The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

At noon, Shanshui Homestay.

When Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang sent Shao Qingge downstairs after lunch, a girl was arguing with the boss excitedly: "The house price at the beginning was 1 gold coins, but it rose to 2 yesterday, and today it rose to 4! Isn’t it too bad? It doubles in a day, why don’t you grab the money!”

The boss is confident: "Now that everything is going up in price, how can there be no reason why the accommodation fee should not go up? You can't afford to live here."

The girl was so angry that her eyes widened. Just as she was about to scold someone, the boy behind her suddenly put her arms around her shoulders and said, "Tingting, we can't live anymore, let's move out, it's too expensive to live here, and the house price might double tomorrow .”

There was a hint of panic in the girl's eyes, and she lowered her voice and said, "But where can we move? Shanshui B&B is the cheapest place to live in City A, and other places may be more expensive. You won't let me sleep on the street, will you? When you chased me back then, you said you would let me live a good life, but now, let alone a good life, you don’t even have a place to live..." When she said this, her voice was already crying.

The man's face was ugly, and he changed his words after a moment of silence: "Boss, can we pay for the accommodation with instant noodles and milk?"

Only then did the boss become interested: "How many do you have?"

The man said: "Can I give you a box of milk and a box of instant noodles to pay for tonight's accommodation?"

The boss raised two fingers: "Two boxes."

The corner of the man's mouth twitched suddenly: "Don't go too far!"

The boss shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Before the prices rose, a box of instant noodles was 3000 yuan, and a box of milk was 2000 yuan, adding up to 5000 yuan. My accommodation fee here is 1 yuan a day. Is it too much to ask you for two boxes? Two boxes, love living Can't live."

The young men and women looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and agreed.

The woman goes through the formalities of staying in the lobby, and the man returns upstairs to carry food.

Yu Hanjiang leaned into Xiao Lou's ear and whispered, "It seems that these two people have no money to pay the rent. They underestimated the trend of rising prices, and they didn't pay the rent in advance... You still have the foresight , directly paid the accommodation fee for seven days.”

Xiao Lou used to take his parents out for travel during the winter and summer vacations, and he was used to paying the accommodation fee online in one lump sum, because the prices of hotels in peak tourist seasons and off-seasons will vary greatly, and some hotels have different room rates on weekdays and weekends. Book in advance to be prepared.

He paid the seven-day accommodation fee at one time, and only spent 8 gold coins.

For those challengers who did not pay the rent in advance, today is only the second day, and the accommodation fee has already risen to 4, and it will rise to 8 tomorrow. The initial capital of the challengers cannot even pay the rent.

At this time, it is a good choice to use the materials that have been collected to pay the rent in advance.

And once the supplies are stolen or robbed, it's over.Therefore, Xiao Lou especially hates the guy who "steals other people's supplies" to pass the customs, this is simply a life-threatening way.

**

The three of them left the homestay, Shao Qingge decided to go back to the hotel alone with his notebook, and always pay attention to the situation of the stock market - the supplies he hid under the bed had been stolen, but the place where he lived was the safest.

Xiao Lou went to the city to investigate, and Yu Hanjiang went to the construction site.

Perhaps because the weather was too hot in the afternoon, no one gathered in the central square to make trouble, and the stockholders who stood on the roof of the building in the morning holding banners and wanting to speak out also dispersed.80% of the shops on the street are closed, and the whole city looks empty, only the supermarket is still full of people and there are long queues.

Xiao Lou walked around the neighborhood. Since Director Liu of the Market Supervision Administration came forward to give everyone a reassurance, there was no large-scale bloodshed on the second day of the skyrocketing prices.

He called Yu Hanjiang and asked softly, "How is Team Yu doing?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "At the construction site, the boss can't come up with a solution. All the workers have gone home, and the construction site has completely shut down."

Xiao Lou asked: "Do we need to sort out the material transfer?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Let's see the situation tomorrow. I'll find a way to get a car to facilitate the delivery of supplies."

Xiao Lou warned: "Be careful yourself, I'll wait for you back at the hotel."

When he hung up the phone and returned to Shanshui B&B, Xiao Lou was surprised to see a man and a woman standing in the hall with gloomy faces who had just discussed with the boss to pay the rent with milk and instant noodles. Each of them carried a travel bag, but both bags were flat. , obviously didn't hold much in it.

The woman's eyes were red as if she had just cried, her voice trembling obviously, she pointed at the boss's nose and scolded: "Our things were stolen in your homestay. As the boss, of course you should be responsible! What? Tell you not to know? You are cheating!"

The boss looked innocent: "I think you are cheating. If you can't pay the rent, you say things have been stolen? Who knows if it's true or not... I haven't seen you go out for the past two days, and you have been hiding in the room all day. Hey, maybe, you two are the thieves."

The woman was furious: "Who are you calling a thief? Don't spout blood!"

The man was obviously also irritated, and he came over and grabbed the boss by the collar: "Check the surveillance and see who stole our things!"

The boss rolled his eyes: "Do you think I'm a five-star hotel? Where's the monitoring in the small B&B..."

The three were arguing endlessly in the hall, Xiao Lou sensed something was wrong, and immediately returned to his residence.

—Someone has come in.

Before Xiao Lou left, he pinched a piece of hair in the crack of the door, but at this moment, the short black hair fell in the corner.

Obviously, the door was opened.It's just that the door lock doesn't show any signs of being picked.

Could it be that he is an expert at picking locks like Captain Yu?

Or……

Xiao Lou suddenly thought of a card.

After clearing the Red Peach 3 Chamber of Secrets Bloody Maple Leaf, a fixed card [Master Key] will be rewarded.

This key can open any type of door lock in the world of secret rooms without leaving a trace.A key can be used up to five times, but if two people commit the crime together, it can be used 10 times.

The thieves can keep an eye on the challenger's movements at any time, wait for the owner of the room to leave, and then use the master key to open the door lock and steal supplies without knowing it.

Maybe the thieves lived in the homestay, and there was a pair of eyes staring at him right now.

Realizing this, Xiao Lou felt a chill run down his spine.

He tried his best to maintain a calm look, pretending he didn't notice anything, opened the door and entered the house, and locked it.

After locking the door, he quickly sent a message to Yu Hanjiang: "The thief stole the supplies of the couple on the second floor. Team Yu, please come back as soon as possible, maybe the thief has already set his sights on us."

Yu Hanjiang replied in seconds: "Come right back, pay attention to safety."

***

At the corner of the corridor, a pair of eagle-like eyes were staring at Xiao Lou's back.

It wasn't until Xiao Lou entered the house that the middle-aged man said in a hoarse voice: "The challenger who lives in 207 is very cautious. There are no supplies in the house, and all the food is in the travel bag."

The young man next to him said: "Impossible? There are three of them. They can't survive seven days with the food in the bag. There must be a lot of supplies stored elsewhere. By the way, the tallest man will Maybe I went out to check supplies, but he was moving too fast, and he was always walking around very vigilantly, so I couldn't keep up with him."

The middle-aged man sneered: "They must store a lot of supplies. There is not enough stuff in the backpack. There will always be a time when you can't help but go to get the goods. It's not too late to do it then." He paused, turned his head to look To the young man beside him, "Don't worry about the residents of 207. Have you checked out the other rooms?"

The young man laughed and said, "Brother Xu, don't worry, except for room 207, all the challengers on this floor put their things in the room."

The middle-aged man hooked the corners of his mouth slightly: "We will act at night."

***

Yu Hanjiang returned to the homestay soon.

After entering the room, he rushed to Xiao Lou in two or three steps, his eyes full of worry: "Are you okay?"

Xiao Lou smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I happened to be outside when they acted, and I'm fine." He pointed to the hair in the corner of the wall, and whispered in Yu Hanjiang's ear, "The thief also came into our room just now. "

Yu Hanjiang looked at the hair and frowned slightly: "But when I opened the door just now, the door lock was normal."

Xiao Lou rubbed his chin, thoughtful: "I have been wondering why Mr. Shao's hotel supplies were stolen so quietly. Could it be that the waiters in the lobby of the hotel are all blind? Or are these Can a thief fly into the sky and escape from the ground?"

Yu Hanjiang turned to look at him: "What did you notice?"

Xiao Loudao: "If my deduction is correct, this thief probably came here after perfectly clearing the secret room of Heart 3. In their hands, they have two functional cards that are very convenient for stealing."

Yu Hanjiang recalled the reward for the 3 hearts, and suddenly realized: "The cloak and the key?"

Xiao Lou nodded: "The invisibility cloak has 30 minutes of invisibility every day, and the rewarded key can open any door lock. When there is no one in the room, they can put on the invisibility cloak, open the door and go in to get the supplies. If the box Wrapped in the cloak, it will turn milk and instant noodles into invisible transparent objects, and take them away without anyone noticing."

Yu Hanjiang used the invisibility cloak to enter a warehouse in the decoration market today.

The invisibility cloak was originally a limited card for the 3-of-hearts secret room, and it can only be lifted after a perfect customs clearance and taken out of the secret room.It is not easy for this thief to be able to perfectly clear Hearts 3 Chamber of Secrets Bloody Maple Leaf.

Xiao Lou followed up and said: "Moreover, this thief is not purely for customs clearance. They probably want to steal a lot of supplies and sell them for money later, so as to make huge profits in the secret room of the financial crisis!"

Yu Hanjiang's face suddenly darkened.

He also thought of this possibility.

If it is purely for customs clearance, there is no need to steal so many supplies, how much food can be eaten in seven days?

However, according to Shao Qingge's description, three groups of challengers had already been stolen from the hotel where he stayed, and the supplies lost by the two girls next door included several cartons of milk and instant noodles.

When Yu Hanjiang entered the door just now, the couple in the hall were still arguing, and obviously lost a lot of supplies.

This proves that Xiao Lou's deduction is completely correct - the person who stole the supplies is not for customs clearance, but wants to take advantage of the shortage of supplies during the financial crisis to steal other people's supplies to earn a lot of gold coins, and take the gold coins out of the secret room.

They knew very well that the challenger whose supplies they stole could not survive seven days.

Trading other people's lives for money is like eating "human blood steamed buns"!

Yu Hanjiang didn't want to be nosy at first, but since these people stole Shanshui B&B and sneaked into his and Xiao Lou's residence - if they dare to play their tricks, he must take care of them!

Yu Hanjiang analyzed with a serious expression: "The cooling time of the invisibility cloak is refreshed at 24:00 every morning, with a 30-minute usage limit. Many people sleep in the house at 24:00, but some people don't fall asleep. Stealing from the house is more risky, I am more inclined, they will do it around three o'clock in the morning."

Xiao Lou nodded: "At three o'clock in the morning, everyone was asleep at that time, they just took the key to open the door and went in, and carried away the supplies in the room... But what if someone hides things under the bed? They move too much, Wouldn't it wake people up?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "So, they must have other crime tools in their hands."

Xiao Lou's eyes lit up: "For example, inhaled anesthetic? If someone resists, just stun the other party?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "After entering the world of financial crisis, they only need to find a way to buy a large amount of narcotics on the first day, and they can survive by stealing things-not only live well, but also sell them later and make a lot of money. "

Really smart.

It's a pity that cleverness is not used in the right way, and you have to pass the level at the expense of other challengers.

Xiao Lou clenched his fists tightly and said, "What can Captain Yu do?"

With deep eyes, Yu Hanjiang said coldly, "Lead the snake out of its hole."