Chapter 107: Who is the accomplice?
Su Tan entered his room, sat down with Sui Sui in his arms, and touched her head. "Sui Sui, what did you say just now?"
Sui Sui hugged Su Tan's neck and whispered in his ear: "Just now, I saw the tail of the brainless axe~"
She gestured, her eyes wide open, "It's that big!"
She hid in Su Tan's arms and asked fearfully, "Will it eat people?"
The idiots raised in the palace are always eating people!
Su Tan nodded, "Yes."
As she spoke, she tapped Sui Sui's nose and said, "Tigers eat people, and they like to eat children as old as Sui Sui. So Sui Sui can't sneak out, otherwise it will be very dangerous if she encounters a tiger, understand?"
Sui Sui had a confused look in his eyes, but nodded obediently.
It turns out that sneaking out is so dangerous, you might even get eaten by the brain axe!
Then she has to become extremely powerful, and when she can beat ten brain axes and can send the bad guys away, she can send more out!
Su Tan held Sui Sui in his arms, lost in thought.
The appearance of a tiger in the inn was such a big deal that even if the innkeepers knew nothing about it, it was impossible for the soldiers who were escorting them to not notice it at all.
Perhaps, it was not a tiger at all, but the tiger demon that the waiter mentioned.
"Where did Sui Sui see the tiger just now?"
Hearing Su Tan's gentle voice, Sui Sui tilted his head, "I saw it just now when Fairy Sister Su was holding me and talking to the bad uncle. The head was at the door, and I only saw the tail. It flew away in a flash~"
A hint of understanding flashed across Su Tan's eyes.
No wonder.
…
After sending Sui Sui back to Lu Zhiheng, Su Tan closed the door and wiped the sword in his hand.
There was a knock on the door, "Miss, the food you requested is here."
Su Tan hummed, "Come in."
The shopkeeper asked the waiter to open the door and bring in the food. Seeing her wiping the sword, he paused and suddenly looked at her with a hesitant expression, as if he didn't know whether to speak or not.
Su Tan put down the sword in his hand and looked at the shopkeeper. "If you have something to say, just say it."
The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then said, "Young lady, there's been a tiger demon causing trouble recently. It preys on women and baby girls. Please be careful."
Su Tan nodded and smiled slightly, "I know. A young man has already reminded me of this. However, this tiger demon's abilities are still limited. As long as I don't leave the house at night, it won't be able to do anything to me."
"Thank you for reminding me again. I will not open this door tonight, no matter what."
When the shopkeeper heard this, his expression suddenly changed and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"No, no, no, that's not it!"
The shopkeeper lowered his voice and looked outside frequently, as if he was afraid of something.
His body trembled uncontrollably, and his breathing became rapid, with anxiety almost overflowing from his face.
"Girl, that's not the case!"
"I'm telling you the truth, young lady. That guy isn't a member of our inn at all. He... he's just an accomplice!"
He wiped away a tear, his voice choking with sobs. "The real fellow died long ago. The one who survived is just a ghost who has taken over his body. Every night, he cooperates with the tiger demon to deceive innocent girls and baby girls."
"If the girl listens to him and stays indoors tonight, something really bad will happen."
"We can't do anything to that ghost, but we can't bear to see the girl being deceived by it. If the girl hears any strange noises tonight, she must escape from the house as soon as possible to avoid a disaster."
"If you listen to the evil spirit and stay indoors, you will become its prey. Don't let him fool you, young lady!"
Su Tan glanced at the shopkeeper, then gasped in shock, muttering, "Is it... is it really like this? I trusted him so much, and yet I almost fell for his trick. Thank you so much for telling me, shopkeeper."
"Don't worry, if there's any unusual movement tonight, I won't stay in my room."
The shopkeeper tremblingly took out a black wooden sign and placed it on the table next to him.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked like an old man with tears streaming down his face. His voice was a little hoarse, "If you trust me, put this wooden sign under your pillow. It will keep you safe through the night."
Su Tan paused, then nodded and gave the shopkeeper a seemingly innocent smile.
"Thank you, boss. I will definitely keep this wooden sign under my pillow."
The shopkeeper didn't say anything else, just reminded Su Tan to be careful and left.
After a while, there was a movement outside. Su Tan's eyes did not change. The candlelight in the room flickered slightly, and someone stuffed a letter through the crack of the door.
Su Tan raised his hand, and the letter instantly floated over and froze in mid-air. Su Tan did not reach out to touch it, but just made a gesture, and the letter opened by itself.
She held her breath, looked up, raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help laughing.
She chanted a spell, and the letter was burned by the underground fire and soon turned into ashes.
The content of this letter is quite interesting.
The messenger said that he was a waiter at the inn and told her not to trust the innkeeper's words, as the innkeeper was an accomplice.
He is in cahoots with the tiger demon.
If she believed the shopkeeper, she would definitely die tonight.
Su Tan was amused.
The shopkeeper and the waiter were contradicting each other.
They all say that the other party is an accomplice and that they are the good people.
So who is right?
…
After a while, Su Tan's door was automatically blown open by the wind, and then quickly closed by the wind.
She stood up, took the sword in her hand and wiped it carefully. Next to the sword lay a wooden sign.
Although the shopkeeper and the waiter took turns reminding him, Su Tan seemed to believe no one, but also seemed to believe everyone.
She held the sword, sitting quietly on the bed, covered with a quilt, and slept in her clothes.
At night, without any warning, a strong wind began to blow, and there was a banging sound, as if a big hand was banging on her door frantically.
Su Tan suddenly opened his eyes and looked out the door. Apart from that, he had no other reaction.
After a while, the knocking on the door stopped.
There was another faint cry.
The crying sound seemed to come from far away, and it was slightly familiar, but it was hard to hear clearly.
"Mother..."
"Mother..."
The thin and weak crying voice called out to Mother again and again, the voice was thin and fragile, "Mother, I'm so cold..."
"Mother, I'm so scared..."
"Mother..."
Su Tan remained unmoved and continued to sit quietly holding the sword.
"Mother..."
"Mother, I'm really scared. Why are you ignoring me? Mother, it hurts so much...it hurts so much!"
The voice gradually became shrill, mixed with pain, as if the owner of the voice would suffer the most miserable torture in the world in the next second, and then die miserably.
But Su Tan's expression remained unchanged.
She didn't even look up at the window, but just quietly wiped the sword in her hand.
"Mother..."
"Mother..."
That mournful child's voice still echoes in my ears, haunting me like a ghost.
Su Tan still sat quietly.
Oh, for nothing else.
The main thing is that the voice sounds very much like Song Xiao's.
This sound should have drifted outside Song Tingchen's room.
Call me daddy, and maybe Song Tingchen will appear.
Call me mother?
If you don't mind your voice being hoarse, then go ahead and keep shouting. She won't care even if you break your throat.
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