Chapter 121 Three Stupid Thieves
People in each room on the second floor of the inn came out wearing cotton-padded clothes and looked at the three people who had fainted from fright in the corridor.
The guest room that the three men targeted was also occupied by two people who had fled famine. The two men came out with a half-burned stick of incense.
He handed it to the shopkeeper who had just hurried up from downstairs and said, "Shopkeeper, these three thieves actually used this incense to knock us out and steal things. This happened in your inn, so you have to give us an explanation."
Doctor Li looked at the so-called aphrodisiac incense and almost couldn't help laughing out loud. How could there be such a stupid thief? That was not aphrodisiac incense, but just a cheap and ordinary spice!
The shopkeeper glanced at the three people on the ground, then glared at the waiter beside him and said, "What's going on? You are on night patrol tonight, how did these three people get in? Where were you patrolling?"
Upon hearing this, the waiter was worried about being blamed, so he quickly explained: "Boss, I don't know either! I just... went to the toilet, and when I came back... I saw that everyone... was up!"
"Boss, what happened tonight really disturbed us. Since you are so unsafe in the inn, I dare not stay in the room I booked for a few days. I want a refund."
“Yes, we want the money back.”
The shopkeeper said, "Everyone, please be patient. In order to show your appreciation for the disturbance tonight, I will waive the room rate for one day. If you continue to stay, I will reduce the room rate by five cents for three consecutive days. How do you think?"
"But if anyone insists on checking out, our inn will definitely not stop you. Just go downstairs and check out."
After hearing this, everyone finally stopped talking. After all, they had gotten a bargain and caught these three stupid thieves, so there was nothing to be afraid of!
The shopkeeper then ordered his men to tie up the three thieves and send them to the government office at daybreak.
The three of them woke up slowly after being tied up. When they saw that everyone in the inn was there, they knew it was all over! They had fallen flat on their face and failed!
Boss: Damn it, what the hell! I burned almost half a stick of incense but it still can’t make the people in the room faint.
Then he looked at everyone and cried loudly: "Wow, everyone, what did the three of us do? To be honest, the three of us have had a strange disease since we were young. We can't control ourselves at night. If we did something bad, it must not be our intention!"
Hearing this, the second brother quickly agreed: "Yes, please forgive us this time!"
Doctor Li took the half-smoked incense from another man and said, "Where did you buy the incense from? It's really good. Why didn't you give some to my room? I like the smell."
When the three heard what Doctor Li said, they blurted out:
Boss: “What?”
The second brother: "Brother, have we been cheated?"
The third brother: "Impossible, this is the incense I bought for 500 coins during the day."
Doctor Li looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Well, this isn't a case of illness that only occurs at night. We started preparing for it during the day!"
The three knew they had said the wrong thing and tried to argue, but the shopkeeper waved his hand and asked them to take them away and lock them up in the woodshed. The three struggled desperately:
The boss: "Everyone, this is our first time as a thief! We didn't succeed anyway, so please forgive us this time!"
The third brother: "Yes, we really have never stolen silver. This is the first time. The most we have done is to steal chickens and dogs in the village!"
The second son: "Yes, yes, we had no choice. Our mother was ill and needed money urgently, so we took the risk. We know we were wrong!"
Upon hearing this, the boss yelled at the two men: "Yes, yes, yes, to your heads, you two idiots, you two killed me!"
The shopkeeper said: "Take them to the woodshed and send them to the officials at dawn."
Seeing that the problem was solved, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Xu Zhiyi shuddered and hurried back to his room to get into bed. Then he saw Su rummaging through her bag and asked curiously, "Mom, what are you looking for?"
Su: "Let me check our bags to see if anything is missing. There are thieves here. Who knows if they have robbed our house before they robbed the people in the opposite row of houses?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Mom, how could those three stupid thieves steal anything? Who would think that a thief would wake up the whole inn first just to steal something? We were chatting outside for a long time, thinking that we were talking quietly, but in the end, most people were woken up by their voices!"
Hearing this, Su chuckled: "In their opinion, he just speaks in a very low voice!"
Xu Zhiyi felt so cold that he pressed the other side of the quilt to feel better. Then he urged: "Oh! Mom, stop working! Come up and sleep quickly. I'm cold alone. Anyway, I've kept our silver with me. No one can steal it. Don't worry!"
She put all her valuables in the space, who could steal them?
When Su heard Xu Zhiyi say that she was cold, she had no choice but to blow out the light and lie down to sleep.
The next day, everyone got up and went downstairs to have breakfast. Standing at the vent of the door, strong winds blew and everyone couldn't help shivering.
The village head looked at everyone huddled together in their cotton-padded clothes and sighed, "Today's weather is even colder than yesterday! I'm afraid the road ahead will be even more difficult for us to travel!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi suddenly became curious about whether Nanzhou City belonged to the south or the north, and whether it would snow. Although she liked snow very much, she was afraid of the cold!
"Uncle Lin, what's the weather like in Nanzhou City where we're going? Will it snow?"
The village head heard what Xu Zhiyi said, shook his head and nodded: "It doesn't snow, but it also snows. Hey, in the whole Fenglin Kingdom, only Nanzhou City has two weathers. It's divided into two halves. One half snows every year, and the other half doesn't snow twice in ten years. It's so weird."
"Once we get to Nanzhou City, the government will have to make arrangements for us. It depends on where we are sent to settle down!"
Xu Zhiyi thought after hearing this, Nanzhou City is divided into the north and south? So it hardly snows on the south side, but it snows on the north side?
The village head looked at everyone and suggested, "It will definitely be windy this morning. Maybe it will be better when the sun comes out at noon. How about we wait until noon to set out?"
Xu Zhiyi: "It's all right, but looking at the situation, it's impossible for it to be cold for just one or two days. We can't avoid the cold weather if we're on the road."
Upon hearing this, the village head felt that it was indeed true. After leaving the inn today, Luhai City was the farthest from the next Cangshan City. It would take at least one and a half months to reach the next city, and almost the entire coldest winter would have to be spent on the road.
Xu Zhiyi was silent, looked at him and suggested: "Uncle Lin, how about we buy a mule to travel?"
Village head: "Buy a mule?"
When everyone heard Xu Zhiyi's words, they couldn't help but think about it. They absolutely couldn't afford it before, and they didn't even dare to think about it, but now they can consider it.
"Yes! This way we can not only install a carriage to block the wind, but also save half the time and get to Nanzhou City faster."
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