Li Yu saluted Shen Congrong and said: "Li Yu, the eldest disciple of the family teacher, since the guests like the flowers of the family teacher, they will report to the family teacher when they go back and sweep the couch to greet each other." ”

"Mr. Lao, when you are settled, you will come to visit you immediately. Shen calmly replied.

"There's still something to do, so I won't talk about it much, and when we see you again, we should serve tea. Li Yu apologized and went to work on his own business.

After saying goodbye to Li Yu, Liu Hu greeted the merchants on the other ships and chatted about some business matters, and Shen calmly wrote down the names of these people and the business names they belonged to for follow-up investigation.

Soon, in the midst of pleasantries, the boat docked at the dock in Pinggu County, and the scene on the pier was much the same, mainly a trading place for aquatic products. However, the main industry in Pinggu County is flowers and some wood products, and you can see all kinds of flowers in front of the shops and windows on the shore from the boat.

"With so many flowers, it seems that even if you can't get the teaching of Master Li this time, if you can get a little bit of these shops, it will be worth the trip. Looking at the scene on the shore, Shen calmly admired.

Liu Hu said with a smile: "Yes, within a radius of 100 miles, Pinggu County is the best, in addition to Master Li, there are a few of us who are also good, this time, I have to negotiate business with a few others, and Master Li may be late." ”

"Don't dare to bother the shopkeeper anymore, this time we will go to Master Li's side as a guest, learn some knowledge and leave, the shopkeeper will do his own thing. Shen calmly said that they would separate.

"That's good, guests should pay attention to safety along the way, if you need any help, you can come to Gutian Inn to find me, within your ability, there is no other word. Liu Hu didn't mean to stay, but he still maintained a good impression between the two like an ordinary businessman, which was convenient for future cooperation and many other possibilities.

After saying goodbye to Liu Hu, Shen Congrong and the two boarded the dock, chose a random direction, and prepared to look around first, and by the way find a place to stay, they couldn't go directly to Master Li to borrow it, and there were some arrangements, which needed to be explained to the county.

Just as the two of them were about to leave, Liu Hu's voice came from behind: "Eh, isn't this Hu Lao Er, why didn't you report to your family for a month, your lady is worried, and she has reported to the official." ”

Hearing Liu Hu's words, Shen Congrong and the two stopped, Hu Laoer, who hadn't been home for more than a month, wasn't that the first person to go missing, appearing at the dock in Pinggu County?

Looking back, a mechanic in a coarse cloth coat was holding a pot of flowers in his hand and was stopped by Liu Hu.

When the worker heard Liu Hu's words, he put down the flowers on his hand, wiped his sweat and said: "This is not the urgency of Master Li's work before, I didn't have time to go back to say, it is almost over now, and I will go back after two days of wages, which really worries my family, and I have to compensate for it when I go back this time." ”

Liu Hu patted Hu Lao Er on the shoulder and said: "Well, everything is safe, Master Li's work salary is also high, this time I will go back and buy more rouge gouache, gold and silver jewelry and delicious food and drink, give your lady a gift, go to the yamen to eliminate the case, don't let your lady worry so much next time." ”

"Hey, thank you shopkeeper Liu for telling me this, I'll go to work first. Hu Lao Er picked up the flower pot again, signaling that he still had to do something. Liu Hu didn't bother much, and told Hu Lao Er where he lived, and let Hu Lao Er do things.

Shen calmly looked at Hu Lao Er, who was leaving with the flowers, thought for a moment, and then continued to walk in the direction he had walked before.

Feng Muge saw that Shen Congrong was walking in the opposite direction to Hu Lao Er, and asked suspiciously: "Sir, aren't we going to see Hu Lao Er?"

Shen said calmly: "Don't go for the time being, you also heard their conversation, this Hu Lao Er is working under Master Li's hands, anyway, we are going to go to Master Li's side, now following Hu Lao Er not only can't get any useful information, but also easy to startle snakes, and besides, this may be Liu Hu's plan to lead the water to the east, everything will wait until Master Li's side." ”

Feng Muge didn't say anything more, and followed Shen Congrong in the established direction.

Liu Hu stood at the bow of the boat, looked at Shen Congrong and the two who were walking in the opposite direction from Hu Laoer, sneered, and was about to get off the boat to do his own thing, in the cabin, Zhou Tuan walked out and said: "Master, they don't seem to be interested in Hu Laoer at all." ”

Liu Hu said: "It's enough for them to hear the conversation between us, they don't follow Hu Lao Er now because they are afraid of startling the grass, but they have planted the impression in their hearts that Hu Lao Er is working under Master Li, when they go to visit Master Li, they will definitely conduct a comprehensive investigation of Master Li, and as long as they find a few children and missing people, everything will be a certainty, and at that time, we will be safe." ”

Zhou Tuan said: "Don't worry, I will arrange it, and it will be done seamlessly, and no clues will be found." After speaking, Zhou Tuan went straight to prepare.

Liu Hu thought that he would be able to sit back and relax in the future, and by the way, he solved a big trouble, so he felt a burst of joy and hummed a little song to talk about business.

Shen Congrong and the others didn't wander around Pinggu County for a long time, left the dock, casually found a tavern, ordered a pot of flower tea, asked for some snacks, and listened to the conversation of the people in the tavern while tasting the taste.

"Have you heard, the boss of the Jin family is also missing, this is the sixth. "The people at a table were discussing what had happened in town recently.

When Shen Congrong heard that there were also missing people here, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and this demon rebellion might not be as simple as just Mulian Town.

"Yes, I heard that the boss of the Jin family went out to work with a boat, saying that he was going to Fancheng, and he hasn't come back for a month and a half, so it is inevitable that something has happened. Another person at the table said.

"Hey, recently, it's not very peaceful, there have been people missing in Mulian Town next door recently, some people say that there may be a demon disorder, the town guard of Mulian Town has reported to the imperial court, someone should have come to check recently, I hope to find out as soon as possible, find those missing people, and there is peace here." A man sighed, picked up his glass and drank it down, and said.

Shen calmly heard their conversation and knew that the current situation was very serious, so he took out ten coins and put them on the table, and called Feng Muge to go out to the county mansion.

Inside the store, people are still talking about the recent events, expressing their worries, and wishing each other no problems.

Out of the store, Shen Congrong found someone to inquire about the location of the county mansion, and after getting the answer, he set off towards the county mansion, and said on the way: "It seems that the demon chaos here is more serious than we imagined, just now the people in the store said that the latest missing Jin family boss went to Fancheng to work, and he has not come back yet, and Python Mountain is on the edge of Fancheng, if the demon chaos here originates from Python Mountain, then countless towns in Fancheng to this three hundred miles may have suffered from the scourge of demons, we must speed up the pace of investigation, otherwise the scope of demon chaos will be greater." ”

Feng Muge frowned and said, "Yes, at the moment, our main target is Liu Hu and Master Li, if we can make a breakthrough from their side, it will be of great help to solve the demon chaos." ”

Shen Congrong shook his head and said: "These two people may not be very easy to make a breakthrough, our main breakthrough point now is Hu Laoer, starting with him, first break through Master Li, and then use Zhu Xinwen to break through Liu Hu, and then we can go straight to the center of the demon chaos, we don't have much time, before the enthronement ceremony, we must solve this demon rebellion, avoid more people being killed, and also stabilize the border of Daqin." ”

The two of them were anxious, and they walked faster, and soon arrived at the county mansion, Feng Muge showed the royal gold order to identify themselves, and the little girl immediately went to report.

When the county learned that someone was coming with a royal gold order, he trotted out all the way to greet him, and when he arrived at the door, he didn't have time to wipe the sweat on his face, and he stepped forward and saluted: "Two officials, please come in quickly." ”

followed the county to the second hall, and the county boy beckoned the little guy to serve tea, and said to the two: "The two officials, please take a seat, the two of you came this time to investigate the demon chaos, right?"

Shen Congrong nodded in affirmation, and the county immediately guessed that this was the future supervisor Shen Congrong, and saluted: "The two Shangguan came in a timely manner, and after the demon chaos in Mulian Town was known, he conducted a comprehensive investigation in the county, and asked all families to report the case immediately after going out for a long time and not returning home, and there are a total of six people today.

Shen said calmly: "We can't draw conclusions at the moment, but we have found some signs, when we arrived in the county today, we saw a person in Mulian Town who had been reported missing, this person said that he was working under Master Li, starting with him, it is very likely to help us find out the true image of this demonic rebellion, I don't know what kind of person this Master Li is?"

"Master Li?" the county Cheng thought carefully and said: "There are four masters surnamed Li in the town, one is a carpenter, living in the west of the city, and the other lives in the two gates next to him, which is a flower tea, these two are brothers, and the other is a bamboo weaving, living in the south of the city, and the last one lives in the north of the city. ”

"Four?" Shen calmly thought for a while, he couldn't go up one by one to find it, it was easy to startle the snake, and suddenly thought of the Li Yu he met when he entered the county today, Shen calmly asked: "When I entered the county today, I met Li Yu, the eldest disciple of Master Li, which of these four Li Yu is the apprentice?"

"Li Yu?" Xian Cheng searched in his mind for the information of these four Li masters and the people around him, and said: "Oh, it's the one who lives in the north of the city, his name is Li Junsheng, he has many disciples under him, and the eldest disciple is called Li Yu." ”