After everyone filled their stomachs, Ke Cheng sat next to the Xiao brothers and sisters and talked about their family situation.

It turned out that the Xiao family was one of the four major families in the capital of Dalin Kingdom. They didn't know who they had offended, but they were inexplicably hunted down by Pan Ruosha's people.

Fortunately, the one hundred guards who followed them out were loyal enough and fought to the death to protect the brother and sister, allowing them to escape.

The next day, they got up early, took out some dry food and prepared to eat before continuing their journey.

After the Xiao siblings cleaned themselves up and put on clean clothes, they discovered that they were both very good-looking and handsome.

Ke Cheng brought some dry food to them and said, "Mr. Xiao, are you feeling better?"

"I feel much better after taking your medicine. I can go on the road now." Xiao Changqi said.

Although the wound still hurt, riding a horse could not move the wound. Moreover, given their current condition, they had to leave even though they were injured.

"Okay, let's eat and leave."

With the Xiao brothers and sisters following them today, Ke Cheng and the other two became cautious on the road.

Chu Feiyan seemed relaxed. With the crows there, they would immediately notice if Pan Ruosha's men approached.

It was just very strange. They had been walking for three days and met many people from the martial arts world, but none of Pan Ruosha's men showed up.

After walking for another two days, they arrived at Yanzhou City in Dalin State today.

Because of the existence of the Qingjian Sect, Yanzhou City became a large city second only to the capital of Dalin Kingdom.

There were only three days left before the martial arts conference, and Yanzhou City was already crowded. As they walked down a street, they saw that all the inns had signs saying "Closed".

There was a branch of Yueying Pavilion in Yanzhou City, so they didn't have to stay in an inn. Ke Cheng led the way and walked towards the branch.

Xiao Changqi suddenly said to Chu Feiyan: "Master, our Xiao family has our own inn in Yanzhou City. If you don't mind its simplicity, come and live with us!"

Chu Feiyan and the others looked at each other. If they had somewhere else to live, they naturally didn't want outsiders to know about the existence of the branch.

"So there is an inn of yours in Yanzhou City. Why didn't you tell me earlier? No matter how simple the inn is, it is better than sleeping in the wild, right? Come on, take us there quickly." Qiu Ling said.

Xiao Changqi blushed slightly, "Then please follow me."

The Xiao brothers and sisters led the way. After walking two streets, they stopped in front of a three-story inn.

"Fengyun Inn!" Qiu Ling looked up and saw that this was the best inn on the entire street.

"Xiao Changqi, is this what you call 'simple'?"

"Hehe..." Xiao Changqi smiled shyly and made a gesture of invitation with his hand, "Dear benefactors, please come in. I hope you won't despise me."

"I don't mind, as long as there's good food and drink." Qiu Ling pulled Ke Cheng in first.

Seeing the Xiao brothers and sisters appear, the shopkeeper of Fengyun Inn was obviously stunned for a moment, with a strange flash in his eyes, and came forward and said: "Young Master, Second Miss, you are finally here."

Xiao Changqi saw the unnatural look on his face and said coldly, "Manager Yun, these people are my distinguished guests. You must entertain them well."

"Of course, of course." Shopkeeper Yun bowed and nodded to them, "Master, please take a seat here for a while."

Xiao Changqi's face darkened. "No need to sit down. We are very tired after traveling for days. Bring the room key. Let's go to the room to rest and prepare some food."

His injuries have not healed yet, and he has been traveling for days, so his face is very pale and he needs a good rest.

"This..." Shopkeeper Yun's forehead was slightly sweaty, his eyes flickering, "To be honest with you, all the rooms have been occupied by guests. Please... wait here for a while, I will go up and ask them to check out."

"What? You actually let guests stay in the room on the third floor? You are so bold, who told you to do this?" Xiao Shuyue was very angry.

"Miss, I'm sorry! When I saw you were late, I thought you were not coming. Because of the martial arts conference, business has been good these days and many people can't find an inn to stay in. So I took it upon myself to rent out the room on the third floor to the guests at a high price." Shopkeeper Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"You paid a high price to let someone move in?" Xiao Changqi's voice suddenly became cold and stern. "I wonder how much money Manager Yun received from that person to actually sell my room? Are you so sure that my brother and I can't come?"

“Twenty… no, it’s… it’s thirty taels a day…” Shopkeeper Yun stuttered, his eyes flickering.

"How much is it?" Xiao Changqi walked to the counter, picked up an account book on the table, and opened the first page.

"No... the money is not recorded on it..."

"Bang!" Xiao Changqi slammed the account book on the table, shocking Manager Yun so much that his body shook slightly.

"Ha! There are accounts that are not recorded in the account book. Then, Manager Yun, where are they recorded? Do you have another private account book?"

Shopkeeper Yun was startled and fell to his knees, "This old slave deserves death!"

"Since you know you deserve to die, then just confess!" Xiao Changqi slammed his fist on the table.

"Yes..." Shopkeeper Yun reached into his sleeve, took out a purse, and handed it to him with both hands, "This is all the wealth of this old servant. It's all here!"

Xiao Shuyue took the purse, opened it and took out the banknotes inside. It was a thick stack of banknotes with the largest denomination of 1,000 taels. She was immediately furious:

"You are such a wicked servant. Your father trusted you so much and entrusted the business here to you to manage, but you actually embezzled so much money for yourself?"

"I know my crime. It is because I was greedy. Please punish me, sir." Shopkeeper Yun kowtowed to the Xiao brothers and sisters.

Xiao Changqi flipped through the account book, murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "Are you sure these banknotes are all your assets?"

"No...it's from the Xiao family. This old servant falsified the accounts and got all that money bit by bit with greed..." Shopkeeper Yun's body trembled slightly.

"In that case, then get out of Fengyun Inn right now. Considering that you have been in the Xiao family for so many years, I will spare you this time. As for your indentureship, you can go back to Kyoto and tell your father about it!" Xiao Changqi said.

"Yes... but..." Shopkeeper Yun begged, "Sir, can you let me go back and get some clothes?"

"Okay, but in order to prevent you from taking anything from the Xiao family again, I will go with you." Xiao Changqi raised his hand to call a waiter, "Daming, come here!"

Daming came over and asked cautiously, "Master, what do you want?"

Xiao Changqi handed him the account book and said, "From today on, you are the innkeeper. Work hard for me in the future."

“Ah… Can I… Can your servant…” Daming was a little confused and couldn’t speak clearly.

Xiao Changqi patted his shoulder, walked up to Chu Feiyan, and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, did you make a fool of yourself?"

Chu Feiyan nodded, "It's okay, you can go and get busy first!"

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