Chapter 226
How come there really is a thief? Aren’t Huihui and the others on guard duty... Beiqiao walked over and took a look: Oh my, he’s scared like a statue. Did he faint with his eyes open?
"Uh." Huihui, who hadn't changed shifts yet, leaned over and rubbed Beiqiao's arm, then turned around and gave the person lying on the ground a sarcastic look: You deserve it!
Honghong and Baibai, who were woken up, said: "It's not time for the shift change yet? Then continue sleeping. Act like a spoiled child with the master? No way, just do your job well and that's it."
The night shift clerk, who had left temporarily for something, noticed Bei Qiao standing in the stable and hurried over to investigate. Seeing that it was a guest staying at the store, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked Bei Qiao what was going on and why he was staying in the stable.
Clerk: High EQ, sir, how can I help you? Low EQ, could you please stop hanging around in the stables so late at night? You're not the only horse here, and I'm getting a little nervous if you keep standing there!
"Nothing, I just heard a little noise, and when I came over, I saw this man fell off my carriage and became like this." Bei Qiao stepped aside, revealing the man lying on the ground, and asked the clerk if he knew him: "I didn't have time to check if anything was stolen."
The clerk leaned over to take a look, his expression suddenly becoming a little strange. "Well, I wouldn't say I know him, but I've just known him for a while. He's not very respectable, and his hands are not clean, but he never takes anything away. He just likes to make trouble. Although the government hates him, they don't really care about him. They just say that if you meet him, you can beat him up to vent your anger."
"Oh..." Bei Qiao raised his eyebrows: This style sounds a bit familiar, as if I have seen it in some works.
"Guest, are you... done with the beating? Do you need our help?" The clerk explained that this guy wasn't his first time at the inn, and there were already formal procedures for dealing with him. However, this guest was truly impressive, able to beat someone so hard that no external injuries were visible, and even inflicting such severe mental stress on this nasty creature... Master! I want to learn this!"
"I didn't hit him, he fell down on his own." Bei Qiao folded his arms and shook his head. He pulled out a stick fixed on the carriage, lifted the curtain and took a look inside. His eyelids couldn't help but twitch: "...Maybe he didn't step firmly and fell down."
Bei Qiao: Yes, I've confirmed there are no accomplices in the car. Come to think of it, if there were someone in the car, the mounts would have lost their temper a long time ago, but... I didn't expect the scarecrow in the car to be so scary.
When the carriage had been parked here, Bei Qiao had simply adjusted the scarecrow's posture, intending to give it a startle. But for some unknown reason, the flower seeds hidden within the scarecrow had sprouted prematurely, and in a very delicate location.
Originally, the flower seeds in the scarecrow's body were located on top of its head. With daily watering, they would slowly grow into flowers. However, perhaps due to a severe collision during the daytime fight, the flower seeds on the scarecrow's head fell onto its face. Coupled with unknown external stimuli, the seeds germinated prematurely and emerged from the scarecrow's eyes. The mottled shadows of the trees outside the window formed a skull-like shape on the scarecrow's face, and the sprouts emerged right where the skull's eyes would be, giving it a somewhat spooky look. If the sprouts had grown into buds and finally blossomed, perhaps this scene would have been less terrifying, perhaps even possessing a grotesque beauty.
Noticing the hesitation in Bei Qiao's tone, the clerk secretly glanced into the car and said, "Hiss..." No wonder this guy was so scared. Customer, you did a great job!
Once he understood what had happened, the rest would be easy. The clerk watched Bei Qiao leave after checking the carriage, then dragged the man lying on the ground away like a stick and threw him outside the back door of the inn. Before leaving, he poured a basin of water on the man in an attempt to wake him up.
Gentle? Not at all. This guy is just shameless, always pushing things too far. If you show him the slightest bit of kindness, he'll be all smiles.
"Can't you just be quiet and do something useful all day long?" The clerk put away the washbasin and shook his head. "You've made yourself look like a rat crossing the street... Well, why aren't you moving?"
There weren't many people at the back door of the inn, but after the man was thrown out, people passing by on the nearby streets couldn't help but come over and take a look, wanting to know what had happened here.
After making sure there was no danger, a few brave people came over, moved the person lying on the ground, and after recognizing the person's identity, they took several steps back in disgust: "What the hell, why is it this thing?" What bad luck!
"Don't worry, he's unconscious now, but I don't know if he's faking it." The clerk tapped the man's face with the bottom of the washbasin: "He drank a whole basin of water and didn't wake up. I don't know what's wrong."
"Let me see...did he see something scary?" A player walked up to the man and flipped his eyelids in a serious manner: "This expression makes it seem like he saw something particularly scary, but didn't dare to make a sound, so he held it back and ended up fainting." What a classic expression. I really want to take a picture of it and show it to others. Why doesn't Otherworldly have a screenshot function?
System: Let me repeat, this is a real cross-regional infrastructure construction activity, just disguised as a game, it is not a game!
"Ah..." The clerk hesitated, glancing left and right, waiting for someone to ask: "I know about this! Ask me, ask me!"
"So you know what's going on?" The player very considerately handed over the steps.
"Hey, I actually know about this. Let me tell you, don't tell anyone else..." The clerk grinned.
The man lying on the ground had his eyes closed by kind passersby, and was finally carried home by a patrolling constable like a pig. He passed through countless streets on the way, attracting many people's attention. Some children who stayed up late even came close to watch. The constable let them get close, pretending not to notice when a child tried to pull the man's face: "You're such a jerk! You even snatched the children's snacks and only gave them back when they cried. Tsk."
The child who thought his little tricks were not discovered: I pulled and tugged, and told you not to bully me!
This continued all the way until the constable finally dropped the man off at his doorstep. He was so shocked that the noise and the children's faces-pulling didn't even wake him up.
The next day, the man woke up outside his house, sat up, and rubbed his neck. He then grabbed a passing dog and gave it a rub. His eyes, feeling dry from staying awake for so long, he went back inside to wash his face, then opened the door and headed out to start another day of mischief. However, for some reason, the first reaction from the county residents wasn't disgust, but snickering laughter.
In just one night, the news of this man collapsed in the street with his eyes open spread throughout the entire county. Although each person passing the message would ask the other person not to tell anyone else, it was obvious that the person passing the message did not consider themselves a stranger, nor did they consider the person they were passing the message to be a stranger. So, the story spread from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and finally everyone knew.
Bei Qiao, who indirectly caused this incident to happen, discovered it when she opened the forum the next morning. At that time, she was still watching the forum of Zhuyue City, wondering what happened after she left. As a result, when she opened the forum, she was dazzled by the Haha ...
After figuring out what happened, Bei Qiao switched the location of the spam group without much concern and opened the regional forum of Zhuyue City.
Zhuyue City was more prosperous than Sijin County, with more expatriate players and faster refresh rates for spam groups. Bei Qiao scrolled through his chat history and searched the Chamber of Commerce interface, discovering that players in the city, inspired by the quests he had previously posted, had begun swapping support quests. However, in just half a day, seven mysterious individuals with suspected strong backgrounds had emerged in Zhuyue City, and their number was expected to increase.
The number of players in the city with both the time and the leisure to play was limited. If most people weren't unwilling to work all-nighters, the number of mysterious individuals would definitely be much more than seven. The facade these mysterious individuals created with temporary workers could be exposed at any moment, but for now, at least, they were having a good time, seemingly enjoying themselves, living in the moment and worrying about tomorrow.
Not all players have the money to hire help, but they have friends who can lend themselves to each other as thugs. Five of the seven mysterious individuals actually exchange labor to bolster each other's reputations, while only two actually pay for paid help. Furthermore, not everyone is comfortable with high-profile performances. While everyone appears to be working hard during friendly performances, some appear uneasy when pretending to be mysterious, and the locals have already mentally eliminated them.
As for the news of Beiqiao being blocked from leaving the city, it had already spread within the city, albeit very slowly, not gaining as much publicity as the mysterious gathering of individuals. According to insiders, most of those arrested and taken to the government office had been ransomed, while a smaller number were still struggling with the decision of paying money or going to forced labor. Furthermore, there was one particularly unlucky individual who didn't want forced labor, but upon hearing about the incident, his family steadfastly refused to pay, stating that they must teach him a lesson, lest he perish one day from his own reckless behavior.
"Am I your biological child?" After getting the answer from his family, the unlucky guy was furious in the court and the constable almost couldn't hold him down.
"Nonsense, if you're not our biological child, we would have abandoned you and moved away long ago." The unfortunate man's family members all pinched their waists and rolled their eyes. "If you keep doing this, you'll end up in jail sooner or later."
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