Lin Xi's heart tightened when she saw Shen Chen had passed through the crowd and stopped in front of the room.

The people around were very panicked, and soon the shopkeeper and his clerks came up.

The shopkeeper was the person Lin Xi saw behind the counter before he came up. He hurriedly asked the waiter to disperse the crowd.

Lin Xi and Er Bao passed by at this time.

Separated from the crowd, the two of them couldn't squeeze in, so they had to wait outside.

After a while, some of the people went back to their rooms, some clamored to check out, refund their money, and leave. There were also a few who had already gone back to pack their luggage and were about to leave, leaving the shopkeeper in a mess.

I don't know who said it was already reported to the official, the shopkeeper said hurriedly: "Don't be anxious, don't be afraid! This matter has nothing to do with our inn. When the Yamen official comes, he will definitely give an explanation!"

Only then did the people settle down.

However, someone suddenly shouted.

"More than one person has died in your inn! Don't think there's anything unclean!"

The shopkeeper's face suddenly changed.

Those guys were too shy to speak.

Now there were several people who wanted to leave. The shopkeeper's persuasion was useless, so he had to ask his capable clerk to go down and deal with it.

"No one can leave."

Shen Chen was at the door. The shopkeeper might have been too impatient. In addition, Shen Chen had been doing nothing, so he didn't notice him.

When he opened his mouth, the shopkeeper was startled.

Shen Chen turned around and said: "The officials will be here immediately. Guests present should go back to their rooms and are not allowed to move around at will."

Some people were unconvinced: "Why should I listen to you?!"

"That's right, I won't stay at such an unlucky inn!"

“Didn’t you hear what people said, more than one person died in the inn!!”

Shen Chen frowned.

When Lin Xi saw this, he immediately stood up and raised his voice: "Everyone, be quiet!"

Everyone looked at her.

Lin Xi said clearly: "The official will be here soon, and he will definitely investigate the case later. If the person in the room was murdered by himself, then the murderer is still there. If you stay and cooperate with the official to prove his innocence, that's all. If he leaves, , if the officials are the first to suspect you, they will definitely go back to catch you and put you in jail!"

This threat made everyone hesitate and stopped talking.

The shopkeeper glanced at Lin Xi gratefully and asked the clerks to maintain order. He went downstairs to check on the situation on the first floor and waited for the officials to arrive.

The people who were still in the corridor on the second floor walked towards their rooms one after another. After walking a few steps, they looked back and whispered to the people nearby.

In the end, not many people actually entered the room, they all gathered together in twos and threes to watch the fun.

The guys complained endlessly.

Lin Xi walked over and was about to see what was going on in the room when Shen Chen covered his eyes with his big hand.

"Don't look at it, it's a bit scary."

"It's okay, I'm very brave, I won't be unable to sleep."

Lin Xi pulled Shen Chen's hand, told Erbao not to look, and then looked behind Shen Chen, that is, in the room.

From her perspective, she could only see a woman in purple hanging from a beam in mid-air, the ground was in a mess, and there seemed to be a faint fragrance in the air.

For some reason, Lin Xi also felt the chill was overwhelming.

"This has nothing to do with us, let's go back to the room." Lin Xi said.

Shen Chen nodded.

The two of them went back with their second treasure.

I closed the door, but I still seemed to be able to hear the sounds outside.

Erbao asked curiously: "Father, mother, is someone really dead?"

Lin Xi hummed and said, "It's none of our business. Erbao, you go to bed first."

"But I can't sleep." Erbao said distressedly.

Lin Xi said: "Then read for a while."

Erbao nodded and went to look for books in the luggage placed on the soft couch by the window.

Lin Xi asked Shen Chen, "When you went upstairs, I saw you stopped in front of that room. Did you realize something was wrong at that time?"

Shen Chen poured her a cup of hot water and said, "No. But at that time, I smelled a very strange fragrance. I had never smelled it before, and it was a bit like a mixture of several smells. It made me uncomfortable, so I stopped. Check it out."

Lin Xi said: "In other words, when I was there just now, I seemed to smell a fragrance. It was a bit like the fragrance of flowers... not like the smell of spices."

Just as they finished speaking, the two of them heard Erbao suddenly shouting: "Father, mother, there is something here!"

The two of them followed the sound and saw Erbao squatting down and looking at the bottom of the soft couch.

They immediately went over, "What?"

Erbao stretched out his hand to fumble, and soon got something out. It turned out to be a palm-sized book.

Lin Xi took it out and looked through it, and found that it was a local chronicle of the county. The content was about the people's sentiments obtained by a certain county captain who had searched among the people for about thirty years.

"Ordinary books, nothing strange, why put them down there?" Lin Xi said strangely.

Shen Chen took it over and looked at it, frowning slightly.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Shen Chen gave the Zhiji to Lin Xi and went to open the door. The shopkeeper came with official servants.

Because Shen Chen and Lin Xi had helped just now, the shopkeeper was very polite to them, "Two guests, the official would like to ask some questions."

Shen Chen said: "What are you talking about?"

The official said: "Go in and ask. There has been a murder in this inn. We have been ordered to investigate. Not only do we ask questions, but we also want to see if there are any traces of the murderer inside."

Shen Chen calmly stepped aside.

Seeing them, Erbao hugged Lin Xi's arm a little nervously.

Lin Xi patted his shoulder to comfort him.

After the official came in, he walked around and checked the window. Then he noticed the Zhiji in Lin Xi's hand: "What is this?"

Lin Xi handed it to him to see.

The official looked through it and said, "It turns out to be the chronicle of this county. The shopkeeper said that you are outsiders who just came here today. I didn't expect you to be interested in this."

"I just got it by chance." Lin Xi said.

The officer returned Lin Xi and asked some basic questions as usual. After finding nothing unusual, he went out.

Shen Chen closed the door and came back to sit: "I will go find Yang Shizhong tomorrow. I will meet him as soon as possible and finish the work, and then we will leave."

Lin Xi thought the same thing: "There has been a murder here, so we'd better not stay here. Well... let's do this. Afterwards, we will go to other counties to play around, buy some gifts to bring back to Dabao and the others, and then we will set off home."

Shen Chen had no objection. After waiting for a while and no one came knocking, he bolted the door and went to bed with Lin Xi Erbao.

However, I didn't sleep well that night either.

There were noisy searches outside from time to time, and when the officers were asking questions, some people got impatient and started arguing with the officers.

One night passed, and when Lin Xi woke up the next day, he had a severe headache.

Shen Chen got up early and sat at the table. When he saw her waking up, he came over and asked, "Did you sleep well?"

Lin Xi shook his head and pursed his lips and said, "It's too noisy outside."

It was quiet now, but she couldn't sleep either.

Er Bao was still asleep, and Lin Xi got up gently and put on his clothes, and whispered: "I am here. You should contact Yang Shizhong first. We will see if you want to go to the Yamen to find him, or if you have a specific contact information or something."

Shen Chen said: "No need, he should come here by himself now."
Chapter completed!