"Is it going to rain?"
Cheng Muyou walked to the window and looked at the dark clouds rolling in the air, "This weather can change no matter how you say it, obviously it's fine." ” Jiang Xixi stood beside him, watching the dark clouds press low into the sky like a gathering, "It seems that there is going to be a heavy rain, my lord, you better rest early, it's ugly now, and there are not a few hours before dawn, and we have to go to Liu Dahu's house early tomorrow morning." ” A white lightning flashed from the sky, illuminating Cheng Muyou's face suddenly, Jiang Xixi noticed the fleeting uneasiness on his face, and hurriedly widened his eyes and asked, "My lord, do you have something on your mind?"
” Cheng Muyou looked at the low black clouds outside the window, "Along the way, we asked around, but we didn't find any news of Shi Fei and Shi Jin, just now I also talked to the guys at the inn and asked him if he had seen two foreign officials in recent days, and he also said that he had never seen them, so I had a particularly bad premonition, that is, Shi Fei and Shi Jin may have really suffered an accident."
On the good side, the two of them may be trapped somewhere and can't get out, if they think about the worst" He raised his head suddenly, and looked at Jiang Xixi with deep eyes, "It's a pity, I really don't dare to think about it." ” Jiang Xixi panicked, Cheng Muyou in her eyes always looked confident and stable when encountering problems, and she had never seen him show pessimism along the way, but now listening to his words, she was quite frustrated, so she suddenly became nervous, "My lord, what should I do?"
Should we go to Liu Dahu now, hearing you say this, I'm so worried, if something really happens to the two of them, how can it be good. ” Cheng Muyou shook his head in contemplation, "It's been a few days, it's not a few hours, rushing over in the middle of the night will definitely cause a lot of movement, this county is not big, if there is any rumor leaking, maybe it will be even more unfavorable for them." ” Jiang Xixi nodded, "My lord is thoughtful, then take advantage of the present time to sleep a little longer, Ming'er may still have a tough battle to fight."
After speaking, she took out a small white porcelain bottle, "This is peace ointment, the lord has ordered, let the adults apply it to the affected area every day, wipe enough for two months to heal the arm injury, but I see its effect, but it is far from Miss Yan's medicine, and the lord also said that it is a good thing to pay tribute from other countries, and it is extremely rare."
Cheng Muyou glanced at the porcelain vase lightly, "Let it go, although it is simple here, there is a bed to sleep in, you can also go back to the room and rest early." ” Jiang Xixi bowed and withdrew from the room.
Cheng Muyou picked up the medicine bottle on the table, and just wanted to open it, but he heard a burst of muffled thunder rolling from the northwest with a devastating posture, resounding in the sky.
He had thought that the raindrops would fall on him, but until he finished applying the medicine, there was only lightning and thunder outside, and not a drop of rain had fallen.
At dawn the next day, Cheng Muyou and the four of them came to the door of Liu Dahu's house, Xu Ziming originally insisted on coming over, but Cheng Muyou told him frankly that with his current physical condition, not only could he not help, but would become a burden to them.
Xu Ziming listened to him the most, so he obediently stayed in the inn and recuperated quietly.
Liu's courtyard covers an area of about one acre, from the outside of the courtyard, the whole courtyard is majestic and tall, neat and dignified, and the two lions standing proudly at the door show the grandeur of the master.
Jiang Xixi looked at the two red lanterns hanging at the door, and whispered, "My lord, this Liu family is really eye-catching, in such a dilapidated small county, such a magnificent courtyard has been built. ” Cheng Muyou looked at the lantern like Jiang Xixi, but his eyes were attracted by a layer of dust half a finger thick on it, "The Liu family's compound is so majestic, but why does the lantern in front of this door seem to have not been changed for a few days." ” Hearing this, Jiang Xixi also came back to his senses, "Yes, my lord, aren't the people of the Liu family here?"
All out of the house?
” Just thinking about it, an old man pulling a cart came from the north, and there were a few pieces of tofu covered with a white cloth in the car, he shouted the words selling tofu loudly, and walked towards Liu's house, came to the gate of the courtyard, and saw a few people standing in front of the door, the old man stood and wiped the hot sweat on the top of his head, "What are you doing around the door of Liu's house?"
” Jiang Xi was afraid that he would find out his identity, so he hurriedly stepped forward with Xiaoxiao, "Uncle, we are distant relatives of the Liu family, and we have traveled all the way here just to find relatives." ” The old man looked a few people up and down, stroked his gray beard, "Looking for relatives?"
I think you want a bamboo basket to fetch water, more than 20 people from the Liu family have been missing for many days, and the county magistrates can't find them, so how can you find them. ” Hearing this, Jiang Xixi was taken aback, "All the Liu family members are missing?"
The old man selling tofu grabbed a few handfuls on the back of his neck, and said casually, "No, they have been missing for more than half a month, and his neighbors have not seen anyone come out of the Liu family's compound for a few days, so they went in to check, who knows, there is no shadow of half a person in the courtyard house."
By the way, there is still food on the table of the Liu family, and when the neighbors found out, they were all rancid, apparently they had been put away for several days, and ah, the clothes and supplies in the house were all put in good condition, and the door was not bolted, which shows that the Liu family did not make any preparations for going far.
It's a good house, everything is there, and the single person is gone, you don't think it's strange. ” "Didn't the prefectural magistrate find anyone either?"
Jiang Xixi asked anxiously.
The old man shook his head, "The neighbor felt that the situation of the Liu family was wrong, so he reported to the official on the same day, but our county magistrate sent a servant to search for a few days in the county, but no one was found, so he thought that they might have gone far away, and because they were in too much of a hurry, they didn't prepare anything," Speaking of this, the old man spat on the side of the road, "Tell me what this is called, even my old Bai Ding, who sells tofu, knows that the matter of the Liu family is not so simple, but this county magistrate only looked for a few days and hastily closed the case." , What a stupid thing, I heard that in those days, he just welcomed his new aunt to the door, and he couldn't climb out of the gentle township, where would he take care of the affairs of us ordinary people. ” After listening to him scold, Cheng Muyou asked softly on the side, "Listen to what you mean, Liu Dahu's reputation in Liaoyang County is still good, so everyone feels sorry for him." ” The old man glanced at him, "It seems that you are really distant relatives, and you don't have much contact with each other, although Liu Chengmao is a businessman, he has always been honest and honest, and no matter how big the business is, he has not forgotten his duty." ”