As the twilight fell, the birds returned to the forest, only the insects and crickets chirped tirelessly, and the dim lanterns hung on both sides of the upper end of the wooden door, and in the dark orange light, it was barely possible to make out the three large characters on the plaque.

Li Zifeng and his entourage brought back the food and clothes one by one, these food and clothes, which they intercepted from Ling Ye Palace's subordinates on the way to Xiyuan Town, the accuracy of the intelligence, the speed of the action, of course, are inseparable from Ling Jue's 'help'.

Li Zifeng touched the bags of grain, but his mind was full of scenes of starvation, which was unbearable.

The people of Xiangyang Village have settled in this house, and those silver taels have also been converted into food and clothing, and as for this batch of goods, they must also be sent to the most important places, such as border passes or hard-hit areas.

Shuichen Garden is a vacant mansion, which belongs to the property of Mu Lin Pavilion, and it can be regarded as a secret stronghold for Mu Lin Pavilion to communicate with the outside world. Although Shuichen Garden is not as luxurious as Mulin Pavilion and Weijiazhuang, and there are not many houses, it is also spacious and elegant.

Li Zifeng walked in the dark with a blind cane, and suddenly thought of something in his heart, Shen Hongfei on the side saw Li Zifeng turn his 'gaze' to himself again, and his right eyelid jumped, "If you have something to say, black-eyed man!"

"Why is Brother Shen so hostile?" Li Zifeng smiled slyly, "Actually, I haven't thought about what to do with this batch of goods. How to escape the eyes and ears of the Lingye Palace, and really distribute it to the refugees. ”

Shen Hongfei sneered, casually lay down on the sack piled up high, and looked at Li Zifeng funny, "Look at your appearance of worrying about the country and the people, now that night is falling, what else can you do besides sleeping? If you continue to stay up like this, you will be exhausted to death sooner or later!"

Li Zifeng was dumbfounded......

Xiyuan Town

In the dead of night, the moon sprinkled like water, adding a bit of tranquility to the quiet courtyard. At this time, Xu Zining was not so peaceful.

Under the soft candlelight, Qingyun and Xiao Liuzi lay side by side on the bed, sleeping quietly, breathing evenly, but Xiao Liuzi would whisper a few words from time to time, calling softly, 'sister, sister...' Xu Zining listened, and his heart was filled with guilt again, if it wasn't for his carelessness, the two brothers and sisters would not be separated.

At this time, there was a dark shadow standing quietly outside the door, and after hesitating for a while, he dodged away, Xu Zining sighed slightly, got up and blew out the candle, and quietly exited the room.

Closing the door, the figure appeared again, it was Xu Weixiang, Xu Weixiang followed Xu Zining to a quiet and uninhabited corner, Xu Weixiang was worthy of speaking, "Li Shijie and Su Kexin stayed at the Tongxiang Inn, they should be plotting something." The subordinates only heard them talking about drug tests or something, and they might still be plotting some kind of action, as if it was related to the people of this town. ”

Xu Zining's eyebrows raised. Test for poison, missing child...... Xu Zining gasped.

"Childe?" Xu Weixiang looked at Xu Zining's face and didn't seem to be very good, and called tentatively.

Xu Zining came back to his senses, "Oh, it's okay, you go and rest first!"

Xu Weixiang was slightly stunned, originally thought that Xu Zining would let him continue to inquire about the news, but now he let go of such a big clue as Li Shijie and let himself go back to rest, Xu Weixiang was a little confused, but seeing that Xu Zining's face was becoming more and more ugly, he didn't want to ask anything, and after a few words, he retreated.

The next morning, the clouds were overheading, the cool breeze was blowing, and the branches were swaying, rolling up the smell of earth.

Lu Shiqing's secret guard brought back the news, this is not the first time that there has been a loss of children in this city, and it is no accident, the key is that the scale of this incident has gradually expanded.

Lost children began to appear on a large scale in Xiyuan Town, and the government intervened, but there was still nothing they could do. No one knows exactly how the children got lost, and the commonalities of disappearances are not the same. Only the child's father and mother were in pain and chagrin.

At the same time, there was a sudden wave of strange remarks in the city, that is, in fact, it was because God was angry with them, so the lost children were taken to worship the heavens. I don't know who said this first, but it quickly spread in the city.

And with the popularity of the rhetoric, the number of missing children is increasing, and some young girls and some teenagers who have not yet left the court are gradually entering the missing population.

No wonder Xiyuan Town is not far from Wei'an City, but it is so deserted, Xu Zining felt that he could no longer let the situation develop, so after investigation, he finally found Ma San in the teahouse at noon.

Even in the middle of nowhere, the business of the teahouse is still very cold, and the shopkeeper of the teahouse is bored fiddling with his abacus. In the entire lobby, only Ma San occupied a table and asked for refreshments.

Ma San recognized Xu Zining, with a smile on his face, and did not show any surprise at his arrival, "I knew you would still find me." As he spoke, he poured himself a bowl of herbal tea, and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve, "Huh, what about the child you brought with you?

Xu Zining was in no mood to laugh with him, and said straight to the point, "Do you know why I came today?"

Ma San scratched his head, with an ignorant expression on his face, and said in a strange tone, "How do I know what you're doing here?" Besides, it's not just to drink tea here...... Can you still come to me? What?"

Xu Zining was not polite, sat directly opposite Ma San, poured tea and drank it himself, and then gently knocked the bowl on the table, "That's right, I'm here to find you." ”

Ma San's expression paused slightly, and then he said with a smile, "Okay, since you are here to find me, then I will invite you to have a cup of tea." ”

Speaking of this, he patted the table, motioned to the shopkeeper on the side to add another pot of tea, and by the way, added a little snack, and after arranging, he drank the tea in front of him in one go, and then arched his hand and said, "Then you always drink tea here slowly, Ma San and I, you can go out and find a way to make a fortune." ”

After finishing speaking, he went out without looking back, and when he saw him going out, Xu Zining did not rush to catch up, but just sat silently. He knew in his heart that this Ma San's personality had always been like this, although he didn't deal with him very often, but he also figured out some doorways.

Being able to get those words or two from his mouth is already a very kind person, thinking about asking something from his mouth, I am afraid that I will have to pay some price, such as money.

Xu Zining narrowed his eyes slightly, patiently waiting for Ma San, he was sure that within half a day, Ma San would come back, he guessed right, two hours later, Ma San came back.

Ma San seemed to have just driven the carriage to pull the guests, there were fine beads of sweat on his head, and his breathing was a little short, and he just wanted to open his mouth and shout for a pot of herbal tea, but in a blink of an eye, he saw that Xu Zining was still sitting in the same place waiting for him, just a plate of dim sum bottomed out, and the tea had been soaked to almost no color.

Ma San was a little helpless, "This master, it seems that you have deceived me? I have also invited this tea, eaten snacks, and greeted me, what do you want to do with me?"

Xu Zining took out the fine silver and pushed it forward, "I don't want to do anything, I just want to ask you to answer some questions." ”

Ma San didn't look at the broken silver, "Hey, who are you Ma San?" This bit of broken silver, although I Ma San loves money, but there is a way to take it, besides, I may not be able to answer any questions you have!"

Xu Zining looked at him, "That day, can you mention me and explain what you know, and you are by no means a traitor, so I don't bother you to say too much this time, as long as you can tell me one or two clues." ”

Ma San's eyes rolled for a moment, "Then you're really interesting." Seeing that you are not an ordinary person, do you want to find out any news, and you still want to find me?"

Having said that, he gently dipped his right index finger in the tea and slowly wrote down one word: poison.