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Muchen coughed for a long time before recovering from it. What happened yesterday came back to his mind one by one. The sunlight in the room suddenly lost its warmth. It took a long time for him to say weakly: "Oh, I know gone."

Pang Tong looked at Muchen, with the momentum to break the casserole and ask the end: "Oh? What do you know?"

Mu Li took a deep breath, lowered her head, not daring to look at Pang Tong, and asked him in a low voice, "Little Martial Uncle, why don't you ever ask? You never ask about Master's affairs."

Pang Tong looked at Muli who was about to cry, and sighed in his heart. He wanted to comfort her, but held back, and said slowly, "I didn't ask, but it doesn't mean you can't say it."

Muchen didn't cry, she took a deep breath, and her expression became calm again: "Then I'll say it."

Pang Tong nodded: "Well, you tell me, I'll listen."

It turned out that this was the case.

It was winter a year ago, and the climate in the Central Plains was extremely cold.

Yi Dian took Muchen to a mountain in Miaojiang to collect herbs. When he went down the mountain, he stayed in an inn near the foot of the mountain.

The inn is built on the only way to enter the mountain. Not only the herbal gatherers, but also the merchants who hunt and chop firewood and manage timber, and even some people from the rivers and lakes will go into the mountain from time to time to pick some rare medicinal materials or collect poisons.Every winter, when the weather is cold and the miasma is not heavy, many people go into the mountain, and the inn often makes a lot of money.

The so-called not opening for a year, opening for a year, the conditions of the inn built here are actually not bad, and the asking price can be imagined. On the first day of living in the inn, Mu Li pouted and complained non-stop: "Master, You see, their food is so unpalatable, and they are ashamed to ask for so much money, isn’t it too much? Let’s ask them to borrow a kitchen, can we cook and eat by ourselves? Can Ali make you stewed chicken with mushrooms? ?”

Yi swallowed greedily, and smiled while drinking tea: "Be careful, if other guests come to you to do it after smelling the fragrance, you will be exhausted."

Muchen grinned: "What's the matter, if you want to eat and pay, I can still earn money for you, Master, isn't it good?"

Yi Dian laughed loudly: "Little money fan, go."

Mu Li responded, happily ran to the kitchen of the inn, and said to her after a bump: "Run slowly, carefully throw a dog to eat mud."

However, the wood quinoa failed to make the stewed chicken with mushrooms for Yi Dian.

There is only one owner and only one cook in the inn, which is not uncommon. What is strange is that the owner and the cook in this inn are actually one person. He is also the waiter and accountant, and he is the only one in charge of the entire inn. .The first time Muli saw him, he felt that this man must be as stubborn as a donkey.

Sure enough, the owner of the cook was very stubborn, and he was determined not to borrow the kitchen, claiming that if he looked down on his cooking skills, then please change to another house, and if he wanted to borrow the kitchen, he would not eat him first.Muchen gritted his teeth and said, thanks to him, he doesn't have this appetite now.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, suddenly, there was a loud "boom".

Later, every time Muchen thought of it, it was that "boom" that shook her for the rest of her life.

With a bang, Muchen felt the ground tremble under his feet, several strings of corn hanging outside the kitchen "cracked" and fell, and the chickens raised in the yard ran around like crazy, as if the next moment the sky would fall. to collapse.

Where did Muli experience such a thing, her face turned pale with fright, and she turned her head and ran into the bumpy house. Unexpectedly, after running a few steps, she saw Master and other people living in the inn in the lobby of the inn. The guests were obviously shocked by the noise.

Many of the guests were more frightened than Muchen. An old man with white beard pulled his beard and said repeatedly: "Great earthquake, big earthquake, this is a big earthquake! None of us can escape, none of us can escape!" A chubby middle-aged man pointed to Yibang's nose and said: "I have long said that meeting a monk is bad luck, and it really is not good to be a fucking monk. Let's see how I deal with you." Brother stopped.

Yidian was the calmest, took everyone out of the inn first, found an empty place, told everyone to stay still, and took two middle-aged male guests out to check.

Finally, the three of them brought back the news: it was not a major earthquake, but it was not much better. For some unknown reason, part of the mountain collapsed, completely blocking the passage down the mountain, and they were temporarily unable to get out.

Muchen was very scared and asked Yidian: "Master, are we going to starve to death here?"

Yi Dian laughed: "Don't be afraid, Ah Li, we can go out when the mountain road is cleared up. If it doesn't work, we can climb over the mountain and go down from the other side. How can a living person make this small mountain trapped to death?"

Muchen nodded, finally feeling relieved.At the same time, he also planned to spend more time with other guests of the inn.

There were seven guests in the inn, not counting her and the master.

The oldest white-bearded old man called himself Old Man Hua, and it was he who yelled "Great Earthquake" after the landslide. Muli had a deep impression on him; The one who scolded the master was called bad Ouyang, and the one who started the fight was called good Ouyang; a swordsman in black, he was the most silent, and never said his name; a young couple named Chu, the woman was as beautiful as a flower, but the man was full of knives Scar, who is not very good-looking, Muli observed in private, the two of them seem to have a bad relationship, at least they don’t laugh much in front of outsiders; She was one or two years old, with two big braids, very playful and cute. According to her, her father and brother had not come back from the mountains, so she was left waiting for them in the inn.

Plus the innkeeper, Boss Qian.

Ten people were trapped in this small inn.

At night, ten people sat in the hall to eat together, discussing how to dig a mountain to clear the way. The atmosphere at the dinner table was gloomy, and the dishes were rarely moved. None of them are very good-looking, there is only a smile, and he can't help comforting everyone.

Muchen was dressed in men's clothes at the time and didn't speak much.For some reason, she subconsciously felt that her heart was creepy. Everyone in the inn looked mysterious, especially the swordsman in black, who was silent without saying a word. I felt that his eyes fell on him, with a strong murderous look.

When sleeping at night, Mu Li quietly said to the master: "The big man with the knife is so scary, his eyes are staring at me, don't he want to kill me?"

Yi Dian patted her on the head: "What are you thinking about, they all have the same eyes when practicing swords, don't you see that your little uncle is also full of murderous looks when practicing swords?"

Actually comparing the little master uncle to that black swordsman, Mu Li curled her lips and responded sullenly, thinking to herself: Maybe there will be no peace tonight.

Unexpectedly, the word became a truth.

Early the next morning, Boss Qian found the body of the black-clothed swordsman with a knife in his throat. The knife was the one he was wearing. He was thrown on the ground, bleeding everywhere.

Mu Li felt his heart suddenly lifted. The ten of them were trapped in the inn. The location of the inn is so remote. If outsiders sneaked in, they would be found out, but the black-clothed swordsman was quietly captured last night. He killed them in the guest room, explaining that the killer was among them.

Excluding Master and myself, there are seven people in total, all of whom are suspected.

The master carefully inspected the body of the black-clothed swordsman. He was not poisoned, but he was slashed in the throat by someone without warning. The knife edge was from the bottom right to the top left.Moreover, the edge of the knife slopes slightly downward, and the murderer must have used a rare knife technique. The position of the starting hand is very low, which is not common in the Central Plains.

Mu Li was so nervous that everyone felt suspicious. If it wasn't for that little girl with two braids, Yuan Xiao, who always came to chat with her, she might have scared herself to death.

In front of girls who are younger than him, Muchen is still very brave.

But when she was in front of the master, Muli couldn't hide her fear, she asked the master in a low voice: "Master, tell me, who is the murderer?"

Yi Dian, who was rare, didn't smile. He stroked Mu Li's hair seriously, and said seriously: "Everyone in this inn is not simple, including the innkeeper. You must be careful when you are with them. If I didn't look If I'm wrong, that black-clothed swordsman should be Wei Rufeng, the 'Lightning Saber'. He has misbehavior and made many enemies in the arena. Now that he is dead, he is being retaliated against by others. As for who did it, I can't guess for a while. .But with Master here, bad guys won’t bully you, don’t be afraid, Ah Li.”

When Yidian said this, there was a smile in his eyes, as if he was comforting her. Mu Li looked into Master's eyes, felt very safe in his heart, and fell asleep steadily.

Unexpectedly, the next day, two more people died in the guest room.

This time, it was Brother Ouyang.

Now, no one can calm down anymore. If the death of the swordsman in black was a personal revenge, then there is no need for him to kill the Ouyang brothers. It couldn't possibly matter.Could it be that the one among them is willing to kill them all?

Mu Li was terrified, and followed Yibang almost all the time, fearing that the person he met would be a villain, and he would kill himself with a knife.Moreover, the master said that the people in the inn are not simple, she observed it, it is true.

Let's talk about Boss Qian first, when such a big incident happened in the store, he still cooks and eats like a normal person, and even pays the rent. How can ordinary people have such determination?Also, she had seen Boss Qian cooking, and his knife skills were so good and scary, maybe he had been practicing killing people.

There is also old man Hua, regardless of his age, but his legs and feet are sharp, his voice is loud, and he is full of energy. , He must have other purposes for coming here.

Besides, the middle-aged couple surnamed Chu looked like they were from the Jianghu, but they just pretended to know nothing. They were mysterious every day, and they didn't know what they were doing in the house. Maybe they were discussing what to do. kill.

The last one is the little girl Yuan Xiao, she should be the most harmless of the five, but she is also very suspicious, how can the little girl's family, father and brother put her in this inn with confidence, it's too irresponsible Besides, I haven't seen her father and brother come down from the mountain these days. This little girl must have a secret.

When talking about this, Pang Tong suddenly thought of the Dragon Boat Festival lying in the Kaifeng mansion, and couldn't help interjecting: "That Lantern Festival is the Dragon Boat Festival? Is she the one among you among the Seven Wonderful People? You just said , the edge of the knife on the neck of the black-clothed swordsman is facing down, which means that the starting position of the knife is low, and she is small, isn't it just right?"

Mu Li raised her head and looked at Pang Tongtong, a look of pain suddenly flashed in her eyes, she said slowly: "She is the next one who will be killed."

The tone of Mu Li's words was very scary, and Pang Tong felt a chill rise from the bottom of his feet, and subconsciously asked, "Isn't it her? The murderer... who is it?"

The author has something to say: Let's play this game together_(:зゝ∠)_Shh... who is the murderer?