"Alas...when I was young...I tried to follow the path of a thief...but I only learned to be 'gentle and gentle...'" the old lady admitted Li Yue's conjecture.
"Okay, I'm not interested in your story, and you don't have to lie to me." Li Yue shook his head, "You just need to remember that I live here, and you take good care of my horses. When it's time to leave, I will
leave."
The old lady nodded.
"Tell me about your business." Li Yue asked about the logic of tying people to the mine so that they would not be exposed when the mine boss came to collect the people at night.
"Not only our family is doing this business, but every hotel is doing it..." the old lady said about the kidnapping.
In fact, it is very simple. Once an outsider is caught, the shop owner will leave a mark in a specific place. The smugglers on the mine boss will naturally collect the money according to the price after receiving the information.
Li Yue took action too early. Before the old lady had time to leave a mark, the three children were controlled, so he did not notify the smuggler.
"Talk about the scavenger." The night is approaching, and Li Yue is now full of energy, ready to go to the street to have a look at the poor town chamber of commerce. Of course, he must pay attention to the official organization of the Five Towns.
"The scavengers... their main task is to maintain public order in the five towns..." Speaking of the scavengers, the old lady gritted her teeth again, "It sounds nice on the surface, but in private the dirty things they do are much uglier than us...
"
"for example?"
"Where are the beggars living on the street? Where are the people who violated the curfew? What do you think?" the old lady asked.
"In the mine?" Li Yue has gradually realized that the lives of people in the Five Towns of Lijin are centered on minerals.
It's like an important machine made by the Tas Empire, operating mysteriously, indifferently and efficiently.
"I didn't say that." The old lady paused.
"Just arresting people on the street at night? No more?"
"In addition to cooperating with the curfew, the scavenger will also be responsible for cleaning up some demons that enter the town..."
"But since the number of Protestant believers increased, the work of the scavengers has become free." When talking about the Protestant religion, the old lady did not dare to be disrespectful in any way, and her tone was very calm. "The believers will walk the streets at night to help the town.
Bringing light and tranquility, and also clearing out hidden demons..."
"Can demons still enter the town?" Li Yue looked through the streets during the day and saw no trace of any monsters.
"You came in from the outpost, of course you didn't know." The old lady had registered Li Yue and knew that he was using the regular channel to enter the town, so she thought he might be easy to kidnap.
After all, how can a brave man with strength or connections enter the town at the outpost and have to undergo inspection and registration...
"In such a big town with no city walls, of course demons can come in." The old lady's mouth twitched, hinting at something.
"What are you looking at? I am a traveler and a good citizen. Of course I have to come in through formal channels."
Li Yue mainly considered that he didn't know how long this trip would take. If he was traveling in the five towns, it would be more convenient to have a serious identity.
He even discarded the cross sword and dominoes for this purpose.
That demonic creation with cute eyes.
"So...at night, there may be demons, scavengers patrolling the town, or believers with light?" Li Yue summarized the old lady's speech.
Li Yue's original plan was to explore the Chamber of Commerce at night, but if it was so lively at night, it would be really inconvenient to do so.
"Yes. Are you going out?" Although the old lady looked expressionless, she seemed to have something to say.
"Do you have any idea?" Li Yue asked.
"Yes." The old lady certainly hoped that Li Yue would stay in front of her as little as possible. She would be annoyed to death if she saw him, not to mention that there were three men nailed in the basement waiting to be taken care of.
"I hope you won't take me away, and then you can secretly report the situation here to the scavengers or the Protestants..." Li Yue said quietly, "You shouldn't be that stupid."
"Of course not. The scavengers are eager for us to make mistakes and take away my shop." The old lady said an obvious truth, "I just hope that you can treat them for the sake of my cooperation..."
"It depends on your performance." Li Yue nodded.
Li Yue saw needles and threads in the old lady's junk pile and thought that if the old lady behaved well, she could sew up the men's wounds and stop the bleeding.
As for broken bones, they will of course take time to heal.
"Of course the townspeople are not allowed to violate the curfew. Except for scavengers and Protestant believers, only those who have accepted the commission can act at night..." the old lady said hurriedly.
"After all, some tasks can only be completed at night, and the powerful people in the Protestant religion are limited, so there is no way to solve all these tasks..." the old lady added.
"Oh...so I have to take on some commissions..." Li Yue originally thought that after finding his place of residence and finding the old lady's small vault, he wouldn't have to do errands or anything like that.
Unexpectedly, I still couldn't escape.
If the curfew problem is not solved, people cannot move outside the house at night, which will undoubtedly greatly slow down the speed of lighting up the five towns.
"Then what commissions should I accept?"
Li Yue looked at the signboard next to the bar of Tiejiao Hotel. There were many commissions on it, but he had not looked at it carefully before.
Li Yue just knew that if the old lady deliberately guided him to take on a certain task, it would be quite dangerous.
"It's up to you, as long as you can explain to the scavengers why you go out at night..." The old lady did not deliberately guide.
Either these commissions are equally dangerous, or the old lady has no intention of using the commission to get rid of Li Yue, but is simply helping Li Yue find a way to break the curfew.
Li Yue can't draw a conclusion yet.
"It seems that tonight is too late?" Li Yue looked at the dark night outside and thought to himself that he couldn't memorize the commission list and go out for a stroll now, could he?
"Of course it's too late..." The old lady rolled her eyes.
"If you accept a commission, you must meet with the client in person and sign the contract. The client must also report to the town hall and leave a record..."
"Otherwise, why would I believe that you acted at night because of a commission?"
"Oh...that's it...then I understand." Li Yue nodded, his eyes scanning back and forth on the order list, as if he wanted to order something, but couldn't order a dish he was satisfied with.
The old lady didn't say anything and waited quietly for Li Yue to choose.
Anyway, this man can't leave tonight and has to endure it for another night; and since he is so cooperative, he should be able to agree to help treat the wounds of the three children, right?
The old lady was thinking about something.
"Well, how about you entrust me to solicit customers on the streets of Iron Ore Town at night, and the reward is ten copper coins a day?" Li Yue chose nothing for a long time, and turned to the old lady.
The old lady was stunned.
A traveler kidnaps his own child, and then forces himself to entrust him to wander around at night, and even offers to pay him?
The old lady seemed to have lost the ability to blink.
"You, entrust me, to go out at night..." Li Yue thought the old lady didn't understand, so he repeated it.