"Then please wait for a moment, my benefactors. Changqi will take care of the matter in the room." Xiao Changqi said apologetically, and followed Manager Yun to the backyard to get the clothes. Xiao Shuyue was worried, so she followed them.

Chu Feiyan gave Ke Cheng a wink, and the latter understood and followed the Xiao brothers and sisters to the backyard.

"Master, I think there is a big problem with Manager Yun. It's not just as simple as embezzling the Xiao family's money." Xia An said in a low voice.

"And Xiao Changqi himself realized it, so he went with him to get the things." Qiu Ling paused here.

"From what they said just now, it can be seen that this Shopkeeper Yun knew that the Xiao brothers and sisters were coming, but he did not reserve a room for them. Moreover, he looked surprised when he saw them. This means..."

"That means Shopkeeper Yun knew that the Xiao siblings were being hunted by Pan Ruosha's men, and he was sure that they were doomed to die. That's why Shopkeeper Yun showed that expression when we showed up. But man proposes, God disposes. The Xiao siblings encountered us and disrupted their plans." Xia An continued her words.

“So, Manager Yun knows who is the mastermind behind hiring assassins to hunt down the Xiao siblings?” Qiu Ling’s face changed and she stood up. “That Yun guy must know Pan Ruosha’s whereabouts. We can’t let this old guy get away.”

Xia An grabbed her and said, "Don't worry, Ke Cheng has already followed him in."

Qiu Ling sat down again and looked at the stairs with a serious expression, "So what do you think? Is it possible that Pan Ruosha's people are staying in the guest room on the third floor?"

"Shh!" Xia An put a finger on his lips and made a gesture to silence her.

At this time, in a room in the backyard, Ke Cheng pressed Shopkeeper Yun onto a table and said, "Tell me! Who wants to kill them?"

"You...are not understanding what you are saying." Shopkeeper Yun struggled.

"You won't tell me, right?" Ke Cheng pulled out a dagger and thrust it into Manager Yun's palm.

"Ah——" screams sounded.

Xiao Shuyue hurried to close the door.

"Are you going to tell me or not?" Ke Cheng pulled out a dagger and pressed it against Shopkeeper Yun's neck. "If you don't, I'll just give you a slight cut and you'll go to hell."

Shopkeeper Yun's face turned pale, but he still insisted, "I know nothing... even if you kill me... I still don't know..."

"You're still trying to be stubborn, aren't you?" Ke Cheng took out a black pill, put it into Shopkeeper Yun's mouth, and then left him there.

"This is poison. The pain will make you feel worse than death. It will occur every two days. If there is no antidote within a month, it will start to fester from the stomach until you die."

Shopkeeper Yun covered his wound with his hand, the pain made cold sweat appear on his forehead, but he remained tough and didn't say a word.

"Manager Yun, don't think that we don't know what you have done in Yanzhou City?" Xiao Changqi also pulled out a dagger and squatted in front of him.

"You have lived here for many years, and you have ignored your wife and children in Kyoto because you have kept a woman here and she has given birth to three children for you. Am I right?"

Shopkeeper Yun finally showed panic in his eyes, "You are talking nonsense... it's not true."

"Since the mother and her two children have nothing to do with you, I will bring them here to see if you recognize them." Xiao Changqi stood up and said to Xiao Shuyue, "Sister, go and call a few people..."

"Don't touch them!" Shopkeeper Yun shouted hurriedly, "Master, I'll tell you everything, please don't hurt them!"

"Then say it!" Xiao Changqi sat back in his seat.

"It was... the Second Master and the Second Young Master. They were the ones... who spent 100,000 taels of gold to have Pan Ruosha's men assassinate you on the road." Shopkeeper Yun named the mastermind behind the scenes.

"It's them!" Xiao Shuyue was very angry, "When we get back, we will tell father."

Xiao Changqi seemed very calm, "What else? Keep talking."

"It was the Second Young Master who threatened me with these children..."

Xiao Changqi's eyes sharpened, "Who moved into the rooms on the third floor?"

Shopkeeper Yun shuddered again, "It's... it's Pan Luosha's people."

Ke Cheng stabbed him in the back of the neck and knocked him unconscious. "Lock him up first!"

"Okay." Xiao Shuyue found a rope and tied the man up.

Coming out of the front hall, Ke Cheng nodded slightly to Chu Feiyan and the others, then walked up the stairs.

Chu Feiyan and the other two also followed them upstairs, but she had already asked Crow to check the rooms on the third floor. There was no one in the rooms, only one person guarding the corridor on the third floor.

Sure enough, just as they walked up to the third floor, a man in black stopped them at the stairs, with a ferocious look on his face, "Get out..."

"boom!"

Ke Cheng suddenly kicked the man in black in the chest. The man flew out along the corridor, hit the wall heavily, and rolled down.

"Don't use too much strength, leave him alive." Qiu Ling said.

"There's no point in keeping them." Once these people are caught, they will commit suicide.

Qiu Ling ran over to check and saw that the man's chest was dented by the kick and he was bleeding from the mouth and had died.

Ke Cheng drew his sword, opened the first door and walked in, only to find that no one was inside.

Chu Feiyan followed him into the room and said, "Don't look anymore. There is only one living person on the entire third floor, and you have killed him."

"Then let's..."

"Let's live here!" Chu Feiyan looked around the third floor, which was the best upper rooms. "I'll just have to trouble Master Xiao to ask someone to change the bedding for us."

She had her own space, and had placed a large and comfortable bed in it, so she would not sleep in the bed in this inn. But Xia An and the others still wanted to stay.

"Of course I need to change it. I'll go downstairs to find Daming now." Xiao Shuyue turned around and walked down the stairs to find someone to change the bedding.

Xiao Changqi invited Chu Feiyan into the largest room. Seeing that everything inside had been used, disgust flashed in his eyes.

“There are six rooms on the third floor, which were originally reserved for our own use, because my father, my family and I would often come here to check the accounts.

This damn shopkeeper Yun thought that my brother and I would never come back, so he blatantly let someone like Pan Ruosha live on the third floor. It's simply disgusting."

If they had not met Chu Feiyan and his companions, they would have been left dead in the wilderness long ago.

After a while, Daming came up with a dozen people, took away all the items, replaced them with new ones, and brought up a sumptuous lunch.

After lunch, Chu Feiyan saw that Xiao Changqi looked pale, so she said, "Your injuries haven't healed yet, go down and take good care of yourself! We don't need to worry about you."

"Then Changqi will go down first and live in the room opposite. If you have any problems, you can come to me or Daming and tell them." Xiao Changqi stood up and bowed deeply to them, "Thank you again for saving my life, Pavilion Master."

Ke Cheng helped him up and said, "No need to be so polite."

"As for Shopkeeper Yun, he is still useful. We must not let him die!" Chu Feiyan said.

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