"I don't know how long this chaos will last."

Chen Mu whispered in his heart.

In the past, his status was low, and the level of understanding was not high enough, but now, as a bad leader, he can talk with Min Baoyi at will, and the more things he knows, the more things he knows.

For example, here like Yucheng, it is basically completely out of the control of the imperial court, and the reason why it still maintains a seemingly normal order is the result of several major families in the inner city maintaining a tacit understanding with each other.

It was getting darker.

Chen Mu also quickened his pace.

He wasn't worried about any danger, but as he was speeding through a few alleys, a gray shadow swept by, rushing towards his door.

Chen Mu moved quickly, raised his hand and sent the knife out of the sheath, a knife flash flashed, and the gray shadow suddenly split into two from the center, accompanied by splashes of blood, and fell to the ground.

But it's a huge gray-haired mouse.

Chen Mu slowly put down the knife, looked at the gray squirrel corpse that was still twitching slightly, and shook his head slightly, there was still such a big gray-skinned mouse in this year, and he didn't know what he ate to grow so big, and he even dared to attack people.

Just as Chen Mu pondered for a while, there was a chirping sound nearby, and he saw seven or eight small mice that were only half the size of a fist coming out of some cracks, and pounced directly on the corpse of the big mouse, gnawing and squeaking regardless of it.

Chen Mu felt uncomfortable watching this scene.

Put away the knife and quickly leave.

It wasn't until the sky was completely dark, and it was dark that Chen Mu finally returned home, knocked on the door, and shouted twice at the inside, and the old servant cautiously opened the door from the inside.

"Sir."

Seeing that it was indeed Chen Mu outside the door, the old servant opened the door completely and saluted carefully.

Chen Mu stepped over the threshold and said, "It's nothing today, right?" ”

On weekdays, there are still people who often come to visit him, such as Wang Fu and other errands, sometimes come to him for a drink, but he basically pushes everything he can to push away.

The old servant closed the door and carefully talked about today's daytime, but Chen Hong came to look for him today, it seemed that there was something, but he had already gone out to the inner city at that time.

"You didn't ask what it was?"

Chen Mu heard that Chen Hong was coming, so he asked.

The old servant hung his head and said, "Master, how dare the old servant ask about your business." ”

"Well, Cheng, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

Chen Mu nodded, and then walked towards the inner courtyard, but only when he reached the door leading to the inner courtyard, a scream came from the courtyard, with a little panic and crying.

Swish!

Chen Mu's face changed slightly, and the pace of the whole person quickly accelerated, and he flashed into the inner courtyard at once, but saw that Wang Ni was retreating again and again with a frightened face, and in front of her was a gray-skinned mouse with at least two fists in size, as if she was about to pounce.

Seeing this scene, Chen Mu's heart suddenly relaxed, he thought that something was wrong, and when he raised his hand, he threw it over, and the huge gray-skinned mouse directly separated its head, and its limbs twitched indiscriminately.

"Clean it up."

Chen Mu commanded at the old servant.

The old servant hurriedly answered and cleaned up.

Chen Mu looked at Wang Ni, who was a little frightened, and said with a smile: "I thought something was wrong, how could you be scared by this thing." ”

How could a child from a poor family never see a mouse, and no matter how young a girl was, she shouldn't be scared like this.

"I ...... I ......"

Wang Ni's face was still a little pale, and she hesitated for a while before she regained her breath and said, "I've never seen such a big one, and ...... And it bites all the brooms. ”

Well.

It did seem to be a little bigger, similar to the one he had met in the alley before.

When Chen Mu heard Wang Ni's words, the smile on his face converged, and he frowned slightly, this kind of huge gray-skinned mouse was not unusual, but it was a bit too much to encounter two in a row in one day.

Coupled with the litter of mice before, this faintly gave him a not very good feeling.

Could it be that this outer city is going to be a 'rat infestation'?

But in this world, the poor have no food for the rats to eat, and even these rats themselves have to go to the table, not to mention that this is a world with force, which is not the same as his previous life, it should be that he is unfounded.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu shook his head, walked over and reached out to touch Wang Ni's little head, and said with relief: "Okay, go back to the house, it's okay." ”

Wang Ni nodded timidly, and then followed Chen Mu into the house, served Chen Mu in wide clothes, fetched water and washed her feet, and after finishing her work, she seemed to be a little uneasy because of what had just happened, so Chen Mu let her rest on the small couch next to her.

After Chen Yue went to the inner city, Wang Ni lived on his side, sleeping on a small couch outside, on the one hand, she was too young and a little timid and afraid, on the other hand, the small couch outside was also a place for maids and maids to rest.

Chen Mu didn't care too much about these, but Chen Yue said that when there were few people in the family, there was nothing, if Chen Mu rose step by step in the future, and there were more and more people in the family, then there would still be upright rules, and Chen Mu would obey Chen Yue's placement.

Following.

The sky was bright.

Chen Mu had just woken up and got up to wash up briefly, when the old servant outside came to report that Chen Hong was here.

"Looks like there's something going on."

Chen Mu pondered slightly in his heart, asked the old servant to invite people in, and then welcomed him out.

Soon I saw Chen Hong walking into the courtyard with a worried face, and said: "Xiao Mu, Youying was lost yesterday, and she didn't see anyone for a day, and she didn't come back at night, so my daughter's ...... Let's see if you can help find someone. ”

"Missing?"

Chen Mu was slightly stunned, and then said, "Third aunt, don't worry, wait for me to ask for you." ”

It's really common to lose someone these days, not to mention a woman, even a man who looks a little girly, it is possible to lose it, for ordinary people, people are basically really missing if they are missing, and they can no longer be found.

But for some powerful people, they can still find someone, such as the current Chen Mu, there are at least several ways to find someone, but he didn't come back for a day and a night, and the situation is not very good, but he can only comfort Chen Hong first.

Soon.

Chen Mu changed into a bad clothes, left Chen Hong at home and waited for news, and went directly to the City Health Division.

When he got to the city guard to find out a little more, the situation made his brows furrow, because in these days, disappearances have happened very frequently, probably in the last two or three months.

Those poor people settle down and come to report that people are missing, and the city health department often only collects them, symbolically asking people to go out to inspect a circle, but in fact they are just wandering around at random, and they are not looking for people at all, and they don't care about this kind of thing.

"In the last two or three months, the number of disappearances has increased so much?"

Chen Mu took the case book in his hand and groaned, and then said, "Let's go, take a few people, and follow me to the thief gang to ask." ”

From the south of the city to the east of the city, he immediately changed from a serious person to a slave and a lowly person.

Plainly

It is also to receive the benefits of this part of the people, and maintain a tacit understanding with each other.

If the other party catches someone who shouldn't be arrested, the kind of person with a bit of background, or someone finds a relationship, then the city guard will also go to the thief gang to check and ask people, and normally there is still a chance to get it back.

But this is the channel of the gang of thieves and abductors, if it is like Wei Lun, who randomly arrests people and does it on his own, it is often difficult to investigate, unless the eyes of the entire city guard department are mobilized and carefully investigated one by one.