Chapter 36: The Phantom of Chang'an

In the depths of winter, the north wind is blowing, the sky is dark, and the entire Chang'an City is shrouded in darkness, and only a few shops are still lit up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Most of the people had fallen asleep, even though the prosperous imperial capital had fallen silent at this time, a few terrible crow crows came from the ancient trees in the distance, and occasionally a few dog barks in the deep alleys in the distance to cater to the crows. Cuicui stared out the window with her chin in her hands, not knowing when Brother Zhu would come back, and not knowing if Brother Zhu was freezing in this cold winter.

"Whew!" Just as Cuicui was deep in thought, a dark shadow flashed in front of her.

"Anyone?" Cuicui poked her head out of the window, but saw that there was nothing in the night, probably because she missed Brother Zhu too much, and her eyes may have been dazzled. Seeing that no one answered, Cuicui retracted her delicate body back into the room, closed the window and prepared to rest.

"Whew!" Just as Cuicui closed the window and turned her head, suddenly it was dark in front of her......

"Shop Xiaoer! Did Miss Cuicui get up? Li Chunfeng came to the inn early in the morning, since Zhu Mingyang went to Shezhou, it has become his main task to come to the inn every day to see Cuicui.

"It turned out to be Master Li, Miss Cuicui hasn't gotten up today, it is estimated that Zhu Gongzi has been waiting for the past two days! She was already very delicate. The shopkeeper saw that Master Li was coming, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Haven't gotten up yet? No way! Miss Cuicui has never had the habit of sleeping lazy, every time Zhu Gongzi's washing is arranged by her, she gets up early every day. Li Chunfeng had a faint foreboding.

"Then I'm going to knock on the door and ask?" The shopkeeper felt that what Li Chunfeng said made sense.

"Let's go together!" Li Chunfeng asked the shopkeeper to lead the way to the second floor.

"Miss Cuicui!" The shopkeeper took Li Chunfeng to Cuicui's door and gently knocked the door a few times with his hand. Except for the breathing sound of Li Chunfeng and the shopkeeper, there was not a trace of sound on the entire second floor.

"Cuicui girl......" Li Chunfeng felt that something was wrong, and knocked on the door a few times, but there was no reaction in the room.

"Boom!" Li Chunfeng kicked towards the door, and the two wooden doors opened in response, but he saw that Cuicui's room was neat, but there was no one, a pot of tea was placed on the table near the window, and the quilt on the bed was neatly folded.

"Xiao Er, did Cuicui go out yesterday?" Li Chunfeng felt very uneasy.

"No! The weather has been cold for the past two days, and it is almost the end of the year, and there has never been much business in the inn, and I have paid attention to the people who come in and out. The shopkeeper was also very surprised to see that the room was empty.

"You give me to look around the inn again, I can't find anyone, I sent someone to demolish your inn, don't think that the Ministry of Industry will only build houses, and it will be faster to demolish houses." Li Chunfeng's heart could not calm down.

"Yes, yes, yes......" Seeing Li Chunfeng's unusually serious face, the shopkeeper hurriedly found all the guys in the inn to look around, after all, the people don't fight with the officials.

Li Chunfeng instructed the shopkeeper and took a closer look in Cuicui's house. But seeing that the window was closed, but there was no trace of dust on the ground, Li Chunfeng walked to Cuicui's bed and gently stroked the futon with his hand, but it was cold.

"Didn't you stay at the inn last night?" Li Chunfeng muttered to himself, turned around and walked to the cupboard to investigate, but saw a few pieces of broken silver in Cuicui's package.

"Strange!" Li Chunfeng fell into deep contemplation and walked back and forth in Cuicui's room.

"Your Excellency!" The panicked shouts of the shopkeeper at the door pulled Li Chunfeng back from his contemplation.

"Did you find Miss Cuicui?" Li Chunfeng saw the shopkeeper and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Big ...... My lord, I gathered all the guys in the store to look everywhere, starting from the first floor, every room and room to find the shadow of Miss Cuicui. The shopkeeper said tremblingly.

"Bastard! If you don't find it, don't look for it! After listening to the words of the shopkeeper, Li Chunfeng felt like pouring a scoop of cold water in his heart.

"My lord, will Miss Cuicui go to Shezhou because she misses Zhu Gongzi too much?" The shopkeeper saw that Li Chunfeng was angry, and hurriedly comforted.

"Impossible, the money is all there, how to go to Shezhou, besides, it's a long way to Shezhou, how can she know the way as a weak woman, you don't go out to find it." Although Li Chunfeng was anxious, he was always born as a civil official, but he did not lose his mind.

"Yes...... The little ones must try their best to find them! After speaking, the shopkeeper left the room.

As soon as the shopkeeper left, Li Chunfeng saw that it was no longer beneficial to stay in the inn, so he arranged for the guys to block Cuicui and Zhu Mingyang's houses, and let the shopkeeper have the news to go to Ganye Temple to find him, and then left the inn. Back at Ganye Temple, Li Chunfeng summoned all the workers and ordered all the workers to temporarily stop their work and go around the city every day to search for news of Cuicui.

"Ahh Zhu Mingyang was speeding in a carriage on the official road, but suddenly felt an itch in his nose and a sneeze came out. It's strange, I don't seem to have a cold, how could I suddenly sneeze so much, could it be that my parents in the distance are thinking about me again, Zhu Mingyang thought of his parents, but forgot that there was a woman in Chang'an who was also concerned about her.

"Master Zhu, how long will it take to get to Chang'an?" Wu Zetian's inquiry came from the carriage.

"If nothing happens, you can reach Chang'an City tonight." Zhu Mingyang waved the whip vigorously, and the horse neighed in pain and carried the carriage away at the end of the official road.