Chapter 34

The innkeeper took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "How did you find out, sir?"

"Please..." Su Yi said with an exaggerated expression, "You were discussing the division of the loot last night so loudly that you almost came to blows. I almost went down to help you divide it. If I didn't know, I would really be a brainless fool, right, Xiao Er?"

Su Yi gave a mocking smile to the waiter, clearly offended by the implication that he was a brainless fool.

"Fine, you know. Since the inn is empty now, boss, let's kill him, and no one will know our secrets!"

As soon as the waiter saw they were exposed, a fierce look appeared on his face. He reached behind him and pulled out a kitchen knife, shouting, "Brothers, we're exposed, come out! Let's kill this kid and still get rich!"

Rustling sounds filled the air as four or five burly men rushed out from the back yard, weapons in hand, their eyes glaring at Su Yi.

Su Yi looked at each of them and sighed, "Oh my, the chef, the helper, the waiter, the laundry worker... is this a family business? Hey? Where's the boss lady? Why didn't you call her out? It's time to stop being shy..."

The innkeeper sighed, "Yun Niang is someone we met after we retired and opened this inn. She is now pregnant and it's not convenient for her to see guests."

"So there's still one clean one..." Su Yi sneered.

"Humph, kid, you'll be arrogant for just a little longer. Brothers, let's kill him!"

The waiter roared and was about to move, and the others were also eager to act.

"Wait!!!"

The innkeeper waved his hand to stop his subordinates and said loudly, "Brothers, now that our identities are exposed, we should kill this kid to silence him... but I, Liu, am about to be a father. If you kill someone in this inn, it might harm my unborn child. I, Liu, am not capable, but I hope you can spare this guest for the sake of our long-term brotherhood."

The innkeeper then said to Su Yi, "Sir, we have been exposed by you today, but my brothers and I retired long ago. Now we are willing to let you go and hope you will give us a chance to live. Don't reveal this matter, and I can assure you that we will never harm any innocent lives again."

"Boss!"

"Shut up!" the innkeeper shouted, "Even if you don't give me face, you should give face to your unborn nephew. He will grow up here. If you make this place bloody, won't he be tainted by the blood and become like us?"

The waiter was speechless.

After a moment of dead silence, the waiter said, "Since the boss has spoken, we will let him go. Damn, money is external, it's not worth harming the nephew for it..."

"Right, the boss has asked, we naturally can't refuse!" another man said.

"Exactly, we need to accumulate good karma for the child!"

"Whatever the boss says, we will do!"

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Seeing his brothers agree, the innkeeper asked, "Sir, do you think this is acceptable?"

Su Yi replied helplessly, "Innkeeper, why are you so indecisive? Now, the question is not whether you will let me go, but whether I will let you go. I won't let you go, understand? I exposed this matter to make sure you die with your eyes open."

"Retired?" Su Yi sneered, "Do you think washing your hands clean will make everything right? I want to ask, what about the innocent people you killed? Their blood is still on their bodies! Who will wash it away?!"

Shouting the last four words, Su Yi slammed his right hand on the table. Before anyone could react, he leaped high into the air, turned in mid-air, and darted into his room. In the next moment, he rushed out with a sword in hand, stomped hard on the upstairs railing, and shouted, "Today, I will wash it for them, with your blood!!!"

"This is impossible..." the waiter cried out, "Didn't you take my sedative? Once you take it, you become weak and can't use your internal energy!"

Su Yi laughed coldly, "Your cheap sedative? Do you think it can affect me? I was already on guard against you!"

The fat chef, holding a kitchen knife, said to the innkeeper, "Boss, you can see now, even if we are willing to let this kid go, he won't let us go. Let's all attack him, kill him, and leave this place. We can find a new inn later, and the nephew will still grow up healthy and strong!"

The innkeeper sighed, "Sir, all trouble comes from sticking one's neck out. I have decided to retire and live a good life. You are so persistent, and today you will die for it, wasting your martial arts skills. Is it worth it?"

"Humph, I hate the Buddhist saying that one can become a Buddha by putting down the butcher's knife! You put it down and become a Buddha, but what about the souls of those you killed? Can they come back to life because of your repentance? Mistakes are mistakes. Even if you do a thousand good deeds, you will still pay for your mistakes!"

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"Sir, you are right..."

Hearing Su Yi's words, the innkeeper's face seemed to age ten years. He sighed, "Indeed, I have shed countless lives. If a simple retirement could erase everything, it would be too easy. But in this dangerous world, who can claim to be completely innocent and never hurt anyone?"

"I have never hurt anyone, not even a chicken!"

Despite his sorrow, the innkeeper couldn't help but laugh, "Sir, you are young and have not experienced the dangers of life, so you are naturally innocent... but when you reach my age, your hands will be as bloody as mine!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Su Yi suddenly thought of someone and said, "Let's not talk about others. One of the Five Greats, Northern Beggar Hong Qigong, is older than you, but he has never hurt a good person. If you say this to him, it would be unfair!"

The innkeeper was speechless for a long time before he said, "You are right, I was too biased."

Su Yi said sternly, "But since you show some remorse, I can tell you clearly that I won't touch a hair on your wife's head. You have accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, and I won't take a penny. When you die today, your wife will have enough silver to raise your child. A man who has killed countless people can still have descendants, so you can rest in peace, right?"

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness!" The innkeeper's eyes showed a fierce look. He said, "For your words, brothers, we must leave him a whole body... Sir, you don't need to worry, I will find a good feng shui spot for you to be reborn well."

"Alas... why is it so hard to live a peaceful life?"

The innkeeper sighed deeply and shouted, "Brothers, send this guest on his way!"

"Yes!"

At the innkeeper's command, the inn's people, armed with weapons, rushed up the stairs, determined to cut Su Yi down with their swords!