Sister (1)
"Squeak"
The young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was wearing a purple robe and was slowly rummaging through his luggage.
"Sir, do you have any money?" the waiter said impatiently. The man looked at the brocade robe and did not look like someone who was short of money, but he had searched all the bags and did not find a single penny.
"Wait a moment, there is silver." The young man in purple smiled apologetically, his hand looking for silver did not stop but did not speed up.
Tang Xixu placed a silver ingot on the wooden table and said, "Waiter, please bring us three side rooms sized like a human figure."
The waiter's evil aura disappeared, and his yellow face smiled, revealing a row of big yellow teeth, with the corners of his mouth raised to the corners of his eyes.
"Okay. Sir, please follow me." The waiter gave the young man in purple a look and stood up to lead the way.
As Xu Ningfang stepped onto the stairs, someone grabbed the corner of his clothes. Not knowing why, he fell back.
Qu Yi pulled the person aside, lowered his head and whispered, "I am Qu Yi, the young master of Qujia Manor. I travel all year round. Today, I was unlucky and my silver bag was stolen. Miss, please help me pay the silver. I promise that my family will send it to you in two days."
Xu Ning glanced at him and remembered that there was such a character in the book, but he was a cannon fodder just like her.
Perhaps because they were both cannon fodder, they thought, "The money is not with me. I have to ask my senior brothers."
Xu Ning had some money on him, but he still had to tell them about this matter first.
After the two learned about it, they both looked at Qu Yi who was looking embarrassed downstairs.
Tang Xixu recognized it at a glance. He looked at the silver in his pocket. It wasn't much, and he didn't like to meddle in other people's business. "No, sir, you should find another way."
Qu Yi took two steps at a time and said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, I can squeeze in with you."
He was smiling playfully, his skin thicker than a city wall. Xu Ning frowned and looked the man up and down.
"You just told Xu Ning that you were from Qujiazhuang?"
"Of course. I saw you two wearing the disciple uniforms of Wangyue Tower. It is said that the owner of Wangyue Tower has a close relationship with my father."
Seeing that the three people didn't say anything, the man continued, "A few years ago, when the Qu family came with new and interesting things, they would show them to Wangyue Tower first."
As for why it was a few years ago, Wangyue Tower still had some financial resources at that time, so buying some small gadgets was not a problem.
After all, he is the young master of the Qu family. Xu Lian sighed and said, "If you don't mind, Mr. Qu, you might as well squeeze in with me."
The boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran to Xu Lian's side: "Okay! Thank you, Second Senior Brother Xu."
Xu Lian raised an eyebrow, "Do you recognize me?"
Tang Xixu also turned to look over, his brows furrowed.
Xu Lian transformed himself into a child and called himself the Golden Boy in the martial arts world. He rarely appeared in public and mostly stayed in seclusion in the building. Except for the people in Wangyue Tower and Tang Xixu, no one knew that Xu Lian was the Golden Boy.
Seeing everyone looking at him with suspicion, Qu Yi tensed up for a moment. "You all may not know, but I'm preparing to go to Wanqi Villa to participate in the once-in-five-year weapon-retrieving conference. I learned about this when I recently passed by Wangyue Tower and visited Tower Master Xu."
Xu Lian roughly guessed what his master was thinking. He was simply worried about him. If Qu Yi met him, he could help him.
The inn's business is not very good, and the diners in the guest hall are of all kinds.
The warrior with a knife on his back was drinking alone in depression, while the lady wearing a plain veil hat was leisurely sipping tea beside him. The tea set was made of fine white jade porcelain, and the tea needles and tea spoons were also complete.
The baby in the old woman's arms was sleeping peacefully, and two or three passers-by were also drinking their tea.
From this perspective, Xu Ning and his group can be considered barely normal.
Although this combination seems strange in the eyes of others.
Although the herringbone room was a single room, it was actually quite simple, with dark curtains, an old, cracked wooden table, and a cracked clay teapot.
Xu Ning lay in bed, the board still creaking. With only so much money, she had to make do. It was already the beginning of winter, and her thin clothes couldn't withstand the elements.
That night.
The night is clear and dust-free, and the moonlight is like silver.
The inn fell into a deep sleep, and the passengers who had stopped by to rest had all left. The waiter's snoring was almost reaching the sky.
“Ah—ah.”
A sharp female voice cut through the silent night.
Miserable and painful.
Xu Ning suddenly opened his eyes. Tang Xixu was just about to fall asleep when he heard the noise and came out.
"My face! My face!" The woman's voice became increasingly desperate.
Following the sound, the group arrived at the Tianzi No. 1 wing. The room was fully furnished, with all items having been replaced by the occupants. The bed curtains and tablecloths were all fine brocade, and the tea set on the table was a set of white jade porcelain.
In such a gorgeous house, the woman on the couch had her face burnt.
The skin was charred black with a hint of blood red, which must be the tender flesh that had fallen off. The facial features were blurred and could not be seen clearly.
Xu Ning sniffed her breath and asked, "How could such a beautiful young woman die so suddenly?"
There were several holes burned on the corners of the woman's clothes, and her eyes were closed, so she must have been killed while she was asleep. She was completely defenseless.
His legs were bent and his face was tense, he was struggling in such pain, could it be that the perpetrator was an acquaintance?
Xu Ning frowned and thought secretly.
Qu Yi searched around and found no signs of a fight.
"Could it be that the victim was willing?"
Although the deceased's face was burned, her distorted posture indicated extreme pain. The woman clutched her face with both hands, a position she maintained until her death.
I don't know whether he died from the pain or the burns. His nose was burnt.
Tang Xixu looked at the window sill. The wooden window seemed to be closed tightly and no one had opened it, but if he looked closely, he could see that a few red hairs had fallen on the window sill, which was completely different from the color of the woman's hair.
The young man frowned and twisted his hair with his long fingers. As soon as Xu Ningfu raised his head, he had already climbed out the window.
At this time, most of the people in the inn got up and gathered on the first floor.
"This is too horrible. The face is burned black." A young lady who was awakened was frightened and turned pale. She hid in a man's arms. The man hugged her gently and whispered comfort.
"Waaaa, waaaa." The sleeping baby was also awakened. The old woman in her middle clothes hurriedly comforted him: "Dear child, don't cry. Oh-oh, don't cry, don't cry."
"We will report what happened tonight to the police. I hope you don't worry. It's late at night, go back to your room and get some rest." Xu Ning thought that there were too many people and it would be easy to destroy the crime scene, so he quickly comforted everyone and asked them to go back quickly.
"Really? This is so unlucky! I just came out for a trip and ran into this kind of thing!" A middle-aged woman cursed.
"Husband, let's leave tonight. This is too scary." The young lady was terrified.
"No, no one can leave until the murderer is found." Hearing someone wanting to leave, Xu Ning immediately stopped them.
"What? You said you don't want to leave, so who are you?" The middle-aged woman immediately challenged with a very aggressive look.
"If she says no, then how about this sword in my hand?" Xu Lian placed the sword on the table with a thud. The middle-aged woman was so frightened that she took a step back and immediately fell silent.
Qu Yi and Xu Lian put everyone around them under surveillance.
"Sister, could you tell me in detail what you saw?" Xu Ning smiled softly, leaving no room for refusal.
The maid was hesitant and refused to say anything.
"Don't you want to save your master? As far as I know, according to the laws of the Xin Dynasty, if a master dies in an accident, his servants will also be executed. But if you help find out the truth, I can spare your life." Xu Ning's voice was no longer gentle, but very serious.
"I'll tell you, I don't want to be executed." The maid was obviously frightened.
"My daughter has always been dissatisfied with her face and has been looking for itinerant doctors to help her. Not long ago, she happened to hear that there was a strange man in Buhuo City who was very good at beauty treatment. My daughter naturally took the trouble to find him. At first, with his help, her face became so beautiful that it almost rivaled the most beautiful woman in the capital.
But a year later, the young lady gradually aged, her skin becoming wrinkled like a woman in her fifties. Being only in her early twenties, she was naturally very anxious. She had recently reunited with that strange man. I had heard that the two of them had agreed to meet soon, but I hadn't expected it to be today.
"It's my fault for not paying attention. When we were done, the young lady drove us all out, saying that we were tired from traveling and didn't need our service. I should have paid more attention earlier." The maid began to blame herself as she spoke.
"Don't blame yourself too much. You can't always pay attention to it." Xu Ning tried to comfort him.
After one stick of incense.
"When can we leave? It's almost midnight."
"Yes, my dear son can't sleep well." The old woman said in a begging tone.
It's strange to say, half an hour has passed and such a big thing has happened but the store owner still hasn't come out.
Xu Ning couldn't help but wonder, this boss is really a patient person. Could it be...
That shouldn’t be the case, right?
After another cup of tea, the young man finally came back.
"How is it?" Xu Ning put aside the unpleasantness between the two of them and just wanted to find out the truth.
"Not very good." The young man patted the dust off his hands and smiled, his eyelashes as light as feathers as he looked at everyone present. "It's just a trick."
Many people felt numb from the stare. They raised their eyes timidly, glanced at Tang Xixu, then lowered their heads and dared not say a word.
The dog in the inn came to the window sill and sniffed at some point. Xu Ning picked up a strand of hair on the ground and sniffed it.
It actually tastes like cinnabar.
It turns out that her hair was dyed red.
What a good trick.
"We heard drums beating late at night, saying someone had been murdered in a horrible way. So we came here."
Xu Ning glanced at the waiter next to him and understood.
Several people described the situation to the captain. "Non-official personnel, please leave as soon as possible." As for those without official documents, Xu Ning and his group had no choice but to give up.
Perhaps because so many people came, the baby's crying became louder and louder, and the old woman couldn't comfort him at all.
The crying of the baby made everyone panic. The night was like a man-eating ghost. How could anyone really sleep?
In the middle of the night, "hundreds of ghosts" come out, people wear ghost masks, and ghosts wear human clothes.
When Xu Ning came back from the toilet, he saw the old woman holding the baby mumbling something, but he couldn't hear clearly.
"Grandma, you can't light a fire in the backyard. There's a forest here, and it could easily get you burned."
Xu Ning had no idea that the old woman had gone crazy. "You brought disaster upon yourself, you brought disaster upon yourself, it's all retribution, it's all retribution." The old woman laughed crazily, and stumbled away as if she didn't see Xu Ning.
"You know something..." Xu Ning walked forward and tried to ask something.
"Shh." His lips suddenly touched the soft and cold palm.
“Hmm—Hmm.”
"Someone is watching from the dark."
Xu Ning immediately stopped moving. "Boom-boom," the familiar heavy heartbeat came again...
The water in the backyard's clepsydra made a dripping sound from time to time, and every drop of water seemed to fall heavily on Xu Ning's heart.
In the eyes of others, it was just two young people having a late-night rendezvous.
Tang Xixu let go only after he realized that the man had left.
Xu Ning was frightened, but still adhering to the principle of not causing trouble, he said, "How about we just..." Let's go tomorrow.
Before he could finish, the long-unheard mechanical voice rang out: "Side Quest Three Officially Launches: Find Out the Truth About the Disfigured Woman. Difficulty."
I, Nima.
Oh, yes. If there is something, then he will answer. If there is nothing, he will refuse to answer no matter what.
System, take my punch.
"Don't get excited Master, there's a reward. A big prize."
Xu Ning compromised.
In order to find out the size of the grand prize.
"What does Miss Xu want to say?" The young man smiled faintly with the corners of his lips. It was unknown where the fragrance of flowers came from, but it was like a feather gently scratching Xu Ning's heart.
"How about we conduct a thorough investigation tomorrow and clear the deceased's name."
"Oh? I thought that with Miss Xu's personality, she would just sit back and do nothing." With that smile still on her face, the young man approached, and the fragrance of the flowers became stronger.
"What do you mean by sitting back and doing nothing? That means it's better to have less trouble than more. I wonder what Master Tangxi thinks?" Xu Ning threw the question to him again. She wanted to see how he would answer.
The woman looked meaningfully at the unpredictable young man in front of her.
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