On the eleventh day of the trip, Jiang Yueyang and his party arrived in Qingtan County early in the morning and then checked into Sihai Inn.
Because it rained all night, they couldn't sleep outdoors and had to travel in the rain, so everyone was hungry and sleepy.
After checking in, Xia Rui said to the innkeeper, "Prepare food and hot water for us to bathe."
Xia Rui is one of the leaders of the Shadow Pavilion. She is now Jiang Yueyang's personal maid and also serves as the team's manager.
Jiang Yueyang was not very surprised about Xia Rui's identity.
On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, she began to suspect Xia Rui's identity when Lu Yunting wrote her a note explaining that he went to Miaoyin Pavilion to investigate the cause of his father's death.
The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, sir. I'll arrange it right away. But at this early in the morning, the only food we have is steamed buns and stuffed buns. However, our meat buns are very delicious, and you will definitely want more!"
"It doesn't matter. Bring whatever you have, and be quick."
"Okay!"
Afterwards, Lu Yunting half-carried the drowsy Jiang Yueyang upstairs, and Ye Wuhen and the others followed closely behind.
Under Xu An's command, the others unloaded the luggage from the carriage. They would stay in this county town for a few days.
The shopkeeper who had just received them asked someone to prepare food and hot water, then stood at the door and watched them unload their luggage.
Suddenly, a guard accidentally dropped Jiang Yueyang's dressing box to the ground, and the jewelry inside fell out.
The shopkeeper's eyes flashed, then he turned back calmly and whispered a few words to a waiter.
After hearing this, the guy's eyes flashed with surprise. He nodded and walked quickly towards the backyard.
Upstairs, Xiangling deftly replaced the quilt, towels, washbasin and other items in Jiang Yueyang's room.
Ye Wuhen and the others were not so particular. They washed their faces with the hot water brought by the waiter and fell asleep.
Soon, the waiter from Sihai Inn knocked on their door, carrying steaming buns and steamed buns.
Lu Yunting opened the door, took the food and put it on the table.
Jiang Yueyang smelled the fragrance of the buns and immediately became more awake, and her stomach growled at the right time.
Just as she picked up a bun and was about to take a bite, the system suddenly shouted anxiously: [Host, don't eat it! ]
Jiang Yueyang immediately closed his mouth, stared at the bun in his hand and asked: [What's wrong? Is this bun poisonous? ]
Hearing this, Xiangling, who was about to carry the quilt out of the inn, paused.
Lu Yunting narrowed his eyes slightly and became alert.
[Yes, poppy was added. Moreover, the buns were made of human flesh.] The system replied in a deep voice.
As soon as these words were spoken, the bun in Jiang Yueyang's hand instantly fell to the ground and her face turned pale instantly.
She endured the chill in her heart and said quickly, "Ah Yue, these buns are poisonous. Go remind everyone not to eat them."
Lu Yunting's eyes turned cold. He nodded at her, then pushed the door and walked out with a gloomy face.
Seeing that his men waiting in the lobby had not yet eaten their buns, he called out softly, "Xu An, come up."
At this time, Gu Lan and Gu Ling'er pushed open the door and walked out.
As soon as Lu Yunting saw their expressions, he knew that they had also discovered that there was something wrong with the buns.
So, he said to the two of them cryptically: "Go and see if the others have settled down."
"yes."
Afterwards, the two of them opened the door of Ye Wuhen's room. Fortunately, they fell asleep as soon as they entered the room and had not eaten the buns brought by the waiter.
The two men woke up several people who were sleeping, told them about the problem with the meat buns, and asked them to be careful.
On the other hand, after Xu An knew that there was something wrong with the buns, he immediately secretly reminded everyone not to eat them.
After a while, Lu Yunting returned to the room after making sure that no one had eaten the human meat buns.
He gave Jiang Yueyang a reassuring look and sat down next to her, "Yangyang, they went out to buy food and will be back soon."
"It's okay. I'm not very hungry."
After saying that, Jiang Yueyang asked: [Xiaogua, what's going on with this human meat bun? ]
System: [Host, the owner of this inn used to be a peddler selling steamed buns. Seven years ago, he accidentally killed someone, and in order to destroy the body, he chopped the person into meat stuffing and stuffed it into steamed buns.
Unexpectedly, the guests praised the human meat buns highly. In order to earn money to support his brother's education, he started killing people to make human meat buns and sell them.
At first, he only lured and killed beggars on the street. Later, after he opened an inn, he started to target passing merchants.
They colluded with the government and pretended to be bandits in an organized and premeditated manner to steal the merchants' property.
If there were young women or children among the merchants, they would be kidnapped and killed for their meat.
Jiang Yueyang's eyes suddenly turned cold, [Are you saying that the government was also involved in the murder? ]
[Yes, the innkeeper is the brother of the Qingtan County Magistrate.]
[Why a young woman and a child?] Jiang Yueyang asked, suppressing the anger in her heart.
The system was silent for a while and then replied: [Because their meat is tender and tastes good. ]
[Do you have any evidence that they killed someone? ]
[No, they made the meat into buns after killing people, and burned the bones into ashes and scattered them. The people pretending to be bandits are not the guys in the inn, so if we don't catch them with the stolen goods, I'm afraid we can't catch them. In addition, according to my scan, they have already targeted you. ]
Jiang Yueyang sneered, "Very good, I was just worried that I had no evidence to arrest them."
[The host wants to take advantage of the situation? ]
【Um. 】
Jiang Yueyang responded and said to Lu Yunting, "Ayue, let's wait and see what the people in this inn are up to. They will use poison, so everyone should be careful of being drugged."
"good."
After nightfall, people disguised as bandits knocked out the people guarding the luggage and stole their belongings.
Xia Rui, who was left behind as bait, was also abducted by them.
Originally, the people in the inn wanted to capture Jiang Yueyang, but Lu Yunting guarded her all night, so those people had no chance to do anything.
The next day, the person guarding the luggage pretended to be a trap and shouted that the things were stolen, and reasonably suspected the innkeeper.
The innkeeper cried out that he was innocent and offered to report to the police to prove his innocence.
Jiang Yueyang stood in the corridor and looked down at the crowd below, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Last night, Xu An followed the person who kidnapped Xia Rui and found that the person entered the county government office.
"Ah Yue, let's go meet the magistrate of Qingtan County."
"good."
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