As soon as these words came out, the three of them didn't dare to stop, and ran to the teahouse together.

Most of the guests in the teahouse have dispersed, and only a few are preparing to leave.

The guy inside was cleaning up the table and sweeping the floor, and when he saw that they were going in, he hurriedly stopped: "Guest officer, it's closed today, you can come back tomorrow." ”

Zhuang Siyan pushed his hand: "We are here to find someone." ”

At this push, she was stunned for a moment, but she reacted quickly, and the surprise of that moment was quickly hidden, and the person walked inside.

After Qing Ran followed, he whispered to him: "That guy's martial arts just now are not weak, I suspect that there is a problem in this teahouse." ”

Qing Ran and Qing Feng also glanced around and responded to her: "Yes, the atmosphere here is a little wrong. ”

I can't say exactly what is wrong, but it feels as if there are eyes watching them somewhere, and they follow them like shadows, and wherever they go, that gaze follows.

And after looking around, I didn't see Xu Ning.

There was no one to be found, and they had no reason to stay in the teahouse, knowing that there was something wrong with it, but they still wanted to leave.

After coming out, Zhuang Siyan immediately said: "Let's divide the soldiers into two ways and look for it again, Xu Ning doesn't know martial arts, and it will be miserable if he is caught." ”

Qing Ran said first: "I'll go back to the teahouse and star, you two will look back along the way you came, and if you see a stall on the way, ask it, if you can't find it, just wait for me to go back in the inn, don't act rashly first." ”

Zhuang Siyan followed Qingfeng back, while Qingran followed the window facing the street of the teahouse and turned back again.

At the chaos stall, they asked Xu Ning if he had been here.

The old man who sold Chaos said, "He ate Chaos and went over there." ”

Zhuang Siyan asked him with some doubts: "Do you have a lot of people who eat chaos at night here?" ”

The old man shook his head: "Not much, just a few people, otherwise how would you remember him?" ”

She asked again: "Then why don't you go to a crowded place and go to a lively street." ”

The old man smiled bitterly, and while bending down to collect the wonton bowls he had eaten, he said: "The lively streets are occupied by powerful people, and the poor can only choose places with few people, and earn more than two dollars to make a living." ”

Zhuang Siyan and Qingfeng glanced at each other, and still believed the old man's words.

However, about Xu Ning's statement, he said it too clearly, which always gave people a very strange feeling.

It's the kind of person who is already numb to life, and he doesn't pay too much attention to the things around him, but suddenly notices an inconspicuous thing on the side of the road.

Xu Ning's appearance is not outstanding, that is, an ordinary person, usually walking on the street, good-looking girls will not look at him more.

It is unreasonable to say that an old man who sells wontons suddenly became very interested in him.

But for a while, they couldn't ask for anything else from the old man's followers, so they could only turn back to the teahouse.

Qing Ran didn't find it here.

"Let's go back first, it's useless to wait here." Zhuang Siyan said.

She actually regretted that she shouldn't have gone with Qingfeng at that time, she didn't expect that there would be a problem with the teahouse at that time, and Xu Ning was proud of it, so she wanted to play with him and leave him alone, but she didn't expect it to be a big mistake.

When the three of them returned to the inn, it was already very late at night, most of the lights in the inn had been turned off, the shop was half open and half closed, and Xiao Er was listlessly crawling on the counter.

Seeing someone coming, he sat up straight again, but when he saw that he had been living in the store, his expression obviously shriveled again, and he said, "A few guest officers are back." ”

Qing Ran walked around to the counter, put a few coins on it, and said, "Take a pot of wine and a plate of dried beans." ”

Xiao Er took out the wine jug and dried beans, and said, "The first floor is closed, let's go upstairs if you want to drink." ”

The three of them didn't speak, took the flask and went upstairs.

It was a small meeting in Zhuang Siyan's room, and she spoke first: "Qingran, let's talk about the situation you investigated during the day." ”

Qing Ran had already poured a glass of wine for each of the three of them, and at this time he picked it up and took a sip, the expression on his face was obviously not very good: "Luo Hecheng is not a small matter, there have been people missing all these years, although the number of each year is not large, but after these people are basically lost, they will not see anyone alive or dead." ”

"Is there a report to the government?" Zhuang Siyan asked him.

Qing Ran nodded: "Yes, but it's useless, and the government is used to it in the end." ”

All three were silent.

In the capital of the Dasheng Dynasty, there has been a mess all these years, not to mention these places that are a little far away from the capital.

When the officials of the imperial court are here, they are already considered to be outside, and it is one thing to listen to the instructions from above, not to mention the suffering of the people.

The most important thing is that the number of these people who are missing is not large, and there are not dozens of people at once like the moat in the capital.

There are only a few here a year, and it doesn't happen at the same time, and after a few months of silent loss of someone, except for the family of the missing person, others will really get used to this way.

A pot of wine was drunk until the middle of the night, and the three of them couldn't come up with an effective plan for a while.

In the end, Zhuang Siyan stood up and said, "Early tomorrow morning, Qingfeng, you will go to the teahouse to see what is hidden there; Qingran, you go and visit the families of several of the missing people, and ask them if they have anything in common before they disappeared. ”

The two nodded, and at the same time moved their eyes to Zhuang Siyan.

She said: "I went to the government to check their files, and asked them to cooperate in sending someone out to find them. We have to hurry up on this matter, Xu Ning must not have an accident. ”

Qing Ran spoke out against it first: "Sir, I'll go with you, let's finish going to the official mansion, and I'll visit the people again." ”

Zhuang Siyan had already guessed what he thought: "I'm fine, Xu Ning doesn't know martial arts, and it's night, and he is in the limelight in the teahouse again, so he will attract the attention of others."

I went out during the day, and I went to the government again, no one is stupid to poke it up now, let's split up and do things, we must be fast. ”

"But ......" Qing Ran wanted to say something, but Zhuang Siyan interrupted him loudly.

"Now let's all go back and rest, and no one will talk anymore."

Qing Ran and Qing Feng glanced at each other, helpless, they could only obey her orders.

The two walked out of Zhuang Siyan's door one after the other, and after the footsteps outside disappeared, Zhuang Siyan quickly changed into a set of clothes for local people.

This is what she took from someone else when she came back from outside, and of course, in order not to be regarded as stealing, she also left a few taels of silver there.

After changing her clothes, she quickly put on makeup for herself in the mirror.

The characteristics of this makeup are clear, old, ugly, and feminine.

When she went out of the inn door, the guy who was about to fall asleep was stunned for a moment, I don't know when such a person came in the store, fortunately it was night, if he was seen by the shopkeeper during the day, maybe he would have to scold him again.

He muttered as he watched Zhuang Siyan leave, and then got up and closed the door of the inn just in case.

As soon as Zhuang Siyan walked out of the door of the inn, his feet did not stop, and he went directly to the teahouse.

There was no one in sight in the streets, not even lights, and even the moon seemed to be lazy, only occasionally peeking out of the clouds, and most of the time hiding behind the clouds.

It was dark all around, and an even darker shadow was moving forward quickly.

The lights in the teahouse are now all gone, and it stands on the corner like a black monster, vaguely devouring everything around it.

Zhuang Siyan looked around the door and didn't find a place to enter.

The windows are also closed tightly, and the courtyard wall of the teahouse is even more unattainable.

She thought about it, she couldn't get in at the main gate, so she went to the wrong door, anyway, she was here to make trouble, and she didn't want to leave a good impression on them.

Thinking of this, the man took a few steps back, then started running, and kicked the window with all his strength.

Seeing that his feet were about to be attached to the window lattice, a man jumped out of the stab, grabbed him, and dragged her backwards.

At first, Zhuang Siyan thought that it was Qingran and they came over, because the height and body shape were really similar to them, and the most important thing was that her martial arts were not weak, and she was restrained as soon as she made a move.

So she didn't resist, and let the other party drag her to a remote street next to her.

When both of them stopped, Zhuang Siyan saw that he hadn't taken off the mask yet, and his movements and eyes were different from Qing Ran's, so he felt a pang in his heart and took two steps back.

"Who are you?" She asked.

The man didn't reply, but asked her, "You are not Luo Heren." ”

Zhuang Siyan retreated to a safe distance, somewhat relieved, and said, "No, are you?" ”

The man replied again: "It's not from here, it's better not to make trouble here, and leave quickly." ”

Listening to this tone, it doesn't look like a bad person, it's like a good person.

Zhuang Siyan's interest was aroused by him, and he told a few truths: "A friend of mine came to play in the teahouse during the day, and he hasn't gone back until now, we looked for him everywhere, but we didn't find him, and I was very worried, so I came to take a look." ”

The man paused obviously, and his tone was a little relieved when he spoke again: "If you lose it here, I'm afraid it's not easy to find, even if you go in, you won't be able to find him, so let's go back." ”

Zhuang Siyan took a step forward and asked him, "Then what do you do?" Looking at the teahouse? ”

The man did not speak, but stood still.

There are many ways to show sincerity, but the most direct one is to confess yourself to the other person.

The more you talk about yourself, the more the other party feels that the more clearly they see you, even if he still doesn't say anything, he will relax his vigilance against you psychologically.

Zhuang Siyan was familiar with these things, so he continued: "We are from the capital, and we are not familiar with this place at all, my friend came out with us, but now it is gone, if we don't do anything, is it too unrighteous." ”

"Also, this is just a teahouse, I'm just looking for someone, how can I listen to what you mean as if something is going on inside?"

There was already a temptation in the words, but the man was like cotton, Zhuang Siyan's words didn't work at all, but made him find a clue, looked at him and asked, "You are not a woman?" ”

"Huh?" Zhuang Siyan was slightly stunned, and then realized that she was dressed when she came out, and now the tone in which she spoke to the other party was obviously still a man.