Chapter 1187 Get Out Quickly
Because this tavern was very close to the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city and some soldiers and postmen who were delivering letters or supplies would also come here to patronize it. When the weather was cold, they wanted to drink some wine to warm themselves up, so they would drink more.
This small house inside is said to be a warehouse, but in fact it is also the place where the owner of the wine shop brews wine. The brewed wine is stored here in jars.
Usually one person is hired to keep watch at night, but there are also two or three brewers living here.
However, it’s a disaster year, and I heard that there isn’t much wine left.
Recently, the owner of the wine shop has been announcing that he has run out of wine and has sold very little. He is only stingy and only gives a pot or two of wine to some old customers.
Shengke really doesn’t want to sell it anymore and has been saying that it’s sold out.
But the warehouse here is under strict surveillance.
Du Rui also followed and asked Lu Anfan in a low voice, "Do you think it is possible that someone wanted to steal the wine? And was discovered, so he was killed?"
But Lu Anfan thought not.
"If he was trying to steal the alcohol and was discovered, he should have been killed in the warehouse. Why did he run out?"
Du Rui thought it made sense.
"Chased out?"
"If he was chasing, there would be more noise. Besides, if he is so ruthless as to slit someone's throat with a knife, why would he need to kill someone else? He can just run. This person will definitely not be able to catch up with him."
Lu Anfan said again.
"Right."
Du Rui nodded.
He suddenly looked at Lu Anfan in surprise.
This kid seems to be good. He is quite smart and has a good brain.
Lu Anfan had already signaled him not to speak anymore because they had already arrived at the wine shop warehouse.
It was quiet all around.
When I got closer, I found that the door was not closed tightly, but was ajar, with a gap left.
Lu Anfan felt something was wrong again.
This means that the person who was killed just now did not run out suddenly, and he probably planned to come back after a while, so he just left the door ajar.
He probably thought that he wouldn't go far and would be back in a few words, so the door was left ajar.
Du Rui also thought it was wrong.
"Walk."
He pointed at the door and motioned for himself to go in first.
The door was pushed gently, without any sound.
After they entered, they smelled alcohol and heard a drip, tap, drip, tap sound inside.
It was the sound of liquid dripping onto the ground.
Because it was quiet, these sounds could be heard very clearly.
Du Rui was about to go that way.
But Lu Anfan suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest.
The heat made him stop instantly, and then he subconsciously grabbed Du Rui's hand.
"Let's go out," he said.
Du Rui was stunned.
Why are you going out again after just coming in?
And there's obviously a problem here.
"Walk."
Lu Anfan dragged him out without saying anything, and as soon as they were out, he turned around and ran with Du Rui.
"Go back and find someone."
"No, Xiao Fanzi, what's wrong with you?" Du Rui was dragged by him to run. His feet kept up, but his brain couldn't. He really didn't understand.
When they ran through the alley, they found that the body on the ground had disappeared.
But there is still no one here.
Du Rui was completely confused.
"Where's the body?"
There are no bodies.
Lu Anfan's heart was pounding.
Where did the body go?
It couldn't be that before they came back, someone secretly came back and took the body away, right?
But what's the need?
They have already seen the body, what's the point in moving it away?
Du Rui was a little frightened for a moment, but he was not that scared. He just didn't know what kind of murderer he had encountered and why he acted so weirdly.
"Could it be that Brother Cai and the others noticed that we have been quiet for a while and came over too?"
Then they found the body and carried it out?
After Du Rui made this guess, Lu Anfan pulled him out of the alley quickly without answering him for the time being. He only said one sentence after they were out of the alley.
"No, if they were the ones who took the body away, why didn't they come looking for us? They didn't even shout. Even if they guessed that we were chasing the murderer, they would have helped search the surrounding area immediately."
How is it possible that there is still no movement?
When Lu Anfan finished saying this, they discovered a new problem at the same time.
After coming out, they found that there was no one here.
Neither their original team nor the other team that came to take over the shift were here.
Brother Cai and the others have already taken over, so everything is fine. They should return to the barracks, but he and Du Rui have not returned. How could they disband on their own?
A team goes out, and a team must come back.
Unless they have explained it before.
But they obviously have something going on.
"Brother Cai?"
Du Rui couldn't help but shout.
The answer to them was the cool evening breeze.
There was no movement at all.
Lu Anfan didn't see any torches on the ground either.
He bent down and looked carefully at the ground. Du Rui quickly followed him and asked him, "What are you looking at?"
"If they really moved the body, check to see if there is any dripping blood."
Even just a few drops.
But there was no blood on the ground coming from the direction of the alley.
"The body didn't bleed much to begin with."
What Du Rui meant was that there wasn't much blood shed, maybe not even a drop.
But as soon as he asked this question, he felt that it was not right.
It's a cut throat. How is it possible that not a drop of blood is left in just a short moment?
Apart from anything else, it's not normal for only a little blood to flow out after cutting the throat.
"Let's go back and find Deputy General Xie. This is not right."
Lu Anfan immediately rushed towards the camp.
Fortunately, they are not far away.
Before the others arrived, they were already shouting at the top of their lungs.
"Something happened! Something happened!"
"Assemble, everyone assemble!"
In the silent night, such a sudden voice was really loud.
Du Rui, who was following behind, was a little out of breath. He didn't expect that Lu Anfan was so good at Qinggong, and after running for such a while, he could immediately shout so loudly at the top of his lungs.
He is almost out of breath now.
"You, you, you are crazy! You will be punished if you lie about military intelligence."
If it was just a murder case in the city and the entire battalion of soldiers were called up, it would be a crime.
Not to mention that his superiors wanted to punish him, even these soldiers who were sleeping soundly would not forgive him.
But Lu Anfan didn't care at all. He rushed in and beat the drum they used to sound the alarm.
Deputy General Xie Weian woke up in shock from his dream.
When he heard the drumbeat, he jumped up, put on his boots quickly, grabbed the coat next to him and put it on, while running outside.
Everyone else in the camp also hurriedly got up and rushed out.
Many people hadn't even put on their clothes yet.