Hidden moth

Chapter 267: Thousands of people have read it, but it’s still not over

Sesame Apartment has a total of five high-rise buildings, with more than 2,000 apartments of various sizes. If we take the integer of 2,000 apartments and assume a normal occupancy rate of 70%, there will usually be 600 apartments vacant.

Now all these 600 units have been rented out, which means at least thousands of new people have arrived!

It cannot be said that all of these thousands of people have problems. For example, an old street artist also rented an apartment here, and some people live here normally, but it is hard to say about the rest.

No wonder Elder Li didn't ask He Kao what new clues he had discovered recently, because there were clues everywhere. The Clan Law Hall was not worried about having nothing to investigate, but that it was simply impossible to investigate them all.

Li Liang's family was lucky to have acted early. They started looking for an apartment before New Year's Day, and the original tenant of Unit 0916 in Building had just moved out, so he was able to rent it.

Mei Guyu only arrived at Qiyuan a week before the Spring Festival, but Xiaoliang's family came to rent a house more than a month in advance, and happened to be diagonally opposite her. What's going on?
It's true that the leak wasn't about money, but it certainly has something to do with it.

Long before Mei Guyu arrived to report, Qian Guran had taken the initiative to help her rent an apartment, and according to her own requirements, he rented the designated room 0915 in Building .

In fact, the orientation and location of this apartment were not good. The window faced the huge neon sign across the street. It was also very close to the road outside. The noise and light pollution were quite serious. Not many people were willing to rent it. It happened to be vacant at the time.

Qian handled the formalities personally, and the apartment was rented in Mei Guyu's name, with a discounted rate negotiated for company employees. Although Mei Guyu wasn't present, he could still sign the contract with a copy of his ID.

Although the rental contract would not be made public, it was not a state secret and could be found by anyone who wanted to. So within a few days, people kept coming to rent the apartment, most of them arriving earlier than Mei Guyu himself.

After understanding these circumstances, He Kao asked in confusion, "Why are there so many people?"

Qian Guran: "After the Shumen implemented information management, the number of officially registered disciples had exceeded 6,000 before the Spring Festival. This number is not very large.

But don't forget the Zhiyuan guests. There are at least tens of thousands of Zhiyuan guests like the old Li couple, and possibly more. This is a number that the Shumen has not yet fully counted, and it is difficult to count clearly.

He Kao: "You can't calculate that. Even if there was a leak from a high-level official, it would have been a small-scale leak. It's unlikely that many people would know about it. Even if someone heard the news, they probably wouldn't get involved in this mess... How could thousands of people suddenly show up?"

Qian Guran shook his head and said, "You are talking about normal situations, but the current situation is obviously not normal."

He Kao: "Is someone deliberately spreading the news?"

Qian Guran nodded: "Yes, it is obvious that someone is spreading the news everywhere, and it is a mixture of truth and falsehood.

If they knew that the clan law hall had issued a gag order to protect Elder Mei's safety and did not want anyone to disturb her cultivation, and that anyone who rashly came to spy would be investigated by the clan law hall... would the old Li couple still dare to come?"

But they don’t know. It can be said that most people are unaware of the inside story. Otherwise, how could they dare to move into Sesame Apartment and clearly tell the clan hall that there is something wrong with them?

The gag order issued by the clan hall is only for high-level officials who are aware of the matter. Others are not qualified to know, so they have never heard of any gag order.

The news they heard was just that Elder Mei had been practicing in the secular world in Qiyuan during this period, and was also looking for worldly connections, just like the incognito visits in TV dramas, in the identity of an ordinary person.

If someone deliberately spreads such news, many people will inevitably be tempted. If there is nothing else important, there is no loss in coming.

Cultivation is all about travel and experience, so where is the experience? Stay here for a while, and you might even have the chance to connect with a master.

Normally, those elders are elusive, impossible to find even if you try, not to mention that Elder Mei is a young and beautiful girl... Of course, some people don't even know this."

He Kao: "You don't even know Elder Mei's specific situation?"

Qian Guran nodded and said, "I don't know whether Elder Mei is a man or a woman, I don't know how old she is, and I don't even know her name. I just heard a piece of news and came here to try my luck... And there are quite a few people like this."

He Kao: "Won't they ask each other?"

Qian Guran: "Inquire? How can such a person, who thinks he has mastered the secret, easily tell it out? Besides, they don't even know each other, where can they find out?
The news they heard might be that Elder Mei from the Shu Sect was hiding in the city and living in the Sesame Apartment here.

Let me tell you another joke. The noodle shop outside the gate has a new owner, a man who looks to be in his forties. His surname also happens to be Mei. Many people speculate that he might be Elder Mei.

That noodle shop is doing really well right now. From opening at 7am to closing at 9pm, there's a constant stream of customers. There's no place to sit. The boss has even hired a few more waiters to work in shifts."

Are there people who are so confused about the situation? Of course there are, such as Zhang Jinkui. Zhang Jinkui didn't know the other sorcerers, let alone Zhiyuanke, and he didn't know Elder Mei's name, age, or gender.

He Kao had an impression of the noodle shop at the entrance of Sesame Apartment. It served Jiangnan-style noodles with toppings. The noodles were hand-rolled and there were more than 20 kinds of sauces. He had eaten there many times.

He Kao: "Someone has bought the noodle shop. The new owner might have some issues too."

Qian Guran couldn't help laughing: "That boss Mei's Buddhist name is Mei Wenhua, and he also lives in Sesame Apartment. He is actually a member of the Zongfa Hall and a fifth-level lover of Xingshenmen. Let me tell you another joke..."

The boss, Mei Wenhua, often sits in front of the counter holding a teacup. Many customers greet him warmly and politely as soon as they enter the door, and eat noodles there almost three times a day, probably because they want to leave a good impression on the boss.

The noodle shop is not big, with only thirteen tables in total. Each table has a maximum of four people squeezed shoulder to shoulder, and there is often no empty seat.

This kind of noodle shop is not a restaurant in a shopping mall, so there is no need to queue up and have your number called. Boss Mei often apologizes and advises customers who have no place to sit to go to other nearby restaurants for dinner.

In order to get close to the boss and leave a good impression on him, someone secretly found a gangster to cause trouble, intending to take the opportunity to act bravely.

The employer never got a chance to fight. Seeing there was no room in the shop, the thug just yelled and tried to make a move to provoke the boss, but was immediately pinned down by five customers. Why five? Because there was limited space around the thug, and more people couldn't get in.

This story made He Kaoliao laugh out loud, but then he frowned. "Since someone hired thugs to cause trouble at the noodle shop, then many of the tenants who recently moved into Sesame Apartments were probably planted there on purpose."

Qian Guran also nodded and said, "For those who are truly problematic, the best way to hide themselves is to muddy the waters and confuse everyone, making it difficult for the clan law hall to know where to start and unable to investigate."

He Kao: "After all, the clan law hall has limited manpower. Elder Li has only sent a few dozen people to Qiyuan, and recently he has assigned a group to investigate other matters."

Qian Guran: "The clan hall may have a plan. In fact, the more clues we have, the more we can dig out. It just takes more time."

He Kao: "Someone is making such a big fuss, it's definitely not just to annoy us, maybe they are planning something big. I'm afraid they want to act before the clan law hall finds out the truth, and their target is Elder Mei!"

Qian Guran: "Since you can think of it, the Zongfatang can definitely think of it too, we just need to do our own thing well.

By the way, not only the noodle shop, but also the small supermarket, barbecue stall and graphic shop at the gate changed their owners after the Spring Festival. The new owners are all from the clan hall and they keep an eye on any situation at all times.

Elder Li instructed me to tell you this."

He Kao: "What else did Elder Li say?"

Qian Guran: "This is all confidential information, unknown to outsiders. Elder Li told me that if you are hiding in Pugang Town and don't want to get involved in the affairs of Sesame Apartment, there is no need to tell you.

If you come back and ask about the situation, I can say... this is the situation. Are you going back to your apartment in Building 3 later?"

He Kao: "Since we're here, of course we have to go and clean up anyway."

Qian Guran pulled out a can of tea leaves from under the coffee table and said, "You said you wanted to borrow this from me before you came in, so take it and you don't have to return it!"

He Kao took the tea leaves downstairs and returned to his rented apartment, Building 2016, . A thin layer of dust had settled on the table. He extended his spiritual sense to scan every corner, and suddenly noticed something new in the cabinet.

Someone had come during this time and hadn't taken anything away, but had actually left a box behind. It was a cardboard storage box filled with paper documents.

He Kao took out the box and opened the lid. On the top lay a piece of white paper with a sentence written on it: "If you don't want to pay attention to it, don't read it!"

Although there was no signature, He Kao felt that it was written by Elder Li because the handwriting was left with a brush dipped in oil paint. He had seen Elder Li sketching on the street years ago.

Judging from this message, Elder Li seemed a little unhappy, but they had just met two nights ago, and he didn't say anything... This might be because He Kao was just feeling a little guilty.

He tidied the room and moved all the documents onto the table.

A pack of A4 printing paper contained sheets, about five centimeters thick, and the typed document would be even thicker. The documents on the desk were piled nearly two feet high, so by my estimation, there were over five thousand sheets.

He Kao sat down and began to look through it, and found that these were the information of new residents who moved into Sesame Apartment after December 12 last year, including color printed life photos, names, ID card copies, check-in time, brief situation introduction, etc.

The information is arranged in chronological order. December 12th last year was the date when Qian Guran helped Mei Guyu rent a house.

Why is there a copy of your ID card? Because you need to provide it when you rent an apartment as an attachment to the contract, and these contracts are kept at the rental and sales office of Zhima Apartment.

The rental and sales office also has electronic statistical forms, which are very convenient for querying.

The level of detail of this information varies. For example, for Xiaoliang's family of three, there is only a copy of the ID card of his father, Li Gongcheng, because only his ID is needed to sign the contract.

It turns out that Old Li's name is Li Gongcheng, and Xiaoliang's mother is Shu Yunmin. The information also specifically states that his father Shu Shanben is a second-level sorcerer of Dandingmen.

However, the information on most other people is not as detailed as that on this family of three, because the information that can be found in a short period of time is limited, and the manpower and energy of the clan hall involved in the investigation are also limited.

It would be quite a lot of work just to print out such a thick stack of materials, right? Fortunately, Zongfatang also took over the graphic design and printing shop at the entrance of the community.

As he was flipping through the books, He Kao also discovered the figures of the disciples of the Shu Sect. He "knew" or could recognize them. They were all low-level sorcerers, and the cultivation level of those currently registered with the Shu Sect basically did not exceed the third level.

But after all, Master He could only recognize a few of the disciples of the Shu Sect, and most of the others were unfamiliar to him.

There is another situation in the data, that is, some residents did not rent the house in person. For example, it was Zhang San who came with the ID to sign the contract, but the person who actually took the key and moved in was Li Si.

He Kao read the information very quickly, turning over the pages one by one like a human scanner. He had a strong spiritual cultivation and was able to quickly memorize the information on each page in a clear and focused state.

But no matter how fast he read, he had to read carefully. He read for nearly an hour and only turned a few hundred pages, an average of five or six pages a minute, and then stopped to rest.

This is also a high-intensity mental work, and it also consumes spiritual energy and magic power. He Kao couldn't help but frowned.

The reason he frowned was not because he thought the information was too much. Even if it was more than 5,000 pages, he could still read it all and remember it if he took a day or two. Instead, he thought that the materials were not enough!
To be precise, the information obtained from the printed materials alone was not enough for him to use his soul's ability to travel and track and lock onto the corresponding target.

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(End of this chapter)