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Chapter 376 Don't Call the Official

The manager had told the boy in advance if someone asked, he just told him there were dead rats in the room.

After Zhan Qi listened, he didn't ask more and then followed the boy to their rooms.

"The two rooms are close together. You can rest here, Masters." The boy pointed to the two rooms next to each other and said.

Zhan Qi nodded at this moment and walked in.

The boy stood at the door and said, "If you need any help, just call us."

With that said, the boy wanted to turn around and leave.

"Wait." Zhan Qi turned around and called the boy.

After hearing this, the boy stopped and then asked, "Is there anything I can do?"

"Nothing. Call your manager here." Zhan Qi said at this time.

The boy responded and walked out of the room quickly. For some reason, he always felt that these people were unusual.

The boy went downstairs. The manager hurried to him, looked at him, and asked, "Did these people ask anything else?"

The manager was suspicious when these people asked if anything happened last night. Except for the boy, no one knew about last night, and there were not many residents in the inn last night.

And he had already given the residents hush money, so they wouldn't say it.

Why did they ask as soon as they got here? Could it be that they were the murderers last night?

However, if they were the murderers, why would they come back?

Or were these people from the government? Thinking of it, the manager felt it was even more impossible.

Although they were close to Jing City here, he knew that officials here were all appointed by their relationships. If no one went to court to file a lawsuit, they wouldn't bother with these things.

And, last night, those people didn't look like Beiling people.

"They didn't ask anymore, but there was a young master who said he wanted to meet you." The boy shook his head and then said to the manager.

After listening, the manager couldn't help but frown. He asked, "Did he say the reason?"

"No." The boy shook his head and said.

At this time, the manager couldn't help but murmur. Why these people acted so abnormal? Who were they?

However, the manager thought about it and calmed down. What was he afraid of? The body was no longer in the inn, and the crime scene had been cleaned up.

Thinking of this, the manager couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. No matter who the man was, he would go to see the man first. Then, he said to the boy, "I see."

With that said, the manager walked upstairs.

When he walked to the door, he knocked on the door gently, "How can I help you, Master?"

Hearing the manager coming over, Zhan Qi looked at the person aside and motioned him to open the door.

The man understood, then walked to the door, and opened the door.

"Master, what's the matter?" The manager asked the man who opened the door at this moment.

The man looked inside and said, "Manager, please come in."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

Upon seeing this, the manager couldn't help but frown. Then, he relaxed his brows and walked inside.

The manager walked up to Zhan Qi and smiled, "Master."

"Manager, you are a wise man, so I won't talk in a roundabout way." Zhan Qi looked at the manager and said.

After hearing this, the manager couldn't help but be nervous. It seemed that he guessed right that these people knew something about last night.

The manager smiled and asked, "Master, if there is a lack of hospitality, I hope you..."

"To be honest, as soon as I entered this inn, I smelled a smell. I think that you must know better than me what kind of smell it is, right?" Before the manager finished, Zhan Qi interrupted him and asked.

Being questioned by Zhan Qi, the manager was stunned for an instant. And then he pretended to smile and said, "Well, Master, it is the smell of a few mice that died in the inn over time."

"Really? If I'm not mistaken, you lighted so much incense to hide the smell of blood." Zhan Qi said and then raised his mouth.

After hearing this, the manager looked panicked, but he still said, "Master, you can't make such jokes. This... This is going to be a lawsuit."

"A lawsuit? If you don't tell me the truth now, I am afraid that you are going to be beheaded." Zhan Qi sneered, then stood up, and looked at the manager's eyes.

When the manager heard this, he couldn't help but feel panicked, and then he stammered and asked, "Beheaded? Who are you?"

Zhan Qi took out a waist card at this time.

He shook it in his hand, then looked at the manager, and said, "Can you see it?"

"Yes... Yes. You are from the palace." Seeing the waist card in Zhan Qi's hand, which was engraved with the unique seal of the Beiling Royal Family, the manager couldn't help but tremble at this time.

Even the people from the palace knew about this matter. Now, they were in big trouble.

Thinking of it, the manager couldn't help but sit on the ground in shock.

Zhan Qi leaned over to stare at the manager, "Can you tell me the truth now?"

"Your... Your Excellency, what do you want to know? I will tell you all I know." The manager nodded and said quickly.

Then, Zhan Qi stood up, "Where are those men who checked in with the two women yesterday?"

"They have already gone." The manager said at this time.

Then Zhan Qi asked again, "Where are the two corpses?"

"They were also taken away by them." After the manager knew that Zhan Qi was from the palace, he was so scared and told them the truth.

No wonder that man told him not to say anything. It turned out that they had offended the people in the palace. Now that people in the palace had found him, he couldn't take care of that much. He knew what would happen if he offended the court.

At that time, business failure was a trivial matter. Maybe it was a big deal to be beheaded.

After Zhan Qi listened, he couldn't help but frown. It seemed that he was right. If Infanta Qingcheng really died, the people around her definitely wouldn't leave silently.

But who were the two women killed by them yesterday? Why one of them had the same appearance as Infanta Qingcheng?

Thinking of this, Zhan Qi immediately turned around and asked, "Then which direction did they leave?"

"I don't know…" The manager shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Zhan Qi couldn't help but lean over and grab the collar of the manager. He lifted him up and looked at him with cold eyes, "You don't know? Or you don't want to say it?"

"Your Excellency, I... I really don't know. The two Young Masters said they would dispose of the corpses. Let me keep a secret and clean the room. When this happened, I was very panicked. I really don't know where they left." The manager said with tears in his eyes.

Then, Zhan Qi pushed hard, and the manager was heavily tumbled to the ground.

The manager couldn't care about the pain in his body. He quickly got up, knelt to Zhan Qi, and kowtowed, "Your Excellency, what I said is true. It is true."

Zhan Qi frowned slightly and glanced at the manager. It seemed that he probably wouldn't lie.

However, if Infanta Qingcheng and her maid weren’t dead, they would definitely be anxious to dispose of the body.

So, the body should not be buried too far.

Thinking of this, Zhan Qi winked at the people beside him. He looked at the manager who was still kowtowing and then walked out first.

One of them walked to the manager and quickly pulled out the sword in his hand. When he took back the sword, the manager was already lying in a pool of blood.

The manager had already known that they were from the palace. They could only kill him, just in case.

The boy in the downstairs saw Zhan Qi and his people coming down one after another. He couldn't help feeling a little flustered, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

After seeing these people walked directly out of the inn, he raised his head.

After a while, he still didn't see the manager coming down from the stairs. The boy couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Then, he walked upstairs and whispered, "Manager, where are you?"

He called a few times, but no one responded. The boy couldn't help panicking at this moment.

At this moment, his palms were sweating coldly. He tightly grasped the corner of his clothes and walked forward step by step. He had a bad premonition right now.

"Manager..." The boy called and then walked to the door of Zhan Qi's room just now. He stopped when he saw that the door of the room was unlatched.

He couldn't help swallowing at this moment and then whispered again, "Manager, are you inside?"

Naturally, there was no response. The boy slowly stretched out his hand and opened the door.

Immediately, the boy couldn't help but yell, "Manager... Manager!"

Fortunately, the manager was still breathing. When he heard the boy's voice, he stretched out his hand and said, "Ah..."

Upon seeing this, the boy ran into the room quickly. He took the hand of the manager and cried out, "Manager, what's the matter with you? What's the matter?"

"Don't..." Due to losing too much blood, the manager's face was pale at this time. He covered his neck with his hand and said with difficulty looking at the boy.

Before the manager could finish speaking, the boy interrupted him, wiped away the tears on his face, and then said, "Manager, I... I'll go to find the doctor. You have to be alive."

As the boy said, he wanted to stand up. Unexpectedly, he was grabbed by the manager. The boy lowered his head, only to hear the manager said, "No... It's too late. I... I have something to say... I have something to tell you."

"Yes... Just say it, manager. I'm listening." The boy took the manager's hand, nodded, and cried.

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