On the official road, flags were flying, and the large group of people continued to advance towards Wude City.
In Xu Zun's carriage, Timur Ani seemed a little restless. She first looked out the window, then looked at Ku Niang who was silent in the carriage, and Xi Wa who fell asleep in Ku Niang's arms.
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In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I opened the curtains and asked the coachman Liu Dong: "Brother Liu, why haven't I seen Mr. Xu and the three of them for a long time?"
"Oh..." Liu Dong looked back at Ani and said, "They seem to have gone to the front to discuss things with the governor. It is said that they seem to be staying at Chongtian Temple for one night to check something...
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"Really?" Ani asked suspiciously, "I seemed to have seen Lord Governor and the others just now. Lord Xu was not with him?"
"Don't worry," Liu Dong said with a smile, "Perhaps you went to Chongtian Temple in advance? Mr. Xu has always seen the dragon before it comes to an end, so don't worry, you can see it at night..."
"Oh..." Ani responded, but her face was still filled with doubts and she seemed uneasy...
At the same time, there was a small town called Lidian in the northeast of Shangyuan City.
Xu Zun, Zhao Yu, and Huo Anu were asking about something at a house.
An old man said helplessly: "Sir, the government has been indifferent for three years, and my daughter has not been heard from. You must make the decision for us, the old couple!"
"Of course, otherwise we wouldn't be questioning you today," Xu Zun asked, "Tell us, how did Chen Jiao get lost?"
"What's missing? He was obviously kidnapped!" The old man said heartbrokenly, "I was sleeping at home at night. When I woke up at dawn, the child was gone. How could this be missing?"
"Yes, yes," the old lady next to me said with tears, "I was in the same bed with me. It was fine at night, but it disappeared at dawn. No matter how hard I looked for it, I couldn't find it!
"My poor child, I don't know how she is doing now... Wuwu..."
Um……
Xu Zun pondered for a while, seemed to have thought of something, and then asked: "I want to ask you something, is your Chen Jiao very beautiful?"
"Yes, yes!" The old man nodded, "I'm not bragging. Although she is only 10 years old, there is no girl from all over the country who is prettier than her."
"The key is," the old lady agreed, "my Jiaojiao is not only beautiful, but also smart. She can memorize such a thick book after reading it several times..."
After asking questions at the old man's house, Xu Zun and the other three took their leave and chatted while walking.
"Sir, if you look at it this way, Chen Jiao from the local store, the girl from the east of the city, the little girl from Guancun, and the other missing girls are all beautiful girls!" Zhao Yu said.
"Not only are they beautiful," Huo Anu agreed, "but they are all smart, and they are all little girls between 10 and 14 years old. I can't imagine what those who kidnapped them will do to them?"
"By the way, that girl from Yuanzhou, Ani, and Lu Xiaofeng," Zhao Yu seemed to have thought of something key, his voice was extremely excited, "the two of them seem to meet these conditions, right? Could it be that... they are all like the two of them, being
Sell it to perverts at a high price and become their slaves..."
Listening to the discussion between the two, Xu Zun fell into deep thought.
"What you said makes sense," Huo Anu continued to comment, "It seems that we really need to investigate that Ani!
"Maybe the person who kidnapped her is the same group of people who kidnapped the missing girl from Shangyuan City!"
"Yes, Mr. Xu," Zhao Yu asked, "What should we do next? I'm afraid the large team has already arrived at Ligu Town, right?"
"It's really difficult," Huo Anu said with deep regret, "We are involved in the case. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find out the truth about the girl's disappearance, right?"
At this moment, the three of them have wandered onto the official road. One side is facing north to catch up with the large group of people; the other side is facing south to return to Shangyuan City.
Standing at the intersection, Xu Zun first looked around, then took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Yu and Huo Anu.
"This..." The two opened it and looked through it. Zhao Yu asked, "Is this a city defense map? Sir, what do you mean by this?"
"This thing..." Huo Anu asked, "Did Ran Lin give it to you?"
"Yes," Xu Zun nodded, "This is what I asked Ran Lin to investigate. It is precisely because of it that I already know where the missing girls are!"
"ah!!?"
Zhao Yu looked through the album again, but saw that it was full of maps and some drawn lines, and he couldn't understand what it meant at all.
"Sir?" Huo Anu asked anxiously, "Don't show off, where are you?"
"In general," Xu Zun said eloquently, "this matter all depends on my god-sister Lu Mingyue!
"In order to find Lu Xiaofeng, Lu Mingyue was willing to suffer and staged a good show in which she disappeared.
"Next, in order to find her, the Marquis, together with the government and the military camp, launched a carpet-like search inside and outside Shangyuan City, searching almost every corner of the city and outside.
"What is recorded in this booklet is the search mark map at that time," Xu Zun pointed at the booklet and said, "Look, every household, residential store, and even the barracks are no exception, but there are only three places where there are no
is marked.
"It means that in the entire Shangyuan City, only these three places have escaped the search."
"Three places..." Zhao Yu searched quickly, but Xu Zun had already given the answer.
"Changping Marquis Mansion, Shangyuan County Government Office, and - Qinglan Temple!!!"
"Ah?" After the three answers came out, Zhao Yu and Huo Anu were inexplicably shocked, and they already realized that the situation was not good.
"Lu Mingyue was hiding in the Changping Marquis Mansion, thus evading the search." Xu Zun said, "Shangyuan County Office can naturally rule it out, so... obviously we only have one answer left!"
"Wait!" Zhao Yu raised his hand and asked, "Sir, that county governor Taimin has a strange look on his face and his eyes are evasive. How can you know that there is no problem with Shangyuan County Government?"
"This is easy," Xu Zun said, "because I have already checked it!"
"Yes." Huo Anu nodded in agreement.
"Oh..." Seeing Huo Anu nodding, Zhao Yu stopped talking, already understanding what he meant.
Xu Zun must have sent Huo Anu to monitor Tai Min, or secretly searched the county government.
"Qinglan Temple," Xu Zun said, "I think we need to check this place!"
"Sir," Zhao Yu shuddered, "you should know that this place was opened by the Marquis and his mother, the master of Qinglan Temple who was personally appointed by the Queen Mother. No man has entered it since its establishment.
"How do you think we should check?"
"That's easy to say," Xu Zun said, "can't we just pretend to be women?"
"..." Zhao Yu's face turned an eggplant color.
"Sir," Huo Anu said, "you must think clearly that behind Qinglan Temple is the Marquis of Changping!"
"Yes, in order to find a dozen missing girls," Zhao Yu grinned, "is it worth it?"
"I have thought about this problem many times!" Xu Zun stood tall, looking into the distance, and said solemnly, "If the missing girl is really related to Qinglan Temple, then Chongtian Temple must also be related to Qinglan Temple!
"It's possible that Chongtian Temple is just an abandoned child, abandoned so that we can no longer continue to track down the missing girl!" Xu Zun looked at the two of them, "Think about it, Chongtian Temple is as big as a money tree.
They would rather abandon the Taoist temple than keep the secret of the missing girl.
"Do you think the secret of this missing girl is important?"
