Chapter 240 - Detective
"This is really ridiculous. They said a beautiful woman was coming in, but she ended up covering her face. It's as if someone has X-ray vision and can see what's behind the veil." Zou Lianxun rolled his eyes when he saw the veiled woman behind him.
"That's right. Hey, can you take off your veil?" Qian Bowen was much more straightforward and shouted directly at the beautiful woman.
"I'm sorry, sir. We have a rule in our building. To take off your veil, you must guess the names of three songs or win three games." The veiled beauty's voice was like a silver bell, and it was indeed beautiful.
"Alright, it looks just like the real thing. Okay, then you sing and we'll guess." Qian Bowen leaned back and picked up an orange to peel. After all, the food in the game tasted the same as outside, but in real life, if it didn't fill you up, you wouldn't mind eating as much as you wanted.
Shi Feiye also took the food and started eating. After all, she had already paid, so if it was not enough, she would let these two people give her some and she would eat for free.
Four beauties stood by, and the masked beauty sat on the seat opposite, and immediately played the pipa.
The so-called chaotic and mixed sounds of the pipa, like pearls falling on a jade plate, even a layman can tell that the pipa is played well, and the first piece is clearly "Ten Sides of Ambush".
He guessed the first song without a doubt, and the next two songs turned out to be two pop songs. For a professional like Zou Lianxun, that wasn't difficult at all.
Then the masked woman took off her veil. Shi Feiye looked at her nervously and found that she was actually quite pretty, but still far from the beauty he had imagined.
Zou Lianxun was very disappointed: "That's it? I thought it was some stunning beauty. These planners didn't even know how to make her face look good, and it's free. I'm really drunk."
"Maybe he's almost sick of the face-shaping. After all, there are so many NPCs in this game, and so far, I haven't encountered any that look exactly the same." Qian Bowen pondered for a moment and actually found something interesting:
"Hey, don't tell me, there really aren't many NPCs in this game that look exactly the same. And some of the NPCs who are said to be brothers look quite similar. They are really well made."
"My second brother plans to run this game for more than fifteen years. If we don't lay a solid foundation, how can we develop it in the future? Besides, this is a holographic online game, so the requirements will naturally be higher." Zou Lianxun said disapprovingly.
The two of them felt bored staying there, and Zou Lianxun waved his hand at the beautiful woman playing the pipa:
"Stop playing, I want to ask you something. What happened to your Wanwan? Why did she end up in jail?"
The room suddenly fell silent. The beauty was stunned for a moment and quickly shook her head: "This cannot be said. Our mother said that no one is allowed to mention it."
"Hey, she said it herself, why shouldn't you say it? Just say it." Zou Lianxun took out another ingot of gold and slapped it on the table, raising his chin. "See? If you tell me, this ingot of gold is yours."
Shi Feiye took a look and saw that it was a ten-liang gold ingot, which would be worth one hundred liang of silver. This would probably be enough for the woman to earn for half a year.
Don't think that the gold and silver in this game are worthless. This is calculated according to ancient algorithms. Ordinary NPCs probably don't even know what silver looks like. Silver and gold can only be seen in big cities.
"Okay, I'm used to using money to get by." Shi Feiye didn't have that habit anyway. Even in the game, she lived frugally.
The beauty hesitated for a moment, then spoke:
"Well, back when the Oiran Contest was held, Miss Wanwan and Miss Miaomiao from Baihua Tower were the most famous. They both received the same number of flowers that day, but the city lord's third son took a fancy to Miaomiao and ultimately chose her as the Oiran. He even paid a whopping 10,000 taels to secure her first night with him."
"And then? The Third Young Master died? Wanwan became a suspect?" Shi Feiye speculated based on this logic.
"How is that possible? On the night of their first night, Miaomiao died, and the Third Young Master was so shocked that he started talking nonsense. The City Lord arrested everyone who was present at the time. Wanwan was also next door, so she was arrested." The beautiful woman refuted Shi Feiye's speculation.
"Uh, it's really quite normal, there's no problem at all." Shi Feiye's mouth twitched. She had thought something was going to go wrong, but after all this time it was so logical.
"There's no problem at all. Hasn't the city lord found the murderer yet?" Qian Bowen sat up straight, as if he was interested. "How many days have passed?"
"It's been ten days since the murder happened. Wanwan was the most popular girl here, but now there's been no news for over half a month. My mother is so worried, but no one dares to act recklessly until the city lord gives the order to release her."
"Oh, you didn't even go to ask for any information?" Zou Lianxun asked.
"The city lord has issued an order. Anyone who dares to inquire about the news will be held accountable if they are discovered."
Shi Feiye simply stopped talking and waited for Qian Bowen and Zou Lianxun to ask questions. After all, her imagination was so wild that even the game planners couldn't handle it, so she decided to let two normal people ask.
When the two had finished their questions, Qian Bowen signaled the five girls to leave, leaving only the three of them in the room. The two of them were talking passionately, and Shi Feiye still leaned in to listen.
"There's definitely something wrong with this city lord. A murder occurred on his own territory, and it involved his own son's murder, yet he hasn't found the murderer in ten days. It's clear he doesn't take it seriously. Furthermore, the madam doesn't even dare to inquire about the situation. Add to that his bizarre rules, and there's definitely something wrong."
Qian Bowen's analysis was quite reasonable, and Zou Lianxun rolled his eyes:
"Nonsense! I know there's a problem even without you telling me. The key is what should we do next? That's the downside of holographic online games. They're so flexible, they can do anything, but there's no fixed direction, which is a real headache."
"Oh, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion first. Exploring the City Lord's Mansion at night must be very exciting." Qian Bowen said without thinking.
"That's right, let's go, there's nothing to lose anyway, let's go." Zou Lianxun stood up and really left as he said he was leaving.
Shi Feiye was practically intoxicated. These two had followed her in, and now it was as if they had triggered an adventure. They were so enthusiastic and excited that she, the real host, didn't know what expression to put on.
"Wait a minute, you guys should at least pack your things. I've already spent money on these things. Besides, who knows how long this trip will take? What if I get hungry on the way? I don't want to eat those few kinds of food anymore."
Shi Feiye shouted as he stuffed the food on the table into the package. Zou Lianxun was speechless:
"Second sister-in-law, Second Brother always provides you with food. What are you doing? If it really doesn't work, let's go out and eat first and then go back to the City Lord's Mansion."
"Waste is shameful, you know." As he spoke, Shi Feiye had already packed up everything and immediately followed the two of them to the City Lord's Mansion.
As expected, the City Lord's Mansion was heavily guarded, but with the three people in stealth mode, no one noticed them sneaking in.
The three of them sneaked around in circles, and thanks to Master Feiye's knowledge of the ancient building's structure, he gave them a few guesses, and they finally found the main courtyard.
However, the courtyard was so large that the three of them couldn't figure out which room the city lord was in.
"We can't go directly to the City Lord. When have you ever seen anyone confront a big boss directly? They must look for clues first. Besides, the game level hasn't been unlocked yet. We are at a low level now, so we definitely can't defeat the City Lord."
Shi Feiye carefully followed the two men, avoiding the patrolling guards. He felt that these two men were not trustworthy at all, and their planned execution plan was too unreliable.
"Huh? Second Sister-in-law's words make sense. Let's go to that room and eavesdrop. It looks a little lower-class than the building in the middle." Qian Bowen pointed to the left.
All right, it's better than the previous method, so the three of them set off towards the building together.
They quietly moved to the side of the room and listened closely to what was going on inside. Instead, they heard an indescribable sound:
"Sir, you are truly amazing! No wonder every girl bows down to you. You are truly resourceful."
"This little mouth is so sweet, come on, give it a kiss."
Shi Feiye was startled and accidentally stepped on a nearby stone. Coincidentally, a team applied to join, and she nodded her approval with a shudder.
As luck would have it, she didn't stand firmly and bumped into the wall next to her. Although the sound wasn't very loud, the people inside noticed it.
"Who's outside?" shouted angrily, and the three people instinctively wanted to run, but the people inside had already rushed out.
Shi Feiye turned around and bumped into someone's chest. When she looked up, it turned out to be Qin Buru.
The white-robed knight was a sight to behold wherever he stood, enough to attract all the attention around him. The people inside rushed out, their clothes disheveled, and were startled when they saw the four people outside:
"Who are you and why are you sneaking here?"
Qin Bulu didn't say anything, his brows knitted tightly together. He covered Shi Feiye's eyes with his hands, then looked sharply at the other two people beside him.
The two were about to happily shout "Second Brother" when they were startled by Qin Buzhu's action. Realizing what had happened, they both took a step back.
Qian Bowen tried to explain:
"Brother, it's not our fault. It was Second Sister-in-law who triggered the adventure by visiting the brothel. We were just here to help her with the adventure. We didn't expect the NPCs here to be so unrefined. Don't blame us."
Shi Feiye's eyes went dark and she was stunned. Why did Qin Buru cover her eyes?
Then she heard what these two people said, and she immediately became dissatisfied:
"You need to explain clearly what I mean by visiting a brothel. It was Sanshan and Junzi who asked me to come in to test it out. They said it was a legitimate place, so I came in. And I didn't expect to trigger an adventure."
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