"Open the door, open the door, open the door! Open the door and search for the fugitive. Anyone who conceals something secret is guilty of the same crime as the fugitive!"
As a group of Beiyi officers and soldiers rushed into the inn, the shopkeeper Muren also got up and led the waiters to knock on the door one by one, saying in a gentle voice:
"Dear guests, the government is conducting routine inspections. Please cooperate with us."
"Hey, this is just bad luck. It was so late at night. Who knew that this fugitive would have escaped to our city?"
"Please bear with me, please bear with me, everyone."
…
Muren walked all the way and finally came to the door of Xiao Xiruo's room.
One feature of their two rooms is that there is actually a secret door in the room that communicates with each other. It is convenient for people living on both sides to move around at any time, and it can even be used to hide their whereabouts when necessary.
For example, as soon as the government knocked on the door of the inn, Xiao Yi and Chu Jiaojiao got up and came to Xiao Xiruo and the others.
Since the Beiyi officers and soldiers came for Garuda, this search would definitely not be simple.
After all, Garuda is the prince of a kingdom and the successor of the former Khan King of the Northern Yi Palace. It is not impossible to change his appearance a little.
Therefore, the government will definitely focus on examining the face, and may even invite people who are good at disguise to try it out.
In other words, the tricks they originally used on their faces are very likely to be exposed in the face of such an inspection.
Although they are not each other's targets, they are still respectable big shots, aren't they?
So in the end, Xiao Xiruo could only grit her teeth and give each of them a very ordinary face, and then they went to the door of the room to open the door and wait for inspection.
"Master, you..."
Muren was about to tell his boss that the situation was not good, and wanted to ask them if they should go to the underground chamber through a secret passage to avoid this disaster first.
However, I saw that the four ordinary faces of the four people had changed slightly. Although they were not their original faces, there was not even a trace of disguise.
If it weren't for the fact that their clothes and looks were similar, and the owner's voice didn't change when he said "no need," he would have almost thought it was a change of people.
Muren was also a smart man. He only thought that his host had brought a master, so he immediately went to knock on other doors.
"This is so good, where did the fugitive come from? Besides, how could the fugitive stay in a hotel? Really..."
"Just say a few words less. If you listen to those people later, you might get into some trouble."
"Check it quickly, it's so late, you can go to bed after checking it, right?"
"I just went down to take a look, and I had to touch my face! And I touched them one by one!"
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The third floor of the inn costs a lot of money, so they are all rich and powerful people. Naturally, they are not fugitives, so they just hope that the investigation will be completed as soon as possible.
But when they heard that they had to touch their faces one by one, some people's faces didn't look so good.
But due to the intimidation of the government, he could only quietly wait to be investigated.
After about two sticks of incense, the officials finally finished checking the upstairs and led people up to the third floor.
However, as soon as these people came up, the momentum suddenly changed.
Starting from the first room up the stairs, they not only have to check people, but also check baggage and money. By checking, they can take the opportunity to steal some.
Xiao Xiruo and Chu Jiaojiao didn't know the situation in Beiyi, but Feng Wuyan and Xiao Yi did.
To say that the Yan court was corrupt, the Beiyi officials could only be described as arrogant or uncivilized.
To understand it from Xiao Xiruo's words, Dayan is a feudal society, while Beiyi is still transforming from slavery to feudalism, and it is even darker in this regard.
It's just that unlike Dayan who regarded it as darkness, the officials and people of Beiyi believed that this was a matter of course, a routine, and could not be resisted.
If the royal court had not ordered the investigation today, there is no way these officers and soldiers could have used this opportunity to do more ridiculous things.
After all, bullying men and dominating women is actually a common thing in Beiyi.
This is also the reason why Garuda advocates learning from their Yan culture and often wears nondescript literati clothes.
Because he realizes the problem, he wants to change it.
Looking at Xiao Yi, Feng Wuyan immediately took two small bags of silver from Xiao Xiruo's hand, and then threw them to Xiao Yi together.
As the saying goes, it is better to do less than to do more. They planned to give these people money directly without giving them the opportunity to search through their luggage.
There was nothing they could do, there were only two pieces of clothing in the baggage they carried, and only Xiao Xiruo knew where the other things were.
So if those people are checked, they will be considered suspicious.
But they were not taken advantage of. After all, Xiao Yi handed the money bag to Chu Jiaojiao and whispered a few words in her ear.
Chu Jiaojiao's eyes lit up when she heard this. She put the two Gu insects in her hands into two money bags and punched them in a circle. She only hoped that the officers and soldiers who asked for money would be happy for themselves.
In short, they passed the search quickly and smoothly. In order to deal with other emergencies later, they no longer used the disguise method at the beginning, but completely handed over the matter to Xiao Xiruo.
Although it is a bit expensive, it is still useful!
"Nothing was found? You searched all night and then handed this over to the Pontifical Envoy?"
In the Yamen of Luoyue City, all the officials were scolded by their masters.
Their people have been strictly trained, and it is impossible for them to misread Garuda's face. Therefore, Garuda must be in Luoyue City right now, and there is no way they can't find him!
Could it be that he has already gone to Tegel?
But the people guarding there didn’t see anyone!
Just when this person was all worried, another subordinate from outside hurriedly came to report:
"My lord, my lord, the third prince has appeared on East Street, and our people are chasing him!"
After hearing this, the officials immediately led him to East Street.
Due to the turmoil just now, the East Street is closed at the moment, and the people who come here to hang out are squatting on the roadside with their heads in their hands, being interrogated by a group of soldiers.
However, after asking these people for a long time, these people could not explain the reason.
As for the soldiers who were responsible for chasing Garuda, they lost track of them after a while and were reporting on their duties in front of the superior officer.
Judging from their descriptions, the other party was indeed Garuda.
Not only that face, but also the agility that few people in Beiyi have.
"Check! Give them all to the Pontifical Envoy to check!"
This made the Lord's anger rise, and he thought that if he could not find the person in this city, how could he have the face to see his master.
However, sometimes the sky just doesn't follow people's wishes. Just when they were searching like headless flies in the east of the city, another follower ran up to him.
"Your Excellency, that third prince has gone to West Street again, and our people are already chasing him..."