Chapter 45: The Swamp
In the early morning, the mountain was filled with dense fog, and there was no distinction between people and animals ten paces away.
Dragonfly stood outside Ying Kang's tent and waited, during which he could only see a few people running around, seemingly holding something in their hands.
"Ouch!" Suddenly, someone hit the dragonfly and knocked her to the ground.
"Be careful!" Dragonfly said speechlessly.
At this time, Ying Kang just came out of the tent, he reached out and grabbed the person who hit the dragonfly, stared at him for a while, and said, "Liu Zhukuai is also something you can bump into, a fool who doesn't have long eyes." β
"The small know the mistakes, the small know the mistakes." The man apologized repeatedly.
"Boss Ying called me over so early, but there are new clues?" Dragonfly looked at him and asked.
Ying Kang glanced at her and motioned for her to enter the tent, and the dragonfly followed him in.
"This was found last night." Ying Kang threw a sachet to the dragonfly, and the dragonfly took it and smelled it, which was very similar to the smell on the flower girl.
"Where did you find it?"
"Near the cave where the child is being held."
The dragonfly took the sachet and looked at it, and the sachet was a little damaged, and there were a few old stains on it, and it looked like it had been used for a long time.
"It seems that it has been used for some years, and it should have been given by someone else, or it has some special meaning to the person who uses it." After thinking for a moment, Dragonfly added, "She should come back to find her." β
"Are you so sure?" Ying Kang asked.
"You look at the degree of damage on it, there are still old stains left in these places, if it doesn't matter, it's just a sachet, just re-embroider."
Ying Kang nodded approvingly, took back the sachet from the dragonfly's hand, sat back at the coffee table, and made a "please" gesture to the dragonfly.
The dragonfly didn't squirm and sat down generously.
She knew that Ying Kang was deliberately testing herself, including in the fog like this morning, and she also deliberately ordered someone to call her over and wait. just wanted to see if her accomplice would pass on the news to her when her sight was not good, and the sachet was also deliberately shown to her, just to see her ability and whether she really wanted to cooperate.
"Where is Boss Ying going to search next?" Dragonfly asked.
Ying Kang looked up at her, his eyes were a little wandering, as if he was struggling with whether to answer, and as if he was considering whether he could cooperate with her.
After waiting for a while, Ying Kang took out a map of the village, pointed to a place and said, "There is a cliff here, and the sachet was picked up by my subordinates here." β
The dragonfly immediately understood that there was probably more to it than just a cliff, and that its steepness was not easy to climb.
"Should the boss suspect that they are hiding here?" Dragonfly asked.
"I need you to go down to the bottom of the cliff and find the man." Ying Kangdao.
The dragonfly stared at the map for a long time before saying, "Yes." β
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Recently, except for Yun Feng's fiancΓ©e, who behaves rudely and is full of countrylines, she is not worthy of him. There was another thing to talk about, Yun Feng privately investigated Danxue Building.
Yun Feng's official position is not high, but his status in Shenglong is ranked first, and there are not many cases that can allow him to investigate personally, there was a bloody case that shocked the north and south of the country in the early years, and there was a case of corruption of high-ranking officials in the past two years, which also shattered many people's cognition.
Therefore, Yun Feng privately investigated Danxue Building, and when he heard it, he felt that this Danxue Building was not simple, and there was a big case behind it. As soon as it is worn like this, Danxue Building is always full, and even the night is fully booked.
Among the people who came, there were many officials and celebrities, and there were many businessmen. Among these people, some of them simply want to come over and have a good time to see what case this Danxue Lou is backing, and some are people who have interests with Danxue Lou on weekdays, and they are worried that their affairs in Danxue Lou will be shaken out.
For three days in a row, it was full of customers every day, and there were often gossip-loving people squatting nearby, just wanting to eat a ready-made melon. In the face of such a business, it would have been a happy thing, but every time the boss saw people walking around, he frowned, and he didn't know what to do with a bitter face.
"Senior brother, what do you guess the boss is doing here?" Liu Luo sat on the second floor of the teahouse opposite, looking at Danxue Tower through the window.
"I'm glad I'm happy, it's full of friends every day." Yun Bong smiled evilly.
"I have to say, this trick is really detrimental to the family."
"You came up with this." Yun Bong reminded him.
Liu Luo immediately changed his tone and said, "Such a smart trick can only be come up with by a smart person like Xiao Ye." β
Yun Feng took another sip of tea and smiled without saying a word.
After the attention is high, the boss of Danxue Lou does not dare to do any business in secret, after all, there are so many people every day, and there are many people, and if they can't keep it, they will tell the story of Danxue Lou.
Yin Shang is expressly forbidden to gather people to gamble, and other places are okay, the magistrate has turned a blind eye, and has established a good relationship, and it is nothing to open a gambling house, Sheng Long is under the nose of the Son of Heaven, once it is revealed, all those involved in it will die.
"After three days, their business should have lost a lot." Yun Feng said with a smile.
"My people are already watching, once they move......" Liu Luo made a gesture to wipe his neck.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and continued to drink tea.
Some things, once laid out on the surface, the umbrella will see the light and die. So many ordinary people are staring, and now the saint is a foolish Mingjun, and those officials who are privately taught and received on weekdays are all wise to protect themselves, and no one wants to show their faces to speak for Dan Xuelou.
Those who are not in office are in cahoots with them, and it will be much easier to deal with them.
"My people came to report that business has been good these days, and the owner of Danxue Building has ordered a lot of vegetables from the vegetable farmers outside." Liu Luo said.
"Vegetable ......" Yun Feng and Liu Luo's eyes met, and both of them had the same guess.
"Keep an eye on it." Yun Bong said.
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At noon, the sun was blazing. The dragonfly stood on the edge of the cliff that Ying Kang said, looked down, and saw that there was no bottom below, and even at noon, the fog below did not disperse.
The light does not go away......
Most of it is an obstacle.
The dragonfly remembered the map marked with a swamp underneath it, and it was easy for beasts to get trapped in it, and over time, obstacles appeared.
"Boss Ying, have you ever been down?" Dragonfly asked.
"After going down, there were poisonous snakes at the bottom of the cliff, and we didn't go far before we went back the way we came." Ying Kang didn't hide it from her.
Dragonfly nodded, walked over and tied the rope to his waist and climbed down.
Along the way, she saw a lot of scratches on the cliffs, these scratches were old and new, the old ones should have been left a month ago, and the new ones were not a few days old.
From these, she could guess that Ying Kang was sure that the people in Hua Yicheng were below, so he played many groups of people back and forth. Then there is only one possibility, the sachet was not picked up by accident, most likely they chased a few people from Huayi City here, and those few people jumped off the cliff in full view of everyone.
After landing, soon after the dragonfly untied the rope, the rope on it was cut and fell.
Dragonfly looked at the rope lying on the ground and couldn't help but shake her head. Are they going to let her find it well, or are they going to let her die down there.
Throwing down the rope, the dragonfly saw realgar powder and a lot of snake corpses on the ground, there was a lot of blood on the ground, but there was no corpse, something abnormal.
Judging by the extent of the damage caused by the fighting, someone must have died. She didn't think that Ying Kang was humane and would bury his dead brother, so there was only one possibility, there were fierce beasts nearby and ate those corpses.
When the dragonfly was thinking about where to start, two figures fell from the sky, it was the phoenix and the flower.
"How did you guys get down?" Dragonfly stared at both of them quizzically.
"When they left, Sister Hua and I borrowed a rope and came down." Feng Xu explained.
"Maybe he's waiting for you to come down with me." Dragonfly pouted.
"That sachet was a gift I gave her in the year of Huayu and Lu, when we were just slaves, and there was no moon, let alone any ceremony. Huayu is from a hard work, so in order to make her happy, I found some fabric and spices to sew the sachet. Hua Qian said, her face full of sadness.
"Ying Kang can send people to come down continuously, which means that they are not dead." The dragonfly patted the flower on the shoulder.
"Really?" Hua Qian asked her.
Dragonfly's hand trembled slightly, she wasn't sure if it was real. The beasts can eat the corpses of those killers, why can't they eat Huayu and others.
"You want to see people when you live, and you want to see corpses when you die. The fact that the body was not found means that the person is still alive. Feng Xu also said.
"Why is there so much blood here, but there is no body?" Hua Qian moved his gaze down to the ground.
The dragonfly did not speak, but flew up the tree, looked around, saw that there was a place where the obstacle was not strong, pointed to that side and said, "Go that way." β
Hua Qian and Feng Xu did not doubt him, and they moved forward obediently.
"I grew up in the mountains, and it's not as dangerous as here, but there's always something the same." The dragonfly said to the two as she walked.
"Sister, it's so quiet down here." Feng Xu said.
"Smaller beasts and birds can't survive here, so naturally they don't have the same vitality as other places."
The forest here is not tall, the weeds are vigorous, and the ground under your feet is very soft and sticky, exuding a rancid smell, and after smelling it for a long time, I only feel a headache and nausea.
"I have licorice tablets here, and you put them in your mouth. It can relieve physical discomfort. Hua Qian opened his sachet, took out the licorice and handed it to them.
"Your sachet is filled with herbs." Dragonfly said.
"When you use poison, you often have a trick with you, so you can take it with you in case you need it." Speaking of which, Hua Qian was stunned, Hua Yu also likes it like this, as long as the road is right, her chances of survival are still great.
"Sister Hua Qian, why are you stunned, hurry up, my sister said that we have to find a vacant place to rest before dark." Feng Xu pulled the clothes of the flower girl.
"Here we are." Hua Qian came back to his senses and hurried to follow.
In the grass that they could not see, a pair of fierce beasts were watching their every move, and they rushed out to hunt for food at night.
"Hurry up, it's so quiet here, maybe there's some beast." The dragonfly urged the two to say.