The facts are in front of him, and Xu Changqing has nothing to say. "Sorry to bother you." He turned and continued walking towards the inn.

Sure enough, a madman? But no matter what, Koharu's eerie hand knife slash always lingered in his heart.

The hotel in this mountain village has a large rooftop pattern. In the center, a large log is topped, covered with planks, and covered with thick thatch. As soon as you enter, you will find a curved ruler-shaped counter with benches and square tables for resting next to it. A staircase at the back goes up to the second floor, which leads approximately to the guest rooms. A balding middle-aged man sits behind the counter and takes a nap. The man had a flat nose, high convex cheekbones, a narrow distance between his eyes, a flat forehead, and a pointed chin, and looked rather sinister. Xu Changqing knocked on the counter, and he woke up.

"Well, who are you?" The bald middle-aged man looked at Xu Changqing.

That's not right, you are a hotelkeeper, aren't you all guests? Also ask who I am? I said it was a water meter check, do you believe it?

Xu Changqing muttered in his belly, and his face did not show a trace: "I am a tourist and want to stay in a hotel." ”

"Oh, yes, stay in the hotel," the bald middle-aged man began to rummage through a pile of papers. After a while, he finally pulled out a notebook: "Register here." ”

I'm not very skilled in business, uncle. Xu Changqing continued to complain silently.

He picked up the pen and casually signed the name of "Wang Renmaru". The bald uncle nodded and took out the key to him: "Upstairs room 204." ”

4 sounds the same as "death", in order to avoid taboos, the guest rooms do not have a 4-character ending. This mountain village hotel will give a 204 room, which is really not particular.

Xu Changqing took the key and walked slowly to the stairs. To be honest, this inn has always felt weird. The unnatural jasmine scent should be too much air freshener. The floors and stair railings are also overly new, as if they have just been renovated. No, not a renovation, his hand touched the armrest and felt the burr. This must have been polished, or very rough and rudimentary. Then the question arises, what is the polishing trying to cover up?

Walking up the stairs, as soon as I turned the corner, I almost collided with someone. "Ahh The person from the other side exclaimed, as if he was about to fall. Xu Changqing hurriedly stepped forward and supported the other party.

She was a little girl in a kimono, sixteen or seventeen years old at most.

"You don't matter, do you?" Xu Changqing asked.

The little girl struggled to stand up straight, bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry I bumped into you, guest." ”

As soon as they met, Xu Changqing felt that this little girl was different from other people in the village. How to say it, although she is also very cold, there is a trace of sadness in her expression. At her age, it is the season of flowers, and she shouldn't be so melancholy.

"Wait." Xu Changqing stopped the little girl.

She was already about to descend the stairs, and the little girl's feet hesitantly retracted. "Is there anything wrong with you?" She asked softly.

"This, it's my first time here, and I'm not familiar with the road. Take me to room 204. ”

Although it was just a hard excuse, the little girl did not refuse. She seems to have been born accustomed to obedience, no matter whose instructions she directed. "Okay," she said in small steps, "please follow me." ”

Anyway, this 204 room is really hard to find. Fortunately, someone led the way, otherwise Xu Changqing would definitely waste a lot of time alone. The little girl led him down the stairway for a while, and suddenly pushed open the wall next to him, revealing half of the staircase. Then I went up and walked a little more, turned a right-angled corner, and then I saw the room with the "204" door number on it.

"Thank you," Xu Changqing invited the little girl, "Do you want to go in and chat?" I just arrived in this village and I don't know a lot of things, so it would be great if you could tell us about the customs here. ”

"But ......"

The little girl wanted to refuse at first, but for some reason changed her mind. She pushed the door into the house, knelt by the window, first glanced out the window, and then asked Xu Changqing: "Guest, they arrested people on the street just now, ...... Did you see it all? ”

"Yes," Xu Changqing nodded, "There is an aunt with green onions who says that she is crazy, and she does look like her." ”

"Actually......"

The little girl was spitting, not knowing what to hesitate about. Suddenly, she seemed to have made the greatest determination, looked up at Xu Changqing, and pleaded with him: "Guest, this village is very dangerous, you better leave as soon as possible." ”

"Dangerous?" Xu Changqing looked at the little girl's expression, "Why do you say that?" ”

Take a closer look, this little girl looks pretty good. She is not a pure Fuso, with a high nose and deep eyes, and pale blue pupils, she should be a half-breed.

"It's hard to tell," the little girl shook her head, "and besides, what if I told you everything?" You're alone, and you can't fight them. You'd better hurry up. ”

"They? Does it refer to these people in the village? ”

“…… Be. ”

"Don't worry, you see, I have strange spells."

Xu Changqing showed her palm. With the blessing of the Shining Scales, his hands now shone with a silver glow, attached to a layer of thin scales that were very tough to the touch.

The little girl touched it curiously, with a look of disbelief on her face.

Xu Changqing struck while the iron was hot: "How about it, can you tell me everything you know?" ”

After a moment's hesitation, the little girl finally spoke. "I ...... My name is Konatsu," she said, "and those wicked people caught Koharu at the entrance of the village is my sister—"

Her words were interrupted by a rough shout. "Natsu-chan! Xiao Xia, where did you die? The bald middle-aged voice echoed in the corridor, "Hurry up and come here, go add firewood!" ”

Xiao Xia hurriedly stood up. "Yoshizo is calling me to go and add wood to the bathhouse stove," she said in a panic, "I have to go." Guests, you must be careful yourself. ”

Xu Changqing stood up and walked around the room. He closed the paper door, pulled the white paper pane over and closed it, and then looked around the room. There was a thick atmosphere in this room, and I always felt a little weird. He crouched down to take a closer look, and sure enough, in a very inconspicuous place at the base of the wall, he found tiny droplets of blood in the form of splatters.

According to the direction of the blood splash, Xu Changqing measured it by comparison. "Hmm...... At that time, the deceased must have been facing his head this way," he pressed the tatami mat near the closet, his fingers outlining a virtual human figure, "the amount of bleeding is large, and the spraying speed is fast," he pressed with his left hand, and made a chopping gesture with his right hand, "Heavy sharp weapon, cut off the head." The deceased was either powerless to resist or held down and unable to resist. ”

He lay down relaxed, his nose filled with the smell of grass from the new tatami mats. The eye swept over the ceiling and the four walls. The wallpaper and the paper of the sliding door have been replaced with new ones, only the lattice of the sliding door cannot be changed. He noticed that there was a depression in the door that had just been painted, and he got up and touched it: "Well, the front is deep and the back is shallow, it should be a scimitar like a dog's leg." ”