Maybe there are often Taoist priests in the town, or maybe Mingwang Town is too far away from Longhu Mountain, and he has never set foot in Shuwang Town over the years to eliminate demons, familiar houses, grass and trees, the stone bridge, the alley where he slept before, the tea stall that listened to people's gossip, everything is so familiar, as if he has never left.

Only the little dimple, she grew up, grew into a slim girl, although I haven't seen her for more than ten years, but a hundred miles of Lianzhou recognized her at a glance, gentle and elegant, absolutely beautiful, and she still looks so good when she smiles, but there is an extra four or five-year-old female doll next to her.

The same small dimples, a more immature milk voice, and the lively and cute "mother, mother".

At the gate of Xia Mansion, Xia Yue'er took her daughter and seemed to be going out, looking at her and her mother, a smile appeared on Baili Lianzhou's face.

She's happy, she deserves a good home.

"Senior brother, do you know them?" asked Xuandu when he saw the eyes of the Baili Lianzhou that couldn't be taken away.

"I grew up in this town and begged for years, and she was the second person to give me buns, when she was seven or eight years old. ”

"Seven or eight years old, you've been on the mountain for so many years, I'm afraid she doesn't remember you anymore. ”

"I just remember her, she still smiles so beautifully, it should be her daughter, exactly like when she was a child. ”

"Well, the little girl is very cute, no wonder you still remember her after more than ten years. ”

"I remember her not because she was good-looking when she was a child, but because she gave me buns to eat, and she was good-hearted. ”

"Okay, good-hearted, senior brother listens to you, good-hearted, but we will be looking for twin jade, this is a big deal explained by the master, people have a good home, don't worry about it, let's go." ”

Xuandu pulled Baili away, and he couldn't see it after crossing the stone bridge, and he reluctantly turned around after a hundred miles of boats, but this time he turned back to Yin and Yang, and there was no chance to say goodbye.

Three days later, the two searched for the twin jade to no avail, and when they returned from other villages, the Xia Mansion had already hung a white cloth, and the familiar red lantern had been replaced by a white lantern.

The crying in the house continued, and when he saw the white hanging at the door, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, and the panic in his eyes made him unable to hide the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart.

But he and Xia Mansion are not related, and there is no reason to enter Xia Mansion to inquire.

Xuandu also frowned when he saw Hangbai, this Hangbai is unusual, the entire Xia Mansion is angry, covering the sky and the sun, and it has only been three days so resentful that he must have suddenly suffered a resentment and died blindly!

There were also people on the road, and although the sound of the conversation did not reach the ears of the two of them, it was clear from their shaking their heads, sighing, and indignant expressions that this matter was probably very troublesome, and it seemed that many people in this town knew about it, and it was very regrettable.

Just when Baili Lianzhou wanted to enter the Xia Mansion and wanted to inquire about it at an inopportune time, Xuanqing and Yuan Qi appeared in front of them.

Baili Lianzhou and Xuandu just shouted 'Senior Brother' twice, and before they could say what they wanted to say, they were stopped by Yuan Qi.

"It's not a good place to talk about this, we've almost found out about it, let's go back to the inn. ”

In a worried mood, Baili Lianzhou and Xuandu followed the two back to the inn, but what Yuan Qi and Xuanqing said made Baili Lianzhou unacceptable at all, so that in the end, Xuanqing's head was different, Baili was seriously injured, and was taken back to Longhu Mountain by Xuandu and Yuan Qi.

This matter has to start from three days ago, that is, after Baili Lianzhou saw Xia Yue'er leading her daughter out, and Xuandu pulled Baili onto the stone bridge.

On that day, Xia Yue'er took Jiu'er out shopping, the weather slowly warmed up, Jiu'er also grew up a lot, and wanted to make two clothes for Jiu'er, the little girl was a little big, she knew if it looked good, and pestered her mother every day to make flower clothes for her, Xia Yue'er was so troubled that she couldn't stand this little guy, so she took her out.

The little girl is lively and active, her father is very busy on weekdays, and it is rare for her to go out when she goes out, it is difficult to get out of the door, look east and west, not to mention the dazzling and strange doll things on the street, that is, the tall horses and mules that come and go on the street, all see the little girl excited.

On weekdays, you can see it through the crack in the door, but it is rare to see it in front of you, Xia Yue'er is also helpless, holding her little hand, stopping here and there, and walking for a long time to get to the tailor shop, although the little girl is noisy, but as her mother, Xia Yue'er is also patient, her face is full of smiles, and it can be seen that she spoils Xiao Jiu'er very much.

After buying a sugar gourd, choosing a flower cloth, and measuring the size, the two planned to go home.

The tailor Jiang of the tailor shop said that Xiao Jiu'er is good-looking, and this dress should also be made exquisitely, so let Xia Yue'er come back in five days to get it, and he will have more time to cut and cut carefully.

After thanking Tailor Jiang, the two went back to Xia Mansion.

There is a small stream not far from the east outside Mingwang Town, the water quality is clear and translucent, many people are tired of walking, and when they are thirsty, they will go to the stream to drink some stream water to quench their thirst, not walking a few steps, the little girl is thirsty, she wants to go to the stream to drink water, pestering her mother to drink water, in fact, she just wants to see the stream.

I heard Wu's mother in the house say that there are a lot of small fish in the creek, and there are also a lot of beautiful small stones, she often played there when she was a child, and the cool stream water is comfortable to play, and the little girl yearns for it.

Xia Yue'er knew that stream, and when she grew up, she had been there with her playmates a few times, although she didn't go much, but the stream there was indeed clear, if she was thirsty and drank two sips, it was cold and comfortable, so she agreed without much thought.

It's just that they don't know that there is someone behind them who has been eyeing their mother for a long time, and this creek has also become a place where they die......

The first to be found was the little girl Jiu'er, who was alone, lying face down in the water, the cold stream rushed on her, and she was pushed by the current to a big rock before stopping.

The passing picker found it, thinking that the little doll had fallen into the water, and quickly fished it up, but unfortunately it was already out of breath.

The picker shouted and shouted to attract the people near the town, the doll died, everyone reported to the official, and it didn't take long for the yamen to bring Xiao Jiu'er back to the yamen, first, the responsibility of the yamen, and secondly, if any child was lost to report to the official, then the body could be directly claimed in the yamen, saving unnecessary trouble.

The two headhunters and the two headhunters hastily inspected it and determined that he had drowned.

Among them, some officials recognized this little girl as Xia Jiu'er of Xia Mansion, Xia Mansion lost something a few days ago and reported it to the official, although Jiu'er is small, it is difficult for people to remember this little beauty embryo.

told the master, the master told the county, and the county hurriedly sent him to the Xia Mansion to find someone from the Xia family to come and identify the body, the Xia family is well-known in the town, and the business is quite big, if it is really a girl from their family, it should not come out alone.

What's more, it's such a big fart, someone should be watching, and something will happen after a while.

Zhixian thought so in his heart, so he didn't dare to slack off, and there was no time for half a burnt incense, the master of the Xia family came, it was Xia Yue'er and her father, holding a dragon-headed cane, and pounced on the yamen.

The moment the withered vine-like trembling hand lifted the straw mat, tears fell out of the eyes, and the old cry, no need to confirm it, the little doll was the girl of the Xia family, and after crying for a while, Master Xia wiped his tears with his sleeve and looked at it in a panic.

"Yue'er, Yue'er, Yue'er, where is Yue'er!"

As he spoke, his whole body trembled, and he grabbed the officer's hand.

The officials haven't replied to the old man's words, and before he can take a breath, the old man of the Xia family fell down on the spot, his eyebrows and eyes were wide open, and his eyes and mouth were not closed, but several officials were frightened.

The magistrate county court tried the case, and as soon as the back hall official reported that Master Xia was dead, he didn't mention it in one breath and died in a hurry, and he was anxious to learn that the county hastily tried the case, so he hurriedly went to the back hall to check it.

After some inquiry, the aunt of the Xia family happened to go out and didn't come back yet, so it was Master Xia who came, just as he was talking, a dignified-looking and handsome man broke in in a panic, and looked at the brocade clothes similar to Master Xia, and knew that the person who came must be the uncle of the Xia family.

The aunt of the Xia family is surnamed Wei Mingzheng, who is the child of the Wei family in the town, who studied for a few years and took a fame, and was originally a person who wanted to be an official, but he fell in love with Xia Yue'er, and the two fell in love with each other as soon as they met, and the official was not appropriate, and he also joined the Xia family, took over the business of the Xia family, and became a trader.

When I saw Jiu'er and his father-in-law, my feet were so weak that I almost didn't sit on the ground, and a big man couldn't hold back his tears in front of so many people.

Like Master Xia, he suddenly grabbed the hand of the servant and asked in a panic: "Yue'er, where is Yue'er?" Mother Wu said that she took Jiu'er out, what about her?"

The magistrate greeted him and asked, "Yue'er?"

"Yes, county master, it's the villain's wife, I don't know where she is now?"

Zhixian shook his head and asked in a deep voice: "This little doll was found in the creek by a passing picker, and when it was found, it was already out of breath, and there was no one else around, and we don't know where your lady is, are you sure that your lady brought the doll out?"

"Yes, Wu's mother is not wrong, Wu's mother was supposed to follow, but some chores at home have not been finished yet, and they just went to the street to make two clothes for the child and did not follow, this is ......"

Wei Zheng's tears flowed down again, and he hugged the wet Xiao Jiu'er.

"Someone, find me, find me along the vicinity of the creek, the upstream and downstream of the creek, the nearby households have all inquired, hurry up and find the person for me, go quickly." ”

The servants and catchers poured out of their nests and searched for the vicinity of the brook, and when they came across the nearby householders, they would stop and inquire about it, until it was dark from dawn.

Wei Zheng, the uncle of the Xia family, was heartbroken, it was very unfortunate for the family to encounter this disaster, he only hoped that Yue'er would never have anything to do again, if there was anything else to Yue'er, the Xia family would be finished.

But what came came a piece of news that almost drove him crazy and a cold corpse.