Chapter 152: Chen's Mansion
Wu Qinglan leaned back in her chair, looked at Qin Han, and said, "Senior Sister Qin, have you paid attention to these incense ashes in those women's boudoirs?"
Qin Han shook her head, many of the towns she had been to did not have incense burners in the women's boudoirs, and even if there were incense burners, she didn't pay attention to them.
"Senior Sister Wu, are you sure you want to try the incense ash?" Zuo Wenyi was a little suspicious of the three copper coins on the ground.
Wu Qinglan said firmly, "Although I can't be sure that it's because of this incense ash, it must have something to do with it." β
It was the first day Qin Han saw Wu Qinglan say so many things, of course, her contact with Wu Qinglan was hardly much.
"Senior Brother Zuo and Senior Sister Wu, why don't we go and see the situation at the homes of the other missing girls. β
Qin Han looked at the incense ash on his fingers and said thoughtfully.
After a while, the three of them decided to take a look at the first case: Qianjin Fang in Ling'an City, where resident Chen Yuanjing was lost.
Ling'an City is one of the smallest towns around Liuyun Sect, and due to the small flow of people, there are not many pedestrians on the streets. In order to be able to better probe the surrounding situation, Qin Han and the three of them did not plan to use flying swords, but walked.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I arrived at Qianjinfang, this fang market is the smallest fang market Qin Han has ever seen, and even the shops in it are good and pitiful, which shows that the living standards of the residents here are not high.
Looking up at the residential areas on both sides, many courtyards are vacant, and the only people who live here all year round are the elderly and children. Sure enough, the young and middle-aged labor force has gone to better cities and towns.
"Three of them are outsiders, right?"
A middle-aged woman selling vegetables on the side of the road looks very talkative.
Glancing at Wu Qinglan, who had a cold face, and then at Zuo Wenyi, who was following Wu Qinglan's side, Qin Han also understood his status, and hurriedly stepped forward to run errands and began to talk to the woman.
Qin Han showed a big smile, "Auntie, the three of our senior brothers and sisters are all travelers from other places, and they happened to pass by Ling'an City, so we stopped by to see the old friends of the elders in the family. β
For the sake of convenience, the people who go out to do tasks basically don't wear sectarian clothes, so that the aunt who sells vegetables doesn't see the origin of the three people.
"Little girl, I advise you to hurry up and go before it gets dark. The eldest aunt frowned and said to Qin Han worriedly.
Qin Han opened her innocent eyes and tried her best to look ignorant of the world, but it was a pity that her bangs were too thick, "Auntie, what happened to this Ling'an City?"
The aunt sighed, as if she didn't want to say more, and began to bury her head in picking vegetable leavesγγγγγγ
Seeing this, Qin Han took out two lower-grade spirit stones from the storage bag and put them in front of the woman.
Although the mortals in the immortal cultivation town cannot cultivate, the rich people also trade spirit stones on weekdays, and the value of the spirit stones is much higher than that of gold, even if it is just a low-grade spirit stone, it is enough for these poor mortals to grab their heads and bleed.
As soon as the woman raised her head, she swept the two lower-grade spirit stones in front of her at a glance, and her eyes lit up as soon as she brushed them.
Thinking of the recent situation at home, the woman was entangled for a while, beckoned to Qin Han to take a step to speak, and Qin Han hurriedly glanced back at Wu Qinglan and Zuo Wenyi.
Seeing that there was no gloom on their faces, they hurriedly followed the woman to a remote corner of the alley.
The woman looked around at the mouth of the alley for a long time before pulling Qin Hanshen and said mysteriously, "The girl doesn't know, Ling'an City has not been peaceful recently, and many girls have disappeared mysteriously. You and your sister should be careful, and get home before dark. β
Qin Han asked tentatively, "Does the City Lord's Mansion care about this?"
The woman shook her head again and sighed, "Last time, the girl of the Chen family was lost and reported to the City Lord's Mansion, but since that incident, the people from the City Lord's Mansion have also disappeared!!"
"And that kind of thing?"
Qin Han's eyes widened, his expression was shocked, and his expression was just right.
The woman approached Qin Han and lowered her voice, "I heard that the people from the City Lord's Mansion went out to investigate the case, but none of them came back!"
Qin Han also said in a low voice, "Auntie, this daughter of the Chen family is Chen Yuanjing?"
The woman looked surprised and said, "Ah, how do you know?"
"My aunt didn't know that my father's old friend was the Chen family. This time, we are here to visit Chen Yuanjing's father. β
"Chen family!"
The woman looked surprised.
"Auntie, can you tell me where Chen Yuanjing's home is?"
The woman was also warm-hearted, and pointed back, "The westernmost Sanjin courtyard is the Chen family." β
Qin Han stuffed another low-grade spirit stone into the woman's hand, thanked her and left.
turned around and came to Wu Qinglan and Zuo Wenyi, "Senior Sister Wu, Senior Brother Zuo, Chen Yuanjing's house is in the far west, why don't we go now." β
The three of them looked at each other and nodded, and then walked towards Chen's house.
After a while, I arrived at the door of the Chen Mansion, and the courtyard of the Chen Mansion was relatively wealthy in the entire Ling'an City, but at this time it looked very deserted and dilapidated.
"Excuse me, anyone?"
Qin Han stepped forward and knocked on the door.
After a long time, out of the door came a rickety old man, who looked haggard, thin, yellow and thin, and his eyes were a little dim, and he looked at the three of them for half an hour.
"You, you, who are you?"
The old man's voice was a little rough, and it sounded very ugly, but Qin Han didn't dislike it.
stepped forward, raised the volume slightly, and asked again, "Old man, is this Chen Yuanjing's home?"
Chen γγγγγγγ Yuan...... Jing......... Yuan....... Jing........ β
The old man sat down on the steps of the door, and began to wipe away his tears, as if remembering something sadγγγγγγγγ
"Old man, don't be sad, are you Chen Yuanjing's father?"
Zuo Wenyi walked up and handed the old man a silk handkerchief.
Qin Han glanced at Zuo Wenyi incredulously, he didn't expect him to be such a careful warm manγγγγγγ
Wu Qinglan still had a cold face, and she didn't look at the old man from beginning to end, people who were not familiar with her must have thought that this person was very arrogant, but in fact she was just focusing on the case.
In a blink of an eye, Wu Qinglan's figure disappeared at the gate, obviously having already entered.
Qin Han didn't want to linger at the door longer, so he followed her first.
I just came to Chen Yuanjing's room, which has been cleaned