Luo Zhenbei and Luo Huaixin have not returned to the house for a few days, and dinner naturally has to be used by the family, not to mention shaking the light, Sun Muyan was also invited, after the meal, Luo Zhenbei said, "I heard your aunt say that you want to practice martial arts?" ”

Shaoguang nodded hurriedly, "Yes, please also ask for permission from my grandfather." ”

Luo Zhenbeilang laughed, "Why not?!" I can see that Shaoguang's temperament is becoming more and more like her mother, who also learned one-handed riding swordsmanship at a young age! ”

Luo Zhenbei thought about the deceased daughter and felt a little sad, "You are well and can be like her, she must be relieved in the spirit of heaven." Saying that, he looked at Sun Muyan, "Xue Ying's archery skills are top-notch, and it just happens to be in our mansion, why don't you let him teach you archery skills first?" Everything else has to be done slowly, and I don't want you to tire yourself out. ”

Shake the light and glance at Sun Muyan, and nodded with satisfaction, "That's naturally excellent!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the guards outside entered the door, "My lord, Li joins the army and asks to see you." ”

Luo Zhenbei's expression perked, "Please go to the study—"

Luo Zhenbei got up, Luo Huaixin also left together, Shaoguang didn't plan to leave immediately, she knew that Li Mu must have come for the girl's disappearance, Fang Lingluo cleaned up the table, and Luo Chen pulled Shaoguang and Sun Muyan to the side to warm the pavilion.

"Ah Shao, I heard that many little girls in the city have disappeared in the past few days?"

"Yes, the embroidered lotus in our house is gone, maybe it's the same."

Luo Chen followed Luo Zhenbei to settle down with Lin Yuan and the others in the past half a day, and when he heard about it, he frowned, "The people who don't see are fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, could it be that someone killed someone?" ”

Shaking his head, "I'm afraid it's not, this matter happens too often in a short period of time, and he dares to make a move during the day, it doesn't look like a robbery, unless this person is arrogant and twisted to the extreme." ”

Luo Chen touched his chin, and suddenly his eyes rolled, "Let's go, let's go and hear what Master Li has to say?" ”

Shaking her eyes, Luo Chen dragged her towards the direction of the study, and when she arrived outside the study, Luo Zhenbei's attendant was about to make a sound, but Luo Chen "booed", and the attendant smiled bitterly and had to give up.

"Just before I came down, I received another report from a poor family in a shantytown in the north of the city, and there were only two siblings in the family, and this sister disappeared yesterday afternoon, 16 years old."

"Counting this one, and then counting the maids who are not seen in your mansion, there are a total of ten disappearance cases in the hands of the lower officials at the moment, my lord, there has never been such a big disappearance case in the entire Luoxi Dao for ten years."

Li Mu's eyes were gloomy, and Luo Zhenbei and Luo Huaixin looked at each other with solemn expressions.

"In these cases, most of the owners of the family have no grudges, the possibility of retaliation is extremely small, and the daughters in the family are not seen when they go on a daily trip, and the murderer can find an opportunity as long as he pays a little attention, in addition, among them, three cases are at night, and seven cases occur during the day, and the murderer is unscrupulous and very arrogant."

Li Mu's voice came out coldly, and the faces of the three people standing in the cold wind outside the door sank.

"In just five days, there have been ten cases, what does this murderer want to do?"

Luo Zhenbei's voice was angry, "Luozhou's military affairs are important, even so, the government affairs have never been clear, and the defense of the city has never been negligent, the people behind the scenes dare to act so unscrupulously in the city, are they provoking the government?" ”

Luo Huaixin stared, "These girls are currently unknown about life and death?" ”

"Yes, I don't know whether I live or die, the city has been strictly searched, and no one has reported that the dead body has been found in the past two days, so it is inferred that these girls are very likely to be alive at present, and they may be abductors." Li Mu's voice finally had a ripple.

If the inference is true, then there are ten little girls waiting for him to save at the moment.

"Fortunately, Datan has been arrested, Huaixin will go to the army tomorrow to guard, and the first priority in the city is to find these missing little girls." Luo Zhenbei took a deep breath, "The New Year is approaching, we can't let the people have a bad year, I called Fang Ce, the patrol battalion in the city has sent more people to step up patrols, there are so many missing people, the matter will spread soon, and it can't make people's hearts uneasy." ”

Li Mu nodded, "Xiaguan has this intention, indeed, there have been some rumors in the city in the past two days. ”

Luo Zhenbei got up and paced back and forth, "It's good if there are rumors, let everyone be alert, if the girls don't go out, can they still go to the house to rob people?" You hurry up and solve this case and give everyone an explanation for the New Year. ”

"Yes, the lower officials will definitely go all out!"

Luo Zhenbei nodded and shouted outside, "Come on, go and invite General Fang over!" ”

Fang Ce is the captain of the Luozhou City Patrol Battalion, the same product as Luo Huaixin, and also serves as the post of Changshi, responsible for the guard patrol in Luozhou City, and also assists Luo Zhenbei in handling government affairs.

Luo Chen outside winked at Shaoguang, and the three of them quietly left together.

Out of the courtyard gate, Luo Chen exhaled, shook his head and said, "I'm so old, there has never been such a case in Luozhou City, so you can imagine how angry Grandpa is, but Master Li has been in charge of the prison for many years, so he should have experience." ”

"I don't think it's like a kidnapper, fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls are a little old, although these girls don't have much resistance in the face of men, but they will definitely think of ways to escape, as long as one escapes, there is a danger of exposure, and to control so many people, it must take a lot of effort, and you have to take a lot of drastic measures, which is too laborious."

Sun Muyan suddenly opened his mouth, Luo Chen listened and nodded again and again, "That's the truth, so this matter sounds a little strange, I usually hear that people have lost their children, but I haven't heard of losing fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls in a row." ”

"It's not impossible if they have some purpose, or if the owner gives enough money."

Shaking the light in a deep voice, Luo Chen squinted, "It makes sense to say this, in short, this matter cannot be dealt with as an ordinary abductor, these people must have some ulterior motives for arresting so many girls." ”

The night is dark, although the wind and snow have stopped, but the winter night at the end of October is dripping into ice and cold, and there will be a girl missing in this long cold night? There is a good official in Luozhou City, Luo Zhenbei and his subordinates will definitely do their best to investigate this case, but is it really that simple?

This time it was too unusual, and he took a deep breath, and the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

At the same time, at the gate of Luozhou, a rickety old man who was more than half a hundred years old was driving a bullock cart full of coarse corn to slowly walk out, and the city was about to curfew, he calmly accepted the inspection of the soldiers, and then rushed out of the city at the last moment.

The gate closed behind him, and the old man, whose face was full of wrinkles and markings, pulled his lips, flicked his long whip, and drove the ox cart into the cold night.

And in the coffin-like mezzanine of the bottom of the ox cart, the sixteen-year-old slender girl opened her eyes in fear......