Just when she was in a daze, the thug's whip swept over, and Helena, who was defenseless, was hit on the back, "Ah~" Helena couldn't help but scream in pain, and the whole person almost jumped up~

"What's it called? Don't wash it yet? The thug scolded as he waved the whip in his hand.

"I'll wash, I'll wash~" Helena begged for mercy again and again, her hands reached into the basin of water, rubbing the very hard fabrics vigorously, and after a while, her hands became red and swollen.

She couldn't hold back her tears anymore and fell into the basin with a clatter, no, she couldn't cry, she couldn't admit defeat.

Helena reached out to wipe away her tears, and the corners of her mouth tried to rise.

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It has been a long time since Gu Changheng posted the emperor list, but there has been no movement yet, and many of his subordinates have already begun to be anxious.

But Gu Changheng on the second floor still sat flat and steady, unmoved at all, holding a cup of warm tea in his hand, slowly and leisurely tasting the tea, looking not in a hurry at all.

At this moment, everyone saw Qin Mufeng suddenly sit up straight, his eyes locked tightly in the crowd.

Everyone stared at each other, and they all looked stunned in an instant, and their eyes were full of surprise in the blink of an eye.

I saw that in the crowd, there was a sneaky figure, and the figure looked around left and right, stretching his neck around the emperor's list.

Gu Changheng gave him a look, and someone immediately ran over a few times.

After a while, the sneaky guy who was looking around had been arrested, and several people escorted the man up.

Where had that man seen such a scene, he was immediately so frightened that his legs softened, and he couldn't even straighten his tongue when he spoke, "You...... Who are you? ”

Hearing this, Gu Changheng slowly put down the teacup, and looked at the young man with a majestic gaze, with a white cloth towel on his shoulder, looking like the second child in the restaurant.

There was a dark light in his eyes, and he looked at the person in the hall indifferently, and the person was silent.

Say. What are you doing around the Emperor List today? ”

The smile on the man's face stiffened for a moment, and his speech became slurred, "I...... I'm just curious~"

"Bang~" Gu Changheng slapped the table hard, shaking the teacup on the table, "It's not too late to tell the truth~"

The man threw himself on his knees and shouted with a loud expression: "My lord, it's really none of our business~"

"Oh~" Gu Changheng showed an expression on his face, "Since that's the case, you can make it clear~"

The man hurriedly spoke one by one, and the more they listened, the more excited their faces became.

Finally, after so many days of hard work, I got a clue.

Everyone was a little happy, but Gu Changheng's expression was dignified, if this person hadn't lied, then Helena had disappeared a few days ago.

The clue was cut off like this, and everyone was a little stunned.

Gu Changheng nodded and said, "Come on, take care of this person first~"

"Yes~" everyone responded.

He raised his eyes and nodded to a few people, and said in a deep voice: "You guys come with me~"

"Yes~"

Gu Changheng led people and quickly surrounded the restaurant that the man had come out of.

After a while, the people who should be cleared were all cleared, and Gu Changheng walked in.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant and several shopkeepers were all tied together.

Gu Changheng turned the wine glass on the table and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Wu is the second shopkeeper in your restaurant?" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, thinking that it was this Xiao Wu who was in trouble outside, and suddenly their expressions changed slightly, and they sighed in their hearts.

Gu Changheng looked at everyone's frightened expressions, he looked at him, and suddenly stepped forward with a small look of humanity: "Don't be afraid, our master is here to ask you something, just be honest~"

Everyone glanced at each other, and their expressions were less panicked.

"Was there a young and handsome man who lived here a few days ago?"

"That's right, that fairy-looking son~"

At this time, Gu Changheng raised his eyes and looked at everyone: "What about her burden?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall fell silent in an instant, everyone look at me, I look at you, and finally the shopkeeper stood up.

He glared at everyone fiercely, and then everyone took the contents of the baggage from their arms.

There are a pair of beautiful jade bracelets, a hairpin with a simple style that is not worth mentioning, and two men's robes.

Gu Changheng stepped aside, grabbed it casually and looked at it twice, and couldn't help sneering, where does this girl think she can go with these things on her back?

Under the careful investigation of Gu Changheng and the others, they finally had a new clue, that is, Helena was probably in the city, because they checked a lot of people, and they all said that Helena did not go out of the city to investigate at that time, but was very interested in going shopping~

It's just that what happened behind her? Everyone didn't dare to guess at will in their hearts, for fear that something would happen to this Helena, and there would be no way to explain it to the emperor.

After several investigations, everyone finally locked the target in the South Alley, but it was a little difficult to find people here, because the South Alley was mixed with mermaids, snakes and street gangsters, and it was not easy to investigate.

Gu Changheng gave an order and asked all his men to investigate from house to house, and in this way, they searched all the way until dark, but there was still no progress.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd.

Gu Changheng frowned and looked at it, only to see a father and daughter yelling at his men, as if they wanted to break in.

"Who's over there?" Gu Changheng asked.

Hearing Gu Changheng's question, several officers and soldiers immediately ran over and brought the father and daughter over.

As soon as the father and daughter saw Gu Changheng, their expressions shrank at first, and it didn't take long for them to be bold enough to look at Gu Changheng.

"Who are you??" Gu Changheng squinted his eyes and glanced up and down at the father and daughter, only to see that the father and daughter were dressed in tatters, and they looked like they were from poor people.

"Big ...... My lord, we have something important to say. "The man is thin and weak, and he looks like a scholar.

Gu Changheng raised his chin and motioned for the father and son to say whatever they wanted.

The man weakly took out a portrait that he didn't know where to tear it from, and said cautiously: "This ...... It says that the person who provides the clue will get a thousand taels of silver? ”

Gu Changheng frowned and didn't speak, the Janissaries on the side were unhappy, and glanced up and down at the scholar with his eyes, "This is black and white, we can still coax you to succeed, besides, what clues can you have?" ”

Gu Changheng glanced at the Praetorian Guard lightly, and he immediately closed his voice with a weak face.

There was a bright light in the scholar's eyes, and he pointed to Helena in the portrait and said, "This son, I know~"

"What did you say?" Gu Changheng stared at the man in disbelief, and the Praetorian Guard's mouth opened wide for a while.

The man saw that everyone didn't seem to believe what he said, he was a little anxious, "I really know her, she was the one who saved me and our girl in the gambling house that day~"

"Gambling house?" Gu Changheng whispered in his mouth, and instantly raised his eyes, "Where?" ”

The man pointed to the street in front of him and said, "Go straight down that alley and turn a corner~"

When Gu Changheng heard this, he immediately gave a look, and all the people gathered together.

The Praetorian Guard lowered his head to Gu Changheng and said a word, Gu Changheng raised his eyebrows and nodded.

Under the guidance of the weak scholar, everyone quickly found the gambling house, they couldn't see anything from the outside, the door was tightly closed, Gu Changheng glanced at him, and someone immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door.

There was a bang on the door, but no one responded, and just as Gu Changheng signaled everyone to kick the door, a voice came from the door, "Who?" ”

There was a bit of vigilance in the words.

"Do business~"

"What business do you do at night, don't do it~" The person inside refused stiffly, as if he was about to leave, at this moment, a person stepped forward directly, only to hear a bang, and kicked the entire door to the ground.

The little guy, who had only walked a few steps, looked back at this scene in shock, and his eyes widened for a while.

Gu Changheng squinted his eyes and strode in, he wanted to see, what kind of cow, horse and snake god dared to make a black gambling house?

"Ah~" At this moment, a scream came from the hut not far away.

Before Gu Changheng's mind could react, the whole person had already flown out like a sharp sword, and when he stepped out in a few steps, he kicked the two door panels, but saw a scene that made his blood pump, Helena's whole person was lying on the ground, there were still many whip marks on her clothes, her hair was scattered, and the whole person was like a bird that was about to die, and her raised eyes were dim.

The eyes, which were once as bright as a pearl, were like being covered with a gray cloth and lost all their brilliance.

There was a middle-aged man with a beard on his face standing on the side, this person was Jin Ye, his pig-like face, his expression was panicked, and his fingers trembled, "You... Who are you? ”

Gu Changheng didn't wait for Jin Ye to talk nonsense for a few more steps, and directly stepped forward and kicked Jin Ye directly and slammed it against the wall, "Ah~" He screamed, revealing a painful expression.

Gu Changheng no longer paid attention to Jin Ye, and walked to Helena's side in a few steps, only to see Helena's once slender jade hands, her hands struggling to pull on the ground, but the nails of her ten fingers were all broken because of the pain at the moment, and there were faint traces of blood between the nails.

"Helena~" Gu Changheng looked at Helena, who was injured at the moment, and felt a faint pain in his heart, how could she be injured like this?

Helena blinked, wandering for a moment, then refocused on the face of the person in front of her.

I saw that this man was born with a jade face and red lips, his eyes were black, and the tails of his eyes were slightly raised, bringing out a few hints of frivolity.

He was dressed in white, with cloud-patterned beast-faced boots, and a three-foot gem-encrusted sword at his waist, revealing a bit of nobility and innate pride.

Whoever sees it, they can't widen their eyes, take a good look at this man's demeanor, this glorious momentum.

"Helena~"

Helena's expression was very strange, she tilted her head, as if she didn't understand, as if she didn't know Gu Changheng, she raised her face, and looked at Gu Changheng who was holding her with a slightly shy look.

Gu Changheng didn't scare her again, but gave a look to his subordinates on the side, and immediately someone picked up a piece of Gu Changheng's big hat and wrapped Helena at once.

The rest of the matter was handed over to the Praetorian Guard to deal with, and he carefully carried the person out of the courtyard.

Every step was taken with extra care, and seeing that Helena couldn't hold back and closed her eyes, the whole person seemed to fall into a deep sleep.