"My body is very good, with you Mama Jin here, what can I do? It's just for outsiders to see. ”

Grandmother interrupted Ran Qiunian's words, and then understood the reason.

"Now is the critical time to bring out the people behind the scenes, and if you are in the house, your grandmother will inevitably be distracted. Obedient, Gen Xiaoyin went to Lingnan for three or five days, and the matter here was almost over. ”

was said by her grandmother like this, even if Ran Qiunian was unwilling to leave, she had to listen.

After leaving from her grandmother, Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin walked back to the courtyard together, she endured and endured, for fear that the wall would have ears.

Finally returned to Xiao Yin's courtyard, she followed the person into the study with her front foot, and carefully closed the door with her back foot, and asked Xiao Yin behind her:

"Big brother, I always feel that the situation in the house is not so simple, is it really as my grandmother said, everything is an illusion made to lure the people behind the scenes to surface?"

"Although the foundation has not been shaken, there are still ripples."

Xiao Yin broke his words, if the Ran family's business really didn't have any big losses, during the time when the old lady was "sick", how could Ran Qiubai bear to leave for so long and pick up the business route that he had decided to put down.

But Xiao Yin didn't say this, he didn't want Ran Qiunian to worry too much.

"How can that be?"

Ran Qiunian took a few steps closer and wanted to know more, but Xiao Yin refused to say more. She can only hope that the people behind the scenes will surface as soon as possible, so that the Ran family can regain its former vitality.

"It's just that I'm away from Yueyu, why did so many things happen?"

Ran Qiunian muttered.

After a simple ancestor worship ceremony, Xiao Yin and Ran Qiunian bid farewell to their grandmother, joined Qi Ruoyun, and went south together, following the clues of the Lingnan iron mine loss case all the way down.

There are not many clues left in the Lingnan iron ore case, and it is not a day's work to find out all of them.

At first, they just followed the existing clues to look around, and there was nothing dangerous, so Ran Qiunian couldn't help but say that she left Xiu Gu with her grandmother to protect her, and only brought a Qingxi with her to take care of her.

In order to make it easier to walk outside, both men dressed up as men.

Within a few days, he arrived in Lingzhou City, which was the place where the clues to the iron mine lost case disappeared last, Qi Ruoyun pointed to an inn on the corner of the street and said: "I checked here last time, and the clues were broken, and this is also the last place where the person who stole the official mine appeared." ”

Qi Ruoyun said with regret.

"Are you saying that the thief who stole the iron ore was seen entering the inn that day and never came out again?"

Ran Qiunian stood between the two and also looked at the inn on the corner.

"That's right, the guy in the inn also had some impression of this man, he went in and booked a room, and when he settled the money two days later, he found that the house was empty."

Qi Ruoyun saw that Ran Qiunian was interested, so he patiently explained to her, and pointed to a windowsill on the second floor of the inn and told her:

"Behind that window is the guest room that the man rented that day, except for the main entrance, only this window leads to the outside, but it is connected to the most lively street, day and night, even if the man can fly off the wall, it is impossible not to alarm a person to leave."

Lingzhou City is an unusually prosperous town, as a necessary place to connect the business road to various places, the city is open to the people, and there is no curfew at night. This street is crowded with vendors of all sizes, and at night it is lit up with lanterns, which is only more lively than during the day.

"It's a miracle."

Ran Qiunian looked at the window facing the street and said in a low voice.

"Xiao Lei! Why are you here? ”

A surprise voice suddenly came from behind her, Ran Qiunian didn't pay attention to it at first, until the voice got closer and closer, until it was blocked by the guards around her, she realized that this person was actually calling herself again, and hurriedly turned around to look.

She went out and turned into men's clothes, and there were not many people who had seen her dressed like this, and even fewer knew that she used Ran Lei as a pseudonym.

As expected, the person who stopped him on the street was the Zhang Shulin in Ran Qiubai's caravan, Zhang Shaoxian's cousin.

"Nian, Xiao Lei, do you know this person?"

Qi Ruoyun looked at the young man in front of him, who was very tall, but still had a little green on his face, and there was a bit of inconspicuous scrutiny in his eyes.

"This is my brother's brother in the caravan, Zhang Shulin."

Ran Qiunian briefly explained to Qi Ruoyun, looked left and right, and saw that there was only Zhang Shulin nearby, so he made a gesture to Qi Ruoyun and Xiao Yin, pulled the person aside, and asked alone:

"Shulin, I heard that you went to Shuzhong to do business, why did you appear here? How is my cousin? ”

Clinker, when Zhang Shulin heard the second half of the sentence, his expression of surprise, which was still a little surprised, instantly dimmed, he opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say a word.

When Ran Qiunian saw his face, he suddenly felt a sigh in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, is it because this trip didn't go well?" ”

"No, the run is going well."

Zhang Shulin said dryly, seeing that Ran Qiunian looked anxious, his eyes were a little unbearable, and there was a little guilt that she couldn't understand: "It's Brother Qiubai, something happened to him." ”

"What's wrong with Brother Qiubai?"

Ran Qiunian was in a hurry for a while, and almost forgot about the disguise, but fortunately, Zhang Shulin was also immersed in his thoughts and didn't notice the flaws revealed by Ran Qiunian.

"He may not be fine, don't worry, Brother Qiubai, he has been missing for two days. The caravan also followed the search in Lingzhou City for two days, and if no one could be found tomorrow, the caravan would drive back to the city and send the goods back first. ”

When Zhang Shulin said the word "missing", his eyes were a little evasive, obviously there was something hidden in it, Ran Qiunian happened to see it in his eyes, and he was a little suspicious in his heart.

"How did my cousin go missing?"

"I didn't know that as soon as the caravan arrived in Lingzhou City and was about to rest for a day before setting off, the people suddenly disappeared." Zhang Shulin didn't notice that when he said these words, his eyes blinked quickly unconsciously, and Ran Qiunian was even more sure that Zhang Shulin was hiding something.

She asked bluntly, "My cousin is not here, who is in charge of the caravan now?" ”

"It's Brother Shaoxian."

Sure enough, this white-eyed wolf actually returned to Splendid City one step earlier than them, and deceived Brother Qiubai who didn't know about it, and Brother Qiubai's disappearance must be inseparable from this person.

Ran Qiunian almost couldn't control the emotions on her face, she regretted it very much at the moment that she was afraid of startling the snake that day, and she didn't tell Ran Qiubai Zhang Shaoxian's wolf ambition earlier.

"Xiao Lei, it's not early, we should go back."

Xiao Yin's voice came from the side, pulling Ran Qiunian back to her senses, her face was a little reluctant, and she nodded at Xiao Yin randomly.

Although there are still many things to inquire about with Zhang Shulin, it is a little difficult for her to calm down at the moment, so she has to temporarily suppress it and say goodbye to Zhang Shulin: "There is still something to do today, and at this time tomorrow, let's go to Tianxianglou to sit down and talk about the past." ”

Zhang Shulin also didn't know how to face Ran Qiunian, and when he heard this, he hurriedly nodded and came down, and the two separated.

"What were you talking about? Nian'er, why is your face so bad? ”

After that Zhang Shulin left, Qi Ruoyun approached Ran Qiunian and asked in a low voice.

"I'm fine." Ran Qiunian smiled with a pale face, attracting Xiao Yin's faintly worried look.

Qi Ruoyun continued thoughtfully: "Since that person is a guy in your brother's caravan, is Brother Qiubai also nearby, we should go and visit." ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the little grandfather, the man just now said that Brother Qiubai has been missing for two days."

Ran Qiunian didn't plan to tell Qi Ruoyun about this, but he uncharacteristically asked about it, so he had to tell the truth.

Hearing this, Qi Ruoyun looked surprised: "How can this be? Can it be reported to the local magistrate? If necessary, I can use the token of the Qi State Mansion to ask the magistrate to mobilize officers and soldiers to search along the way. Sister Nian'er, don't worry. ”

"Thank you little grandpa for your help, but what happened is still unknown, and it's not too late to ask you for help after I asked that Zhang Shulin tomorrow."

Ran Qiunian's face was a little bad, but he still smiled gratefully at Qi Ruoyun, and the three of them returned to the inn where they settled together, Ran Qiunian excused himself to be quiet alone, and went back to the house first.

After a while, there was a knock outside the door: "Eat something before you sleep." ”

Outside the door was Xiao Yin.

As soon as Ran Qiunian came back, he locked himself in the house, and even Qingxi didn't want to see him, so he was so anxious that he could only go over to Xiao Yin for help.

"Big brother, let's come in first."

Ran Qiunian got up and opened the door, and greeted the person listlessly, her eyes signaled Qingxi to guard the door, and after closing the door, the depression on her face gradually disappeared.

"Why did Big Brother come?"

It turned out that Ran Qiunian had been depressed since he came back, and no one wanted to pay attention to it, all for Qi Ruoyun to see.

Due to the existence of a third person, although Ran Qiunian wanted to discuss with Xiao Yin how to solve the matter of Ran Qiubai's disappearance, but it involved an iron ore smuggling case, and she couldn't rest assured that Qi Ruoyun would intervene.

"Eat something first, and talk slowly."

Xiao Yin put down the tray in his hand, and his calm attitude made Ran Qiunian calm down a lot.

"Brother Qiubai disappeared from the inn two days ago, although Zhang Shulin said that he didn't know anything, but I could see that his eyes were evasive, flickering, and there must be something to hide."

Ran Qiunian said, and his tone unconsciously became a little excited: "Zhang Shaoxian is also here, and Brother Qiubai's disappearance must have nothing to do with him." When I go and pry open that Shulin's mouth in person tomorrow, I must tell him to say all the words that he has hidden. ”

She said angrily, anxious about Ran Qiubai's disappearance, and angry and angry about Zhang Shulin's concealment. At the same time, she couldn't help but be glad that she didn't bring Qingxi with her on the street today, otherwise, she really didn't know how to fool the past.

"Zhang Shulin, this bastard, still dare to think about my Qingxi, phew, dreaming! It's better not to let me know that he also intervened in the disappearance of Brother Qiubai, otherwise ......"