On the long dark streets, a cold wind blew, stirring up the sound of copper bells.

Mo Yanxi and the two led the horses and walked in, and finally arrived at the last inn with an open door - Zhennan Inn.

A dim lantern was lit at the entrance of the inn, and a small brass bell hung in the corner of the eaves.

"Two of you?"

At the entrance of the inn sat a man in his twenties, dressed in coarse linen clothes, with his hands on his chest, half of his face hidden in the darkness, leaving only a pair of flickering eyes.

The man saw the two of them looking up, and asked unhurriedly.

"Little Er, is there a vacant room?"

Mo Yanxi tightened his clothes, looking at the silence in the inn, he couldn't hold it for a while.

"Yes, the shop has no customers all year round, I really don't know what shit luck has taken recently, and within half a month, business is booming. Someone just checked out today, and there's only one empty room, the two of you together? ”

Mo Yanxi heard that there was a vacant room, so he quickly nodded: "Naturally, we are together, let's have some food first, after a day of travel, I am hungry and cold, and I must not be able to sleep steadily." ”

When the man heard this, he got up and stretched: "Okay, let's go to the lobby and sit down, but we only have meat buns and plain noodles, so we don't have to choose." ”

Mo Yanxi and the others entered the door, only to find that there was only one candle lit in the huge inn, and the candle shook wildly as soon as the wind blew it, and it could be destroyed at any time.

There was a clear sound of an abacus being turned over the counter. The two turned their heads to look, and their eyes froze, and it was actually an old woman with pale hair and a stiff figure who turned the abacus to settle the accounts.

The two looked at each other, and obediently found a place near the light to sit down and wait.

The old lady stopped what she was doing, squinted at Mo Yanxi and the others, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"You two, staying in the hotel?"

The old woman walked over with a palm-sized jade abacus in her hand.

Mo Yanxi smiled and nodded, her heartstrings already tightened.

"What do you want to eat?"

The old woman bent down with difficulty, leaned in front of her ear and asked.

Under the light, the wrinkled face was clearly visible, and the old woman's eyes were sunken and her pupils were gray.

Mo Yanxi avoided the old woman's gaze: "Four buns, a pot of hot wine." ”

The old woman smiled, got up and flicked the small abacus in her hand: "Four meat buns, a pot of wine, two rooms, a total of five taels of gold." I don't know if you two will check out now or wait a while? ”

"Five taels... Gold? Did you miscalculate? ”

Mo Yanxi frowned, five taels of gold was enough for them to live in the inn for half a year.

When the old woman heard this, she re-dialed the abacus and said with a smile: "Although I am old, my wife, I have not reached the point of passivation, you see, isn't this just five taels of gold?" ”

"All we need is a room."

Feng Qifan said lightly. When the old woman heard this, she narrowed her eyes and scratched her scalp with the long nails on her hands: "You two have one room." Two animals in one, not two. My stables are fed with fine hay. I will definitely not treat them badly. ”

Mo Yanxi's face remained as usual, and he no longer argued. By now, everything has become very clear, this store is an out-and-out black store. It's just that she didn't expect that the pit man would be an old lady who was about to enter the ground.

"Then I'm still bothering to wait a minute, we'll settle the bill later, presumably your bun must be made of jade dew elixir, delicacies from the mountains and seas. Today, we are also considered to have a mouthful. ”

The old woman shook her head seriously: "The steamed bun filling is the pork that is usually eaten, if it is really a delicacy of the mountains and seas, and it is made of jade dew elixir, how can it only be worth this price." ”

Mo Yanxi smiled and said nothing, and got a cup of cold tea by himself, now the situation is unknown, and it is late at night, this inn is strangely tight. It's better to follow their wishes, and treat it as spending money to prevent disasters.

The old woman was very satisfied, and couldn't help but say to Mo Yanxi and the others: "The two girls are transparent at first glance, these days, there are many guests, and only the two of you are good-tempered." They don't know the goods, and they always say that we open a black store. ”

Mo Yanxi smiled and thought to herself: Isn't it a black shop?

Just thinking about it, the old woman laughed: "Of course our family opened a black shop, but now that the business is sluggish, how can we live if we don't open a black shop." But what about them, it's just a temper tantrum, in the end, it takes some effort, and they have to understand that this arm can't twist the thigh, and when they enter the Zhennan Inn, they have to follow the rules here. ”

When Mo Yanxi heard this, his eyes rolled: "Naturally, it is good for everyone to examine the degree, everyone has difficulties, and the rules must be followed, but this rule is set by people, and it depends on people's faces." ”

After speaking, Mo Yanxi took out three silver tickets of fifty taels from his arms and put them on the table.

The old woman paused, then picked up the silver ticket and looked at it carefully, and instantly smiled: "That's nature, rules are just rules, some are dead, some are alive, and they don't interfere with each other." The guest officer paid for it, so some things have to be convenient for you. ”

"Grandma, I want to inquire why all the inns in this Riverview Town are full."

When the old woman heard this, she smiled and said, "This strange thing started half a month ago. Half a month ago, a group of people came to Hejing, led by a son, I looked at the Yushu in the wind, there is a statue of heaven and man, it should be an extraordinary. The boy called the river view and booked a room in all the inns in the river view, a few days ago, Xiao Lian also inquired about some things, although these inns are open, but the rooms inside are all owned. ”

When Mo Yanxi heard this, he thought about it, if it was half a month ago, it was very likely that it would be Su Changqing and them. It's just that Mo Yanxi really can't figure out why he would book so many rooms in Hejing, even if he is no longer here, he still spends money to continue to live. With her understanding of Su Changqing, he is definitely not an extravagant and wasteful person, and there may be some clues in it.

Just thinking about it, the old woman coughed lightly, looked at the silver ticket in her hand, and then looked at Mo Yanxi.

Mo Yanxi understood, and took out three silver tickets of fifty taels from his arms and handed them over.

"Oops! The girl is really polite. The boy lived in the river view for two days, and in those two days, we were all stained here, and the guests who came and went, there was no choice but to live here, and the two of us also reaped a lot of benefits, but on the morning of the third day, there was a strange thing in my inn. ”

The old woman's voice became lower and lower, and Mo Yanxi raised her eyebrows: "What's the strange thing?" ”

"In those days, I remember that it started to rain again, and on the third day, as soon as it was dawn, Xiaolian got up to make steamed buns. When the time just arrived, he went to knock on the door one by one, because it was a black shop, all the items in our house were forcibly bought and sold, two days ago, as long as he knocked on the door, those guests would give some silver to send away, only that morning, no matter how Xiaolian knocked, there was no movement inside. ”

The old woman said, breathing a sigh of relief, and continued: "In the end, Xiao Lian had to break down the door, but in this room, there was not even a single figure. The loss was that they had already paid for the house, and the two of us just thought we were in a hurry and didn't care. However, it was almost noon, and a man who picked up dung found a pile of corpses in a deep alley. Xiao Lian felt that something was wrong, so he had the courage to take a look, only to find that all the dead were all the guests in our inn! ”

As he spoke, a dark wind blew in from outside the house, and the candlelight on the table was blown out by the wind.

There was silence in the inn, and even the breathing could be heard clearly. Mo Yanxi clenched his fists, cautiously listening to the movements around him, while groping for a candle on his waist.

Suddenly, a sound of broken footsteps sounded, and Mo Yanxi asked out loud: "Grandma, where are you, don't fall." ”

There was nothing but endless darkness and tranquility that answered her.

The movements of Mo Yanxi's subordinates began to panic, and their hearts were pounding, and they were about to jump to their throats.

Between breaths, I heard the sound of a knife breaking through its sheath.

Mo Yanxi finally touched the candle.

In the lobby, there was finally a glimmer of light. Taking advantage of the light, Mo Yanxi saw the old woman holding the table aside. Feng Qifan had already gotten up and pulled out his knife, holding the shopkeeper who was holding the bun, that is, the neck of Xiaolian in the old woman's mouth.

When the old woman saw this, she sighed: "You young people, you are easy to be impulsive, some things are too simple, and some things are too complicated, and you are always startled and upset. ”

With that, the old woman had already packed up the silver ticket and went back to the counter by herself.

Mo Yanxi lit the candle and said with a smile: "Get up the fan, put the knife down, people are here to deliver buns." ”

When the wind fan heard this, he put away the knife and redid it.

Xiao Lian pouted: "It's really a grumpy person, if you two think that our buns are not to your taste, just leave them away, and dance knives and guns next door, if you break the table and chairs, some will lose." ”

After speaking, Xiao Lian put the bun on the table, but his eyes kept staring at the long knife beside Feng Qifan.

After the people left, Mo Yanxi looked at the steaming buns on the table, four buns in four forms, some looked sandwiched, some had cracked, all in all, they were all ugly.

"Do you think that son is Su Changqing?"

Feng Qifan asked in a low voice.

Mo Yanxi nodded: "In terms of itinerary, it should be eight or nine." I think half a month ago, when the eldest prince of Su set off from Cilu City, he knew that someone was following, so he specially set up a bureau in the river view, if all the inns in the river view are full, then the person who is tracking will have nowhere to go, so he can only choose the Zhennan Inn. Enemies hidden in the darkness are not worth mentioning once they lose the protection of the night. It's just that there's one thing I haven't figured out yet. ”

Hearing this, Feng Qifan frowned and asked, "What do you not understand?" ”

Mo Yanxi turned his wine glass and whispered, "I don't understand, why he has to stay in so many rooms here after he has already left Hejing. It's definitely not something he can do. ”