"If you don't climb over the wall, how can those tails follow you?" Wu Yao'an said and placed the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard.

"Then you can come during the day!" At this time, Dali hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time, and he was very unhappy to be called out in the middle of the night.

"This is a lake! There are many people who come to fish and play during the day." Wu Yao'an said, turning around and taking the thing that Dali handed over, after looking at it for a few times, he put it on the chessboard.

"Why are there so many? Did you follow my requirements to find them?" Wu Yaoan spoke softly, and no trace of anger could be heard.

"I just followed your instructions. I heard from Master that some cases were reported and then withdrawn, and some were not reported to the government at all. Rumor has it that they have been embarrassing themselves in recent years, and there are still some cases that do not meet your requirements.

I didn’t write it down.”

"Throwing away so many people?" Wu Yao'an looked down at the chessboard and asked, "Who are the other people who are not recorded in the book?"

"Everything is happening among the three religions and nine streams, including farmers, both senior and junior, slaves working in various villages, and some craftsmen." Da Wu said, thinking about the copied case files.

"It's not these." Wu Yao'an shook his head, and then changed his question, "I mean, aren't most of the missing people dead male?"

Seeing the two men nodding, Wu Yaoan's heart suddenly beat violently, and she seemed to be suddenly closer to the mystery.

Over there, Yuchi also turned to look at the three of them. How could she not understand what Wu Yaoan meant? In this world, gathering strong men is just for the sake of power.

These people let the people live for the sake of power, and let the people die for the sake of power. They don't have any worries about the world, they are just worried about themselves.

Yuchi raised his head, looked at the bright moon that was slowly covered by dark clouds, and sighed slightly. He hoped that his grandfather was right this time, and that he could escape unscathed.

Just listen to Dali in the boat continue to say: "And most people are no more than forty years old when they disappear, and the younger ones are even fifteen or sixteen years old, more like..."

"Conscription." Yuchi's thin lips curled up slightly, and his voice was only half the volume of a few others, but it was enough to make the three people hear it clearly and shudder.

After hearing these words, the three of them stopped breathing for an instant. Finally, Dali regained consciousness and said intermittently: "Sir... you can't say this nonsense."

"I'll check it out tomorrow and I'll find out."

Wu Yaoan calmed down for a moment. Although she had guessed this possibility in her heart, she was still a little frightened when she heard it from others. Then she came up with an even more incredible conclusion, which actually made her look more excited than others.

"By the way, have you received the invitation from Prince Jing's Mansion?" Wu Yao'an took out the invitation before leaving and asked.

"Got it." Dali nodded, and the two of them had already jumped back to their boat.

"Then we'll see you again that day. You can go back and rest for the next few days. We may have to investigate the case in a different way later."

Wu Yao'an said and waved his hand, and the two boats went in opposite directions in the direction they came from.

Perhaps the case had made great progress, and Wu Yaoan relaxed. He lay on the board of the boat and looked at Yuchi, who was holding the boat a little brightly against the moonlight.

"Do you think we can spend the night lying on the boat like this?"

Hearing the sound, Yuchi lowered his head and looked over, and then said something very embarrassing: "Moisture enters the body and it is easy to get sick. This is not Chang'an. If it gets serious, I may die."

"You said that you, a man who travels in the world, still pay attention to these things? Then if you accidentally stray into the wilderness while doing chivalry, wouldn't you have to use the earth as your bed, the sky as your cover, and the stone as your pillow? How can you care about these things?

?”

Although Wu Yaoan has never been in the Jianghu, this is what the Jianghu looks like in her head.

"No." Yuchi turned his head and looked in the direction.

"Rather than traveling around the world, it's better to say that I'm wandering around. I only draw my sword to help when I encounter injustice. It's not like those heroes who specifically help the weak."

"Yunyou? But I heard that your reputation in the world is so great that even Dürer is afraid of getting three points."

Wu Yao'an was a little curious. The eldest daughter of the Duke's palace did not do well, but she had to go out and travel?

She believed that with Yuchi's insights and ability, it would be a good idea to find an official position in the army. To take a step back, even if the officials were afraid of the old forces of the Duke's government, Yuchi's force could easily be used within the army.

Be a general manager.

Wu Yaoan always felt that her martial arts skills and strategies would be a waste if she did not serve the imperial court.

"It's just wandering. I've been wandering around since I left home, but I've never experienced what you call sleeping in the open air."

Yuchi said that he tied the boat rope to the bridge pillar on the shore, and then helped Wu Yaoan jump ashore.

"As for the reputation you mentioned, I don't know why it became what it is now. As for the name Qixing." Yuchi glanced at the Tang Dao at his waist, "This sword is called Qixing."

"What about the others? Will other people on the rivers and lakes live in the open?" Wu Yaoan restlessly raised the curtain while sitting in the carriage, peeking out his head to look at Yuchi who was driving the carriage.

"I don't know, there are so many people in the world, and I rarely interact with those people." Yuchi said, twitching the hemp rope, and then whipped the horse on the buttocks. "Sit tight, it's going to rain. We have to

Go back quickly."

Wu Yao'an snorted slightly. She knew that Yuchi didn't want to mention her own affairs. There were some things that she wasn't in a hurry for, so she simply didn't ask any more and sat back honestly.

Jianghu? Yuchi thought for a while, although he had many names in the Jianghu, every time he performed a feat, he would get another title.

But no one knows his identity. After all, he doesn't always stay in the same place, and he doesn't have a fixed costume like other knights. He doesn't always get together like those knights.

She has the backing of the Duke's government, and is not short of money. She will not make money like those people by being a client of some high-profile families, so naturally she will have little contact with those people. Even if she does, they are just like her who are hermits.

Thinking like this, Yuchi smiled slightly. It's not that she doesn't have friends in the world, but those people not only have different personalities, but also have very weird tempers. They don't have the etiquette of these nobles in Chang'an City, but

But he has the righteousness of Jianghu people.

I still remember that when I was young, I went out for a trip and encountered bandits who were robbing my house. Seeing that the gangster was about to attack the child, Yuchi's sense of justice suddenly rose in his heart. He forgot that when he was young, he could not defeat four hands with one punch and was stabbed several times.

Not to mention that he almost died in the woods.

But as luck would have it, two local gangs were having a fight here. When they heard their voices, they immediately stopped the fight and rescued her from the gangsters.

In the end, they all received commendations from the Yamen for helping the government in suppressing bandits in disguise. Because of the awards, the two gangs have relaxed a lot since then. After all, they are now prominent figures in the Yamen, and they can no longer fight in private.

Yuchi also received a lot of praise from the two gangs for his feat. At a young age, he could abandon life and death and act chivalrously, setting a true example.

He even tried to get her to go to his gang to recuperate, but almost got into a fight over whose home she should recuperate. In the end, Yuchi came up with a compromise, recuperating in one house and offering some money from another house to calm things down.

After hearing the sound of rain, Yuchi came back to his senses, turned slightly sideways and said to Wu Yao'an: "Young Master, it's raining. The road is slippery after the rain. I'm afraid it won't be safe for us to travel at night."

Wu Yao'an stretched out his hand to open the curtain, looked at the rain outside and stretched out his hand a little more, feeling the cold feeling of the rain falling on his palm.

"It's not safe. I remember there was an Orion family when I came here. Why don't we go and see if we can have a night's rest."

"It's really not far from our place." Yuchi said, raising his whip and speeding up his march.

"Fortunately, we rode horses without stopping all the way. It started raining just as we arrived at the government office." Da Wu said, patting the rainwater splashing on his body.

"I don't know if Xiaodouzi has gone back." Dali breathed a sigh of relief after saying that, although he waved his hands with a sleepy look on his face, "Forget it, forget it, I haven't had a full sleep for several days. Whether she comes back or not is her business.

.”

"I've always had a question to ask you." Yuchi suddenly spoke when the two came out of Orion's house early in the morning. Before Wu Yao'an could answer, he asked directly: "Why didn't we go to Duler's house when we came to Jingzhou?"

Pass?"

Logically speaking, if you want to catch a person, searching the person's residence may help you find the person's whereabouts more quickly.

Wu Yaoan, who was still deep in thought, turned his head and looked at Yuchi slightly, "Aren't you only responsible for my safety? Why did you ask about this case?"

"I overstepped." Yuchi said, bowed, and became silent again. He pulled the carriage and headed to the next person's house to visit.

"It's nothing. I sent Da Wu and the others to Du Le's house a long time ago. Nothing was found. There are no signs of life long ago. Even the neighbors don't know the names of the people living there."

Yuchi didn't say anything to him. He stretched out his hand to help Wu Yao get into the carriage, and then took out the map he had sorted out last night.

"There are no missing persons reporting here that we need to visit. Should we go to the south or east next?"

"I'm not even going." Wu Yao'an tightened the horse's rope and turned to look at Yuchi who was about to get into the carriage with a smile. "I won't ask any more questions. I ran away so early in the morning and didn't ask anything. I just went back to the government office."

When Wu Yaoan arrived at the yamen gate, he walked around twice and stretched out his hand to Yuchi in embarrassment, "The fish charms and the like have been given to Dali and I can't get in. Where is your fish charm? Or is it some other thread?"

"

Yuchi frowned and took a look at his fish talisman in his palm. It doesn't seem right to use the name of Guo Gongfu to go out and act at this time, right? Yuchi was a little embarrassed. She didn't want Guo Gongfu to get involved.

"Hey, hey, why did I forget this?"

After Wu Yao'an looked around, he walked alone to the drum at the door, picked up the mallet and started beating it. While banging, he muttered: "Dali, Da Wu. If you don't come out, your monthly salary will be gone."
Chapter completed!