"That's a long story. Shopkeeper Li wiped the sweat on his head, still using the rag in his hand.

"Tell me about it. Feng Yueming actually has a slight sense of familiarity with the place name of Ningyang City, but he can't remember it, so he thinks it's not important, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.

"It started almost two months ago. The shopkeeper Li seemed to be afraid that others would hear it, and his voice was low, "There is a Xinghe County under Ningyang City, where there is a village called Hongdougou, and a little girl of twelve or thirteen was lost. ”

"Go on. Shi Linchu frowned, it was not uncommon for a teenage girl to be abducted, and he thought about what else happened later.

Originally, no one cared about this matter, and the little girl's family was sad for a few days, but then I didn't know if the kidnapper was identified as Xinghe County, and several girls disappeared one after another, the oldest was sixteen years old, and the youngest was only seven or eight years old, and then the county order reported this matter to the prefect. Shopkeeper Li was so hot that he could only keep wiping his sweat, "I don't know if this annoyed those thieves, even this Ningyang City has slowly begun to have children missing." ”

"Child, the boy is also starting to disappear?" Shi Linchu heard what Shopkeeper Li meant.

"Not really. Shopkeeper Li sighed, "The first thing to lose in the city was the male dolls, and no one thought that it was the kidnappers at that time, until the news of Hongdougou came over, and the female dolls in the city also began to lose before they thought that it would be the same group of people." ”

Feng Yueming frowned and recalled the matter of Ningyang City, but only remembered that it was Tang Yancheng who mentioned that the matter here was not so complicated.

"I'm afraid it's not one or two. Shi Linchu looked outside the inn, this was the main street of Ningyang City, but after they talked for so long, they only saw a few pedestrians.

"There are twenty or thirty children who have been lost, so now the guard has sent a lot of military masters to patrol the city. Shopkeeper Li sighed for a long time, "There is such a big thing, the merchants are not coming, and the people in this city who can leave have also left, and there are fewer and fewer people." ”

"I see. Feng Yueming nodded, "You said it was a doll before, and that age is not very old." ”

"The eldest in the city was eleven or twelve. Shopkeeper Li knew all about this, looked at Feng Yueming, and hesitated, "I don't think the girl is very old, so it's better to be careful." ”

"Thank you for your kindness. Feng Yueming received the shopkeeper's kindness.

"The shopkeeper has already cleaned up. Xiao Er came in and said.

"The two of them are still the only customers of the small shop for half a month, and they have cleaned up a small courtyard for the two. Shopkeeper Li got up and said, his tone was full of helplessness, if it goes on like this, this inn doesn't know how many days it will be opened, "Ice and hot water will be sent over in a while." ”

"There's a shopkeeper in Lao. Shi Linchu nodded, still very satisfied with the cleverness of the shopkeeper Li, "Is there a goat milk seller in this city?"

"Yes, yes. Shopkeeper Li smiled and nodded, there are many businessmen from the south to the north here, the more particular he is, the more he likes it, this kind of general requirements are more, but the reward is very generous.

Shi Linchu took out a tael of silver, "In the past few days, a bowl of goat's milk will be sent every morning and evening, and it must be boiled with almonds, and the ice in the room cannot be broken." ”

Shopkeeper Li took the silver with both hands, and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, "Okay, okay." "The one or two pieces of silver that were originally given can be left at least two or three hundred wen when these two guest officers leave, but it turns out that this is an extra tael, even if you drink goat's milk every day, you can't use so much.

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Behind the inn, there are four small courtyards of Meilan Zhuju, a small courtyard with three rooms, quiet all around, only the cicadas chirp, the sunlight shines into the room through the window, passes through the window lattice, and reflects a little markings on the ground.

Probably because Shi Lin gave a lot of silver, even the bedding in the room was replaced with a new one.

"Why is it so hot this summer. Feng Yueming's finger clicked on the ice on the table, there was already half a basin of water in the ice basin, and it was estimated that it would not take too long to finish.

"There is no limit to the amount of ice in the Qiluan Palace. "Shi Linchu knows some things in the palace, after all, the relationship between the queen and Princess Kang has always been good, the emperor and queen love Feng Yueming, and there is no limit to the ice in the summer and the charcoal in the winter in the Qiluan Palace, as long as Feng Yueming is comfortable.

"That's right. "Feng Yueming really didn't see this kind of situation when he was in Qiluan Palace, most of the time as long as the ice melted into a layer of water, he had to change the ice basin, and it was normal to put three or four in a dormitory.

"I'll take you out in the evening. Shi Linchu fanned the wind with a puff fan, and he couldn't see the heroic appearance of the previous major general at all.

"Speaking of Ningyang City, isn't there any news in the capital?" Feng Yueming frowned and asked, according to Shopkeeper Li's words, I am afraid that there are dozens of children missing, "I haven't heard any news before." ”

The Ye Dynasty was founded only a few decades ago, and the population was sharply reduced due to war, and there have been various policies to encourage the common people to have children since the first emperor.

"We left Beijing two months ago. Shi Linchu opened his mouth to remind.

"Have we all been away from the capital for so long?" Feng Yueming blinked, "It seems like it's been two months." ”

"Don't leave me too far when you're in Ningyang City. Shi Linchu felt that things were a little unharmonious, but he couldn't say it, so he could only tell Feng Yueming.

"I don't care. Feng Yueming patted the small sachet on her waist, which contained a lot of poison that she had carefully prepared.

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Ningyang City has a curfew at seven o'clock, Feng Yueming and Shi Lin Chu just went out at the beginning of the day, I don't know if it is because of the evening, there are more pedestrians coming and going, and there are some stalls on the side of the road.

"What do you want to eat at night?" Shi Linchu lowered his head and asked Feng Yueming.

There is also food at the inn, but it is always a little less tasty.

Feng Yueming was looking at a stall selling wooden hairpins, looked up, and there was a wonton stall not far away, "Let's go eat wontons." ”

Shi Lin had no opinion, and saw Feng Yueming pick up a wooden comb from the stall, "Want to buy a comb?"

"Bought to play. Feng Yueming took two copper plates and gave them to the vendor, and the wooden comb could feel the fine lines when touched.

"Let's go, it's time to go back when we're done eating. Shi Linchu glanced at the wooden comb in Feng Yueming's hand again, and his craftsmanship was average.

It's been two months since she came out, and Feng Yueming rarely shows interest in anything, let alone buying things.

The two walked towards the wonton stall, Feng Yueming's footsteps suddenly stopped, Shi Lin found it at the beginning, and looked at her sideways, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. A smile quietly appeared on the corner of Feng Yueming's mouth, and she saw a familiar person.