After being reborn, he became cinnabar in the heart of Quanxianmen

Helong Inn is officially closed.

Although there were few people in the house because of the haunting before, at least they can rely on the magnificent building built decades ago to deceive the newcomers.

But now, the county government officers and soldiers surrounded the Helong Inn, and the business travelers in the past either kept their heads down and passed quickly, or simply took a detour to avoid suspicion.

Inside the inn, a middle-aged headhunter surnamed Cao with a fierce face was questioning him.

The shop clerk sat slumped on the chair, leaning against the back of the chair, looking like he was about to roll his eyes and faint in the next second.

He was terrified, and said sobbingly:

"Your Excellency, I really don't know anything. This businessman Jia spent all his money in a nearby brothel, so he just ate and lived in our inn. He couldn't drive him away. Last night, the villain greeted several people. The guest officer fell asleep after checking in, and when he woke up early in the morning and entered the lobby, he saw merchant Jia hanging from the beam with his blood drained."

Speaking of horror, the waiter couldn't hold back and cried again.

Cao catcher sent someone to write down the confession one by one.A gentle and clear voice came from beside Leng Buding: "Such a tricky guest dominates the guest room, you must have worked hard as servants, right?"

Cao Butou raised his eyebrows, and glanced at the young man on the other side of the room.

The shop clerk felt that the voice spoke to his heart, and burst into tears:

"Merchant Jia only pays a small room fee, but he asks for food and drinks. If he doesn't give it, he will mess around in front of the store, disturbing us so much that we can't do business. I'm annoying him. If he disappears..."

The words came to an abrupt end, and Cao Butou instructed the servant next to him, "Write it all down. The motive may be the eagerness to protect the store."

Shop waiter: "..."

Lu Ran lowered his head, obediently standing with other people in the shop, showing his pointed chin.It seemed that the tricky question just now was just a simple question of concern.

Catcher Cao withdrew his gaze and continued to ask:

"Apart from the guests staying tonight, who else is in the store?"

The shop clerk replied in a dazed way:

"The owner of the store has never been to the store, and several people have asked for leave. Now there are only Zhang Liezi, who cooks in the kitchen, and Chen Dalang, the helper."

Catcher Cao first questioned Zhang Laizi.The cripple said that he broke a leg while walking at night a few years ago, and he has been limping ever since.There was no work in the kitchen last night, so he went to bed early, and this morning he heard the waiter in the front hall screaming, and he knew that there was a murder.

What he said was honest, and people couldn't find fault for a while.What's more, he is really lame, and it is difficult to go up the stairs. It is impossible for him to hang a person on such a high beam by himself.

Lu Ran still had the same low-brow and narrow-eyed look, obedient and quiet.The clear amber pupils looked at the flinching Zhang Liezi with concern: "Master Zhang has heavy bags under his eyes, did you get tired last night?"

Lame Zhang: "..."

What's wrong with this boy.With a naive and innocent face, he said the most bottom-line words.

He vaguely explained that he didn't sleep well last night.Cao Butou nodded and looked at the last handyman.

Chen Dalang is about [-] years old, tall and muscular.A year ago, because of family poverty, I came to the store to help.Although the business of Helong Inn was poor, three meals a day were still enough, so he stayed there.

The young man has an ordinary appearance, but a handsome figure, with a slender waist and long legs.It was indeed the only one in the store who had the strength to hang the corpse up.Staring at his face, Lu Ran always felt a little weird.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the corner of his clothes was slightly pulled.Lu Ran moved his eyes away from Chen Dalang's face, and saw the guest in Room B sitting beside him, handing over a piece of silver-gray hairband, his jewel-like eyes implying a stream of light:

"This boy."

He raised his head and stared at Lu Ran, with a distressed expression in his bright eyes, and a shy tone:

"I can't manage my hair well by myself. Would you like to help me tie my hair?"

The man's eyes were like a pool of quiet water, and he looked at the young man expectantly, as if no second figure could be reflected in his eyes.Lu Ran was startled, took the headband and brushed up a lock of long hair.

The man's mouth curled into a gentle arc.With the attitude of a victor, he glanced arrogantly at Chen Dalang.

Over there, Chen Dalang didn't know anything about it, and was insisting in a rough voice with his neck stuck that he had already gone to sleep.No matter how Cao Tuotou insinuated, it was always a set of "don't ask me if you don't know, it's nothing to do with me anyway" three-in-a-row combo.

Lu Ran fell into deep thought while helping the man comb his hair.

The murder was very strange.If it was something evil, I and Chao Sheng who were on the second floor couldn't have noticed it.And if it is artificial, there is no need to drain the flesh and blood of the human body.Is it the conspiracy of humans and demons?What happened to that female ghost named Ah Nan?

He couldn't help but glanced at Chen Dalang again.He always felt that this person's temperament did not look like a handyman doing rough work.

Suddenly, the man beside him hissed softly.

Lu Ran came back to his senses, saw the corners of the man's eyes were slightly red from the pain, and quickly apologized:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention, didn't I hurt you?"

The man gave him a sad look.Lu Ran didn't dare to distract himself from thinking about other people, so he combed his hair wholeheartedly.

The long hair is as smooth as brocade, and the tentacles are warm and cool.Lu Ran brushed his long hair with his fingers, as if stroking a black bird with delicate feathers.The man squinted his eyes, showing a contented expression.

The servants in the store have finished their interrogation, and the guests who stayed last night also have to interrogate as usual.The businessman Jia in Room A died, and it was the turn of the guest in Room B next.

As soon as Cao Butou turned around, he saw two people sticking together and combing their hair carefully.The man sitting on the chair raised his head and softly praised something. The boy's expression was still calm, but his cheeks were slightly flushed, and his eyes shone like glass.

Catcher Cao: "..."

What are these two doing in public?This is the scene of the crime, and the mummy hasn't been moved yet?

When Lu Ran saw Cao Butou coming to ask questions and everyone looked at them, he was a little embarrassed, so he speeded up and tied up his hair crown.The man gave Cao Butou a cold look, and handed over his identity document.

He called himself Yuan Ji, went out to study, and gave all the gold and silver to beggars on the way.I came to Yancheng yesterday afternoon, and the Helong Inn still has vacant rooms at a low price, so I stayed here.

Catcher Cao took the document and compared it with the inn's account books to confirm that it was correct, then returned it.

He turns to the others.A gentle monk, an arrogant young man, and that handsome young man just now are trying their best to express silently: "Don't ask me, I don't know anything."

The blue veins on Cao Tutou's forehead twitched, and he yelled at the waiter in the shop and asked, "Then who are these people in the other two rooms? Why is there no registration in the account book at the front desk?"

The waiter rubbed his nose and said guiltily: "They are all penniless homeless people sleeping on the street. I saw how pitiful it was in the cold weather, so I invited them to stay for one night."

Lu Ran: "..."

He could not refute.

Cao Butou obviously didn't believe it.Lu Ran saw that the waiter in the shop was really embarrassed, so he took the initiative to speak up and made up the identity of the youngest son of an ordinary family at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

Chao Sheng clasped his palms in front of him, and Wen Sheng said that he was a monk from Longxing Temple in Linhai City and a disciple of Master Chang En.Mr. Song in Room D still had a cold face, and coldly spit out six words: "Song Jun, a person from the capital".

At this time, Lu Ran noticed an inconspicuous corner, and a policeman slipped out quietly.

Cao Tuotou's jaw tensed suddenly, and he pretended not to notice at all, and sneered: "Zhongnan, Linhai, and the capital city. It's really far away from each other. How did you come here? What are you doing in Yancheng? Who ordered you to come here? of?"

Chao Sheng explained in a good-tempered manner: "The three of us came here to play and stayed in the inn by chance. We have never met the deceased, so we have no motive for killing."

Cao Butou was dubious, when a government servant who searched the room came down from upstairs, whispered a few words to Cao Butou, and delivered another package.Lu Ran looked calm.He and Chao Sheng have already restored the room, so no one will be noticed.

Sure enough, Catcher Cao skipped over Lu Ran and Chao Sheng, looked at Song Jun, and shouted, "Tie up this Song!"

There was an uproar in the store, and even the guards were stunned for a moment, before they drew out their knives and rushed to Song Jun's side.

The scholar named Song Jun frowned and shouted:

"No shot!"

Cao Butou raised his eyebrows: "Bold and unreasonable! How dare you provoke the government!"

Lu Ran didn't understand why Catcher Cao was so irritable all of a sudden: "Mr. Song just arrived at the inn in the middle of the night yesterday, and he has never met this Jia merchant. Do you have evidence to prove that Mr. Song hurt someone?"

Cao Butou put the package on the table heavily:

"That's the proof."

When everyone looked, they saw a gorgeous brocade gown inside the package, with large black and red blood stains on the collar and sleeves.The one on Song Jun is of the same style and material.It was indeed her clothes.

Cao Butou sneered:

"This is what I found under your bed! You accidentally splashed blood when you committed the crime, and you didn't have time to destroy it, so you had to hide the blood-stained brocade robe under the bed in a hurry. Here is the physical evidence, why don't you kneel down and confess!"

Chao Sheng hurriedly said: "I'm afraid there may be some misunderstanding. It may be framed."

Lu Ran agreed.What motive would a person who smashed three silver dollars to grab a house have to kill the poor businessman Jia?

Cao Butou was unmoved, and waved his hand: "The troublemaker will be arrested before he kneels! Take this suspect down quickly."

Song Jun sneered, with a haughty look on her face: "I kneel to you? Aren't you afraid of losing your life?"

Several arresters stepped forward to grab the man, Song Jun slightly turned sideways to dodge the arrester who was rushing towards him.Immediately afterwards, he flipped backwards and jumped onto the table, and the arresting officers from the front and rear slammed into each other violently.Seeing this, the remaining one drew out his saber, and Song Jun turned around and kicked at the wrist of the saber-bearer.

Lu Ran wanted to persuade him to fight, but Yuan Ji, who was beside him, fell backward and put his forehead on Lu Ran's shoulder.He closed his beautiful eyes tightly, covered his chest, and took a light breath, showing a weak appearance that he couldn't see a knife or a gun.

Lu Ran hurriedly supported Yuan Ji's waist and stepped back.Which is unreliable, dare to send this sick child out of the house to learn from a teacher.

At this moment, an accident happened suddenly.The scimitar in the captor's hand was kicked away, but it didn't fall to the ground.The scimitar suddenly ignited a purple underworld fire, accelerated suddenly, and stabbed Yuan Ji and Lu Ran from behind.

Lu Ran subconsciously turned sideways to avoid it, his eyes instantly became dark and cold, the gentle spirit of green wood condensed into sharp thorns, subconsciously wanted to fight back, but someone grabbed his wrist.

Yuan Ji's warm body temperature was transmitted to Lu Ran's body through the skin-to-skin contact, and the soft fingertips were like delicate crow feathers.Feeling Yuan Ji's aura, Lu Ran calmed down—the magic formula he almost used just now under stress would cause indiscriminate attacks on people nearby.Fortunately, it was stopped in time.

The magic knife failed in one blow, and stabbed at the two of them again at a tricky angle.Hearing a jingle, a sharp black weapon the size of a petal flew from nowhere, as fast as lightning, and hit the knife dozens of times larger than it, abruptly changing the direction of the magic knife.

The magic knife was knocked open by a hidden weapon, and it was inserted deeply into the table. It couldn't be pulled out for a while, but it was still screaming, and the venomous magic fire scorched the table black.

Chao Sheng put his palms together and stood in front of his chest, reciting the scriptures in a low voice, with a faint golden Buddha light shining all over his body.The magic knife was suppressed by Buddhist scriptures, the flames gradually dissipated, and the blade shattered into several pieces.

Song Jun stopped, and looked at her own shadow a little unhappy: "I can solve it by myself."

Perhaps it was an illusion, but the black shadow underground twisted slightly.

Yuan has pulled Lu Ran to sit aside.The man stood in front of the boy, bent over, his bony fingers lightly brushed his temples, and said softly, "Are you afraid?"

Lu Ran subconsciously shook his head.

Yuan Ji sighed softly, with a hint of undisguised distress: "Are you really not afraid?"

Lu Ran raised his eyes to look at him, with a hint of bewilderment and ignorance in his pure and bright eyes.

He is an instrument repairer with average self-protection ability.When I first arrived at the Stranger Inn, I almost tore down the whole house.But the moment the magic knife struck, he didn't even have the option of "fear" in his mind.

Yuan already wrapped a strand of hair behind the boy's ear: "It's okay, you can be afraid."

A trace of surprise flashed across Lu Ran's eyes - he thought he would be praised for being strong and brave, but he didn't expect the man to say such a thing to him.An indescribable emotion welled up in my heart, and I hummed with a nasal sound.

The man stood up straight and stroked his hair.Turning his head to look at the fragments of the magic knife inserted on the table, there was a gloomy blackness in his eyes.

On the other side, Cao Butou looked at Chao Sheng in awe: "Master, do you know the art of expelling demons and subduing demons?"

Chao Sheng waved his hand: "I'm just an ordinary disciple of the Buddhist sect at Longxing Temple in Linhai City, not a master." He returned to seriousness: "To control a knife and injure someone, you need to have a view from the room. This monster is now in the inn."

Cao Butou nodded reverently.

At this time, Lu Ran caught a glimpse of the arrester who sneaked out before sneaking back.

Cao Butou's face suddenly became very ugly.He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Quick! This monk knows sorcery, it's very suspicious! Together with this troublemaker surnamed Song, hurry back to the government office!"

Chao Sheng: "?"

Who called me a master just now?

Song Jun impatiently said, "It's all said to be a monster. Which one of your eyes sees us as monsters?"

Cao Butou turned a deaf ear and shouted: "Shop waiter, cook Zhang, helper Chen, don't let any one go, I will take them all back to the yamen for interrogation!"

Lu Ran: "..."

Head arrests arrest people indiscriminately, most of them are crazy.

Cao Butou looked back at Lu Ran and Yuan Ji, who were still sticking together, with ambiguous bubbles all over their bodies, and waved his hand: "These two people may be accomplices, take me back too!"

Lu Ran winked at Chao Sheng expressionlessly:

Cao Butou lost his mind and went crazy, why don't we recite a Qingxin Sutra to him quickly.

With a numb expression, Chao Sheng began to dig out his pockets to find the wooden fish.

At this moment, a high-pitched female voice came from the end of the street.

"Lord Cao! Absolutely not!"

Cao Butou paused, pretending he hadn't heard, and glared at the hesitant prison guard beside him: "What are you doing in a daze! Quickly tie up everyone and send them to the county government for filing! Especially this monk! Take him back quickly!"

"You can't arrest people, Mr. Cao!" A middle-aged beautiful woman in luxurious clothes in the distance, supported by a maid, ran through the streets and alleys, and ran all the way to the door, holding her chest and panting softly.

The melon-eating people in the surrounding shops poked their heads out thinking they were hiding, and looked at her disheveled, sweaty temples and clothes, covering their mouths and whispering, mixed with low-pitched ridicule.

The beautiful woman didn't care about the eyes that seemed to be pricked by needles.She tried to calm her breathing, straightened her loose clothes, wiped the dense sweat from the corners of her forehead, and there was a small mole on her cheek that was gorgeous and compelling.

Cao Butou strode forward as if facing a formidable enemy, grabbed Chao Sheng's left hand tightly, and roughly pulled it aside:

"Follow my command, everyone in the store will be arrested and brought back to the government for investigation!"

Not to be outdone, the beautiful woman walked briskly, twisted Chao Sheng's right arm tightly, and pulled it back forcefully:

"Listen to my order, everyone in the store stay where they are and don't move!"

Chao Sheng: "..."

be sick.

The author has something to say:

Chaosheng: Visions of some scenes where the mother and stepmother snatch the child...

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