Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Accent of the Capital
Nanmeng City is still so calm, it has been a few months since Nanmeng City was built, and it has always been so quiet, it seems that what Wen Yunfeng and Duan Yunhong are anxious about has never arrived.
No conspiracy, no killing, of course that's the best, but how can there be a real peaceful life in this world?
The more danger does not appear, the more they cannot let their guard down!
In the past few days, the city of SAARC has been even quieter, and compared with the past, it seems that today is a little calmer and indifferent, and even the noise on the streets is much lower than in the past.
On the eve of the approaching storm, it was always unusually quiet, a little suffocating, a little terrifying.
Nanmeng City Peace Street should be the most prosperous and lively street here, that is, the street as far as the eye can see when you enter Nanmeng City, and the mansion of the city lord of Nanmeng City is also located in the deepest part of this street.
It is not prosperous, not noisy, very quiet, very indifferent, if it were not for the word "Duanfu" engraved on the door, no one would have thought that this plain manor was actually the residence of the famous Ding Wen and Duan two heroes.
There are no servants, no maids, only an old man to take care of them, although they are the housekeepers of the Duan Mansion, Wen and Duan treat the old man as a guest without the slightest difference between master and servant.
The courtyard is simple and unpretentious, with a stone table, four stone benches, a chess game ready to be played at any time, and a plum tree planted in the center of the courtyard.
There are occasional traces of carvings on the surrounding stone walls, and if you look closely, they should be the traces left by the sword, but they are not too obvious, as if they have been polished, and the traces of polishing are still clearly visible.
The morning sun is beginning to shine, and the earth is still silent.
The old housekeeper got up early and came to the courtyard, holding sandpaper in his hand and gently rubbing it on the stone wall, and the fine dust was blown one after another, and soon the morning mist was brought to the ground.
The old butler smiled and muttered to himself: "The two young heroes like to be clean, and there is no place to practice martial arts here, so I can only practice martial arts here, I will clean up here!"
After that, the old butler carefully handled the marks on the wall, and the smile on his face never faded.
There was a knock on the door, breaking the silence of the early morning, and the old butler wondered, "How could someone come knocking on the door so early?"
The old man stepped forward and opened the latch, and outside the door were several anxious and sweaty women, panting heavily, and for a moment they could not free their mouths to speak.
The old housekeeper said with concern: "Don't worry, ladies don't worry, what do you have to say slowly?"
After a while, a woman spoke: "Our father-in-law is gone, and I have searched everywhere and seen every figure, so I came to ask City Lord Duan to give us an idea!"
The old butler, knowing that the matter was urgent, did not delay in the slightest, and after inviting the women into the courtyard and settling down, he turned and walked towards the backyard.
As soon as the old man walked through the middle hall, he met Wen Yunfeng, who had just gotten up.
Seeing that the old butler was in a hurry, the old man hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Old man, is something wrong with you in such a hurry?"
The old housekeeper saw that it was Wen Yunfeng, and hurriedly said: "Wen Shaoxia, you came just in time, just a few women came to the door in a hurry to say that they had not returned overnight, and they had disappeared from all over the city today, and they wanted to ask City Lord Duan to have an idea for them!"
Wen Yunfeng said, "Where are they now? ”
With that, the old butler led Wen Yunfeng to the courtyard.
Walking up to a few women, the old housekeeper said, "This is Wen Yunfeng Wen Shaoxia, tell him what you have!"
Several women fell to their knees with a thud, crying: "Duan Shaoxia, you have to think of a way for us, we are all honest people who do our duty, and suddenly disappeared in Nanmeng City." ”
Wen Yunfeng helped up a few women and said comfortingly: "You get up first, maybe things are not as bad as you think, you tell me the things as they are." ”
The women finally calmed down, and one of them said: "After the husband came home from work last night, he looked for a few friends to drink, that is, the husband of these sisters.
Wen Yunfeng said: "You guys calm down first, do you know where they drank the wine?"
The woman continued: "We also went to the Old Town Restaurant on Heping West Street, and the boss said that they did drink some wine there last night, but they all left after the restaurant closed. ”
Listening to the woman's words, Wen Yunfeng thought quietly, he knew that there was only one explanation for this situation in Nanmeng City, which had always been quiet and peaceful, and that was the appearance of an uninvited guest.
Wen Yunfeng said to himself in his heart: "After leaving the restaurant, they should disperse and leave, even if one of them has an accident, the others should go home safely." Since these people disappeared at the same time, they must have left together, but their families were not in the same direction, why did they leave together? ”
Thinking of this, Wen Yunfeng turned to several women and said, "Don't worry, they should be fine, I will immediately set out to find their whereabouts, I believe they will be able to be found soon." ”
Several women said sadly and happily: "Thank you Wen Daxia, thank you Wen Daxia." ”
After saying that, they retreated one after another, going home and waiting for Wen Yunfeng's news.
Looking at the rising sun in the sky invading the dark clouds, Wen Yunfeng frowned and muttered, "The turmoil in Nanmeng City is finally here!"
Wen Yunfeng explained to the old butler: "Old man, I have to go out, don't tell City Lord Duan about this matter for the time being, if he asks, you will say that I will go out for a walk." ”
The old butler nodded and said, "The old man must obey Wen Shaoxia's orders, Wen Shaoxia has to be careful!"
Wen Yunfeng smiled and nodded, then turned around and strode towards the door.
Nanmeng City is not big or low, although Wen Yunfeng does not drink often, he still quickly found the old city restaurant on Heping West Street.
Wen Yunfeng quietly stared at this noisy and noisy restaurant, everything seemed to be as if nothing had happened, and it was still business as usual.
Wen Yunfeng Restaurant, asked for a pot of sake and sat in a very inconspicuous corner, the population of Nanmeng City is increasing every day, and there are basically some strange faces here Wen Yunfeng doesn't know them, and they don't recognize Wen Yunfeng.
When the shopkeeper handed over the water and wine, Wen Yunfeng pulled the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, I have a few things I want to ask you?"
The shopkeeper was also very enthusiastic and did not refuse or resist, and said with a smile: "If there is anything you can ask?"
Wen Yunfeng asked, "After nightfall last night, have there been six big men here to drink here?"
The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Yes, these guests drank until after closing and didn't leave, so they were very impressed!"
Wen Yunfeng continued to ask: "I think there shouldn't be many people drinking here late at night, and you must be curious about the conversation between them, but do you remember what they talked about?"
The shopkeeper scratched the back of his head and said: "Xiao's thoughts have been seen by the guest officer, I originally wanted to go up and listen, but one of them was very fierce and let me not get close, so I didn't hear it too clearly!"
Wen Yunfeng smiled and said, "That's the case, it's nothing, you're busy with you!"
The shopkeeper turned around and was about to leave, Wen Yunfeng was also wondering, the shopkeeper suddenly stopped and walked back to Wen Yunfeng and said, "By the way, I suddenly remembered something, that very fierce man doesn't seem to have a local accent!"
This clue cheered up Wen Yunfeng, and Wen Yunfeng hurriedly asked, "Then do you know what kind of accent he has?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Because my father was mixed in the capital before, he is very familiar with the Beijing accent, and this man has a strong Beijing accent." ”
Wen Yunfeng smiled and said, "Okay, I know, thank you!"
The shopkeeper smiled and turned around and left.
Wen Yunfeng lowered his head, frowned and pondered: "Beijing accent, is it really them coming, if it is really them, they are undoubtedly arresting people to lure me and the second brother out, this time they must have sent more masters, if we save people, there must be no return, but if we don't go, they will definitely kill the hostages and arrest people again, and this matter can't alarm too many people, only me and the second brother can go, now the second brother is already the lord of a city, and there must be no danger in the slightest." ”
Thinking of this, Wen Yunfeng paid the bill and walked towards Duan's mansion.
Back in the Daduan Mansion, Wen Yunfeng didn't mention this matter at all, and of course the old housekeeper didn't mention it to Duan Yunhong.
Everything doesn't seem to have happened, Wen Yunfeng doesn't say it, the old housekeeper doesn't say it, naturally no one in the Duan Mansion will know about it.
Even Lan Lin didn't notice anything at all, in the evening, Wen Yunfeng casually made up a lie, and went out alone. Although Duan Yunhong and Lan Lin both felt that today's Wen Yunfeng was a little different, they had always believed in Wen Yunfeng, and this time they still chose to believe in Wen Yunfeng.
And Wen Yunfeng came to an extremely hidden place near the restaurant early to hide, observing every move here, he knew that this group of people would definitely act here, and revealing their accents was also a clue deliberately left for himself.