"How is that possible?" When he heard the wild dog say that Yan Niang escaped, Li Zhang's first reaction in his heart was to believe it, because he knew the wild dog's ability, and he ran fast with sharp eyes, so it can be said that it is almost impossible for the person he is targeting to escape, not to mention that Yan Niang is just a little girl who has no power to restrain the chicken.

The wild dog seemed to be a little embarrassed at this time, and told the story of the matter at the moment, it turned out that the wild dog had been staring at Yan Niang just now, and the other party was also busy in the back kitchen, and there seemed to be nothing abnormal, but just half an hour ago, Yan Niang was about to pour it out with a pot of vegetable soup, but accidentally slipped a hand, and as a result, a pot of vegetable soup was all poured on herself, so Zhou Laosan asked her to go back to rinse it, and by the way, change her clothes and come to work again.

In this case, Yan Niang went back to the backyard, and fetched water into the firewood room, and took a new dress into it, it seemed that he was going to take a bath and change clothes, of course, the wild dog could not follow in, so he stayed outside the firewood room and stared, but what he didn't expect was that Yan Niang couldn't wait for the left to come out, and the right didn't come out, at first he was embarrassed to rush in, but as time went by, he finally felt that something was wrong, so when he broke in to find someone, he found that the person was gone.

When Li Zhang heard this, he immediately rushed into the firewood room, which is the room where firewood is placed, because the fuel in this era is mainly firewood, so it is generally necessary to have a special room to store firewood, and Huiweizhai needs to make roast duck, and it needs a lot of firewood, so the area of this firewood room is also quite large, and several walls are full of neatly placed firewood.

Firewood that can be used for three days is generally stored in the firewood room, and after Li Zhang came in, in addition to seeing these firewoods, there was also a basin of water in the middle of the room, and there was also a neatly stacked clothes, but other than that, there was nothing else, and Yan Niang was nowhere to be seen.

"Wild dog, surely you didn't see her escape?" Li Zhang looked around the room for a moment, and then asked again.

"No, but I already checked just now, the window behind the firewood room has been opened, and she probably escaped from the window!" The wild dog replied again.

"Then what are you waiting for, wild dogs go chase with me!" Huozi also slapped his thigh when he heard this, and then turned around and chased outside, the wild dog hesitated and ran out quickly, but Li Zhang did not run out, but came to the window where Yan Niang escaped and looked carefully.

"Big brother, we ......"

The ugly lady saw Li Zhang standing there still at this time, and she just wanted to say something, but Li Zhang smiled without raising her head at this time: "Don't worry, the wild dog's legs and feet are fast, if he can't catch up, it's useless for us to go out." ”

The ugly lady glanced at him a little strangely when she heard Li Zhang's words, because there are many alleys around Huiweizhai, and even if the wild dog runs fast, it is impossible to search all these streets and alleys in a short time, and multiple people can have more chances to find Yan Niang. However, when she saw Li Zhang's calm expression, she seemed to have a plan, which made her open her mouth and didn't say anything, but also stayed in the room with Li Zhang, which was also the trust she cultivated with Li Zhang.

Li Zhang carefully looked at the open window at this time, and saw that outside the window was the wall of the courtyard, the wall was not very high, and it was very close to the wall of the room, as long as it was a person with normal hands and feet, it was easy to support the walls on both sides of the wall, which was also the reason why the wild dog suspected that the other party had escaped from here just now.

After a while, Huozi ran back panting, according to him, chased out a long distance, but did not even see a figure, and the wild dog chased other places, but the possibility of finding it is very small, after all, people have been missing for so long, in case this Yan Niang is in a corner, they are really not easy to find.

However, Li Zhang finally turned around at this time, then walked around the room, and even reached out to push the firewood, but these firewoods were stacked next to the wall, and it was impossible to hide people inside, but even so, Li Zhang still checked it carefully, and even took out a few firewoods to look at the back, until he found that the firewood was behind the wall, and then he was relieved.

"Big brother, do you suspect that Yan Niang didn't leave the room?" Seeing Li Zhang's actions, the ugly girl and Huozi finally guessed his thoughts and asked, but when they said this, the two turned their heads and looked at the room, although there was a lot of firewood piled up in the room, but the firewood was stacked neatly one by one, and it was impossible to hide people, and in addition, there was no place to hide people in the whole room.

Li Zhang didn't answer the ugly girl's words, I saw that after he checked the firewood, he turned around in the room for half a circle, and finally came to the location of the south wall, which is also the only place where firewood is not stacked, but there are a lot of ashes piled up, that is, the ashes left after the firewood is burned, this thing is a good fertilizer, there are a lot of ashes in the restaurant every day, it is a pity to throw it away, so it is generally stored together, and there will be special people to buy it in about ten days, and it is also a lot of income.

The ashes in the firewood room have been stored for several days, piled up in the corner of the wall to form a small mountain, these ashes can not only be sold for money, but also stacked in the firewood room to prevent moisture, so that the firewood remains dry, so that it does not form a lot of black smoke, which is very important for roast duck.

I saw Li Zhang come to this pile of ashes, and then looked at it with interest, as if in his eyes it was not a pile of ashes, but a pile of gold, which made Huozi and the ugly girl also very curious, and they also came up at the moment, but except for this pile of ashes, they did not find anything abnormal.

"Big brother, what are you looking at?" The wild dog looked at Li Zhang inexplicably at this time, and finally couldn't help asking. And the ugly lady seems to have noticed something, but although people can be hidden in this pile of ashes, people can't breathe when they get in, they have been in the room for so long, if there is really someone inside, I'm afraid they would have suffocated to death, right?

"It's nothing, why hasn't the wild dog come back yet?" Li Zhang said again with a smile.

As soon as Li Zhang's words fell, I saw the wild dog finally galloping over, just looking at his empty-handed appearance, he must have failed to catch up with people, Li Zhang was not surprised by this, but turned to the furnace ash and said: "Come out, don't force us to do it!" ”

"Big brother, what are you talking about, you don't think you can hide people in this furnace ash, do you?" Huozi finally reacted at this time, and of course asked with a face full of disbelief, he, like the ugly girl, didn't believe that people could be hidden in the ashes.

Li Zhang smiled calmly at this time, he felt strange just now, even if the wild dog didn't come in, but with his ears, if Yan Niang really climbed the wall and escaped, it would definitely make some noise, and the wild dog should have noticed it at that time, but the fact was that the wild dog didn't notice anything abnormal at all, and when he rushed into the room, Yan Niang was already gone, as if she had disappeared out of thin air.

It was precisely because of the suspicion above that Li Zhang did not rush out, but carefully inspected the windows and walls, and found that there were no traces of climbing on the outer wall, unless Yan Niang was a martial arts master and could jump directly to the wall like a wild dog, otherwise there could be no trace on the wall.

With the above discovery, Li Zhang is almost certain that Yan Niang should not have escaped, but is likely to hide somewhere in the room, if they really run out to chase, Yan Niang can come out of the hiding place, and then escape calmly, and the only place in the room where people can hide is the pile of ashes in front of her.

"Still not out yet? Then don't blame me for being rude! Li Zhang ignored it, and immediately approached the furnace ash road again, this pile of furnace ash looked normal on the surface, but in fact, he had already discovered that there was a problem, which also made him more sure that Yan Niang must be hiding here.

However, Li Zhang's words did not work, and there was still no movement in the ashes, so Li Zhang was also a little angry, and he sneered at the moment, reached out and grabbed the ashes, and then poured them directly into an inconspicuous bamboo pipe on the top of the ashes.

"Poof~, cough cough cough ......" As the ashes were poured into the bamboo pipe, I saw a black figure jump out of the ashes, and coughed violently, just now she was breathing by this bamboo tube, when the ashes were sucked in by her, the result was naturally conceivable.

"Haha~, if you can't come out, now you're suffering!" Li Zhang saw the embarrassed appearance of the other party, and couldn't help laughing at the moment, although the other party was covered in black ash, it could still be seen from the figure that the other party was the disappeared Yan Niang.

"It's really hidden in the ashes!" Huozi and Ugly Niang also showed shocked expressions at this time, and the wild dog was even more angry and wanted to step forward and arrest the other party, but it was the first time he was played by others, but before he could do it, he was stopped by Li Zhang.

"You...... You bully! Woo~" I saw Yan Niang coughing for a while, and finally coughed up the black ash that was inhaled, but she simply squatted on the ground and cried, while crying, she pulled out the paper balls in her ears and nose and threw them on the ground, and snot and tears also gushed out together, mixed with black ash and suddenly turned her into a big flower face, which looked funny and pitiful.

Huozi still has the mind of pity and cherishing jade, at this time he just wanted to step forward to help Yan Niang, but was stopped by Li Zhang, and then saw him squatting down and staring at Yan Niang and said: "Don't pretend to be pitiful, if you escape, if someone catches us and confesses to us, we will be in danger, so you still follow me honestly, I will provide you with a hiding place, as long as you don't mess around, I guarantee your safety!" ”

"Really?" Hearing that Li Zhang would not kill herself, Yan Niang finally raised her head and looked at him in disbelief, because she felt that Li Zhang wanted to kill herself, so she wanted to escape.

"Of course, but only if you promise me one condition!" Li Zhang suddenly said again very seriously at this time.