Chapter 264: The Sorrowful Little Red Horse (3)
A Nie Xiaohu came to the bridge, dismounted and looked at the red pony, the pony also looked at Nie Xiaohu at this time, with a sad look in his eyes, as if silently telling the sadness of losing his master.
"Everyone spread out and looked around!" , Xue Fei shouted at the people who came later.
The crowd immediately dispersed, and everyone was looking around.
"Xue Zhutou, you go and call Ma Yunfei over!"
"Good!" , Xue Fei nodded in agreement, looked around, and then walked towards Ma Yunfei.
Soon Ma Yunfei was brought to Nie Xiaohu.
"Your Excellency!" , Ma Yunfei gave a fist salute to Nie Xiaohu, with a sad look on his face.
"Is that where your sister disappeared?"
"Yes, as soon as we turned over there, we saw my sister's red horse standing here, and the person was gone."
"How long did it take for your sister to disappear from your sight until you turned around?"
"It's only a few breaths, and soon, she's not far ahead of us."
"Were there any other people or carriages on the road than you at that time?"
"No, there is no one on this road, there is no carriage, there is nothing", Ma Yunfei shook his head very affirmatively.
"And does your sister know water?"
"No, my sister has been afraid of water since she was a child, and she never goes to the river."
"How long have you been here since you found out she was gone?"
"About a quarter of an hour, right?"
Ma Yunfei frowned and thought for a while and said, "We searched nearby, but we didn't find it, so we went back." ”
"My lord, my sister just disappeared out of thin air, as if a monster had captured her", the painful expression on Ma Yunfei's face was overflowing.
"People don't disappear out of thin air, let alone monsters, you go and get busy, your sister will definitely find it!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded and waved his hand outward.
"Yes, sir!" , Ma Yunfei turned around and joined the search.
"My lord, do you think it could be a homeless man?" , Xue Fei said with a frown.
"Do you think there's a single person hiding here?" , Nie Xiaohu pointed to the wheat stubble in front of him that was full of feet and necks.
Xue Fei shook his head.
"Could it be that you fell into the river?"
"No way, if she fell into the river, how could she not call for help?"
"And what if she deliberately hid in the river?"
"Then it's even more impossible, Ma Yunfei said just now that Ma Lulu doesn't know water, even if she knows water and holds her breath and hides it underwater, it will never be possible to stay underwater for a quarter of an hour."
"Then there is only one explanation!" , Xue Fei shook his head and said.
"What's the explanation?"
"It's all of them who conspired to kill Ma Lulu, hid the body, and then lied together to make up such a story about Ma Lulu disappearing out of thin air."
When Nie Xiaohu heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "They murdered Ma Lulu together? Including her brother Ma Yunfei? This is even more than she let the youkai take away! ”
Xue Fei pursed his lips and didn't speak again.
"Could it be that they are hiding in the woods over there?" Cao Xiaohui said, pointing to the woods on the other side of the wheat field.
"Impossible", Nie Xiaohu shook his head, "It will take at least a quarter of an hour to walk from here to the woods, and it is impossible for Ma Yunfei and them not to see it." ”
"After a few breaths, a big living person disappeared like this, it's really a bit evil!" Cao Xiaohui shook her head.
More than half an hour passed, and the searchers found nothing.
"You don't have to look for it anymore, it's futile to look for it again, let's go, go back first!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.
The people walked to the town in pairs and threes.
"Xue Zhutou, take me to Ma's house, I want to find out about the situation."
"Okay!"
Under the guidance of Xue Fei, Nie Xiaohu and the others came to the door of the Ma family, and as soon as they entered the gate, they saw a middle-aged woman standing in the courtyard covering her nose and crying, with Ma Yunfei and two maids standing beside her, and Ma Jianxiang was standing in front of the stable, holding the red pony's neck and constantly shrugging her shoulders.
Seeing Nie Xiaohu and the others coming in, several people stopped their tears and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.
"My lord, you must get my daughter back!" , Ma Jianxiang's wife Zhao couldn't stop crying again.
"Madam, don't worry, we will definitely do our best to get Miss Ma back!" , Nie Xiaohu comforted Zhao.
"My lord, Xue Zhutou, do you have any clues?" , Ma Jianxiang looked much older at this time than he looked in the square in the morning.
Nie Xiaohu and Xue Fei both shook their heads gently.
"Alas!" , Ma Jianxiang sighed, turned around and stroked the fiery pony, and the old tears couldn't help but fall again.
There was also a black pony lying in the stable, with a white cloth bandaged at the ankle of his left hind leg, and his eyes were equally filled with sadness.
"The horse was hurt?" , Nie Xiaohu asked casually.
"Well, that's the horse that the little girl rode when she won the championship in the horse race last year, and the little girl accidentally broke her leg when she rode it up the mountain a month ago," Ma Jianxiang nodded and said.
"And this red horse was recently bought?"
"Yes, in order not to delay this horse race, the little girl deliberately chose this red thoroughbred horse, after buying it back, the little girl loved it very much, and I also specially asked people to create a new horseshoe for it, and the horseshoes were engraved with the word 'Lulu'", after saying that, Ma Jianxiang squatted down and reached out to lift the left front leg of the red horse.
Nie Xiaohu looked intently and saw the word 'Lulu' engraved on the brand-new bright horseshoe.
Nie Xiaohu stared at the horseshoe for a while, and suddenly asked, "Ling Ai is interested in someone?" ”
"No, the little girl is in the boudoir, and she has always been out of the door, and the second door is not stepping, why do you come here to ask?" , Ma Jianxiang asked rhetorically, looking at Nie Xiaohu's eyes seemed to flicker.
"It's nothing, I'm just asking casually", Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.
"Oh no, sir, ma'am!" At this time, a maid ran over in a panic.
"What's wrong, Xiao Ling?" , Ma Jianxiang asked.
"Master, there is a thief in the house! When I entered Miss's room just now, I found that the room was turned into a mess, and all of Miss's gold and silver jewelry was gone! ”
"Oh no, sir!" , another shout came.