Chapter 52: Who Hides in the Shadows?

The country inn is not a good place, but now it is drizzling, and there is nowhere else to go, either sleeping in the woods or staying in an inn.

"You all live in the rooms at the beginning of the cloister, and the rooms at the top of the staircase, which are already occupied by guest officers." The guy took the lantern and led the way in front.

Zi Lan pushed the wooden cart, and Zi Yan led the people to accompany cautiously.

"This ......" The guy was just about to speak, but he was slapped by Baili Chang'an, and swallowed his words back, "Everyone, take a good rest, and the little one will go and prepare hot water." ”

As he spoke, he ran away as if he were running away.

Pushing open the door, the strong smell of decay and musty greeted me.

Baili Chang'an's eyebrows condensed slightly, but he didn't say much, when he went out, he was not as pampered as in the palace, and he had to settle for what he should do, which was no way.

"Master?" Zilan let go of her hand and immediately picked up the handkerchief to wipe her surroundings.

Zi Yan was careful, and turned around to arrange for the people below to stay.

When the work was done, the guy had already returned with hot water.

"Who are the people who live over there?" Zi Yan asked.

The guy hurriedly said, "Our inn is full of merchants and people from the rivers and lakes, going forward is Guangling Mansion, going back is Nanlin Mansion, and going to the side is Huyang Mansion." There are all guests, and we don't dare to ask more. The guest officer will take a short rest, and then you can eat later! ”

With that, the man put down the hot water and quickly retreated.

In this place, it is impossible to bathe, but it is still possible to rest for a night.

Zilan wanted to open the window, but the drizzle kept drifting inward, so she closed the window again.

The master doesn't like the rain!

"Master, let's just stay overnight!" Zi Yan makes the bed.

Zilan went out with a sword in her arms, this is her habit, when she goes to a place, she walks around first, so that she can rest assured.

"Let the guy bring the food." Baili Chang'an commanded.

She has inconvenient legs and feet, and she doesn't want to run up and down the stairs.

"Yes!" Zi Yan's head.

Before Zilan came back, she wouldn't leave her master's side for half a step, and only ordered her relatives outside the door to go and talk to the kitchen.

The drizzle, dripping, kept knocking on the window. The sound of rustling was endless, constantly falling from the roof tiles, making Chang'an upset.

"Master, drink some water." Zi Yan poured a glass of water.

Baili Chang'an supported his forehead and ignored it.

At night, she didn't move her chopsticks at all and went to bed early.

Zi Lan and Zi Yan sat at the table, one resting and the other keeping their eyes open, and the two took turns.

Outside, the wind was cold and rainy, and the wind blew the treetops.

The night in the mountains is very cold.

Suddenly, Zilan straightened up suddenly.

Zi Yan was flipping through Guangling Zhi, she was really startled, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Zilan's gaze fell on the beams of the room, and then stared at the door.

Seeing this, Zi Yan put away Guanglingzhi and touched the long sword in her hand.

Zilan nodded, stood up gently, and walked towards the window.

Leave a gap open and wait for the outside to move.

Zi Yan's attention fell on the bed, if there was no movement, it was naturally the best, don't wake up the master; If there is any movement, she must protect her master as soon as possible.

In an instant, Zilan pressed her footsteps and went out of the door, probably seeing something.

Subconsciously, Zi Yan clenched the sword in her hand and retreated to the bedside of Baili Chang'an to stand, Rao would not move half a step away even if the sky fell.

In the courtyard, there seems to be movement.

It seems to be ...... Noise?

What the master disliked the most was the noise of the people below, Zi Yan's heart tightened, and she opened her eyes and saw Baili Chang'an turn over and sit up.

"Master forgiveness." Zi Yan saluted.

Baili Chang'an had a headache, and she couldn't see where to go, but she also knew that at this time, she couldn't complain about the people around her, and she couldn't help herself when she went out.

"What's going on?" Her voice was hoarse, revealing unconcealable exhaustion.

Zi Yan shook her head, "Zi Lan went out to see the situation, and she hasn't come back yet." ”

Hengzhi couldn't sleep, Baili Chang'an simply lifted the futon and got up.

"The master is not sleeping?"

"Hmm."

Where can she sleep, the sound of the rain and the noise make her very bored.

Zilan quickly returned to the room, "Master? ”

"What's going on?" Baili Changan asked.

Zi Lan's face was embarrassed, "It's all dead." ”

"What do you mean they're all dead?" Zi Yan didn't understand.

Zilan's hair bun and shoulders were still stained with the bleak rain outside, and her face was pale, "The shopkeeper and his buddies, and even those few people from the rivers and lakes, were all killed." ”

"Not you?" Zi Yan was stunned.

Zilan shook her head, "The master commanded, don't cause trouble." ”

So, she won't take it lightly.

The wooden wheeled cart crushed the planks and made a creaking sound, and in the lobby of the inn, the shopkeeper and his men, as well as those Jianghu people, were lying on the ground in all directions.

The color of blood was permeated, and the strong smell of blood wafted in the wind, filling the lobby with a disgusting smell.

Baili Changan sat on the wooden wheeled car, his eyebrows furrowed.

"At first, it was because of the quarrel, and it seemed to be infighting." Zilan came out to see the situation for the first time, "The slave didn't want to cause trouble, so she went to the shopkeeper and the man, intending to ask about the situation, but the two were nowhere to be found, and the slave and maid were afraid of fraud, so they went around." ”

Who knows......

"When the slave came back in a circle, these people were all dead." Zi Lan lowered her eyes, "The slave maid has inspected the corpse, and it is all done by the blade, presumably it is cannibalism." Frightened, he hurried back to report, who knows......"

Zi Yan was surprised, "In other words, there was no shopkeeper and the corpse of the guy at that time?" ”

"Nope!" Zilan replied in the affirmative.

Waiting for her to invite her master down, the bodies of the shopkeeper and the man had already appeared here, so Zilan didn't know what was going on?

"Master, this place should not stay for a long time." Zi Yan panicked, "Let's go quickly." ”

Zilan also had this intention, "Master, let's go!" ”

Baili Chang'an stared at the corpses of the shopkeeper and the man, "Are these two also dead by swords?" ”

"Not really." Zilan shook her head, "The slave maid has checked it, and it was a sword piercing the chest and dying." The wheels creaked against the planks, and Baili Changan sat on the wooden wheeled car, circled around the lobby, and finally stopped at the door.

"There's not a trace of blood out there." She leaned one hand on the wooden armrest, and her white fingertips gently rubbed her temples, "It means that these people haven't taken half a step out at all, and even the shopkeeper and the guy are also dying here." ”

There were blood splatters, dripping blood, but there were no blood stains left by dragging......

At the bottom of the Yin Owl's eyes, there was a terrible coldness, and Baili Chang'an swept the surroundings coldly, "Search!" ”

"Yes!"