The ninety-eighth chapter, the snow closed the mountain
The snow got stronger and gradually turned into a blizzard. Blade-like snowflakes flew all over the sky and fell on people, causing pain and pain. Zhongguan Road was already blocked by the snowstorm last night.
Under the heavy snow, even warriors would find it difficult to move forward, and it would be even more difficult for ordinary people.
Many pedestrians were trapped on the road by the wind and snow. In comparison, the guests staying at the Hongchen Inn were much luckier. At least they had a brazier to keep warm and a hot kang to sleep on, and they did not have to suffer from the wind and snow.
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Zhao Zheng was wearing a white cotton-padded jacket and a rabbit fur cloak, but he was still a little chilly. He stood behind the guardrail on the third floor, holding a warm Xiao Hei in his arms, leaning on the railing and looking down. He looked very calm on the surface, but inside he was
His thoughts were ups and downs, and dark waves were surging. The reason why he was excited was because the actor with a thousand faces was coming soon, and it could take as little as one day, or as long as three days.
The time period of the game mission is very consistent with the time of this world. Zhao Zheng has confirmed this through the experience of completing the mission several times before.
In the game, the Qianmian actor arrived at the Hongchen Inn when the door was closed due to heavy snow, and was trapped in the Hongchen Inn for several days by the heavy snow. These few days are the time limit for completing the task. If it exceeds the deadline, Qianmian will
The actor will leave.
Zhao Zheng has been here for a year and is very familiar with it. He has an innate advantage in terms of geographical location to do it here, which is much better than doing it in other places.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door in the wind and snow, and the sound was clear and could be heard. Zhao Zheng was attracted by the knock on the door, and suspected that the person knocking on the door was the Thousand Faces Actor, so he immediately turned his attention to the door.
The waiter reluctantly left the warm brazier and ran over to open the door. As soon as the door was opened, a smell rushed into the house along with the wind and snow. It turned out that the person knocking on the door was a beggar passing by, dressed in rags.
The coat, the body odor is terrible, and the whole body is wrapped in a layer of white snow, almost turning into a snowman.
The waiter pinched his nose and waved his hand: "Why are you a stinky beggar? We are a clean place and don't allow beggars to stay here. You can go somewhere else."
"Brother, please do well. It's snowing so hard outside. My body is almost frozen. If you don't take me in, I'm afraid I will freeze to death outside." begged the beggar.
"But the stink on your body is too great. If I let you into the house, how will others live?" the waiter frowned.
"Brother, please let me in." The beggar bowed.
The two of them stood at the door arguing, and Zhao was watching from a high position. He said: "Let him in. Human life is at stake. How can you just watch him freeze to death outside."
Hearing the sound, the waiter looked up at Zhao Zheng and said hesitantly: "Young shopkeeper, he smells too much. If you let him in, the shopkeeper who always likes clean things might be unhappy."
"I'll report it to my sister, just let him in," Zhao Zhengdao said.
"Okay." The waiter stepped aside as he was told.
"Thank you so much, young shopkeeper, for your noble hand. You are so kind. Buddha will definitely bless you." The beggar thanked Zhao Zheng profusely and made a long bow to Zhao Zheng. He shook off the white snow on his body and walked in.
He walked into the relatively warm house and left a string of snowy footprints on the ground.
The people warming themselves by the fire smelled the stench of the beggar and complained one after another. The beggar did not dare to cause trouble, so he hid in a secluded corner and sat on the ground shivering.
The Thousand Faces Actor is proficient in the art of disguise and can transform into anyone, including a stinky beggar. In order to test the beggar, Zhao Zheng got up and went to the kitchen to pick up a pot of daughter's red, then hugged the black cat,
Carrying the wine, he walked to the corner of the front hall. His steps were slow and his eyes were fixed on the beggar.
The beggar saw the black cat in Zhao Zheng's arms from a distance, his face changed slightly, he stepped back and curled up into a ball, as if he was very afraid of the little black cat.
Zhao Zheng noticed the beggar's reaction, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his heartbeat immediately increased a lot.
The Thousand-faced Actor is proficient in a unique "transformation skill". This martial art is not very powerful, but it has a special ability to shape skin and flesh at will. With this ability, the Thousand-faced Actor can transform into anyone, and
There are almost no flaws to speak of. No one knows what his true identity is like, maybe even he himself has forgotten it.
In the game, the appearance of the actor with a thousand faces is randomly generated. He may be a man, he may be a woman, he may be fat, or he may be thin. If you want to see through his disguise, there is only one way, and that is to use
The black cat tests it!
When the Thousand Faces Actor was a child, he was frightened by a black cat at night, which made him sick. Once he saw a black cat, he would feel uncomfortable and show many abnormal reactions. Using this fatal flaw, he could easily identify who he was.
He is an actor with a thousand faces.
It is precisely because black cats have such effects that Zhao Zheng uncharacteristically bought a black cat and carefully raised it for so long.
During these days, whenever a new guest checked in, he would carry the black cat to that guest to test it out. Today, he finally met a person who would react abnormally when seeing a black cat.
I listed him as a key suspect in my mind.
Zhao Zheng suppressed his inner excitement and walked over with a smile on his face. He handed over a pot of Nuerhong in his hand and said with a smile: "This pot of wine is given to you. The wine can drive away the cold. After drinking it,
It will be much warmer.”
"Man, thank you... Mr. Shopkeeper." The beggar raised his hand with difficulty and took the wine bottle from Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng deliberately let go of his arms and let Xiao Hei fall to the ground, in order to further test the beggar's reaction.
Xiao Hei suddenly fell down, and his black hair stood up in shock. He changed his posture in mid-air and stepped firmly on the ground with all four feet. He was still confused about the situation and looked around with his body hunched over.
When the beggar saw that the black cat was free, he screamed in surprise and dropped the wine bottle in his hand to the ground, almost breaking it.
Zhao Zheng became even more suspicious, pretending to be nonchalant, picked up the cat and held it in his arms.
When the beggar saw the cat being picked up again, his fear subsided slightly, but he was still breathing heavily.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hold it tightly just now and it fell. Didn't it scare you?" Zhao Zheng laughed and asked casually.
"No, it doesn't matter. As long as you take this cat away, I'll be fine for a while," the beggar stuttered.
"This cat is so cute, why are you afraid of it?"
"It makes the young shopkeeper laugh. I was scratched by a cat before, so I have always been a little afraid of cats."
"So that's it." Zhao Zheng didn't test it deeply to avoid exposing his flaws, and held the black cat away from the beggar.
Zhao Zheng turned his back to the beggar and gradually walked away. His eyes showed a strange light. He had already determined that the beggar was dressed as an actor with a thousand faces. He stroked Xiao Hei's head and had many thoughts in his mind, planning what to do in the evening.
He started killing people and stealing goods. He returned to his room, put Xiao Hei in a cage, and walked around the room excitedly, finding it difficult to calm down.
At noon, the waiter knocked on the door and came over to ask Zhao Zheng to eat.
After leaving the room, Zhao Zheng caught a glimpse of two more unfamiliar faces in the lobby. He stopped suddenly and murmured in his heart: "Why are two more people here? This is troublesome. Although I tested that one
Beggar, but we can’t be 100% sure that the beggar is the Thousand Faces Actor. Just in case, these two people have to test it out."
Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng went back to the house, took Xiao Hei out, walked down the hall calmly, and deliberately approached the two new strangers.
One of these two people is a hunter with a small game hanging on his waist, and the other is a woman holding a swaddling baby. The hunter is tall, with a stubble on his face, and eyes like frog eyes. The woman is about thirty years old.
, has a sallow face, thin muscles, and a plain appearance. The swaddling clothes in his arms are layered and very thick.
The two men each occupied a separate place, and there was no communication between their eyes. It seemed that they were not traveling together, but came here separately.
It was strange that she was obviously a thin woman, but she dared to drive alone in the wind and snow. Zhao Zheng first had doubts about this woman, but then he thought about it, even if the Thousand Faces Actor had the ability to disguise himself as a woman
, and he didn’t have the ability to conjure up a baby. Thinking of this, his doubts were much lessened.
The two new arrivals were both warming themselves by the fire. When they heard Zhao Zheng's footsteps, they turned their gaze over. When they saw the black cat in Zhao Zheng's arms, both of them reacted. The woman frowned visibly, while Orion frowned.
He even cursed out loudly.
"Black cats are an ominous thing. Why do you raise such a thing that brings disaster? Go away, stay away from me, and don't bring bad luck to me." Orion frowned and waved rudely at Zhao Zheng.
He waved his hands, his voice was loud, and his hands were calloused, so he obviously knew how to work hard.
The waiters at the shop nearby were a little angry when they heard that Orion was so rude, but seeing that Orion was too tall, they didn't dare to get angry rashly.
"This brother is wrong. Black cats are spiritual beasts that seek good luck and avoid evil. They are not an ominous thing. But since you hate black cats, I won't cause trouble for you." Zhao Zheng said.
He was polite, smiling, and took a detour from where he was, deliberately passing by the woman.
The woman quickly blocked the child in her arms with her hands, frowned and said, "Master, don't hold the black cat close to me, or you will scare the child in my arms."
"Hey, it's really strange today. Why do everyone I meet hate black cats?" Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and passed the woman with the cat in his arms. At this moment, he quietly glanced at the woman with his peripheral vision.
I glanced at the swaddling clothes in the woman's arms and found that the swaddling clothes were covered so tightly that I couldn't even see the baby. Could it be that there was no baby inside at all and it was just a cover?
Zhao Zheng walked away from the brazier with various questions in mind, and the smile on his face gradually turned serious.
The two newcomers also seem to hate black cats very much, and one is more suspicious than the other. This means that the number of suspects increased from the beggar to three! Only through further testing can the fog be cleared and the real Qian Qian can be revealed.
