Chapter 38: The Inn Upheaval
On this day, the group stayed in a wilderness inn, although there are convenient roads everywhere, but the forest is lush, if you don't look closely, you don't know that there is an inn.
The inn has two floors and looks to be a bit old, and there is some moss on the stone steps in front of the door.
"Shopkeeper, prepare four rooms for us. Xu Jinghai got out of the carriage and entered the inn, and the shopkeeper greeted him.
Gan Ningyuan helped Sun Boyao get out of the carriage, and several people walked into the inn, only to see the shopkeeper running over with a smile.
"A few upstairs, although the little ones are simple, they are all spotless and very tidy. The shopkeeper seemed to be sincere, and led the way as he spoke.
Dong went upstairs, several people arranged their own rooms, and the shopkeeper went downstairs to prepare the meal.
Gan Ningyuan sat at the table, bowing his head and pondering, these days, Sun Boyao can be said to have taught him everything, telling him his martial arts experience bit by bit, even if he has a good memory, there are too many things that he can't comprehend immediately.
Zhong Lingyan, who lives next to Gan Ningyuan, has changed her previous style of being a young lady these days, and she is with Gan Ningyuan almost all the time.
Although Feng Youmei did not officially accept her as an apprentice, but seeing that she was well-behaved, she also taught some martial arts, you must know that Zhong Lingyan used to play in the past, and now she has learned martial arts seriously, and her understanding is amazing.
Feng Youmei and Sun Boyao rested in the room, while Xu Jinghai went downstairs.
Half an hour later, a table full of color and aroma was prepared, and several people also went downstairs.
Looking at the food in front of him, Sun Boyao frowned slightly, and whispered in Feng Youmei's ear when he sat down.
Xu Jinghai also found clues, only Gan Ningyuan and Zhong Lingyan had no experience in the rivers and lakes, and they drooled when they looked at the food.
"Shopkeeper!" Feng Youmei shouted.
"What do you have to say, but the food is not to your liking?" the shopkeeper walked over with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Feng Youmei suddenly made a move, and only used one move to choke the shopkeeper's neck.
"Guest officer, there is something to say, there is something to say. The shopkeeper hurriedly shouted, looking flustered and looking dazed.
"Why did you poison us!" Xu Jinghai also stood up and asked viciously.
"Poisoned, guest officer, we are by no means a black shop here, and we dare not poison and murder you!" replied the shopkeeper tremblingly. At this time, the two juniors also ran out, and they were too frightened to speak when they saw this scene.
"Elder Taishang, these people don't know how many passers-by have harmed, so it's better to kill them. Xu Jinghai didn't have the surname of the shopkeeper at all, and said to Sun Boyao.
"Don't worry, I'll wait until the matter is clear, shopkeeper, let me ask you, what other customers are there in your store?" Sun Boyao shook his head, he saw that the shopkeeper and Xiao Er didn't know martial arts at all, but he felt a little strange.
"No, there are no other customers in the store!" replied the shopkeeper truthfully.
"Tie up the three of them first, and then deal with them when the cause is found. Feng Youmei said.
So Gan Ningyuan and Xu Jinghai also made a move, and the two junior ones didn't know martial arts and had no power to resist.
The three shopkeepers lit the acupoints and locked them in the firewood room.
The food was poisonous, Xu Jinghai went to the kitchen to get busy again, and Gan Ningyuan worked on the side.
From time to time, the meals were ready, and this time everyone ate at ease, and the dishes on the table were swept away.
Back in their rooms, the night was hazy, and the inn was surrounded by the sound of frogs and crickets.
When he returned to the room, Gan Ningyuan only felt that his body had become a little heavy, and he didn't think much about it, so he fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, in his sleep, Gan Ningyuan suddenly felt out of breath, and he wanted to open his eyes but couldn't do it while struggling.
Gradually, Gan Ningyuan's consciousness became blurred, he only felt that he had gone to another world, his mind was full of shadows of the patterns learned in the valley, compared to the previous discomfort, now he felt a sense of relief.
Early the next morning, Gan Ningyuan opened his eyes with difficulty, only to feel weak all over his body, as if he was seriously ill.
I sat up and patted my head, feeling a hot pain in my neck again. When he came to the bronze mirror and saw his appearance, he was immediately startled, because there was a blood-red strangulation mark on his neck, which looked extremely hideous.
Gan Ningyuan then remembered that he was choked by the neck in his sleep, he just said that it was a dream, and he didn't want anyone to kill him.
What Gan Ning didn't know was that the person who killed him was sure that he had lost his breath before leaving, and he didn't expect him to come back from the dead.
In fact, Gan Ningyuan was able to escape this catastrophe by chance, mainly because of the nameless patterns in his mind, otherwise, he would already be a cold corpse at this time.
Suddenly remembered something, Gan Ningyuan's face was exaggerated, and he immediately rushed out of the door, it was quiet outside, there was no one, but the doors next to his room were wide open.
He entered Zhong Lingyan's room first, and as soon as he entered the door, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Zhong Lingyan curled up naked on the bed, her face was full of tears, and there were some blood stains on the sheets.
"Miss Zhong!" Gan Ning was far away like a fish in her throat, and she didn't know what to say for a while.
"Get out!" Zhong Lingyan shouted, her voice out of control, screaming hoarsely.
Gan Ningyuan was concerned about the master and Feng Youmei, turned around and went to another room, Sun Boyao fell crookedly on the bed, bleeding from his seven orifices, it seemed that he had been dead for a long time, and Feng Youmei disappeared without a trace, I don't know where she went.
"Master!" Gan Ning threw himself on the cold corpse.
After a long time, I came back to my senses, and then went to Xu Jinghai's house, only to see that there was no one inside.
After turning around the inn, the three shopkeepers in the firewood room were gone.
In desperation, Gan Ningyuan had to go back upstairs, Zhong Lingyan got dressed, but fell in a pool of blood, it turned out that her body was defiled by someone, and she couldn't bear the blow, so she committed suicide by cutting her wrists.
Gan Ning ran over to help Zhong Lingyan up, the latter still had a faint breath, so he hurriedly lucked his luck to renew the latter's life.
For some reason, Gan Ningyuan felt that the internal strength in his body was full of a lot at this time, otherwise, he would not be able to save Zhong Lingyan who was dying.
Gan Ningyuan's body was exhausted, Zhong Lingyan finally woke up, looked at him, and suddenly threw herself into her arms and cried.
"Why did you save me, wouldn't it be clean for me to die!" Zhong Lingyan said while crying, her voice full of despair.
"Miss Zhong, do you know who harmed us?" Up to now, Gan Ningyuan didn't know how to comfort Zhong Lingyan, because Zhong Lingyan valued chastity more than life.
"I don't know, but I swear I'm going to kill him with my own hands. Zhong Lingyan's eyes showed undisguised murderous intent, and at this time, hatred became her reason to live.
Seeing that Zhong Lingyan's mood was still fluctuating, Gan Ning didn't dare to go far, for fear that she would do something stupid again.
Next, Gan Ningyuan demolished a room in the inn, selected a few good wooden boards and nailed them into a coffin, buried Sun Boyao on the hillside behind the inn, and erected a tombstone.