"This old beast not only likes to do it himself, but also likes to watch other men whip me, insult me, and burn me with charcoal!" Qin Niang's eyes were split, and the four guys shrank back.
She pointed at them and said, "Yes, the four of them are accomplices!"
"Not as good as a beast!" Zhou Zhiqin smashed the coffee table to pieces with his palm, furious.
The four waiters knelt down and begged for mercy because the shopkeeper asked for it. In fact, they had never been cruel.
Wang Erniu's face was full of tears: "I originally thought that although the shopkeeper was older, he was rich and powerful, and if Qin Niang followed him, he would finally be able to live a good life. No, I didn't expect..."
"I didn't expect that the shopkeeper has been abusing your sweetheart, so you just killed him with a knife?" Lan Tianyu said coldly.
Wang Erniu shouted loudly: "No, absolutely not! This guest officer and his entourage came last night..."
He pointed at Jin Baohui and said, "I found that the number of people going up the mountain was much more than what the shopkeeper ordered before. The dry food for the guest officers going up the mountain was not enough, so I went to Lao Yutou's place at the end of the town overnight to dry his food. I bought bacon, sausages, sweet potatoes and everything else, and it’s been less than an hour since I got back, so how can I find the time to kill the shopkeeper!”
Qian Xueshen suddenly said: "Did you really just come back?"
"Lao Yutou and his family can testify that I kept counting things at his house until dawn, and then the Yu family's two sons helped me pull the two carts of food back. They just finished unloading the things." Wang Erniu said.
"Then it's probably not Chef Wang who killed the shopkeeper." Qian Xueshen said suddenly, feeling very embarrassed when everyone looked at him, "Well, wasn't I hungry last night? At that time, Uncle Jin and his entourage happened to arrive at the inn. There were many of them. There was a lot of luggage, and the guys were busy packing and moving, but no one paid attention to me. So I went to the kitchen by myself and wanted to ask the cook to cook me a bowl of noodles."
"When I got there, I happened to bump into Chef Wang and the proprietress hugging each other and crying. I waited outside the door for a while, but they didn't stop talking, so I had to forget it. When I went back, I happened to see the shopkeeper and the waiter there. Talk. He said that he hadn’t slept yet and would lead us up the mountain the next day. Now that Uncle Jin has been sent to the guest room, he can go and have a rest. He told the waiter to clean up by himself and not to disturb him. "
"After walking a few steps, I saw the proprietress coming out from the other side. I thought that the pair of wild mandarin ducks had finally finished chatting and the cook could cook me some noodles, so I quickly turned back the way I came. Who knew that I had just arrived at the back kitchen and front yard? I saw Chef Wang going out through the back door - which made me half angry. So I went into the back kitchen and randomly found some cold wine and cold steamed buns to pad my stomach. In short, the cook didn't come back out of the back door until I finished eating. "
Dongfang Xiao was careful and summarized for Qian Xueshen: "You saw Chef Wang first, then you saw the shopkeeper alive, and then you saw Chef Wang going out and not coming back until an hour ago... How long does it take to get from the inn to the end of the town?" He looked at it to a fellow.
The guy whispered back: "At least half an hour."
Dongfang Xiao looked at everyone, "It takes at least an hour to go back and forth from here to Lao Yutou at the end of the town. Plus the time spent on shopping and loading the truck, Chef Wang has no time to kill the shopkeeper."
He pointed at Qin Niang, "The boss's wife is weak and slender, and has no martial arts skills, so she can't kill her with a single blow - so it seems that someone else is planning to kill the shopkeeper."
At first, everyone thought that this was just an ordinary murder case in which a cheater and an adulterer murdered her husband. However, after talking about it for a long time, they discovered that it was not the case at all.
Lan Tianyu was the most vigilant. He looked at everyone present and said: "It is not difficult to kill the shopkeeper with a knife in his chest while he is sleeping. In this way, almost everyone in this inn can kill the shopkeeper."
——When he revealed the hidden doubts in everyone's hearts, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their backs.
"Is this shit over or not?"
A lazy voice sounded, and everyone turned to look.
Mu Qingyan leaned against the door frame. Because he was tall, the purple gold and white jade crown on his dark hair could almost reach the door frame. He looked bored: "Is he a dead scumbag worth everyone's troublesome investigation?"
"How can you say that?" Jin Baohui said sarcastically.
Several waiters had seen Mu Qingyan's ruthless methods, and none of them dared to say a word.
Mu Qingyan put one hand behind his back: "This shopkeeper first took advantage of his power to marry her, and after marrying her, he continued to abuse his wife. All kinds of outrageous methods are simply appalling - he is a bad person."
"Since he is a bad guy, it is a good thing that he is dead."
"The death of a bad guy is a good death, a wonderful death, and he deserves it. We are all good people, so why should good people dwell on the death of a bad guy."
——Everyone's expressions gradually solidified, and Cai Zhao covered his head and didn't want to hear any more.
"It is said that the law of nature is clear and retribution is not good. The old beast has done many evil things. God knows which chivalrous man with a benevolent heart saw injustice on the road and jumped in through the window to kill the old beast."
"This is such a good thing, but it's a pity that we can't invite this knight to have a drink."
"Do you think what I said is right?"
Mu Qingyan's cold eyes stared at Jin Baohui.
Jin Baohui smiled reluctantly: "Of course it's right."
Bang bang, a burst of applause suddenly sounded from the corner of the room. It turned out to be the handsome middle-aged man clapping.
He said with a smile on his face: "This young master is right. We are all people who have important matters to go to the mountain. It's really funny that we are delaying here for such an old man who is riddled with injustice."
Zhou Zhiqin sighed for a long time: "That's right, you can still live if you do evil in heaven, but you can't live if you do evil on your own."
Dongfang Xiao looked out the window and said, "Let's have lunch in advance, and then hurry up the mountain. The days are short here, don't delay until dark again."
"Then, what to do with the shopkeeper's body?" a waiter whispered.
Mu Qingyan said casually: "Feed the dog..." Everyone was shocked, and Zhou Zhiqin was about to speak again.
"Of course it's not possible." He continued, "Put it outside to freeze first, and then you can dispose of it when it's empty."
Cai Zhao was startled and punched him on the back with his small fist.
Mu Qingyan's eyebrows became more and more happy.
Wang Erniu and Qin Niang had planned to die together, but now they were unscathed, and they couldn't help being surprised and happy for a while.
The four waiters did not dare to refute, and looked down with resentful expressions, thinking of taking revenge slowly after the others left.
After finally serving the dozens of men in the inn, they had enough to eat and drink, and after packing their luggage, Mu Qingyan suddenly asked four waiters to guide them to the Snowy Mountains.
The four guys were shocked.
"Your shopkeeper is dead. If you don't guide us, who will?" Mu Qingyan's face turned cold.
The rest of the people also thought this was a good idea. No matter how much the four clerks complained, they could only agree.
Zhou Zhiqin fell one step behind and smiled at Cai Zhao: "Your brother is a very nice person."
Cai Zhao: "?"
"By the time these four people return to the inn from the edge of the snow-capped mountains, Chef Wang and Qin Niang will have already run away." Dongfang Xiao said softly, "Brother Ling is deliberately protecting them."
Cai Zhao originally wanted to say that you guys are overthinking, but that guy Mu Qingyan just likes to make people unhappy, but as he spoke, he remembered his 'identity' and quickly put on a proud and shy look: "Thank you two seniors for your compliments. , my brother has always been so kind, considerate and kind to others..."
"What is my sister talking about me?" Mu Qingyan turned around with a smile.
Cai Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth: "I'm talking good about my brother."
Mu Qingyan stretched out his hands, and the floral gray fur was fluffy. A thick fur cloak was draped on the girl's shoulders.
His eyes were like warm sunshine, and he whispered softly and concernedly: "It's cold on the mountain, sister, don't freeze."
Dongfang Xiao's eyelids twitched again - are you really brother and sister?
Several large sleighs have been parked outside the inn, and everyone is either riding horses or riding sleighs, heading straight to the snow-capped mountains.
After running for more than half an hour, everyone finally saw the golden top of the snow-capped mountains shrouded in soft light from a distance.
A waiter pointed ahead and said: "This is the southern slope of the Snow Mountain. You can go up from here."
Another waiter was afraid that Mu Qingyan would do something wrong again, so he quickly apologized and said, "The shopkeeper used to show people the way, and he would stop here."
Mu Qingyan stepped off the sleigh, stood still and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, four of you, for accompanying us on such a long journey."
The four waiters hurriedly said, "You're welcome." However, they didn't even finish their polite words. They saw a flash of silver light in front of their eyes, and the four of them felt their throats go cold. Then there were four snaps, and the four of them fell into the snow. After a few convulsions, he died.
There was a red line blooming at the throats of the four corpses, and hot blood continued to flow out, dyeing the snow-white ground red for a moment.
The handsome young master, as cold as jade, stood quietly in the middle holding a long sword.
This was caught off guard and everyone was shocked.
Especially for Jin Baohui, what Mu Qingyan was holding was the sword at the waist of one of his guards. However, his movement was so fast that the guard was two beats too slow to notice, let alone resist.
"Master Yan, what do you mean?" The handsome middle-aged man looked unkind.
Mu Qingyan asked, "Do you think these four people are good people or bad people?"
Jin Baohui cursed in his heart, you have already killed people before you ask, can we say that you killed good people?
The rest of the people didn't say anything, but Zhou Zhiqin thought for a moment and said, "These four people are helping the tyrants do evil. They are not good people."
Dongfang Xiao also said: "They have been working with the shopkeeper to abuse a weak woman for several years. After the murder, they repeatedly made up excuses to frame Qin Niang. It is really bad."
Mu Qingyan turned the hilt of his sword and walked slowly towards Jin Baohui: "I killed these four evil people, am I a good person?"
Jin Baohui's face stiffened: "Of course he is a good person."
"Oh, I did another good deed today." Mu Qingyan returned the sword with a happy expression, "Sure enough, doing good deeds can make people feel refreshed. I will definitely do more good deeds in the future."
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Chapter 50
The snow-capped mountains are vast, and as far as the eye can see there are undulating snow ridges, and there are many black spots and lines of different shades.
Cai Zhao was very curious: "Isn't the snow all white? Why is it black?" She grew up in the Luoying Valley where the weather is like spring all year round. In winter, a few scattered snowflakes occasionally floated and quickly melted into the puddles. I have never seen such a tall snowdrift.
Lan Tianyu turned around and replied: "This is just at the foot of the mountain. There are often people coming and going. If the snow cannot accumulate, the rocks and soil under the snow will naturally be exposed. There are also woods on the mountain, which are not visible when covered with snow. Once they are covered by the mountain, The wind blew away the snow, which looked black even from a distance.”
He led the team at the front, sweeping away the lowered vigilance in the inn before, and opened the way in front of the mountain wind that scattered snowflakes. His eyes were bright and his expression was confident and relaxed, as if he had returned home.
Mu Qingyan asked with a smile: "Senior Lan has so many family treasures. Could it be that he grew up near the snow-capped mountains?"
Lan Tianyu's face turned bright red and he said smoothly: "Yes, I was born in the snowy region of the west. I have been climbing in and out of the snowy mountains since I was a child. Even my lightness skills were practiced on the snow. Back then I..."
There was a cooing cry from behind the team. The sound was neither soft nor serious, just enough to be heard. It turned out to be the enchanting and beautiful concubine who had sprained her feet.
The handsome middle-aged man supported her: "Qinong, be careful where you step. If you can't eat, you'd better go down the mountain."
Qinong's eyebrows were affectionate, and she was obviously talking nicely, but her tone was like um or coquettishness: "Thank you, Master, for caring about me. But wherever the master is, Qinong will be there."
More than half of the men in the team were envious of this handsome middle-aged man's good fortune. However, this handsome middle-aged man acted like a fool. He let go of Qinong and continued to move forward, wasting all the tingling beauty's kindness in vain, which made all the men sigh.
It had only been more than two hours since he left. If he were still in the Qingque Sect, it would be the time when Furong Jade came to Cai Zhao with this snack and tea. However, it was already dusk in the mountains and the sky was gloomy.
According to what I heard along the way, you should not travel in the dark in the snow-capped mountains. If you step into the ice ravine and snow cliff, you will be instantly buried by the fallen mountain snow and you will not be able to find it back.
Lan Tianyu looked far into the distance. After a moment, his brows relaxed, and he pointed at a few black spots not far away and said: "That's right there, we have arrived at our destination tonight."
Jin Baohui was panting from exhaustion and almost didn't sit down when he heard this. Finally, he had brought enough people for this trip. The guards took turns dragging and supporting him before bringing Mr. Jin, who weighed more than 200 kilograms, with him.
The second person who was in bad condition was the master and the two servants who never spoke. The master's face turned pale and his legs were trembling slightly. It was obvious that his internal strength was weak.
After another half an hour of rattling, everyone finally arrived at their destination.
Cai Zhao turned his head and looked left and right, and after a while he said: "I finally know why we set off in the afternoon."
This is a sheltered mountain col. There are five or six brick and tile hunting houses of different sizes scattered in a plum blossom shape. A circle of very tall cedars are planted around the houses, and several cedars are tied to the upper part of each tree. Ten red ribbons. With the mountain breeze, the snowflakes were shaken off and the red ribbons fluttered, which was very eye-catching among the black, white and black snow-capped mountains.
The wind and snow were blowing at night in the mountains, and it was difficult to keep out the cold with just a tent. In order to allow the herb collectors and hunters to go further and harvest more, it is said that several wealthy businessmen jointly paid for it decades ago and hired Hundreds of craftsmen have built many huts for people to stay overnight along the southern slope of the snow-capped mountains. Local residents only need to maintain the houses every year.
