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Chapter 125 14 Sudden Murders
Yuhui believed in A Li's eyes and judgment, but if it was only because of Qian Baoxu's appearance tonight, it would be troublesome for them to find a place to stay in another house.At this time, Yingyang went out to inquire about Tianjianzong and hadn't returned yet. After weighing it, Yuhui decided to stay in Yuzhu Pavilion.

No matter how well-decorated Yuzhu Pavilion is, Gao Siwen is still a brothel in essence, not an inn, and does not provide vacant rooms for overnight guests.Yuhui had no choice but to call the bustard, randomly picked a cheap prostitute, and opened a room.

It's not uncommon for people like Yuhui to take male servants to visit places of love and moon, but it's not worth making a fuss about. Yuhui gave enough money, and the bustard stopped talking.Yingliu and A Li moved their luggage to the private room upstairs, and a flamboyant prostitute followed with her waist twisted.

After entering the room, Yu Hui winked, and Ah Li immediately touched the prostitute's bed and put him on a chair beside her.This was what Yuhui had told her in advance, if she didn't keep the prostitute in the room, then the prostitute would not spend the night elsewhere, instead she would be despised by the bustard who didn't know how to serve guests.Of course, Yuhui was not in the mood to be really romantic, so she used this trick to let the prostitute suffer on the chair for a night, and she still had to save the bed for her own.

Yingliu was in charge of guarding in the dark, A Li helped Yuhui wash and go to bed, everything was not much different from when she was staying at the inn.Except for the noisy noise in other rooms that lasted until very late, accompanied by some movements that are not suitable for children, Yuhui thinks it is more comfortable than sleeping on the street.

That night, Yuhui slept very deeply for some reason.In the early morning of the next day, she was woken up by the noise downstairs, and found that Ali beside her seemed to have just woken up.

Yingliu stood in front of the bed with a solemn expression and said: "Master, this subordinate felt that there was something wrong with the lamps and candles around our room last night, and it was probably drugged. This subordinate was dizzy for a while, and later all the nearby It was only after the candle was extinguished that it eased up a little. Another thing is that Ying Yang has not come back."

Ali quickly put on his clothes and echoed: "Xinyue, there might be something wrong with the candle. Last night I blew out the candles in the room and inhaled some strange smell. It was not the same as the poison I know. It was not particularly serious at the time." But then I was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep. It was Yingliu who woke me up this morning, but so far neither Yingliu nor I feel any damage to our skills."

The first thing Yu Hui thought of was that the candles in Yuzhu Pavilion contained calming medicine, which was not malicious. It was probably to make the guests feel tired earlier and take a rest earlier, so as to reduce the working hours of the prostitutes. Captivate someone.However, considering the current situation, Yu Hui couldn't help but think a little bit more and have more doubts.She opened her mouth and was about to instruct Yingliu to check whether the same candles were placed in other rooms except the room adjacent to them, when there was a knock on the door suddenly.

The sound of knocking on the door was not like the cautious and respectful servants of brothels, but rather reckless and arrogant, accompanied by the woman's rude shout: "Officials are investigating the case, and everyone gathers in the hall downstairs within a stick of incense. Order anyone who walks around without permission to be arrested as a suspect.”
Yuhui asked: "Ali, Yingliu, listen to what happened." She hurriedly put on her clothes while asking.

Yingliu listened attentively, and replied: "Master, it seems that the guest who bid Mr. Yuzhu last night died in the latrine of Yuzhu Pavilion. His body was found this morning and he reported to the police."

Yuhui asks Ali to wake up the prostitute on the chair.The prostitute is a well-behaved and timid person, although he knew in his heart that there was something weird last night, but the guest didn't speak, and he didn't dare to ask more questions, and shrank in the corner tremblingly.

Yuhui asked about the layout of the rooms in the Yuzhu Pavilion from the prostitute. Mr. Yuzhu's bedroom was the farthest from them, but the toilet for the guests was closer to them.Yuhui then asked if there were tranquilizers in the candle, but the prostitute didn't know.An ominous premonition arose in Yuhui's heart when she asked this.

Assuming that everything is not a coincidence, someone deliberately replaced ordinary supplies with tranquilizing lamps and candles, the purpose is to make people near the latrine sleep soundly, so that they cannot detect the murder in the latrine, Yuhui and others will not only become victims , and may become a scapegoat for the murderer.Because everyone in the room around the murder scene fell asleep, no one can prove whether the other people were asleep or awake, and what they were doing at that time. Set the trap in the room in advance, innocent victims are hard to guard against.

Yuhui thought that she had ordered a prostitute last night and stayed up, so the prostitute must have felt strange. If she was unfortunate enough to be the scapegoat chosen by the murderer, she would lose another powerful witness and add a layer of suspicion. sin.Living in a brothel, opening a room, ordering prostitutes to stay awake, and bringing two followers with strong martial arts, such a woman can easily be regarded as a murderer with ulterior motives, right?
Yuhui immediately ordered: "Yingliu, please confirm whether there are any inappropriate items in our room, or if there is anything more than when we checked in last night. A Li checks the luggage."

Then Yuhui said seriously to the prostitute: "Remember for a while, if someone asks you what you did last night, you will say that you were drinking tea and chatting with me. You are sleepier than usual, and you went to bed early. I woke you up this morning. Yes. If you dare to talk nonsense, it may be bad for us, but you will definitely not have a good result. If we are involved in a murder case, you spend a night with us, and it is not bad to be implicated and interrogated by officials , I am afraid that it is very likely that the real murderer will kill him to silence him."

The prostitute was awakened by Yuhui's words, although she was trembling with fear, she still promised not to speak nonsense.After all, while wanting to harm others, it is not cost-effective to lose oneself.

After a stick of incense, Yuhui confirmed that there was nothing inappropriate in her room, and then she took Ali and the others down the stairs calmly.

At this time, all the guests in the Yuzhu Pavilion, including the prostitute servants and the guests staying overnight, gathered together.Yu Hui and the others were the most well-dressed, and many of them basically put on their coats casually, hugged the same disheveled or even naked prostitutes in their arms, and complained sleepily.

On the stage used for the song and dance performance last night, there is now a tall, middle-aged woman with a fierce face standing there. She is Jiang Qin, the chief arrester of Dongguan, and some ordinary guards with chains and steel knives are guarding the entrance and exit, driving away the crowd. They all gathered around the table to listen to the training.

Yu Hui looked around and found that the bustard and a servant were standing at the entrance of the platform with Mrs. Yuzhu supported. Their expressions were terrified and weeping, which fully demonstrated the sickness and frailty of men in this era.

The chief arrester glanced at the crowd, and said seriously: "This morning, someone reported a case and found a dead body in Yuzhu Pavilion. It has been confirmed that this person is Boss Cai, a wealthy fur merchant in Zuojiang City. Last night, she bid for Yuzhu at the highest price. The young master stayed overnight, went to the toilet in the early morning and did not return, and all the valuables with him were gone in the toilet, but the belongings in the luggage were intact. Fortunately, I arrived in time and blocked the entrance and exit before the guests left. Also That is to say, the chance of the murderer among you people is very high. I wonder if you have any clues?"

The person with a fiery temper immediately questioned: "Captor Jiang, this must have been done by a gangster with high martial arts skills. The murderer has already run away, why would he stay here and wait to be caught? We are all honest Serious businessmen, please let us go, there is still business to do."

Jiang Qin said disapprovingly: "When I arrived, Boss Cai's body was still warm. It must have been less than half an hour since he died in such a cold day. The deadly weapon on the corpse was a rusty dagger that was stabbed into the body. It's not too deep, and the technique is clumsy, it doesn't look like the work of a martial arts practitioner. The nurse of Yuzhu Pavilion also reported that no sneaky people had sneaked in or out. So unless you have sufficient proof that you haven't come out since childhood Only those who have passed through the room can be ruled out as suspects."

At this time, some people began to report that they were extremely tired and sleepy last night and went to bed early.

Yuhui was afraid of attracting attention, so she didn't dare to express any opinions. She just whispered sideways to guide the people around her in private, and many people realized that they might be drugged, and rushed to report the situation to the guards.According to this momentum, if the head catchers are smart enough, at least they won't wrong innocent people.

Unless the whole thing is a targeted trap, Yuhui can't help but think of Qian Baoxu. Is it a coincidence that she appeared in Yuzhu Pavilion?Yuhui even began to wonder if Qian Baoxu survived the catastrophe in Beiyuan, and later got a glimpse of her and Ali's true faces by chance?If Qian Baoxu's martial arts can be perceived by Ali, she must also be able to perceive Ali, and then discover that Yu Hui and others have sneaked into Xuan Kingdom from Hua Kingdom.If this is the case, why didn't Qian Baoxu directly subdue or kill them by force, but instead used the murder case to involve the government officials?

Another point that worries Yuhui is why Yingyang didn't return all night?Was Ying Yang discovered by someone from the Heavenly Sword Sect?Or did she see that Yuzhu Pavilion was blocked by the officials and didn't find a chance to enter it for a while?
———Author’s words———

The place of Fengyue is not peaceful, and conspiracy follows everywhere.

(End of this chapter)