C45

The horse carriage slowly approached a town in Jiangnan and the two of them found an inn to stay the night. Shi Jinchen threw in some silver coins and asked the shopkeeper for a room.

"Why should I sleep in a single room with you? I also want to sleep in a single room!" Xiao Sui protested in dissatisfaction.

"You are now my errand boy. You can stay wherever I tell you to. Resistance is futile. Reject." The Shi Jinchen showed no mercy.

"Whooosh." Breathing heavily as he moved everything into the guest room, he saw Fourth Prince sitting leisurely on the chair. For a moment, Xiao Sui was enraged from the bottom of his heart, and as it grew fearless, he also sat down on the chair, not moving.

It was actually time for the two of them to finish their meal. The waiter came to serve the food, only to see a bookkeeper sleeping soundly on the table. On the other side, Master sat on the chair without moving, feeling awkward.

"Put it on the chair." Shi Jinchen said softly.

Although the servant found it strange, he still replied "Yes" and obediently left with the door. Xiao Sui apparently smelled the fragrance of the food, and slowly woke up.

"Wipe your saliva." As he finished speaking, he threw a white handkerchief in front of Xiao Sui. As a result, Xiao Sui subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth, and as expected, his hand was full of saliva.

"…" I was clearly sitting properly, so why did I suddenly fall asleep on the table? I slept and even left a mouth full of saliva, and this ugly expression of mine, even though I didn't die, I was actually seen by Fourth Prince. I'm done for, Fourth Prince's good impression of me has definitely fallen into the depths of the abyss, so thinking like this, I ruthlessly ate the food.

"Water, water!" Sure enough, he choked again.

Shi Jinchen let out a helpless sigh, and poured a cup of water for the little girl, before smoothing her back, "Eat slowly, there's no one willing to snatch it away from you."

"Cough, cough cough!"

"Why are you choking again?" Shi Jinchen patted her back again. Xiao Sui's small face swelled red, half choking, half cringing.

My God, you must be jealous of my beauty and intelligence!

The difficult dinner was finally finished. The waiter hurriedly came in and cleaned up the dishes. Therefore, Xiao Sui proposed to take a walk outside, and Shi Jinchen readily agreed.

"Didn't you say to go out for a walk? Why is it just me?" Xiao Sui walked on the street as he said this in his heart. "This town isn't as bustling as Beijing, and there isn't even a place to pass the time. Is this place really close to Jiangnan?"

Xiao Sui bored, and after walking around the place for a bit, she noticed that the few people sitting in the corner seemed to be intensely conversing about something, so she pretended that she didn't care and also sat down.

"Is this true? "Don't lie to me!"

"Of course it's true. You don't even know how terrible that official's death was. That passerby who was beating Ginger was scared to the point that he fainted on the spot." The burly man spoke in a loud and clear voice.

"It's said that it was a dark and windy night. That official surnamed Zhao, he just came back from the imperial court. He drank a bit at a friend and his body reeked of alcohol as it hung in the dark street."

"And then?" The skinny man became a little interested, and even Xiao Sui pricked up his ears.

"Then, the dark clouds covered the bright moon. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed by. The official was so frightened that he turned around. It was actually a pitch black cat."

"Tch!" "So it's a cat!" The men made a noise at the same time and started to leave.

"It's not over yet. Listen to me." The big man was anxious and hurriedly said, "That black cat's eyes are emitting a strange green light, and its body is gradually lengthening under the moonlight, and it actually grew into a negative fur, a six feet tall monster. Before that official could react, his tongue was torn off by that monster, and he lost his tongue.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk." The few people who were gathered were also sighing.

"That minister has the surname of Zhao. He can be considered an impartial and clean official. I never thought that he would meet with such a tragic situation."

"It's said that when that fellow found him, he was covered in scratches from the Demon Cat. His limbs were all twisted and his eyes and tongue were all gone. He was really cruel to the extreme."

Xiao Sui who was sitting next to her felt a chill on his back, when suddenly a pair of cold hands extended out from beside her, causing her to jump up and down on the spot. It turned out to be Fourth Prince, which had appeared beside him at some point in time.

"I say, can you not appear beside others without saying a word? Do you know if you can scare them to death?" However, the Shi Jinchen did not care about it, his expression was solemn, and he quietly gestured for the Xiao Sui to sit down. It turned out that the scream from Xiao Sui had attracted the gazes of everyone around them at their table. Even the few big fellows who were talking to each other a moment ago cast a probing gaze over.

Xiao Sui sat down in embarrassment, and waited until he had shifted his gaze away from these questions, and then said in a low voice: "Your Highness, did you also hear it just now?"

Shi Jinchen nodded, not only did he hear it, he also guessed who this official surnamed Zhao was.

"Then do you believe that the crime was committed by the Demon Cat?" Xiao Sui asked.

Shi Jinchen looked at her in disdain, "There are simply no monsters in this world. You're not even a three year old child, how could you be scared by these rumors?"

"Of course I know that it's not a demon. Mao Mao is so cute, how could she eat humans … Don't you think the place the big guy was talking about is suspicious? "

"Look, which demon only digs their eyes and tongues? Aren't demons supposed to leave their corpses intact if they want to eat it? And this cat demon is also very suspicious, why didn't he kill anyone but instead killed this Officer Zhao? Logically, if the waiter saw his face, how would the monster let him go and even let him tell others about himself, don't you think the demon is very stupid? " The more he spoke, the more excited he got, causing the fear in his heart to be thrown to the back of his mind.

"Not bad, you still have some brains." Shi Jinchen nodded his head, "Naturally, this" cat demon "would not kill people for no reason. Unless someone gives instructions from behind his back, and this Officer Zhao would not be the first one to do so."

"Hmph, I'm very smart." Xiao Sui proudly raised his head, "What do you mean by you saying that it wouldn't be the first? Is there anyone else who will die? "

Shi Jinchen did not answer her. Instead, he knitted his brows and frowned as he thought about something. He did not expect that this trip to Jiang-Nan would run into a murder case that was obviously not simple. The person who died was one of his subordinates, and the mastermind was obviously after him. He looked at the Xiao Sui beside him that was foolishly staring at him.

"Return to the manor tomorrow. The journey to Jiangnan will come to an end here."

"Ah?" But we're only halfway there. " Although it was very regretful, since Fourth Prince had already said so, they could only return home.