The two rode fast horses and arrived near the inn within a few hours. The inn was located between Qingshui Village and Daoxiang Village, and was an important starting point for caravans.
"Brother Lei, look at how big this inn is. Why is it so lifeless all around? The most important thing is that it's almost dark and there's no light inside."
Yu Yi and Lei Chunze stopped in front of the inn at the same time. Yu Yi found that the inn was a little weird, so he chatted with Lei Chunze.
"I guess it's because the owner of this inn is stingy. There aren't many caravans usually, so business is not good, so he's losing money. Let's save fuel."
Lei Chunze got off his horse as he spoke and started walking towards the inn door.
Yuyi looked around the surroundings and found that there were neat footprints in the mud next to the inn. However, the land was dry and the footprints were particularly conspicuous. Occasionally, a few animal roars could be heard from the surrounding woods, making the entire atmosphere even more deserted.
"Is there anyone inside?"
While Yuyi was observing, Lei Chunze had already walked to the door and opened it.
The two thought it would be lively inside, but they smelled a foul smell.
Yu Yi covered his nose and said to Lei Chunze next to him: "What the hell is going on in this inn? Why does it stink so much? The lights are not turned on. It makes people's hair stand on end."
"That's right. When I meet the store, I will definitely repair it. How can they welcome customers like this!"
Lei Chunze also smelled the stench, and felt extremely angry.
"Brother Lei, go and light the oil lamp in the inn. You don't know what's going on with this guy."
Yuyi couldn't bear the smell, so he thrust the fire starter into Lei Chunze's hand and asked him to quickly solve Zhaoyin's problem.
When Lei Chunze saw Yuyi retreating to the door, he cursed a few times, then quietly went in, found an oil lamp and lit it.
"Lei Chunze, look!"
As the lights came on, Yu Yi was so frightened by the scene in the inn that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly informed Lei Chunze.
"It's up to you, uncle, what's there..."
Seeing Yu Yi making such a fuss, Lei Chunze was a little disapproving and wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks, but he was also stunned by the sight in front of him.
They saw no one in the inn, but three corpses, and the corpses had begun to rot and stink. What the two of them smelled at the door was nothing but the smell of corpses. The three corpses are two men and one woman. Judging from the clothes, a young man should be the waiter of this inn. There is a wound on his neck. He should have been killed by cutting his throat with a knife or sword. The other is a middle-aged man. A young man died from a heavy blow to the head, and a middle-aged woman. The lower body of this body was unclothed. Judging from the traces, it seemed that she had been tortured by some people before she was alive, and was finally strangled to death.
After observing the condition of the corpse, the two of them sighed secretly, wondering what kind of hatred they had with the store owner and killing their entire family.
Thinking that it was probably not good to leave the corpses alone like this, the two found the tools in the inn, dragged the corpses over and buried them on the spot. Since they didn't know the names and couldn't set up inscriptions, they omitted this. One step later, the two of them bowed and returned to the inn.
This tragic situation left a very deep impression on Yu Yi's mind. As a person in peaceful times, seeing pigs and chickens killed would feel cruel and he couldn't bear to look at it. Now when he encounters living people, they have turned into corpses. , and it was so miserable that it was hard for Yu Yi to accept it for a while.
"You couldn't be so frightened that you stopped talking and didn't eat anything."
Lei Chunze took out the dry food he brought at home and wanted to pass one to Yuyi, but the other party didn't respond.
"These murderers are so abominable that we must avenge these innocent people!"
Yu Yi suddenly stood up and punched a table hard.
Suddenly, the two heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from the window, which aroused alarm.
"Lei Chunze, please put out the lights quickly and let's hide!"
Yu Yi asked Lei Chunze to turn off the lights.
"What's there to be afraid of? Listening to this sound, it's just one person and one person riding. There are two of us."
Lei Chunze disagreed.
"Idiot, if this is Qinghe, the head of Qingshui Village, even the 10 of us may not be able to take advantage of it. Hurry up, otherwise it will be too late."
Yuyi explained.
Lei Chunze felt Yu Yi's eagerness, and after Yu Yi's explanation, he thought clearly about Yu Yi's meaning, so he ran over and blew out the oil lamp, and stayed by the window with Yu Yi, using the moonlight to observe the situation of the people coming. .
The visitor was wearing a long robe, with a little beard, carrying a sword on his back, and riding a mane horse. When he saw the inn, he immediately stopped, dismounted and walked, but stopped again halfway.
He stepped on the ground at the door, as if he found that the ground in front of the door had just been renovated, and looked at the inn. He probably thought it was strange that there were no lights, and he suddenly turned around.
I originally thought he was about to leave, but Lei Chunze accidentally touched a bowl on the table. The bowl fell to the ground, making a crisp sound. The man outside immediately became alert and drew the sword from behind. He came out and put it in his right hand, while slowly approaching the door of the inn.
"You're a guy who's more likely to fail than succeed!"
Yu Yi pushed Lei Chunze.
"Hmph, I'm in trouble, I'll take care of it myself!"
Lei Chunze said, picked up his iron rod and rushed out.
"Whoever comes, if you don't want to die, leave quickly."
Lei Chunze stepped through the door without taking any further action, but wanted to take advantage of the atmosphere to scare the other party away.
The man looked very surprised when he saw a man suddenly rushing out of the dark inn. But after seeing Lei Chunze's appearance, he smiled again and attacked Lei Chunze with a direct sword move.
Yu Yi saw the situation from behind the window. The man drew his sword quickly and repeatedly, but Lei Chunze had no idea how the other party would strike. Soon, several cuts were made on his arm. Yu Yi felt something was wrong with the situation, so he took out his halberd and attacked the man from behind, and also joined the battle group. Seeing that there were other people attacking, the man quickly used sword moves to block behind him. Yu Yi's hand halberd quickly collided with the sword. Yu Yi then attacked a few more moves, but they were all easily resolved by the opponent.
"Hmph, I didn't expect that there would be such an extraordinary person in this inn in the wilderness. It's really amazing!"
The man activated his footwork and pulled himself out of the circle surrounded by Lei Chunze and Yu Yi.
When Yu Yi heard the voice, he suddenly felt that it was very familiar. The man was wearing a cloak on his head, covering his face, so he couldn't tell who it was.
"Let me ask you, do you know Li Qingsheng? He is one of my brothers."
Yuyi remembered the source of the sound and asked.
