Since Tie Xuan's plan to "kill chickens and make an example of monkeys" has been ruined by me, there is no point in going back and killing them again. Liu Sitong was released and handed over to me to deal with, and Mrs. Feng was old and sick, so she was asked to go home and stay. Everyone else was forcibly enlisted in the army to defend the city.

I know that Zhu Di still has more than half a month to attack Jinan, so there is nothing to do before this. Even if he comes, I probably won't have much to do. History makes Zhu Di go to Jinan, he will naturally be deflated, and then he will go around Jinan and go south.

Liu Sitong and I both live in Fengfu, and we still live in the front yard. Old Madam Feng had no one to take care of her, so I asked the guards to find a middle-aged woman to take care of her. In fact, from the back door of Feng's mansion, go through two alleys, and then cross one street to the prefect's yamen.

I usually find an excuse to go to the prefect's yamen during the day, leaving Liu Sitong alone in the Feng Mansion. I also figured it out, since that guy is not crazy, a deputy general will not be so stupid that he can run and jump, but he can't even escape from Jinan City. He must have a reason to stay, just like me.

In fact, there is nothing to do in the prefect's yamen. At this time, there is no point in any administration. It is a special period of complete combat readiness. Under the leadership of Tie Xuan, those political axe officials all went to do united front mobilization. I did know the middle-aged man, named Gao Wei. Gao Wei entered the office with cloth clothes, and he has read through Cheng Zhu Lixue since he was a child, so he is also a dead brain. determined that Emperor Hui was the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and it could be regarded as Zhu Yunwen's diehard.

After chatting with him a few times, I felt that he was a little temperamental, but he was too pedantic. It may also be that the era I live in is too different from him, and people are too "smart" now. He originally advocated that Emperor Hui should give him some small favors and small favors to his uncles to stabilize them. Emperor Hui didn't listen, mainly because others spoke lightly.

To tell the truth, this Gao Wei is also a pedant, and he has no military mind. However, this kind of person lives by his integrity, and he can also infect some people. Let them believe that they must resist Zhu Di and defend their homeland in Jinan. Tie Xuan is usually on the four city walls, and there is that Luo Shicheng by his side.

In the past two days, there has been another accident in Jinan City. Actually, it's not a big deal. There are two or three children missing. Don't think that at that time, like in the current Celestial Empire, the information is so developed that a small matter as big as a sesame mung bean will be hyped. In the Ming Dynasty, except for the city of Jinan occupied by Zhu Di, nothing else could be a sensation.

But Tie Hyun is more concerned about things like missing children. personally took Luo Shicheng and several teams of soldiers to search in the city. I also know that this kind of thing can be found out casually. And Tie Xuan must still be thinking about the city defense of Jinan City, and it is impossible to put his heart on this.

Sure enough, Tie Xuan also returned in vain.

"Mu Wu, let's analyze why the children disappeared one after another. ”

How do I know this, he really treats me as a half-immortal. It is not said in the history books that a few days before Zhu Di besieged Jinan City, children began to disappear in the city. It's like a ghost story, who would write it in the history books.

"The disappearance of multiple children is not a single case," I can only make up, "it must have been committed by one person, or by an organization." ”

Everybody knows that. In ancient times, there was also the abduction and trafficking of children, and it was even more popular than it is now. Now that there are few children in every family, and every family is a treasure to offer, how can it be so easy to be trafficked. In ancient times, the success rate of child trafficking was relatively high, and the use of children after being sold was not as simple as in modern society.

"In any case, after the child is abducted, it is impossible to be sold in Jinan City. "That's right, because everyone in Jinan is in danger now, and no one is in the mood to buy a child," and Jinan City was sealed a few days ago, and no one can enter or leave. So there is no reason to abduct and sell children. Then save a reason, that is, someone will use the child himself. ”

"What's the use of children......?

"The missing children are all in their teens, and the coolies may not have a surname. It can only be something from a child...... Or ......"

Analyzing this, I feel that there is some truth in what I said. A thought suddenly flashed through my mind, but it was only a flash and I was denied by myself. The first thing that came to mind was the kind of case of stealing other people's organs in modern society. In ancient times, there were superstitions and ignorance, and there were also those who used children as medicine, and there were some things that you didn't want to think about.

Tie Hyun also knew some such dirty things, but unfortunately he couldn't solve the case in the end.

It had rained for the past two days, and the ground was muddy. This ancient stone road is not good, some stone slabs have begun to loosen, and a stream of yellow water will emerge from below when you step on it. If you are not careful, it will be poured into your shoes, and the broken shoes are permeable to the wind and water, and there are no socks, which makes your feet cold.

Although it is already April, it is still very cool in the morning and evening. I was afraid of the cold, so I had lunch at the prefect's yamen and went back to Feng's mansion. There are no cooks in the Feng Mansion anymore, and the cooked food is not edible at all, and the food of the prefect's yamen is much more delicious. I went over to eat and drink when I had nothing to do, and I could talk to a few old bureaucrats, who liked to listen to me talk nonsense about the situation in the world and the situation of fighting against the northern and southern armies. But if you are caught by Gao Wei, he is willing to pull you to brainwash you, what is the meaning of loyalty, righteousness and filial piety.

Back in Fengfu, the sun is still high, but the wind is a little hard. Usually when the sun sets, Liu Sitong will always make a fuss for a while, screaming in his room. I don't know if it's a paroxysmal surname, but at this time, I saw that his house was hidden and there was no sound.

When I looked over, there was no one inside. I had been expecting him to say goodbye for a long time, so I didn't feel much surprised. I searched around the Feng Mansion and didn't see any trace of him.

By five or six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was already red, and Liu Sitong came back. He came in through the back door, and I guess he was going out to do his own business while I was at the prefect's yamen. In fact, on the one hand, I also wanted to avoid him, knowing how embarrassing it was for him to pretend to be crazy and have to act with him.

He shouldn't be Zhang Yu's internal response to stay in Jinan, after all, no one would have thought that he would kill a Tie Xuan halfway, and he could clean up so many remnants of the Southern Army and bring them back to Jinan City. It was purely driven by curiosity, which made me want to see what kind of conspiracy he had in Jinan City.

When Liu Sitong walked past my room, he saw me sitting at the table, looking at him from the door. was stunned for a moment, and his face changed instantly. I could see the yellow mud on his jet-black boots.

"Where have you been?" I asked, just to see his reaction, not expecting him to answer.

He didn't disappoint me either, just stopped and looked at me and walked away again. He knew that he had already discovered that he was pretending to be crazy, but I didn't expose him, so he could pretend not to know.

For the next two days, Liu Sitong didn't go out, I went to the prefect's yamen in the morning, and I would turn back halfway, find a hidden place to stare at the back door. He definitely wouldn't choose to go through the front door, the front door was guarded by soldiers of the Southern Army, although there was no restriction on people's entry and exit, but there was no need for a madman to go out.

It started to rain on the third day. When I saw the peach petals on the ground that had been knocked down by the rain, I realized that spring had really come. Lu Jia's favorite thing is peach blossoms, and he likes to eat peaches the most. When I wasn't hit by a car, the most common fruit I bought at home was peaches. She often said that she was easy to raise, so I could pick up a bargain, because peaches are not expensive, and she can eat peaches without eating for a day.

Just as I was looking at the peach blossoms, the back door of the Feng Mansion opened. Liu Sitong opened the door and came out, looked left and right, and after making sure that no one saw it, he walked a few steps and flashed into an alley. I also kept a certain distance and quietly followed. When I was in the army, I learned tracking skills, of course, just some skins. Now it seems that maybe because of the environment, I don't need anything I still remember.

Liu Sitong is very careful, although it is raining, he will still use the anti-tracking technology that he is not good at to test. I was almost found several times, and I had no choice but to stay away from him.

However, I didn't have a good sense of direction, and I was not familiar with the intricate streets and alleys of Jinan, so I didn't see Liu Sitong for a long time. It wasn't long before I was almost lost.

This kind of failure makes me feel uncomfortable, but after all, I am the only one who knows. So there's no need to torture yourself, forget it, just go out for a walk and find a way back that you have an impression of.

Who tm out for a walk in this weather. Although I was wearing a coat and hat, it was not as reliable as an umbrella and raincoat, and I was already wet. Even if it's not wet, it's cold.

I immediately saw the street, but I saw a familiar figure.

"Don't hide. ”

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