"Didn't find the hungry?
Didn't find any of them?
Cheng Muyou frowned, and asked Shi Fei, who had just rushed back to the house.
Shi Fei saluted, "My lord, the brothers have searched Xin'an City and the surrounding area in the past few days, and they have not found the whereabouts of those two hungry ghosts.
Not only do they have human thoughts, but they are also very sophisticated, and maybe we may find them if we act secretly and look for them. ” Cheng Muyou nodded approvingly, "Just do what you say, but this matter is very important, although you are in the dark, you must not take it lightly, you must also have enough preparations, leave a few emergencies, and you can take all the remaining officials of Xin'an Mansion out." ” Shi Fei lowered his head, "My subordinates understand, but my lord, this operation is not completely fruitless, and my subordinates found that three years ago, there were many people who had their necks cut off and died, just like that Xing Guojun." ” "More than one person?"
Shi Fei nodded, "There are a lot, in addition to Xin'an, there are also neighboring towns and counties, counting Xing Guojun, there are as many as forty-nine people." ” Cheng Muyou looked surprised, "So many people?
Why wasn't it recorded in the previous case file?
After speaking, he sneered self-deprecatingly, "I understand, this matter not only happened in Xin'an, but the case has not been solved, so it is too late for everyone to shirk each other, so how can they take dirty water on themselves." ” Seeing the frost on his face, Shi Fei saluted again, "My lord, I can't control so much now, my subordinates have investigated, these people have no relationship with each other, but they were killed at the same time period, could it be that the murderer just killed people randomly, without a specific purpose?"
” Cheng Muyou snorted from his nose, "Impossible, there must be a conspiracy behind this matter, and Xing Guojun is also involved in this case, maybe, we can start from this and find out the truth about ambergris."
Speaking of this, he glanced at Shi Fei, "You take your brothers to find hungry ghosts, and leave this matter to me to investigate." ” Shi Fei nodded, saluted and was about to leave, but when he walked to the door, he turned back again, with a hint of a thief smile on his face, "Patronizing and talking about business, I almost forgot about it, my lord, there is a beautiful girl looking for you, she said that it is inconvenient for her to come in, so I want to invite you to the restaurant for a gathering." ” Walking down the stairs to the second floor of the restaurant, Cheng Muyou saw a girl in a purple shirt sitting by the railing, staring intently at a cup of tea on the table, motionless.
He recognized this figure, so he hurriedly walked over and asked, "Zhen'er, why did you come to Xin'an alone?"
” Duan Zhen'er came back to her senses from her contemplation, but she didn't get up to salute or reply, she just looked at Cheng Muyou fixedly, with a little shock on her face.
Cheng Muyou sat down opposite her and said with some concern, "Zhen'er, what's wrong with you?"
Do you have something to say to me?
” Hearing him say this, Duan Zhen'er felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and she trembled.
"Brother-in-law, look at this."
She slowly put a white lantern on the table, "This is something you sent a few days ago, and I found something in it. ” The sky was as blue as a wash, and only a magnificent morning glow hung at the end.
Cheng Muyou led a horse out of the stable, and when he walked to the road, he saw Jingwei standing on the eaves and looking at him, so he shouted at it, "Don't scream, let your girl sleep a little longer." ” Jingwei glanced at him casually, flapped his wings and twisted his head, and "chirped" a few times at him indifferently.
"Didn't you say don't scream, why are you disobedient?"
Cheng Muyou lowered his voice and blamed it.
"Official, Jingwei can understand people's words, but it's only limited to me, why should you be strong."
Yan Niang's voice came from the other end of the road, and there was a smile in that voice, which helped Cheng Muyou dispel the cold that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time.
"Why doesn't Madame sleep a little longer?"
Cheng Muyou watched Yan Niang approach him little by little, and a smile unconsciously welled up on his face.
"Shi Fei and they are not here, it's a pity that my body is not well, and I am the only one who can accompany the officials to investigate the case."
She said as she flipped onto the horse's back and patted her back, "What are you still doing, come on." ” Cheng Muyou was slightly stunned, then turned over and got on the horse, and pulled the reins with his hand through her waist, "Madame, sit down, let's go." ” When the horse crossed the long street, the shopkeeper of the bookstore was just preparing to open, and when he saw Cheng Muyou and Yan Niang riding a horse through the market, he couldn't help but stretch his neck behind and rub his hands excitedly, "That's right, the county magistrate and his wife are affectionate, and they can be regarded as an example for the people of Xin'an City." ” After leaving Xin'an City, we walked northeast for about two hours, and then we arrived at the border of Xin'an and Shanzhou, where the terrain is flat, the soil is fertile, and the population is dense, which is a good place to live and work in peace and contentment.
Along the way, Cheng Muyou had already told Yan Niang the words of the fortune teller, but he did not mention the first emperor, only about the hungry ghost and ambergris.
"What does that old woman look like?"
After listening to him, Yan Niang turned her face sideways and turned her eyes on his face.
"She looks like an ordinary old lady, and I was once confused by her appearance, until later, after listening to the strange things she said, I knew that she had nothing to do with the word ordinary, but unfortunately in the end I let her run away."
"It can be regarded as a matter of the future, this old woman is definitely very human, but what I don't understand is, why did she want to find you?"
Yan Niang's eyes showed a little cold light, and there was a little more exploration in her eyes.
Cheng Muyou lowered his eyelids, "I don't understand, I don't know her, and I sent someone to inquire, there has never been such a number one person in Xin'an City, she appeared out of thin air and disappeared without a trace, which really made me feel uneasy," Speaking of this, he slowly raised his head and stared at Yan Niang's eyes, "Madam......
Have you seen her before?
” Yan Niang smiled, "The officials said that she came and went without a trace, how could I know her."
With that, she turned her head and left only the back of her head for him.
Cheng Muyou couldn't see her face, but for some reason, he could guess the look on her face now: the fake smile must be gradually draining from her face, bit by bit, only a layer of cold frost remained.