Chapter 745 Weizhou Inn
"Bang, bang, bang!"

On May 27, in the early morning, a sudden knock on the door instantly broke the tranquility of Weizhou Inn.

However, in the dead of night, the Weizhou Inn was already filled with snoring, so the dull knocks on the door went unanswered for a long time.

"Bang bang bang!"

The person outside the door still did not give up, and after a moment of silence, he knocked on the door again. However, this time the force of the knock was much heavier than before, and seemed to be mixed with a little anxiety.

"Who is it?" Gradually, a rustling sound of footsteps was heard in the inn. The waiter who was awakened complained in a lazy and shrill voice, "Who is outside 'announcing a death' in the middle of the night?"

"squeak!"

Before he could finish his words, the door of the inn was slowly opened a crack, and a waiter with disheveled hair and sleepy eyes looked out the door angrily, holding a candlestick in his hand.

At this time, the streets of Weizhou City were dark and empty. In front of the inn stood a few dusty uninvited guests holding knives and swords, which seemed out of place with the surrounding scene.

"You guys..." Seeing that the other party was outnumbered and armed, the clerk swallowed the dirty words that were about to slip out of his mouth. He just looked at the group of people up and down and asked, "What can you do in the middle of the night?"

"Hey guys, we need to stay in a hotel."

Following a response, the leader slowly took off the bamboo hat on his head, revealing a dignified and resolute face.

This person is Su He.

Standing behind Su He were Feng Tianba, Wu Chan and Li Haitang, and behind them were Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin in disguise.

At this moment, Zhao Xin seemed to be in poor health, and was carefully supported by Liu Xunyi. She was pale and listless, and looked weak and dying.

In fact, in order to avoid any complications, Liu Xunyi and his party traveled in a hurry for several days, hiding during the day and traveling at night. Zhao Xin was a princess, and her body was delicate. She could not bear the continuous torment, and her condition deteriorated, and now she was ill.

"Stay in the hotel?" The waiter was stunned, and looked at them again, hesitantly said, "You all look hurried and suspicious, could it be... that you have done something shameful? We are a small business, and we don't want to cause trouble..."

"Nonsense!" Feng Tianba scolded, "Which law stipulates that you can't stay overnight? Stop talking nonsense and let us in."

"Don't worry, we won't pay you less than a penny." Su He saw that the waiter wanted to argue with Feng Tianba, so he stepped out to smooth things over, and at the same time handed a silver ingot to the waiter, "It's our fault for disturbing you so late at night. The rest of the money can be used as a treat for some drinks, little brother."

Hearing this, the clerk took the silver skeptically, weighed it for a few times, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared on his face.

"That's all! We are guests, please come in!"

The waiter stuffed the silver into his arms, then let Liu Xunyi and his party into the inn and sent them upstairs to rest.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

When everything was arranged, the delighted waiter returned to his room with the silver in his hand, but there was another knock on the door.

"What day is today? Why are you knocking on the door so late at night? Can't I sleep?"

Although he was complaining a lot, the waiter had just received benefits from Su He, so a little greed arose in his heart towards the person outside the door again.

"squeak!"

There was a slight sound, and the door opened. This time, there was only one person standing outside the inn, a strange person who looked neither male nor female.

She was wearing a peach blossom robe and holding a peach blossom sword in her hand. Her eyes were as charming as a fox demon's and gleamed in the moonlight, making people feel uncomfortable.

The person who came was Ding Qinghong.

"Sir, you are..."

"Stay at the hotel."

Ding Qinghong was not as polite as Su He. Before the waiter could finish his words, he pushed open the door and walked into the inn leisurely.

"Sir, you are..."

"Waiter, I want to ask you about a few people." Ding Qinghong looked around in the dim lobby, then cast a sharp gaze at the waiter who was caught off guard and asked in a sarcastic tone, "Have any strange people stayed here in the past one or two days?"

"What strange person?" As if frightened by Ding Qinghong's aura, the smooth-talking waiter just now became a little stuttering, "Sir, are you staying at the hotel... or looking for someone?"

"They are staying in the hotel and looking for someone." Ding Qinghong walked leisurely to the waiter, gently lifted his chin with his scabbard, and asked again, "These people are both men and women. They are not familiar people in Weizhou City, nor are they frequent merchants. They are all strangers. Among them, the women are beautiful, and their words and deeds are gentle and dignified. They are ladies from wealthy families. And the men...most of them have wounds on their bodies. Oh, and they carry weapons with them. You can tell at a glance that they are not good people."

"This……"

In fact, as soon as Ding Qinghong opened his mouth, the waiter thought of the uninvited guests who had just stayed at the hotel. However, he did not tell them directly. Instead, he wanted to get some benefits from Ding Qinghong, so he pretended to be ignorant and answered: "We open the door to do business. There are so many guests coming and going every day. How can I remember them clearly?"

"Don't worry, think about it slowly!"

Seeing that Ding Qinghong "did not know the current situation", the waiter couldn't help feeling displeased. He pretended to stretch and yawn, and evaded the question by saying, "You woke me up suddenly, my head is a mess, and I really can't remember. If... you can help me to wake myself up, maybe..." As the waiter spoke, he gave Ding Qinghong a "knowing" smirk.

Seeing this, Ding Qinghong's eyes flashed with understanding, and he replied with a smile: "Okay, I'll help you wake up!"

"Really?"

"Come, come here!"

"Sir, you don't have to spend too much. Just give me a little..."

"bass!"

"laugh."

"what!"

Seeing Ding Qinghong readily agreed, the waiter was overjoyed. However, before he could reach out his hand, Ding Qinghong drew his sword from its sheath at lightning speed, and with a swipe of his sword, he instantly cut off the waiter's left ear, causing him to scream like a pig being slaughtered.

"How is it?" Ding Qinghong sheathed his sword in one go, and asked the guy who was in excruciating pain with a smile, "Are you awake now?"

"you……"

"If you still can't remember, I can help you refresh yourself again."

"No... no need..."

The guy was so frightened by Ding Qinghong's cruelty that he trembled all over, and even his crotch became a little warm. He covered his ears with his hands and shook his head desperately like a rattle: "I remember it! I remember it!"

"Hurry up and tell me!" Ding Qinghong's eyes turned cold, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly. "You cunning, lazy, greedy bastard, you dare to plot against me, are you tired of living?"

"Please spare my life, I will never dare to do that again..."

"You know who I'm looking for, right? Tell me where they are." Ding Qinghong grabbed the man by the collar and pulled him in front of him. "If you don't tell the truth, I'll cut off your tongue."

"Speak! I'll tell you..." The waiter was so frightened that he no longer cared about the pain in his ears. He pointed to the second floor with a trembling hand, "I don't know if they are the people you are looking for..."

Hearing this, a hint of excitement suddenly flashed in the depths of Ding Qinghong's eyes, and he looked up to the second floor in the direction of the waiter's finger.

At this moment, in the dim and quiet corridor on the second floor, Liu Xunyi stood with his hands behind his back, watching everything happening downstairs silently with an expressionless face.

In an instant, their eyes met and their gazes intertwined, and two completely different expressions gradually appeared on their faces.

"Eunuch Ding, how are you?" Liu Xunyi's expression was solemn, and there was a hint of tentativeness in his calm voice. "There was a turmoil in Yunya Town, and Eunuch Ding is missing, and his body is nowhere to be found. It's really worrying."

Ding Qinghong knocked the waiter unconscious with his backhand, a sly smile appeared on his cold face, and he said, "That day, Yunya Town was surrounded by enemies and flames shot up into the sky. I wanted to rescue the princess in the chaos, but I was unexpectedly besieged by countless men in black, and they dispersed as we fought. After that day, I went all the way north to inquire about the princess's news. I was so anxious that I lost my appetite and couldn't sleep at night. Lord Liu, Lord Liu, you made our family look for her so hard?"

At this point, Ding Qinghong's face suddenly changed. He pretended to be worried and asked hurriedly: "Where is the princess? Is she injured? Are you scared? I want to see the princess..."

"No need!" Liu Xunyi refused, "The princess is tired from the journey and feels unwell. She has just fallen asleep."

"Feeling unwell?" Ding Qinghong asked in astonishment. "The princess is worth a lot of money, why don't you take good care of her? How could you let her get sick?"

"The princess is just too tired, there's nothing serious!"

Su He walked out of the guest room and stood side by side with Liu Xunyi. He looked down at Ding Qinghong with a slightly scrutinizing look in his eyes and asked, "Where was Eunuch Ding when the incident happened in Yunya Town?"

"I just said that we were dispersed by the men in black."

"Really?" Su He was quite skeptical of Ding Qinghong's explanation. "But we all stayed at the North Street Inn that day. Why didn't Su, General Sui, and Commander Feng see you?"

"That night I had a stomachache so severe that I went to the toilet in the yard. Unexpectedly, when I was halfway through, the area around the North Street store was already full of noise and fire." Ding Qinghong told the story he had memorized by heart, neither humble nor arrogant. "At that time, you were all blocked in the store by the men in black, and I was fighting with them outside, so we didn't meet."

"In that case, how do you know whether we are dead or alive?"

"The bad news from Yunya Town spread like wildfire, and everyone in the world knew about it the next day. After a little inquiry, we found out everything about Yunya Town." Ding Qinghong explained slowly, "It is rumored that Yunya Town only found the bodies of Tao Amu and Xu Guangsheng, and did not find the whereabouts of the King of Hexi and the princess. Unless they were burned beyond recognition, otherwise... But I firmly believe that the princess is blessed by heaven, and nothing will happen to her. No news about the princess is actually the best news. Therefore, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, I will go north to look for the whereabouts of the princess. Even if I find Helin all the way, I will never give up."

Having said this, Ding Qinghong heaved a sigh of relief and said with satisfaction: "Fortunately, God has been kind to me and let me find you here. This is a blessing in disguise!"

Looking at Ding Qinghong's affected smile, Liu Xunyi and Su He couldn't help but look at each other, with an indescribable thoughtfulness emerging between their brows.

As both were people escorting the bride, reuniting with Ding Qinghong should have been a good thing, but Liu Xunyi and Su He vaguely felt that something was strange, but they couldn't tell what was strange at the moment.

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(End of this chapter)