CHAPTER XXXII

It was as if the vicious men had vanished, and the dozens of beautiful women had disappeared into thin air.

However, what is even more strange is that even if the village is never robbed by bandits, the women in the neighborhood will still be lost from time to time. What's more, some wealthy families in Yunzhou City Miss Shu and Miss Fang Branch of the official family often disappear.

Because there is no evidence and no clues, and some young ladies are mostly lovers, many people hide it and do not report it to the official in order to cover up the ugliness of the family. What's more, he will be directly condemned as elopement by the local yamen.

At that time, when she heard those few catchers talk about it, they still laughed at the famous elopement villages under the rule of Yunzhou......

A thousand thoughts flashed in her heart, but she had to keep her composure on her face. If her guess is right, I'm afraid that she and Xiao Mingzhu will fall into a thief's den. If I hadn't woken up last night, I guess I would have been arrested.

Probably because the autopsy knife in her toolbox was suspicious, even if those people didn't touch her, they would never let her leave safely today.

I'm afraid that she and Xiao Mingzhu will be able to get out, and they won't be able to get out of the sphere of influence of these thieves.

"Speaking of which, that's before I got married." The female shopkeeper walked up to the two of them with a teapot on the counter, and said to herself, "I think you two should also see it, there are no people in this neighborhood for dozens of miles, and there are few guests passing by, let alone staying in the hotel." ”

"No, Ben...... Miss Ben came all the way, but she didn't see a single hair. If I hadn't met a groom who was scared by something on the way, I don't think I would have taken a shortcut this way. Xiao Mingzhu listened to the female shopkeeper and couldn't help but echo.

"But as you know, this place was very prosperous decades ago. Because it is located in the middle of Yunzhou and Jinzhou City, there is a tea shop tavern here three or five steps away. ”

"But why is it suddenly desolate?"

"Why? Isn't it because of a beautiful bone? The female shopkeeper sneered mysteriously, and then slowly poured a cup of tea for herself and Xu Chu, and continued, "Fifteen years ago, a woman named Furong who passed by in the town was a famous beauty in Tianxiang Building in Yunzhou City, but no one knows whether it is true or not. At that time, she was staying at our Furong Inn...... At that time, the men, women and children in the neighborhood were all shocked, and many people came to see her beauty, but in the end they all returned disappointed...... However, I don't know what happened, and when her maidservant went to call her to hurry the next day, she found that the beautiful woman had become a white bone. ”

The female shopkeeper sighed regretfully, and then said: "Since then, the neighborhood has not stopped, and many women have been killed, and white bones have appeared one after another. Listening to the old man, some people saw a beautiful woman wearing a splendid Luo skirt wandering around from time to time, and in a blink of an eye, she became a white bone. Since then, our area has become a famous mass grave, but everyone who has a way out has moved out early......"

As soon as her eerie voice fell, she saw a gust of wind hang outside, and the half-open wooden door creaked open. Xiao Mingzhu, who was startled, shuddered, and suddenly leaned on Xu Chu.

The female shopkeeper glanced at the two of them meaningfully, and then said with a smile: "Why don't you two stay for one more night, I will let Junzi find a carriage for the two of you and then hurry." ”

Although Xiao Mingzhu is generous and hearty and has a heroic temperament, he is still a county lord who is used to fine clothes and jade food in his bones. Now this strange inn is really scary, not to mention eerie, not to mention terrifying, even the hidden walls have a little chill. The more she thought about it, the more terrifying she felt, only to feel a chill in the silence, which made her shiver unconsciously.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, the black cat crawled out, and as soon as the black cat appeared, it screamed violently, and then swept through the lobby and screamed a few times in the backyard where Junko was.

Xiao Mingzhu was frightened, and whispered to Xu Chu: "Sister Xu, let's go quickly, it's too scary here." ”

Xu Chu nodded, then held his hand that had already broken out of cold sweat and smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper, since my sister came on a horse today, we won't wait for tomorrow to look for the carriage." After a pause, she added, "My sister's appetite has always been squeamish, so we won't wait for the food prepared by the shopkeeper for the time being, just wait for the time to go home and make some by ourselves." ”

"Huh? Is that unfortunate? Today, I would like to invite you two to a whole sheep feast. ”

Xu Chu said with a smile: "If there is a fate, it will be the same if you eat it in the future." ”

She was bent on getting out of here, naturally not because she was frightened by the eerie atmosphere like Xiao Mingzhu. Although this place is quite weird, Xu Chu knows that all the incidents and horrors are just obstacles deliberately set up by someone. True or false, the purpose is either to let her track down or discover something, or to lead her to investigate.

But no matter which one it is, she doesn't want to be alone in danger, let alone let Xiao Mingzhu, a person who is not deeply involved in the world, be involved.

The autumn wind is full of the city, and the wind inside and outside the inn is bleak. Xu Chu and Xiao Mingzhu rode together, but as soon as they arrived at the intersection, Xu Chu said in a low voice: "Mingzhu, no matter what happens later, you just have to move forward, and immediately go to find the prince to bring people here, just say that there are more than a dozen evil bandits here, most of them are outlaws......"

After a pause, she gritted her teeth and whispered: "If I am unfortunately killed, I ask the prince to take care of my father's body, and don't let him rest his life." ”

"Sister Xu...... You ......" Xiao Mingzhu turned back in fear, wanting to see Xu Chu's expression clearly. Instinctively, she felt that Sister Xu was going to take the risk in order to save her.

"Don't be afraid, I believe in the county lord's riding skills, it will only take half a day to get to Yunzhou City here, and the county lord is riding a good horse for thousands of miles, it is estimated that it will only take two hours to go back and forth." Xu Chu grabbed Xiao Mingzhu's arm and didn't let her turn back, took a deep breath and said slowly, "If the county lord can come back in time, I will give the county lord a push of the white bone case that the female shopkeeper said?" ”

After that, she couldn't help but laugh out loud first. She has never been a good person who sacrifices herself to save others, but sometimes people's eyes are really strange, just like she doesn't want Xiao Mingzhu to fall into danger, she also puts a glimmer of hope on this golden branch and jade leaf who doesn't know much.

It's just that only she knows how her heart didn't settle when she said this. Even his voice became much drier.

On the galloping horse, Xu Chu quickly untied the toolbox he brought out, and immediately held some medicinal powder and his autopsy knife in his hand. Then, before Xiao Mingzhu could react, she had already curled up and jumped sideways.

By inertia, she tumbled along the side of the road in the soft mud that had been soaked through the autumn rain overnight. And Xiao Mingzhu was full of tears, snorted and didn't dare to stop willfully.

Sister Xu......

She was actually still a little dazed, she didn't know what was going on, and Sister Xu, who could force her, didn't even want her life. But she knew that once she stopped, Xu would cut off Sister Xu's life.

Although she doesn't know anything big, she was born in the royal family, how can she not have a little exquisite mind? If it weren't really dangerous, with Sister Xu's temperament, she would never jump off on her own.

Xiao Mingzhu gritted her teeth and whipped the whip on the horse, the cold wind was blowing, her hair was messy, and her cheeks even hurt a little.

Xiao Mingzhu galloped all the way, although she was blocked by a few people in front, she didn't really stop her with all her might. After all, the horses she rode were not just good horses, they were excellent warhorses that had been trained to go into battle.

Xu Chu, who fell to the ground, covered his sore scissors and let out a sigh. Sure enough, after she turned around and ran separately from Xiao Mingzhu, the people hiding behind her quickly gave up chasing Xiao Mingzhu, but the figure rushed towards Xu Chu very quickly.

There were four people who came, and Shunzi was impressively listed. Except for Junzi, the remaining three were also dressed in coarse cloth, tall and with the strength of a farmer. Xu Chu saw that he couldn't run away anymore, so he squatted on the ground and rubbed his shoulders while gasping, presumably his body was already bruised.

After a few people surrounded Xu Chu, they saw the amorous female shopkeeper coming out from behind, and seeing her embarrassed appearance, they said to a few men: "A group of rough men who don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, don't hurry back and guard the crossing." The old lady wants to take this girl with fine skin and tender flesh to change her clothes......"

Then, Xu Chu smelled a strange fragrance again, and then his head sank and his body fell to the side weakly.

Contrary to her expectations, she was not directly imprisoned in some dark place, but was still placed in the room of the inn.

When she woke up again, her mind was quickly sorting out the things she had encountered in the past two days. The few people who surrounded her just now, except for Junzi, the remaining three were obviously not fierce and vicious people. She had looked at those people before she fell into a coma, they seemed to be five big and three coarse, but there was simplicity and kindness in their eyes, and those people had thick joints and messy walking postures, and they looked like they were used to doing coolies rather than robbers.

But she couldn't figure out why those people were driven by the female shopkeeper and Junzi. What was their purpose, and if the Fleur Inn was a den of thieves, then why did they go to such lengths to get her back without doing anything else?

Xu Chu sat up, ignoring the coldness rising from the soles of his feet, since those people did not commit violence against her. Then there are only two possibilities, one is that she still has value for them, and the other is that they are afraid of something......

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the door of the room pushed open from the outside. Then, the female shopkeeper swayed her body and walked forward, she saw Xu Chu wake up, so she raised her eyebrows and said: "I woke up so quickly, when I was making beauty bones for a while, it was inevitably painful." ”