Most of the meals on the table were vegetarian, because Xie Huazhao knew that Xie Qingning didn't like to eat meat, so being considerate made her heart warm, because the displeasure caused by Lan Yongzhi's insistence on following was also reduced a lot.

"Bang Zheng, Yanyu, you sit down and eat together." Xie Qingning's words made the two girls stunned at the same time, and they hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Miss, don't be a slave, slaves can't mess up just because they go out." ”

"There are no outsiders here, don't worry about it so much." Xie Qingning glanced at her and forcibly pulled her to sit down, and she had no choice but to sit with Yanyu, but she ate extra carefully so that the master kept sighing.

After dinner, Xie Huazhao proposed to go out for a walk and eat all the food, Xie Qingning did not object, after all, she also wanted to know that the destination had been reached, and the monk Jiedan who was hidden in the shadows would do it.

But in order not to affect the innocent, Xie Qingning still sent the zither and Yanyu back to the room to rest early and take care of the black cat by the way, and he put on a dark purple cloak and followed Xie Huazhao and the others out of the inn, and walked slowly along the not wide streets of Taizhou.

"Seventh sister, is there anything special about your cat?" When Xie Huazhao saw that she was holding the black cat every day and feeding it or water, her attitude was obviously full of pity, and the question that she had endured for a long time finally blurted out.

"Nothing special, it's just that when I'm most lonely, it's the only one who stays with me." Xie Qingning replied with a smile, but his mind unconsciously remembered the sacrifice made by Fan Mo in order to fight for a glimmer of life for himself in the broken temple that day.

At that time, the weapon used by the man in black didn't know what it was, but it was indescribably sharp, and Fanmo's injury has not healed to this day.

Xie Huazhao was stunned when he heard this, remembering that the little girl was not treated well by the people of Xie Mansion before, since she was three years old, she lived alone in the bamboo courtyard and did not even have a girl to serve, and she didn't know how much she was treated coldly and coldly by the people in the house, it was indeed only the black cat who accompanied her, and her feelings were inevitably a little different, and her heart suddenly became sour.

Lan Yongzhi, who also felt distressed for her, took a deep look at Xie Qingning, although her little face was hidden in the cape and couldn't see it really, her crystal skin bloomed with a soft brilliance in the night light, and even the delicate fluff on the surface of her skin was looming, and her heart seemed to be gently scratched by a feather, and her body was also sour and numb.

The three of them suddenly fell into some kind of strange silence, until Xie Huazhao felt that the atmosphere was stagnant, and he broke the silence first, "The shopkeeper said that there is a Fufeng Cliff on the port north of Taizhou, I heard that the mountain is steep, the mountain is full of strange flowers and trees, and there will be nothing to do tomorrow, so let's go to the mountain to see how about the sunrise?" ”

"Watching the sunrise?" Xie Qingning was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "Third brother actually likes this style?" ”

"What kind of style, it's just to see the scenery." Xie Huazhao deliberately glared at her, but thought in his heart, "I'm not worried about the two of you, I will create more opportunities for you to get along, and you will always have some feelings." ”

However, what Xie Qingning thought in her heart was that if the monk didn't do it tonight, she could be sure that the other party had come for her mother's secret or that magic weapon, and at that time, how would she deal with it?

Xie Qingning fell into deep thought, Xie Huazhao saw that she was not interested in talking, so he chatted with Lan Yongzhi about the future Immortal Competition, and by the way, he mentioned the grand occasion and strange people in the last competition, but they also talked very happily.

The night wind struck, the four fields were dense and quiet, the residents of the town fell asleep earlier, but the lights were turned off at the end of the day, the light on both sides of the long street was weak, and only the sound of snoring and barking dogs was heard, and the footsteps of Xie Qingning and the three of them seemed quite loud.

Suddenly, Xie Qingning heard hurried footsteps behind him, and the three of them turned around at the same time, and saw that Chu Yi was out of breath when he ran away, and shouted from afar, "Less...... Master, come back with me. ”

At first glance, Xie Qingning's heart beat slightly, and he felt a little uneasy inexplicably.

Xie Huazhao's face was slightly pale, and he lowered his voice and walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Mama Chang...... Something went wrong. Hatsuichi breathed a sigh of relief and ran over again and replied in a low voice.

Xie Qingning's pupils shrank, and he immediately realized that he had made an obvious mistake. The monk of the Yudan period followed all the way, I am afraid not to kill her, but to track down the Chang clan through her and search for her mother's magic weapon, how could they rest in Taizhou City like them? It was her negligence!

Thinking of this, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with Mama Chang?" ”

"I ...... I...... When I inquired about her house, there was no one in the house, but there were traces of struggle in the yard, and there were ...... Bloodstain. ”

The words of the first year of junior high made Xie Qingning's face pale slightly, and he asked him to lead the way and rush towards Chang's house without asking more.

Taizhou is not big, Chang's family lives in a very dense slum area in Xicheng, the houses here are very low, and every household is connected together, it is logically impossible to be arrested without alarming others, but when Xie Qingning saw that the yard was a mess, there was indeed a puddle of blood on the ground, and he stretched out his hand to taste it, and his face became more and more ugly after confirming that it was human blood.

She raised her head, looked at the low house standing in the dark sky, and thought that if she hadn't insisted on coming to Taizhou to visit the Chang family, she would not have caused such a disaster, if the people sent by Xie Zhongchun really captured the Chang family, she didn't mind crossing the level challenge and making him pay a certain price!

Feeling a terrifying aura floating on her body, Xie Huazhao comforted, "Seventh sister, don't worry about it first, let's take a look, maybe it's just a misunderstanding." ”

Xie Qingning didn't know if Xie Huazhao sensed that the monk of the Yudan period was following him all the way, but since he said this, he was also at ease, forced himself to walk calmly to the hall, stretched out his hand to push open the hidden wooden door, and flew out of his hand A flame ignited the kerosene lamp on the table.

The lights are bright, and the simple furnishings in the house are visible in front of people.

Xie Qingning glanced at the wooden table in the middle hall that had been used for an unknown number of years, the pitch-black statue enshrined on the table, and the three truncated incense sticks in the sacrificial furnace that had not been completely burned, and expected that the person had not been away for too long, and he should still be able to catch up.

She was about to turn around and go to the courtyard to investigate the clues again, when she heard Lan Yongzhi's voice suddenly appear in the kitchen in the front yard, "There are people here." ”

Xie Qingning and Xie Huazhao, who were checking in the house, were stunned at the same time, and walked out quickly after looking at each other, they just walked into the kitchen and saw Lan Yongzhi reach out and fish out a child about four or five years old from the huge water tank, the child was a little yellow and thin, wearing an old shirt full of patches, but his eyes were huge, his round face was pointed and his chin was long, and his long tiger head and tiger brain were just full of vigilance in his dark eyes, and he ran towards the door as soon as he landed, almost crashing into Xie Qingning's arms.