"Childe, there are too many people who enter and leave Zhaozhou City every day, although there are many of us, we can't remember it."

In an alley in Zhaozhou City, several ragged members of the beggar gang explained to Ouyang Kai.

"Within two hours before the gate of the city was closed, a few men rode horses with two girls, did you see them?"

For some of the market news, of course, the beggar's news is better than the tavern inn's.

"This, don't hide it, I've been at the north gate of the city all day today, and I haven't seen a man enter the city with two girls."

The beggar tried to recall what he had seen at the city gate today, and it was not the situation that Ouyang Kai had said.

"Childe, there are more carriages in and out of the city today than in the past, could the person Childe said not enter the city on horseback?"

A beggar suddenly said that there were more carriages coming in and out of the north gate today than in the past, and he wondered if it was Ouyang Kai who added the horses to the carriage before entering the city.

"Do you know where those wagons are going?"

Ouyang Kai felt that it was not impossible to add such a possibility, and it would not be difficult to add a carriage, so he took out a piece of silver and shook it in front of the beggar,

"It's a deposit, and if you can find it, it's yours."

"Childe, I can find it, but it will take a little time,"

"Childe, if there is a portrait of the person you are looking for, we may be able to help you find it."

"If Childe can provide the appearance of some of the people he is looking for, it can also increase the possibility of finding the person Childe is looking for."

The beggars have provided some of their own opinions, and as beggars who have members in the streets, they have a huge advantage in finding people.

"Find the carriage first, and I'll give you the portrait tomorrow."

Throwing the silver to the beggar, Ouyang Kai turned around and left, the beggar said well, if there is a portrait, it will be much easier to find someone, he wants to go back and draw the portrait of Zhou Yi and Murong Qianqian.

At this time, most of the shops outside have been closed, but fortunately, there are pen, ink, paper and inkstones in the Qianyuan Inn, and Ouyang Kai does not need to go outside to buy them.

To draw the portraits of the two people he was most familiar with, it was not difficult for Ouyang Kai, so he took some rice paper from downstairs, spread it on the table, and polished the ink on the inkstone.

He already had an idea in mind about how to express the characteristics of the characters, brewed it, dipped it in ink with a brush, and danced on rice paper.

"Xiao Kai, there is still no news of them outside."

Zhao Yiyi came in from outside the room, just like Ouyang Kai, after entering the city, she went to inquire about Zhou Yi and Murong Qianqian's news, but she didn't find out.

"What are you drawing?"

As soon as he entered Ouyang Kai's room and found that he was painting on rice paper, Zhao Yiyi was a little puzzled,

"Is this Yi'er?"

Ouyang Kai had already drawn a portrait of Zhou Yi, and was painting a portrait of Murong Qianqian at the moment, and after Zhao Yiyi saw the portrait of Zhou Yi that had been painted, he picked it up from the table and stayed directly in place.

"Like! It's so similar! It's like running out of the paper! ”

Zhou Yi on rice paper is vivid and vivid, as if he is alive, Zhao Yiyi didn't expect Ouyang Kai's painting union to be so powerful, and he kept praising him.

"Give their portraits to Hanako in the city, there are many of them, and it is easy to find."

Ouyang Kai didn't stop the pen in his hand, and muttered in his mouth.

I didn't expect to chase all the way to Zhaozhou City, Ouyang Kai felt that he could catch up with Qin Pang before Zhaozhou City, but he didn't expect that there were robbers who robbed Zhou Yi and Murong Qianqian halfway.

Moreover, Zhaozhou City is too big, it is not realistic to rely on the two of them to find it, and it is not realistic to make full use of the existing resources to rescue Zhou Yi and Murong Qianqian earlier.

Zhao Yi nodded, she also knew that this was the case, but she was still very guilty in her heart, and she couldn't find out the danger in time to put the two little girls in such a situation.

One person grinds ink, the other paints a pen, and by the next morning, Ouyang Kai's portrait was already two inches thick.

It was still in the alley last night that Ouyang Kai handed over the portraits that he had struggled all night to the beggars.

"Hiss~Childe, who made this portrait?"

"She's going to get out of the painting! This artist's skills are too high! ”

Hearing the reaction of the two people who got the painting, the beggars around quickly surrounded him,

"This is a fairy from the earth!"

"Wonderful! It's a pity I'm a toad! ”

"Who painted this picture? When I first saw the painting of today's saint, its majesty is rare in the world, and now I see this painting, its delicate brushwork is unique in the world. ”

"Don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be forced to be struck by lightning, from the head to the little JJ!"

"You see, every picture is the same, the amount of ink used and the thickness of the lines are the same!"

"There are such strange people in the world, if you go to fake other people's paintings, won't you make a profit!"

"It's terrible!"

Although they don't know anything professional, the people in this portrait are really amazing, as if they will come out of the painting at any moment, and every beggar is full of praise.

"Don't worry, Childe, we will find the fairy on the portrait as soon as possible!"

After a while, the beggars realized that their employers had been left out in the cold, and immediately packed their tickets, with this portrait, it was not difficult for them to find someone in Zhaozhou City.

"Have you found the whereabouts of the carriage?"

Ouyang Kai did not forget about the carriage, which is also a very important clue.

"Found it, Childe, there were a total of ten carriages in the two hours before the city gate was closed yesterday, three of which were for pulling firewood, and the remaining seven were for pulling people, this is specific information."

The beggar who took the lead took out an unusually neat piece of paper from his pocket that contrasted sharply with their dirty and tattered clothes, and explained to Ouyang Kai.

This piece of paper was bought at the last minute when the bookstore was closed, because they saw that Ouyang Kai's clothes were very clean, and they gave them so much silver, they couldn't let such a good person dislike it.

Ouyang Kai opened the folded paper, and there were really ten pieces of information on it,

The reason why the carriage left the city, the time it entered the city, the ownership of the carriage, whether it loaded or pulled people, where it stopped in the city, how long it stopped, and where it finally stopped, all the information is listed.

"It's yours!"

Ouyang Kai threw the beggar two ingots of silver, he was very satisfied with this list of carriages, he could save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"Thank you, Childe! Thank you, Childe! ”

Seeing that it was two ingots of silver, the beggars' eyes lit up, and they together begged for a month without so much silver.

"This is a deposit to find someone, come here every day after closing the city gate to tell me what new discoveries, and find the shopkeeper of the Qianyuan Inn if you are in a hurry."

With another ingot of silver in his hand, Ouyang Kai instructed the beggars that he had to grasp the different situations that happened every day, the shopkeeper of the Qianyuan Inn was an honest man, and Ouyang Kai believed it.

"Childe, but don't worry!"

Collecting money to eliminate disasters for others, the beggars took their portraits and scattered to all corners of Zhaozhou City.

Ouyang Kai looked at the list in his hand, turned around and went back to the Qianyuan Inn.

"Shopkeeper, what is the relationship between the Zhao family in Zhaozhou City and the Zhao family in Yunzhou City?"

The first one on this list is the carriage of the Zhao family, returning to the Zhao family all the way from the city gate, without stopping on the street in the middle, the beggars said that it was the young head of the Zhao family who came home from Qujiu County, which made Ouyang Kai very suspicious that the Zhao family had a motive for committing the crime.

Ouyang Kai was more curious about the relationship between Yunzhou and the Zhao family in Zhaozhou, and whether it would have a connection with his master.

"My lord, the Zhao family in Yunzhou is the family, and the Zhao family in Zhaozhou City was separated from Yunzhou City thirty years ago."

The shopkeeper of Zhaozhou Qianyuan Inn is a middle-aged man in his forties, who grew up in Zhaozhou since he was a child and knows the affairs of Zhaozhou very well.

And he is honest and dutiful, he has always been very respectful to guests, since Ouyang Kai showed his identity token, he has always responded to Ouyang Kai's requests, and he never asks what he shouldn't ask.

"The Zhao family in Yunzhou was divided?"

Ouyang Kai's brows furrowed, the virtue of the Zhao family in Yunzhou really made him feel disgusted.

"Yes, my lord, the head of the Zhao family in Zhaozhou City turned out to be the fourth young master of the Zhao family in Yunzhou, and it is said that he did not agree with the eldest brother and second brother, and then moved to Zhaozhou, and now he is the largest brewing merchant in Zhaozhou."

For the head of the Zhao family in Zhaozhou, the shopkeeper is quite admired, when he came to Zhaozhou, he was destitute, and after 30 years of hard work, he became a figure with a head and a face in Zhaozhou.

"Incompatible? Does the shopkeeper know what the conflict is between them? ”

Ouyang Kai felt that there would be a big secret in this, perhaps related to his master and his mother.

"I don't know about this, the head of the Zhao family has never said it outside, and I haven't seen the head of the Zhao family go to Yunzhou for so many years, and I go to the capital by detouring to Jiangzhou."

"In addition to brewing, does the Zhao family have any other business?"

Since the shopkeeper didn't know, then this matter could only be planned later, Ouyang Kai asked about other things in the Zhao family.

"And the cloth business in Zhaozhou is also monopolized by the Zhao family, and other cloth merchants can't enter Zhaozhou."

"Can't get in? Why? ”

People are profitable, not to mention businessmen, Zhaozhou City is so big and has a large population, but it is only the business of the Zhao family, which is a bit incredible.

"Adults don't know, the Zhao family's cloth is made of local cotton, hired local people in Zhaozhou, the cloth is good, strong and durable, very popular, the price in Zhaozhou is very low, but the price in other states is several times or even dozens of times that of Zhaozhou."

When the shopkeeper said this, his face was bright, because there were people in his family who helped the Zhao family weave cloth, not only could he get paid, but he also had a discount when buying cloth.

"Is there a weaving workshop?"

The weavers are generally women, but such a good one is sold at such a low price, perhaps because of preconceived ideas, Ouyang Kai always felt that there was something wrong with the Zhao family.

"Yes, it's behind the Zhao family's courtyard!"