"Ah Yi, I'm sorry to delay you for so long!" Lu Xueyuan walked up to Lou Yi and said apologetically to him.

"It's okay A-Yuan, you didn't do anything wrong." Lou Yi looked at her, put the umbrella on her head, held her hand, and the two walked into the snow together.

The snow was deep, and the sound of stepping on the snow creaked, and there was no one around, only the sound of Lu Xueyuan and Lou Yi walking back together.

It was already afternoon, Lu Xueyuan looked at the gray sky, stretched out his hand to catch a piece of snowflake, and the plum blossoms she had folded earlier were in Lou Yi's hands at the moment, holding them for her.

"I'm really happy today, thank you Ah Yi for bringing me here." She smiled at Lou Yi, "It's just that it will definitely delay you coming home to visit your mother." Lu Xueyuan's eyes showed a hint of worry.

"It's okay, my mother's illness is a long-term illness, it should just miss me too much, and I sent my father to urge me to go home, not to mention the house

There are so many imperial doctors here, Ah Yuan doesn't have to worry too much, let alone blame himself for it." Lou Yi explained.

Indeed, Lou Yi is the king of Qiong, but he is not independent of the palace, so he still lives with his parents, and he is the only son in the family.

After he said this, the guilt in Lu Xueyuan's heart suddenly alleviated a lot, and she thought that she was greedy for snow and fun, which delayed the process of Lou Yi's homecoming.

"It's just... The disappearance of Hongmei Town is really too strange, why so many innocent young people have disappeared in this town, we must be careful!" Lou Yi held a paper umbrella and looked into the distance, with a complicated look of hesitation in his eyes.

"Yes, that grandma is so pitiful, she is old but seriously ill, and now she has lost her grandson...... Lu Xueyuan said, as if she remembered something sad.

"Ah Yuan, don't be sad, I will immediately fly back to my father and ask him to send someone to investigate this matter, and when the time comes, the grandma's grandson will naturally go home." Lou Yi comforted. z.br>

"Good! I hope so." Lu Xueyuan looked at his eyes, calmed his mind, and said firmly.

The two walked side by side on the streets of Hongmei Town, and when they were about to reach the inn, they were almost knocked down by a fast horse that suddenly galloped by, Lu Xueyuan's body was crooked, and he was just stopped in his arms by Lou Yi, and almost fell on the street.

And the man who had just galloped past with his horse knocked over several trolleys one after another, and the goods on the carts were scattered all over the ground.

But the man on the horse did not stop at this, and hurried to one place without stopping.

"Who is this? Why don't you have a little grace!" Lu Xueyuan choked on his ashes and complained while coughing.

Coincidentally, the owner of the noodle stall was in front of him, and when he happened to encounter this scene, he was also kind, and hurriedly waved his hand, made a "shhh He's in charge of everything every day, and he doesn't know how many things he has to deal with, so he will definitely go to the dock to recruit people Ding Liqiang!"

Hongmei Town is located in the south, and there is a harbor wharf near the periphery, so it sells salt for business, and the water and land transportation is convenient, and people from all over the world will gather here.

This noodle stall owner does business here every day, so he naturally knows more things.

"Recruiting manpower?" When Lu Xueyuan heard his words, he suddenly became alert, pricked up his ears, and asked the boss rhetorically.

"Yes! I can tell you—" The boss looked mysterious, and suddenly approached them and said, "But don't go to the docks, there are many young and strong young men who have disappeared inexplicably after that! But when I saw that you were dressed and did not look like ordinary people, I told you that since you are not short of money, do not go there, lest you get into trouble!" The boss kindly reminded.

"What about the government? Isn't there anyone in the government to take care of it?" Lou Yi said.

"Hey! Zhou Zhixian and Boss Zheng of the government are old friends, you... Don't tell me about it!" As soon as the boss of facial paralysis finished the request, he hurried to greet the customer.

Lu Xueyuan and Lou Yi both glanced at each other, said hello to each other, and turned around and walked into the inn.

But in the next second, both of them invariably withdrew and faced the opposite direction

Then the man galloped away and said, "Go?"

Then, the two walked happily on the way to the docks.

"Ah Yi, did you say that the salt merchant's recruitment would have anything to do with the missing person?" Lu Xueyuan said to Lou Yi.

"It should be related, the noodle stall owner just now said that several recent cases of disappearance of young people are related to Boss Zheng, a salt merchant, and..." Lou Yi said and hesitated, as if he had found some flaw, and said, "You didn't listen to what he just said, as long as you are young and strong, this is very suspicious."

But Lu Xueyuan didn't think so, she continued: "But selling salt and transporting salt is hard work, and there is nothing wrong with needing young people, right?"

"You are not deeply involved in the world, so you don't understand, some salt merchant owners will recruit many child laborers and infirm and disabled people in order to reduce the investment of financial resources, they only need to give food to eat, so they can often deduct wages, which is why although they want to be physically strong, they choose the young. But this Boss Zheng is interesting, is it because he has too much money to do good deeds? Hmph." Lou Yi sneered, there was an invisible background in his eyes, he didn't think so in his heart, he had seen too many things about the collusion between officials and businessmen, such a huge profit as a salt merchant, even if he made a lot of money, but no businessman would be kind enough to do charity. He must find out the truth.

Lu Xueyuan went down the mountain for the first time, and she was very curious about the outside world, and now she and Lou Yi have entered a dangerous dispute for the first time, and it is not He Longtan's Tiger's Den in front of her, but since she is coming down the mountain to practice, she must dare to act boldly, and she must find out what is not in vain, which she and Lou Yi coincide with.

However, today is the forty-ninth day, and nothing has happened now, and the dream last night seems to be just a dream. Does it mean that all this is in the past? But she obviously made a blood contract with the ghosts and gods, this is an undoubted thing, how could it be?

Lu Xueyuan thought of this, suddenly remembered something, raised her arm to check her wrist, and suddenly, as if she had discovered something, "Ah!" The ground cried out.

"What's wrong, A-Yuan?" Lou Yi suddenly grabbed her hand and asked nervously.

"How so?" Lu Xueyuan didn't have time to cover up, and exposed all the places of his arms in front of Lou Yi's eyes.

But the clear red and clear imprint of the flower on the other side is now smooth and clean, and there is nothing, only a piece of smooth and white skin. Lu Xueyuan had a panicked look on his face.

"Isn't... Could it be that the mission has been accomplished? But no, I just entered the master's study that night, but I didn't take anything, and I didn't even see the shadow of the black-and-white ban, so it was impossible to complete the task!" Lu Xueyuan recalled in his heart.

"What's wrong with it? Otherwise, let's go back first." Lou Yi looked at her froze face and asked with concern.

"No... Nope!" Lu Xueyuan suddenly came to his senses and replied embarrassedly.

"I just got stung by something, and it hurts and itches, so... Haha." Lu Xueyuan laughed awkwardly a few times to hide the overwhelm in his heart.

The contract of life and death is a blood contract forged with the blood of the heart, and life and death, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and unless one party's task is completed, it is impossible to unravel the blood contract, let alone the blood flower that represents the blood contract.

Maybe it's because the ghost god is the lord of the underworld, so the blood flower of the two of them is the flower of the other side, Lu Xueyuan always dreamed of it in his dreams before, and felt that it was red like blood, and it also had a weird and terrifying atmosphere, and even the meaning was not very festive, so he didn't like this flower, but now it suddenly disappeared, and for some reason his heart suddenly emptied.

Although I don't know why, it's better to have a contract reached, it's better than worrying about yourself all day long.

Lu Xueyuan's bright eyes suddenly darkened, and a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, comforting himself. After settling down, he came to the dock with Lou Yi.

"Tsim Sha Wan." Lou Yi stood by the stone pile in front of the pier, looked at the words on it, and said loudly.

At this time, the sky was dark, the heavy snow had stopped, and the snow on the shore had been bulldozed by manpower, and a few strong men stood beside them to supervise the work, and the other young men carried a heavy bag of goods from the dock, and staggered towards the harbor step by step.

"Hurry up! If you don't hurry up, you won't be paid!"

There was a strong man with a leather whip in his hand, and he thundered on the ground, and roared viciously in his mouth.

There was a young man in shabby clothes, who tripped over his feet, accidentally slipped, fell to the ground at once, and the goods in his hand also "plopped" and slipped into the river.

Now something is wrong!

Before the young man could get up, he saw a big man with a leather whip come up to him, grab him by the collar, grab him from the ground, and slam it to the ground.

The others were stunned and didn't dare to come forward to help, but they heard the other overseers shout, "Hurry up!" You can't finish this shipment before dark, so be careful to push you into the river to feed the fish!!" As he spoke, he cursed and directed the others to move forward quickly.

"Do you know how much silver you just lost?!" The big man with the leather whip picked up the young man who was lying on the ground and moaned in pain, and as he spoke, he raised his fist and wanted to smash it into his face.

"Wait!" As soon as Lu Xueyuan's words landed, the Lone God Sword in his hand flew out at some point, and it was suddenly inserted between the strong man's legs, making him tremble in fright, and let go of his hand at once.

The two of them stepped forward, and while Lu Xueyuan was drawing his sword, Lou Yi turned to the strong man and said, "Before he owes you much, I will pay for him." As he spoke, he took out an ingot, yellow and glowing with gold.

"Gold ingots??" When the strong man saw this gold ingot, his eyes lit up, and he reached out and snatched it from Lou Yi's hand, and saw that the two of them were not annoyed by their clothes, and they didn't want to make trouble, so he said, "Since the ransom has been paid, then the things just now will not be investigated, you can take this dead goods, and you can kill it as you please!" As he spoke, he stuffed the gold he had snatched from Lou Yi's hand into his arms.

"Wait!"

Just when they thought that they had settled the matter, a middle-aged man's voice suddenly came from behind them, that person was well-dressed and magnificent, and at first glance it was Boss Zheng who was galloping today.