142 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” Gutter

In the main hall of the inn, Huo Sui stood in the center with his sword in his arms. He had obviously been waiting for a long time, but there was no hint of impatience on his face. He still had that careless and lazy look, which made people wary of him. They thought he was the noble man who the shopkeeper said he wanted to give them money. As a result, the smiles on the faces of the guys became a little more, and there was a faint expectation in their eyes.

Seeing the people arriving, Huo Sui stood up straight, turned his head and asked the shopkeeper, “Are these all the waiters in your inn?”

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, “Yes, ours is not the best inn in Chang’an, and not many people come to stay there on weekdays, so there is no need for so many waiters.”

Huo Sui frowned and asked again, “Are they all familiar guys who have been working together for a long time?”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he looked carefully around the crowd, then pointed at the inconspicuous man standing at the back and said, “That’s not him. He is a new temporary worker who has arrived in the past two days.”

Huo Sui’s eyes darkened, and he raised his chin towards the man who kept his head down, “Brother, please stand up, and I will give you the reward first.”

The man suddenly clenched his hands, obviously a little panicked, and could not move his legs uneasily.

“What’s wrong, brother, don’t you want a reward?” Seeing him looking so guilty, Huo Suanran concluded that there was something wrong with this man, but he still didn’t show it on his face, with the same lazy tone, as if he was really calling him out just to give him a reward.

If he didn’t go out, it would really arouse suspicion. Seeing him frozen in place, the waiter beside him couldn’t help but touch him with his elbow, signaling him to go out quickly so as not to make the nobleman unhappy.

The man then walked up to Huo Sui with his head lowered and said in a trembling voice: “Thank you, sir, for the reward.”

Huo Sui was not in a hurry. He untied the money bag that Xie Ciyan gave him from his waist, put it in his palm, threw it upwards, caught it firmly, and asked in a casual tone, “Whose name is this brother? Why are you here as a temporary worker?”

The man stiffened, as if he was a little nervous, and he spoke slowly after a while.”Wang Lei, a humble man named Wang Lei, was fired by the store a few days ago. Hearing that there was a temporary job here, he came here to beg for food.”

Hearing this, Huo Sui looked up and down at the person in front of him as if inadvertently, and then made a gesture towards the open window. His movements were natural and fast. People who didn’t know what he was doing just thought he scratched his forehead and didn’t think much about it.”So that’s it. Where did Brother Wang work before?”

The man was obviously more panicked. The fingertips of his hands were twisted together unconsciously, and he blurted out without thinking, “Xiaomin used to work as a vegetable cutter at Yunlai Inn. It’s not worth mentioning.”

“Really?” Huo Sui raised his eyebrows lightly, and all the laziness in his eyes was gone, replaced by a formidable cold look.His thumb pushed up the silver scabbard, and the blade with its cold light suddenly reflected in his eyes.”Do you know what happened to the person who lied to me last time?”

Wang Lei was startled and suddenly raised his hands to cover his eyes. He was even more panicked, but he still said harshly: “Xiao, Xiaomin really didn’t lie. I don’t know where I offended the young master, but I did this…”

Huo Sui didn’t want to listen to what he was talking about anymore, so he interrupted directly, with a lazy look on his face and eyes already filled with impatience, “A person with a guilty conscience will make random remarks before he has time to think. Your mouth can lie, but your hands can’t.”

When Wang Lei heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He glanced at his hands subconsciously, but found nothing unusual. He thought he had been deceived by the man, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The corner of Huo Sui’s mouth curled up with a hint of mockery, and his eyes flashed with an awe-inspiring cold light, as if he could see through all the disguises of the person in front of him.”You said that you worked as a vegetable cutter in an inn before, but I have never seen a vegetable cutter who did rough work without any calluses on his hands, let alone old wounds cut by kitchen knives.” He sneered, “Have you never cut your hands when cutting vegetables? Or maybe you don’t use a kitchen knife to cut vegetables, so there are no calluses on the tiger’s mouth?”

He was already sure that there must be something wrong with the so-called Wang Lei in front of him, and he was most likely the person who poisoned him.Now that the suspect has been found, there is no need to detain the others. Huo Sui threw the money bag in his hand to the shopkeeper, “Split the reward among the guys. I want this guy.”

The shopkeeper understood and hurriedly took the money bag and led a group of waiters back to the backyard. He turned a deaf ear to what was going on in the main hall, as if he could no longer see Wang Lei.Huo Sui was very satisfied with this, his eyebrows could not help but have a hint of warmth, but when he turned to look at Wang Lei in front of him, he changed his expression to a cold one, and his usual careless appearance was nowhere to be found.

“I don’t have much patience. Who told you to poison the porridge?” He went straight in, his sharp eyes fixed on the expression on Wang Lei’s face.Seeing a sudden flash of panic in his eyes, it fell into Huo Sui’s eyes before he could hide it.He knew in his heart that he was the one who poisoned her.At the same time, doubts arose in his mind. Who would instruct such an inexperienced person to poison?Looking at the way Wang Lei couldn’t hide his panic, it was obvious that he was not a professional killer, but an ordinary person.

Wang Lei was still trying to deny it, but the vibrato in his voice had betrayed him nakedly.

Huo Sui suddenly drew his sword, and he felt a flash of cold light in front of his eyes, and then a chill suddenly appeared on his neck, which made people even more frightened.Wang Lei’s legs suddenly became weak, and he knelt down with his knees “thumping”, begging for mercy again and again.”S-Son, let me go. Please, please… don’t kill me.”

Huo Sui showed no mercy at all, and brought the extremely sharp sword closer. The blade just touched his neck, and blood was already flowing. A wet and greasy feeling slowly flowed down his skin. His eyes when he looked at Wang Lei were as cold as looking at a dead person.”This is your last chance. If you don’t say anything else, this sword will not only cut your skin.” His eyes were full of coldness, and his voice was so cold that it could freeze people in place, “but your throat.”

“I said, I said!” Wang Lei was completely panicked now. He didn’t expect that what he had done could be so easily revealed by the man in front of him, so he could only explain word for word, “I was also ordered by someone! That person gave me a large sum of money and asked me to find an opportunity to sneak into the room you live in.Come to the inn and ask me to find an opportunity to put the medicine into the porridge and serve it to the man with the jade pendant on his waist. He also described the man’s face to me and told me not to give it to the wrong person.I, I just agreed because I was greedy for money, and the man told me that it was just a laxative and nothing would happen!”

Seeing that the murderous intent in Huo Sui’s eyes had not disappeared at all, he hurriedly continued: “Master Mingjian, everything I said is absolutely true! The man said that this handsome man deceived his sister’s feelings, causing his sister to cry at home every day. He wanted to teach the man a lesson because he couldn’t stand it. When I heard that the man was not a good person and had a lot of money, I agreed!”

Wang Lei burst into tears when he spoke, his eyes were eager and calm, and what he wanted to say must be the truth.”Do you know who the person who ordered you is?”

He shook his head anxiously, fearing that the evil god in front of him wouldn’t believe him and was anxious to provide evidence that could prove his words.”I don’t know who that person is, but at first glance he is a young master from an extraordinary family. He is wearing clothes of good material. He is handsome, elegant, and speaks politely. He must be no ordinary person!” He seemed to remember something and clapped his hands suddenly. “There is a silver token hanging around his waist with the word ‘嫣’ written on it!”

When Huo Sui heard this, his eyes suddenly turned cold, a cold light flashed across his eyes, and his expression became even more solemn.The Yan family had already been ordered by the emperor to leave the capital, and could not return unless summoned. According to Wang Lei’s description, the person should be Yan Bai, the concubine of the Yan family.

He should have left with Yan Huai, but now he appears in Chang’an and is suspected of being involved in poisoning the emperor.

Huo Sui had a vague guess that Yanhuai’s family was hiding in Chang’an at this moment, even hiding in the dark like rats in the gutter, watching them, waiting for opportunities.