Zhou Changling took the strange garment, touching the fabric with both hands. It seemed no different from the most common silk.
This wasn't a good place to investigate, so Zhou Changling didn't study it too much. He casually put away the invisibility cloak, gave his guards a look, and the two of them took Zhao Xueqing back to the inn.
The fire at the inn has been extinguished. Although the fire was large, fortunately no one was injured. The innkeeper apologized to the guests and waived their money, thus bringing the matter to a close.
Zhou Changling ignored them. His room was on the third floor, and he should stay with Zhao Xueqing to prevent her from causing any trouble.
"Take her up." Zhou Changling thought to himself and said to the guard carrying Zhao Xueqing. Only after they disappeared from sight did Zhou Changling want to follow them.
"Master, we've caught someone." The noise at the door attracted Zhou Changling's attention, as well as that of the shopkeeper.
"Oh dear, isn't this Young Master Xu? How did he end up in such a sorry state?" The shopkeeper exclaimed and rushed over, so fast that he even overtook Zhou Changling.
However, Zhou Changling didn't blame him. Instead, he looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Do you know him?"
The shopkeeper nodded, and then began to speak eloquently: "This man used to be the richest man here, but unfortunately, he had a run of bad luck. When he was out, he accidentally encountered a group of bandits and never returned."
"Young Master Xu lost his mother at a young age. After finally enjoying a few years of peace, he lost his father, which dealt him a heavy blow. He failed to protect the family business and ended up in poverty."
"Later, he disappeared completely. When I saw him again, I heard he had gotten married and even gave me wedding candy."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he carefully looked at the person opposite him. It seemed that he had probably offended his master.
No sooner had the innkeeper finished speaking with a smile than the guard said, "Innkeeper, this is the man who set fire to the inn."
"!" The innkeeper was shocked. He was doing business honestly. Who had he offended? Did everyone want to burn down his inn?
Seeing the shopkeeper's face change color like a chameleon, the guards couldn't help but laugh. Just a moment ago they were on good terms with this young master Xu, but now they wished they could devour him.
"Ah? I'm so angry, so angry!" The shopkeeper rolled up his sleeves, about to hit Young Master Xu in the face, but before he could even raise his fist, Zhou Changling interrupted him.
Zhou Changling didn't want to go crazy with him: "Bring him up."
Zhou Changling's thinking was simple: now that the culprit had been caught, he would interrogate him properly. He believed that once the culprit met Zhao Xueqing, that vixen, he would reveal a lot of information.
"Yes!" The guards carried the man upstairs. The shopkeeper also wanted to go up and see, so he asked Zhou Changling for permission.
Zhou Changling agreed; one more person wouldn't make a difference and wouldn't cause any major problems.
When they brought the so-called Young Master Xu upstairs, before they could even ask him anything, he started wailing and crying, "Qing'er, Qing'er, untie her! She's just a weak woman, why are you arresting her?"
He was agitated, and even with his hands bound, he kept moving towards the fire, shouting, "Release her! If you have any problems, come at me! I started the fire that burned down the inn, so come at me if you dare!"
The innkeeper's smile vanished. He had been exiled to Lingnan by his master, and this inn was his entire fortune. This man had no sense of honor; how dare he steal his money?
The third-floor, top-tier guest room.
Everyone gathered together; the four guards and the shopkeeper all looked at the two people kneeling on the ground.
Zhou Changling slowly put down his teacup, then suddenly pulled a dagger from his pocket. The blade gleamed coldly, clearly indicating that it was extremely sharp.
With a loud "bang," Zhou Changling stuck the dagger into the table, piercing right through it. It was a fine dagger that could cut through iron like mud.
Zhou Changling glanced at the two men's faces and, seeing their expressions suddenly change, said, "I will give you two a chance to choose how you want to die."
Zhou Changling originally intended to take Zhao Xueqing to the capital to deal with her, but because of the invisibility cloak, he couldn't feel at ease eliminating this hidden danger and wanted to spare her life to deal with her slowly.
But today's experience made him realize that this vixen might cause all sorts of trouble along the way. He still needed to find Xi'er, and he couldn't let them waste any more time.
"Zhou Changling, you can't kill me!" Zhao Xueqing saw the murderous intent in Zhou Changling's eyes and trembled.
Zhao Xueqing was now truly panicked. There were some things she couldn't say, but if she didn't speak now, Zhou Changling would eliminate her.
This is a rebirth novel. The female protagonist is Zhao Xueqi, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion, who has already died. Logically speaking, the female protagonist has the blessing of the female protagonist's light and should not die easily.
However, the female lead cannot become a villain, because evil people will not be protected by the heavens. Every time the female lead does something bad, her aura will weaken by one point.
Zhao Xueqing is a transmigrator who came from the modern world. This is her first mission. She gave the female lead poison, and the female lead actually poisoned her. Now, the female lead's halo has completely left her body.
In fact, Zhao Xueqing wasn't very familiar with this process. She was just trying her best, since the system was no longer around. She could only rely on the rules she already knew: after the female lead's halo fell off, it would automatically lock onto the person with the most female lead luck.
At that time, she had the opportunity to travel through time, and judging from the fluctuations of her soul, it belonged to another world, which fits the typical trope of a female protagonist who transforms from weak to strong in a time-traveling novel.
As for why the female lead's halo didn't choose Bai Lingxi, she didn't know. After obtaining the female lead's halo, all she wanted to do was escape, but because of this halo, she attracted one man after another.
Xu Zimu was one of them. The good news is that, thanks to the female lead's halo, Zhao Xueqing was able to break free from the people sent by Zhou Changling.
The bad news is that she had to rely on one man after another. Along the way, there were wealthy patriarchs, righteous young heroes, bandit leaders... until the last one, the down-on-his-luck young master Xu Zimu.
"You can't kill me. I'm the female lead of this world. If you kill me, the world will collapse." Zhao Xueqing's words were obviously false; otherwise, how would Zhao Xueqi have died?
But Zhao Xueqing knew that if she didn't say that, she would be next to die! She did nothing wrong; she was only trying to protect herself!
Xu Zimu also stepped in front of her, his neck stiff: "If you want to kill someone, kill me instead, don't touch her."
Zhou Changling had just been threatened when this person, oblivious to his own mortality, ran into him again. He threw a dagger, and before anyone could react, it struck him squarely between the eyebrows, killing him instantly!
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