Chapter 21: Xu Cheng dies
After lunch, I went back to my room fidgeting, and there was always a sense of foreboding that made me feel very uncomfortable. I looked out the window and saw the man who came in during the meal, he was still wearing a soaked short coat, trousers, and leather boots, but his appearance seemed to have changed, and I yelled "Hey", and he stopped and looked at me and said, "Is there anything wrong with me?" ”
The appearance has really changed. His original wide face has changed to a goose egg face, and the bridge of his nose has also become straighter, as well as his mouth and eyes...... It's all very different. I used to look at him as a middle-aged man, but now he is a lot younger. I'm sure he's the same guy who ran to the inn to find the boss before, not only because the outfit on his body hasn't changed, but most importantly, his voice hasn't changed either.
I was completely stunned, didn't say anything, immediately retracted my head, and closed the window. What the hell is going on in this inn?
The rain stopped, and the sky began to clear slowly. It's time to go, anyway, I don't want to stay here for a moment, I walked to Xu Cheng's room.
He lies in bed, sleeps after eating, and is so weak? I pushed him: "Xu Cheng, it's already sunny, we can hurry, don't you want to rush home early?" ”
There was no movement, I pushed hard again, and I still haven't woken up? I didn't drink much alcohol at noon, why did I sleep so deeply?
"Get up and hurry!" I leaned into his ear and whispered. Something was wrong, why didn't he breathe? I put my ear to his chest again, and there was no heartbeat!
I was so stunned that I didn't know what to do for a while, and I was stuck in place like a stake.
After a long time, I rushed out of the room, and I grabbed the young man by the collar and said angrily, "Did you do it?" ”
The young man smiled and replied, "What's wrong with you, guest officer?" What the hell am I doing? I've been cleaning up the table here. ”
This smile made me feel more and more uncomfortable, "The meal we ate at your place, my brother-in-law didn't breathe after eating, is it your medicine?" ”
"Guest, how can you frame someone? Think about it, if we are drugged, why are you okay, just your brother-in-law is dead? The young man broke my hand, "I think you made the medicine yourself, and then let's carry the black pot for you." ”
"I'm drugged? How could I have drugged my brother-in-law? It's ridiculous! ”
"Then why are we drugged?" He was still smiling.
"You must have seen my brother-in-law's generosity, so you poisoned him with drugs and tried to take his money." I said, "Yes, it's for the money!" ”
"Then why don't we just do it and poison you too?"
"You, you ......," I was speechless for a moment, and what he said seemed to be very reasonable, until I still pretended to be calm and said, "If you don't kill me, I must want to throw the crime at me, and then you will get away with it and continue to do evil." ”
"Our small inn is just doing a small business, and we are not some big murderer, how can we do such a thing. But you, did you have some holiday with your brother-in-law, and then poisoned him to death as a woman? "His eyes looked straight at me, as if he could see through my heart, and it looked unfathomable.
"Don't talk nonsense!" I pointed at him angrily with my index finger, "Then let me ask you, why is there a room in your inn, the door is blood-red, there is the sound of chanting incantations in it, and the smell of blood, and the person who came at noon has changed his appearance after going out, what is the matter?" ”
"How did I not know there was still this room? Can you show me? ”
"I found it last night, but I didn't find it during the day, and the person who came at noon went in the direction of that, why didn't I see anyone after I followed it? Also, why did he change? ”
"Guest officer, don't talk nonsense if you don't have evidence, maybe you were drunk last night and read the wrong thing? We don't have the room you said, and the person who came at noon didn't look like you said, and he changed his appearance, which is fantastic. He turned to leave.
I grabbed him by the shoulder, "You have to give me an explanation today!" ”
"How can I explain it to you? Don't be unreasonable, be careful, I really report to the government, let's go to the government to reason! He shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
I really can't report this to the government because I'm the biggest suspect. I decided to wait until the evening to look for the strange room, these strange things must have something to do with it, and I had to figure it out.
From noon to evening, for seven or eight hours, I sat dryly in my room, trying to connect all the strange things that had happened at the inn for the past two days, only to find that there was not a single thread that could penetrate at all.
As night fell, with a bright moon hanging over the sky and a few stars, it was time to act.
I opened the door and searched for the strange room from memory. The corridor is dark, there is no light in all the houses, no one should live in, there are no guests in an inn, it is really a bit unbelievable, I suddenly remembered that the guy at the inn said "only open to those who are destined", I felt even more weird, and thought of Xu Cheng's death, I broke out in a cold sweat, but I still held back my fear and walked forward.
I gradually smelled the pungent smell, heard the sound of the incantation, and walked forward, and at last I saw the distinctive blood-red door, and I slowed down, and slowly approached, leaning lightly against the door, and looking in through the narrow crack in the door, trying to find something strange.
The voice of chanting the incantation suddenly stopped, "Outside, come in, you've been here twice." The words came from inside, and I froze in place, not knowing whether to go in or not, and my forehead was covered with beads of sweat, which flowed down my cheeks on both sides and fell to the ground, making a crisp echo.
"What's wrong? Scared? Don't you want to know about us? The man inside continued, "Come in." ”
Anyway, I've been practicing for tens of thousands of years, and I've never seen any strong winds and waves, and when I practiced, you humans didn't know where they were, so what was there to be afraid of? Thinking like this, I instantly became much more courageous, and reached out and slammed the door open.
There were two people standing inside, one was the young man in the inn, and he had already known that he had a problem, and the other was the man who had changed his appearance, and at this time he had changed his outfit and his face had changed again.
"I already knew there was something wrong with this inn!" I looked at the young man, "You didn't admit it before. ”
"When the time has not come, naturally we won't admit it, and now we won't be honest?" He smiled, looking like he had succeeded in his treacherous scheme, "I said, our inn is only open to people who are destined, and only accepts people who are destined, obviously, you are destined to be a person, and I am sure that you will come tonight!" ”