Chapter 39 Inn
The sky was overcast and a rainstorm came suddenly, with raindrops falling in the courtyard with a crackling sound.
The branches of the locust trees in the courtyard were swaying, and the vague outlines of the distant mountains could be vaguely seen.
The oil lamp flickered frequently under the invasion of the cold wind, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
Du Yourui's narrow laughter was like a ghost.
The hall was silent for a moment, and Qi Yu asked curiously, "Did someone really die?"
Although Qi Yu and Yuan Ping are of similar age, Yuan Ping is more stable and Qi Yu is more handsome.
Du Yourui grinned and looked at Su Yan unscrupulously. His voice was darker and deeper than the gathering dark clouds. "Two years ago, the inn was not abandoned. It was the only place where ordinary people could stay between the two towns, so the business was pretty good. A family was passing by here on their way, and it was getting late, so they stayed here. Who knew that the next day the waiter found the bodies of the four people in the family... The four people lived in the first room on the second floor."
Su Yan thought it was too troublesome to walk so he just randomly chose the first room.
Du Yourui probably knew this and kept grinning at Su Yan.
In the past, Su Yan, the coroner, was so famous that no man coveted her. Most people didn't even dare to touch her after seeing her hands after she had dissected corpses.
From this point of view, Chu Feng is not trapped by the secular world.
Now that she has left Anping Town, there are still men who have unrealistic fantasies about her. Su Yan finds it ridiculous.
Lu Songyuan gave her a roasted chicken leg, and she ate the meat in big mouthfuls without paying much attention to her image.
While eating, he was thinking in his mind - "He keeps nagging me. I might as well ask Yun Xing to slap him to death."
"No, if it gets bloody and causes trouble, it won't be worth it if the authorities are called in."
"Let Yun Xing knock him out, and I'll practice dissecting the body. I haven't tried cutting open a stomach in a while, and I miss the scenery inside."
Du Yourui's smile froze and he stared in shock.
After sweeping his scrutinizing eyes over Su Yan, Du Yourui remained silent.
Only Qi Yu was still eagerly asking for details, "Has the government sent anyone? Has the thief been caught?"
Lu Songyuan replied, "It is true, but not only four people died. There were eleven people staying in the inn that day, and six of them died. They passed away peacefully in their sleep. The government coroner came to examine their bodies, but could not find out the cause. Since then, it has been said that this inn is cursed, and anyone who stays here will die inexplicably."
"No wonder you had to remind us when we were about to stay," Qi Yu said with a smile, "But I'm not afraid of these. No matter how scary the monsters are, they are not as scary as the human heart."
Qi Yu and Yuan Ping both have good personalities, and Du Yourui kept silent, and the awkward atmosphere disappeared.
Su Yan ate and drank with them, and when he returned to the room, the heavy rain had stopped.
The window of the wing room was pushed outwards. Su Yan lay on the windowsill in a daze for a while, then returned to the couch yawning.
Su Yan couldn't ride a horse because he had been traveling these days. Even if he was just sitting, the painful parts were still very painful. He fell asleep not long after he lay down.
I don’t know how long I slept, but when I was drowsy, Su Yan heard a strange movement in his ears.
Su Yan used to like to sleep in, and Su Mao had to pull her ears to wake her up.
After his parents were murdered, Su Yan has never had a good night's sleep.
During the days surrounding their death anniversaries, any slight movement would wake her up.
Su Yan opened his eyes and saw a dark shadow opening the door and walking in.
He hunched over and slowly approached Su Yan.
Su Yan always kept the scalpel under her pillow. She calmly picked up the knife and waited for the man to get closer.
However, he could not take two steps before a strong wind blew in from the door, causing it to slam against the wall. Then someone kicked the man in the chest. Before he could even cry out in pain, his neck was strangled.
Yun Xing grabbed his neck with one hand, forcing him back to the corner, and held a sword in the other hand, the sword light was sharp.
He looked at the man indifferently.
Su Yan climbed up from the couch and lit the oil lamp.
The person Yunxing caught was actually Du Yourui.
Thinking of Du Yourui's naked gaze, Su Yan guessed his purpose and said angrily: "I'll give you some face, but you're still pushing it further!"
Then he looked at Yun Xing again, "You haven't slept yet?"
Yun Xing said: "He made too much noise."
In fact, it wasn’t that loud. At least before he entered the door, Su Yan, who was almost suffering from a nervous breakdown, didn’t hear it.
Yun Xing looked at Su Yan and asked, "Kill him?"
Su Yan had no intention of protecting such a person and wished he could be pushed directly to the execution ground.
But her remaining modern consciousness made it impossible for her to accept Yun Xing's thinking. She waved her hands and said, "Forget it, killing is against the law. Tie him up. Tomorrow I will figure out how to prevent him from harming other girls."
Yun Xing did not insist. It seemed that to him, killing or not killing was okay, nothing mattered.
He said: "Eunuchs in the palace can also cause trouble."
Su Yan was speechless.
Yun Xing is right, but isn't he Zhao Mingde's lackey?
Yunxing frowned.
Su Yan was shocked, "I didn't say you were a lackey!"
No, Yunxing has heard it.
Su Yan raised his hand and swore, "In my heart, you are definitely a good person!"
Will you be struck by lightning for telling such a lie?
…
Wait, he can still hear it!
Su Yan couldn't explain it clearly. She was silent for a moment. To save her life, she chose to go to bed directly. "Well, tie him up first, tie him up tightly."
She was afraid that Yun Xing would tie her up as well, so she jumped onto the couch, rolled up the quilt, and fell asleep peacefully.
There are a few chickens in the backyard of the inn. As soon as the night falls, the roosters crow on time.
As they still had to travel today, Su Yan sat up yawning.
Lu Songyuan was cleaning the lobby. When he saw Su Yan coming down, he said, "There is a stream fifty meters to the west. It's inconvenient for me to carry water. If you need water, you can go there."
Su Yan ate a good meal with him, and then took the initiative to say: "I will leave later, and I still have time to help you fetch water. I see that the water tank is empty."
"How can I do this?" Lu Songyuan said with a smile. "I am a grown man after all. How can I let a girl help me fetch water? Wait for you to leave and I will do it slowly."
Su Yan waved his hand and said, "I often fetch water at home, so leave it to me."
Lu Songyuan was slow on his feet and could only watch Su Yan carrying the shoulder pole and walking towards the stream.
The water tank at the inn is large and it takes about ten trips to fill it up.
Su Yan came back carrying two full buckets of water and just saw Yun Xing coming down the stairs.
Yun Xing frowned as he watched her pour the water into the water tank, "What are you doing?"
Lu Songyuan explained with a wry smile, "Miss Su wanted to help me."
Yun Xing looked at it for a moment and said, "Give it to me."
"No, I just want to help, I..."
“Too slow.”
"?"
Yun Xing said: "It's a waste of time."
Su Yan: “…”
Can't say a single nice word.
With Yunxing's help, fetching water was much faster. He insisted on doing it. Su Yan didn't argue with him and helped Lu Songyuan prepare food.
She should have continued to eat dry food, but after having meat last night, she couldn't help but want to eat something delicious.
Su Yan hadn’t finished eating yesterday’s roast chicken and was craving for it.
After a while, Qi Yu and Yuan Ping also got up.
A few of them chatted and laughed, and soon prepared a table of food.
Lu Songyuan asked them to sit down, then glanced in the direction of the guest room, "Du Yourui hasn't gotten up yet, I'll go call him."
Su Yan remembered something and said, "We need to untie him first."
Lu Songyuan looked puzzled.
He limped towards Du Yourui's room, and Su Yan was responsible for distributing the bowls and chopsticks.
Suddenly, a hoarse cry came, "Kill, kill!"
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