By noon, everyone had dispersed, but the small courtyard on Cheng Xi's side was only so big, and it was really impossible for so many people to stay here.

The Cheng family originally came over, and even the snack stall didn't come out today, Mrs. Cheng saw that Cheng Xi had nothing to do, thinking that she had delayed her business for a long time, she felt a little uncomfortable and said a few cool words.

Cheng Xi didn't think anything of it, this old lady also has this temper, sometimes she is very reasonable, and sometimes she is very good at messing around, but fortunately, her heart is still not bad, as long as it is not too much, Cheng Xi generally forbears it.

It's just that Cheng Xi can bear it, the people of the Cheng family know that the old lady's temper can be endured, but this Aunt Liu, who originally didn't deal with Mrs. Cheng, couldn't bear it, such a good girl, she didn't know how much she had suffered outside, and she finally came back and was squeezed by this old lady, as soon as the old lady's words came out, the two of them quarreled.

In the end, the Cheng family had to take the old lady back, Cheng Dagui originally wanted to stay for a while, but no one could greet the old lady in his own house, and only he could say a few words, if he didn't go back, the rest of the family was afraid that she would be angry.

Butcher Liu's father and son also dragged Aunt Liu back to work, and Cheng Xi's side finally stopped.

Yu Zhaocai sent his subordinates, and then he stayed with the crescent moon, and Xu Wenyu also came back after sending away the people in the yamen.

In this way, there are still a lot of family members, Xu Wenyu proposed, saying that Dong Dong invited everyone to the restaurant for dinner, and by the way, he also wanted to ask Cheng Xi what was going on with the kidnapping this time, he felt that Cheng Xi was not telling the truth, she had been kidnapped for a few days, and she couldn't be unclear about the situation at all.

Although Yu Zhaocai didn't want to eat with Xu Wenyu, but in the end it was Xu Sanlang's fourth uncle, and he couldn't refute face in front of Cheng Xi, so he reluctantly agreed, and the group went to the nearest restaurant from here.

When he arrived at the restaurant, because Xu Wenyu was present, Yu Zhaocai didn't ask Cheng Xi about being kidnapped, so he was not very happy, and he usually talked a lot, but at this time he became silent.

It was Xu Wenyu, he guessed that Yu Zhaocai's matter about Xu Sanlang must be very clear, there is no need to carry him behind his back if he has any problems, and he also wants to use Cheng Xi to establish a good relationship with Yu Zhaocai to get closer, so he didn't shy away from Yu Zhaocai and asked, "Xi'er, who are those kidnappers of you?" Is it related to Saburo? ”

Cheng Xi shook his head, "I really don't know who it is, and I don't know what the purpose of those people is to arrest us." After those people arrested us, they locked us up, and there was no shortage of us for food and drink, but no matter how I asked, they didn't speak, so they locked us up for two days, and then sent us back for some reason. ”

Seeing Cheng Xi's helpless look, he didn't want to say more, Xu Wenyu couldn't continue to ask, so he had to say, "It's good that you can come back safely, those who arrested you, the county government will hunt them down soon." ”

Xu Wenyu didn't believe it in his heart, and when Cheng Xi said that they were sent back intact, Xu Wenyu became suspicious, and he even wondered if Cheng Xi had gone to see Xu Sanlang.

Because of Xu Wenyu's presence, Yu Zhaocai has been very silent, and Xu Wenyu has been ignoring him a few perfunctory times, and the meal is finished in such an atmosphere of unusually silent thoughts.

After eating, Xu Wenyu and Yu Zhaocai still had something to do, Yu Zhaocai instructed Xiong Daxiong Er to take good care of Cheng Xi's 100-year-old, and left with the crescent moon, Xu Wenyu also greeted Cheng Xi to be careful, and then went to the yamen.

Cheng Xi didn't have anything to do, so he took the hundred-year-old, followed by Xiong Da Xiong Er, and began to wander around in Anyang County, Xiong Da and Xiong Er were very strange, why did Cheng Xi suddenly become so fond of visiting the county? It seems that there was no such love before.

Only Cheng Xi knew in her heart what she was doing.

was sent back last night, Cheng Xi was awake, just blindfolded, so Cheng Xi paid attention to all the movements along the way, what sounds were around, and how long he had been walking.

But in the end, she is not a detective, how long has she been walking, there is no chronograph, Cheng Xi really has no idea, and the voices heard around her have not been able to give Cheng Xi any clues, but Cheng Xi carefully found two key points, and kept them firmly in mind, one is that Cheng Xi was blindfolded and did not walk for long, and a sharp voice faintly came from the distance, "Wang Gongzi hasn't been here for a long time, please come inside, Chunmei is still ......"

In the middle of the night, there was such a shout, and according to Cheng Xi's analysis, this should be the voice of the old bustard of the brothel in the Qinglou to greet the guests.

Another point is that Cheng Xi has been paying attention to when to enter the city, but unfortunately, from being blindfolded to being sent to her small courtyard, she has not experienced the process, in the middle of the night, the city gate has already closed, even if these black-clothed people can fly the eaves and walk the wall, but they can't carry the carriage and the eaves into the city, and the ox cart that Cheng Xi is sitting in has been swaying forward.

These two points are enough for Cheng Xi to be sure that she has definitely been locked up somewhere in Anyang County for the past two days, and that place should be very close to a certain Qinglou brothel.

That's why Cheng Xi has been wandering around the county, hoping to find some clues.

When Cheng Xi wandered around a brothel, Xiong Er finally couldn't help but step forward and said, "Madam, what's better in this kind of place, let's go back." ”

Cheng Xi continued to walk forward absentmindedly, observing the surrounding environment from time to time, and listening to Xiong Er's words, he just said absent-mindedly, "I think the surrounding scenery is very good, let's go around." ”

Xiong Da and Xiong Er both listened to the corners of their eyes twitching slightly, the scenery is very good? What's around here?

But the master insisted that the scenery was good, and they had to follow and continue to hang around, Xiong Er always felt that the lady was interested in the brothel, otherwise why did he always wander around this brothel?

Just when Xiong Er wanted to remind Cheng Xi again, Cheng Xi finally opened his mouth, "After turning around for so long, my mouth is a little thirsty, let's go to this family to ask for a sip of water to drink." ”

Without waiting for Xiong Da Xiong Er to respond, Cheng Xi eagerly pulled Bai Sui to the heavy gate, knocked on the iron knocker of the gate, and a cold voice came from inside for a long time, "What person?" ”

Cheng Xi heard the unfamiliar voice, the familiar feeling, and hurriedly answered, "Sorry, I knocked on the wrong door." After that, he turned around and left, leaving here quickly.

When he passed by Xiong Da and Xiong Er, he urged in a serious tone, "Let's go." ”

Xiong Daxiong Erdu's face was unknown, so didn't he say that he was tired and wanted to find someone to ask for water to drink? What the hell is running away after knocking on the door, although the lady is not very old, but she is not so naïve as to play this game of deliberately knocking on someone's door and then hiding.

Xiong Da has a slightly calm temperament, and he won't inquire about the master's affairs even if he is curious, but Xiong Er is much more active, plus he has been with Cheng Xi for a long time, he knows that Cheng Xi has a kind temperament, and he doesn't care about the rules of master and servant, so he wants to ask Cheng Xi when he is curious.

So when it was far away from the courtyard, Cheng Xi's pace slowed down, and Xiong Er stepped forward and asked, "Madam, what are you doing here?" It can't be a deliberate knock prank, right? ”

Cheng Xi glanced at Xiong Er, "Am I so bored?" ”

Xiong Er coughed and replied embarrassedly, "That's not what the little one means, why is the lady in a hurry to leave." ”

Cheng Xi didn't answer Xiong Er's question, but replied to what he asked, "Let's go back and talk about it, you go and find your son-in-law first, saying that I have something urgent to find him." ”

Xiong Er looked at Cheng Xi's solemn expression, knew that there was something serious, and he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly left to find someone.

When Yu Zhaocai came over, Cheng Xi entered the house, and the hundred-year-old had been sent out by Cheng Xi to go out with Xu Lan, and only Cheng Xi Xiong Da was left in the house, and Yu Zhaocai, who was called over by Xiong Er in a hurry.

Yu Zhaocai looked at Cheng Xi, who was sitting at the table frowning, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?" Call me over in such a hurry. ”

Cheng Xi took a deep breath before he spoke, "I guess I've found the courtyard where we were locked up for two days." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Zhaocai and others, including Xiong Da, all looked at Cheng Xi with wide eyes and disbelief.

Cheng Xi saw that several people were shocked by her words and didn't know how to speak, so she continued to say to herself, "When we were sent back last night, I was awake all the time, only blindfolded, but I could hear it, and my body would feel it, I was blindfolded, and after going out, the carriage experienced three bumps, one was particularly bad, and the other two bumps were smaller, and then it didn't take long to go, there was the shouting of the old bustard soliciting customers in the brothel of the Qinglou, and more importantly, we didn't enter the city, if we entered the city, You have to go through the city gate, the city gate has long been closed in the middle of the night, if you want to enter the city at that time, you must call the door, and these have not been experienced, which shows that the place where we kidnapped and was detained is definitely in Anyang County. ”

Xiong Er couldn't help but interject after hearing this, "You mean, the courtyard we just went to is ......"

Cheng Xi nodded, "I originally planned to wander around the county town to bump into it, but I didn't expect it to happen, because I heard a brothel not far away, in front of a food stall, two flowery women were discussing." Chunmei', I just heard the shouting, there was the name Chunmei, dangling around the brothel, I just wanted to find the place that caused the ox cart to bump three times, just at the door of the courtyard, and after knocking on the door again, I heard the answer inside, and I was even more affirmative, the person's answer was very similar to the way the man in black who grabbed us spoke. ”