"As far as I know, there are seven missing people, from three months ago to now, one after another, the longest is half a month apart, and the shortest is only three days apart." Speaking of this, Liu Fangzheng stroked his beard and sighed: "Moreover, the missing people are all young girls, the oldest is eighteen this year, and the youngest is only fifteen. ”

"Seven?" Chao Huan asked rhetorically, "Aren't there more than a dozen written in the letter?" ”

Liu Fangzheng hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly explained: "Yes, it was the person who wrote the letter who said it, he said that if the city lord saw that more than a dozen people were missing, he would definitely send someone immediately." ”

This means that I am afraid that I will not get the attention from above, and I deliberately exaggerate it.

Hearing this, Pei Ziyan frowned, and her tone was a little cold: "Let's not tell you about the lie, since someone disappeared three months ago, why did you report it now?" ”

Chao Huan was also a little puzzled, this village doesn't seem to have many people, if someone goes missing, it should be found immediately, and the missing are all women, and the village chief doesn't look so confused.

"This..." Liu Fangzheng hesitated for a long time, until Pei Ziyan's face became more and more impatient and he was about to leave, Liu Fangzheng hurriedly stopped the person and expressed his willingness to say everything.

Drinking hot tea, Liu Fangzheng sighed, and finally told the secret.

The woman who first started missing was abducted on the way to get married. The family married their daughter to a middle-aged man with a little money in the next village, but the daughter was unwilling, but the father had already collected the money, so he asked someone to drag the woman onto the sedan chair, and the sound of gongs and drums accompanied by the woman's crying went out of the village. But in the evening, the people from the next village came to the door in the morning, saying that they didn't see anyone at all!

This can make everyone confused, sent out in the morning, no matter how slow the foot is for a day, it should have arrived, but the man said that he didn't see anyone, and said that the woman's family cheated him of money, and he had to give an explanation.

The sedan chair was carried away by the people of Qingji Village, how can this be fake? The people of a village searched the surrounding area several times, but they didn't find any trace of the woman, so they thought that the woman didn't want to marry and ran away!

This matter is not glamorous, the village chief lost the man's money, and then suppressed the matter.

As a result, ten days later, someone disappeared again, this time it was a woman who went out in a clothes, when she was found, only her bamboo basket with clothes was left by the lake, because the woman's father was a famous drunk in the village, and he beat and scolded her at every turn, and the woman lived a very bad life, and the people in the village saw her missing, only thinking that she had escaped or jumped into the river, and this matter once became a gossip in the village.

The third missing is a little girl.,That day she quarreled with her childhood sweetheart's neighbor.,So she ran out of the village in a rage.,When the little girl didn't come back at night.,The family knew what was wrong.。

Fourth··· The fifth... By the time the seventh arrived, there were already rumors circulating in the village, and everyone was saying that there were monsters who were kidnapping the young women! All of a sudden, people were panicked, and everyone didn't even dare to go out to farm, and they didn't dare to go out in the house, for fear that they would become the next target.

"I already know the specific situation, and we will solve this matter, but if you want to lie or hide something next time..." Pei Ziyan raised the corners of her eyes, even if she was an ordinary and delicate face now, the momentum had already made Liu Fangzheng sweat profusely.

thought that Liu Fangzheng, who had been the village chief for more than 30 years, would be frightened by a little girl, but Liu Fangzheng didn't dare to say anything, but quickly replied: "The little one understands, the little one understands." ”

Although Chao Huan is a little displeased with Pei Ziyan, looking at her way of dealing with things, it is a bit like when the day is over, to some appreciation, grievances and grievances, rewards and punishments, but worthy of being a right-hand man of Hexiu.

It's just...

She remembered what Liu Fangzheng said just now, and always felt that something was wrong.

Pei Ziyan and Liu Fangzheng also chatted about the same, and the information that should be mastered was also mastered, Pei Ziyan stood up, looked at Chao Huan, who was looking down and contemplative, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the homes of these missing women." ”

Liu Fangzheng was afraid of provoking the dissatisfaction of the two big men, and when he saw that the two proposed to go to the homes of those missing women, he quickly stood up and led the way for the two.

They got together, and Liu Qin, who had been squatting in the corner and listening to his ears, also followed, Liu Fangzheng reacted and followed, glaring at him, "Liu Qin, what are you doing here, go home quickly, don't miss the matter of the two adults." ”

Liu Qin's expression was sad, and he didn't say anything when he was driven out by the village chief, and he looked at the two of them and left obediently.

Chao Huan looked at him, but felt a little strange, "Aren't all the people in the village staying at home and reluctant to go out, why does he dare to go to geography to farm?" ”

"Oh, he, his family is not in a good situation, and the family of three is counting on that one-third of an acre to eat." Speaking of this, Liu Fangzheng was afraid that Liu Qin's attitude just now would dislike them, so he helped Liu Qin explain, "The situation in his family is not good, but he is honest and capable, and he looks good, and many girls in the village want to marry him." ”

Pei Ziyan said "um", she didn't care about these things, she just asked Liu Fangzheng to show her the way.

According to Pei Ziyan's meaning, Liu Fangzheng first took them to the woman's house who disappeared ten days ago, the woman's name is Liu Jie, this year is sixteen, and her parents love her two brothers and take good care of her, so her life is not bad.

Now that he has disappeared suddenly, the family is worried, and the elderly mother has even fainted, and the originally happy family has also been shrouded in a layer of haze.

When the three of them came, Liu Jie's mother was doing laundry in the yard, but she was too worried, looking at the clothes in the basin and sighing, until the footsteps outside caught her attention, she looked up, but saw the village chief with two young women she had never seen come to the door.

She hurriedly went out to greet her, and heard the village chief say that the two were here to investigate the disappearance, so she hurriedly called the family out, and bowed and pleaded with Pei Ziyan and Chao Huan, which made Chao Huan very unaccustomed to it.

Pei Ziyan familiarly helped Liu Jie's mother, calmed the other party's emotions in a few words, and saw that the other party had stabilized, so she began to ask about the situation on the day of the incident.

Speaking of this, Liu Jie's mother was in danger of crying, but her son reluctantly persevered on the side and told the situation that day.

"That morning, Jie Yatou and her eldest brother got angry, and insisted that her eldest brother take her out on the street, so I quarreled with her, and she was angry, so she ran out crying. Her eldest brother wanted to chase her, but I was also angry, so I said leave her alone. ”

"I was just talking angry, the clean girl is a piece of meat that fell from my body, I raised her for sixteen years, and I know her temper very clearly, although this girl's temper comes quickly, but it also goes quickly. I used to lose my temper like this, and I will come back obediently at night. ”

"But that day, I didn't see Jie Yatou come back until midnight, I was so flustered that I quickly called her eldest brother and second brother to go out to look for it, but after looking for it in the middle of the night, there was still no news."

Speaking of this, the guilty Liu Jie's mother couldn't stop crying, and the eldest son beside her was easy to talk about, which calmed her down.

After listening to this, Pei Ziyan thought for a few times, and then asked, "On the day Liu Jie disappeared, did you find anything unusual?" ”

"Strange?" Liu Jie's mother and her eldest son glanced at each other, and the two thought about it again and again, and finally just said that they didn't find anything wrong.

"Then where did you go to find Liu Jie?"

"Jie Yatou has always liked to go to the mountains to play, and since the disappearance in the village, we have not allowed her to go. After the accident, we went to the place where the girl would go, and we also went to the mountains, but we didn't find any trace of her. ”

Pei Ziyan nodded, as if she knew.

Coming out of Liu Jie's house, Pei Ziyan saw Chao Huan with a contemplative face, and suddenly had a little bad thoughts, she stepped forward and patted Chao Huan's shoulder.

Chao Huan turned her head to look at her suspiciously, she looked at Liu Fangzheng, who was leading the way diligently, lowered her head and attached it to Chao Huan's ear, and whispered: "You have to be careful, the missing people are all young women, be careful that you are also abducted." ”

She was completely scared, Chao Huan didn't care at all, but Pei Ziyan came over and made her body stiffen.

She had never looked at this person before, but now that Pei Ziyan came over, she realized that she was also a woman, Pei Ziyan's figure was inevitably too tall, and she was afraid that she was on par with Lian Yunlan as a man.

Moreover, when she got closer, she also smelled the faint smell of fat powder on Pei Ziyan's body, a very light taste, and in addition to that, there was a smell that made her feel very familiar.

The smell was very familiar, but Chao Huan didn't remember where she smelled it for a while, something flashed in her mind, and she didn't catch it at all.

Pei Ziyan wanted to scare her, but when she saw her body stiffening, she thought she was really scared, as if she thought of something, she squinted her eyes and smiled.

"I wish the girl don't have to worry, I borrowed you from the Pavilion Master, and naturally I want to return to Zhao."

Chao Huan nodded silently, but her thoughts were all on the smell she had just smelled, but she rummaged through her memory and didn't remember where she smelled it, at this time Liu Fangzheng had already taken them to the door of the second house, so Chao Huan had to gather her thoughts first and pay attention to the things in front of her.

It took two hours to walk through all the homes of the missing people, and it was already approaching evening, Liu Fangzheng looked at the two of them and asked cautiously: "Two adults, it's not early this day, the two of you have worked hard all day, why don't you go to the villain's house to eat and rest?" Cheap is already ready for the meal. ”

Pei Ziyan, as a cultivator, is nothing at this level, but she thinks that Zhu Shu is just a mortal, and it is almost time to rest after following her around for a day.

She nodded and agreed, and went back to the village chief's house for dinner, and at the village chief's warm invitation, the two of them also had an empty room to rest.

It is said that this vacant room originally belonged to the son and daughter-in-law of the village chief, but it was only recently vacated when the son accompanied his daughter-in-law back to his parents' house. The bed in this room is big enough for two people to sleep.

As soon as Chao Huan came in after washing, she saw Pei Ziyan sitting next to the bed, she was sitting under the candle reading a book at that time, the bright yellow candle light shone on her face, and even the eyes that were always smiling affectionately softened, revealing a different kind of softness.

Chao Huan wiped her hair with a dry towel, but she was really a little sleepy after a tiring day, so she thought about just going to sleep, but Pei Ziyan suddenly looked over and beckoned to her.

"Come, I'll help you dry your hair, it's not good for your health if you sleep with wet hair." Pei Ziyan said this, Chao Huan hesitated for a few seconds, but chose to pass, after all, it was good for himself.

She sat on the bed, Pei Ziyan stood in front of her, took a towel to wipe her hair, and the warm spiritual power was instilled from her palm to the hair, drying the hair little by little. Chao Huan was already sleepy, and his eyelids couldn't help but drop.

Pei Ziyan made a move, she lowered her head to see, the other party's head was little by little, and from time to time she rubbed her waist and abdomen, she couldn't cry or laugh, and after the long hair on her hand was dried, she hugged the person to bed.

Outside the window, the bright moon was shining, Pei Ziyan looked at the person on the bed, and after a while, she finally turned around and left.