Chapter 321 A Little Fright
Pan Yun jumped off the roof and walked straight into a room.

Qu Le stared blankly, looked around, and then realized that this was an inn.

Before they knew it, they had landed on the roof of an inn.

Pan Jun pushed the door open and went in. Miao Zhen also flew down from the roof, holding the cat and followed him in. She slammed the door and ignored him.

In the room, Wang Cong breathed a sigh of relief, pulled the quilt up to his chin, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

As a result, just as he closed his eyes, he heard light footsteps coming towards his door.

Wang Cong had to open his eyes and muttered to himself, wondering when this would ever end. He had to go to the money shop to exchange silver tomorrow. Would he be able to sleep tonight?

The footsteps stopped in front of his door. He felt that his door was pushed but did not open. The person at the door paused for a moment and turned away. Not long after, the sound of a door being pushed gently came from the next room, followed by the sound of footsteps walking in gently...

Wang Cong: …

He had seen a lot in his life. He had seen "knights" rob the rich to help the poor, and rob the rich to help themselves, but he had never seen a "knight" sneak into an inn.

Wang Cong closed his eyes tightly, turned over, pulled the quilt over him and continued to sleep.

You don’t even have money to stay in an inn, yet you want to use 12,000 taels of gold to join Mount Sanqing?
I want to eat shit.

The next day, Wang Cong opened the door and just as he stepped out of the threshold, he heard the door of the next room open.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look.

At the same time, a young man in black clothes and black pants opened the door and walked out.

As soon as the two sides met, they couldn't help but pause and looked at each other.

Qu Le thought this person was so annoying, and kept looking at him with a half-smile.

So he glared at the other person fiercely, walked out of the room, slammed the door shut, and walked out with a swagger.

A waiter passed by carrying a large teapot and was also startled when he saw him, but the other party was so confident that he did not react for a while.

When the waiter passed by him, he finally realized what was happening and asked, "Wait, when did you check in?"

Qu Le pretended not to hear and quickened his pace.

Wang Cong leaned against the door with his arms folded. Hearing this, he said quietly, "Don't ask. He was a thief who sneaked in last night. He didn't pay any money and didn't book a room!"

The guy opened his eyes wide and hurried to chase him, but Qu Le had disappeared in a few seconds.

The waiter came back and asked anxiously, "Sir, did the thief hurt you?"

"No, that's not the case," Wang Cong said, "but my door was pushed a few times last night, which scared me. I thought it was a drunk who walked into the wrong room."

The waiter quickly apologized and sent him a breakfast on behalf of the inn.

Wang Cong was silent for a moment and then said, "Actually, there are three of us, and my two companions were also frightened."

Just at this moment, Pan Yun's door opened, and she and Miao Zhen walked out with dark circles under their eyes and looking listless.

The guy believed it at first sight.

Wouldn’t the two little girls be scared when a thief pushed the door open at night?
Didn't you sleep well last night? You have dark circles under your eyes.

The waiter quickly apologized to Pan Yun and Miao Zhen, and then said: "As an apology, the store will provide you three with free breakfast..."

Pan Jun listened blankly. After the waiter left, he turned to look at Wang Cong standing beside him and asked, "Why is the store apologizing?"

Wang Cong: "Last night a thief stole into the room next to ours. He was discovered by the waiter this morning. The innkeeper thought we were frightened, so we had breakfast as an apology."

Pan Yun touched his chest and said, "I was indeed frightened."

Miao Zhen: "Uncle Junior Master, this Qu Le is indeed a bad person, and he is also poor. He can't even afford the money for a hotel room. How can he afford 10,000 taels of gold?"

Pan Jun's face was dark. "Even if he could take it out, Sanqing Mountain would not accept him. His aptitude is so poor. Accepting him as a disciple would simply destroy their reputation."

Miao Zhen was silent for a moment, "Didn't Junior Master say that he has excellent bones and physique?"

Pan Jun said seriously, "Qualification and physique are two different things. He is suitable for martial arts training, but forget about enlightenment."

If you can't attract spiritual energy, you can only rely on martial arts and practice hard.

There is only one person like this in ten thousand. Pan Yun doesn't think Qu Le is such a genius, so forget it, she shouldn't earn this money.

Wang Cong: "That boy in black is called Qu Le? This name sounds familiar. What is his relationship with the Qu family in Yangwu?"

Pan Yun thought for a moment and said, "His uncle is the leader of the martial arts world."

"Oh, that's the Qu family of Yangwu," Wang Cong said indifferently, "His family is rich, extremely rich."

Pan Yun's heart was immediately moved for a moment, but he shook his head after a moment, "Forget it, cultivation is for immortality. If I take him into Sanqing Mountain, the eldest brother will die young, and I will be killed immediately by the fourth sister."

Wang Cong couldn't help but laugh, "Is his qualification so bad?"

"We taught you for an hour on your roof last night. Did you not hear it or did you forget it?"

Wang Cong coughed lightly, "Uncle Junior, you know I can hear you. You're disturbing my sweet dreams..."

Pan Yun looked away, and Wang Cong immediately stopped talking and said, "You must be hungry too, go wash up first, it's time for breakfast soon."

The free breakfast provided by the inn was delicious. The three of them ate until their stomachs were full, and then walked out of the inn together.

Wang Cong said, "I'm going to exchange silver." He pulled the rented ox cart over, and Miaozhen followed him into the house, actually to take out the bags of copper coins that he had left with her.

Wang Cong carried the sacks onto an ox cart and drove the cart directly to the money house.

The hooligans who had been staring at the inn looked at each other in bewilderment and couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What a hell! I've searched his room and the two girls' rooms, and there's not even a bag in them. How on earth can he turn so many copper coins into something every day?"

"Let's go and see how much money he gets this time."

"We couldn't beat him. The night before yesterday, we tried to stop him and he injured three people. He's still lying there unable to move."

Pan Yun stood at the door of the inn and watched Wang Cong walk away. He sighed and said, "If this isn't a bandit, then what is it? Unfortunately, Captain Zhou refuses to admit it. He said that even if we catch the man, it's still the victim and the bandit. Not only will we not get the reward, but we may also be imprisoned for interrogation."

Miao Zhen: "Uncle Junior Master, are you really going to let them go like this?"

Pan Yun waved his hand and said, "Let's wait until we leave the city before we take action. Then we won't have to cooperate with the government in handling the case, giving Captain Zhou a reason to arrest us."

"Let's go check out Hua Buliu."

Pan Yun planned to find two surviving victims. Their homes were not in the provincial capital, but in a county town and a village not far from the provincial capital.

They were closer to the village, so they planned to go there first.

As soon as they were out of the city gate, Pan Jun put Pan Xiaohei on his shoulders, pulled up Miao Zhen and flew forward quickly, using light skills to take a shortcut to the village.

After running for a while, Pan Yun and Miao Zhen stopped in the woods and looked back.

Qu Le, who was following them secretly, couldn't stop himself. He flew over the branches above their heads with a few swish sounds, then broke the branches and fell down with a clang.

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen both took a step back, and he fell at their feet with a thud.

They both looked down at him.

Qu Le reached out to remove the leaves on his head, propped up his arm and raised his head to look at the two people, and spit out a mouthful of mud, "Did you know I was following you?"

Miao Zhen: "Your tracking skills aren't that good, how come you didn't know?"

Pan Yun disliked him for wasting time and said, "We broke up the discussion last night. Sanqing Mountain refused to accept you as a disciple. Why did you come?"

Qu Le: "Ten thousand taels of gold..."

Pan Jun asked irritably, "Do you have any?"

"If I take it out, will you promise to ensure that I am accepted as a disciple by Master Xuanmiao?"

"No," Pan Yun said, "Your aptitude is too poor. If you can come up with 10,000 taels of gold, I can at most guarantee that you will be accepted as an apprentice by my second senior brother, ranking sixth."

Miaozhen immediately swallowed her words and thought that it was not unacceptable for him to be ranked sixth, so she remained silent.

Qu Le looked dazed, "Are my qualifications so poor?"

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen nodded together, that was quite bad.

Qu Le was so shocked that he remained silent for a while.

Pan Yun urged him to leave, "Go back and think about it carefully. You can't rush into becoming my disciple."

"Stop following us. We have work to do."

Qu Le: "I know you revealed the bounty on Hua Buliu. Are you going to find Hua Buliu? I'll go with you."

Pan Jun frowned, "Why are you following us if you don't go find Chang Mingwei?"

Qu Le was angry, "I only read the case file for a quarter of an hour, how could I remember so much? I don't have any clues at all. I plan to go to the government office again tonight. Today, I will go with you to find Hua Buliu."

By the way, learn how to find the criminal.

Pan Yun said, "You don't have to go to the government office anymore. Since you want to give me half of the reward money, I will tell you the case file information of Chang Mingwei. You can go find someone today."

Qu Le was stunned: "You remembered everything? When did you read the file?"

Pan Yun: "While you were flipping through the files, I read ten lines at a glance and remembered them all."

Qu Le was hit again.

The three of them went towards the village together, and Pan Yun told him the case file information. By the time they reached the village entrance, Pan Yun had finished reciting Chang Mingwei's case file.

She waved her hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Go quickly and don't delay our work."

Qu Le wanted to follow them even more, "I'll go with you..."

Pan Jun refused, "Don't follow us!"

Seeing that Qu Le didn't leave, Pan Yun frowned and said, "If you dare to follow me in and ruin my business, I will beat you to death."

Pan Jun walked for a while and turned back to see that he was no longer following her. She hummed with satisfaction and walked into the village hand in hand with Miaozhen.

This is a small village. The victim, Zhou Wanniang, was 21 years old. She had given birth to a child who was three years old. The incident happened this spring.

She was not particularly beautiful, but she had a heroic air. Pan Yun and Miao Zhen saw her by the river after wandering around the village for a while.

She was washing clothes with a group of women by the river. Pan Yun and Miao Zhen approached and heard the people around her advising her, "Don't listen to your elder brother. If he really takes you back and remarries you, will your life be better?"

(End of this chapter)