Cen Zhutou led the way, Qianqiu followed, and the two began to walk back.

After a while, the two returned to the west of Qingshui County. Qianqiu looked around, and when he turned around, he saw the plaque of the Dong Mansion not far away.

"Hu Qizhen's house is so close to Dong's house, what is the connection?" Qianqiu thought to himself, and looked around, although Hu Qizhen's house was not far from Dong's house, it was in a more chaotic corner on the other side of the river, and the mud houses around it were very close to each other, and it looked like a place where the poor gathered to live.

"Uncle Hu, Uncle Hu, are you there?" Cen Rong knocked on the door.

The door only knocked once, and then it opened, and an old man with gray hair and bloodshot eyes walked out: "Cen Zhutou, is there any news about my daughter?" The old man's eyes were full of anticipation, and he asked anxiously, and when he saw that his mental state was poor, he must have been staying up for a long time.

"Uncle Hu, don't worry, I will definitely help you find your daughter. I invited a thousand famous people in the Holy Capital to investigate this case, and you can answer whatever he asks you later. Cen Rong comforted Qianqiu while making up an identity for him to ask.

Hu Qizhen's eyes darkened when he heard the previous words, but after listening to the words behind, he couldn't help but rekindle some hope: "Okay, good, good, if you have something to say, just ask the old man." ”

Qianqiu looked at the haggard old man, and had some mixed feelings: "Demons are really harmful! Ordinary people are not stronger than cultivators, once something happens, they may ruin a family, and the damage caused by monsters is probably deeper than what the master said." ”

"Uncle, when did your daughter disappear?"

"It should be the third watch at night, and it was fine at night, but then I heard movement in my daughter's house in the middle of the night, and I called her, and she replied that it was okay. I was in a daze, and I didn't hear the pigs in the pigsty outside that day, but I always felt that the sound was a little strange. After a while the pig was quiet, and I couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd go and see. I went in and found that my daughter was gone, the window was open, and I didn't know if I had run out or been abducted. As Hu Qizhen spoke, a few tears popped out of his old eyes.

Cen Rong took over: "At that time, after Uncle Hu reported the case, I also carefully surveyed Uncle Hu's daughter's room, knocked over a few seats, and there were her daughter's shoe prints by the windowsill. ”

Qianqiu nodded, walked out, and found the pigsty on the side, where two or three pigs were eating and lying quietly, looked at it, and sniffed it again: "It's a little similar to what you smell in the broken temple, but it's not right, it's a little different." ”

"Uncle, are these pigs usually noisy?"

"No, it's just that when the pigs are fed, or when the newly bought pigs are thrown in, they will make a lot of noise. It was also a strange day, and it had been noisy since the beginning of the afternoon. ”

Qianqiu pondered for a while, and had some ideas in his heart: "Cen Zhutou, let's go to the next one." ”

The two said goodbye to Hu Qizhen and came to the butcher's shop.

Qianqiu stood at the door of the butcher shop and looked around, thinking slightly: "It's not far from the Dong Mansion here." ”

Explained the intention to the butcher shopkeeper, Qianqiu walked around, found that the butcher shop raised a lot of pigs, and carefully smelled the smell of the pigsty, it was still very similar, but it was not the same taste. Chiaki also learned that his daughter also disappeared in the middle of the night, because the butcher shop was relatively large, and it was only discovered the next day that the girl was gone.

The two of them learned some more about the situation, Qianqiu had a little measurement in his heart, and the appearance of this monster was also a little fixed in his heart, and now he was just waiting to find more similarities, and the two of them hurried to the blacksmith Dayong's house.

After walking a long way, the two of them arrived at Dayong's house.

Qianqiu saw the appearance of Dayong's house, and then looked at the place where he was, and was a little confused in his heart: "Dayong's house is separated by seven long streets from Dong's house, and there are dozens of alleys of all sizes, which are too far, if it is done by a monster, why did he suddenly change his methods and habits?"

"Dayong, do you have pigs?" asked Qianqiu.

"No, I don't like the dirty pig thing. Besides, my small family of ironsmiths doesn't have that much spare time to raise pigs. Dayong replied listlessly while fiddling with his iron tools, and it could be seen that the disappearance of his daughter had hit him hard, and he was tired of work.

Qianqiu entered the blacksmith's house and found that there were a lot of gold and silver ornaments on display, with small jade, small gold locks, small gourds, large and small, and the workmanship was very exquisite.

"Dayong, you still get these things, it's really good, but what are you doing as a blacksmith in the jewelry shop?" Qianqiu looked at the small things in the room with interest, and picked up a few of them.

"These things are not mine, they are the guests holding the materials, and I help beat them. In order to make a living, learn more crafts. Dayong looked at the room full of small items, still listless.

"Have you ever given your daughter small jewelry?"

"Of course, I took some discarded small materials and gave my daughter a small gold lock. The style is similar to this, and now I don't know where the girl is, alas......" Dayong took a small gold lock and handed it to Qianqiu, and he couldn't talk anymore when he said this.

Qianqiu took a closer look and found that it was somewhat familiar: "This little golden lock is so chic, have you ever beaten someone else?"

Dayong said: "It's my family heirloom, I've only beaten my daughter, this I wanted to keep for the second daughter who was going to appear, who knew that the second daughter hadn't grown up yet, and the eldest daughter would be gone." The more Dayong spoke, the more uncomfortable it became.

"Brother Qian, it's not too early, why don't you do this today?" Cen Rong looked at the uncomfortable Dayong, and then at Qianqiu, who had a solemn face, and knew that he had some ideas, so he proposed.

Qianqiu nodded: "Cen Zhutou, I'll go back and sort out some things first." If there is a situation, I will go to the yamen to find you. ”

The two of them gave up separately, and Qianqiu ran all the way with a knife, and returned to the Dong Mansion in the night.

Entering the gate, the Dong Mansion was brightly lit, and after the front hall to the compound, I saw the Dong Yuanwai family gathered together, sitting in the pavilion drinking tea and chatting, and the servants and maids were waiting on the side to prepare food for them at any time.

When everyone sitting in Ben saw that Chiaki had returned, they all stood up to greet him. Dong Na walked over quickly: "Master Qian, you haven't eaten, sit down and eat some snacks together, and I'll ask the servants to cook some food for you later." ”

When Qianqiu heard that she was really a little hungry, she sat down and had some snacks with everyone.

Dong Yuanwai raised his glass: "Lord Qian, you saved the little girl back, I should have held a banquet to thank you yesterday, but I was so happy because Na'er came back that I forgot about it for a while." Today, I wanted to look for you, but I didn't expect that Lord Qian had been busy outside for a day, and now I have come back, and I will toast you here. ”

Qianqiu raised a cup of tea: "The director is polite, Qianqiu is just a villager, and he can't stand such a generous treatment from the outside." I'm not good at drinking, so I'll give you tea instead of wine. ”

After a while, Mrs. Dong instructed her subordinates to set up a table of wine and food, and one after another delicious dishes were presented in front of Qianqiu. His eyes were glazed, and he had never seen these dishes in the mountains, but he had not even heard of their names! But he still remembered the master's words, he couldn't be out of the house, and he had to be polite, so he didn't show his love for food.

Qianqiu looked at the roast suckling pig in the middle, and ate a bite, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, many times more delicious than the master's roast, and unconsciously sandwiched a few more chopsticks.

The Dong Yuan, who was good at observing words and expressions on the side, looked at it in his eyes and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Roast some more suckling pork for Lord Qian tomorrow." ”

When Qianqiu heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't be so polite outside the director, it's okay, I've just eaten a little lightly recently, and I'm a little gluttonous when I eat meat, so I don't have to trouble tomorrow." ”

"Gentlemen, you're welcome. This roast suckling pig, don't talk about you, I'm also a little greedy. Dong Na said with a smile.

Mrs. Dong took over the conversation: "My lord, this is the suckling pig sent by Cousin Na'er, and the quality and taste will not be bad." She knew that my family loved to eat meat, so she specially asked someone to carefully raise some piglets, and the things she brought to raise were high-quality concentrate feed. ”

When Qianqiu heard this, he thought: "In the end, it is a big family, in order to make the pigs more delicious, they also use concentrate feed to breed, and it is estimated that these pigs eat better than the poor." He ate some more, put down his chopsticks, and sat down to chat with everyone.

"Lord Qian, is there any progress in catching Na'er's monster today?" asked Dong Yuanwai with concern.

"Cen Zhutou and I went to several homes of recently disappeared daughters, and I learned a lot about the situation and made some progress, but there are a few places that I haven't figured out yet. Chiaki replied seriously.

At this time, Qianqiu inexplicably thought of the master, whenever he encountered difficulties, he habitually asked the master when he had questions, and the master could often answer his doubts, but now he can only rely on himself.

In the interval between everyone's chats, Huijuan chirped and flew over from outside, turned into a human form, and gave them a salute to the outside, and hurriedly said to Qianqiu: "Lord Qian, someone is missing again!"

Qianqiu immediately stood up: "Huijuan, you say slowly, who is missing again." ”

"Li Xianling's eight-year-old daughter. Huijuan replied.

"Let's go, go to the county office. There is a situation on the way to continue, the knife!" Qianqiu comforted everyone at home, and told them not to go out, and they called the knife when they left the Dong Mansion.

"What's going on? There is Cen Hunting Head in the Yamen, and the monsters dare to arrest people?" asked Qianqiu while riding a horse to the flying Huijuan.

Huijuan quickly flapped her wings and said the situation to Qianqiu: "After Cen Zhutou separated from you, she told the eldest lady about Xiaocui's situation when she returned to the county office, probably because she was afraid that the lady was afraid, she only said that Xiaocui was fine, and she didn't say that she was a monster." Later, I talked to Master Li again, and then left the county government and went home. She said she had made me a new dress and told me to go home with her to get it, and I went with her. Later, the county government sent someone to find Cen Zhutou, and only then did he know that Li County's daughter was missing. Cen Zhutou asked me to fly over and tell you that she rushed to the county government first. ”

Chiaki nodded, understanding what had happened.

When he arrived at the county office, the county office was already brightly lit, and the anxious Li County Commander personally commanded people to look for his baby daughter everywhere. Cen Zhutou, who had just stepped out of the door, saw that Qianqiu was coming, and hurriedly said to him: "Brother Qian, you are finally here, how good is this, you dare to come to the county government to steal people, this monster is really becoming more and more rampant!"

"Who has been to the county government since you left? Have you asked the brothers in the yamen?" asked Qianqiu.

"I've asked, there is a complaint about Dapeng, who sells fritters at the corner of the street, Lin Xiao, who sends food and sells snacks to his wife, and Li Si, a partner from Fangxiang Pavilion, who came to find Master Shao. Cen Zhutou recalled seriously.

Qianqiu thought to himself, "Why did the people of the Aromatic Pavilion look for Master Shao?" and he quickly reacted: "Let's go! Go to the Aromatic Pavilion, otherwise Lord Li's daughter will not be in danger!"