Chapter 21: Looming Clues (3)
Like the day before, she stepped on the moonlight, walking step by step along the route in her memory, the fragrance of peach blossoms brought by the gentle night breeze, and it didn't take long for her to reach her destination. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info slowly stopped, and happened to meet a guy from the shop coming out of the room, holding a set of tea sets, probably to be removed for cleaning. Seeing Cen Kexuan, the miscellaneous guy immediately smiled at her, and then was about to leave.
"Waitβ" Cen Kexuan shouted to him. The guy stopped, turned his face to doubt, "What do you command?" Cen Kexuan stretched out his head and poked in the direction of the window, and asked directly, "What about the guests in this room?" "She was still dancing the sword here yesterday, and they were already eyeing her at that time? But why didn't she do it at that time, but waited until she left the inn later? Besides, what are these people trying to knock her out and let her back inexplicably?
She always felt that the masked man was in league with them, and although she knew that the chances of them coming back were slim, she still didn't intend to stop there. Sure enough, the guy said, "They checked out early in the morning, just the two next to each other." He added, and stretched out his finger, indicating that the next room was also all the way, probably the residence of the fifth brother. Cen Kexuan pretended to be casual and asked, "Have they lived here for a long time?" He tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "It just so happened that you lived in with the guest officer one day, and it seems to be behind you." Why, do you know each other? β
On the same day, still behind her, was it really premeditated?
"Well, maybe I know. It's just-" Cen Kexuan glanced at the man, with obvious confusion in his eyes, "When we met in Luoyang, my two friends were husband and wife, I passed here that day, and I looked at them familiarly, but I happened to be in a hurry, and I didn't have time to say hello." Later, I heard people nearby say that they don't seem to be husband and wife, could it be that I admit my mistake? β
The guy was stunned and said with a smile: "Then you must have admitted that you are mistaken, the two people living here should be brother and sister." When I came to clean the room yesterday, I heard them talking, and the girl seemed to be called Xin'er, and the man called the fifth brother. The speech is far apart, and it doesn't look like two people no matter how you look at it. Not to mentionβ" He grinned, touched his nose and whispered, "They still sleep in separate rooms." If you are a husband and wife, how can this be? β
"I see." Cen Kexuan pretended to look at the guy with a sudden realization, not tall, thin, that is, the kind that can't be found on the street, she never knew how those ordinary people lived, thinking of his silly grinning appearance just now, this guy was suspicious, so he pretended to be curious and said, "Have you married a daughter-in-law?" The man was stunned and laughed embarrassedly: "The little one has no money and no power, and this also requires the girl to be willing to marry." β
Cen Kexuan smiled: "What does it matter? If that girl really likes you, how can she care about your wealth and status? Even if the family is in trouble after getting married, isn't it possible for a woman to go out to earn money? Since they are husband and wife, they should naturally share weal and woe, so how can I blame you? β
The man smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed, "It would be great if all the women in the world could think like the girl." β
Cen Kexuan looked at him with some amusement, and thought to himself: If my brother is so rich and powerless today, I still think he will be the best man in the world, and the most beautiful and gentle girl in the world can be worthy of him, is it possible that there will really be a girl who is unwilling to marry her brother for such reasons? She didn't say this, she just got back to the point: "By the way, is that man's surname Huan?" What is the girl's last name? But the man shook his head and said, "I don't know." β
Cen Kexuan sighed regretfully, it seemed that he couldn't find anything at all, although this was also expected, but after all, he still had some hope. She waved her hand a little weakly, and decided to send him away first: "It seems that I really recognized the wrong person." I won't bother you, you can go and get busy with your business first. β
"Okay, okay." That guy seemed to have a lot of things to do, and when he heard Cen Kexuan, he was relieved, and immediately left with a smile while nodding his head, turning a corner, and disappeared without a trace. Cen Kexuan stared at his departing back, saw that the man was already far away, took a quick step, turned over neatly, and jumped into the house through the window. I only heard the sound of "Peng", and the originally half-open window closed instantly, leaving only a gust of breeze outside the window, setting off a fallen leaf.
At the same time, the sound of footsteps gradually sounded from a distance, getting closer and closer, but after a moment, it suddenly stopped. It turned out that the miscellaneous man happened to turn back for some reason, saw the closed window, rubbed his eyes, and his face was full of doubts: "Strange, I obviously forgot to close the window, is it wrong?" After a pause, he did not step forward, but shook his head and muttered quietly, and turned away again.
The room was clearly freshly cleaned, very clean and tidy, and still damp. Cen Kexuan bent down and stood up, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and he swept every corner of the room little by little, for fear of missing a clue. The bedding was neatly folded, there were no extra objects on the table or on the bed, and she groped for them one by one, but still found nothing.
Didn't you leave anything behind? Table, bed, and--suddenly, she remembered the book she had read about the hidden compartment of the mechanism when she was in the Ziyun Palace, and immediately leaned down on the side of the bed, her ears were pressed against the bed, and she reached out and bent her fingers to buckle it, but the timbre did not feel hollow, she thought about it, got up and buckled it along the wall in the hidden part of the room, and even lifted the picture scroll hanging on the wall, but still found nothing.
She stood in the room in a daze, and after a moment of emptiness in her mind, she suddenly wanted to laugh. What's wrong with you? Are you scared silly? Even if those people have a plan for themselves, they are just staying in this inn temporarily, how can there be a mystery in the room? Now that he has left today, there is no trace of him. Sure enough, everything today made you a little flustered?
It's like a frightened bird.
She laughed at herself and withdrew from the room, closed the door again, and walked back as if she were wandering, her heart was empty and falling, as if there were boundless clouds of sorrow, but she couldn't tell what it was like. When she passed through the inner courtyard in such a trance, she realized that the night had fallen, and the breeze had cooled, she slowed down, faintly felt that something in the air was different, unconsciously turned her head to look to the side, and then stopped in surprise.
There was a man sitting at the stone table in the courtyard. The moonlight is white and clear, and the peach blossoms on the branches that are about to wither fall all over the ground, and the residual fragrance seems to be nothing. The man propped his head on one hand, facing her sideways, his long hair sliding down his shoulders to hide a little of his face, and he couldn't see his expression or what he was thinking.
It's him...... Cen Kexuan hesitated for a moment, but her feet still unconsciously turned around, and walked slowly towards the person, until she got closer, she realized that the eyes of the person in front of her were slightly closed. Was...... Asleep? She sighed softly unconsciously, not wanting to disturb him, she moved half a minute, but just stepped on a yellow fallen leaf, Bai Moyin suddenly shook her eyelashes and slowly opened her eyes.
Cen Kexuan's heart trembled, he was a little embarrassed to the side, touched his nose and explained with a dry smile: "I just passed by here, and I saw that Bai Gongzi didn't know what he was doing alone, so I came over to take a look if I was a little curious." β
"Pass?" Bai Moyin gently put down the hand that was originally supporting his head, looked around, and his eyes gradually became clearer: "From here, it's someone else's guest room." β
Cen Kexuan was stunned at a loss. He didn't look at her, but cast his gaze into the distance, at the corner of the corridor, where several lanterns hung high and flickered, but the rest of the scenery melted into the night. Cen Kexuan immediately explained anxiously: "There were two brothers and sisters living over there before, and I couldn't sleep last night to go out for a walk, so I saw that girl practicing swords, so I chatted a few words. Just now...... I wanted to see her again, but they were gone. After saying that, he looked at him nervously.
Bai Moyin suddenly laughed: "What are you telling me about this?" β
"Huh?" Cen Kexuan tugged at the corners of his mouth at a loss, closed it again, and suddenly felt as if he was saying something wrong, saying anything was very stupid, and he didn't know where to put his hand.
The moonlit night was obviously so beautiful, the air was gentle and tranquil, but her whole body was wrong, her eyes uncomfortably glanced at a black leaf in the corner, and only then did she slow down her uncontrollable mind a little, until her wandering gaze swept over the person in front of her again, and she was suddenly stunned.
By the bright moonlight, she suddenly discovered that her silent and quiet face was almost fragile and pale for some reason.