It started raining again at night.
The shadows of the trees were swaying outside the window, and from the stable downstairs came the anxious neighing of horses frightened by the thunder and lightning.
The lanterns outside the inn were suddenly extinguished by a gust of wind and rain, and the only tiny space in this rainy night that was flashing with warm light was instantly plunged into darkness.
If you are at home on a rainy day like this, protected by thick tiles and high walls, people living inside will feel exceptionally comfortable and at ease.
But this was while traveling. Outside the post station, there were barren mountains and wilderness within a five-mile radius. The heavy rain would only make people feel uneasy.
A bolt of silver lightning struck, illuminating the dim room for a moment.
One black and one white, two figures were fully revealed in the bright light.
Their eyes met for a moment, and the woman in white, dressed in a middle-length shirt, leaned lazily against the bed curtain, curled her lips and smiled contemptuously.
The silver blade in the black-clothed man's hand trembled for a moment, and then stabbed forward mercilessly!
Qin Yao slightly turned her body and raised her hand seemingly nonchalantly, but in fact she quickly and accurately clamped the incoming hand.
Her two slender fingers were like cast-in-hot iron. Not only could they not break free, but they also had the power to burn tendons, bones and flesh.
"You are really dedicated. You still come out to carry out the mission even in such heavy rain tonight." She whispered and grabbed the other hand of the man in black.
Clamp it with both hands and pull it downwards, and there will be a sound of bones cracking.
A scream almost came out, disturbing the sponsor who was sleeping uneasily on the bed.
Qin Yao frowned, loosened the two arms, grabbed the other person's throat, and broke it without hesitation!
The man in black fell to the ground, and she cushioned him with her foot and put him aside. She also quickly caught the dagger that the man in black had just thrown out of his hand and was about to fall to the ground.
After doing all this, he turned around and saw his sponsor still sleeping on the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Taking money from others and helping them get rid of their troubles, this is such a high level of service awareness, which sponsor can resist it?
Qin Yao proudly lifted the strands of hair stuck to her temples, straightened the body of the man in black, collected some "good things" that could kill people, and then quietly left.
Before leaving, he closed the window that was pried open by the men in black and wiped off the mud and water marks on the windowsill.
They were even considerate enough to lift up the black-clad man's clothes and cover his face to prevent the financier from being frightened when he woke up in the morning.
As for why the body was not dealt with, Qin Yao shrugged, because that was another price!
The rain gradually got heavier. By the second half of the night, all you could hear from downstairs in the inn was the sound of flowing water. If you didn't know, you would have thought they were living in the middle of the river.
However, the benefits of staying in the post station were also reflected at this time. The postmaster and the postmen were afraid that the rain would flood the post station, so they got up in the middle of the night to clear the blockage.
The merchants and travelers who were resting next to the post station also sent people to work together to keep the post station.
The nighttime rainstorm did not stop until dawn.
It was a pity for the passers-by. The road was muddy and slippery after being washed by heavy rain, and neither carriages, horses, people nor animals could move normally. They were forced to stay in the inn.
Considering the friendship of everyone who had worked together to save the post station in the middle of the night, the postmaster opened the gate so that the passers-by would have a dry place to stay.
Jin Dou woke up to the noise in the lobby of the inn.
He didn't sleep well in the first half of last night because he had diarrhea and his stomach was rumbling for a long time.
However, in the second half of the night, the fatigue that had accumulated over the past few days came up all at once, and I fell into a deep sleep. I didn't even hear the noise of people downstairs clearing the heavy rain.
And because Qin Yao specifically instructed not to disturb her financial sponsor from sleeping, Jin Dou slept until the sun was at noon.
After being exposed to the sun for a whole morning, the muddy ground had improved a bit. The merchants who had stopped at the post house were preparing to reload their goods. They set out while the sun was still shining, trying to hurry on their way and travel as far as they could.
Therefore, it was very messy and noisy.
Jin Dou felt the warm sunlight coming in from the window and shining on his bed curtains. His body, which had been feeling unwell for many days, felt much better and he stretched out in comfort.
I lay in bed for a while longer, all sorts of chaotic information flooded into my mind, my idle thoughts disappeared, and I sat up.
He lowered his head to put on his shoes, and suddenly caught a glimpse of darkness from the corner of his eye, and paused.
When he saw the corpse clearly, Jin Dou would have roared in fear if it weren't for the subconscious calm reaction acquired through years of training.
Just as he was getting terrified, there was a gentle knock on the door.
Liu Ji stood outside the door and greeted quietly: "Brother Jin, are you awake? Lunch is ready. We are waiting for you downstairs to have lunch together."
Hearing the movement in the house, Liu Ji continued: "My wife told me that the sun is strong at noon, so we should set out after lunch. The road should be easy to walk on. If we walk faster, we should be able to reach the next post station before the sun sets."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered that there was a detail that he had not explained, so he turned back and stood against the door to speak.
The door was suddenly opened with a bang!
Liu Ji almost subconsciously raised his hands to protect his head and face, then took a big step back and almost shouted "Madam, please calm down."
At the critical moment, I suddenly remembered that I was not waking up the lazy woman, so why should I panic? !
"Ahem!" Liu Ji put down his hands that were protecting his face with a little embarrassment, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, and looked at Jin Dou in the door with a smile: "Brother Jin, come downstairs for lunch."
"By the way, my wife said that it will rain heavily at night these few days, so we don't need to rush in the morning. Let's wait until we have lunch before setting off. This way, the road will be easier to walk on."
"But we will arrive in Kaiyang County two days later."
Jin Dou nodded when he heard that and looked into the room. The body of the man in black was neatly placed in the middle of the guest room, facing the door.
So, is Liu Ji in front of him blind?
Jin Dou pointed at the corpse in the room and asked with a frown, "Didn't Mr. Liu see it?"
Liu Ji took a look inside the room and said "Oh" very calmly, "I saw it, so are you satisfied with our service?"
Jin Dou almost gritted his teeth as he uttered the four words: "very satisfactory."
He also sincerely expressed that it would be better if the couple could not put the corpse in front of him and deal with it perfectly.
Liu Ji stretched out his hand seriously, rubbing his fingertips, "My wife said that this is a different price."
When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Jin Dou took a deep breath and offered five taels of silver for burying the body.
Liu Jijun raised his eyebrows and immediately patted his chest to assure that he would not have to worry about anything else.
With some suspicion, Jin Dou went downstairs first to have dinner with Song Yu.
When he had almost finished eating, he saw Qin Yao and Liu Ji and his wife, one carrying a hoe and the other holding a shovel, coming back from outside, talking and laughing.
Jin Dou immediately went upstairs to check, and sure enough, the body was gone.
He ran downstairs again with some surprise. The couple who had already sat down at the table and were eating gave him a reassuring smile: We are professionals in burying bodies!
Jin Dou couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this small Kaiyang County is actually a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are everywhere.
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