The maid squatted in front of the door and cried, her cheeks were covered with tears and kept flowing down, Xing Yuxiang couldn't stand it anymore, he took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and walked to the maid's side and handed it over and said, "Girl, you can use this." ”

After the maid took the handkerchief handed by Xing Yuxiang, she gently wiped her tears, stood up and thanked Xing Yuxiang and said, "Thank you, my name is Lilac"

"That's okay, okay, everyone is scattered, there's nothing to see. Xingyu Yege hurriedly walked away to see the lively crowd and said.

The crowd of onlookers dispersed little by little, Qiu Yuanxue walked to the red wooden door and knocked lightly, "Knock knock!"

"I'm not calling you... Hmm?Who are you?Is there something to do with me?" The strong man who opened the door was still the strong man, he thought it was Lilac calling the door, and the strong man spoke to Lilac a little impatiently at the moment he opened the door, but when he looked up and found that it was Qiu Yuanxue calling the door, he also glanced at Lilac who was standing in front of the door, and Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege and others, so the strong man frowned and asked.

"Hello, we are here to investigate the whereabouts of the missing child, and we want to come to your side to ask about the situation. Qiu Yuanxue said.

"Are you from the Yamen?.... It doesn't look like it, even the people in the government can't find the child, so it's useless for you to ask, let's go. ”

The strong man looked Xing Yuxiang and Qiu Yuanxue up and down and wanted to close the door, Xingyu Yege immediately rushed over, she forcibly pushed the door with her hand and said, "Hey, I said you big man, why is this like this, you are in a hurry when you lose your child, and you can't take out your anger at the people around you." ”

"What do you know about this girl, if it weren't for that maid who lost the young master, the master wouldn't have been angry and blasted her out, you quickly take your hand away. ”

The strong man forcibly wanted to close the door, but was blocked by Yege's hand, and a tug-of-war ensued inside and outside the door, and Yege exerted all his strength and said, "No! Today you will not only invite this Lilac lady back, but also apologize to her." ”

"This girl.... You don't have to do this for me..."Lilac said with some distress as she watched Yege push the door hard.

"If you girl don't let go, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Night Song, I'll help you. Xing Yuxiang also stepped forward to help his sister push the door together

Qiu Yuanxue saw that the situation was not good, and also helped push the door.

Door "squeak, squeak"

"What's so busy?" asked a man's voice from inside the room.

"Master, it was a few young people outside the door who asked about the whereabouts of the missing young master of our family. ”

"Let them in. ”

The strong man opened the door and said, "My lord invites you to come in, and you can also come in with Lilac." ”

After speaking, the strong man retreated to the left and made a gesture of please.

"Huh, my lord let me in? Forgive me. Lilac frowned, but she had no choice but to nod in agreement in the face of the master's instructions.

"Let's go, Miss Lilac, it's okay, let's ignore this big man!" Xingyu Yege said as she took Lilac's hand and walked.

Then Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, Qiu Yuanxue and others also entered the house, as soon as they entered the door, the ground was covered with a red carpet, surrounded by antique objects, ceramic dishes, etc., as well as various carved objects.

In the large main hall, three chairs are neatly arranged on the left and right sides of the center, and a bright red carpet is spread on the floor, and in the center are the chairs of the lord and the lady, which are used for entertaining guests or discussing events.

"I didn't expect the owner of this house to like to play with antique collections. Qiu Yuanxue looked around and said.

"Our master is usually an antique dealer, and he likes to collect a lot of antiques, and he doesn't let us servants touch those antiques on weekdays. ”

"I mean, no wonder you're so rich.." Xingyu Yege stepped forward and looked at the antiques on the display shelf and said with a jealous expression.

"Night Song, don't touch it, these things are..."

"That part is just a fake, and I hid the real thing. ”

Without waiting for Xing Yuxiang to finish speaking, he saw a man on crutches and a jade ring on his thumb walk out from behind the screen in the main hall, and the two maids beside him walked out.

The man sat down on a chair in the center of the main hall and commanded, "If you want to inquire about my son's whereabouts, please sit down." ”

So Qiu Yuanxue, Xingyu Xiang, and Xingyu Yege sat on the chairs on the right side.

"What do you want to inquire about? ”

"Hello, we just wanted to find out if anything unusual happened on the night your child disappeared. ”

"I don't know about the disappearance of my son that night, you can ask that useless maid about this!"

The old man angrily pointed at Lilac, who was standing behind Qiu Yuanxue, and complained angrily.

"Sir... I.... I'm sorry...."Lilac bowed her head in fright.

"Hey, wait uncle, you should know your children best, don't you? Everyone is in a hurry when they lose their children now, and they can't be angry with others. ”

Xingyu Yege saw the old man pointing at Ding Xiang's angry reprimand, and hurriedly persuaded him to explain.

"Alas. Maybe the child's mother has passed away since birth, and now I am the only one to maintain this family, and the child is my heart's meat, if it weren't for this maid's poor care, how would I have driven her out?"

"I didn't expect this to be the case, so it's really pitiful to say that this child has no mother since he was a child. ”

Xingyu Yege heard the old man say this, and seemed to be a little sympathetic to the feeling of being a father looking for his son.

"Lilac, tell us what happened to the child that night, so that we can find the child faster. ”

Qiu Yuanxue turned back to Lilac and said.

"Okay, in order to find the young master, I am willing to tell you what I know, hoping to provide clues. ”

After speaking, Lilac walked to the center, and she knelt on the ground to appeal about what happened to the young master that night.

"I remember that it was last night, I was shopping in the market with the young master, because there were too many crowds at that time, I held the young master's hand and walked, for fear that he would get lost, but he suddenly saw a stall selling candy, many children also went to buy candy to eat, I also told others too much and waited for him to buy it during the day, but the young master did not listen, at this time he let go of my hand and ran to the opposite stall to buy candy, at that time there were too many people I was worried that the young master was lost and shouted desperately, but when the crowd dispersed, I found that there was no candy stall on the opposite side, and there were no other children, and my young master suddenly disappeared at that time and could not find him... That's how it happened. ”

“... Did he disappear in an instant? It seems that this real murderer does have some ability. ”

Qiu Yuanxue thought with her hands on her cheeks.

"Committing a crime in such a crowded place, isn't this obviously a provocation!" Xingyu Yege also thought about it.

"Lilac girl, have you noticed any other details?"

Xing Yuxiang asked.

"No, that's all I know. ”

Lilac shook her head and said.

"Guys, do you have any clue?"

The man asked Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, and Xingyu Yege who were present.

"Not yet, but rest assured that we will find your child as soon as possible. ”

Qiu Yuanxue said.

"Can you really find my child?!If you can find it, I will be grateful!"

When the old man heard Qiu Yuanxue say this, he stood up on crutches in surprise and said with his hands in fists.

"The thank you gift is waived, I just hope you can accept the cloves again. ”

"That's good to say, someone will pack up the things outside the cloves and move them in!"

The old man leaked a kind smile, and he commanded.

So Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, and Xingyu Yege walked out of the door after saying goodbye to Lilac and the master, as soon as they went out, Lilac ran out of the door, she bowed deeply to the benefactor in front of her and said, "Thank you very much, willing to help me find the young master." ”

"Oh, what are you polite, this is what we should do, rest assured that the child's affairs will be left to us. ”

Xingyu Yege seemed to be very confident and said.

After investigating a circle, the streets were very quiet at night, and at the same time, Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege, and Le Shaoying were discussing the clues they had in a room in the inn.

"According to the situation of the families visited along the way, first of all, the child disappeared at night, in a crowded place in the market. ”

Qiu Yuanxue said.

"Based on the family accounts of the missing children, they all heard from the children at the time of their disappearance that there were stalls selling sweets, and it seems that this is a key point. ”

Xing Yuxiang also analyzed.

"However, Kaifeng is so big, and there are many stalls selling candy, how can I check this?"

Xingyu Yege also said a little crazy.

"Ha, this is easy to do, since the real murderer likes to commit crimes at night so much, then why don't we come and wait for the rabbit?"

Le Shaoying sat on the bed and drank wine while holding a wine gourd.

"Hey, you drunken aunt! don't drink it, it will fill the house with the smell of alcohol and smoke people to death. ”

Xingyu Yege saw Le Shaoying drinking and covered her nose with her hands a little impatiently, she deliberately stretched her aunt's tone and said.

"Ha, what do you little sister know, wine is the most beautiful thing in the world, I would rather lack my life than live without wine. ”

After Le Shaoying finished speaking, he drank the wine again.

“.. Ah, I can't stand it, it's so smoky. ”

Xingyu Yege said a little frantically.

"Okay, Yege, don't make trouble, we're discussing business now, how to catch the real culprit. ”

Xing Yuxiang said persuasively.

"Brother, I'm not messing around, you see she's been bullying me. ”

Xingyu Yege muttered dissatisfied.

"Why don't we go to the market tonight and see what we find. ”

Qiu Yuanxue said after thinking about it.

"Hey, that's a great idea, I'm for it!"

As soon as he heard the word market, Xingyu Yege's eyes blinked, and he immediately shouted refreshed.

“... Alas, my foodie sister, we went to investigate, not to eat, drink and have fun. ”

Seeing Ye Ge showing a curious and excited look again, Xing Yuxiang sighed a little and said.

"Poof...."

Qiu Yuanxue saw the conversation between Xing Yuxiang and Yege, and inadvertently laughed.

"Huh... Autumn girl, you smiled. ”

"Oh, I just saw that you guys were inexplicably funny chatting, what's wrong?"

"No, you are usually very cold and calm, and rarely like to laugh. ”

"Oh... Really?"

After Qiu Yuanxue heard this, her face inadvertently flushed and she said.

"Alright, let's go to the market now. ”

"Ha, in that case, it's still the same as during the day, I'll go to the east side of the area alone, and the three of you can investigate the market on the south side. ”

Le Shaoying got out of bed and said to Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege and others.

"Hey, Aunt Drunkard, you're not going to be lazy. ”

Xingyu Yege looked at Le Shaoying with suspicion and said.

"How is it possible, the place where the investigation should be investigated, and besides, I am just having a good time in my spare time. ”

After speaking, Le Shaoying walked out of the inn and went to the east side of the area to investigate, and then Xing Yuxiang, Qiu Yuanxue, and Xingyu Yege went to the market area on the south side to investigate.

At night on the south side of the market, the road is crowded with people, and there are all kinds of stalls on the street, some selling rock sugar gourds, some selling rice cakes, some selling rouge gouache, etc.

"This is the key area where the children are missing, and we must take a closer look. ”

Qiu Yuanxue looked around the entire market and said to Xing Yuxiang and Yege and the others.

After that, Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, and Xingyu Yege walked into the lively market where people came and went, and they didn't know that at this moment, on a condescending roof, He Jing played the flute, and she walked out of the wreath channel formed by the summoned pink petals, looking at Qiu Yuanxue, Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege and his party in the market investigation, and said arrogantly:" Oops, I didn't expect to see each other again, the daughter of the big hero, but this time the enemy seems to be a bit spicy, so I'll just be watching in the dark for a while, and give them hints if necessary. ”