In the guest room of an inn on Changyang Street, Wang Xiaohu pushed open the window of the guest room and looked at the cold night outside and the empty street.

Jumping down, he came to the street, hidden in the shadows, quietly looking at the street in front of him, silently waiting for something.

After a long time, a man hurriedly passed by Changyang Street, and his steps were fast, as if something was chasing him behind him.

Wang Xiaohu looked at the man passing in front of him, his eyes rolled, but his body was motionless and hidden in the shadows.

Suddenly, the man stumbled, as if he had tripped over something, and almost fell, and could not help but scold:

"What the hell, dare to trip Lao Tzu!"

After speaking, he bent down and picked up the moving west on the ground, and after taking a closer look, his face was instantly overjoyed, and then he looked around, and after finding that there was no one, he hurriedly hid the things in his arms and hurriedly left Changyang Street.

At this time, Wang Xiaohu walked out of the shadows, and looked at the man who was about to disappear on Changyang Street with calm eyes.

Then, with a move in his expression, there were suddenly ripples in the air, and Wang Xiaohu's figure gradually disappeared into the air.

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Scholar Ning Yu came to the house in a hurry, and found that his wife was already asleep, so he quietly took out a small golden pagoda from his arms, looked at the beautiful golden pagoda in front of him, and said with a somewhat obsessive expression:

"What a perfect golden pagoda! It would be nice if I could pick it up every day!"

After looking at it for a while, he hid the golden pagoda and planned to sell it after a while.

Then he began to take off his coat, lay down next to his wife, and began to slowly fall asleep, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

After a while, after Ning Yu fell asleep, the air suddenly fluctuated, and Wang Xiaohu's figure suddenly appeared on the side of the bed, looking at the sleeping man, he couldn't help frowning,

Then he turned around and came to the place where the man hid the golden pagoda, took out the golden pagoda, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see anything abnormal.

So he put the golden pagoda back in its place, hid his figure and left the man's house, returned to Changyang Street, hid in the shadows, and waited silently until the sky began to brighten on the second day, and there was no accident.

"My lord, how is the situation? Is there a catch?" Inside the inn, Si Yu, who came from the Flying Flower, asked with some curiosity.

When Wang Xiaohu heard this, he shook his head and said, "I didn't find anything out of the slightest, and I didn't see anything abnormal!"

On the other side, Fan Gui received a notice from the county government that someone had disappeared again, and he was a scholar, but not on Changyang Street, but in his own home.

Fan Gui went to investigate, and found that there was no clue, and it seemed that he had disappeared suddenly.

So, Fan Gui, who had some doubts in his heart, came to the inn where Wang Xiaohu was, and saw that the two were eating lunch, so he stepped forward and whispered:

"Subordinate Fan Gui, participate in the two adults!"

Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu nodded, and said somewhat casually, "Looking at the appearance of Hall Master Fan, did you find anything?"

"Your Excellency guessed right, someone disappeared again last night, and it was in your own home,

According to his wife, they slept together last night, and when they got up in the morning, they were gone!"

After Fan Gui finished speaking, he also told some of the news he had heard:

"My lord, this man's name is Ning Yu, he is a shabby talent, he usually makes a living by teaching and copying words, he has a wife at home, but he has no children!

I had dinner with a few friends last night, and I didn't go back until late, and when I got home, his wife was already asleep, but in a blur, I felt that her husband was back!

However, after getting up in the morning, I found that there was no Ning Yu, but there were still his clothes next to the bed.

But I didn't find it for a morning, and I didn't see anyone come back, so I reported the case to the yamen, and finally transferred it to my subordinates!"

When Wang Xiaohu heard this, he didn't care about it at first, but when he heard it

Wait, his expression couldn't help but become solemn, and after Fan Gui finished speaking, he said in a deep voice:

"Take me to the missing person's house!"

Seeing this, Fan Gui hurriedly said, "Yes, my lord!"

After a while, Wang Xiaohu and the others came to Ning Yu's house and saw Ning who was crying.

"My lord, you see, this is Ning Yu's home, and his subordinates have already checked it in the morning, but they haven't found anything!" Fan Gui stood next to him and whispered.

When Wang Xiaohu heard this, he nodded, and then went straight to a cabinet by the wall, stretched out his hand and called directly, and found that it was empty!

Then he turned to Ning and asked, "Ning, why is this cabinet empty, and what are the contents inside?"

When Ning heard Wang Xiaohu's question, he couldn't help but raise his head, and then looked at him with some confusion without saying a word.

At this time, Fan Gui scolded loudly: "My lord asked you something, why don't you answer quickly!"

Ning was scolded by Fan Gui, his expression tightened, and he said with some fear:

"My lord, there are only a few clothes in it that my father-in-law usually changes into, and they have been cleaned up and washed by my mother today!"

When Wang Xiaohu heard this, he asked with some confusion, "Didn't you see a palm-sized golden pagoda inside?"

When Ning heard this, he was a little confused, and thought that the other party was trying to extort money, so he hurriedly said:

"My lord, the concubine didn't see the so-called golden pagoda, this lord has already checked it this morning, and there are only a few changes of clothes!"

Seeing this, Fan Gui next to him was afraid that Wang Xiaohu would misunderstand, so he hurriedly stood up and said:

"My lord, my subordinates personally led people to search in the morning, and absolutely no golden pagoda was found! Please be careful!"

Wang Xiaohu looked at the expressions of the two, shook his head and said, "You don't have to be nervous, I'm just asking casually!"

In fact, for the words of the two, Wang Xiaohu believes most of them, after all, although it is a golden pagoda, it is only twenty taels of gold at most.

For Fan Gui, he doesn't care at all, and for the Ning family, whose husband is missing, there is no need to hide.

In the end, Wang Xiaohu returned to the inn with a few people, and let Fan Gui and Si Yu go back, leaving them alone on Changyang Street.

When night fell, darkness slowly shrouded Meixian, Wang Xiaohu was like yesterday, hidden in the shadow of the corner of Changyang Street, quietly observing those people passing by Changyang Street!

In the end, a drunken man, when passing through Changyang Street, was like yesterday's scholar, tripped and kicked over, and then picked up the golden tower.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaohu secretly followed, and the drunken man came to the home of some of the four walls, hurriedly took out the golden pagoda and put it in his hand to watch, and laughed in a low voice:

"Hehe, with the Golden Tower, I will be able to pay off the money in the gambling house tomorrow, and I can make a big gamble, maybe I will be able to run it in time!"

And then I fell asleep in a constant fantasy of beauty,

Wang Xiaohu hid his figure, stood not far from the man, and watched the other party slowly fall asleep with the golden pagoda in his arms.

It wasn't until the sky was a little white that Wang Xiaohu found that the figure of the gambler on the opposite side began to be a little blurry, and slowly became transparent.

Wang Xiaohu's expression changed, and he hurriedly reached forward, wanting to grab the other party, but his hand passed through the other party's body, and the other party disappeared in an instant.

"How could it be impossible to disappear into thin air!" Wang Xiaohu, who does not believe in evil, carefully probed the surroundings over and over again with his divine sense,

Even the Soul Sucking Secret Technique has worked a few times, but there is no trace of the Golden Pagoda and the gambler, and there is no trace of the cold energy left! .

So, Wang Xiaohu, who had an ugly face, returned to the inn and saw Fan Gui with a somewhat dignified expression, so he stepped forward and asked:

"Hall Master Fan, what's wrong, is someone missing again?"

Fan Gui saw Wang Xiaohu walking in from outside the inn, and said with a respectful expression:

"It's not that someone is missing, but my subordinates went to the county office yesterday to check it, and after a night of climbing, I found that there are a lot of missing people in Meixian County over the years.

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And it's increasing every year, especially this year, and there is a disappearance almost every few days, mostly some ordinary people living in poverty, and some beggars and the like!"

Speaking of this, Fan Gui paused, then looked at Wang Xiaohu with straight eyes and said:

"My lord, my subordinates suspect that the strangeness has existed for a long time, but it is only because of the recent sudden increase in the number of missing people that it has attracted the attention of the government!"