5. Go with the rain
The night has also reached its darkest hour, even the Qinglou Fireworks Alley has fallen into silence, and the sound of rain seems to become soft.
There was a sudden sound of footsteps, stepping on the rain flowing across the ground and dispersing into the city.
The figures lurking in the night were startled and asked in low tones.
"Who?"
"City Patrol Guards?"
"It's the Metropolitan Judge!"
"Why did the Governor come out?"
"There's no movement in the city."
"The Metropolitan Inspector is keen, and it may be that the movement outside the city has been discovered."
"What should I do?"
"Withdraw—"
"If that woman is found by the Metropolitan Judge, she won't be able to escape."
Countless figures scattered with the rain.
The rain gradually decreased, and the night gradually cleared.
In the deep house, because two or three people walked in and brought a strong wind, the lights were swaying, and one person staggered his mouth, and his voice was low and noisy, which made his vision more and more blurred.
With a wave of his hand, the rich man extinguished the candle flame and stopped talking.
"If you don't catch it, you don't catch it." He said, "Children are frightened, they know that the rivers and lakes are sinister, and they know that things in the world are not something they can do as they please, and it is enough to teach them a long lesson."
The sky and the earth were covered with blue light, and the water was dripping to the ground, but it was not falling from the sky, it was the rain left on the big trees on the eaves.
People began to move around the streets, early risers swept away the dead branches and leaves left by the rain in front of the door, vendors carried their burdens and shouted and sold on the street after the rain, and men who had not lost their drunken footsteps floated out in the alleys of Qinglou.
A group of errands galloped by, splashing in all directions, and the men on the road slapped their robes in annoyance, and half awake from their wine.
"What are you doing early in the morning—" he scolded.
As the words fell, the group of officers turned their heads abruptly and stared at him.
The man's voice paused, a little nervous, and the group of servants turned their horses and rushed towards him—
"I don't, I don't—" he shouted subconsciously, and the next moment the officers crossed him and headed out into the alley.
"Look closely."
"Nothing, chief, clean—"
"The one who accuses the murderer, is he drinking and drinking the lake?"
"I've checked the whole city, not to mention the dead bodies, I can't even see a drop of blood."
The voices of the servants rang out in the alley, and the last shred of silence of the morning was dispelled.
The pheasant looked up, and a drop of rain fell from the eaves and hit her face.
The door creaked softly, and Brother Guo and Old Man Guo walked in, carrying brooms in their hands, wet.
"There's nothing out there." They whispered.
It seems like last night's weirdness was just a nightmare.
Aunt Guo also rushed in with a vegetable basket and closed the door.
"There's nothing unusual in the city."
By selling vegetables, she can go far and go to the most lively morning market, which is also the most well-informed place.
"Last night, there seemed to be a report that there was a fight in the green building."
"The officers are investigating, but there is no murderer at all, and the man is not injured, he has drunk too much and has a nosebleed, and he faints."
This kind of thing is not unusual, every day there are all kinds of strange commotion in the restaurant and tea shop, and the yamen in the capital no matter how windy or rainy it is, no day can be stable.
It sounded like all mornings, but the pheasant's heart was heavier.
Of course it's different.
The young lady never returned.
"Maybe it's because of the bad rain, so I stayed there." Aunt Guo whispered, "The Rolling Earth Dragon has already gone to see it, and it will be known soon."
Although she knew that it was very dangerous, the rolling dragon still insisted on going out of the city to find it, and the pheasant did not insist anymore, she also had a glimmer of hope, the young lady really stayed there, and the strange situation here should be told to her immediately, so that the young lady can deal with it.
The pheasant was extremely glad that he had been there once in person, and carefully told the route of the rolling dragon, in
When it was light, the rolling dragon touched it.
The pheasant looked at the street door, his hand clenched tightly at his side.
God Bodhisattva bless.
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O Bodhisattva of God—
Chun Tao stood in the afternoon sun, cold all over her body, her hands clasped tightly in front of her.
That young lady must not have an accident.
As soon as he came in, he couldn't see the familiar figure, and the heart of the rolling dragon had sunk to the bottom, and he held on to ask the last fluke sentence, "Did Miss Seven Stars just leave?"
Meng Xichang's surprised face gave him an answer.
The rolling dragon couldn't hold it anymore, fell to the ground, and was asked by Meng Xichang before he messily explained the reason.
It's messy because he doesn't know anything either.
I only knew that there was an ambush outside the door last night, and I only knew that Miss Seven Stars had disappeared.
Meng Xichang took a deep breath: "Don't be nervous yet, Miss Seven Star is skilled, calm and alert, even if there is an accident, she will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune."
"But what kind of accident was it?" Rolling Earth Dragon said, "If the government really has their eye on her, it is impossible to let us go."
Is it revenge?
They don't know the origin of Miss Seven Stars.
"Chun Tao, you go and send a message to your aunt, and ask them to find out what happened from our house to the capital last night." Meng Xichang said.
Chun Tao did not hesitate to respond, took a deep breath, took out the basket from the house, loaded the goods that had been prepared a long time ago, and hurried to the city.
"The government knows what you look like, so don't stay outside." Meng Xichang said to the rolling dragon again, "You go home and guard, if there is an accident, you have to live."
The meaning of this sentence is that even if Aunt Guo's family and the pheasant girls all die tragically, he must hide, remain motionless, and watch.
In the past, the rolling dragon didn't like to listen to strangers, especially when he watched his companion die and didn't move, but now he nodded seriously, he would definitely live and remember what the enemy looked like.
Chun Tao left, and the Rolling Earth Dragon was also arranged, Meng Xichang raised his right hand and gently moved his shoulder, and with the movement, the iron hand either opened or held.
"Auntie." He shouted to the room, "The firewood is ready, the rice is in the pot, you remember to eat, I'll go out and help find someone."
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"Checking out there?"
If there is any movement near the capital, the rich man will know it immediately.
"Miss Seven Stars is not very old, but she has a lot of friends." Zhike whispered, and added, "Clean up the outside."
The rich man nodded, and the acquaintance said, "However, nothing can be found in the city."
They didn't clean up in the city, and they searched everywhere.
"Brother Zhu Sanlian said that she entered the city, but the people in the city did not see her, and there was no trace, and there was no bloodstain to be seen."
The rich man said, "It's raining."
It's not easy to leave traces.
"That kid was a little lucky."
But luck is always limited.
"You don't need to check it anymore, just do what you can." The rich man said, "Let's elect the head as soon as possible."
"Almost all parts of the country have received the news, and with the distance, even if you are far away, you can come next month." Zhike said, "The place has also been chosen, the old Bai family has ordered it, and it can be conveyed, so that the time is counted, and in a month, we will have a new head of Momen."
The rich man put his hands in front of him, and his eyes were full of piety and excitement: "This time, my Momen will be reborn."