"this... ... "
Perhaps the female boss was a little frightened by Wang Jiuyang's words and eyes, and her expression became uneasy.
After a long pause, the female boss finally gave in and said, "Okay, to be honest, this girl did come to my place and lived in Room 203 on the second floor."
After hearing what the female boss said, Lou Xiaoman showed a happy expression on her face.
She asked hurriedly, "Did anything happen to her?"
The female boss curled her lips and said, "That girl lives with me, so she's naturally fine. How could something happen to her! ... But I haven't seen her come downstairs for several days. I don't know what she's busy with?"
"Didn't you go downstairs?"
After muttering something, Lou Xiaoman looked at Wang Jiuyang and then at me. She seemed to realize something.
Then, Lou Xiaoman said to us urgently, "No, I have to go upstairs to check. I feel like something has happened to my apprentice Xilan."
Before we could say anything, Lou Xiaoman had already started walking towards the stairs.
Wang Jiuyang and I looked at each other, and then we followed.
When I left the counter, I said to the female boss, "Excuse me, let's go upstairs to find someone first. Once we find someone, we will come down to book a room."
The female boss was a little surprised at our action, but she nodded anyway.
Later, following Lou Xiaoman, our group headed towards the second floor.
Soon, we appeared at the door of Room 203 on the second floor.
At this time, Lou Xiaoman had already knocked on the door of Room 203.
“Boom boom boom!”
I knocked on the door several times, but there was no movement in room 203.
Lou Xiaoman's face, which had been somewhat excited just now, suddenly became gloomy.
Afterwards, Fatty Li, who was standing nearby, also helped knock on the door of Room 203.
But there was still no movement in the room, it was dead silent.
"What's going on? If someone were here, they would have come to open the door, right?"
Lou Xiaoman muttered.
Then Lou Xiaoman shouted loudly to the door of the room: "Xilan, Xilan... It's me, the master, I'm here to see you. Are you in there?"
There was still no sound in the room.
Wang Jiuyang looked at the compass in his hand.
I noticed that the needle of the small compass had deviated and was pointing in the direction of this room.
In other words, Zhao Xilan is in this room.
But why didn't Zhao Xilan come out to open the door? ! It's really strange.
A bad thought came into my mind. Was Zhao Xilan murdered
The needle of the small compass can only confirm that Zhao Xilan is here, but it cannot determine whether Zhao Xilan is dead or alive.
Wang Jiuyang stood aside and said in a deep voice: "I think we should just break down the door and go in."
Lou Xiaoman thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay then! This is the only way!"
The noise we made disturbed quite a few residents on the second floor.
They opened the doors one after another and looked in our direction, many with disgust and impatience on their faces.
The young waiter who had just been greeting customers at the door also hurried over.
He said, "Dear guests, please be quiet. The other guests are still resting."
Lou Xiaoman thought for a moment and said to the waiter, "We want to enter room 203. Do you have a key? We want to open the door and go in."
But the waiter kept shaking his head and said, "No, no! You can't go in. This is Miss Zhao's room. It's against the rules for you to go in private. Besides, I don't even know who you are. My boss has already given you enough face by letting you go upstairs just now."
"Since Miss Zhao won't open the door, there's nothing we can do. You'd better not disturb her."
The waiter said politely.
But Lou Xiaoman's violent temper suddenly broke out.
Lou Xiaoman shouted angrily, "Asshole! I'm telling you, I'm Zhao Xilan's master, and I came here today to find her. Now bring me the key, I want to go in. Otherwise, I can only kick the door in."
"If my apprentice knew I was coming and heard my voice, why didn't she open the door? I suspect that she is not in this room at all. Or, she is in the room, but something happened."
"If anything really happens to my apprentice, I tell you, your Longtan Inn will be held responsible."
The waiter was a little confused by Lou Xiaoman's angry shout.
At this time, the female boss downstairs ran up panting and shouted, "Hey guys, don't kick the door. I got the key for you."
"Speaking of which, Miss Zhao hasn't left her room these days. I also find it strange. In that case, I'll let you in. But I need to see your ID cards first."
Look at the ID card? That's easy!
Then we showed our ID cards to the female boss.
Later, the female boss handed Lou Xiaoman a key with the number 203 on it.
Lou Xiaoman didn't hesitate to take the key and went to open the door.
There was a crisp "click" sound, and then the door was pushed open by Lou Xiaoman.
Then Lou Xiaoman walked in quickly.
Seeing this, we all went into the room.
As soon as we entered the room, we smelled a pungent smell, as if something had gone bad. If you smelled carefully, you could also smell a strong smell of blood.
This is a bit wrong!!
Then the female boss turned on the light in the room.
Suddenly, the room was brightly lit.
The room was only about 20 square meters, with a bed, a TV cabinet, a fan, etc., all simple items. And on the bed, there was even a mosquito net hanging above it.
At this time, the mosquito net had been opened, covering the naked person and bedding.
But through the mosquito net, one could still see something bulging in the bed, which should be a person. And that person was lying in bed.
"Xilan, I'm Master Lou Xiaoman! I'm here to see you, did you hear me? Are you okay?"
Lou Xiaoman asked softly.
But the ** man didn't move at all and didn't answer Lou Xiaoman's questions.
No one answered, which made Lou Xiaoman even more uneasy.
I noticed that Lou Xiaoman's face had turned pale, like ash.
Lou Xiaoman didn't wait any longer and walked over in one step.
I reminded him, "Master Lou, wait a minute! Don't go over there yet."
But Lou Xiaoman didn't listen to me at all.
At this time, she had already lifted up the mosquito net.
Through the opened mosquito net, I noticed that there were large bunches of hair and a bulging quilt. Under the quilt might be Zhao Xilan.
When Lou Xiaoman saw the pile of hair, she seemed to collapse in an instant. If Fatty Li hadn't reached out to help her, Lou Xiaoman would have collapsed on the ground.
"It's Xilan, it's her. She must have been murdered, otherwise she wouldn't be lying here motionless!..."
Lou Xiaoman's eyes were wet with excitement, and tears as big as beans kept flowing.
Her hands were shaking as she reached for the quilt.
Wang Jiuyang looked at the small compass, nodded at me, and said, "Almost, this person should be that Zhao Xilan."
When I heard this, I felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
Could it be that Zhao Xilan was really murdered? I really can't accept this.
Seeing this, I walked straight to the quilt, and without saying anything, I reached out and pulled off the quilt covering Zhao Xilan.
But after the quilt was lifted
, I was a little dumbfounded.
There was no trace of Zhao Xilan in the quilt at all, but instead there appeared a scarecrow of the same size as Zhao Xilan.
The scarecrow's hair is a wig worn on a shriveled "head".
There is also a birth chart taped to the scarecrow's chest.
I recognize that birth chart, it's Zhao Xilan's.
And I also noticed that there was a circle of symbols drawn around the scarecrow with red stuff.
I dipped my hand into the red stuff and found that it was actually a person's blood. It must be Zhao Xilan's. But what were those strange symbols
I don’t know.
Wang Jiuyang stared coldly at the scarecrow and the bloody symbols. After a while, he said, "If I'm not mistaken, those symbols are 'substitute symbols', a kind of witchcraft unique to the Miao people. They can make the fake look real, and they are very deceptive to us ghost-catching Taoist priests."
Avatar symbol? Miao witchcraft
I think this is incredible.
However, Master Lou Xiaoman showed a happy expression on his face.
She said excitedly: "This... This is not my disciple, not Zhao Xilan, which means that she may not have been killed and may still be alive."
Wang Jiuyang nodded and said, "That's right. The person who cast this witchcraft should be the one who took Zhao Xilan away. Since that person chose to use a substitute, it means that he did not intend to kill Zhao Xilan. Otherwise, the person lying here now is probably Zhao Xilan herself."
Lou Xiaoman stood up slowly, and at the same time she reached out and removed Zhao Xilan's birth date from the scarecrow.
With a "swish" sound, the thin yellow paper was torn off by Lou Xiaoman.
But the next moment, when the birth chart was torn off, a black shadow suddenly jumped out from under the birth chart on the scarecrow's chest.
The black shadow rushed straight towards Lou Xiaoman.
"Oh no, something has come out! Master Lou, be careful!"
But Lou Xiaoman had already relaxed her vigilance, so she didn't care about so many things.
Just when she relaxed her vigilance, the black shadow bit Lou Xiaoman's finger directly.
The shadow was not big, only the size of a fingertip, but when it flew up, it was extremely fast.
Lou Xiaoman's reaction was not slow either. She raised her hand and swung it, and the black shadow was thrown away in an instant.
Seeing the black shadow flying over, I immediately activated the Yin De Qi in my body and took out the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
The "Big Dipper" symbol on the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword instantly merged into one, emitting a red light.
When the shadow made a rustling sound and just landed on the ground, my Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword chopped out directly. The tip of the sword landed just on the shadow.
The black shadow suddenly made a harsh sound, squeaking.
It looks like it's injured.
But its movements were pretty good, and it actually rushed towards the nearest person quickly.
At this time, I could already see its appearance clearly.
It turned out to be a black insect the size of a moth, with gray-black wings.
The poor waiter saw the "moth" flying past, but it was too late to dodge.
The "moth" landed directly on the waiter's body and drilled into the waiter's clothes at an extremely fast speed.
"Ah! Help! What is that thing? It's biting me... Ah! It hurts! It's got into my stomach, ah, it hurts!..."
The waiter knelt on the ground, rolling around, twisting his body like a snake, and after a while, curled up into a ball. From his appearance, it was clear that he was in extreme pain.
On the other side, Lou Xiaoman's face turned black and her lips turned purple, showing signs of poisoning.
(to be continued)
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