Chapter Seventy-Eight: Investigation and Follow-up
Liuyun looked at the inn, but several quarters of an hour had passed, and there was still no news of Gu Xiqian, so he couldn't help but be a little worried.
Originally, she wanted to follow along, but she was rejected by Gu Xiqian, because for her, this kind of thing is better to verify in person.
Although Liuyun wanted to go in by himself, he was persuaded by Gu Xiqian to wait on the side, because when they came again, they had already attracted the attention of the other party, and in desperation, Gu Xiqian had no choice but to step forward to let the other party relax their vigilance.
Later, in order to avoid being discovered, Gu Xiqian asked Liu Yun to wait for news outside now, and walked in by himself.
"It's strange, why hasn't there been news for so long, isn't it?"
At this time, Mo Xuanyin, who received the news, rushed over, looked at Liuyun waiting outside, and suddenly became puzzled.
"Didn't I tell you to be with her? Why are you still here at this time? Mo Xuanyin asked.
Liu Yun explained helplessly, "Your Highness, because I just attracted the attention of the other party, Miss ordered me to wait outside and walked in by myself in order to avoid startling the snake." ”
Mo Xuanyin looked at the inn in front of him, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"How long has the county lord been in, and have any suspicious people gone in since?"
Liuyun recalled, "Just after the county lord entered, two quarters of an hour later, a black-robed man also walked in, and there was no one else. ”
Listening to her explanation, Mo Xuanyin probably calculated the time, about four quarters of an hour had passed since the flying pigeon passed the book, and Liu Yun didn't say anything, could it be that this inn has a back door?
Thinking of this, Mo Xuanyin asked Liu Yun to go back first, and walked into the inn by himself.
As soon as the shopkeeper of the inn saw Mo Xuanyin walking in, he immediately cheered up, "Your Royal Highness the Prince is here, isn't it the matter?" ”
Mo Xuanyin asked about Gu Xiqian just now, and realized that the black-robed person just now and Gu Miaoxuan and the others had gone to the same room.
Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately ran to the private room on the third floor, and when he opened the door, he found that it was empty.
touched the food on the table, some of them still had residual warmth, indicating that they had just walked a short distance, and Gu Xiqian was gone, and there were no obvious blood stains at the scene, indicating that they had taken Gu Xiqian away.
Looking at the window slightly open, Mo Xuanyin looked down, and sure enough, from this position, he could see the location where Liuyun was hiding just now, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
It turned out that they had long known that Liu Yun was waiting below, so they didn't leave directly out of the gate.
Looking at the footprints in the room, Mo Xuanyin probably estimated that there were more than three people staying in this room, in addition to Gu Xiqian, there was also a relatively small shoe print, one of which was a woman?
Walking out of the room, Mo Xuanyin tried to find other clues, and there was a smell of rouge in a corner, and the taste was completely different from the one in the room.
"This smell is the aroma of Gu Xiqian's rouge, the taste here is the strongest, which means that she has been here for a while?"
Looking through the window, I saw a small hole in the window, and from the inside, I could see part of the situation in the room, and I understood that Gu Xiqian had eavesdropped here.
When I returned to the room, I found that there were no traces of struggle inside, indicating that the other party was also a veteran, and it was estimated that Gu Xiqian subdued her when she didn't have time to resist.
However, the room has basically not been turned, how did the other party leave if there was something?
"Could it be the window outside?"
When I came to the corridor of the entrance outside, I looked closely and sure enough, there was a closed window with a little powder on the side, and there was a little gray-black earth-like thing on the ground.
When he opened the window, he was surprised to see an alley below, and a few broken tiles on the ground.
"Did they go separately? Some people go from below, some people leave from above? ”
Then I came to the back alley, and sure enough, there were several groups of footprints that were very heavy, and it was estimated that Gu Xiqian was kidnapped by them from here.
But even if he knew how they left, Mo Xuanyin still had no clue to find out where they went, and just when he was worried, he saw Liuyun rushing over.
"Your Highness, I have already asked the shopkeeper of the inn, and the people on the third floor have never left the inn at that time, so the county lord she..."
As she continued, she suddenly noticed something shining on the ground.
"It's... Coins? ”
Picked up the copper coin in the past, and at this time, he saw another copper coin a few steps away, Mo Xuanyin looked at the alley, and seemed to think of something.
"This, is this a code left for us by the county lord?" Liuyun wondered.
Mo Xuanyin immediately followed the instructions of the copper coin to find it, and sure enough, along the way, there were copper coins she threw down, which made them all excited.
However, when the copper coin reached the city gate, it had already disappeared, and at this time, they saw several officers and soldiers not far away counting the money, looking happy.
"I really didn't expect that a copper coin actually fell from the sky, and it happened to fall in front of us." One of them said.
"yes, that's enough for us to drink a pot tonight, and we'll have a few drinks later."
Looking at the two of them counting the copper coins, Mo Xuanyin held his forehead, and the clues of the county lord were broken in the hands of those people, and he couldn't help but be a little funny.
At this time, I saw one of them seeing Mo Xuanyin coming over, and immediately put away the money in a panic, and said respectfully: "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Looking at their panicked appearance, Mo Xuanyin said openly, "Did you see any suspicious people leaving from here just now?" ”
The two soldiers immediately shook their heads, "No, it's all ordinary people coming and going, and there's nothing to do." ”
"Really?" After speaking, Mo Xuanyin looked at their pockets, "If you tell the truth, I can pretend not to see the money, otherwise, I can arrest you in prison now." ”
Forced by Mo Xuanyin's coercion, the two of them immediately panicked, so they told the truth.
"Not long ago, a couple of people were pushing a cart and said it was a corpse, and we didn't look at it much, so we let them go. He went out of the city and went east. ”
Mo Xuanyin walked out immediately without asking too much, because they wouldn't all say that the other party would definitely give more money to buy this kind of thing, but the most important thing now is to bring Gu Xiqian back.
In addition to the city gate to the east, there is really a remote road, after looking for a while, you can see the copper coin, Mo Xuanyin immediately followed the copper coin to find it, and after a while, the copper coin disappeared, not far away, there is a broken temple.
Mo Xuanyin asked Liu Yun to go back and wait for the news, and walked over to check by himself.
Since the temple had been broken for a while, the surrounding weeds just gave Mo Xuanyin as cover.
After a while, Mo Xuanyin cautiously came to the door, only to hear the sound of talking inside.
Mo Xuanyin listened carefully, this voice was still a little familiar.
"How's everything going?" A female voice came out.
"Don't worry, princess, everything is normal, it's just that we were overheard by someone when we handed over."
I saw a woman's voice with a little anger, "Waste, you can't do this thing, what are you doing to eat?" If you want to return to the country just by a few of you, I think it's a fool's dream. ”
The more Mo Xuanyin listened, the more familiar he felt, so he slowly probed up, only to see the women inside wearing gorgeous clothes, and two men in different clothes kneeling on the ground.
When the woman turned her head, Mo Xuanyin was a little incredulous, it was actually Lin Yiliu, and what was puzzling was that those two men actually called her a princess?
"Rest assured, princess, that we have brought the person back, and I can guarantee that no one else knows, and that it is in the back room." One of the men said.
After hearing that no one knew, Lin Yiliu was a little relieved, and after saying a few casual words, he walked into the room.
The two men breathed a sigh of relief, so they got up and left the ruined temple.
And Mo Xuanyin, who was on the side, took advantage of their departure and went back to the city to prepare.
Towards the other party is the person who will use the Gu technique, as long as he is prepared to get rid of the worm, there will be no problem.
He believes that the current Gu Xiqian is safe, and according to her identity, it is estimated that the other party will not mess around.
After buying medicinal cloth and herbs, after half an hour of preparation, Mo Xuanyin came to the broken temple again, only to see the two of them just now guarding the door, eating steamed buns and chatting.
The two of them made Mo Xuanyin feel uncertain, and at this moment, I saw one of them suddenly stand up and leave.
Seeing him walk into the nearby grass, Mo Xuanyin seized the opportunity to follow.
When the man was washing his hands by the river not far away, Mo Xuanyin immediately slapped the back of the other party's neck, and the other party immediately fainted.
Mo Xuanyin returned to the broken temple, only to see that a few people suddenly came to the broken temple, so frightened that he immediately hid to the side.
I saw that the other party was wearing animal skins and walking into it with a weapon, and Lin Yiliu walked out and said to them, "I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”
"I heard that you guys have good stuff here, so I came over to check it out, hoping you don't disappoint me." The head of the scar fat man said.
Mo Xuanyin looked at them as if they should be bandits, and couldn't help but gasp, this collusion with bandits is a big crime, why is she related to bandits?
At this time, I saw a man walking out of it, and I saw him carrying a sack, and when he opened it, it was Gu Xiqian.
The bandit leader looked at Gu Xiqian's appearance, and suddenly laughed, "Isn't this the county lord?" How did you get your hands on it? ”
Lin Yiliu smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, you just have to pay to take people away, as for this amount, I think your gang can still afford it, right?" ”
Looking at the other party's raised fingers, the bandit leader couldn't help but sneer, "I see that Mrs. is still charming, why don't you go back with me?" I promise that the glory and wealth will be endless. ”
At this time, the surrounding bandit accomplices also laughed, as if they were mocking them.