Chapter 15 Chaos

"Of course." The old man finally found the pen, "Don't you know?"

"I'm a newbie...but she doesn't seem to charge money from those women, right?"

"That's right. But I can tell you that all women who want to solicit business in that place must report to her to open a store and rent a house. "The old man buried his head in writing and answered. "Stop talking about them... Even thieves rarely dare to cross the boundaries and run there to pickpocket. Wait..." The old man raised his head and stared at Ash Rufate in front of him. "What are you asking about this?"

"It's nothing, it's just a little curiosity." Ash Rufate replied. Rotia's face flashed rapidly in his mind. The woman who looked like a human and animal was not injured... She had no effect at all. Red Rose? Blood Rose? Is this accidental similarity, or is there some connection within it?

"Ten Jin'oly, I will make curiosity never bother you again, how about it?" The old man stretched out a hand and put it in front of Ashu Rufat.

"It's too expensive...my curiosity is not worth the price." Ashu Rufate replied. "Five Jin Oli." He sighed a little in his heart about this answer that was almost subconscious. It is still very beneficial to know Ajin.

"Five are only five." The old man looked at Ash Rufate with a cunning and greedy look. The latter reached out and took out a banknote and placed it in the old man's thin hand.

The old man quickly retracted his hand and stuffed the bills into a corner.

"Rotyya has some connection with the Blood-colored Rose," said the old man. "Although it is impossible to conclude that she is a puppet of the Blood-colored Rose, or the Blood-colored Rose is her subordinate, they must have some connection, and they are relatively close."

"So……"

"She controls the entire area now. But unexpectedly, she doesn't charge those women's money. It's easy if she wants it. But she should have other income, at least she's much richer than she seems. I think it might be because she reached some kind of agreement with Bloody Rose."

"I feel like a loss. All your words are 'I think', 'can't judge', 'should'. Can this kind of news be sold for money?"

"The real news is like this." The old man replied sly. "It is precisely because of these words that this news only accepts five Jin Oli."

"You said that Bloody Rose has a close connection with her. Is there any evidence?"

"Do you know, there are very few thefts there in Huajie."

"Ah, why?"

"There are some thieves in the city. They specially take in homeless wandering children and train them to be pickpockets." The old man replied. "In this regard, children actually have an advantage. These thieves must pay a certain amount every day, otherwise they will have nothing to eat, or even go further, and be beaten. But even when they are most embarrassed, they usually dare not go to Huajie. Because once the thieves know that they have actually pickedpocketed in that place, they may not be beaten. Do you know why?"

Ashu Rufate didn't answer because he knew he didn't need it.

"Of course it was because the Blood-colored Rose used his sword to provide the best education for such things. Two or three thieves might be tolerated in the crowd, but if there were a little more... then the thief would have to prepare his coffin. All the thiefs who indulged their men to pickpocket in Huajie were dead. Their blood was the best lesson."

"In other words, Bloody Rose is protecting that neighborhood? She drove away the local gang first..."

"Don't use the word 'drive away', but it should be said that she killed all the gangs." The old man corrected. "Even the bloody and most cruel killer felt trembling. It was not killing one or two, but the real... to eliminate the roots, and not keep half... regardless of men, women, old and young."

"Ah... Then this blood-colored rose is..."

"In legend, only one person has seen her and survived. According to the survivor, she is a woman, and her weapon is a long sword. These two are very consistent with everyone's estimates, because men generally do not use flowers as their nickname, and the wound on the corpse clearly shows that the weapon is a sword."

"Oh, where is that survivor?"

"Five Jin'oly, I'll tell you this secret."

"No need," Ash Rufate replied. "Your answer is definitely 'He went out of town' and so on. Because I'm sure you don't know the specific location of this lucky guy."

The old man was very frustrated. "Why did you say that?"

"Oh, this can't be easier. Because you are a qualified intelligence merchant, you price all the information at its value. When you say 'Five Jin', it means that this is not very valuable news." Ash Rufate replied. "Otherwise, you will price at least one hundred Jin'erly for such intelligence."

"It seems that I will pay attention to this little thing next time..." the old man murmured softly.

"Okay, let's talk about the things I bought with five Jin Oli just now. You said that Bloody Rose and Rotia have a close connection because she killed those thieves?"

"That's right, because all the thiefs received a warning from Rotia first and then were killed." The old man replied.

"Ah, I understand." Ashu Rufat understood. This was indeed a very obvious evidence. "I ask, what would happen to her if there was a prostitute who did business on Huajie without telling Rotia?"

"One hundred Jin Oli." The old man stretched out his hand again.

"One." Ashu Rufate took out a gold coin and shook it. "I said, my curiosity is worthless."

"One is only one." The old man sighed and accepted the gold coin. "If she is ignorant, then she will be warned quickly. If she deliberately provoked, then Rhodeya will let her subordinates drive her away. If there is any force behind her, then this force... will be immediately found by the Blood-colored Rose."

"So, why should I believe that what you said is true? Didn't you make up for it and lie to me?"

"Do you need evidence? The best evidence is the three thousand gold Oli you sent." The old man smiled sly. "Do you think it will cost so much money to buy something in her store?"

...

When Ash Rufate returned to the street, he immediately felt that all the malicious eyes that he had followed had disappeared.

Sure enough, was it targeted? What is the origin of that woman named Rotia? It's a bit strange. She opened a store in that place. She looked like an ordinary shop owner, but she could easily pay three thousand gold Oli as an intelligence fee...

And according to the old intelligence dealer, Rotia is indeed the actual controller of that area. But why did she control it? All women must get her permission to do business... All shops and houses can only be rented or sold with her permission... But what is she for? Even the old man admitted that Rotia did not use her conditions to charge protection fees...

Still have a bigger goal and a more secret way to make money? However, even if she collects protection fees, it will not affect her making money through secret channels. Will anyone think that there is too much money?

I couldn't figure it out at all. Ashu Rufate was thinking about this sad issue while walking.

However, what does this have to do with me? Ashu Rufate finally decided not to consider this issue anymore. When he was thinking this way, a team of people appeared in front of him.

There were about twenty suddenly appearing teams, all of which were riding horses. They rode unscrupulously on this night at the speed of trotting, causing quite a bit of chaos on the streets. There were people who were panicking to avoid horses. Fortunately, there were fewer stalls on the roadside at night, which gave people a relatively large space to avoid the horse team. Therefore, although it caused a lot of chaos, it did not cause any serious consequences in the end.

It was already night, and even if there were lanterns and torches hanging at the door of the shop, the light was still dim. However, Ashu Rufate had a very good dark vision, so he clearly saw the entire horse team, especially the man in the middle.

It was an old man who looked quite powerful, without a hat and gray hair. Although he was riding a tall horse and wearing gorgeous and sophisticated clothes at this moment, Ashu Rufate still recognized the other person. The man was Cross, who had met Ashu Rufate on the mail car and left halfway. Also, the person who followed him was Qiang. These two people were indeed in the same group. Judging from the current behavior of the two, this little man named Qiang is probably the personal guard of this person.

According to Ajin's speculation, it was these two people who broke the wheels when they got off the car. Ashu Rufat had doubts about this, but now he thinks that Ajin might have guessed it correctly. Of course, this is also a good thing. With this "small accident", both Ajin and Ashu Rufat successfully demanded some compensation, significantly reducing the cost of the mail car.

Judging from the movements of this team of horses, they should be high-ranking officials in the Eagle City. Because on such a night, it is quite dangerous for teams of horses to rush across the streets like this. If some old, weak, women and children cannot avoid them, they may be trampled to death.

At that time, the horse team had already rushed by Ash Rufate. At the last moment when both sides passed by, Ash Rufate found the little man named Qiang, who seemed to be looking at him.

But this may be just an illusion. The horse team soon disappeared at the end of the street, leaving only a stream of curses behind him.

"It's really interesting..." Ashu Rufate thought to himself. "It seems like he has encountered something special. This man named Clos... is a pseudonym? Or a big man."

Ashu Rufate turned toward an alley on the edge of the street. This was a shortcut to go back. When Ashu Rufate was carrying three thousand gold Oli in his arms, he did not go through such corner alleys in order not to cause any extra trouble, but now he can walk back.

This alley is deep and curved, and crosses several other alleys. It looks like a good place to ambush and beat sticks to make money and kill people. However, it is precisely because of this that no idiot is waiting here for the rabbit to wait.

A figure was running by in a hurry. It was a man, and there seemed to be a large package under his arm.

Ashu Rufate stopped. If anyone could see his face, he would find that he was full of shock.
Chapter completed!