Jiang Chen did not stay in the county office, and left with people that night.

Lu Shuo didn't feel strange at all about his flamboyant behavior, compared to chasing him during the day, the secret guards were more suitable for acting at night.

When he went back, it was already after the child's time, but Yuan Wenyi hadn't fallen asleep yet, seeing him come in with a cool feeling, he lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed, Lu Shuo naturally didn't allow it when he heard the movement, and sat in the west room for a while, and then returned to the inner room when his body warmed up, and hugged her to sleep.

"People are gone?"

The spring night was still cold, there was only one soybean oil lamp in the house, Yuan Wenyi was so heavy that it was difficult to even turn over, so she could only maintain a half-lying position, and when Lu Shuo fell asleep next to her, she leaned on his shoulder and asked softly.

Lu Shuo hummed lightly, tucked the corner of the quilt for her, and said, "Go to bed early, I'm afraid I'm going to Qishan tomorrow, you don't have to get up early, the most important thing is to show your body." ”

Yuan Wenyi yawned sleepily, and did not forget to instruct: "Remember to pay attention to safety." ”

Lu Shuo didn't close his eyes for long, and when the sky was just dawning, he got up lightly, washed up briefly, and when he came out again, Qing's mother had already set the meal briefly.

The sky outside was faintly bright, the spring peaches had just budded, and Changping County in the morning was still cold, Lu Shuo tightened the big fray outside, and his body was warm when he had just eaten a full meal, and he turned over and got on the horse, and rushed to the city gate with the officials and Lu Xuntou without looking back.

When I arrived at Taiping Village, the sky was just bright, and when I saw that the time was not too late, the villagers in the village had already come out in twos and threes, the smoke curled in the village, and the fields outside the village were full of greenery, indicating the vitality of spring.

Lu Shuo got off the horse at the head of the village, looked over, and sure enough, his eyes were full of men, a few women, and a toothless old woman.

Lu Shuo turned his head and glanced at Lu Xun, and the two handed over the horse to the officials and walked towards the village one after the other.

Although Lu Shuo did not come out in official uniforms this time, but their group was riding a tall horse and wearing gorgeous clothes, so it was very eye-catching, as soon as the two walked over, the few villagers who were squatting and eating together at the head of the village stopped their movements, and raised their eyes to look at Lu Shuo vigilantly.

Lu Shuo stood still in the crowd, this time he was no longer taking the friendly route, as soon as he made a look, a servant next to him stepped forward and asked the villagers: "We are from Changping County, and this is our county master." A few days ago, I received a report that a girl has been abducted in Taiping Village in recent years, and I wonder where you are living?"

Lu Shuo put his hands behind his back and his face on his face, letting these villagers look at him.

The villagers looked at it for a while, as if they were sure that these people were from the county government, and one of the young men put down the bowl, nodded and said, "A few officials and wait, Xiaomin will call someone." ”

As he spoke, he wiped his mouth and ran away.

Lu Shuo saw that these villagers were all afraid, so he didn't smile, sat down on the stool brought by the officials, and began to ask people one by one.

First, he asked Qi about the tiger hurting people in the mountains.

Several villagers were stopped by Lu Shuo's momentum, and nodded without thinking about it, and told the story of the beast hurting people in detail.

In general, it is similar to what the girls said, but more specifically, the injuries of the dozen or so injured and killed are more serious.

Lu Shuo frowned and asked, "When the tiger hurt people in the mountain four years ago, did you see it?" Are you sure that it was the tiger who injured people?"

"This ......"

The people who were spitting all the time paused, turned their heads to look at each other, and shook their heads hesitantly.

"I haven't seen it. ”

Lu Shuo shook his head when he saw one of them, and thought for a while before he said: "Whether it was injured by the tiger, no one knows, and those who know are dead, but everyone else says so, and everyone believes it when it is passed around." ”

Lu Shuo nodded, and saw that several villagers had simple faces, and they had no intention of concealing it at all, so they didn't continue to ask.

Whether it is a descending tiger or not is still a mystery, but according to Lu Shuo, nine times out of ten it is caused by man-made disasters.

After a while, the young man came back, and took this bald middle-aged man, sweating profusely, and rushed here, and when he arrived in front of Lu Shuo, the man saw Lu Shuo's appearance, and immediately said "ouch", and knelt down as soon as he leaned over.

Seeing that this was the case, the villagers behind were a little flustered, and Lu Shuo waved his hand and called them all up.

Li Zheng's surname was Zhou, like the villagers behind him, dressed in tattered clothes, looking not wealthy, his face was full of fear, and after being called, he asked in a trembling voice: "Hou...... Master Hou, I don't know what you want to check? As long as you can use it, just tell me. ”

"You know me?"

Lu Shuo smiled and listened to him: "I know, you are a good official in Changping County, I went to visit my daughter's house in the city a few years ago, and I saw you once from afar." ”

Lu Shuo nodded, stopped asking, and began to explain the purpose of this visit.

Zhou Lizheng nodded after hearing this, and slowly spoke, at this time, the news of the county lord's visit to the village gradually spread, and many people ran out of their homes and squatted nearby to watch the excitement.

Lu Shuo listened and looked at it, there were really not many women, most of them were over thirty years old, but there were only a few of them, which was really pitiful.

After Zhou Lizheng finished speaking, Lu Shuo asked him to find the family of his daughter who had been abducted, and asked them to describe in detail the appearance of the person who took them away, the portrait of the painter brought by Jiang Chen, and he himself took a few guards on the horse, saying that he wanted to go to Qishan Pass to have a look.

This decision frightened many people, and Zhou Lizheng waved his hand again and again, saying that Naqi Mountain was really dangerous, and no one had gone there for many years, so he must not take risks.

Lu Shuo didn't stop, with a single-minded posture, he was sweating anxiously that week, and he couldn't stop it, so he rode away.

When these people walked away, Zhou Lizheng straightened his waist, squinted once, secretly "snorted", turned around and said to the little man beside him: "Go and tell the steward, just say that the county master has entered." ”

The little man hurriedly ran away.

Lu Shuo rode his horse and hurried for a while, and on the way, Lu Xun gasped and asked him, "My lord, are we really going to Qishan?"

"Go. Lu Shuo nodded, saw a dense forest appear in front of him, turned around and rode in with the officials, and said, "But don't go to the mountain pass, let's find Master Jiang first." ”

Before Lu Xun could ask, Lu Shuo had already flicked his whip and ran away, he thought about it, and also threw up his whip and chased after him.

Jiang Chen was really waiting for him in the forest.

Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, and then thought that his family had stayed with Master Jiang for one night yesterday, and it must have been discussed a long time ago.

"Lord Jiang. ”

Lu Shuo clenched his fists: "What happened to Qi Shan, how did you investigate?"

Jiang Chen didn't speak, turned around and glanced back.

The secret guard behind him stepped forward and handed Lu Shuo a letter, Lu Shuo took it out, and there were a few stones inside.