It was a hot day at Zhang's house and it was getting late, so the three old Yuans went home, took a shower, and went to bed quickly.
Song Qiu estimated that this time would be around seven o'clock in later generations.
In this winter, except for sleeping, that is, sleeping.
Especially since it’s raining again and it’s cold in autumn, it’s better to stay warm under the quilt without warming yourself by the fire.
However, it was still a bit cold under the quilt when he first got into it, so Song Qiu put his hands under his armpits and lay on his side while talking to Aling.
After a while, the feeling in the quilt started to get hot, so I yawned and fell asleep.
I was so sleepy that I didn't know what time it was, but I felt empty around me.
"Aling?"
Al-Ling, who had just walked to the door, paused and said, "Sister Aqiu, are you awake? I heard some movement on the other side of the river and was planning to go take a look."
Song Qiu knew Ji Ling and quickly stood up, "What's the noise? Something happened?"
"I don't know, sister Aqiu, please don't get up in a hurry. I'm quick at lightness and I'll be over in a few seconds. I'll go check it out and tell you when I get back!" Al-Ling said, ducking out of the house.
Seeing that the person was leaving so quickly, Song Qiu didn't even have time to listen to what she said, and she was also worried about what happened to the inn.
It's not that she's afraid of any damage to the inn, but there are so many people like Du Chuanfu inside, so if anything happens...
But it was dark and she was unarmed, so following her seemed like a burden?
Thinking that nothing big would happen, she would wait until Aling came back from the visit.
But while waiting like this, time always felt very slow, and Song Qiu couldn't sit still even after sitting on the bed for a moment.
A Ling has a sharp ear and eyesight. It is not surprising that she can hear the movements on the other side of the river here. Besides, martial arts practitioners always have different sensitivity to danger.
She said there was movement, which was definitely true. Song Qiu thought about the people staying at the inn tonight, so he quickly got up and put on his clothes.
When I opened the door and went out, it was raining lightly outside. It was raining in the direction of the river, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
Unable to stand still, Song Qiu gritted his teeth, held an umbrella and went outside.
It was raining, the night wind was blowing, and the sky was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers or fingers at all.
Song Qiu gathered his collar, held an umbrella, and walked down the gentle slope, walking a little faster.
I have walked this road out of the village many times. It is wide, hard to see and easy to walk.
After walking a long way, they could reach Shangguan Road in sight. Song Qiu looked towards the inn from a distance. There was a light on, and he could vaguely hear some movement.
Something indeed happened.
Thinking like this, Song Qiu couldn't help but walk faster, walked up the official road, and soon arrived in front of the inn.
As soon as I took a quick look, I saw that the lobby was in a mess and there was a smell of blood, as if there had been a fight.
Song Qiu subconsciously went to look at the stable, only to find that all the carriages and horses of the original guests were missing.
She quickly entered the inn. Du Chuanfu and others who were busy cleaning up the overturned tables and chairs saw her coming and hurriedly came up to greet her, "Girl!"
"What happened? Are you all okay?" As he said that, he looked around and saw that the two young ones, including Tao Xiuer and Meng Yingzi, were helping to clean up. No one was hurt or anything, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
Take a breath.
Du Chuanfu hurriedly reported back: "About a stick of incense, we were all asleep. Suddenly the younger one heard something was wrong. He got up and went out to see what was going on. He found that a dozen men in black had entered the inn, and were waiting in the east wing of the inn.
The guests living over there handed it over."
"Because I didn't know what was going on, I didn't dare to act rashly. I just stayed in the corridor and watched. The dozen or so men in black and the guards fought hard. They all did it with real swords and guns. Soon they were defeated.
Seeing the blood, Lao Tao and the others were also woken up later. The younger one was afraid of causing trouble to the inn, so he only protected Lao Tao and the others and told everyone not to go out."
"Fortunately, those men in black only had eyes for the guest and his party, and even if they discovered us, they did not attack us."
"While we were hiding here, we saw those men in black falling down one by one, and two guards were also seriously injured."
"Soon, those men in black were dealt with, and the middle-aged man was escorted out of the wing by the guards. He left a piece of silver behind and said that he was causing trouble to the inn. Let's pretend that we don't know anything tonight.
Take away all the corpses of the men in black."
Aling answered from the side, "When I rushed over, only one of the men in black was still intact. Seeing that Uncle Du and the others were fine, I didn't take action."
Du Chuanfu took out a silver ingot and handed it to Song Qiu. Song Qiu looked at the silver ingot and thought, good guy, it must be fifty taels per ingot, right?
The compensation was quite a lot, but her inn was a little messy, with a lot of blood, and the only things damaged were a few stools, so it wasn't worth the expense.
But they gave me everything, and it was indeed a good thing. It was scary to do this to an inn.
Song Qiu collected the money and said: "In this case, everyone has left, so let's just pretend that we don't know anything. It's okay if no one asks. If anyone comes to ask, just say that our inn has never stayed with such people.
"
When Du Chuanfu and others heard this, they all looked serious. They had killed more than a dozen people. What happened tonight was unusual at first sight, and it was not something they should pay attention to.
Du Chuanfu, Tao Zheng, Meng Chaoqun and others who had worked in wealthy families knew this truth very well, and they all knew what to say and what not to say without much advice from Song Qiu.
As soon as they arrived, Song Qiu helped tidy up everything and wiped away the blood stains, otherwise they wouldn't be able to open tomorrow.
As for the broken benches, if there are a lot of them, they will be delivered first, and then we can ask Liu Caigui to replace some of them tomorrow.
By the time the inn was packed, it was already the fourth watch.
Song Qiu hurriedly told everyone to take a rest, and he went back with Aling.
After getting up in the middle of the night and working so hard, Song Qiu's head was in a panic. He just wanted to go back and lie down quickly. He didn't want to be pretentious and sleep in late at dawn.
Aling held her hand and walked toward the village together. The light rain stopped now, and the road became a little slippery. The sky was still so dark, and the pine mountains behind the village looked like ghosts.
"Sister Aqiu, when I went there, I saw those men in black. One of the men in black was lying in a pool of blood, with an iron plate hanging out of his waist. I looked at it and it looked like the character "麟"." Aling lowered his voice.
The sound was very clear even in this quiet night.
"Lin character?" Song Qiu thought about watching TV dramas in the past. This kind of plot was nothing more than that the middle-aged man had offended someone or was in someone's eyes, so someone else specially sent a dead assassin or something to assassinate him.
This kind of thing is too far away from ordinary people like them, and it is not something they should be curious about.
He said, "Let's just pretend we don't know anything. If that man in black comes to our door again, it won't work just by relying on Ah Ling to know kung fu. It's almost the Chinese New Year, so we'd better stay safe and don't go out."
What's going on is good."
"I understand." Aling nodded, knowing in his heart that today's days are no longer the days of shouting and killing with swords and swords.
Just looking at Song Qiu, he still couldn't help but added, "It's just the word "lin". I happen to know that King Hou in the south has a secret guard raised in secret, which is called the Qilin Guard."
"King Hou is very close to Jianghu people. The death of my master... is inseparable from him."