The night breeze blew lightly, and the candle flame on the table shook lightly a few times, Wan San hurriedly protected the candle flame with his palm, and the candle flame shone on Wan San's face through the gap between his fingers, and the atmosphere at the moment seemed very weird, and at this time Wan San finally spoke.

"I remember that day there were not many people in the inn, because half of the inn was owned by a rich merchant, this rich merchant seemed to be a good person, and his entourage also had at least a dozen bodyguards with good martial arts, but such a person actually died at night, and the dozen or so people in his entourage were not spared, and his jewels were all looted. ”

Wan San didn't seem to want to recall this incident, and when he said this, he couldn't help but pour himself another glass of bitter wine, and Su Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask when he heard this: "Just because of this, the inn has become so deserted?

Wan San put the wine glass on the table and gritted his teeth and said: "Of course not, when I found the body of the rich businessman the next day, I immediately reported it to the official, and when the people from the government came, the autopsy said that the rich businessman was killed by a blow, obviously the killer did it, and it seems that someone came to seek revenge against the rich businessman." ”

Su Xiaoyu couldn't help but say when she heard this: "The rich merchant's jewelry has been robbed, how can it be pure revenge?"

Wan San waved his hand and said: "Don't mention it, those officials came and saw that there was no oil and water to fish and didn't want to bother, so they left hastily, I didn't think about it so much at the time, I just thought that this rich businessman was targeted because of his wealth, so it would lead to such an end." ”

Su Xiaoyu frowned when she heard this: "What about the murderer?

Wan San nodded and said: "That official doesn't care, do you want me to catch the murderer? Where do I have such a great ability, at that time, I only thought it was an accidental thing, and although this matter had some impact on my inn, it was still pressed down by me with silver." ”

"What about after that?" asked Su Xiaoyu.

Wan San suddenly showed the fear and pain he had before, Wan San lowered his head and pondered for a long time and sighed and said, "That's it, I'll tell you everything, anyway, I can't hold back these things in my heart." ”

Su Xiaoyu immediately poured another glass of wine for Wansan and said, "Big brother speak slowly." ”

Wan San nodded and said: "This matter has been about a week or so, and there is a merchant who pours medicinal herbs in my shop, although he looks ordinary but his hand is not small, and the snuff box in his hand alone is worth at least a thousand taels of silver." ”

The painful look on Wan San's face eased a little when he said this, and he continued: "Why can I find out that his snuff box is so valuable, because I was also using a thousand taels of snuff box at that time, so I can see it at a glance. ”

At this time, the expression on Wan San's face became grim again, and he took a deep breath and said: "This merchant who poured medicinal herbs was fine in the first half of the night, I remember that he also came downstairs to ask for a pot of wine, but when I went to his room the next day, I found that he was dead, I was shocked and immediately asked the shopkeeper to go out and report to the official." ”

Su Xiaoyu interjected at the right time: "If my guess is right, this pharmacist must have been killed by a blow, and the valuable things on his body must have been looted, it seems that this time the government has to work hard." ”

Wan San smiled bitterly and said: "You are only half right, when the official sent an autopsy, he did say that it was the same person's method, and they were all killed with one blow, I thought they would definitely pay attention to this matter, because even I could see that this murderer must be a thief who killed people and robbed money." ”

Su Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Yes, it is very likely that the murderer is not a person, maybe they are still an organization." ”

Wan San suddenly held Su Xiaoyu's hand and said, "It would be good if the official errand thought like you at that time." Speaking of which, Wan San looked around his inn, looking at the devastated inn, Wan San's pain in his heart was self-evident.

"At that time, the official messenger saw that the pharmacist's dress did not look like a rich man, so he condemned the sword case as a vendetta, and those officials did not know but I knew, as far as the snuff bottle of the pharmacist was concerned, he was not a poor man, not to mention that the pharmacist drank wine and only drank good wine, just after I told these and the officials, the officials did not think so, they said that the investigation of the case naturally required silver, and now that the pharmacist is dead, how can they investigate the case without silver, so the matter is over. ”

Saying this, Su Xiaoyu saw that the pain on Wan San's face was even more severe.

Wan San's eyes stared at the candle flame and continued: "After this second incident, the business of my inn is even worse, but because of the reputation of my inn and my point of contact, this inn is still preserved after all, at that time I thought that the occurrence of these things was not accidental, so I did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to send additional people to guard the inn day and night." ”

Su Xiaoyu was puzzled: "Since you have realized it, why has the inn become like this now?"

Wan San wailed and said: "I thought the same way, as the saying goes, there is no second and no third, but what I didn't expect was that this third time actually came, and it was the most shocking third time." ”

Su Xiaoyu condensed and said, "Could it be that this town became like this because of the third time?"

Wan San nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly the case." ”

At this time, the candle was almost burned out, and Wan San took out half a candle from the counter before continuing: "This third time was half a year ago, and I can't remember the specific day, but I can't forget what happened at that time. ”

"Half a year ago, it was the annual chamber of commerce in the town, and the merchants within a radius of dozens of miles would come to the town to meet on that day, and a lot of business and trading were promoted at this time, and there were many rich businessmen who had a few encounters with me, so they lived with me, and there were also many businessmen who lived in other inns, which was a good thing, the chamber of commerce could drive the economy, and the merchants also brought a lot of novelties, how prosperous and rich the town was at that time. ”

Speaking of this, Wan San's face showed a look of yearning, as if these things were happening now, and suddenly Wan San's face became extremely ugly again, he paused and continued: "The merchants' transactions were completed during the day, and they were supposed to stay here for one night and set off on the second day, but tragedy happened at night. ”

Su Xiaoyu's eyes widened and said, "Could it be that they were all killed overnight?"

Wan San said with a crying voice: "Yes, more than 70 people died in the town at that time, these more than 70 people were either rich or expensive, and these more than 70 people died in deep sleep, what kind of person can kill more than 70 people overnight, it is not a person at all, it is the devil." ”

Su Xiaoyu said in a deep voice: "Are all the valuable things of these merchants gone?" ”

Wan San shook his head and said: "The valuable things are all there, only the silver tickets on their bodies are gone, and the silver tickets of the more than seventy people add up to almost more than one million taels." ”

Hearing this, Su Xiaoyu secretly thought in his heart: If it is a robber, he will definitely loot all the valuable things, but why do they only take away the silver tickets? Is there any reason why they can't touch those things before?

Thinking of this, Su Xiaoyu suddenly realized: "I understand." ”

Wan San immediately said when he heard Su Xiaoyu's words: "Brother, what do you understand?"

Su Xiaoyu smiled and said, "How many people do you think there will be doing this?"

Wan San pondered for a while and said, "To be able to quietly kill so many people overnight and rob them of their silver tickets, I think there should be at least forty people. ”

Su Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "No, if there are forty robbers, they will definitely not only take the silver ticket, since they are here for money, they will naturally not leave so many valuable things not to take, the reason why there are many valuable things is still because the number of these robbers is very small, so they can only take the silver ticket, so I speculate that the murderer will definitely not exceed five people." ”

Wan San looked at Su Xiaoyu in surprise and said, "Brother, what you said is reasonable, if the officials at that time had your general wisdom, this town would not have become like this." ”

Su Xiaoyu smiled lightly and said, "What happened later?"

Wan San sighed and said: "You should have thought of what happened later, of course the official messenger couldn't stand by and watch such a thing happened in the town, so the official mission set up a team to track down the murderer, but the murderer seemed to have disappeared, and the murderer has not been caught until now, so this town has become like this, and many businessmen would rather take a detour for three more days than pass through this town." ”

Su Xiaoyu smiled helplessly: "This town is the only way to Luoyang and other places, it should be prosperous here, but now it has become like this, the official has not even investigated who the murderer is and what he looks like until this moment, they are really a bunch of waste." ”

Wan San nodded heavily and said, "Who says it's not, and there is one more thing I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”

Su Xiaoyu said with a straight face: "Brother Wan, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Wan San said with a heavy heart: "Don't hide it from you, brother, this town has not been very peaceful until now, and some businessmen who do not believe in evil have not been spared after staying in this town, so you must be careful, there is one more thing I want to say." ”

Seeing Su Xiaoyu nodding Wan San, he continued: "I originally wanted to earn some of your money regardless of your life or death, but after some deep friendship with Fang Cai, I know that you are a good person, so I can't let you be implicated, you can't sleep in the guest room tonight, there is still a place in this inn that is hidden enough, you just sleep there, I promise that no one will find you." ”

Su Xiaoyu stretched and got up and said, "Brother Wan, don't worry, you can sleep wherever you want, you don't have to worry about me, I believe everything will be fine tomorrow." ”

Wan San nodded and said: "I see that you are also sleepy, brother, you can rest early, if there is anything, you must shout out loudly, I am downstairs, I will rush upstairs whenever there is something." ”

Su Xiaoyu nodded to indicate that he had understood, and then he turned around and went upstairs, and because of the wine, Wan San fell asleep on the counter.

Su Xiaoyu, who went upstairs, lay on the bed as soon as he entered the room, suddenly Su Xiaoyu got up again, pushed open the window, and then continued to lie on the bed, through the window, you could see the stars in the sky, Su Xiaoyu lay on his back on the bed with his arm as a pillow and said to himself: "What kind of person did these things, if he will come to me tonight, it will be a very interesting thing." ”

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