The villagers of Maple Flat returned to their homes intermittently after the withdrawal of the large force of the E Army.

Song Yun and Zhuge Jian, who were waiting eagerly, agreed that Zhuge Yun and Jiang Bo had gone to hide outside the village, and they would return to the manor as soon as they saw the E army withdraw. Therefore, they waited patiently, but until dusk, Zhuge Yun and Jiang Bo and his wife still did not return.

"Let's go into the manor!"

Song Yun said to Zhuge Jian tiredly.

"Okay!"

The two walked towards the main gate and ascended the stone steps of the entrance. The main entrance was hidden, and Song Yun and Zhuge Jian hesitated for a moment before walking in.

The living room was extremely chaotic, and it could be seen that the E troops in the manor had retreated in a hurry. On the crimson carpet, messy footprints remained, and large numbers of papers and books, messy garbage, were thrown on the floor and table.

The large map nailed to the wall may be a tool used by the commander of the E army to command the battle, and the people of the E country even left such an important map here, which shows that the retreat of the E army is too chaotic and panicked.

The drawers of the desk were all open, and there were a few things scattered inside, nothing more than papers. Song Yun flipped through them carefully, and it was not difficult for him to read through these documents as he had gone to study in country E.

"These are not important documents, classified documents about the military situation of E may have been taken away, leaving behind some innocuous letters."

They hurriedly threw away these useless things and quickly ran to the second floor, because Zhuge Yun's life and death were the things that worried them the most.

Zhuge Yun's bedroom door was open, and Song Yun and Zhuge Jian rushed in without hesitation, but there was no figure of Zhuge Yun in the room.

"Oh my God! Was Yun'er captured by the E Army? However, the room was orderly, unmessy, and neat and clean, maybe the soldiers of National E did not enter Yun'er's room......"

Song Yun secretly speculated.

The large gilded clock fell to the ground, and the hour hand on it pointed to 3:15, which had stopped turning for a long time, but the problem was that no one knew what day it was.

Zhuge Yun's clothes were neatly stacked in the cupboard, and even the pants and scarves underneath were placed as they were at the beginning, and there was no sign of messiness at all.

"There's nothing out of the ordinary! It's just that Yun'er isn't in front of her......" Song Yun looked around the room and muttered to himself.

"Ah......h

"What's the matter? Brother-in-law......

Zhuge Jian was hunched over to check the suitcase under the bench, and when he heard the scream, he straightened up suddenly.

"Portrait...... The portrait is gone......" Song Yun said slowly.

The portrait of the woman in black that used to hang high on the wall is gone.

"Who took it, exactly? Does he have any intentions? Alas, I really can't figure it out! ”

Song Yun and Zhuge Jian kept searching for all clues in the manor, but they didn't find the portrait, and they didn't even see the shadows of Zhuge Yun and Jiang Bo.

"Maybe the three of them have quietly left here and fled to Dongzhou Zhuge Yu's house, if that's the case, I should rest assured......"

Song Yun comforted himself in his heart.

But just in case, the two of them went back to the yard and searched carefully. The spacious courtyard is lush with greenery, and the scenery is the same as before. On the turquoise and soft lawn, the classical and exquisite gazebo is still the same.

After Song Yun and Zhuge Yun tied the knot, they often sat in this pavilion to watch the sunset, or snuggled up on a bench and counted the stars in the summer night. To this day, Song Yun still clearly remembers Zhuge Yun's radiant and overjoyed face, and a tide of eager thoughts surged into his heart.

He sat down on a blue ceramic chair in the gazebo, his hands touching the pottery table, and his eyes touched the old scene, and he couldn't help but feel sad. Then he looked at the brown brick wall behind the trees.

"Ah?......h

Song Yun was taken aback and stood up from his chair.

Two bodies leaning against the brick wall, half-fallen corpses appeared in front of Song Yun's eyes.

This is the body of Jiang Bo, the caretaker of the manor, and his wife. An iron chain was tightly bound to their chests, and the ends of the chain were tied to an iron wheel. The hands of the two men hung at their sides, and their heads hung low on their bleeding chests.

"They were shot...... It's so cruel that they even kill an old couple who are old and frail......"

When Song Yun thought of this, his whole body trembled with anger.

The long chain with the Jiang Bo couple tied to it was piled up on the ground, and the other end was attached to the third iron wheel. There should be another person here who was also chained, but Song Yun and Zhuge Jian did not find the corpse.

Song Yun searched carefully close to the corner of the wall. They suddenly found three bullet marks on the brick wall, two of which were on the wall above the heads of Mr. and Mrs. Jiang Bo, perhaps the traces of the soldier of Country E who carried out the shooting did not aim at the target and missed the shot.

Another bullet mark was located on the side of the third wheel, which also did not seem to be aimed.

After Zhuge Jian inspected the bullet marks on the wall, he suddenly shouted: "Brother-in-law......"

Song Yun ran over from there.

"Brother-in-law, look ......"

A long hair was stained on the bullet marks, and it was visible that the deflected bullet had broken off the hair as it swept over the third man's head, and then into the brick wall.

Zhuge Jian gently pulled his hair up, and the tips of his hair slowly parted from the bullet marks and fell into his hands. He looked at the long hair at the rays of the setting sun, and it was a long black hair.

Song Yun's face turned white, he was so lightheaded that he couldn't stand anymore. Zhuge Jian hurriedly supported the swaying Song Yun with both hands.

After a while, the two men took out shovels from the warehouse, dug up two cemeteries in the forest, and buried Jiang Bo and his wife.

The two silently prayed for the old couple for a while, and came to Zhuge Yun's bedroom again. Song Yun picked up the big clock from the ground and hung it on the wall.

The position of the hour hand on the clock was still in its original state, and Song Yun thought that this would be more appropriate, and perhaps this could be a strong evidence in the future.

"Maybe at that moment, Army E just broke into this bedroom and dragged Yun'er out. It may be that Yun'er is desperately resisting, and the big clock on the wall will fall to the ground and stop turning.

"Alas, even if you know this, it is useless. Yun'er may have been shot, and although the first bullet broke her smooth hair, the second bullet must have pierced her heart. ”

Thinking of this, Song Yun couldn't help but burst into tears and staggered out.

However, Song Yun searched inside and outside the manor, but did not find Zhuge Yun's body. Song Yun was so grief-stricken that he wrapped the two or three long hairs in paper, kissed them a few times, and put them away in the pocket of his jacket on his chest.

Song Yun and Zhuge Jian, who were grief-stricken and indignant, walked silently on the forest path two days ago.

"My heart has died with Yun'er, but the road ahead is still so dangerous, dark and sinister......"