The shopkeeper was afraid that the death of the inn would affect his livelihood, so he took the initiative to reduce the cost of staying in the hotel for the Wujiaban and his party, and secretly stuffed silver into the head catcher, hoping that they would quickly carry the body away so that they could clean and recover.

When Shi Yong went, he had just arrived and was conducting an autopsy inside.

A group of arresters blocked the door of the deceased, and idlers and others were not allowed to enter.

Separated by a group of people, Shi Yong stood far away, and he could vaguely see the blood on the floor.

The crowd was in a commotion, and for a long time, there was a pretentious sentence:

"The tongues of a family of five were all pulled out."

Shi Yong didn't say anything.

Someone else is talking.

"I heard that there was a beast that can eat people's tongues in Qingshan Town a while ago, could it be that this beast came to Ningyi?"

"Qingshan Town's affairs are very evil, I heard that it is not a beast, but a demon and a monster, Yongningwei sent 5,000 soldiers to suppress it, and the imperial court also specially sent Dongchang Factory to lead troops to encircle and suppress, I heard that the dead people, the corpses are piled up into a mountain ......"

"Alas! The world is in chaos, and all kinds of demons and monsters have come out. ”

"I can't talk about it."

Caught up suddenly, stopped everyone, and ordered his subordinates.

"Hurry up and bury the body and carry it back to the mortuary."

The corpses were lifted out of the room one by one, their faces and bodies covered by the mortuary cloth, and their faces could not be seen clearly.

Shi Yong silently stepped aside and turned his head back to the room.

Everyone gathered in Zhao Yunzhen's room.

Geng Yiyi: "We must strengthen our precautions tonight, everyone has a good night's rest, and tomorrow morning, we will return to Beijing without stopping, and we can't delay any longer." ”

Everyone agreed, and except for those who were on guard, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Shi Yong took out the dagger that Zhao Yin gave her, looked at it, put it under the pillow, did not take off her clothes, lay on the bed with her clothes, silently thinking about this "tongue-pulling evil king" who was cloudy from Qingshan to Ningyi, and I don't know when I fell asleep.

No dreaming.

In the middle of the night, she was woken up by a knock on the door.

A bit of a headache.

Shi Yong got up in a daze, opened the door, and saw Wu Chan's pale face.

"What's wrong?"

There was no light in the corridor, and the oil lamp in Wu Chan's hand was dim and dim, flickering and shaking, illuminating her face like a piece of paper.

"Xiao Mingxiang is gone."

How could a living person disappear?

And all the people were awakened and helped to find it.

However, I searched the inn and found no one.

The few rooms where Wujiaban stayed were heavily guarded, and it was impossible for anyone to enter.

However, since the key guards were all in the room of the crown prince Zhao Yunzhen, Geng Yi and Yan Mu's manpower did not pay much attention to Xiao Mingxiang and the ordinary class members of the Wujia class.

First, because they already have some skills, and several people live in the same room, it is unlikely that something will happen.

The second is because they won't be targeted. Therefore, he slept soundly, even the class members of Xiao Mingxiang's room couldn't tell when Xiao Mingxiang was not in the room.

Shi Yong took out the things that Xiao Mingxiang had used and let the big black sniff.

However, Da Hei wandered around the inn, but he couldn't find anyone.

The moon sets and the stars are sparse, the sky is dark and gloomy, and the "return to the garden and pastoral residence" seems to be buried by the night.

Yan Mutijian walked to Shi Yong's room, "I have something to tell you." ”

Shi Yong saw that his expression was wrong, and frowned, "Say it." ”

Yan Mu didn't speak, took out a piece of white paper wrapped in oilcloth from his arms, and spread it on the table in front of Shi Yong.

Shi Yong took a closer look and was surprised, "Got a clue?" ”

The pattern on the blank paper was her own hand.

On that day, she stole the jade order from Xiao Bing, rubbed it on the white paper with ink strips, and then handed it to Yan Mu and Wu Chan to help them find clues.

Yan Mu sank the corners of his mouth, and his lowered voice was a little tense, "I found a similar jade order on Gengyi. It's just that he's very cautious, and I can't tell the difference. ”

Shi Yong: "......"

From Xiao C to Geng Yi, they are all people around Zhao Yin, and they are Zhao Yin's henchmen.

That won't be a coincidence anymore.

Could it be that the person who killed her in the edict prison was really Zhao Yin's side?

That......

Shi Yong's mind was a mess.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps under the porch outside the door, and Da Hei screamed.

Yan Mu waved his sleeves, put the piece of paper in his sleeve, and looked back to see that it was Wuchan who was back.

She has the deepest relationship with the Wu family, and Xiao Mingxiang is even more so.

That day, in order to let everyone get out of Qingshan Town smoothly, Xiao Mingxiang disregarded his reputation to seduce Qian Minggui's son, and in order to protect Shi Yong and Zhao Yunzhen, he was involved in danger several times, and now he is missing, which makes Wu Chan very sad.

"I can't find him. Where will he go in the middle of the night? ”

Shi Yong glanced at Yan Mu, did not continue the topic just now, washed his face with the cold water on the washstand, sobered his mind, and suddenly raised a sword.

"Da Hei didn't leave the inn, she must still be in the store."

Wu Chan's face was anxious, "But we have searched all over the inn, where else can we hide people?" ”

These words reminded Shi Yong.

Her face turned pale, "I'll go to the hut to have a look." ”

For the convenience of guests, the inn generally puts a commode in the guest room, and it is convenient to do things without going to the thatched house.

The thatched hut is a small remote room attached to the left side of the inn, which can be passed through the small door next to the inn's stove room, but it is ventilated on three sides and is poorly built, only for the treatment of dirt, and it is not so convenient to wash.

Before Shi Yong got closer, he smelled a pungent smell of feces, and the area around the thatched house was pitch black, and there was no sound at all.

There seemed to be water stains on the ground, and the sound of shoes stepping on it was very clear.

Shi Yong raised the oil lamp in his hand and pushed the door open.

Bang!

Rattle water!

A stream of icy water poured down from the top of his head, extinguishing the oil lamp in Shi Yong's hand.

Shi Yong's horizontal sword was in front, and he took two steps back, "Come out!" ”

No one answered.

Yan Mu then followed, and by the light of the fire in his hand, he found that a wooden bucket of water placed above his head had fallen down, and although the water splashed Shi Yong's body, fortunately it did not hit anyone.

The bucket was used for flushing the urinal, and the water was clean, but when it flowed to the ground, it became a pool of blood.

It was red and bright, like a stream, and exuded a strong smell of blood in the lights.

Shi Yong's gaze moved slowly.

She saw the clothes, pants, and a pair of shoes in the corner......

The water continued to flow forward, into the pit where the water was discharged.

Shi Yong slowly approached, his steps slowed down, and finally stood on the edge of the pit.

A human face was stuck on the two horizontal stems of the squatting pit, his eyes were wide open, full of fear and despair, his swollen face had changed shape, and there was only a big blood hole left in his mouth, but the subconscious familiarity still made Shi Yong recognize it at a glance.

He is Xiao Mingxiang.

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Wujiaban had a murder case, and he couldn't leave for the time being, so he had to wait for the yamen to send someone over.

But the crown prince Zhao Yunzhen can't stay in Ningyi for a long time, and besides, the troupe is dead, so it is inevitable that every class member who accompanied him will be checked, Zhao Yunzhen has no documents, no road guides, and no suitable identity, so it can't be said that His Royal Highness the prince has arrived in Ningyi, right?

After thinking about it in many ways, everyone decided to divide the army into two ways.

Geng Yi and Geng Ziwei's guards took Xiao Bing and Chen Hongyu to leave first, and Wu Chan gave them more than a dozen classmates who were good at kung fu in the class, and she and Shi Yong, Yan Mu, Yundu, Nan Ting, and a few close classmates stayed.

Geng Yi originally wanted to take Shi Yong to leave, but Shi Yong refused, and Zhao Yin was not here, so he had no choice but to let her lead people on the road alone.

After all, compared to Shi Yong, for him, Zhao Yunzhen is more important.

Before dawn broke, Shi Yong sent them away.

Zhao Yunzhen was still asleep, and he didn't know what happened at night, and it was Geng Yi who picked him up from the bed and put him in the carriage.

Zhao Yunzhen, who was asleep, frowned, as if he was not sleeping well, Shi Yongsheng was afraid of waking him up, so he refused to leave obediently, and repeatedly told Geng Yi to be careful.

Not long after Geng Yi and the others left, the government came.

Wu Chan was reluctant to let Xiao Mingxiang suffer in the dung pit, so she had already fished people up and stopped in the lobby of the inn.

The shopkeeper sighed, and Wu Chan also cried and her eyes red.

The catch is still yesterday's catch, and when I saw this, the first thing I asked was:

"There was a murder in the inn yesterday, don't you know?"

Shi Yong glanced at Wu Chan and said, "I know." ”

"Then why don't you leave?" ”

Shi Yong glanced at him and roughly understood his thoughts.

"Because of the shopkeeper."

She looked at the shopkeeper, "The shopkeeper has reduced the room fee for us, and we don't want to see such a kind shop, because a murder case can't do business, so we stay." ”

Caught up and looked at the group, motioned for him to go to the autopsy, and then asked:

"Where are you coming from and where are you going?"

Shi Yong said truthfully: "I came to Qingshan Town and prepared to return to Beijing." ”

His eyes lit up, and his face became a little serious.

"Do you know about Qingshan Town?"