The young militia captain followed Qin Ran's gaze to see the dark mayor's office. Immediately, the young man drew the long sword from his waist.
Clang!
The long sword was unsheathed, and the people around were startled.
But then something was wrong.
"My lord, I'll take someone to have a look!"
The young militiaman spoke to him.
"Um."
"I'll check out Eddie's room."
Qin Ran nodded and did not stop him.
In his perception, although the house was pitch black, there was no danger, neither malicious gaze nor powerful aura.
On the contrary, in the inn of the dwarf wine cup and rice bowl, there was a faint smell of blood.
Not like pigs and sheep, but... people!
"Okay, you two follow the adults."
"My lord, I'll come as soon as I go!"
The young militia captain made proper arrangements, and then led the people away quickly.
After the young man and many militiamen left, the owner of the inn, Old Bick, let out a sigh of relief.
"Vaughn is good at everything, but just takes it too seriously."
"I still watched him grow up, but he didn't give me any face."
Old Piccolo shrugged while talking to himself.
"Serious young man, not annoying, is he?"
Qin Ran laughed.
"Of course, of course."
"My lord, please come with me, and I will show you the room where those guys live."
Old Bick nodded, and led Kieran to the hotel in a smooth and polite manner.
There was no need for Qin Ran to ask along the way, the other party started to introduce everything about Eddie's caravan.
"Eddie's caravan is a small caravan, the core is 'Eddie's family', a total of more than a dozen people, but a small caravan has the way of survival of a small caravan, they will choose to group together, and most of the time, they are It was the 'Eddie's' who took care of everything."
"So, most of the time, people think that the entire caravan belongs to 'Eddie's family'. In fact, it is composed of multiple small caravans, and they just take part of the profits."
"Oh, I see."
"'Eddie's' is the name of Eddie's caravan?"
Qin Ran continued to ask.
"Well, that's the name of Eddie's caravan, and besides, they are really family."
"Strange, isn't it?"
"It's not surprising that a family is in charge of a caravan, but it's a curious thing that a family is in a caravan from top to bottom."
"However, I'm curious, but I dare not ask them."
Old Piccolo smiled as he spoke.
"how?"
"Are they vicious?"
Smelling the approaching bloody smell, Qin Ran asked.
"Dare to come to the caravan near the High Road, which one is not vicious?"
"The bandits and robbers all over the middle of the High Road are no joke. Even if there is a garrison of the Burning Dawn, there are frequent attacks, not to mention the Burning Dawn..."
As he spoke, Old Bick thought of something, and suddenly stopped speaking.
"What happened to Burning Dawn?"
Qin Ran asked pretending to be curious.
"It's nothing, the Burning Dawn was attacked!"
"The Grand Duke is still missing..."
"My lord, in your capacity, the official document you received must be more detailed than what I heard. You can also ask Mayor Hall, so don't embarrass me, a poor man."
"I'm just here to beg for a meal."
Old Bick begged for forgiveness repeatedly, and at the same time had an extra money bag in his hand, and handed it to Qin Ran very discreetly.
Qin Ran took the money bag calmly.
When he saw Qin Ran take the purse, Old Piccolo showed joy and led the way even faster.
On the back side of the hotel corridor, in front of a wall with only one door, the other party stopped.
"This is the room of Eddie's family, and it is also the largest room in my place. Every time they come, they choose to live here."
Old Bick said as he opened the door and stepped aside.
A militiaman carrying an oil lamp walked in first and lit the candles in the room.
Light suddenly filled the room.
A row of neat beds is illuminated, as well as the salute under the beds.
The beds are made neatly and the bedding is folded up.
The salute was neat and did not move.
Qin Ran glanced over the beds, saluted, and finally looked at the long table in the room.
The smell of blood came from there.
Or more precisely, from under the wooden floor of the long table.
But in Kieran's tracking field of vision, everything is even clearer.
The end point of countless dragging traces is there.
"You move it away."
Qin Ran ordered the militiamen while looking at Old Bick.
The other party looked as usual, nothing unusual.
Of course, that is now.
After the long table was moved and Kieran lifted a wooden board that looked solid but was actually concealed, a strong smell of blood came over his face immediately.
Under the candlelight, densely packed corpses were exposed in front of everyone.
"My God!"
Old Bick, whose face changed drastically, let out an exclamation, and retreated again and again.
The two militiamen were also terrified, one of them was completely at a loss, and the other was quite calm, and drew out the dagger from his waist and pointed it at Old Bick.
"do not move!"
Militia Road.
"Big, my lord!"
"I didn't kill these people!"
Old Bick immediately raised his hands high and stammered.
"Um."
Qin Ran nodded noncommittally, and scanned the secret room hidden in the hotel room.
When he saw the L-shaped latch inside, he narrowed his eyes.
"A chamber controlled from within?"
Qin Ran had a guess in his heart, and immediately said to the militiamen, "Go and carry out all the corpses."
"yes."
After looking at each other, the two militiamen nodded at the same time.
Among them, the militiaman who had been at a loss seemed reluctant, and approached the secret room dawdly, and the other one who drew his dagger was also reluctant, but he did not slack off in the face of Qin Ran's order.
What surprised Qin Ran was the old Piccolo.
"My lord, I'm here to help!"
"I am willing to prove my innocence, and I am also willing to help you, my lord. I hope you can give me fair treatment!"
Old Bick said proactively.
"Can."
Qin Ran promised.
Old Piccolo was certainly not the murderer.
There was no smell of blood on the other party's body, and there was no trace of washing.
Moreover, a middle-aged and elderly person who is as short as a dwarf and has not undergone any exercise, except for poisoning, it is impossible to solve so many people silently.
But those corpses were not poisoned, but had their throats pierced.
It still pierced the throats of more than a dozen people in an instant.
"The killer is not only quick, but also unexpected..."
Standing in the secret room, Qin Ran looked at the corpses being carried out one by one, and the scene at that time involuntarily appeared in his mind: Eddie's family and the murderer were discussing something in this secret room, and then the murderer suddenly With the shot, Eddie's family, who had no defense, were hit by the sword and fell to the ground.
Perhaps there was a scream, but no one heard it because of the obstruction of the door panel of the secret room and the door panel of the room.
Or the murderer deliberately arranged for people to divert the attention of the people in the hotel.
"ah!"
Just as Qin Ran was guessing, old Piccolo and the militiamen exclaimed from the secret room below.
"My lord, the mayor of the town is dead!"
Before Qin Ran could ask, the militiaman stammered his report. chapter error;