It's more than halfway through.

It's dark at night.

There were not many people in the town, and at this time, it was rare to see even drunks on the streets.

The sound of insects chirping one after another, especially clear at night, seems to be singing about their seasons.

With the sounds of nature, the night elves have come to life to embrace the darkness.

The owl only haunts at night, and no hint of wind can escape the sharp eyes and the pair of sharp ears, so that it can always easily catch its prey.

The geese return to the inn.

The guy has been closing for a while.

But in the lobby of the inn, there was still a glimmer of light.

I saw a white candle burning in front of the counter, as if waiting for the guests to return.

Come to think of it, if the guests who didn't return come back later, the guys don't need to touch the darkness to open the door.

If you are there, you won't be able to go home at night.

What shouldn't be there, but uninvited.

The guys were so sleepy that a night owl took advantage of the darkness of the night and slipped into the inn under their noses.

The night owls are not here to play, but to "hunt".

The night owl is Jiang Yichen.

His prey is a butterfly, but it seems that there is more than one butterfly.

He hid in a dark corner of the lobby, allowing him to see the entire layout of the inn without revealing his body in the candlelight.

The inn has three floors.

There are five rooms on the ground floor, two of which are inhabited by the guy and the boss, and the remaining three are connected, which are both kitchens and utility rooms.

The upper two floors are the guest rooms.

The middle floor is a regular room with seven rooms.

The uppermost floor is a Tianzi room, with only three rooms.

The Tianzi room only means big in the Yanhui Inn.

At the moment, the ten rooms were dark, and the guests seemed to go to bed early.

Distraction?

With just one glance, Jiang Yichen had already decided in his heart that everything was the work of this inn.

He couldn't help but wonder if there was an unknown relationship between the wild goose back to the inn and the Tingyu Pavilion.

It is not known which room was inhabited by people, and which guests did not return until the night.

Jiang Yichen didn't need to worry about these things, maybe in a day or two, the answer would be reflected in the note, but his intuition told him that tonight was extremely critical, and he couldn't sit idly by.

couldn't find the flaw for a while, and Jiang Yichen didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to be patient and wait for the changes.

Time is gone, and in the blink of an eye, the white candle has become a remnant candle.

The hall was much darker than before, and for Jiang Yichen, it was safer.

At this moment, the out-of-town guest has not returned, so he doesn't plan to come back tonight?

Just as Jiang Yichen was distracted, another glimmer of light ignited in his pupils, swaying.

The light was extremely faint, it seemed to be nothing, and if it was gone, it was inconspicuous compared to the light of the broken candle, so that Jiang Yichen once thought that it was a hallucination in his eyes.

The glimmer came from the innkeeper's room.

The reason why an inn is cheap is roughly three, the conditions are simple, the service is simple, and the staff is scarce.

And these three wild geese return to the inn without exception, all of them are occupied, and the number of people is even sparse.

The guys in the inn, plus the boss, were only three people in total.

The boss is a woman, not very old, and the two guys are a middle-aged and a young man.

It is a strange thing to run a ten-room inn with such a combination, but few people are suspicious, perhaps all kinds of strange things have emerged in this river and lake, and everyone has long seen it.

Jiang Yichen didn't live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but according to the information he got, he really couldn't turn a blind eye to the strangeness of the wild goose returning to the inn.

He even had a guess in his heart that this goose back to the inn and listening to the rain pavilion were originally the same.

After all, as early as three years ago, when he came here to stay, although the innkeeper was not bad, but he was also bloated, and although there were not many people in the inn, there were also four or five guys, shuttling between the halls and kitchens, running errands up and down, and working so busy.

Although time has passed, the inn may have changed hands and reduced staff due to poor management, but this time period of change, Jiang Yichen always felt that it was too coincidental, just after the establishment of Tingyu Pavilion.

Of course, this questioning is not rigorous, and Jiang Yichen needs more accurate information to corroborate.

The mind returned to the present, in the dead of night, the lights in the innkeeper's room were not extinguished, was it in a sudden hurry in his sleep, getting up to relieve himself? Or did he make an appointment with others and find something else?

This time, Jiang Yichen didn't wait too long and got a response.

Suddenly, there was an imperceptible sound of shredding.

He immediately pressed his left ear against the wall, distracting himself and listened carefully.

The sound comes from above.

Above are the guest rooms.

There is a change in the guest room!

It was the creak of the door opening and closing.

One, two, three...... Four......

Jiang Yichen silently counted in his heart, and the doors of the four guest rooms opened and closed one after another in just ten breaths.

And he saw that the upper two floors were still dark.

Immediately after, there was a rushed, light and heavy sound.

Tuk, tuk, tuk......

It's not the sound of footsteps, or the sound of normal footsteps, but the sound of tiptoes tapping on the ground.

This black light is blind, there are stairs that do not walk, and still perform light skills?

While Jiang Yichen was thinking, he curled up and held his breath, allowing himself to be completely engulfed in darkness without making the slightest movement.

One, two, four, six......

Jiang Yichen was still silently counting in his heart.

This time, he counted the figure that swept down the stairs into the innkeeper's room.

Six people.

It seems that the couple who did not return that night were either husband and wife, master and servant, or brother and sister.

This time, Jiang Yichen doesn't need to have any guesswork, as long as he comes forward to find out, he can uncover the mystery of this goose back to the inn.

He was about to straighten up, but immediately he was like a statue, motionless.

I saw a figure swaying out of another room on the first floor, walked to the counter, saw that the candle was about to die, shook his head and muttered: "It's all time, I haven't come back yet, don't go wrong." ”

Then he staggered back to his room.

It's just that he didn't walk to his own house, but he also walked into the boudoir of the female shopkeeper!

The night returned to silence, Jiang Yichen silently counted ten breaths again, expecting that the other guy should be guarding his room to watch the wind, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, so he dodged and approached the female shopkeeper's room.

Although there is a sword in his hand, the sword has no intention of being unsheathed.

In an instant, Jiang Yichen had entered the house.

He could be sure that his movements were several times lighter than theirs, and he would never wake up another fellow who had fallen asleep.

And the situation in the house is, as expected, empty!

If it weren't for that, Jiang Yichen would never be able to stand here safely.

The room was not very large, and if seven or eight people were standing in it, it would be crowded.

The room was poorly furnished, with a bed, a table, a chair, a wardrobe, and a dresser in the corner, which could hardly have been the residence of a young woman.

I can see this clearly, of course, because there is light in the room, and the light is candlelight, and the candlelight is placed on the table.

Compared to the candles in the lobby, it was brighter, but from the outside it was extremely faint, thanks to the black curtains hanging on the doors and windows.

It's a lot of work. Jiang Yichen sighed secretly.

Where have the people gone?

Jiang Yichen looked around in the room.

When he came to the dresser, he saw a cloud of dust.

He went to the closet again, and when he opened it carefully, he saw that there were very few clothes in it, and they were all very simple and plain.

He closed the closet door, disappointed not to find any secret doors.

His eyes swept around, and finally stopped on the bed.