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Because it was a night road, the progress of the carriage was not fast. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Along the way, this horse has not been fully rested, so Wu Zhiyuan can't bear to whip and urge, so he can only let it move slowly along the official road, if it continues like this, I am afraid it will be difficult to reach Qingdao Wharf before noon tomorrow.

In this way, he hurried until dawn, and Wu Zhiyuan bought another horse in a town and replaced the original horse.

With a fast horse, and it was already dawn at this time, Wu Zhiyuan quickly stepped up his horse, galloped all the way, and went to Qingdao by road.

When Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian arrived at the boundary of Qingdao, the sun was just overhead, indicating that it was already noon at this time.

Wu Zhiyuan was anxious, driving frantically in the downtown area, scaring pedestrians into scattering and dodging, passing through the downtown area, and when he arrived at the wharf in the south of the city, the carriage could not pass, Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian abandoned the carriage, and the two ran wildly towards the seaside.

Rushing to the dock in one breath and standing on the trestle, Wu Zhiyuan saw a cargo ship heading south with thick black smoke, and the cargo ship was still in sight, and it seemed that it had just set off.

"It's late!" Wu Zhiyuan looked at the distant cargo ship in despair, panting heavily.

"Could it not be the ship?" Moon Shadow Fuxian was not a fluke, but was comforting Wu Zhiyuan, but as soon as the words came out, she knew that this was impossible, at this time it was already past noon, and there were no other cargo ships on the dock except for a few unmanned boats swaying on the shore.

Wu Zhiyuan watched the cargo ship drift away in a daze, and muttered: "Evening fragrance, you must not have anything to do......"

At this moment, several people dressed as coolies came from the end of the trestle, some talking and laughing, some holding a few copper plates in their hands and counting as they walked.

Seeing this, Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Brothers, where did the cargo ship go just now?" ”

Hearing this, the workers looked at Wu Zhiyuan and replied for one person: "We are just casual workers moving goods, and we will go wherever there is work, and as for where the cargo ship goes, it is none of our business, and we never ask much." ”

In this kind of world, it is not a good thing to know more about some things, and it will be more enjoyable to not know.

"Have you ever seen a girl dressed in gray and yellow on the cargo ship?" Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly asked again.

"Girl?" The worker was stunned, and asked, "Brother, this cargo ship is full of goods, where is the girl?" You don't think the owner of this shipment is a human trafficker, do you? ”

"Do you know what's on this ship?" Wu Zhiyuan asked.

"Then this little brother is really interesting, didn't I already say it just now, we are only responsible for moving goods and getting money, we never ask what we shouldn't ask, we never look at what we shouldn't see, how do we know what kind of goods are on board?" The worker shook his head impatiently, and walked past Wu Zhiyuan with the people behind him.

Wu Zhiyuan stood in place, only feeling that the only remaining hope had been dashed, and for a while, he didn't know where to go.

"The words of these workers should be true, they may not know the whereabouts of the cargo ship and the cargo on board." Moon Shadow Fuxian stood beside Wu Zhiyuan and said in a low voice, she noticed Wu Zhiyuan's low mood, so she spoke a little cautiously.

"I know." Wu Zhiyuan stood against the railing, looking at the seagulls soaring on the sea in the distance and the cargo ship that had faded out of sight, this scene reminded him of the situation when he sent Du Yuesheng back to Shanghai.

At that time, it was also at this pier and standing in this position that Wu Zhiyuan and Du Yuesheng broke up and said goodbye.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Wu Zhiyuan's mind, Du Yuesheng was here to take a boat to Shanghai, would the cargo ship also go to Shanghai?

But listening to what the porters said just now, the cargo ship was loaded with goods, and there were no girls at all, so where did Sheng Wanxiang go?

Wu Zhiyuan expressed his thoughts and doubts, and Moon Shadow Fuxian pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How credible is the words of the Wen Qing girl who sent you the news?" ”

Wu Zhiyuan pondered for a moment, remembered the past he and Wen Qing wanted to befriend, and replied: "Her words should be credible, unless she receives fake news and doesn't know it, she will never lie to me." ”

"I can't see it, you still trust that Wenqing girl." Moon Shadow smiled jealously.

"Moon Shadow, you misunderstood, she is a disciple of the Laoshan Sect, she also belongs to the Dao Sect, and she has dealt with her a few times before, so she knows her more or less. Besides, she and I have no grievances, so there is no need to send me fake news in the middle of the night. Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly explained.

Moon Shadow Fuxian's face softened slightly, and she speculated, "If her words are credible and the news is true, then there is only one possibility. ”

"What is possible?" Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly asked.

"It's not cargo on board, it's people." Moon Shadow Fuxian said in a deep voice, "The other party is just using the goods to cover people's eyes, but in fact, the cargo box is filled with people. ”

Wu Zhiyuan was taken aback when he heard this, if this was the case, then it was obvious that Sheng Wanxiang was taken away by human traffickers, and his fate must be tragic.

Wu Zhiyuan didn't dare to imagine it anymore, if Sheng Wanxiang encountered any accidents, he would not forgive himself in this life.

"Let's go, let's go somewhere." The two stood on the dock for a long time, and Wu Zhiyuan suddenly remembered a person, he took the hand of the Moon Shadow Fuxian and walked towards the shore.

The two returned to the carriage, Wu Zhiyuan rode north, directly into Qingdao City, he was familiar with the road and turned a few corners on the street of the city, and came to a white villa-style mansion, the white iron door of the mansion was closed, everything was the same as a few months ago, but the owner inside was no longer surnamed Sheng.

"This is ......" Moon Shadow Fuxian looked at this magnificent mansion, and already guessed a few points in his heart.

"This is the Sheng family's mansion, it was the home before Wanxiang, and now it is occupied by Gu Jiarong." Wu Zhiyuan helped Moon Shadow Fuxian out of the car, walked to the white iron door, and knocked on the door hard.

No one answered inside, but after a while, the iron door was opened, and a person poked his head out, glanced at Wu Zhiyuan and the Moon Shadow Fuxian behind him vigilantly, and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"I'm looking for Gu Jiarong." Wu Zhiyuan replied bluntly.

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"My name is Wu Zhiyuan." Wu Zhiyuan replied.

The man did not speak, but closed the door and slammed it in.

"Will this matter be related to Gu Jiarong?" Moon Shadow Fuxian asked in a low voice, she had a relationship with Gu Jiarong, that was outside the wall of Cixi's mausoleum in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, when Gu Jiarong led a group of people to resolve Li Xueying's siege for Wu Zhiyuan.

"I don't know yet, but I don't think so, but he's also from Shanghai, and besides, this is his territory, so he should know something about the cargo ship just now." Wu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps from far and near in the iron gate, and the iron door was immediately opened, and a person stepped out with his feet raised, and at the same time said with a smile: "Oh, Brother Wu, I said that the magpie barked at my window early this morning, it turned out that the distinguished guest arrived, what wind blew you?" ”