Not far from the bridge, fishermen are putting away their bamboo cages on the same boat docked on the river.

Suddenly, there was a terrible scream.

Yun Chu and I were watching the movements of their hands, and when I heard it, my heart tightened.

After a moment of sluggishness, my eyes widened in surprise.

Although it was not a short distance, I could clearly see that something was entangled behind the slowly retracted bamboo cage in the river.

I covered my mouth and saw that it wasn't something else.

That's it, human hair!

Suddenly, my hands and feet were a little weak, and I moved quickly in an instant, shrinking towards Yun Chu's side.

What is this called, before entering the city gate in the southwest, I first encountered the case of a dead man.

Yun Chu patted my hand comfortingly, and looked thoughtfully at the movement on the lake without speaking.

The changes on the river soon attracted the attention of the soldiers defending the city.

A group of guards stopped to check on passers-by, and there was a slight change in the ranks.

Not long after, a young man in his twenties came down from the city gate in the southwest.

The person who came was not tall, his facial features were delicate, and there was a calm energy between his eyebrows, looking at his clothes, colors and styles were different from the soldiers defending the city.

I looked at him a few times, and thought to myself that this must be the small leader of a group of soldiers defending the city.

Sure enough, a soldier ran up and whispered, and the young man said, "Let the two fishermen bring the boat to the shore." ”

"Let's get the people out of the water first."

The closest boat to the fishing boat that approached the body rushed over to help, and a gangplank was placed on the fishing boat to connect to the riverbank.

A few soldiers found sticks and old fishing nets from the boat, and after a few wounds, they made a simple stretcher.

The bodies fished out of the water were quickly covered with a tarpaulin and carried onto a stretcher.

Two soldiers carried the stretcher up the river bank one after the other, passing us.

In the distance, I heard the young man in the lead say, "Send the body to the City Lord's Mansion first, and wait for the City Lord to see it before deciding." ”

Yun Chu and I were still standing by the railing of the bridge to observe their movements, from the time the body was found to the time it was carried away, it was only a short period of time.

At the gate of the city, on the riverbank, you can see the lively people. After a while, the crowd that had been in a little commotion with the right people regained their calm.

The passers-by continued to be questioned by the soldiers at the city gate, as if the scene had never happened

As soon as we entered the city gate in the southwest, Yun Chu and I got into the carriage again.

I was still thinking about what had just happened, and I couldn't help but say, "I look at the corpse found in the river, judging by its size. Probably a girl. ”

Recalling the conversation between the soldiers defending the city and the leader just now. I was thinking that the city lord's mansion where the corpse was sent might be the place where Snow Eagle works.

I pondered in silence when I realized that our carriage had been in the city for a short time. I opened the curtain and looked out.

The streets here are wider than those of Qibei Castle, which may be due to the sparsely populated southwest area. "Where is the house that you said you found in advance?" I turned my head and asked Yun Chu.

He was leaning there and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard this, he opened his eyes and smiled, "It's almost there." “

The carriage turned into a street, and I looked out the window at the street scene, lined with kudzu trees.

This tree has a peculiarity, if you cut a knife on the trunk, white mucus will come out.

This time, the carriage only ran for a short distance before stopping at the door of a house. "It's here!" Yun Chu got up and tidied up the hem of his clothes as he spoke, and then got out of the car before me.

He reached out to me. Pull me down.

Looking at the very inconspicuous appearance at the door, I knew that the characteristics of the person around me were like that, and there must be a hole in the house inside.

Walk in and take a look, it's really.

However, I took a cursory look at the door, and said to Yun Chu with some surprise: "Is this door the same as the next door?" “

The reason I ask that. It was because as soon as I entered the door, I found that there were two stone paths leading to the house through the gate.

This is what I only discovered after walking through the shadow wall.

I looked at Yun Chu puzzled, and said in my heart Isn't this person the most quiet personality, how could he choose a house that shares the entrance and exit with the next door, it's incredible.

Eyes rolled. I thought, isn't it one of them, his stronghold in the southwest?

When he changed my hand-drawn map of the southwest region in the carriage before, didn't he frequently mention that someone was spying on information here? "Xiao Ling'er, that's it." Yun Chu glanced at me, looking at my surprised expression, he was a little amused, "After this mansion was placed, I ordered someone to make changes. "Originally, this courtyard was divided into two small buildings, east and west, but I ordered someone to add a fence in the middle and divide it into two." "In the backyard, there was originally a door leading to the street behind the small garden directly north of the house on the east side." "I had the same small door concocted in the house on the west side." "The configuration on both sides has also been added, and the room has been cleaned."

Yun Chu stood there and said with a slight smile: "You choose." “

My brain went blank for a few seconds before I reacted and repeated his words: "You mean, this courtyard is where the two of us live, you deliberately separated it, now let me choose?" “

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Didn't you say that after you go to the southwest, let me not interfere in your actions, you want free space, you want to act unfettered." “

He counted all the words I had said in the car, and I blushed and said, "So what I said is superfluous." "You've planned it for a long time, haven't you? I'm an afterthought every time. “

I must have been ridiculous in his eyes.

Yun Chu raised his hand and pinched my face, then frowned and said, "With a gray face, hurry up and pick a yard to live in and wash yourself." “

Wash yourself clean?

This sounded so ambiguous, my face turned even redder, and I hurriedly pointed casually: "Then I'll live in the West Courtyard." “

After speaking, I ran towards the small building in the west courtyard without looking back.

Before I could enter the door, I saw a familiar figure running towards me happily, almost knocking me down.

Cui'er raised her hand and hugged me: "Girl, you are finally here, the slave has been waiting for almost two days." “

took a comfortable bath, leaned on the couch and drank tea, and ate the snacks made by Cui'er, just happy like a fairy. "Girl." Cui'er grinned and said, "Did the Lord tell you anything?" Why didn't he come to the southwest? “

I raised my hand and knocked her on a popping chestnut and said, "Are you embarrassed to ask?" I knew you had a plan, but you are my person, how can you not reveal it to me at all. "Do you know how oolong I am? I almost didn't tell my brother" At this point, I suddenly paused. Because I saw a figure flash outside the door. I quickly got up from the couch.

"What kind of sneaky person is eavesdropping outside?"

Cui'er was startled, ran over to open the door, she turned her head and smiled: "It's that little guy in the yard who can't speak." ”

Why did he come here again? Aren't you back in Qibei?

I remember how happy he was when he left.

"Cui'er, you call him over." I frowned.

The little guy came over soon and looked at me with a bitter face.

"Didn't you follow your senior brother back to Qibei?"

He gestured a few times, Cui'er could understand the general meaning, and replied to me with a smile: "He said that the lord is not at ease, although he told the prince that he had agreed, but he always felt that the house in the southwest had to be placed with a few of his subordinates to rest assured." ”

"Turn back to Qibei and find someone to come over. I was afraid that the foot would not be able to catch up with the speed of the girl's side, so they walked halfway, and the lord went back to Qibei by himself, or let this little guy copy the path, catch up with our car day and night, and rushed to the southwest in advance. ”

"Haha." I laughed and said, "Cui'er, he must not be depressed to death, my senior brother and I stopped in the town halfway, and we met a group of people who fought and killed in the inn. He almost didn't catch me, and he was even more unlucky, almost giving him his life. ”

"I thought I could go back to Qibei, but I didn't expect to come to the southwest to follow me, the plague god."

The more I thought about it, the funnier it became, looking at the little guy's face and almost catching up with the bitter gourd.

I thought for a while and said, "Then it's better to be like this, Southwest Territory, I can't let you come for nothing, besides, it's quite dangerous, isn't it, it's very tiring to rush around?" ”

"I'll write a letter to my senior brother later, and ask him to tear up your deed of sale, and when I finish this errand, you will be free like Cui'er, okay?"

The little girl's eyes lit up, and then they dimmed and shook his head.

"You don't want to?" I looked at him puzzled and said, "When Cui'er heard that she could tear up the deed of sale, she was happy, what did you not want to do." ”

After a gesture, Cui'er relayed: "What he means is that he can't speak, and even if he can be a free body, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to find a job, and the owner of the shop on the street will hire someone who picks all his teeth." ”

"It's better to stay in the yard, at least you don't have to worry about eating and dressing."

I pondered for a moment and said, "That's okay, after the matter in the southwest is over, you can choose for yourself, and you can go back to Qibei." ”

The little servant understood, and got the order to go down to clean the yard.

Cui'er looked at his back and sighed: "Girl, in fact, this person is quite diligent, after arriving here, his hands and feet are not idle, and he is energetic to help us work." ”

"It's a pity that he can't speak, I heard the steward in the yard talk about it, he, when he was a child, he could speak, and his ears were not broken, but then he had a throat disease and had no money for treatment, and he was delayed, so he lost his voice."

I shoved a mouthful of pastry into my mouth and said, "I heard you say that, I'll take a look at it for him another day." ”

"Girl, do you want to help him with his illness?" Cui'er asked.

"Since the root cause of the disease was many years ago, my skills may not be able to cure it well," I laughed, "but now it's different, now there is the best doctor in the world, and he may be able to cure him." ”

Cui'er looked at me suspiciously and asked, "Is there such a person in the southwest?" ”

"Not before, just arrived."

"Doctor, where does he live?"

I swallowed the pastry, took a sip of water, looked at Cui'er and smiled, "I live next door to us." ”