At this time, this Zheng's mother diligently invited the adults to the courtyard, and everyone dismounted and dismounted the sedan chair, with a nervous and curious mood, and entered the gate of Yichun Courtyard under her guidance.

From the inside, it is still very spacious, there are three layers of courtyards before and after, in addition to the five gatehouses, there are also a set of courtyards, there are at least 30 rooms by sight, especially the innermost courtyard, built in the middle is a very elegant small building, and it is here that is connected with the city wall.

"Where does the girl you are talking about, where does she live?"

After Lord He read it, he looked back at Zheng's mother and asked.

Mother Zheng hurriedly pointed forward and said,

"It's upstairs in the courtyard on the third floor, and the little woman takes the adults to see it."

"Lead the way."

Master He waved his hand slightly and commanded.

Although it was still daytime, there were many guests here, and many people crowded in front of the door to watch the excitement when they saw that officials had arrived here. Zong Jiyuan secretly said in his heart, there are enough people coming and going here, and it seems that it is not easy to check.

In this way, until he came to the third floor of the courtyard, He Ruichang looked up at the building, and then looked at the other buildings around him, and saw that this place was definitely not a secluded place, how could a big living person, and it sounded like a girl who was still very concerned, disappear out of thin air? I can't help but feel suspicious.

Just thinking about this, there was a burst of laughter from the "chirping" woman in my ears, and it turned out that the girls here also ran out of the door and talked about it.

"Yo, this official is really here."

"It's not, it turns out that the county lord looks so gentle."

"Look, look, what's that little white face for?"

"yes, yes, that's so good-looking......"

"The errand officer next to him is so handsome......"

Everyone heard this annoyance in their hearts, He Ruichang gave Diao Saburo a look, Diao Saburo understood and turned around and shouted,

"Mother Zheng, come here!"

"Hey, what's the matter with the errand officer?"

Zheng's mother hurriedly trotted over.

Diao Saburo raised his hand and pointed around,

"Our adults are going to investigate the case, this courtyard has to be closed for the time being, let those guests go to other courtyards, and the girls will go back to their rooms to wait for questions, and no one is allowed to come out and walk around casually!"

"Huh? Ok ......"

Zheng's mother helplessly called a big man who looked like a thug,

"Gengzi, you go and do what the old man says."

"Oh, got it."

The big man glanced at Lord He and the others with a fierce gaze, turned around and left.

After a period of noise, the courtyard finally fell silent, and the eight servants naturally dispersed to guard the place. He Ruichang took Zong Jiyuan and Diao Sanlang, followed Zheng's mother directly to the second floor, and came to the door of a room in the middle.

"Sir, this is the residence of the full house."

"Oh, yes......"

He Ruichang didn't immediately step into the room, first paused a little to make sure that there was indeed no one inside, and then slowly paced inside, and Zong Jiyuan and Diao Saburo immediately followed in.

I saw that the furnishings in this room were very luxurious, but it was chaotic, chairs, hangers, basin racks and other items were overturned on the ground, and there were a few mud footprints on the ground faintly, giving people the first feeling that there must be an outsider invading here and taking away the people who lived here.

"Adult ......"

Just watching, Zong Jiyuan walked over and called softly beside He Ruichang.

He Ruichang turned his head, but saw the little master gesture to the roof with his chin, and naturally looked up in the direction he was pointing, but saw a rope tied to the beam. Lord He immediately thought of something, lowered his head and looked directly below the rope, and sure enough, he saw that there was a square stool there, which had fallen to the ground, and he already had a number in his heart.

At this time, Zong Jiyuan and Diao Saburo were also looking around, and after a while, Zong Jiyuan whispered to He Ruichang,

"My lord, the student went elsewhere and asked the other girls a few words."

"Okay, there you go."

He Ruichang nodded reassuringly.

Mother Zheng watched this young and beautiful official go out of this room, a little uneasy, she wanted to follow behind, but she heard Diao Saburo calling her over, so she had no choice but to do it.

Zong Jiyuan walked out of the full room, stood in front of the porch and looked to both sides, and suddenly saw a girl's head sticking out of the door of a room on the left hand side, looking like a very young girl, who was looking at himself curiously, so he turned and walked towards her.

When the girl saw this, she was so frightened that she quickly retreated into the room, and stood stupidly in the door and waited, until Zong Jiyuan came to her, and she was still stunned.

Seeing this, Zong Jiyuan raised his hand mischievously and shook it in front of her eyes,

"Hey——、 what's wrong?"

"Ah...... Little, big man, do you have something to do......"

The girl asked, still dumbfounded.

Zong Jiyuan thought it was funny, so he smiled and said,

"It's a little cold outside, I want to ask for a hot cup of tea, girl, do you have it here?"

"Ah, yes, yes!"

The girl jumped like a spring and ran to the room, and Zong Jiyuan followed behind her, and also walked in, finding a chair by the table and sitting down steadily.

The girl hurriedly poured a cup of tea, held it in front of her on a tray, and said,

"Little master, please have tea."

"Thank you, little girl, you can sit down too."

Zong Jiyuan took the teacup and pointed to the chair opposite.

The little girl did not dare to say anything more, and sat there honestly, looking at her secretly from time to time.

Zong Jiyuan took a sip of tea and said with a smile,

"This tea tastes good, the little girl's craftsmanship is very good."

"It's all taught by my mother......"

The little girl whispered.

Zong Jiyuan looked at her restrained appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, how did a girl like her, who looked very simple, get mixed up in the Fengyue Field, and asked,

"What's the girl's name? How old is this year? How long has it been here? ”

"My name is Ruixi, I'm sixteen years old, and I've been here for three years......"

The little girl replied timidly.

I was only thirteen years old and I got to this kind of place—

When Zong Jiyuan heard this, he couldn't help but ask with some distress,

"So, why did you end up in this Yichun Temple?"

"Isn't it because of the disaster that the family can't eat?"

Ruixi said a little sad, but he still forced himself to smile,

"I had no choice but to sell me so that the rest of the family could live...... But it's okay, at least, everyone is still alive......"

"Yes......"

Although a trace of pity arose, Zong Jiyuan also knew that the current situation would not help her at all, not to mention the importance of investigating the case, so he led the topic back.

"So, are the people here treating you well? For example, the man who lives in the next room, is she good to you? ”