In Hongye City, Wuyou was walking alone on a wide street.
The streets were bustling with people, and carriages of nobles would drive by from time to time in the middle of the road. The pubs and restaurants on the streets had already started to open for business.
After a night of hustle and bustle, the tavern now seemed much deserted. There were hangovers in twos and threes at the door. The waitresses in the tavern were wearing scantily clad clothes, and their faces looked a little tired after smiling all night. They were cleaning hard.
The house is full of mess.
Occasionally, a drunkard pretending to be drunk would come forward to tease him, and he would be even more proud after receiving a few light curses. The people around him seemed to be used to such a scene, and they were still doing their own things.
Wuyou woke up early in the morning. Her sleep last night was not stable. The strong sense of uneasiness in her heart made her want to complete this trial as soon as possible and return to her family as soon as possible. For this reason, she got up early and wanted to go to the home of the missing person.
Ask for details.
She hadn't seen a town for a long time, so she paid more attention to the things on the roadside. She was a little disgusted with the complicated environment outside, but she was still the most kind among the family!
After wandering around for a while, she felt bored. She put away her complicated thoughts and concentrated on her mission. After asking a few passers-by, she successfully found the home of the first missing person.
Excluding the mercenaries who came to accept the mission, a total of 12 people were missing in Hongye City. Without exception, they were all young men. Taking the missing list from the Lord of the City, Wuyou called the first missing person.
Home door.
The missing person is a friend of the city lord's son, the son of a local businessman. The city lord's son is a dandy. He did a lot of ridiculous things because his father was the city lord. He climbed on the wall of a girl and stayed in a brothel for a long time without returning home.
Seducing the wives of other nobles... His romantic history would take three days and three nights to complete.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and as his friend, the businessman's son is not a trouble-free master. He has a role behind every earth-shattering event of the city lord's son.
After waiting at the door for a while, a guard ushered her in. Different from the simple elegance of the city lord's mansion, this mansion gave people the impression that it was made of gold coins, which all highlighted the status of this wealthy businessman.
After passing through various avenues and alleys, Wuyou finally arrived at the banquet hall.
The businessman was very indifferent to Wuyou's arrival. After all, his son had been missing for so long and mercenaries had accepted the mission to find him. However, he had lost all traces of his son every time. He no longer had any hope for his son's return.
So I just cooperated with Wuyou perfunctorily, and occasionally gave Wuyou a complicated look.
From his eyes, Wuyou could even feel sympathy. Yes, he was sympathizing with her. In the eyes of the businessman, Wuyou was already a person who was about to die.
Ignoring the sympathetic eyes of the businessman, Wuyou just sat aside and listened quietly, asking a question from time to time. After understanding the information she wanted to know, she left.
Then she visited the families of other missing people, but the results were the same. All she received was indifference. Maybe if it weren't for her status as a worry-free magician, they wouldn't even look at her.
Everything seemed to have reached a dead end, and she thought she was doomed to fail and returned. Slightly disappointed, she visited the last family, expecting to get the same answer, but when she explained the purpose of her visit, the look on that family's face
It seems very weird.
When they heard that they had come to accept the mercenary mission issued by the Lord of the City, they actually felt frightened. Yes, fear was clearly shown in their slightly wary eyes.
Wuyou felt very strange as to why their family members were missing and someone came to help them investigate and find them, so they would act so scared. After some thought, Wuyou decided to leave under the guise after asking many times to no avail.
"They finally left. What else do they want? Not only did our son disappear, but now they come to our house to pretend to help us find our son. Are they not even going to let go of our remaining son?"
The middle-aged man sat on the chair angrily, holding the tea cup tightly with his right hand. The veins in his hand were particularly obvious due to excessive exertion. He seemed to vent all his anger on the tea cup. Due to his anger, the tea in the cup had already
Half of it was spilled on the ground.
"Master, don't be angry, that's the Lord of the City, not something we commoners can offend." A middle-aged woman stepped forward to comfort her, her brows were slightly frowned, and she was full of sadness.
"City Lord? What about the City Lord? He dares to say that our son's disappearance has nothing to do with him. Just because he is the City Lord, he can kill us civilians at will? Don't think that we are just civilians and don't know anything. Then
Of the dozen or so missing people, none of them disappeared from the world after attending the banquet held by the Lord of the City!"
The middle-aged man was still angry, and some words he had not mentioned in front of Wuyou were spilled out at this time.
"Master, stop talking. Walls have ears. We just need to know it in our hearts. What can we change if we talk too much? What should have happened has already happened..." Tears filled the middle-aged woman's eyes.
One hand took the tea cup from the man and put it aside. The other hand covered the man's mouth and hurriedly stopped him.
"Hey, that's all. If our youngest son hadn't accidentally seen a maid coming to deliver the city lord's wife's order to invite our son to get together in the side hall, we might have been kept in the dark until now!" the middle-aged man said.
His eyes were filled with pain, and he broke away from the woman's hand and murmured.
It seemed that he didn't dare to believe this cruel fact, and he didn't want to believe it, but the younger son never lied. Later, he also secretly investigated and found out that the last place where the missing people appeared was all at a banquet hosted by the Lord of the City.
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None of this was accidental, it was just that the City Lord's only son also disappeared, so everyone did not place suspicion on the City Lord's mansion, thus ignoring this very suspicious point. He knew that it was not necessarily the City Lord who killed their son.
But the city lord is definitely not free from the involvement.
He didn't dare to tell such shocking facts, so the family could only break their teeth and swallow the blood in their stomachs. Everything was rotten in their stomachs. It was okay to understand everything in their own minds.
After his eldest son disappeared, he strictly prohibited his younger son from having any interaction with the city lord's mansion. When his younger son obeyed, he felt relieved. Now he just hopes that the family can continue to live a stable life with this secret.
Unfortunately, his wish came true. He didn't know that all the conversations he had with his wife had already reached the ears of Wuyou, who was hiding not far away.
Wuyou was also shocked by such a result. Her eyes were full of disbelief, but this also pointed out the direction for her subsequent investigation.
She had met the Lord of the City, and from his words she felt that the Lord of the City also had a strong desire to find his son. She really couldn't believe that the Lord of the City knew about this.
She noticed that a middle-aged man just mentioned that the city lord's wife asked the maid to invite her. She did not have a good impression of the city lord's wife. Recalling her hostile eyes, Wuyou felt that she was close to the truth.
However, she still couldn't believe that the murderer was this middle-aged lady who took good care of herself.
With full of doubts, he decided to go to the City Lord's Mansion to find out. Different from the last visit, this time she acted like a gentleman and sneaked in secretly. After wandering around the City Lord's Mansion for a long time, she finally found the room of the City Lord's wife.
It was already noon, and the city lord's wife, who had just had lunch, was resting in her room. Seeing so many guards and maids, Wuyou decided to lurk near her room, wait for the city lord's wife to leave the room, and then go inside to explore.
Unfortunately, after Wuyou stayed for a long time, the city lord's wife had no intention of leaving the room. She stretched her slightly aching waist and moved her limbs a little, with an impatient look on her face. Wuyou was not a capable person.
Anyone who can sit still, after staying here for so long, her mouth is so pouting that she can hang a wine bottle.
Just when Wuyou had exhausted her patience and was about to leave, a majestic female voice came to her ears.
"Have you prepared the list for this banquet?" Wuyou recognized this female voice as the voice of the city lord's wife. Perhaps because she had just woken up, there was a laziness in her voice.
"Madam, everything has been drawn up. Baron Sean is also invited. He and the young master are similar in age. The invitation letters will be sent to their respective mansions shortly." The maid stood aside respectfully, holding her hands in her hands.
Holding a list on his chest, he answered to the city lord's wife.
"Well, as usual, you go down and do things!" The city lord's wife just took the list with one hand, and waved her hand for the maid to leave.
"But... it's... Madam, the Lord of the City has upgraded the mercenary mission, and someone has come to investigate again. Why don't we slow down and wait until the limelight has passed before holding a banquet!"
The maid did not dare to disobey the city lord's wife's orders, but due to the worries in her heart, she still had the courage to refuse to leave. She lowered her head and said tremblingly. From her trembling voice, we could see her inner feelings.
Fear.
"What are you afraid of? Just keep going if I say so. I've already met that little mercenary. He's not that old. He's just a D-level mercenary. You can tell at a glance that he got a B-level mission because he has a good relationship with the mercenary union.
If he is found, we will make it impossible for him to come back!" The city lord's wife was very tired of the maid's questions, and there was already a hint of anger in her words.
After hearing this, the maid's legs softened and she knelt down in front of the city lord's wife. Her body was shaking even more like chaff, and her voice was even more trembling as she said, "It's...husband...man...!"
"Okay, let's go down, don't forget to keep looking for people who are about the same age as the young master!"
Looking at the frightened maid, the city lord's wife's patience had run out, and she once again urged the maid to retreat.
In a corner outside the room, Wuyou was covering her mouth with both hands. She listened word for word to the conversation between the two people in the room just now. Her heart was extremely horrified. She didn't expect that the murderer that the Lord of the City had been looking for turned out to be.
Madam, she covered her mouth tightly because she was afraid that she might scream out accidentally.
Wuyou, who has no experience, just wants to leave here immediately and report this matter to the Lord of the City.
But just when Wuyou was about to leave, she accidentally knocked down the flowerpot next to her. After shaking a few times, the flowerpot finally fell to the ground.
The loud "bang" sound was particularly sudden in such an afternoon, and Wuyou's heartbeat stopped for half a beat with the muffled sound.
The wife of the city lord in the room immediately opened her slightly squinted eyes and headed out of the house at an incredible speed.
Wuyou in the corner outside the house glanced in the direction of the city lord's wife with tears in her eyes, ready to teleport away immediately, but when Wuyou was about to leave, she found that she could no longer move, and then there was a sudden scene in front of her.