Chapter 205: A thief's shop in the rainy night, and a magic incense
Xiangying took a look and frowned.
"There is actually an inn in this desolate mountain."
"Should we go over and ask?"
Xiangying thought about it and asked Qi Fengyi to drive the carriage to the door of the inn.
She went down first, intending to observe.
However, Xiangying discovered that there was light coming out of the inn, but the door was closed.
She knocked on the door gently and asked in a hoarse voice, "Shopkeeper, can I still stay here, shopkeeper?"
No one answered the door for a long time, but Xiangying keenly heard some rustling noises in the house.
What is this doing?
After a while, a rough response came from inside the door.
“Here it comes!”
The door was opened a crack, revealing a person inside with a pair of triangular eyes, a thin face, and a mustache.
He looked Xiangying up and down and said, "Sir, you want to stay at the hotel. How many of you are there?"
As he spoke, he glanced behind Xiangying.
I saw her big carriage, her children and her attendants.
Xiangying said, "Seven of you, I want two upper rooms. Do you have them?"
Triangle Eyes nodded: "Yes, yes, come in."
He opened the door, and the moment Xiangying walked in, he smelled an unusual smell.
Qi Fengyi subconsciously clenched the sword in his hand.
This smell... seems to be blood?
Ah Ren saw traces of freshly washed floors on the floor, so he couldn't help but ask, "It's so late, are you still cleaning the inn?"
Triangle Eyes smiled and cupped his hands: "There are not many guests, and I can't sleep, so I just wipe it. Come, the two guests, follow me upstairs."
Xiang Yuanxiao tugged at Xiang Ying's sleeve.
"Dad, I'm hungry."
When Triangle Eyes heard this, he hurriedly said, "The previous ingredients have all been used up. There are only some dry biscuits left in the kitchen. If you want to eat some, I'll bring them up later."
Xiangying nodded: "That's troublesome, the bill will be included in the accommodation fee."
The two upper rooms were next to each other. Xiangying lived there with her three children, while Qi Fengyi lived next door with Taoxue and A'ren.
After Triangle Eyes went down, Xiangying sprinkled a layer of orange-red powder outside the windows of both of their rooms.
Anyone who tried to climb up through the window would first touch the powder, and their palms would be instantly paralyzed, losing consciousness.
When he finished all this, Xiangying heard some rustling noises outside.
It just so happened that her medicine powder was under the eaves, so it would be dissolved by the rain but would not be washed away.
Triangle Eyes was about to close the door downstairs when he saw three pedestrians rushing in.
They were wearing scholar's clothes, shaking off the water on their lapels, and complaining to each other that the rain came at the wrong time.
Triangle Eyes wondered: "Are you guys staying at the hotel too?"
The leading scholar had a handsome temperament. He bowed and said, "Excuse me, host. We are scholars going to the capital to take the imperial examination. We encountered heavy rain on the way. Fortunately, we saw your inn. Please give us a room."
The three scholars pooled their money together before handing it over.
There was a flash of impatience in the triangular eyes.
A bunch of poor scholars, just here to die, killing them is too much trouble!
"Come upstairs with me!" Triangle Eyes took the silver and said unhappily.
Xiangying saw through the crack in the door that the three scholars lived opposite her.
Qi Fengyi came out of the house and looked for Triangle Eyes and asked, "Shopkeeper, please send two pots of tea."
Triangle Eyes nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll get ready now."
Seeing that he was about to go downstairs, Xiangying released an invisible drone from the space and followed him.
Through the screen, Xiangying saw that there were five or six men with knives in the kitchen, with blood on their collars!
There were several corpses piled up in the corner of the kitchen. They looked like the real owner and waiters of the inn.
It turned out that they were all killed.
No wonder Xiangying smelled a faint smell of blood when he entered the door.
These people must be gangsters!
Triangle Eyes looks like the boss among them.
He lowered his voice and conspired: "Three more scholars have come. It's just right to send all ten of them on their journey together!"
"I'm going to put drugs in the tea. You just wait here and listen to my slogans. Once I blow the whistle, you'll take action and kill people directly!"
"The seven people in Room No. 1 of Tianzi have three children with them. We can keep the children and sell them for money. The rest will all be killed, and their carriages will also belong to us."
"As for the other scholars, chop them up and throw them into the back hill."
Just as he finished speaking, a scholar's voice suddenly came from the kitchen door.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any thick blankets? We got caught in the rain and are very cold."
Triangle Eyes was shocked, and even Xiangying was shocked.
The scholar was unaware of the situation and was dragged in and killed by them, and no one knew about it.
Those sturdy men really clenched the knife handles, their eyes were menacing, and it looked like they were ready to take action.
Just as Xiangying was about to use a drone to poison and knock them down, Triangle Eyes raised his hand and stopped his accomplice beside him.
He responded: "I'll send it to your house in a moment, wait!"
The scholar's thankful voice came through the door: "Then I'll trouble the store owner."
Only when he heard his footsteps leaving did Triangle Eyes curse softly.
"Damn it, I'm a gangster, and these people are ordering me around."
He prepared two pots of hot tea and poured the sleeping pills into them.
Xiangying retracted the drone, came out of the space, and waited quietly.
After a while, Triangle Eyes came upstairs, knocked on the door, and handed over the teapot with a smile.
Xiangying said, "Thank you, store owner, but it's very cold because of the rain. I want hot water to bathe the children."
Triangle Eyes controlled his temper and said, "Okay! I'll bring it to you later."
I saw him going to the next room to deliver a teapot, and then going to the scholar's room to deliver bedding. He was very busy.
Xiangying sneered secretly and closed the door.
There's no need to worry about Qi Fengyi, as she has already told him not to eat anything from this store.
Triangle Eyes was boiling water while cursing under his breath.
Do you really treat him as a servant? He will stab you with a knife to vent his anger later!
He had just brought hot water into the house for Xiangying.
The scholar opposite opened the door again and said with a worried look on his face: "Shopkeeper, do you have any medicine? Our companion is sick, please send some medicine."
Xiangying clearly saw the creaking sound from Triangle Eyes' clenched fist.
He even had to smile: "Okay, I'll deliver it in a moment."
Triangle Eyes turned around and went downstairs, and Xiangying looked at the scholar opposite him.
The other party nodded first and closed the door.
The medicine was quickly delivered to the other side, and Xiangying estimated that it was probably not a good medicine.
She blew out the candles and pretended to be asleep. In the scholar's room, there was a sound of something heavy falling.
Xiangying knocked gently on the wall, using the secret signal he and Qi Fengyi had agreed upon earlier, indicating that she should also turn off the lights.
Sure enough, after a moment, I heard the footsteps of many people coming up the stairs.
Triangle Eyes was furious: "Damn it, these people treat me like a slave, don't be soft-hearted when you kill me!"
"To prevent them from struggling and moving, light up the incense."
Xiangying suddenly opened his eyes in the darkness.
She sat up and saw that a burning incense had been pushed in through the crack in the door, and green smoke was slowly coming out of it.
"Mother..." Xiang Xiuxiu, who was pretending to be asleep, covered her head with her hands, "I feel dizzy."
It’s very painful. I caught a cold from a family member. Now my throat is swollen and it’s difficult to swallow. Can anyone tell me what I can eat to get better quickly? I’ve taken anti-inflammatory drugs and cold medicine, but it still hurts ┭┮﹏┭┮
(End of this chapter)
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