In the private room of Wanqinglou, before a table of snacks was eaten, Lin Longfeng told Wang Bao and several missing people about it.

He felt a little sorry for Hu Yanjin, after all, a thin and edible girl, twenty-four stone rice may not be able to afford it.

"Long Feng, do you think there is any doubt about this matter? The missing people are all men, could it have something to do with those southern courtyards? Hu Yanjin asked.

"Most of the wines in the South Courtyard were bought legally, and they all had to be carefully selected. But among the missing people, there is also a forty-eight-year-old man, could it be that they can't even kidnap the people who set fire in the gang's house? ”

"That's right!" Hua Qiao, who was working hard, suddenly raised her head and said, "Will it be ...... It's not a case at all, it's just that the time of occurrence overlaps, and we subconsciously think that it was the same person, which disrupts our judgment. ”

"Insightful...... It seems that you are not just wasting food. Lin Longfeng smiled: "There is indeed such a possibility, so you have to ask one household at a time." ”

Because she was too full, Hua Qiao tossed and turned in the west wing of Huyan Jinxin Mansion, and fell asleep in the second half of the night.

This is a small house with two entrances, built for some years, but it is often repaired and maintained, and it looks small and exquisite. When I bought it back, the furniture in the house was readily available, plus Lin Longfeng temporarily added a lot of supplies, and bought a few people, and the house was also opened.

By the time Hua Qiao rubbed his eyes and woke up, Hu Yanjin had already returned from the palace, talking to a few subordinates in the courtyard, assigning their respective jobs, and being managed by Lao Peng, a housekeeper who was also found by Lin Longfeng.

The pomegranate tree in the yard is now in full bloom, and the base of the female flower has begun to swell slightly, indicating that a fruit is quietly being conceived. The red pomegranate flowers, clusters of flowers, are beautiful when they fall on the branches.

"Morning, senior brother...... Wow, what a beautiful pomegranate tree! Have you got fruit to eat this fall? Hua Qiao was still dressed in men's clothes and walked out in high spirits.

"Young master, little boy, if you want to eat fruits, you can't raise them in vain." A sweeping woman smiled: "Not only to prune, but also to thin the fruit, during the fruit set, fertilizer can not be less." ”

"Since you understand, this tree will be left to you to take care of, and I will have my own reward if you take care of it." Hu Yanjin bought this house half for this pomegranate tree, and he knew that Hua Qiao would like it when he saw it.

"After breakfast, we'll go out, and I've got the list back from James's House." Hu Yanjin handed a paper bag in his hand to Hua Qiao, which contained the steamed cake he had just bought in the shop under the porch.

Hua Buckwheat looked at the list while eating, there were eight people in total, I heard five or six before, and it was said that it was less.

"Look at the last one, he disappeared yesterday morning, and he went to the yamen early this morning to report the case. We are now in the past, and perhaps the bitter lord has just returned from the yamen. ”

"Okay, let's go find him first."

Hua Qiao was still eating steamed cakes, and a small official from the James Mansion led a servant in the palace to report:

"Lord Huyan, just now someone in the yamen came to report the case, saying that the head of the family did not return overnight, I thought he was going somewhere to be merry and happy, but I didn't expect that as soon as I opened the door in the morning, I saw a shoe at the door, which belonged to his master."

"Missing at the doorstep? This is still the only missing person who has a scene, so let's go and see the scene first. You lead the way. ”

Although the scene was also in the south of the city, it took a while to arrive. The headcatcher who came to inspect the scene has just arrived. I looked inside and out, but I didn't find anything except the shoe on the doorstep.

When I saw Hu Yanjin and them coming, I knew that it was the young James assigned from above, who came to check on Wang Bao. The head catcher greeted him with a smile: "It's Lord Huyan, right?" The little Wansan is the head catcher of the government office, and we have just finished investigating the scene. ”

"Hmm. Is there anything suspicious? ”

"The shoe that was turned over on the steps said to be missing. Nothing else was found suspicious. ”

"Oh, where is the bitter master, the official will personally inquire about the situation." Hu Yanjin followed Wan Zhutou into the courtyard, but Hua Qiao stopped at the door, centering on the shoe, carefully inspecting the surrounding ground.

This street is a typical old street in the south of Yingtian City, the ground is paved with bluestone slabs, and it has not rained during this time, and a thick layer of ash has accumulated on the bluestone pavement. People have stepped on it back and forth, and there are indeed not many useful traces.

Hua Qiao bent down to take a closer look, and was already five steps away from the shoe. The two little officials also saw a little way, and they dared to love this little brother, who came to solve the case. I also learned the appearance of buckwheat, expanded the range, and looked everywhere.

Suddenly, near the corner of the wall, Hua Qiao found something, she touched the ground with her fingers, and sniffed under her nose, and her face wrinkled: "Go quickly, call Lord Huyan out, I found a clue." ”

Soon Hu Yanjin and Wan Zhutou came out, and Hua Qiao pointed to the two inconspicuous traces on the ground and said: "Things are not good, I'm afraid that they will arrest people, and they don't want living people!" ”

Hu Yanjin also squatted down, only to see a dark red scratch, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't imagine that it was blood.

"Is this bloodstained? Is it dragging it out? ”

"Yes, and it was beaten in a sack until it was dragged away. Senior brother, you see, this milky white mark next to it is a brain. This person's brains have been knocked out, but I'm afraid that it will be more than lucky. ”

"Ahh …… Sir! What a miserable death you had! Unexpectedly, the wife of the missing person was also standing behind, and when she heard Hua Qiao's words, she couldn't help but howl.

Wan Zhutou was also shocked, this is the ninth person who has disappeared, and the only missing person who can judge the bad luck. The previous eight, although they couldn't find any living people, they didn't see the dead bodies, and they were a little lucky.

Now, if this conclusion spreads, the eight families will definitely explode.

"Pull your lady back! This is still investigating, what are you doing here, I sue you for obstructing official business! ”

The lady sobbed and persuaded her to go back, and Hua Qiao said: "According to this distance, it should be the hand that moved at the door, put on the sack and fainted, and dragged it to that side." ”

Wan Zhutou followed the road pointed by Hua Qiao, looked all the way, and indeed, soon found another bloodstain on the ground, which was not much different from the one in front. His heart is also cold, it's over, the grandson's brother must have confessed a long time ago......

Hu Yanjin looked at the list in his hand, frowned and said, "This person's family didn't provide any useful clues, and there is no motive for love and vendetta, it seems that we can only go to the next one first." ”

Hua Qiao took the list and glanced at it from top to bottom, always feeling that something was a little special, she got closer and looked carefully, but she couldn't see the clue, and when she stretched out her hand to look at the list again, she couldn't help but exclaim:

"Senior brother, look! This one is the same! ”