Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 520 - 519: An Old Acquaintance

"Dead! Dead!" Someone shouted, gathering toward the corner.

Xuan Ying turned around and ran down the stairs, with Shen Qinglan hurrying after him.

At the counter, they saw a man in fine clothing lying motionless on the ground, with his eyes wide open. A trickle of black blood slowly oozed from his forehead.

Xuan Ying whispered, "He’s been poisoned by a needle."

"How did he die?" The shopkeeper stammered, "He was fine just a moment ago!"

"It wasn’t me! I didn’t kill him!"

The merchant who had argued with the man earlier shrank back into the corner in fear.

Shen Qinglan was watching the eaves across the tavern, where she saw a figure standing. Meeting her gaze, the figure suddenly smiled devilishly then brushed its clothes and disappeared.

Duan Yunfei and his two companions heard Xuan Ying not coming upstairs and then heard Shen Qinglan talking to Xuan Ying at the staircase. Soon, they heard the exclamations of the crowd and opened the door to go downstairs.

"Qinglan, what happened?" Duan Yunfei asked quietly.

Shen Qinglan withdrew her gaze, whispering, "Someone assassinated him."

Only then did the three notice the man lying in front of the counter.

Soon, the tavern’s people reported to the authorities, and Government officials promptly arrived.

Shen Qinglan and her group were detained due to suspicion.

Duan Yunfei took out a passage order and had a word with the constable who led the officials, who then respectfully saluted and personally led them out of the tavern.

Seeing them able to leave, everyone else rushed to follow, but were blocked by the Government Official.

Shen Qinglan said to the constable, "He was assassinated; it has nothing to do with the people inside."

The constable was stunned, "Miss, what do you mean by this?"

Shen Qinglan replied, "Just now, I stood at the counter and saw a shadow on the eaves, but it quickly fled."

"Shadow?" The constable’s face changed instantly, "Miss, quickly tell me, where was that?"

Shen Qinglan pointed to the opposite eaves.

The constable tapped his toes on the ground, leaping onto the eaves, where he picked up a fist-sized stone and a paper note.

"May I take a look?" Duan Yunfei gestured toward the paper in the constable’s hand.

The constable, with a solemn expression, handed the paper to him.

Duan Yunfei looked at it, his face darkening.

Shen Qinglan peered over and saw written on it: "Eleventh."

"Eleventh?" Le Zhao looked over too, frowning, "What does it mean?"

The constable cupped his hands and said, "To be honest, this month, this person has killed ten of our Nanfeng Country’s merchants, including the one just now, which makes it the eleventh."

Le Zhao was surprised, "The one just now was also from your Nanfeng Country?"

"Yes!" The constable said, "That man was the son-in-law of our Nanfeng Country’s merchant, though his character was poor, he loved drinking excessively, and often caused trouble."

"Why is he assassinating Nanfeng Country’s merchants?" Shen Qinglan was puzzled.

The constable shook his head, "The reason is unclear."

Xuan Ying frowned, "Has no one thought to investigate?"

"We are also pursuing the investigation!" The constable said, "But this person is highly skilled in martial arts, appears and disappears without a trace, no one can catch him."

He looked at the group, "Honored guests, I apologize, I have matters to attend to, I can’t entertain you further!"

Duan Yunfei nodded, "You may go."

Once the constable left, Duan Yunfei suddenly chuckled softly, "Why would this person think of doing such a thing?"

The group was taken aback, all curious, looking at him, "Do you know him?"

Duan Yunfei curled his lips, "If I’m not mistaken, he should be an old acquaintance."