After a full afternoon, news came from the palace that the ban on contact with the Yan Wangfu was imposed, but the Yan King never returned.

The palace sent people to the palace to inquire, but the news they got was that His Majesty wanted to keep King Yan in the palace for more auspicious days.

King Yan was originally the emperor's own son, and it was natural that he was left in the palace. If it was usual, the palace would not feel anything. But now, the mansion has just been searched by the Yulin army, and King Yan has never returned, and the people in the mansion are panicked for a while.

"When did the cook enter the house?"

Cui Xiaolian sat on the first seat, holding a cup of tea in her hand, this cup of tea was already cold, and she picked it up and put it down, in order to cover up the anxiety in her heart.

The housekeeper said respectfully: "This person was found by the housekeeper from Nanshi, and he was originally the chef in charge of a restaurant, and he was recruited if he had good skills." At that time, the prince had just built a government office, and there was a shortage of manpower, so he recruited him. ”

Cui Xiaolian slapped the chair hatefully and said angrily: "Didn't you check his details when you recruited him in?" ”

"This family has been living in the capital, and this cook has never been married, and it is strange that the investigation was not very detailed at that time, so he recruited this person to the house." The butler blamed himself.

Tang Yun glanced at Cui Fatzi: "Over there in the Shendu Mansion, how is the investigation?" ”

Cui Fatzi's face was covered with sweat, but he didn't bother to wipe it, and said in a very anxious voice: "He hasn't seen anyone recently, it seems that he has been working in the palace." It's just that a few days ago, it seemed to be out of the city. ”

"What is he doing out of town?"

The housekeeper interjected at this time: "It's because the princess wants to eat Kunlun purple melon, but most of the things stored in the market are a little wilted, so he went to the village outside to buy them directly." Because it was freshly picked at that time. ”

Tang Yun asked, "Has the village been checked?" ”

Cui Fatzi's face twitched suddenly, and he became a bitter gourd face: "Recently, I don't know who has spread the news that the silver in the silver vault has been robbed." The people were panicked, and His Majesty asked me to control the wind and not allow the news of the robbery of the treasury tax to leak out. Alas! The entire Shendu Mansion is basically sent out to catch fast now, just to block this opening. ”

The paper really can't contain the fire.

Although the news spread, many people still did not believe it. After all, even if a monster attacks, will that monster dare to be interested in silver?

The wind criticism still has to be controlled, after all, the three of them become tigers, if it is really rumors, the Shendu Mansion is also to blame.

No wonder Cui Fatzi is anxious, once this matter spreads, his career is a trivial matter, if it causes the people to question, when the time comes, Beihuang will know, it is inevitable that he will not make a fuss about it, and then King Yan will be bad.

Since the Shendu Mansion was no longer able to draw up manpower, Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan had to go, and the two of them split into two ways and went to their respective yamen to mobilize manpower. In order not to be conspicuous, the people on both sides went out through the north gate of the Divine Capital City and did not attract any attention.

The housekeeper of the Yanwang Mansion did not know the road to the village, and only one steward in charge of the house led the way in front. A group of people galloped by, and the steward pointed to the silhouette of the house that loomed not far away: "That's Huishan Village, if we need vegetables in the house, we usually buy them from there." ”

Huishan Village, located in a mountain north of the Shendu, is very remote, but although it is hidden in the mountains, there is still flat farmland in the ravine surrounded by mountains.

A group of people rode by, and from the hillside they could see a large area of cultivated land. The sound of silkworms chirping and the scorching sun in the sky are really a rural scene.

"Go around the village, and don't go in all of them, lest you startle the snakes." Tang Yun commanded his subordinates.

Lu Pengyuan felt that it made sense, and the two dismounted, only took the steward and five sergeants as guards, and walked into the village.

The village doesn't seem to be very wary of the outside, and there are signs of walls in some places, but those walls may have been demolished long ago, and there are faint ruins of broken walls.

Several people dismounted and walked through the village. The village is not small, almost catching up with a small town. However, there are also many abandoned houses in many places. Tang Yun lifted the curtain of an abandoned house, and it was already empty, only the dilapidated walls and the pungent musty smell.

"When do you buy goods on weekdays?" Tang Yun asked.

The steward said: "On weekdays, there is a lot of consumption in the house, and we usually come just after dawn. The day in advance, we will send someone to inform the village to prepare, and we will go over and check the loading and go. Normally we don't come here. ”

A few people were walking, and they were suddenly woken up by a fierce barking of dogs.

When a group of dogs saw the stranger, they barked and pounced, and several guards stepped forward and kicked the first dog aside. The rest of the dogs whimpered and slipped away with their tails between their legs.

It's weird.

This village is too quiet.

They are all native dogs, which are generally used by farmers to watch their homes. Now that dogs bark so loudly, how can no one respond?

In the middle of the village, there is a large locust tree, which is empty under its shade.

Tang Yun walked down the village, and could only hear some poultry clucking, but he couldn't feel anyone's voice.

People, where have they gone?

"Brother Tang, do you feel that something is not right?" Lu Pengyuan asked Tang Yun in a low voice.

Tang Yun looked around, and outside a low adobe house, most of them had a lot of walls. These walls stand tall and block the view.

Tang Yun looked at the sky, and the scorching sun was shining.

"It's wrong, July is the busy time for farming, and there are no people working in the fields."

Tang Yun finally figured out what was wrong, if there was no one in the village and no one in the field, where would they go?

Lu Pengyuan slapped his face: "Yes, the last time I went out of the city, the people on both sides of the road were busy harvesting crops. How can it be so quiet here! ”

Then, Lu Pengyuan looked around vigilantly: "Do you want to call everyone in and search them one by one?" ”

Tang Yun suddenly raised his hand and motioned to Lu Pengyuan not to speak.

"Did you hear anything?" Tang Yun's brows furrowed.

Lu Pengyuan closed his eyes, and all the sounds around him fell into his ears.

Bang Bang Bang!

A crisp sound came from a distance, vaguely audible, Tang Yun pointed to the direction where the sound came from, and the sergeants lifted their knives and headed in the direction from which the sound came.

On the way, there was no one.

The closer I got, the clearer the sound became.

I don't know how long that voice has been transmitting, but it's very regular. Crossing an alley, the group finally found a different courtyard.

The courtyard is strange, most of the houses in the village are surrounded by low earthen walls, only this one is made of bricks. The exterior is painted white and stands tall.

The door was half-hidden, and the strange sound came from inside.

I saw the figure swaying inside the door, and it seemed that the people in the village were all here.