Chapter 7: The Beginning (13)

The wind blew hard and fiercely in the night, and the wine flags outside the inn whirred. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bai Fan had nothing to do, walking around outside the store, Miao Nu They were right, in the dead of night, except for the starry sky and the sound of the wind, there was no one inside or outside the inn.

He was very bored, and simply walked around the path behind the inn, and after walking for a while, he saw a little bright light faintly flashing in the separate kitchen. Thinking about the end of the day, I only care about looking for someone, and I can't eat any rice and water, and I'm really a little hungry.

It's just that he didn't think that he was not the only one hungry, there was another cat.

Xiaoxue is a cat that steals food.

This girl was tied up for a day, so she was so hungry that she sneaked into the back kitchen of someone's inn, and when she saw anything to eat, she stuffed it into her stomach. Bai Fan originally wanted to eat something while there was no one outside, but when she came in, she squatted behind the stove like a thief cat, holding a plate in one hand and a greasy chicken leg in the other, gnawing without any image.

"How hungry are you. He smacked his tongue, looking at her hungry wolf pounced on food, she was like a beggar who hadn't eaten for three days.

Xiaoxue didn't have time to pay attention to him, so she casually threw him a chicken leg, biting half a piece of chicken in her mouth, and said inarticulately: "You...... I'm hungry too, don't, you're welcome, eat..."

Bai Fan looked at the chicken leg in his hand in a daze, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help twitching.

He took the favor and squatted down with her and ate it in large gulps.

Just as they were enjoying their meal and getting carried away, there was a slight noise outside the door.

Bai Fan stopped his movements and pulled Xiaoxue to hide in the dark behind the stove.

Xiaoxue was startled and shouted: "What's ......?"

Before she finished speaking, Bai Fan covered her mouth, stretched out his index finger to his lips, and shushed.

"......" Xiaoxue blinked, quieted down intently, and peeked out with wide eyes.

Two

"No one is following, right? There are a lot of people in the inn these days, Feng Niang still pays attention. ”

Three people came in, one of whom was round and fat. Bai Fan recognized him, this person was really Boss Zhu who made a big fuss in the inn not long ago, and the caravan leader of King Bai Pusi.

"Don't worry, I've always been careful in my affairs, you are always suspicious, are you a little bold? Like this man, he is a real man. The second person is a slightly amorous woman, the proprietress of the inn at night, known as Feng Niang, she said coquettishly.

As for the third person, Xiaoxue glanced at it carefully, it was a young man, white and delicate, wearing a blue shirt, at first glance, he was a typical Bai Yulang, but he had the breath of an iceberg, and his bearing of rejecting people reminded her of this indifferent momentum when her sister was in front of people before.

In the middle of the night, why did these three people come to the back kitchen if they didn't sleep well, could it be that they also came to steal food?

Bai Fan and Xiaoxue looked at each other, and they both saw the suspicion in each other's eyes.

If something is abnormal, it is a demon, and it is not good for businessmen and black shops to collude together.

They tried their best to hide themselves in the dark, not daring to make a sound, for fear of revealing their whereabouts so that the three men would find out. Xiaoxue was a little scared, a little nervous, and a little excited, she was afraid of being discovered by them, and somehow, she always felt that the three of them were plotting some kind of conspiracy together, which was very dangerous.

Bai Fan noticed her abnormality, looked down at her, and saw her little girl curled up in the corner, her two big eyes wide open, carefully observing the surroundings, like a frightened cat guarding everything in danger.

He wondered if he wanted to be appeased, but before the outstretched hand fell on her head, the three of them made a startling move.

There was the sound of gears turning, and it was the opening of some kind of mechanism.

Boom, he and she were startled, and bent down through the gap between the stove and the table, and clearly saw that the floor was sinking, and the whole square brick was mechanically folded to one side, revealing a hole eight long and six feet wide, so black that it was impossible to see what was inside.

Bai Fan and Xiaoxue were stunned, there was a mystery hidden in the small back kitchen, there was a secret passage here!

Feng Niang didn't notice that these two greedy thief cats were already lurking here, and the other two didn't find out, so she opened the door of the secret passage without distraction, she led the two inside, and after a while, the floor returned to its original appearance, and there was still a shadow of the cave entrance.

Xiaoxue crept out, looked left and right, and there was no one else, so she simply stood up with confidence and groped around the floor for something.

"Are you looking for a mechanism?" Bai Fan looked at her and guessed what she wanted to do.

Xiao Xue was engrossed in studying the floor where the secret passage was hidden, and replied to him casually: "I know and ask, help me find it, where is this switch?" I knew that I would have taken a good look at how the woman turned it on just now." ”

"I really didn't expect that there would be an institution in this small place. Bai Fan was very curious about the three of them, and followed to find the mechanism. "What do you have to do with that woman? As for being thrown outside to blow the wind. He forgot the reminder of the head of the family and the Miao girl, and said the puzzled questions as he pleased.

Xiaoxue pouted: "It's not a big deal, I just scolded her a few words." ”

"You're too willful. Bai Fan has nothing to say, this girl's vexatious troubles can't be measured by the standards of ordinary people, except for willfulness, he can't find a second suitable word to describe her.

She has long been accustomed to others saying "willful" to herself with incomprehensible eyes, and since she can remember, in addition to the indispensable family members who have grown up, there are countless teachings and criticisms like snowflakes, and willfulness is the most frequent noun among them, as if this word was tailor-made for her. Usually, she ignores these superficial labels, and there are other things that are imposed on her anyway. What's more, if you want her to say that she is not the only most willful person in this world, there are two people who are even more unreasonable than her.

"Those who are said to be useless are looking for a mechanism to open the door. She didn't want to discuss her personality with anyone, so she was so focused on exploring and hunting for treasures. It's been a long time since she's played an adventurous game, just like she was yearning for a black shop, she has a fascination with the secret rooms designed by others, and she really wants to peek into the secrets that others are trying to hide, and she's the kind of person who is not afraid of getting into trouble.

Bai Fan didn't say a word, buried his head on the floor, knocked left and right, and finally knocked on an empty floor tile, he opened it and saw that it was really a mechanism - a round, small, very finely polished stone. He pressed the stone hard, and with two clicks, a hole appeared in front of them, the entrance to the secret passage they had just seen.

Xiaoxue and Bai Fan looked at each other and smiled, both of them were excited at this time.

"Go in and have a look?" Xiaoxue suggested.

Bai Fan looked at the night outside the window, thought for a moment, and nodded: "There is still a period of time before dawn, let's go." ”