75. Yue'e goes missing
Not long after Wanjing returned to Guanzi, Yueben came and told her that the Yuan Dao chief of Sanqingguan in Qingcheng County had been picked up. wwwwcom
"I know, did you go to Shopkeeper Wu's house?"
"I entered the shopkeeper Wu's house in Jincheng first, but the shopkeeper Wu was not there. Therefore, the little self-made initiative first arranged Yuan Daochang at the Jinxing Inn. β
Wanjing snorted, thought about it wrong, and hurriedly asked, "How could Shopkeeper Wu not be there?" β
"This ......" Yue Ben scratched his head, "He is indeed not there, there is a little sister-in-law in the house who told me through the door, saying that he went out to look for his daughter, and his daughter is gone." β
"Yue'e is gone?" Wanjing stood up, thought for a while, and then called Chu Yun in and asked her to prepare the car. Wanjing looked at Yue Ben and hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Go find Zhang He to drive." β
This time, when Zhang He came out with the car, Wanjing was already standing at the door waiting for him, and after the car came down, he didn't wait for him to set up the footstool, Wanjing jumped up with his hand, lifted the curtain and said crisply: "Go to Wu's shopkeeper's house." β
Zhang He whipped the horse without saying a word, and when the horse was running, he turned his head and asked Wanjing: "Is something wrong?" β
"Wu Yue'e is gone." Wanjing wanted Zhang He to follow him, but he couldn't hide it, so he thought about it and said: "Her illness can't be cured even if she asks a doctor, so I asked Yueben to go to Qingcheng County and invite Yuan Daochang to come over and take a look, Yuan Daochang is here, but Wu Yue'e is gone." She's going to get married at the end of the month, and I'm afraid something will happen. β
"Hmm. Is Yue'e evil? β
Wanjing was a little deflated when she heard this, and it seemed that her secret words were in vain. She lifted the curtain and poked her head out to look at Zhang He, "You don't seem surprised?" β
Zhang He's eyes widened, "Huh? I was surprised! β
Wanjing threw down the curtain and sat back down, not knowing whether to be angry or laughing.
The carriage soon arrived at the alley of Wu's shopkeeper's house, and Zhang He asked Wanjing to get out of the car and walked in one step ahead of her. After knocking on the door, it took a while for Yue'e's sister-in-law to push open a crack, and she saw that it was Wanjing and Zhang He who opened the door. In the evening mirror, Yue'e's sister-in-law's eyes were red, and her face was still red and swollen.
"Sister-in-law Yue, I heard that Yue'e is missing?"
When Yue'e's sister-in-law heard this, she pouted and cried, and she didn't care about the door, so she covered her mouth and ran into the courtyard. Zhang He hurriedly chased after him and stopped him, and asked, "When did Yue'e disappear?" Tell us about it, and we'll help you find it. β
Yue'e's sister-in-law wiped her tears and shouted with tears: "How do I know when I won't see you!" It was still last night, and the old man asked me to look at her, but I'm also human! I can't stay overnight without sleeping, can I! She practiced like that herself, who knows if it was any kind of demon on the ancestral grave of his old Wu family! I can't see anyone in the morning and ask me, where can I find him?! Yue'e's sister-in-law pointed to her face and pasted it to Zhang He, "Even if he is a father-in-law, he can't bully people like this, right?" This makes me how to meet people! After saying that, Wu Qingquan cried again.
Zhang He was a little annoyed by her yelling, and he didn't bother to persuade him, so he withdrew and said to Wanjing: "Listen, Yue'e ran out in the middle of the night, and I don't know where to find this Wu shopkeeper." β
Wanjing pinched her eyebrows, and walked out of the alley of Wu's shopkeeper's house with Zhang He. Looking at the people on the street, I felt very directionless. Where can Wu Yue'e go like that? You can't scare a few people out in the middle of the night.
"Miss, can you tell me about the matter, and I can help me get some ideas." Zhang He used the words of inquiry, but the tone did not seem to be discussing. He was a little hesitant when he saw the evening mirror, and continued: "The evil in Yue'e is related to the red bracelet, and I went to the Yuelou yesterday to pick up this for the same thing, and nine times out of ten it was the soul of that Qiongzhi who entangled Yue'e. Is it? β
Wanjing looked at him and nodded a little reluctantly, "I just guessed." β
Zhang He smiled at her, "Of course." I'm guessing too. β
Wanjing was a little depressed, and felt that Zhang He's words were incomprehensible, so he tentatively said: "What else have you guessed?" β
"That bracelet was given to Qiongzhi by Fan Gongzi, and it should be a token of love. She wanted to leave the Yueyue Tower to live a serious life, but unfortunately, one was that Qiao's mother did not let her go, and the other was that Fan Gongzi did not appear again. Qiong Zhi died, committed suicide or Qiao's mother asked her to do it. β
"Anything else?" Wanjing heard what Zhang He said about Qiongzhi, so he cautiously chased after it.
"And?" Zhang He thought about it sideways, his expression was very serious, and finally he shook his head slightly, "No, I can only guess so much, I'm stupid." β
Zhang He saw Wanjing bowing his head and muttering a word, but he couldn't hear the content clearly, but Wanjing's expression looked like he was slandering himself, which couldn't help but make him laugh a little.
After a while, Wanjing sorted out his emotions and looked at Zhang He again, and said in a businesslike tone: "You guessed it about the same, but Qiong Zhi was sold into the Moon Picking Building not long ago." Xiurui said that Qiong Zhi is beautiful and has a very demure temperament, and now many benefactors have entered the fireworks and willow lane, but they still prefer to find the girl who has the most no fat powder. Qiao's mother spent a lot of money to buy her, and she was expected to become a cash cow, but the soft and hard applied to the Qiongzhi was not to obey, and the last time Qiao's mother was ruthless, and Leng beat people to death. β
"Does Xiurui know the situation before Qiong Zhi entered the Moon Tower?"
"It is said that he is from Yuanliang, and his family used to run a medicine hall, and his life is not bad. Last autumn, the Lianghe River was diverted and broken, and the original Liang side was almost ten households and nine desperate, Qiongzhi fled with her father, but her father died on the road, and she was deceived and sold into the Yuelou with no money. β
Zhang He was puzzled, "Penniless and deceived?" Isn't that red bracelet hers? β
Wanjing couldn't help but sigh, "Yes." As you guessed, the bracelet was indeed a token of love given by Fan Gongzi. Qiong Zhi and Xiurui mentioned that Fan Gongzi's family was a big pharmacist, and he was responsible for the supply of Yuan Liang in his own business, so he met Qiong Zhi. Originally, Fan Gongzi was going to hire the Qiongzhi family this year, but who knew that the flood was ruthless. It's just that Qiong Zhi is also a fool, and he refuses to sell the bracelet when he eats rotten vegetables and weeds penniless, otherwise it may not be like this. β
No matter how valuable a dead object is, how can it compare to one's own life, and in the end, without that bracelet, it still can't be saved? Although Wanjing felt that Qiongzhi was pitiful, she didn't want to sympathize with her very much. But in fact, Wanjing knows Qiongzhi so well, because Su Wanjing was not like this back then.
Zhang Yaozong's sister kicked her in those shoes a few inches high, kicking her ribs and almost turning her back, she was not bitten to death to be with Zhang Yaozong, at that time, ethereal love was everything in her heart, of course, it was higher than her own life.
Back then, she was even more stupid than Qiongzhi. Very silly and naΓ―ve. Otherwise, how could she climb so high, how could she fall, see the blue of the sky, and see the face she wanted to forget but couldn't forget.
That day, she broke her head, her heart, and even more ridiculously, along with her love. It's all broken, and her death is worthless.
At least, Qiong Zhi's death is worth a bracelet, what qualifications do you have to call her stupid?
"What are you thinking? So distracted? Zhang He looked at Wanjing's face and cautiously probed.
Wanjing smiled casually, and said a little lazily: "I'm thinking, if you are in love, there will never be a shortage of stupid women in this world." Well, what did you just say? β
Zhang He wanted to make some comments, but Wanjing didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he gave up, turned back to his thoughts and said: "I was asking just now, where was Qiong Zhi going to flee?" β
"Quyang, Xiurui said that Fan Gongzi is in Quyang......" Wanjing nodded abruptly halfway through speaking, and Zhang He also smiled, "It's more or less a direction, it's better than looking for it." β
Quyang is in the east of Jincheng, and Jincheng belongs to Lingwu County, although it is not far away, but it is necessary to walk for most of the day by carriage, if it is walking, it is impossible to reach it in a day and a half. The evening mirror has seen the way Yue'e walks, that look, even if she starts walking in the middle of the night, she shouldn't be able to walk far now.
Wanjing and Zhang He first went to the Jinxing Inn to pick up Yuan Daochang, and then rushed to the east of the city non-stop. When they arrived at Xuyangmen in the east of the city, it was already afternoon, and Zhang He and Wanjing hadn't even eaten lunch yet, and they were already hungry, so they stopped the car for a while and waited for Zhang He to get out of the car to buy two steamed buns.
When paying, Zhang He heard the shopkeeper chatting with a regular customer, saying that when he got up in the morning and went out of the stall, he saw a woman standing in front of the city gate, her head hanging motionless, her hair was not curled, and her appearance was very scary.
When Zhang He heard the stall owner say this, he became more and more sure in his heart that the direction of looking was right. Returning to the car, I talked to Yuan Daochang and Wanjing, Yuan Daochang opened his eyes and stroked his beard, and said expressionlessly: "That's right, let's hurry as soon as possible, poor Dao wants to rest, don't disturb if you have nothing to do." After saying that, he closed his eyes again.
Zhang He was eating steamed buns while rushing to the car, and couldn't help but think of the fat Xuandao chief. In terms of temperament, Yuan Daochang is obviously more in line with the four words 'fairy wind dao bones', but Zhang He feels that he prefers Xuandao Chang in comparison with the two compartments. At least, Xuan Dao Chang doesn't have such a big shelf.
After leaving Jincheng and going to Quyang, Zhang He didn't dare to drive the car too fast, for fear of missing Wu Yue'e's traces. The evening mirror also lifted the curtain and looked out, only the Yuan Dao Chang seemed to be out of the body, motionless and silent.
Seeing that the sun was turning west, the sky was getting darker, and there were fewer and fewer people on the official road, but Wu Yue'e was still nowhere to be seen, Wanjing couldn't help but be a little anxious, and looked at Yuan Daochang's gaze with a little suspicion.
After walking for another quarter of an hour, the chief of the Yuan Dao, who had settled down, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted to stop, and when the carriage stopped, he took out a compass from the cloth bag he carried with him and got out of the car.
Yuan Dao Chang stood on the official road and looked left and right with a compass, and then walked down the official road in one direction. Zhang He wanted to let Wanjing stay in the car, but Wanjing followed without hesitation.
At this time, the unitary time has passed, although the light of day has not been extinguished, but the evening mirror has already seen that there are wandering spirits on both sides of the official road, although there are not many, but she is still a little worried about the compass in the hand of the Yuan Dao Chief, whether it is Wu Yue'e or something else. If the compass turns when the hell sees it, won't they be busy to death?
Just thinking about it, Wanjing suddenly felt tight, and couldn't help but shiver.
Yuan Dao Chang also stopped at this time, facing a wild sorghum field more than one person high, snorted coldly, and raised his voice: "Demon, don't come out quickly!" β