As he was talking, there was a sudden commotion in the lobby below, and a man of about forty years old and a man in his twenties got into an argument.

The younger men wore turquoise silk robes and looked like they were quite wealthy, while the older men wore dry gray silk robes and looked like they were well-off.

The two quarreled very fiercely, Xu drank too much wine, scolded with a red face and a thick neck, and some people around persuaded some people to join in the fun, bustling in a circle, very lively.

Qi Yu subconsciously felt that there was a situation, and went downstairs to see what was going on.

The surrounding sounds were a little noisy, and Qi Yu couldn't squeeze in, so he listened to it in the periphery, and vaguely heard a rough idea:

These two scolded for a girl, the elder scolded the young for not knowing how to come first and then come, the young scolded the older for not being worthy, and the ancestors of the family greeted them one by one.

Qi Yu lost the meaning of hearing it and turned around and was about to leave, and suddenly the young man raised his voice and scolded: You bastard, black-hearted puppet, you sold hundreds of people in exchange for this glory and wealth, your heart is for the dog to eat, and your face is here to be powerful, you are also worthy!

Qi Yu Yiling: Sold hundreds of people? Refugee? Just as he was about to prick up his ears to listen again, a slap suddenly sounded inside, and then another person spoke: "Fu Er, I think you don't want to live anymore!" ”

The young man was also a little sober by the beating, and sat on the ground in fright.

After a while, a few servants came and took the young man home, and the older man was in no mood to play after such a fuss, and went out with a scolding and scolding.

Qi Yu and Fourteen hurriedly followed him out of the Spring Breeze Pavilion.

Along the way, the man staggered and scolded, "Fu Er, he is the oldest, hum!" "Isn't it just a little money at home, and it's over if you say something you shouldn't say!" "I'm selling? Hiccup~ People don't destroy for themselves, what's wrong with me selling people! "Little bastard, the hair hasn't grown, you want to fuck me!" "Without me, can Chang Du be so happy!"

"Chang Du?" The master and servant glanced at each other: "It's really the prefect's ......"

The man cursed as he turned a corner and disappeared from their sight.

Qi Yu and the others hurriedly chased him out, but found that he had fallen to the ground, and under the moonlight, it could be clearly seen that his face had changed from red just now to blue and purple now.

Qi Yu secretly scolded that it was not good, and hurriedly ran over to check the situation, and after a careful inspection, he found a small needle eye in the man's temple.

"Lord Wang, it's a poisonous needle."

Qi Yu clenched his fists: "As soon as there was a clue, it was immediately broken, I don't believe it, he is really so capable!" I'll go back first, and I'll check again tomorrow. ”

With that, the two of them disappeared into the darkness.

At noon on the second day,

Fourteen put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked Qi Yu opposite: "Lord Wang, what should we do next?" ”

"It's so strange here, a lot of people know something, but they don't say anything, and it's like a ghost to mention the victims.

In this way, we will act separately in a while, you go to monitor the prefect Chang Du's family, and I will go to the house of Fu Lao Er yesterday to see the situation. ”

"Okay." Fourteen got up and ran out of the restaurant.

After Qi Yu paid the money, he originally wanted to go directly to Fu's house, but something suddenly came to his mind, and he turned around and went to the refugee village.

The road from the restaurant to the refugee village was very long, and it took nearly an hour for Qi Yu's footsteps.

The refugee village, located more than a dozen kilometers northwest of Jinling, was built two months ago, but strangely there are only a few dozen victims here.

It was no different from the old days, it was still dilapidated and lifeless, with the doors and windows of every house closed and not a sound at all.

The last time I came to Qi Yu, I felt that something was wrong, and suddenly a thought popped into my mind, and I hurriedly checked door to door, and sure enough, there were no children! Not a single child in the whole village!

The more Qi Yu thought about it, the more strange it became, why didn't this disaster victim leave if he didn't farm, raise chickens, or do business? And this child, how can dozens of families not even have a child. What exactly do they want to do? Do you want to live the rest of your life with disaster relief money?

Qi Yu was walking and suddenly saw a man in white clothes standing in a courtyard talking to the male host.

This man in white was particularly conspicuous in this dilapidated village, and Qi Yu fixed his eyes and saw that it was actually Su Jingchen whom he had seen at the Lantern Festival!

Su Jingchen seemed to have an argument with the male host, and was driven out by the male owner with push and scolding.

Seeing him coming, Qi Yu hurriedly dodged to the side and hid in the grass, until he walked out of the courtyard towards the back of the village, Qi Yu came out of the grass and followed him.

Qi Yu hid and hid along the way, but he didn't find out.

Su Jingchen walked in front in white clothes and white robes with a long sword in his hand, the more he walked, the more sparsely populated he became, and at the end he actually entered a reed swing and disappeared.

Qi Yu jumped out and was leaving aside the reeds to wonder where the stranger had gone, when a long sword was pressed against his neck.

"Why are you stalking me?" Su Jingchen asked with a frown.

"It's me, Su Jingchen, do you remember me?" Qi Yu flicked the blade of the sword with his hand and asked with a smile.

"Chang Daoyi?"

"It's me, it's me."

"Why are you stalking me?"

"I'm not following you, I'm here to check on the situation in the refugee village, and I happened to meet you."

"What are you looking for in the refugee village?"

"I want to find out where these 800 refugees have gone." Qi Yu said: "You should be too." ”

"Hmm." Su Jingchen put the sword back into its sheath.

"Why did you come to Jinling to investigate the case?"

Su Jingchen glanced at him: "A few years ago, I separated from my friends, I went back to Shimen, he came here to look for his family who took refuge from the disaster, and he made an appointment to make peace in Gusu in March, but I didn't wait until mid-March. He never broke his word, so I came over to check on the situation when I was worried. ”

"What did you find? Friends are missing, refugees are different, and this Jinling is full of problems? Qi Yu asked with a raised brow.

"Hmm." Su Jingchen nodded.

"If you answer truthfully, aren't you afraid that I'm a prefect and will arrest you to the yamen?" Qi Yu asked with a smile in front of Su Jingchen's face with a shy face.

Su Jingchen brushed his head away and walked forward by himself: "You can't catch me." ”

"Don't underestimate me." Qi Yu continued: "Su Jingchen, since we have the same purpose, why don't we investigate the case together?" Multiple people, multiple helpers. ”

"I'm used to being alone."

"Look at you, I'll find out in three days after coming here for half a month, come with me, I promise not to hold back."

Su Jingchen stopped and looked him up and down, and nodded after a few seconds: "Okay." ”

Qi Yu hurriedly walked side by side with him, and said as he walked: "Then it's decided, where are we going now?" ”

"Go to the prefect's house."

"Not necessarily." Qi Yu said: "I have a better place to go, do I want to go?" ”

"Where?"

"You'll find out when you go." Qi Yu grabbed Su Jingchen's left hand and grinned, pointing his finger to the southeast: "It's the other way around, it's over there." ”

Su Jingchen doesn't like to be close to people, and no one dares to touch him since he was a child, so he subconsciously shook off the hand holding him, and stared at the person in front of him.

Qi Yu was suddenly stunned, and when he looked up, he saw the tightly frowning brows of the person in front of him, and wiped his hand on his clothes stupidly: "I was wrong, I was wrong,"

Seeing him like this, Su Jingchen also felt that he had overreacted: "I'm sorry, I don't like to touch people." ”

Qi Yu waved his hand: "It's okay, let's go." ”

Su Jingchen said "um" and followed behind Qi Yu, pacing forward.

When the sun sets, the sky seems to be covered with red glow, so beautiful that people are awe-inspired, even the only remaining sunlight seems to be much gentler, and the afterglow hits the ridges, quiet and tranquil.

Perhaps there was no one at dusk, and the sound of insects and birds began to come from afar, one after another, adding to the liveliness of the world.

Not far away, two figures, one red and one white, walked together and gradually disappeared from sight.