Chapter 27 I really can't remember what they look like
Taking the broom and sweeping away the dust on the floor, the big man made a gesture of invitation to Mr. Chen and said, "Master Chen, please come in, what do you want to order today? Our shopkeeper has just opened a bottle of sweet-scented osmanthus wine..."
The big guy was about to continue the introduction when he saw Master Chen wave his hand and said: "I won't drink for today. I'm here to ask you something."
"Hey! Mr. Chen, you must tell me everything I know."
"Find me an unoccupied box first."
"Okay, please come with me."
Taking Master Chen to the best private room in the inn, the man wiped the table and said, "Master Chen, are you satisfied with this?"
As soon as the big guy finished speaking, he saw Master Chen pull out the knife from his waist and put it on his neck.
This frightened the big guy, and he shouted repeatedly: "Master Chen, please forgive me, Master Chen, please forgive me, my dear..."
"Shut up!" Mr. Chen shouted impatiently.
The big guy also closed his mouth quickly after hearing this, but his legs couldn't stop trembling after being beaten.
"What I want to ask you next, you are not allowed to spread it out. If a third person knows about it...you understand what will happen, right?"
"I understand, I understand!" The big guy nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, let me ask you, have any outstanding sect members stayed in your hotel recently?"
After listening and thinking for a while, the big man shook his head and said: "There haven't been many guests staying in the hotel in recent days. There shouldn't be any people from the world of martial arts..."
"What do you mean there shouldn't be!? Are you entertaining your grandpa?" Mr. Chen's eyes widened and he pressed the knife in his hand against the big man's neck.
This scared the big guy so much that his crotch was wet, and he kept saying: "It's true! It's true, it's not! Except for a few young men from Dong Shaofu, all the guests staying in the hotel these two days were wearing coarse linen clothes.
ordinary people."
"Okay, now go and call all your guys. I also have something to ask them."
"Yes, yes, I will go immediately."
After saying that, the big guy ran out of the box and came to the hall and shouted: "Mazi, Xiaoliu, Shitou, come here, come quickly."
After hearing this, several waiters in the waiting room first apologized to the guests, then ran to the big waiter and asked: "What's the matter, Brother Liu?"
"Now put down what you are doing and come with me."
"Ah? Shall we all go? What about the business in the store?"
"Oh, I can't control it anymore, come here quickly."
Although the three waiters were confused, they still followed the big guy.
When they arrived at the Tianzihao box, the waiters understood what was going on as soon as they saw Mr. Chen. They immediately bowed and shouted: "Hello Mr. Chen."
"Everyone, come here." Mr. Chen glared at them and said.
Seeing the long-backed knife pulled out from Mr. Chen's hand, the three waiters were all frightened, and their feet were a little unruly.
"What? You want me to say it a second time?" Mr. Chen said fiercely.
At this time, the big guy quickly kicked the three waiters each and said, "Hurry up!"
The three waiters staggered up to Master Chen. Before Master Chen could speak, the three waiters knelt down and kowtowed: "Master Chen, have mercy on me, Master Chen, have mercy on me. We really have nothing."
do it……"
"Shut up, everyone! Stand up!"
The three waiters stood up quickly after hearing this.
After threatening the three waiters in the same way, Mr. Chen asked: "Describe to me each of the guests you have received these days."
After listening, the three waiters began to describe the guests they received. When they heard that the other person was a woman wearing a straw hat, Mr. Chen would ask carefully.
After Mazi finished answering, Shitou immediately continued: "I...I only received six guests yesterday, and they all wore straw hats."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Chen immediately asked: "Tell me their physical characteristics."
"Yes...yes." After Shitou said this, he began to recall, but found that the impression of the six guests in his mind was extremely vague, and he could not remember what they were wearing no matter how hard he thought.
"What are you thinking about? Talk!"
Hearing Master Chen's roar, Shitou quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Little... I really can't remember what they look like."
After saying this, Shi Shi's whole body tensed up, fearing that he was about to receive a severe beating.
However, Master Chen did not kick him, but frowned and said, "You can't remember what the guests who came yesterday are like today?"
Shitou quickly slapped himself and said, "It's the little one who deserves to die, the little one who is useless, but I really can't remember what those guest officers look like."
Chen Ye, who felt that he had found his target, suddenly kicked Shi Shi in the stomach and yelled: "Think seriously! Just tell me what comes to mind, or I'll kick you to death!"
At this moment, Shi Shi was in pain and urgency, sweating profusely as he struggled to remember. Finally, he suddenly stared and shouted: "Then... that man rewarded me with five dollars."
After hearing this, Master Chen stretched out his hand and said, "Where's the money?"
"Here it is, here it is." Shitou endured the pain and took out five copper coins from his arms and handed them to Mr. Chen.
"Are you sure it's these five?" Master Chen asked, looking at the copper plate in Shitou's hand.
"I'm sure, I'm sure. Since it's rare for me to reward you, I decided to hide it as protection money, so I hid it at the very back."
Nodding, Mr. Chen took the five copper coins from Shitou's hand and studied them carefully for a while.
'Duanping Ruixiang...'
Looking at the four characters engraved on the copper coin, and feeling the weight of the copper coin, Mr. Chen touched his chin and thought: "Is it the three treasure coins from the Huainan area..."
The main value of currency lies in its reputation value. For example, a modern hundred-yuan bill may cost only a few cents, but because of the credibility of the RMB, paper money made from a few cents can be used as a hundred yuan.
However, there is no unified formal currency exchange system on Xuanlong Avenue, so the purchasing power of currency is difficult to guarantee. That is to say, the credibility value of currency is almost zero, so the face value of copper coins is almost equal to its material value.
Because there is a shortage of precious metals in Xuanlong Continent, even copper is in short supply, so there is almost no money made from pure copper. Most of them are left with lead, which is of low value and heavy and will make the made copper coins turn gray.
No light.
Coins are not only made by the government, there are also quite a lot of coins minted privately. Therefore, depending on the texture of the copper coins, you can find out where they came from and what area they are probably circulating in.
After squeezing the five copper coins again and again, Mr. Chen thought about whether he had heard of any masters from the Huainan area recently.
Finally, he stopped recalling and asked Shi Shi: "Are these six customers still living in the store?"
"Already checked out and leaving in the morning."
"Is there anything else that I haven't remembered?" Mr. Chen shouted sharply again.
"No more, Mr. Chen. I really can't remember what those guest officers looked like, and I don't dare to deceive Mr. Chen with lies. I really can't remember."
"I'm sorry you don't dare to hide it from me!" Mr. Chen said, throwing five copper coins in front of the stone, then turned around and walked to the door of the box.
Before going out, he looked back at the other guys and said, "I want to know who of you dares to tell anyone about what happened today..."
"Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare..." the three of them said in succession.
"It's best this way!" After saying that, Mr. Chen opened the box door and left.
When Mr. Chen's footsteps gradually disappeared in the distance, the four waiters let out a long sigh and thought with aggrieved faces: "What the hell is this!"