Chapter 180: Widow's Memorial
Han Xiaoyue suspected that the innkeeper had taken the "Sword Hua Benji" they had hidden, and wanted to ask what was going on. Long Yan was afraid www.biquge.info that he would make a mistake impulsively, and there was always an ominous premonition in his heart.
The two slept until dawn, Han Xiaoyue finished washing, and when she went out, she didn't forget to look back at Long Yan, who was still asleep. "If my father were still alive, how happy I would be to see me now!" a thought flashed, and he gently closed the door.
When I went downstairs, I saw the shopkeeper soliciting customers outside the door. This shopkeeper is tall and thin, with a loyal face. Han Xiaoyue stepped forward and said hello: "Shopkeeper, do you remember me?" The shopkeeper looked at him, shook his head and said, "Little clumsy, the guest officer is ......"
"We stayed at your shop six years ago. As he spoke, he pointed to his room and said, "It's in the same room." I was joined by a girl who had lived with you for more than ten days. The shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's really unfortunate, the little one has just been the shopkeeper in this store for less than three years, and I wasn't here six years ago!"
Han Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, and looked at the shopkeeper carefully, but she didn't find any difference from the previous shopkeeper, so she said: "No, right! I remember that you were the shopkeeper six years ago!" The shopkeeper laughed and said: "Guest officer, you are mistaken! At that time, it must have been my brother who received you!" said, and suddenly said with a sad face, "The younger brother was unfortunately killed three years ago, and this is why I inherited his storefront." ”
"Killed?" Han Xiaoyue said in her heart, "When was it killed by whom?" The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "I don't know who did it. It's just that, according to my sister-in-law, the reason why the gang came to the door three years ago was because of a strange book......"
Han Xiaoyue was secretly surprised in her heart, as she had imagined, she still couldn't hide the book in the end. If it is still in the hands of the shopkeeper, maybe you can grab it by being tougher. But at the moment, I don't know who is in the hands, and there is no way to do it. Maybe losing a book is nothing, even if it's a volume of "Jianhua Benji", but how does he face Qi Yuanzhen's spirit in the sky?
Thinking of this, Han Xiaoyue then asked, "Then do you remember, how are those people dressed?" The shopkeeper pondered for a while and said, "I vaguely remember that the group of people was holding a long sword and had a fierce look on their faces. ”
There are so many people with long swords in their hands, and the fierce light on their faces may be just a disguise. Based on this alone, Han Xiaoyue really couldn't decide.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman came in from outside the door, and the shopkeeper stepped forward with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, you're back!" The middle-aged woman handed the vegetable basket in her hand to the shopkeeper and said: "Go and get the back kitchen, there are more and more foreigners in the town in the past two days, and the business of our inn will be booming again!"
Han Xiaoyue saw that the shopkeeper called her sister-in-law, so she suddenly stopped and said, "This sister, you are a guest of your hotel, may I ask if you are the wife of the old shopkeeper before?" The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then looked Han Xiaoyue up and down, and nodded yes. Han Xiaoyue bowed deeply and said, "I have a few words I want to ask, I don't know if it's convenient?"
The middle-aged woman looked at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper stepped forward and said to Han Xiaoyue: "This little brother, this doesn't seem to be appropriate, after all, my sister-in-law is my brother's widow, and it's been three years since the incident, so I'm afraid that it will inevitably hurt me when I mention it again!" Han Xiaoyue nodded and smiled: "It's true that I didn't think it through." But ......" said that, Han Xiaoyue saluted the two of them again, "If the two of you can tell me in detail about this matter, he will have the opportunity one day, and I will definitely avenge the old shopkeeper!"
As soon as the middle-aged woman heard the words "revenge", her eyes immediately crystallized, and her hands trembled uncontrollably: "What? You mean, you want to avenge the old man of my family?" Han Xiaoyue nodded vigorously. On the contrary, the shopkeeper was a little disdainful, pouted and said: "Those people are very powerful! Tell me, what ability do you have to avenge your brother?"
Han Xiaoyue knew in her heart that saying that she wanted to avenge the old shopkeeper for such a reason would inevitably arouse their suspicion. If they don't show their hand, they won't be at ease. Han Xiaoyue stretched out two fingers, fused the internal force in, and pointed at the table at hand with one move. The table was half a finger thick, and Han Xiaoyue poked a finger-deep hole in the table with a little force. The shopkeeper and the middle-aged woman were dumbfounded, and immediately pulled Han Xiaoyue to the side of the table and sat down.
"Come on, come on...... Hero, are you really willing to avenge my brother?" the shopkeeper was still dismissive, but now he was more excited than the middle-aged woman. The middle-aged woman finally burst into tears, crying beside her without time to speak. Han Xiaoyue nodded yes, and hurriedly comforted: "Okay, don't cry yet." If only you can tell who did it, I will do justice for you!"
The middle-aged woman froze and said while sobbing: "It's been three years, and I finally have the opportunity to mention this to a young hero!" she said, looking at Han Xiaoyue and recalling, "Remember, it was a day three years ago." Our inn needs to be renovated. The old man was afraid of spending too much money, so he just whitewashed the storefront, and the room did not change much. At that time, I proposed to change the beds in all the rooms, after all, the previous beds had already been said by guests that they would squeak when they slept. ”
The shopkeeper added: "Not bad. Or the carpenter I found for my brother to recreate a uniform bed for each room!" the middle-aged woman continued, "and then I found a book in the floor tiles of the room where you lived. The old man and I didn't know much about words, only one word 'Ben'. ”
After hearing this, Han Xiaoyue's eyes lit up, and she asked: "'Jianhua Benji', it's really that book!Then, what did you do with this book?" The middle-aged woman thought for a while and said, "The old man said that maybe this was left by a guest, so he put it away, and said that he would return it to that person when someone asked him." But this wait is only a month. ”
"That'...... How did the shopkeeper let others know about the fact that he owned the Sword Hua Benji?" Han Xiaoyue asked. The middle-aged woman's expression changed, and she said embarrassedly: "Actually, it's me." I thought it was a treasure, so I secretly took it to a pawnshop and wanted to pawn it. During this period, I also boasted to others that my old man had found a treasure. Perhaps, it was from this time that the news reached the ears of the gang......"
Han Xiaoyue secretly said in her heart: "Ruined will be destroyed in the hands of this woman! For the sake of petty profit and that little bit of vanity, she killed her husband...... but after all, this middle-aged woman has no husband, and it is inconvenient for her to blame anything. Judging from the current clues, there is no substantial progress, only to ask her to recall it carefully.