Chapter 3 A Lot of Circles

Zhang Qiyue lowered his eyebrows and was silent, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, and asked, "Little Second Brother, do you know how the government investigated?"

The guy smiled honestly and said: "The guest officer said that he was joking, how could I know about this kind of thing as a guy from a restaurant." ”

Zhang Qiyue nodded, "Then disturb the little second brother, you are busy." ”

"The guest officer is polite, you use it slowly. The man set the dishes and withdrew.

Zhang Qiyue pondered for a moment and asked Zhou Nuannuan, "Does Agarwood House have a branch here?"

Zhou Nuannuan shook her head lightly: "No." What, do you want to take care of this matter?" Seeing him like this, Zhou Nuannuan naturally understood his thoughts.

Zhang Qiyue smiled and said: "I forgot to tell you that among the homework that the old man has assigned me in the past six months, there is such a thing as 'meddling'." ”

Zhou Nuannuan asked, "If your master doesn't say it, you don't care?"

Zhang Qiyue smiled: "How is it possible, I just want to throw the pot at the old man." If it is self-defeating, he is also partly responsible. Come, eat, eat, and eat when you are full. ”

After that, he grabbed his chopsticks and began to clamp them randomly.

Zhou Nuannuan smiled knowingly, picked up chopsticks and ate together.

"What's the plan?" she asked, picking up a slice of fried vegetarian lettuce.

Zhang Qiyue's mouth was full of vegetables, and he said vaguely: "Let's find a way to ask for the news first." ”

Zhou Nuannuan stopped talking and concentrated on eating.

The two of them had something on their minds, so they ate quickly, but after a while, Zhang Qiyue wiped his mouth and said that he had eaten well.

Zhou Nuannuan also stopped eating, got up and said, "Let's go." ”

Zhang Qiyue said politely: "Don't worry, you can talk about it when you are full, it is not bad for this little effort." ”

Zhou Nuannuan squinted and said, "You are full of rice buckets, how can I not be full?"

Zhang Qiyue sneered and left the restaurant with Zhou Nuannuan.

"Where are you going?" asked Zhou Nuannuan as soon as she went out.

"Chen's house. Zhang Qiyue sighed: "We are not familiar with life, where else can we go, we can only throw ourselves into the net." ”

Zhou Nuannuan nodded.

After a little inquiry with passers-by, the two of them had already figured out where Chen's mansion was.

Soon walked to the door of Chen's mansion, thinking of the respectful look on the face of passers-by when they heard the name "Chen Duhuan" just now, Zhang Qiyue exclaimed: "I didn't expect the old man to introduce me to the friend is quite famous." ”

Zhou Nuannuan looked at the carved mansion in front of him, and his eyes showed a different color, "I didn't expect that the Chen Duhuan you are looking for is actually the son of Yin of Qingzhou Mansion." ”

Zhang Qiyue joked: "Just now you scolded his father for being a waste, what's the matter, will you be scared again?"

"Who is afraid?" Zhou Nuannuan said disdainfully: "What is Fu Yin, I have also seen bigger officials." Isn't the Fu Yin who can't do his job just a waste?"

Zhang Qiyue smiled, didn't argue with her, walked to the two guards at the door, and said loudly: "Two big brothers, there is something important to find Chen Duhuan in the future, please Tongbing." ”

The guard on the left glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Childe went out early in the morning, please come back to visit later." ”

"What about Lord Fu Yin?"

"At this hour, the Lord is in the mansion, how can he be in the mansion?"

"Then who is in charge of the Chen Mansion at this time?"

The guard said impatiently, "Who are you, and why are you here to ask questions?"

"Hmph!" Zhou Nuan's face was cold, and the aura of the foundation building period escaped out, and he shouted softly: "Tell your housekeeper to come out!"

The two guards were suddenly shocked, and secretly said that this girl is so profound!

The guard on the right side said with a look of surprise on his face: "Wait a minute, you two, I'll go ask the housekeeper." Then he hurried into the house.

Zhou Nuannuan looked at Zhang Qiyue and said dissatisfiedly: "What nonsense to talk about with them!"

Zhang Qiyue said with a smile: "It is their duty to guard the home, and it is difficult for them to do anything. ”

Zhou Nuannuan glanced at him, "You are generous." ”

Zhang Qiyue shook his head and smiled: "My old man is the most annoying bully, I have been with him since I was a child, and I have long been used to it." What's more, there is no sense of accomplishment in bullying them. ”

Although Zhou Nuannuan had a little temper, he was not a rude and willful person, and his face softened: "That's right." ”

After a short time, the guard accompanied an old man in a brocade robe and in good spirits.

The old man smiled at Zhang Qiyue and the others: "The old man Chen is drunk, and he is currently the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion. I don't know that the two distinguished guests visited, and they missed the welcome, and invited the guests to enter the house. ”

Zhang Qiyue said politely: "No need Steward Chen, since your son-in-law is not here, I won't go in." I came out to you, just to inquire about something. ”

Chen Zui said politely: "Dare to ask the name of the son." ”

"Zhang Qiyue. ”

"Zhang Gongzi, please speak. ”

"I have heard that there have been frequent disappearances of young children in the vicinity of Qingzhou recently, and I would like to know some useful information that may be able to help. ”

Chen Zui pondered for a moment and said, "My master has been anxious about this matter, but he really didn't find any useful clues. The location of the murderer's crime is irregular, the target is scattered, the missing child's family is rich and poor, and the time of the crime is also very random. According to the master's speculation, the murderer should be a group of cultivators who are extremely good at concealment, with at least three people in number. Other than that, Xiao Lao'er has nothing to say. ”

Zhang Qiyue nodded and said, "Steward Chen, do you know, where is the stronghold of the Green Leopard Society in the city?"

Chen Zui said: "There is a 'Qingshan Library' in the middle of Fu Xuan Street, and it is there. However, the Green Leopard Club seems to have no clue, and Zhang Gongzi is afraid that he will run in vain. ”

"This villain is so powerful?" Zhang Qiyue frowned.

Chen Zui smiled bitterly: "That's true. ”

Zhang Qiyue thought for a moment and said, "I still want to ask, Steward Chen, I'll leave first." ”

Zhang Gongzi walked slowly. ”

After saying goodbye to Chen, the two rushed to the Qingshan Library, Fu Xuan Street was not far away, and they arrived after three streets.

As soon as the two entered the door, Zhang Qiyue shouted: "Ask for news." ”

A scholar put down the scroll in his hand, walked out of the counter, and said, "What do you want to ask?"

Zhang Qiyue said: "Is your shopkeeper here?"

"The old shopkeeper has just been transferred, and the new shopkeeper has not yet taken office, and Xiaosheng is now in charge here. ”

"Are you in charge?"

The same can be said. ”

"What do you mean?"

The scholar smiled: "Xiaosheng has a good memory, and he doesn't need other helpers." In addition to the shopkeeper, I have always been alone. Although Xiaosheng has no role in stewardship, he does the duty of stewardship. ”

Zhang Qiyue looked him up and down and said, "Talent!"

Zhang Keqing praised it falsely. The scholar smiled.

Zhou Nuannuan said strangely: "Do you know him?"

The scholar smiled confidently: "Miss Tuesday said with a smile, if I don't even know the two of you Agarwood Residence, how will our Green Leopard Club do business?"

"Do you still have a proud face?" Zhang Qiyue reprimanded mercilessly: "What's going on with the disappearance of the young child?"

The scholar was silent for a moment and said apologetically: "This matter is indeed a bit embarrassing, according to the information reported by the collector, there is not the slightest trace of aura and demonic energy found at the scene of the crime, and there is no residual power of the treasure spirit weapon." So we don't have a clue. The old shopkeeper had submitted the relevant information before leaving, but as of today, there is still no conclusion from the above. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qiyue fell into deep thought and was silent for a long time.

Zhou Nuannuan was also very sensible and did not make a sound to disturb.

After a long time, Zhang Qiyue asked: "You should have a record of all the locations of the crime, right? It's better to have a map, I'm not very familiar with the vicinity of Qingzhou." ”

Zhang Keqing waited. The scholar turned and went to the inner room.

Soon he walked back with a piece of rice paper in his hand, handed it to Zhang Qiyue and said: "The circle in the picture is the point of the crime, the red circle is the girl, the blue circle is the boy, and the number in the circle is the age." ”

Zhang Qiyue took it and looked at it carefully.

Zhou Nuannuan whispered to the scholar: "How much does this picture cost? ”

The scholar shook his head and said, "It's just one copy, so I'll give it to two." If we didn't do well this time, if you can find something out of it, it will be a merit. ”

After a while, Zhang Qiyue put away the drawings and said, "Thank you for the drawing." ”

"It's just a trivial matter, Zhang Keqing doesn't have to be polite. ”

"Since you're here, I'm just going to ask about something by the way," Zhang Qiyue said, "Do you have any information on 'piling snow'?"

The scholar replied, "Xiao Sheng has never heard of this thing. ”

"Is there anything else you 'Green Leopard Society' don't know?"

The scholar explained: "The thing Zhang Keqing asked must be extraordinary. Xiaosheng is at a low level in the guild and has limited knowledge. When the new shopkeeper arrives, you can ask him if he may be able to get something. ”

Zhang Qiyue was a little helpless and asked, "Then I'll ask another question." Who is the strongest person in the Ouyang family on the east coast in the past two hundred years? I want his complete information. ”

The scholar said respectfully: "I can't say, I don't know." ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Qiyue narrowed his eyes.

The scholar replied very honestly: "There is an order from above, prohibiting the disclosure of this person's information, so I can't say it; Xiao Sheng only knows a little about this person, and only knows that the relevant information of this person is listed as heaven-level, Zhang Keqing asked me for complete information, and I can only answer that I don't know." ”

Zhang Qiyue's mind turned sharply, and then a strange color flashed in his eyes, and an inexplicable smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Interesting." ”

"Let's go. He raised his hand and said a word to Zhou Nuannuan, turned around and walked to the door of the store.

Zhou Nuannuan hurriedly followed and asked, "Where are we going?"

Zhang Qiyue smiled mysteriously: "Look for the missing child." ”

"Do you know where it is?" Zhou Nuannuan said in surprise.

"It's just a guess, let's try our luck first. Zhang Qiyue replied pretending to be profound.

......

The suburbs of Qingzhou, the western mountainous area.

A handsome boy and a scholar are walking in a thorny valley.

The son was dressed in a silk white shirt, with a face like a crown of jade, and sword eyebrows and starry eyes. The eyelashes inadvertently close, and an amber glow flows from the eyes, revealing the grace and luxury of the Maison. At this time, Childe was looking at a map and frowning and thinking, looking around from time to time, as if correcting the terrain.

Looking closely, the map in Childe's hand was densely covered with many red and blue ink circles, with small numbers built-in.

It turned out to be exactly the same as the map that Zhang Qiyue got from the scholar.

Childe's expression was calm, and his body was clean and clean. The scholar was sweating like rain, wiping his face and forehead with his sleeve from time to time, panting and saying, "Young master, why do you have to come to this uninhabited place, this place is too difficult to walk." ”

Childe was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear the scholar's complaints at all, his fingers dotted the peaks everywhere, and he kept muttering in his mouth, and he was constantly calculating.

The scholar had no choice but to wait while wiping his sweat.

After a while, Childe finished counting, a little satisfied, with a gentle and harmless smile on his face, and continued to look at the picture and said casually: "Ah Shun, what did you just say?"

Ah Shun sighed and said helplessly: "Ah Shun wants to ask, what is the matter with the hard work of the son?"

Childe unfolded the map to Ah Shun, pointed to a place in the map, and smiled: "Look here, what do you find?"

Ah Shun was dizzy by countless ink circles and ink lines, and couldn't help but have a headache: "Son, you have something to say, don't test me, how can I have half of your intelligence." ”

Childe smiled, "I've been looking at this picture for a long time, and I finally found something strange." Look," he slid his finger across the map, "connect the outermost ink circles into a circle, and the second outer ink circles again into a circle, and round them in turn, and what shape do you say in the end?"

Ah Shun scratched his head and said cautiously: "All kinds of big round sets of small rounds?"

Childe smiled knowingly and praised: "That's a good point, and then what did you think of?"

Ah Shun's eyebrows were about to wring out of the water, and he said with a frowning face: "A bunch of baked cakes stacked on top of each other?"

Childe sighed, tapped his finger on the position he had just pointed, and said patiently, "All the round centers are here." ”