"My lord, what's wrong with Miss Yan?
What kind of weirdness is hidden in this Jingmen village?
” Jiang Xixi's voice interrupted Cheng Muyou's thoughts, he just wanted to speak, and then remembered his promise to Yan Niang, and suddenly didn't know what to say to Jiang Xixi.
When he was hesitating, the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open, Cheng Qishan walked into the courtyard from the outside, and said to Cheng Muyou in a panic, "Cousin, is Miss Yan awake?"
I asked her to boil some porridge, and if she woke up, it would be better to drink it while it was hot. ” Cheng Muyou shook his head gloomily, "She's still asleep, I'm sorry for you." ” Cheng Qishan sighed, clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it hard in the palm of his left hand, "Father is just right, why is Miss Yan sick again, is there something wrong with our Cheng family, wave after wave of unsettled." ” Cheng Muyou saw that there was a layer of anxiety on his face, so he took a step closer and asked softly, "Qishan, is something happening again?"
” Cheng Qishan was stunned, his eyelids blinked twice, and his eyes turned red, "Cousin, I can't hide anything from you, there is indeed an accident at home, Nanying she is gone, after she went out last night, she has not come back until now, and the person sent to find her has not yet written it, I don't know if something happened to her." ” Cheng Muyou was taken aback, now that the sky has turned white, speaking of which, Cen Nanying should have been missing for at least four hours, and he has not seen anyone for four hours, what does this mean, he is very clear in his heart as a county commander.
Therefore, he hurriedly rushed to Cheng Qishan and asked, "Did my brother and sister ever say where they were going?"
” Cheng Qishan shook his head gently, "It's nothing more than a few of them who are familiar with each other, and they will get together at the entrance of the village every day after dinner to chat, but I also went to these people's homes to ask, and they all said that Nanying left early yesterday, but when she left, she looked a little anxious, as if she was in a hurry to go somewhere." ” "In a hurry to go somewhere else?"
Cheng Muyou lowered his head and pondered, temporarily suppressing the other half of his words, he had already figured out one thing in his heart at this moment: Cen Nanying must be hiding where she was going at home, otherwise, she would not have gone to the village to find the women she knew well before rushing elsewhere.
However, why did she hide it from Cheng Qishan?
Where would she go?
Is someone waiting for her?
If so, who would that person be?
Where did they go?
Thinking of this, he glanced at Jiang Xixi, but found that she looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, and her face was extremely abnormal, as if she was hiding something.
Cheng Muyou didn't know her well, and knew that she was not a person who could hide things in her heart at all, and now she looked like this, but because Cheng Qishan was here, she didn't dare to easily confide in her heart.
So, he glanced at Jiang Xixi, his eyes gently picked up the house, Jiang Xixi comprehended, and hurriedly said to Cheng Muyou, "My lord, the hour is almost up, it's time to feed Miss Yan, didn't you say it, no matter if she drinks it or not, you have to feed it as much as possible." ” Cheng Qishan heard her say this, and hurriedly said, "Cousin, you go to take care of Miss Yan first, and I'll wait for you in the courtyard." ” Cheng Muyou nodded at him, walked into the house with Jiang Xixi, and as soon as he closed the door, Jiang Xixi turned around at him with a pale face, hesitated for a moment, and finally told him about the incident that she and Yan Niang met Cen Nanying and Fang Jing in the birch forest that day, and said in the end, she showed a look of panic, "My lord, did you say that sister-in-law would elope with that Fang Jing, so she couldn't find anyone?"
” Cheng Muyou was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Even if she and Fang Jing love each other like glue, I believe she will not choose to elope with him." ” Jiang Xi was puzzled, "Why are you so sure?"
” Cheng Muyou looked down at his own shadow on the ground, frowned and groaned, "I don't know, it's just that my intuition tells me that she is not that kind of person." ” Jiang Xixi sighed, "Intuition?
Why is a person like an adult who believes in his intuition, so tell me, sister-in-law, where did she go?
” As she was about to finish speaking, she heard chaos in the courtyard, and then a crying voice came into the room, so sad that one could not believe that it had come from the man who had spoken silently.
Cheng Muyou didn't expect that the last time he saw Cen Nanying, she would look like this: this eloquent young woman, her body was cut into several pieces, and she was scattered around the thickest birch tree in the forest.
Her bloodied head, stuck on a branch, looked down at everyone with a chilling gaze.
Seeing his wife, Cheng Qishan howled, and Cheng Yumo, who broke free from supporting him, was about to rush forward, but fortunately, Cheng Muyou reacted in time and let the servants stop him, which did not destroy the situation at the scene.
"Yu Mo, take your brother back first, and then send two servants to inform the yamen, remember, before the people from the government arrive, you must not leak this matter."
Cheng Yumo endured his grief and nodded, and dragged Cheng Qishan away with the two servants.
After getting on the horse, Cheng Qishan was still howling, and his voice was sad, resounding throughout the birch forest.
Seeing them go away, Cheng Muyou and Jiang Xixi walked to the birch tree that was tall and straight, and the branches and leaves were scattered.
Jiang Xixi hunched over and carefully searched for clues around the tree, while Cheng Muyou looked at the head of Cen Nanying, who was close to him, and looked at her.
Cen Nanying's slightly open eyes are like scars on a birch tree, seeing through all kinds of things in the world, full of vicissitudes and sadness.
Is she trying to tell herself something?
Or are you complaining about your own painful experience?
Who is it that is so cruel that he can't relieve his hatred if he wants her life, and he wants to destroy her body like this?
Suddenly, those eyes closed without warning, Cheng Muyou was stunned, his body shook twice, he retreated slightly backwards, his feet stepped on a piece of wet mud, and he almost slipped.
"My lord, there are some mud footprints here, judging by the size and shape, it's not that it's not my sister-in-law's."
Jiang Xixi squatted next to a barren grass and shouted at Cheng Muyou.
Her clear voice dragged him out of his contemplation, so Cheng Muyou walked up to her in three steps and two steps, squatting down to take a closer look.
"My lord, look here, and here," Jiang Xixi pointed at the grass, "These shoe prints are much bigger than my sister-in-law's shoes, could they be left by the murderer?"
” Cheng Muyou leaned down, and he saw that there were indeed a few mud marks printed on the grass, and judging by the size, it was about the same size as his own feet.