The time had already arrived in the afternoon, and because most of the time was wasted on the road, Zhao Xi and the others naturally missed the lunch time.

In fact, Zhao Xi is still a little different from the old clerk who gets off work so early, after all, when they come back, the other shops they pass by have no intention of closing.

But after all, this shop is an official store belonging to Xiudraia, and the old clerk doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, people say that getting off work is getting off work, and Zhao Xi has no way to force him to stay.

Otherwise, he wanted to learn more about the situation with the well-informed old clerk, but he obviously had no intention of continuing the conversation with him.

After returning to the manor, the servants around him were very welcoming, and Buffy went out to greet them with a smile on his face.

"How's it going?

"I guess there's one. Zhao Xi thought for a while and said.

"Don't, you're still in that broken place," the manservant muttered quietly.

Although the voice is small, it can be heard clearly by anyone who is competing with him, including his master Buffy.

When the merchant heard his manservant's words, his eyes flashed with a gleam, but he didn't dwell on it, but opened his mouth to say something else.

"Are you hungry now, do you want to have some lunch prepared for you from the kitchen?"

The reason why the manservant muttered quietly was that he wanted his master to hear it, so as to dispel Zhao Xi's idea, saving these three guests from really having an accident, and then the responsibility would fall on him.

Although his master usually treats them very kindly, but in the face of great things, the punishment for their mistakes is very severe.

At worst, it was whipped with a whip or other means of skin trauma, and at worst, it was directly reduced to slavery.

They are not free people, but refugees who were caught by slave traders, after being bought by Buffy, their lives are now in Buffy's hands, not to mention just a change of identity, even if Buffy is in a bad mood and kills them, the city guards outside will not say a word.

After all, they are now the private property of this businessman, so will the police care how others dismantle their furniture?

Although this metaphor is not very appropriate, it expresses a similar meaning.

So it's impossible for him to help the guest hide some bad things, so this kind of whispering is the least embarrassing way to tell the truth.

But he didn't expect that his master didn't ask them because of his words.

"Aren't they so important to their masters?" muttered the manservant to his heart.

But after thinking about his master's attitude two days ago, the manservant directly dispelled this thought.

Although he was very confused now, and his goal had not been achieved, this manservant was not good at doing anything superfluous.

Once it may be accidental, and if you have too many times, you can't take others for fools, right?

"No!

After Zhao Xi heard Buffy's words, he hurriedly waved his hand and said.

After eating two "simple" meals, Zhao Xi already had some understanding of the simplicity of this manor.

For example, some of the lunches that Buffy said may require all the cooks in the entire manor to work together to make a luxurious lunch for the three of them.

Even if Zhao Xi has been here for so long, he will still feel embarrassed because of the trouble with people.

This has nothing to do with the identity of the person who was troubled, but because of the educational influence of his previous world, so he is a little resistant to things that trouble many people at every turn.

After thinking of having to trouble so many people for his appetite, Zhao Xi had no idea of eating, anyway, he still had a lot of food in his backpack, and it would definitely be no problem to eat one or two meals.

"That's fine. ”

After hearing Zhao Xi's answer, Buffy did not continue to force the three of them, nor did he ask one of the two women.

After getting along for so many days, he naturally understood that Zhao Xi was the one who made the decision among the three people, and as long as he decided, basically nothing would change, and the two girls behind him did not refute him.

Especially that nun, if it weren't for Buffy being able to feel her heartbeat and breathing, he would have thought that this young nun was not a doll.

After all, what normal person can sit in a sitting position for hours without the slightest other movement, tired to death.

"That's right. Buffy suddenly said as if he suddenly remembered something: "I haven't found the whereabouts of Dorothy's mother, but I have found something else that may be related to your mother." ”

"Anything else?"

At first, Dorothy was very depressed when she heard that she still didn't hear her mother's whereabouts, but the next sentence made her feel a little confused.

"That's right. The merchant stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go inside the supplies and talk as we go." ”

"Good!"

The girl agreed excitedly, but after she agreed, she realized that her behavior seemed to be inappropriate, so she stuck out her tongue in embarrassment at Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi didn't mind this, and when he listened to Buffy's words, he was also a little excited.

He also thought that looking for someone in such a large city would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and that there might be no news for days or months.

But I didn't expect the first message to come to them so soon, although it may be related, but it's a good start, isn't it?

Under the leadership of Buffy, everyone came to the study in Buffy's manor.

The study was on the second floor of the manor house, directly above the place where they had been invited to eat for the first two times.

With the sound of the door closing, only Zhao Xi and Buffy sitting across the table were left in the study, and even the old butler, who had always been inseparable from Buffy, was shut out of the door.

"First of all, I didn't find your mother's name in the list of people who accompanied me six years ago, and I'm sorry for that. ”

After Buffy saw that the three of them were also seated, he spoke slowly.

Although Dorothy had already expected this outcome, she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable after hearing the merchant say it himself.

"But...," Buffy paused at this time and said, "I have already investigated which chamber of commerce the sign you provided me belongs to." ”

"What!" Dorothy's mood was a little excited at this time, and she stood up directly from the stool: "Which caravan is it!

"Calm down, little girl. ”

Buffy calmed Dorothy's mood with a loud voice, and Zhao Xi on the side also gently patted the girl's arm and asked her to sit back on the stool.

"Yes... I'm sorry—" Dorothy blushed and sat down.

"It's okay, it's okay. Buffy waved his hand without mind and said, "I know that you are worried about your mother's whereabouts, this is normal, you don't need to apologize to me." ”

"You're such a nice person!" said Dorothy gratefully.

"Good people?" Buffy muttered, then smiled self-deprecatingly.

Zhao Xi saw the smile of the businessman opposite and looked a little lonely at this time, but he didn't ask much.

Everyone in the world will have some of their own past, and the clearer you know about some things, the worse it is.

"I didn't see the caravan's logo at first glance because it wasn't my caravan at all, and it wasn't the caravan in Shydrea. ”

Buffy said lightly after sorting out his emotions.

After hearing Buffy's words, the three people present instantly had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"Mr. Buffy, what do you mean......" Dorothy asked, somewhat uncertain.

"To be precise. Buffy leaned forward a little and said, "They are a caravan from the Church Federation, and they have only been here once in the past few years. ”

"What... Church Federation?" Dorothy's eyes seemed to lose their sparkle, "How could Mom go so far away, what should I do..."

Zhao Xi saw that the girl was a little lost at this time, so he gently patted her shoulder, wanting her not to be so lost.

"What's more, the details of this caravan are not so clean, if it weren't for helping you, maybe I wouldn't have discovered the details of this caravan in my life. Buffy continued.

"Not clean?" Zhao Xi frowned and said, "Why is it not clean?"

"Our investigation found that there is no such caravan in the Church Federation, which means that even the registered information is fake. Buffy explained to the crowd.

"What?" Zhao Xi raised his voice in surprise and said, "This kind of caravan can still pass through the border?"

"Their goods are grain, and who would suspect a caravan that buys and sells grain, and all kinds of certificates they show are true, except that the information is false. Buffy continued.

"Then what is the purpose of their entry into the territory of the principality?"" Zhao Xi asked his own question.

"As far as we know, they behave no different from a normal caravan, and I wouldn't have suspected him if I hadn't known something wrong with his details. Buffy said with a shrug.

"Is there a situation where they have done anything unseemly behind your back?" Zhao Xi asked his question again.

"It cannot be ruled out that this situation is not ruled out, although the other party is from the Church Federation, but it is just an ordinary caravan, so the surveillance cannot be so strong. Buffy spread his hands and said.

"It's really..."Zhao Xi smacked his lips and said.

"Do you know the list of people who joined their caravan in the middle of the caravan??" Dorothy asked Buffy on the other side.

"It stands to reason that we should be able to know. Buffett paused and said, "But the caravan didn't leave the territory of the principality normally, to be precise, they disappeared." ”

"Gone!?" Dorothy was shocked.

"Yes, because we have a record of their departure from the city, but not their departure, so there is no way to know their personnel changes. Buffy said with a shrug.

"And where can they go?" Dorothy continued.

"I don't know about this, maybe I left secretly, or maybe something happened to me. Buffy said flatly.