Chapter 268: See the innkeeper again
Riding on the back of the horse again, I did not feel tired because I had been riding and running all the time last night and had been in a state of tension, but I was much more relaxed, and my body and mind were much more relaxed.
After walking for another two days, I finally came to a place that I had been looking forward to and longing for, an inn outside Nanjing.
It's finally here!
Especially when I walked in, the innkeeper was stunned, waiting for two big eyes, looking at me in disbelief, that look at me with a thief in his eyes, but it was a little different from the proprietress I had seen before.
"Sir, is it really you?" After being stunned for a long time, the proprietress said tremblingly, her whole body didn't move, as if she didn't see me, but an illusion, and the illusion would disappear because of one of her own writhing.
I smiled faintly, this proprietress is much cuter than before, nodded heavily, I walked in directly and ordered, which made the proprietress completely believe that it was me.
Laughing happily, the proprietress asked the shopkeeper to hurry up and prepare wine for me, she wanted to cook a few good dishes for me herself, and the shopkeeper who stayed at the counter was also happy at this time, and walked out of the counter with a smile.
During the meal, the proprietress also asked me what happened during this time, and when I heard me tell me what happened along the way, I was shocked that my face was full of sweat, especially in the period of suffering in Nanjing Prison, the proprietress frowned tightly, and scolded Ruan Dacheng vigorously, just Ruan Dacheng pulled it out and cut it again.
When I finally asked if I was going to stay here for a long time this time, the proprietress looked at me expectantly, obviously hoping that I could live here and live in seclusion.
But I know that this place is not mine after all, and what can I do to stay here? I'm afraid to wait for the Qing soldiers to come and kill them all.
What's more, I promised Su Yuanfang at the beginning, even if I can't return to Su Yuanfang's side, but I have to go to Yunnan to prepare and kill Chen Yuanyuan, which is not to live up to Su Yuanfang's expectations for me.
I didn't tell the proprietress that I would leave, after all, this matter, now they are on the rise, told them, it will inevitably cause a few people to regret and annoy, it is better not to say, see the opportunity to act, when the time comes, it is really not possible, just leave quietly, Anyway, this time I came to visit them and also watched, a few people are not doing well.
Finally, when I asked them how they had been doing during this period of time and whether anything had happened, the faces of the three of them who were still smiling suddenly stiffened, and the smile was stiff on their faces, which made people very uncomfortable, especially the proprietress who, although she was still smiling, her brows were tightly wrinkled.
Just when I asked the proprietress what was the matter, there was a noise outside, it seemed that someone had come to stay or eat, the proprietress shook her head, saying that it would be another day, and then went to entertain the guests.
The people who came in were a father and daughter, both of whom were carrying a hat surrounded by black gauze. When he spoke, it was the old man who was talking to the proprietress all the time, and the old man's tone was very vicissitudes, as if he had experienced a thousand difficulties and dangers.
The girl stood behind the old man the whole time, and she didn't say a word, she couldn't even breathe out, at least one person exhaled and breathed, and the very light black gauze would be blown by the breath that came out, but the girl didn't move at all, as if she were a dead person standing.
What kind of nonsense was I thinking? How could a dead man be standing? That's incredible, isn't it?
When the old man spoke, he didn't mean to take off the hat on the top of his head, he always talked to the proprietress through the black gauze, but he just asked for a guest room, and then ordered some wine and food and asked Xiao Er to take him to the room, saying that he would go to the room to eat if he said that he was eating.
"This father and daughter, it's really strange, two father and daughter, and they are not little lovers, why do they want a room? Do you have to go to the guest room to eat? When the father and daughter entered the room, the proprietress said strangely, her tone full of doubts and some dissatisfaction.
I thought that the proprietress felt that there was one less room, so there was less reason to put money. But when I thought about it, I felt that something was wrong, it wasn't a matter of putting money in one room.
A father and daughter, no matter how poor they are, how can they live in the same room? Is there anything wrong with this? Aren't they father and daughter? Are women held hostage?
It's not impossible, in this troubled world, what can't happen? The world is in turmoil, no matter what era it is, there will be some people who will take the opportunity to do something, which is normal.
Thinking about it, I quietly told the proprietress about this idea, and when I said this, the proprietress was so frightened that she couldn't say it, but after thinking about it, she said that my words also made sense, otherwise how could that woman not speak?
After some discussion with the proprietress and the hostess, we are ready to investigate what is wrong with this, if the daughter is really being held hostage and is a victim, we can't sit idly by.
Come to think of it, let the shopkeeper send them something first, originally thinking of adding something to the meal, but if the two of them are really numb, then it's okay to say, but if this old guy is a **lake, and a murderous thing, in case he finds out, then this is a matter of human life, I don't dare to bet on this.
After thinking about it, I directly asked the shopkeeper to take the opportunity to see what the situation would be when the wine and food were sent over for a while.
After a while, the shopkeeper sent the wine and food to the guest room, and this guy was still clever and secretly hid outside, and through the gap, he happened to see the situation in the guest room.
But when this guy came back, he shook his head at me, saying yes, he saw the old man eating alone, and the daughter was standing next to the bed all the time, and she didn't speak, she didn't move, as if she were a god.
And the old man was also abnormal when he was eating, and he didn't even take off the pocket he was wearing on his head, and the two fathers and daughters were more eccentric, neither of them spoke to each other, and they always wore hats, as if they were unsightly.
This scene is even more illustrative, so why does the daughter skip eating? Is it because his father won't let him eat or is he not hungry, the two fathers and daughters will have some conversation more or less, but why do they not say a word? Is it because the two have lost their temper recently, or is it because this is a case and not a father-daughter relationship?
I was also very vague in my heart, these two people were full of strangeness, always making people feel that there was something in it, plus I was already curious, and I thought something suspicious, whether it had anything to do with me or not, I went back to investigate.
But this time, I really don't know if this curiosity is a good thing or a bad thing. It always makes me feel very uneasy in my heart, especially the words of the proprietress, how do I think these two people are a little ridiculous, two fathers and daughters, a guest room, and there is only one bed in the room, how can these two rest at night?
The old father can only sleep on the floor or on the table!
After thinking about it, I told the proprietress not to alarm the father and daughter, it is already evening, and when the time passes, we will talk about it in the middle of the night.
Of course, I meant that as long as the proprietress was secretly helping me, I went to investigate the matter as a guest at an inn.
The father and daughter don't know my identity, nor do they know my relationship with the boss, I go to investigate like this, even if the matter is revealed, I can act at the opportunity, and if it doesn't work, I will run away, and it will not be too late to come back after these two people leave, but I can't let the boss lady stand with me in the open, so as not to expose the matter and affect them.
Soon, when night came, I returned to the room, Xiao Er brought me wine and food, I was eating, while looking at the book "Collecting Ghosts" in my hand, it was strange to say, I happened to see the king of corpses in Jiangxi.
Jiangxi corpse is an old industry, legend has it that after people die, some people die resentfully and directly become a ghost in the world to harm people, and some people die after they can't swallow a breath, this breath is left in the throat, resulting in the corpse is not rotten or bad, like a corpse, can walk, that is, the original form of the so-called zombie.
These dead corpses stay in the wrong cube for a long time, they will absorb the extreme yin qi of heaven, earth, sun and moon, and then evolve, and eventually become zombies that harm people, and some people can even be subdued, after a long time, because they harm people too much, they have sucked a lot of human blood, especially the blood of the virgin child, it is very likely to become the corpse king, and if it becomes the corpse king, it is not as simple as the scourge party, but I am afraid that there are no people and animals left everywhere, and the grass and trees are withered.
So with this phenomenon, there is a profession of chasing corpses, and corpse chasers are also considered to be knowledgeable people in Qimen Taoism, these people can also subdue demons and collect ghosts, especially for subduing zombies, there are special skills.
These people generally work at night, working overtime to drive away corpses, while during the day they rest, knowing that after driving the corpse to its destination and destroying it, this is a complete merit.
But that's what happened, the opposite business appeared, that is, the corpse stealer, and there were often people with some kind of purpose.