restaurant, leaving the venue to the professionals.
Tao Shan privately thinks that she will be the most popular type of customer no matter what industry she is in - giving money is refreshing, she will not point fingers, and she will not arrange the shadow genre to do things according to her ideas.
This attitude of absolute tolerance and trust makes the young owner inevitably feel a little fluttering at a certain moment.
Tao Shan's work can be completed through the liaison instrument, so he didn't make a special trip back to the ground, this bay window is a very good workbench, if his little brother didn't help by the side, it would be more perfect.
For Lan Shuying's chic departure, Huya was a little disappointed.
He had just brought up the magic pot, and now it was a new round of rice-free cooking, and it smelled that this time it should be chicken porridge.
Sharing food with friends is one of the things that foodies enjoy a lot. That...... Just assume that she doesn't have this mouthful!
Huya squatted next to the cauldron, staring at the bubbling bubbles with his eyes, grinning in satisfaction.
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Vito hasn't been doing well lately.
He was distraught, he made a lot of mistakes in his work, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he returned to the alley of the day, and a hoarse voice said behind him: "Delay you a little time......"
Vito knew he had made a mistake.
He hid it.
The person he was looking for was qualified and he knew four people โ but he didn't name a fourth person.
Vito will never forget the day when he opened his eyes at the last moment and peeked at the shadow on the ground, it was a bone bird!
Only a necromancer would use this method!
He had also heard that not every necromancer could get the bone bird to talk, and ...... That night, it was obviously not a conversation, but a mage who used the body of the bone bird to communicate with him face-to-face!
So, that mage must be very powerful.
They also said that they would pay him next time they met......
Next time...... No!
If the mage knew he had been deceived...... Whenever Vito thought about it, he felt that his life was in danger.
"Stinky boy, you're in a daze again! There's a guest at that table, so let's go and entertain it! The tavern waitress slapped him the shoulder.
Vito suddenly woke up: "Ah, I'll go!" โ
When he trotted to the table, there was still a panic on his face, and he was immediately shocked by the guest in front of him, so that he subconsciously restrained his usual attitude of amusing the adventurers, and instead used the honorific title:
"What would you like to drink, sir?"
The reason is simple, the guests are not only extraordinary, but also overly glamorous.
With a stand-up collar cloak inlaid with colored gemstones, a well-fitting gown of fine fabric, leather boots that reflected a beautiful halo, and deep eyes behind thin lenses, he looked like a noble heir to the royal palace.
No matter how you look at it, he doesn't fit in with this old tavern.
Huya looked at the child's obviously respectful and cautious attitude, and his interest in drinking suddenly decreased by half - being set off by Tao Shan, he was like an inconspicuous servant, the kind who couldn't line up to carry bags for the young master.
Tao Shan was also helpless.
He didn't want to exaggerate it, but he came down from the castle today because he had received an invitation from the branch.
The city lord of Haicheng specially set up a banquet, hoping to get first-hand information about the world catastrophe from the shadow school.
Haicheng was originally a developed city, but with the migration of forces from the Western Continent, this coast has attracted a lot of attention, and even the status of the city lord has risen.
The person in charge didn't dare to be sloppy and invited Tao Shan.
Tao Shan had just come out of the banquet when the carriage passed by the tavern, and he remembered that the customer had visited three lazy men before, and they had all heard about it from the tavern's waiter.
Tao Shan watched through the car window for a while.
He concluded that the child had done something bad recently, so he came in.
Vito was furious by his eyes, and the cold feeling of being hijacked by the bone bird that night came out again, and he trembled: "Sir? You ......"
Tao Shan retracted his gaze, glanced at the menu and said lightly, "Put a bottle of wine from each of your more than a hundred gold coins here." โ
This posture made the tiger teeth on his side stunned, not to mention Vito, who was familiar with the price list, and the child stupidly asked him for verification: "We have treasure-grade wine, the price is calculated by the glass, at least three hundred gold per glass, you ......"
Tao Shan looked over slowly, and said in a deep voice, "Is it that I didn't say it clearly enough just now?" โ
He didn't seem angry, but the momentum of the superior made Vito dare not say more, and immediately went to talk to his superiors.
Huya cocked his thumb: "Okay, brother, it's heroic enough!" Are you enough to drink that much, though? โ
Tao Shan smiled and said in a low voice: "You forgot, at the end of this month, an elder in our family celebrates his birthday, his old man loves wine, and my old man is worried about what gift to give, so I will send a batch back to him to make face." โ
Huya scratched his head, as if there was such a thing, he was an elder of the Shadow Sect, his status was about the same as Teacher Sha Lin, but he was much older.
Because of Tao Shan's arrogant behavior, the guests at the surrounding tables glanced at it from time to time, and some people had already made up the story of "the rich children scattered money just to attract the attention of beauties".
Tao Shan lowered his voice and said, "Brother, if you go to get a room, you will say that you want to inspect the goods, and then you just taste the wine, and I will talk to that child." โ
Huya didn't react at first after hearing this, and then looked shocked, and his eyes almost wrote: "You don't even let go of such a young child, are you still a person after all!" โ
Tao Shan understood what he was thinking at a glance, and immediately pinched his thigh unceremoniously: "I'm doing it for business!" โ
"Oh......"
Huya was skeptical.
He now suspects that his brother may not be as pure as he thinks.
Recall that the little waiter just now is really beautiful, and when he grows up, he will definitely be the master of both men and women! Not......
"I'll give you another task, pick out the wine that can be transported and send it back to the south, and the bad luck will be left to you." Before Huya could be happy, he was heard gritting his teeth and saying, "Now...... You go away for me, don't let me see this stupid face. โ
Tao Shan stretched out his hand and pushed his fat face with all his emotions written on the surface.
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When the brothers returned to the castle, it was already dark.
The stars are shining, the quiet night scene is completely different from the apocalyptic disaster not long ago, Taoshan is slightly in a trance, as if in a dream.
Huya really didn't resist the temptation of those fine wines, and when he said that he would taste and choose good wine, he drank himself to pieces.
The person was carried back by Tao Shan.
He also vomited Tao Shan's dress to the ground.
So, when Lan Shuying opened the door, what he saw was Tao Shan with his hair still stained with water vapor.
She suddenly understood: "Things are progressing? โ
Tao Shan nodded, his fingers unconsciously slicing over the pamphlet.
It's his habit to prepare a summary report before communicating with clients, even though he never reads it when he talks. It's probably just a confidence.
"I'm sorry, I may have disturbed your rest......" Tao Shan noticed that she was wearing a loose linen robe, and guessed that she might be preparing for bed.
"No, you know, sleep is not so necessary for me, Osi's collection of books is very interesting, before I know it, I am almost finished......" Lan Shuying smiled and took a step, "Come in and sit." โ
Tao Shan once again sighed in his heart that Brian was really the best-tempered half-undead he had ever seen.
He followed Lan Shuying in, and watched her put the book in her hand upside down on the table, and on the spine it was written:
"Three Hands with Shadow Hurd" ......
Tao Shan: "???! โ
He was one step away from blowing up on the spot.
Shadow Hurd, that's the founder of their shadow genre!
Lan Shuying noticed his expression and made up for it with a wicked smile: "Isn't it interesting?" โ
Tao Shan: "Ah, this ......"
Lan Shuying kindly handed him the book: "Look at the author again." โ
Needless to say, just look at it and he knows that this is the masterpiece of the witch Osi, her memoir for her first love as a teenager.
Why three hand-holdings?
Because, if you divide for a long time, you will be together, and if you are separated for a long time, you will be divided......
Tao Shan controlled his expression with great difficulty, and respectfully handed back the work of the grandmother: "This...... It shouldn't be suitable for me to watch, forget it, forget it. โ
Lan Shuying didn't force him, after teasing him, put the book away, and immediately asked, "Have you found that person?" โ
Tao Shan breathed a sigh of relief.
He briefly described the process and results of the investigation in the past few days, and then focused on describing the conversation he had with Vito tonight.
Lan Shuying naturally remembered this child.
Speaking of which, she still owes a payment that she hasn't paid.
"It's such a coincidence, you think he is hiding it."
Tao Shan said: "At first, I didn't think about concealment, I just thought that this kid was absent-minded, and the sound of the collision of wine vessels could frighten him to jump on the spot, as if he was a little weak-hearted." โ
"Also, their waiters have several menus in their hands, and depending on the people serving the dishes, the list handed to each table is different. But before he could see me, he had already taken out one, and only then did he notice what kind of guest I was...... A person who has worked in a tavern for several years would not make such a low-level mistake. โ
Lan Shuying listened with relish.
Tao Shan has a wide range of knowledge, and he also has a sense of picture when he talks about an ordinary trivial matter, and his attention to detail is like a big detective handling a case.
She seemed to be on the front line of eating melons and listened to the conversation between the two throughout the whole process.
"Actually, we looked into Vito's family background in the first place."
At the age of three, Vito began living with his mother, a single-parent family who was not poor but also had a hard time. It can be said that from the moment he was conscious, there was no role of father in his life. โ
"The locals of Haicheng, I mean...... Those who belong to the aborigines, and only the older generation know about his father. โ
If Vito's biological father also meets the conditions, then it's no wonder that he will hide it and not report it, Lan Shuying snorted, "It sounds very difficult to check." โ
Tao Shan smiled confidently: "It's not difficult to say, it's just that you need a little ...... Right of way. โ
"That's a good point, but then what?"
"Vito's father was a lazy man...... Purebred lazy. Tao Shan thought of the original words in the intelligence booklet, it was really unbearable, and he didn't want to copy it to the customer, so he just brushed it off.
Unexpectedly, the customer was very interested and took the initiative to ask him: "How lazy is this person?" โ
"Uh......"
"For example...... The flour at home is put in the insects, the seafood is rotten and smelly, the beds and the floor are full of feces and garbage, no bathing, no change of clothes......"
Tao Shan forcibly said this.
However, the expression of the customer on the opposite side is subtle.
If his analysis is correct, it should be...... Lose?
Wait, lose... Fall......?!
Why are you ......
Tao Shan suddenly had a strange idea, his client seemed to have some special fetish, and he was not pure......
Of course, as a qualified young owner, in the face of the good customers he has personally praised, Tao Shan will never make a faux pas, he coughed and continued to elaborate.
"According to Vito's description of his father, the guy would ask people to buy a lot of shelf-stable food to put next to his pillow, but he was often too hungry to turn over and get it until he was too hungry to stand it, but he ran out of energy, so he almost starved to death several times."
Lan Shuying thought of a classic story, the protagonist had a dough cake around his neck, because he didn't turn it, and in the end he only ate a small piece in front of him, and the person did starve to death.
"But Vito's father is still alive, and it is said that a man who owes him money will come by twice a day to help turn over or feed him something."
Lan Shuying was surprised: "Are you sure you owe him money and not that he owes money?" โ
If this slacker is a creditor, how kind must the debtor be to visit him? When you meet the kind of person who is really unwilling to repay the money, why don't you stab the villain behind his back and curse him to die early?
Tao Shan touched his nose: "I'm sure." When I first heard about it, I reacted the same way you did. Yes, there is a special law in Haicheng, when a person dies, his debt relationship is automatically transferred to his son, that is, Vito. โ
"At the same time...... Those who owe debts need to take the initiative to report to the city lord's mansion and add an additional 10% of the debt tax. โ
Lan Shuying suddenly realized, this is the key!
If the lazy man starves to death at home, the debtor will have to pay back Vito, which is a good thing for Vito, but it will undoubtedly increase the financial burden on the debtor, so the debtor does not want the debtor to die at all......
Tsk, this Haicheng City Lord is quite good at collecting money.
Lan Shuying was speechless for a while.
She hadn't seen the city lord until now, but after experiencing Hayley's hunting down on the street, she could fully describe who this person was:
Greed and tyranny, abuse of power, flattery, a moth with an empty head.
Tao Shan gave her a full report.
"This is his address, if it's not convenient for you to go in person, we can do it for you."