Chapter 22: The Uninvited Guest

"What do you say! Really?" Tang stood up abruptly, and looked out of the inn in a bit of panic.

"Don't worry, miss, they didn't notice me. Lingzhi stared at her young lady as if she was a joke, and Tang Wanwan couldn't help but step forward and slap her on the shoulder, saying, "You scared me to death!"

The two of them had a fight, and some of the guests who came in and out stopped to look at them, Tang Wanwan felt that this was too conspicuous, so he hurriedly stopped Lingzhi, who was still giggling, and asked her to hurry upstairs to pack up her things, ready to run away at any time.

The first and second floors of this Anyue Inn are for dining, the third and fourth floors are for accommodation, and the fourth floor is where the superior rooms are located. Lingzhi was still packing up his baggage, Tang Wanwan wanted to go to the window to take a look, but he didn't think that he saw An Zheyu standing in the front yard at a glance, and the Shunzi next to him was talking to him about something, which scared Tang Wanwan and hurriedly closed the window.

"What to do... What should I do? They're in!" She was so anxious that Lingzhi felt a little strange, so she put down the burden in her hand and ran over to open the window to find out, but this was unbelievable, and it scared her a lot!

An Zheyu and the others downstairs were standing in the courtyard at this time, and Xiao Er had already come over to greet them into the store. Suddenly, there was a sound from somewhere on the fourth floor, and An Zheyu and the others looked straight over.

"Oh, it's okay, the guest officer, I think the guest on the fourth floor didn't get the pole to hold the window, and the window closed by itself, please come in. Xiao Er explained on the side and led them into the inn.

It's just a coincidence that An Yichen and Mo Yi also walked in from outside. After searching for a long time, they were hungry and thirsty, so they thought about coming back to eat something and then tell Gu Wanwan about the situation. As soon as I entered the store, I took a look at An Zheyu, who happened to turn around.

"Xiao Wang... Brother-in-law. An Zheyu paused, and immediately added a small word after the word king, so as not to reveal their respective identities. An Yichen was taken aback, but soon he smiled at the corner of his mouth and greeted his nephew.

"How could the little nephew come here, and why would he be willing to leave his wife at home?"

"Uncle don't make fun of your nephew. An Zheyu's face was flat, he had rarely seen this uncle who was about the same age as him, so he naturally couldn't talk about being close.

Seeing that he had a straight face, An Yichen looked indifferent, thinking to himself that this kid didn't know that Wanwan was not dead, so he came here to find her? After making up his mind, he said, "My nephew has had a meal, if you don't mind, can you go upstairs with my uncle and me to talk about it?"

An Zheyu couldn't push back, so he had to give his hand and say: "The little nephew has this intention, uncle, please." He gave way sideways, An Yichen was not pretentious, led by Xiao Er first, and the group went up to the second floor and sat in a private room called Qingju Pavilion.

After a short time, Xiao Er served the dishes according to the instructions. After Mo Yi poured wine for An Yichen and An Zheyu, he retreated with Shunzi and went to the first floor to eat. Soon only their uncle and nephew were left in the private room, but An Yichen kept eating, while An Zheyu picked up the wine glass and poured it one cup after another, without moving his chopsticks.

An Yichen just looked at him with a smile, and knew that he couldn't eat something in his heart, so he ate by himself. Finally, after eating two bowls of rice, he put down the dishes and chopsticks with some satisfaction, picked up the wine glass and drank a big sip to slurp it, and finally swallowed it into his stomach, which surprised An Zheyu on the side.

Seeing him looking at himself, An Yichen smiled very happily and said, "It's a pity that good wine is wasted, haha." After saying that, he poured another glass, put it on the tip of his nose, smelled it, and drank it in one gulp.

"Uncle Xiao Wang is really as informal as the one that is spread in Beijing. An Zheyu bowed slightly.

"Life is rare and enjoyable, why not do some things?" An Yichen sighed, and then shifted the focus to An Zheyu, he put down his wine glass and said, "Why did the little nephew come here?"

"It's a long story. My grandfather ordered me to look back at the crooked body. ”

"Gu Wanwan... One of your wives, didn't she go out of the house for treatment due to heart disease, did she die?" An Yichen pretended not to know.

"Uncle Wang doesn't know anything...... An Zheyu stood up, walked to an open window with his backhand, looked at the people coming and going in the front yard and the lively market outside the courtyard, and spoke again: "A while ago, Shunzi went back to King An's Mansion alone, and reported to my grandfather that Gu Wanwan and his party were attacked by the wolf demon, and the wolf demon took Gu Wanwan away after seriously injuring the three of them, maybe she had been buried in the wolf's belly. ”

"Alas, then this princess is really miserable, then isn't her corpse...?" An Yichen then tentatively asked.

"I went to the place where the incident happened with Junko, and I didn't find the wolf demon, but I found traces of a fire and baking food in the surrounding woods, and I also found this. ”

An Yichen couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, the jade pendant in An Zheyu's hand was a meeting gift from Princess Anding to the two daughters-in-law on the second day after his marriage, this jade pendant carved with magnolia flowers was originally two pieces, the princess gave one to Li Wanqing, and the other was sent to Qinghe Courtyard, and he happened to be present when the princess gave the gift, so he remembered it really.

But he pretended not to know, and said, "What is this?"

An Zheyu stared at the jade pendant with his eyes, and said with some sadness: "This is the meeting gift that my mother gave to my two ladies on the second day of marriage, and this one is Gu Wanwan's. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"I suspect she's not dead. ”

"Why is the little nephew so determined?"

"The traces of someone staying in the place where I picked up the jade pendant, I thought it was the eldest brother of the Gu family before, but then it didn't seem right. If it were me, my sister would definitely be in pain when she suffered this catastrophe, and I was anxious to find the wolf demon, how could I be in the mood to eat a big meal there? ”

Thinking that there were a lot of animal bones in that place, it was by no means something that one or two people could eat, and it was impossible for someone to stay there for a few days, there were monsters there, and others would never stay there for long, not to mention that there was a jade pendant as proof, but he believed that this was another golden cicada plan of his restless lady.

An Yichen complained a little about himself, blaming himself for being too careless and not asking Mo Yi to clean up the mess...... He didn't want An Zheyu to find Gu Wanwan, but now that she was in this inn, what could he do?

"Uncle Wang?" Seeing An Yichen sitting there in a daze, An Zheyu thought that he was not listening to what he said, so he reminded him.

"Oh... Oh!you go on. An Yichen pretended to be calm, picked up the wine glass and poured the wine into his mouth, surprised to find that he had taken an empty wine glass, he smiled awkwardly, and then reached out to take the wine jug and pour the wine, in order to hide his uneasiness.

An Zheyu saw it in his eyes and felt that his little Uncle Wang's behavior was a little strange today, but he didn't think about it, and he was the right to be the other party's fugue.

The silence of the room returned to the beginning, and neither of them said anything silently. At this moment, Tang Wanwan, who was hungry on the fourth floor, was a little out of breath, so he whispered to Lingzhi who was secretly observing by the window: "How is it, are they gone?" Lingzhi shook his head with a bitter face, like a deflated ball.

"What can I do, I'm so hungry, why don't you go to Xiao Er and ask him to bring some food?"

"Miss, I don't dare. Maybe they're eating here, and what if they see me when I go out?"

"Alas, how can I eat, I'm dying of hunger, and I ate a little porridge in the morning, and I can't stand it. ”

"Miss, why don't you go? Looking at her own foodie lady, Lingzhi suddenly came up with an idea.

"I'm afraid of being exposed. Tang Wanwan sighed and leaned back on the table.

"Don't be afraid, they haven't seen the real face of the young lady, and they won't recognize you. "The more Lingzhi talked, the more energetic he became. Tang Wanwan suddenly slapped his head and said, "Eh, don't say it." When I was in King An's Mansion, I felt like I was disfigured, but now when I go out, who knows me. Lingzhi, you wait, Miss, I'll go and bring you some delicious food!"

"Hmm, Miss, you're so good, Lingzhi loves you!" Lingzhi clasped his hands in front of his chest, and his body twisted to look like a little woman. I saw goosebumps that Tang bent all over the place. Then he rubbed his arms and said with a disgusted face: "Put away your cheap look, it's disgusting!" "That's not what I learned from you, Miss." Lingzhi stood up straight and said a word.

Tang Wanwan made a grimace and opened the door and went downstairs, leaving Lingzhi in the room laughing and trembling, but she suddenly realized something, instantly stopped her voice, and looked at the downstairs vigilantly, so the cat bent down and gently closed the door that the young lady did not close, and then returned to the window to investigate the situation.

Besides, Tang Wanwan was tiptoeing downstairs at this time, and found that his walking posture was quite eye-catching, so he coughed embarrassedly, and then returned to normal.

When I first arrived at the staircase on the second floor, I collided with a person who happened to be upstairs because I was not paying attention. only heard the other party's "oops", and then the two hands paddled indiscriminately in the air, and almost rolled down the stairs. Fortunately, there were many followers behind him, and several people desperately stabilized their fat old man behind him.

The person who came was frightened, and after standing on his feet, he roared at Tang Wanwan: "You are blind, you almost knocked Master Ben down the stairs, can you pay for it!" The man scolded and walked towards the corridor at the top of the stairs, until he was sure that he was safe, he stopped, and continued to reason with Tang Wanwan.

Tang Wanwan was afraid of attracting An Zheyu's attention, and just wanted to go and get food to fill her stomach quickly, so she kept apologizing in her mouth, hoping that the person would not care anymore, and before the other party could speak, she apologized and walked down the stairs, but she was forced by the other party's people and retreated to the second floor.

"Did Master Ben say to let you go, you don't have long eyes......!" Before he could finish scolding, a good retinue came up to him and whispered something to him. The fat old man's eyes lit up, and he walked towards Tang Wanwan with a squinting look.

Since she came up from behind, she happened to have her back to the fat man. This inevitably made him a little anxious, so he motioned to his subordinates to pull Tang Wanwan over, Tang Wanwan was unprepared for a while, and it was inevitable that he screamed, which inevitably attracted the attention of the people in the private room, and many diners opened the door to see what was going on.

An Zheyu and An Yichen also heard the movement, both of them were stunned, and then quickly opened the door and walked out, and when they walked to the staircase, they saw an old and fat man walking towards a young girl in pink with a look of squint......