CHAPTER XXXIII

"Do you know that the beauty bones of Furong Lane are rare." The female shopkeeper looked Xu Chu up and down as if she was looking at the goods, and then she said, "Look at your bones, it's not bad, I guess I can find a good customer." ”

Xu Chu squinted at her expression, and saw that she had a little relief on her face, but there was a trance and a little nervousness in her eyes, as if she was also afraid of something. But in an instant, Xu Chu suddenly understood something.

The female shopkeeper once said that the beautiful bones of Hibiscus were something when she was not married, but when she told the story later, she said that it was ten years ago. Ten years ago, according to her current age, she should have been in her twenties, and she was already a wife with her appearance.

But why would she confuse time? Ten years ago, what happened?

Suddenly, her eyes widened and she bit her lower lip incredulously. No, she guessed wrong, the female shopkeeper is not the real mastermind, and even she is the one who is coerced.

Ten years ago, the most beautiful woman in Tianxiang Building, the hibiscus of Tianxiang became a beauty bone in this inn. Then, a charming female shopkeeper appeared in the inn. What's more, if there really is a so-called beauty bone, it is impossible for her father, who was a servant ten years ago, not to have heard of it at all, but she has never heard her father mention such a strange case. For nearly ten years, the Furong Inn has not been investigated by the government, and the only possibility is that there must be local officials here who dare not tamper with it......

If this is the case, then the poignant cry for help she heard last night, and the woman's coquettish laughter, are not hallucinations. It's only because she was hit by Zhu Youshu that she has a different illusion that it seems to be true or false.

Xu Chu stared at the female shopkeeper urgently, and only spoke for a long time: "You have concealed my whereabouts, and you have not imprisoned me, in order to ...... Let me help you find out about the beauty bones? ”

The female shopkeeper's body stiffened unconsciously for a moment, and she looked at her condescendingly for a while, and her face full of spring smeared with rouge instantly faded into blood, and she reluctantly smiled: "It's really a person who is not afraid of death, but do you think that if you say so, I will let you go?" ”

"I'm naturally afraid of death, but before I die, I'm also curious about what happened to make the good in the neighborhood drive to evil!"

"Heh, sure enough, it's Miss Xu from Yunzhou City, who even disregarded her life for the sake of investigating the case."

When Xu Chu heard this, his fingers couldn't help but tremble, and sure enough, their goal from the beginning was themselves. Otherwise, how could you go to such a great length?

"And the coachman is also your man? From the beginning, you just wanted me to step in? ”

As soon as she asked her words, she saw a hint of surprise in the eyes of the female shopkeeper.

Soon, the female shopkeeper lowered her eyes, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, this bureau is set up for you." When the Five Elements of Yunzhou City Evil Ghost Murder Case, we knew that King Jing'an valued you very much, and even went out of the city with you to investigate...... If it goes well, we will not only be able to solve the mystery of the curse and find out the truth about the Hibiscus beauty bone ten years ago...... It can also attract the attention of the imperial court and seek a glimmer of life......"

If she doesn't find out what happened that night, she and even those who survived by luck won't have a day of peace.

"At that time, there were a group of poor people here, rampant in the township, killing people and robbing money without humanity, and I heard that most of them were outlaws. Originally, we thought that as long as we hid somewhere else, we would always be able to avoid disasters, but we didn't want to ...... ten years ago," the female shopkeeper paused for a moment, her face frightened, "Furong who passed by Yunzhou City ten years ago suddenly turned into white bones, and then all the women who wanted to escape suffered hardships. ”

"So you don't dare to run away. , for the sake of his family and his own life, he can only be driven by those outlaws! ”

Having said this, Xu Chu's heart hanging high fell to the ground. At the very least, with the words of the female shopkeeper, her danger will be much reduced.

She tilted her head slightly, lowered her gaze and said slowly, "Have you ever kept that skeleton?" What was it like that day? ”

When talking about business, the female shopkeeper also put away the previous smile, and the words were brewing for a long time before shaking her head and saying: "The bones were buried in the wine urn in the store, and the bones of the women who were killed one after another were also buried in the backyard. "Faded away from the ridicule and follow the dust, and the female shopkeeper was a little more sad on her face, "...... that day"

On that day, Tianxianglou Hibiscus was beautiful and incompatible, and the name moved one side. According to the female shopkeeper, she left Yunzhou City only because of the invitation of the nobles in the capital. When passing through Ping'an Village under the rule of Changping County, it happened to encounter wind and rain, so it was settled here.

Even though the wind and rain were blowing that day, it couldn't stop the people who came nearby. In order to see the delicate beauty of Hibiscus, they even did not hesitate to wait in the wind and rain, but in the end they failed to get what they wanted.

Early the next morning, Fleur's maid went to call her to hurry, but when she entered the house, she found that Fleur had already become a white skeleton. It's just that the clothes and hair accessories on the body are still the same as those worn yesterday, and it can be said that in addition to the lack of flesh and blood on the body, the outfit is no different from usual.

"Was there anyone else in the room at the time?" Xu Chu asked without sloppiness.

"Nope."

"Is there blood in the house? Can there be traces of a fight? Did you hear Fleur's screams that night? ”

"Nothing, the room was clean and tidy, the mattress hadn't even been touched." Seeing that Xu Chu seemed to be unconvinced, the female shopkeeper did not hesitate to reply categorically.

It's like this is the weirdest thing, the beauty suddenly turns into white bones, there is no murderer and no sound, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's artificial. After that, all the people who came here were frightened and fled in all directions, in fact, what they were afraid of, the female shopkeeper did not know, after all, from the beginning to the end, few people really entered the inn to see the horrific scene. I probably felt unlucky, so I left in a hurry.

Xu Chu squinted her eyes and listened to everything the female shopkeeper said, as if she had seen and experienced it with her own eyes. Ruling out the possibility that she is Fleur, it is estimated that there will be a result. This person is the maid who followed Fleur that day and found the white bones for the first time.

According to her understanding of Qinglou, all maids are not allowed to become biological children, but the shopkeeper of the partial daughter actually said that she has become a parent, and looking at her posture, she seems to have given birth to a child. So who did she marry here, and where did the children she gave birth to?

When she was about to continue to ask, she saw Shunzi pushing the door in a gloomy manner, he didn't even look at Xu Chu, and walked straight to the female shopkeeper and whispered: "Shopkeeper, someone is coming over there." ”

When the female shopkeeper heard this, she glanced at Xu Chu vaguely, and then at the window, before nodding to indicate that she understood.

After that, Xu Chu listened to the sound of kicking and tapping outside in the house, and then those complicated sounds suddenly wanted to disappear out of thin air. She was surprised in her heart, and guessed that there was probably a secret passage in the inn.

When she leaned forward and looked over, she saw that the inn was empty inside and outside, and she didn't dare to move, but silently estimated the time in her heart.

According to Xiao Mingzhu's itinerary, he returned to Yunzhou City to find rescuers, and then came quickly, it was estimated that it would take more than four hours. During the period, if Xiao Qinglang checks the file, Xu will have to delay for a while. And from being trapped in a coma to waking up, the sun has passed overhead, and it is estimated that more than two hours have passed by feeling......

Her mind is constantly working, and the words of the female shopkeeper must not be true. She arranged this bureau well, but her intuition told Xu Chu that there were other forks in it. And the place where she hasn't thought through it is definitely not just for the white bone case of the Hibiscus beauty.

Pinching the wound on her shoulder, she slowly got up and tentatively walked out a few steps. But I heard a familiar voice ringing in my ears.

"Let people prepare, the dog prince will be there later. As I expected, the dog prince valued this woman very much, and dared to come in a hurry for her. ”

This man...... This voice is the old housekeeper Li Bo in Li Jin's mansion!

However, at this time, there was any regret and kindness in his words, which were completely vicious and vicious.

Up to now, Xu Chu still doesn't understand that this Li Bo is just planning at all, and he used the female shopkeeper's mind to break the curse to set up a killing game against Xiao Qinglang, the king of Jing'an.

Just when her mind was clear, she heard a sudden neighing of horses outside, and then she saw the back of Li Bo hurrying away to the mass grave behind the inn.

Xu Chu gritted his teeth and endured the pain and went downstairs. Before leaving, the female shopkeeper glanced at the backyard inexplicably, and that glance could not have been done casually.

She remembered that when she came before, when she was looking for the inn, she had searched left and right. However, he found that the surroundings were barren, and although there were ruins, it was difficult to hide the traces of fire on them. If a house has fallen into disrepair for a long time, how can it be only burned down?

The only possibility is that this is not a shortcut back to Cangyan County at all, but a road specially arranged by the groom. And all the surrounding environment, I am afraid that it is also man-made, even in order to spread the haunting, so that passers-by and merchants dare not approach, in order to hide the true secret of the Furong Inn.

At the same time, it is also to make it easier to attack Xiao Qinglang.

And the nobles of the capital that Junzi said in the ear of the female shopkeeper...... Even though Xu Chu had never been involved in court battles, he understood that the matter must be implicated in the DPRK and China.

She stood in the backyard and looked to the second floor, stopping and stopping to finally find the clue under the osmanthus tree. Although the soil in the yard was softened by the rain, there were only signs of the trees turning and then stepping on them in the next week.

Now she didn't care about any danger or not, and when she saw that the soil was different, she quickly squatted down and dug up. It wasn't until her fingers were scratched that she dug up a mud-stained wine urn, which was so tightly sealed with mud that she had to smash it open with all her might.

But when she saw the person in the urn clearly, her face immediately turned pale, and her body took several steps back, full of shock.