It was a stormy night.
Earth-shaking thunderbolts exploded one after another in the gloomy night sky, shaking the whole world pale. It also shocked the people in the room.
Wen Xiaoyun held on to the fire fold and carefully lit the candle on the candlestick with the help of the light of thunder and lightning that appeared and disappeared.
Orange flames suddenly rose and flickered, illuminating her muddy face.
She took a long breath and sat down.
Looking up, the fierce raindrops pitter-pattered against the thin window paper, seeming to hit the house in the next second.
She was somewhat thankful to think that fortunately the manager of this house was kind enough to take her in, otherwise tonight would have been miserable.
She raised her hands to unbutton the front, wanting to take off her muddy clothes and put on the clean clothes her master had kindly prepared for her.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Wen Xiaoyun quickly fastened the buttons again, stood up, and looked at the closed door warily.
"who?"
However, the people outside had no intention of answering, and instead banged the door harder!
Wen Xiaoyun looked at the old door leaf that had been knocked loudly, and couldn't help but take half a step back in horror.
The person who allowed her to stay here was the young apprentice of the landlord, who could only find an old utility room for her.
The doors and windows were in disrepair and were very weak. He simply couldn't bear the fierce collision from outsiders.
Sure enough, within two seconds, the dilapidated wooden door was kicked open, and two middle-aged men with ferocious expressions rushed in.
One of them rushed to Wen Xiaoyun in two steps, grabbed her collar without any explanation, turned around and dragged her outside like a dog!
"You bastard! We were kind enough to take you in, but you actually repaid us with kindness! Let me see if I don't tear out your bones, peel off your skin, chop it into pieces and feed it to the dogs!"
Wen Xiaoyun's current body was no more than eighteen years old, and her body was too thin and weak to withstand the man's strength. Her neck was red from the strangulation, and she was almost out of breath.
She desperately grabbed the man's iron-like big hand and shouted hoarsely, "What are you talking about? I haven't left the house, I don't know anything-"
Another man saw that Wen Xiaoyun still dared to resist, so he slapped her across the face, "You stinking bastard, why did you let that blind little Liuzi bring you in? I'll skin you alive if I don't!"
The two men dragged her fiercely through the long corridor, pulled her into the main room at the end of the corridor, and threw her to the ground after slamming her hard.
Wen Xiaoyun was thrown so hard that she felt like her shoulder blades were about to be broken.
After a while, she could steady her breathing and raise her head to examine the surrounding situation.
This should be a living room, with beautiful wood-grained floors on the ground and many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the surrounding walls.
In the upper part of the room, there are several sets of desks and chairs. Sitting directly opposite Wen Xiaoyun was a young man.
He looked twenty-one or twelve years old, dressed in white clothes and looked as pure as snow. The most eye-catching thing is his face.
Wen Xiaoyun has never seen such a beautiful face.
Wearing a white jade lotus crown on her head, her long black hair was neatly tied up, with not even a hair out of place. Wearing a plain-colored robe, the texture is light and elegant, the fabric is high-quality, and the workmanship is fine. She holds a whisk made of Xiangfei bamboo in her hand and wears a pair of pure white satin boots. Surprisingly, there was dirty mud and water everywhere, but his boots were not dirty at all.
Of course, the most surprising thing is his inhumanly beautiful face.
Her skin is as white as jade, her long eyebrows are as green as black and her eyes are as bright as phoenix. Although he was dressed in an extremely plain outfit, he showed an otherworldly dignity.
Behind him stood a middle-aged man in navy blue warrior attire, with a serious expression and sharp eyes. With his right hand on his waist, it seemed that as long as someone else approached his master without authorization, he would pull out the weapon hidden in his waist and chop the opponent on the spot.
Wen Xiaoyun frowned and secretly looked at the environment in the room.
In the huge hall, there was no one else but the man in white in front of her, the warrior bodyguard in navy, and the two men who escorted her in.
Could it be that the man in white is the owner of this house?
Wen Xiaoyun frowned in confusion.
The young apprentice who had taken her in to live here clearly said that he was the sixth apprentice of the owner of the family. She thought the owner of this place must be in his forties or fifties, but she didn't expect him to be so young.
"Mr. Master," Wen Xiaoyun decided not to just sit there and wait for death. She stiffened her neck and stood up, bowing her hands to the man in white. "I am a passerby. Thanks to the kindness of your young apprentice, seeing that the heavy rain is coming, I am here. There is no place to live in the mountains and forests, so I can stay here. It's just that it was already late when I got home, and I didn't want to disturb the host's family anymore, so I didn't have time to inform you. If my stay here brings trouble to the host's family, I'll give it to you. I apologize and you can leave now."
The man who came in holding Wen Xiaoyun behind him opened his eyes immediately when he heard that Wen Xiaoyun was about to run away, then raised his leg towards Wen Xiaoyun's lower back and kicked him, "You still want to run? You are so damn good!"
This time, Wen Xiaoyun was already prepared. She covered her numb arm and dodged, barely avoiding it.
"Master," Wen Xiaoyun glared at the man in white and scolded sternly, "I just stayed here for one night and didn't do anything. How come I have to be treated so rudely by you?"
The young man in white frowned slightly and waved his hand to the servant-like man, "Fourth brother, please calm down and let me ask him a few words."
The man named Fourth Brother frowned and continued to argue if he was not convinced, "Mr. Bai, such a big thing has happened -"
He was only halfway through his words when his companion tugged on his sleeve and shook his head in his direction to indicate not to contradict him.
The fourth brother barely swallowed the rest of his words and stood aside angrily.
Wen Xiaoyun raised her eyebrows slightly.
Why did she not sound like the master of this place when the man in white said it?
As if sensing her doubts, the man in white stood up slowly, bowed his hands to her casually, and said politely, "This brother, I am also a guest here. I am a chess friend with the owner of this place for many years." . This time I came to an appointment to have a chat with my master. Originally, tonight was the last night of my master’s retreat, and I would like to have a discussion with my master tomorrow.” At this point, the expression of the young master in white suddenly became sad, “I don’t want to go to bed yet. Well, something happened to the owner of the house. We had to ask everyone in the house to come out one by one."
Wen Xiaoyun opened her eyes in surprise, "What, an accident? Could it be that a murder occurred?"
The young man in white looked at the direction of the left window with a worried expression, "Yes. The owner of this manor is named Feng and Sancho, also known as Luomu Jushi. He is my master, Fengmingchao Danqing, who has been living in seclusion here. There were no other servants and housekeepers in the manor, only Mr. and Mrs. Luo Mu and six disciples.
The ones who brought you here just now are the fourth and third brothers among the six disciples.
Due to the sudden heavy rain tonight, the fourth brother and the third brother were afraid that the drainage in the backyard was not smooth, so they went to check. Unexpectedly, they witnessed the assassination of Luo Muji. Now the eldest brother and the sixth brother are taking care of Mrs. Feng who fainted from the bad news. The second brother and the fifth brother have already ridden fast horses to report to the officials and invite people from the yamen to come over. "
Hearing this, Wen Xiaoyun's face suddenly turned pale.
She had long thought that she might be involved in a murder case soon, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.
Hearing this, the fourth brother finally couldn't stand it anymore. He rushed forward and grabbed Wen Xiaoyun's neck, and yelled angrily: "Don't pretend to be stupid! The third brother and I can see clearly that the teacher is in seclusion." The doors and windows of the house are intact, with no holes at all, and outsiders cannot get in at all. But the teacher was stabbed to death. In this yard, you are the only one who can break into the house through the wall without being disturbed by the secret room! When we watched you emerge from the mud out of thin air, I felt something was wrong. Because of Lao Liu's face, I took pity on you and asked you to live in the woodshed to take shelter from the rain. I didn't want you to retaliate and kill my mentor. You are such a scumbag, I wish I could eat you alive and cut you into pieces with a thousand knives!"
Hearing this, Wen Xiaoyun felt like a thunderbolt struck his head.
Damn it, I didn’t expect that the random talk she made before would turn into a bottomless pit here, threatening to trap her to death.
