After practicing the ruthless way, the little sister is too strong

stay How long?

In response to Bai Huan's question, Xia Ling replied casually: "Two or three days. If we don't find any clues in the capital, my brothers and I will have to investigate elsewhere."

"Why are you in such a hurry..." Bai Huan felt bitter in her heart, and the words she wanted to say to keep him turned into: "Okay, I understand."

She had always wanted to have a younger sister, and she was very happy when A Ling was brought home by her parents when she was young.

But this child is too introverted, like a frightened little squirrel, unwilling to get close to others.

Therefore, until she sent the child to Yinmiao Sect, she never found an opportunity to get close to her.

After not seeing each other for several years, Ah Ling's personality has changed a lot, but she still doesn't know how to get closer to him...

The few people who had been watching noticed that something was wrong between the sisters.

Lin Xingfan walked forward and quietly poked Xia Ling on the back.

When Xia Ling looked over, he winked and said, "Junior Sister, the capital is so big, the investigation will probably take a long time, why don't you stay at home during this time?"

Jiang Ci said casually, "It's okay to stay a little longer after a long separation."

When Bai Huan heard this, her expression became noticeably happier.

"..."

It’s not that Xia Ling didn’t know what they wanted to express, but the word “family” was too unfamiliar to her.

What's more, in the original owner's memory, she had only met her adoptive parents a few times. After that, she lived quietly in her own courtyard and seldom went out. Naturally, she didn't have much feelings for this sudden sister.

I wanted to say no, but when I saw Bai Huan's eyes full of expectation, I let out a sigh of relief, "...Okay."

Bai Huan controlled her expression when she heard this, but she was still filled with joy. "The young masters, please stay here with us. This way, I can tell you any unusual events in the capital at any time."

Xia Ling looked at his fellow brothers and said, "Why don't we just do as Sister said?"

"Alright." Yue Chenzhi bowed and said, "Sorry for bothering me. Thank you, Master Bai."

Lin Xingfan said sweetly, "Thank you, Sister Bai. You are really kind and beautiful!"

In this way, the residence of several people changed from the inn agreed upon at the beginning to Bai Mansion.

After reminiscing about the past, Xia Ling got to the point: "Sister, have you made a list of the people who disappeared?"

"Of course." Bai Huan nodded. "Not only ordinary people are implicated in this matter, but also the children of the royal family and officials. Therefore, His Majesty has given full authority to me and the Third Prince to count and investigate the missing persons. I will have someone send the list over later."

Simu Feng lazily leaned back in his chair, propped up his chin with one hand, and tapped the table with his fingers: "Miss Bai, do these people have anything in common? When exactly did the first group of people disappear?"

As the person in charge of this matter, Bai Huan naturally conducted a detailed investigation. "The first group of people who disappeared in the capital was about a month and a half ago. But according to local officials, some people in some remote towns and villages had disappeared two months ago. However, because the number was small, they did not take it seriously until they realized something was wrong and reported it to the government.

As for the commonality... I am not sure yet, but what I do know is that all of the people who disappeared were under the age of 25, regardless of gender, and pregnant women had the highest disappearance rate."

Lin Xingfan held his chin in his hand. "I remember Master said that the first cultivator to disappear in the cultivation world was in the northern region... It seems to have been two months ago, but this conspiracy must have happened earlier than we know."

Jiang Ci glanced towards Lin Xingfan.

"Besides your family, the only family that actually holds power in the northern region is the Su family that guards the forbidden land. They should know the exact time when people disappeared in the north better than we do. You can send a message to find out."

Lin Xingfan nodded, "No problem, I'll send a message to my father later, but it will probably take some time to receive a reply."

"That's fine." Yue Chenzhi put the teacup aside. "Tomorrow we will split up and go to the place where the people disappeared. Maybe we can find some clues."

Bai Huan thought for a moment, "The Third Prince is in charge of the investigation, and he is very detailed about this. How about I introduce him to you guys tomorrow, and we investigate together?"

Xia Ling and his friends naturally had no reason to refuse this proposal and accepted it directly.

But the key point is that although they learned some information, it was not enough.

When everyone was silent, Qi Huai, who had always been taciturn, suggested: "Since the person behind the scenes only targets young people, why not start from this point? Maybe we can get some clues from it."

Xia Ling immediately understood what he meant, "Brother, are you saying that I should disguise myself as a commoner and walk into their trap myself?"

Qi Huai: “Yeah.”

"It's feasible." Si Mufeng thought this was a good decision, but the key point was...

"We don't know when and where they will strike. If we want to step into the wolf's den, we have to throw out some bait that they are interested in."

Qi Huai said calmly: "I think they already know that someone is here to investigate, so they will definitely be more cautious than before. If you want to lure the snake out of its hole, you must let them relax their vigilance first."

Currently, all people disappear within a short period of time, and there is no exact pattern.

Moreover, they couldn't even defend the heavily guarded palace of the princes and princesses, let alone the other people...

Even monks have name tags to confirm their death, but ordinary mortals have no way of knowing whether they are dead or alive.

So far, the number of missing people has reached tens of thousands. If this continues, both the world of cultivation and the human world will inevitably be in chaos.

Everyone was like Yue Chenzhi, who was always calm and self-sustaining. With no clues, they all became a little annoyed. "We still need to think about this matter in the long run. For now, let's start by investigating the basic information."

Seeing how distressed they were, Bai Huan thought about it carefully and told them everything she had investigated during this period in detail: "Oh, and..."

The conversation lasted until the evening, and Lin Xingfan forgot about the idea of ​​going out to play because of this serious topic.

Led by Bai Huan, the group went to the side rooms. As for Xia Ling, he was pushed by the housekeeper to the exclusive room in the main courtyard.

The entire house has been renovated, no, perhaps it can be said that it has been rebuilt. It can be said that both the area and the level of luxury are dozens of times larger than before.

Xia Ling was pushed by the housekeeper into a luxurious room that was full of style, especially suitable for a young lady from a wealthy family to live in.

Although she didn't care where she lived, Xia Ling felt very stressed when she saw the rows of maids and servants outside.

After some refusals, the housekeeper finally kept the two personal maids at his sincere request. These two maids had taken care of the original owner and accompanied her since she came to this house.

*

At this moment, in Shui'an Garden. (Xia Ling's residence.)

"Second Miss, let us help you take a bath!"

"Yes, miss! It's not easy for you to come home once, and we all miss you very much."

Facing this enthusiasm that was hard to adapt to, Xia Ling leaned against the closed door and stopped them outside, "That's really not necessary, go back and rest!"

Yishui and Zhitao felt a little regretful about their young lady's persistence, but in the end they did not force it.

"Okay, let's withdraw first."

"Miss, if you need anything, just call us! Zhitao is always on call!"

Xia Ling: "Yeah, you guys go and have a rest."

Only after they left did Xia Ling heave a sigh of relief, take off his clothes and take a bath quietly.