C834 834 thick smell of blood

Just as Yan Yuan expected, after Qin Xuan left the capital, in order to avoid being discovered by Qin Mu Huai's eyes and ears, he went back in the same way as before.

"The city gate is already closed. Qian Wei, go and see if there are any villages nearby that can stay there. We will go and spend the night there."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Qian Wei was one step ahead of them, but in order to take care of Liu Ruo Qing, he deliberately slowed down his pace.

"Are you all right?"

Qin Xuan looked at Liu Ruo Qing, and asked a little worriedly.

"It's alright, I'm just a little tired. I'll be fine after a night's rest."

Liu Ruo Qing answered, and followed Qin Xuan.

Not long after Qian Wei left, he returned with a vexed expression, "My prince, there's a small village up ahead, but there's not a single person. This subordinate knocked on several doors, but there's no response."

"Let's go take a look."

The few of them walked over. Just as Qian Wei had said, there was almost no one around, and it was already night time, but no one had any lights on, as if no one had ever lived in this place.

"Perhaps the entire village went out together to find someone to stay for them. When they leave, just leave some silver taels with the owner."

"Yes."

Just as Qian Wei was about to leave, he was stopped by Liu Ruo Qing.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Xuan and his master both looked at Liu Ruo Qing, and saw her expression sweeping across the pitch black area, and said softly: "Such a heavy stench of blood, can't you smell it?"

"The smell of blood?"

Qin Xuan and Yue Shan were startled, hearing Liu Ruo Qing's words, they sniffed the air, and the two looked at a loss.

"Your highness, your subordinate didn't smell anything."

Qian Wei looked at Qin Xuan, and said embarrassedly.

Although Qin Xuan didn't say anything, the look in his eyes told her that he didn't smell anything either.

Liu Ruo Qing frowned, the two's martial arts were not low, the martial artists' sense of smell was naturally more acute, the two of them could not smell anything, maybe there was something wrong with her sense of smell.

After all, he had an incurable disease, so Liu Ruo Qing started to suspect him.

However, the smell of blood in the air was really strong, making her unable to doubt her own sense of smell. After thinking for a bit, Liu Ruo Qing emphasized: "You guys smell it again, the smell of blood is very strong."

Seeing that Liu Ruo Qing was so serious, coupled with the fact that the atmosphere in the village was strange, the two of them obediently took a deep breath, trying to smell something.

Since the smell of blood was so strong, it was impossible that they couldn't smell it at all.

In fact, they could smell nothing.

The two of them looked at Liu Ruo Qing blankly. Qin Xuan asked first, "Was it your imagination?"

Liu Ruo Qing rolled her eyes in her heart. How could the stench of blood be her imagination?

Maybe she was sick!

Liu Ruo Qing thought this in her heart. Since Qin Xuan and Qian Wei did not smell anything, she would not emphasize this anymore.

"Maybe. Let's go in and take a rest. I'm a bit tired."

"Alright."

Qin Xuan looked at the weird yet quiet atmosphere around him. The three of them pushed open a house and stepped into a house.

The peace in the house was extremely scary, even though Qin Xuan and Qian Wei did not smell any blood, they felt that the silence was a little too weird.

Qian Wei took out a fire piston and lit up the room.

Entering the house, Liu Ruo Qing felt the smell of blood becoming stronger, she frowned, then looked at Qin Xuan and Qian Wei. Other than frowning, the two of them had no other reactions.

Was it really just an illusion?

Liu Ruo Qing suppressed the bewilderment in her heart, and looked around the room carefully. The room was extremely clean, without even a speck of dust, and it did not seem like the owner of the house was travelling far away.

However, it was too quiet. It was as if the entire village had moved away.

Liu Ruo Qing frowned, she felt that this place was extremely strange.

Especially the smell of blood in the room …

She started off in the direction of the kitchen, which had also been cleaned up, including the kitchen stove.

Qin Xuan saw Liu Ruo Qing walking towards the kitchen with a thoughtful expression, and felt a bit worried. He followed him in, and the moment he entered the kitchen, he saw Liu Ruo Qing staring at the stove, and also realised that something was amiss.

Qian Wei also came in from the living room. Seeing Qin Xuan and Liu Ruo Qing frowning at the stove, he did not think too much into it.

"Something's not right."

Qin Xuan said softly. After Liu Ruo Qing heard this, she turned to look, "You also think that something is wrong?"

Qin Xuan frowned and nodded his head, pointing to the stove: "This is a place for heating fire, but there isn't even a single piece of firewood. Even if we are travelling far away, there is no need for us to clean this place up."

Hearing Qin Xuan's words, Qian Wei also realized it, "That's right, whoever's house went out on a long journey would have to clean up the place where the firewood was kept to the point of not even having a layer of dust."

While talking, Liu Ruo Qing looked around, only to realise that there was another door beside the stove, and she walked over and opened the door. Just as she was about to enter, she was pulled by Qin Xuan, "Be careful!"

"It's okay, there's no one here."

Liu Ruo Qing opened the wooden door and entered, discovering an underground wine cellar, inside were many wine jars and a little vinegar.

"Perfect."

Liu Ruo Qing muttered. Qin Xuan and Qian Wei followed behind her in, and upon hearing her say that, he asked: "What's perfect?"

"There's wine and vinegar."

Qin Xuan did not understand why Liu Ruo Qing was bringing up the wine and vinegar. Before he even opened his mouth to ask, Liu Ruo Qing had already brought up some of the vinegar and vinegar from the wine cellar.

"What are you doing?"

Qin Xuan asked curiously when he saw her mix the wine and vinegar together.

"Let's see if there's something wrong with my nose, or your nose."

Liu Ruo Qing did not explain any further. She poured the liquid in her hand onto the wall and under the weak light, the wall was filled with the shadows of the three. The scene that appeared before them made them all suck in a breath of cold air.

Although Liu Ruo Qing was mentally prepared for it, when she saw the bloodstains on the wall, she felt a chill run down her spine.

"This... "What's going on?"

Even someone like Qin Xuan, who was used to life and death situations in the context of the imperial power struggle, was intimidated when he saw the shocking bloodstain that gradually appeared in the kitchen.

"The combination of alcohol and vinegar can cause the blood to show. Judging by the color of the blood, it didn't appear for long. This morning or last night."

At this time, Qin Xuan did not have the time to ask why the blood stains would appear because of the alcohol and vinegar.