Chapter 393: The Fiancé Ran Away with the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (18)
The door of the room where Shu Shichu was was just fastened with a bolt, which was not very stable. It could only protect against gentlemen but not villains. But now, Shu Shichu heard the bolt being gently moved away.
She held a silver needle dipped in a sleeping pill in her hand, intending to strike first and kill them as soon as they came in.
After the bolt was moved from the outside, the door opened silently, and two thin people came in. It was unclear whether they were men or women. Shu Shichu narrowed his eyes, moved his hand slightly, and more than a dozen silver needles shot towards the two people at a rapid speed.
The two men froze all over, and soon fell to the ground one after another without even a move of defense or resistance. It was obvious that their martial arts skills were not very high, and they didn't even realize that Shu Shichu was flying a hidden weapon before they were hit.
When Shu Shichu lit the oil lamp, she saw two dirty and faceless people lying on the ground. She held the oil lamp forward and looked carefully, brushed the hair off their faces, and squinted her eyes in surprise, because these two people were not petty thieves or flower thieves, but the two wanted criminals who killed the governor's son.
The girl changed into a gray-black short outfit that men wear, and smeared dust on her face to cover her features. Her hair was also loose and it was obvious that she was planning to disguise herself as a man to escape the pursuit, but she didn't know how she escaped to the inn, and unfortunately found Shu Shichu's room.
As for the old man, he just roughly covered his face with dust, and nothing else changed much. If the police came, they would definitely recognize him at once.
Shu Shichu looked at the two people who had fainted and began to worry, not knowing what to do with them.
If they were unforgivable criminals, Shu Shichu would have handed them over to the government to collect the reward without saying a word. But they were not. They only killed the governor's son to avenge their murdered sister/daughter. In the past two days, Shu Shichu also learned from other people that the governor's son was a bad guy who did all kinds of evil. Killing him by these two people could be regarded as getting rid of a scourge for the people.
If she handed these two people over to the government, wouldn't that be helping the evil? And Shu Shichu herself was not an upright person who hated evil. In her opinion, setting a trap and killing the enemy was a normal thing, so she liked these two people who dared to resist and seek revenge.
But it was unknown what these two people wanted to do when they sneaked into her room, which made Shu Shichu a little unhappy. It was obvious that these two people either wanted to hide in her room or wanted to take advantage of her. She hated people who wanted to take advantage of her on their own initiative.
Now, this contradictory mentality made Shu Shichu not know how to deal with them.
But she still used the antidote to wake them up first. Of course, it was a half antidote, which made them awake but did not restore their ability to move.
The two men quickly woke up, opened their eyes and were shocked to find themselves lying on the ground. They wanted to escape immediately, but they couldn't move. Looking around in panic, they saw Shu Shichu holding an oil lamp and looking at them expressionlessly.
"What do you want to do?" The old man panicked for a while, and then found that he could not move. He knew that he was in trouble. Since the incident had already happened and he was powerless to do anything, he had to try to calm down and asked Shu Shichu fiercely.
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this? You're the first to complain and ask me?" Shu Shichu sneered, "This is my room. You sneaked in in the middle of the night. What bad things do you want to do? Continue killing people?!"
As soon as Shu Shichu said this, the two men's faces turned ugly, and they obviously realized that Shu Shichu recognized them as the people the governor had sealed off the city for.
"Miss, I'm sorry. Please forgive our offense. We just want to find a place to hide. We don't want to do anything to you..." Bai Xiuxiu's eyes immediately turned red, and tears dripped down. She said pitifully to Shu Shichu, "We killed that evil man out of necessity. If we hadn't killed him, he would have come to kill us. We are desperate now. The search by that dog official has become more and more strict. We were so panicked that we found this place. Please, miss, have mercy on us two people who have been persecuted by that evil man..."
She cried and looked at Shu Shichu with pleading eyes. Shu Shichu raised his eyebrows. This girl was quite smart. She was showing weakness to seek sympathy and protection.
"Girl, if that evil man hadn't died, I don't know how many innocent and pitiful women like my sister would have been harmed by him! Especially a young and beautiful single woman like you, if he had met her, he would definitely have taken her by force..." Bai Xiuxiu continued to cry, "In our village alone, in just half a year, five girls were taken into his mansion by him, and three of them were tortured to death, and my sister was one of them! Don't you think that a man who has done so many evil things should be killed?"
She appealed to their emotions and reason, and was very eloquent, trying to convince Shu Shichu to help them.
Shu Shichu was indeed impressed by her cleverness, but she didn't want them to get away with it so easily, so she said, "I can help you, but what will you give me in return? I'm not a good person, and I need to be paid for helping people."
When Bai Xiu Xiu heard that she could help her, her eyes lit up, but when she heard that she wanted a reward, the light in her eyes dimmed again, because they were now fugitives and penniless.
"I, I don't have any money..." She said sadly and disappointedly, and then asked tentatively, "Can you pay me back later?"
Shu Shichu was so angry at her words that he laughed: "What if you guys don't have a future? Wouldn't that mean my efforts have been in vain?"
At this time, the old man who had been silent for a long time spoke up: "I have a broken treasure map on me, I wonder if it can be used as a reward?"
"Treasure map?" Shu Shichu raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, but still interested, and asked, "Where did you get this treasure map? It can't be fake, is it just to fool me?"
The old man said, "When I was young, I was very poor and went into a tomb with someone. This treasure map was found in a tomb. It can't be fake."
"You found it when you were young? Then you haven't looked for it in these decades?" Shu Shichu asked again.
"I have looked for it, but couldn't find it. The treasure map is too mysterious and incomplete. I can't decipher it and can't find the correct location at all." The old man answered honestly.
Shu Shichu's attitude towards the treasure was dispensable, so she immediately lost interest and said, "Are you writing me a blank check? You have spent most of your life and still haven't found the treasure. I can't find it even if you give it to me."
The old man was a little anxious: "I think the girl is not an ordinary person. Your ability must be stronger than that of an ordinary old man like me. Just because I can't find it doesn't mean you can't find it either."
(End of this chapter)
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