Indus Treats the Elderly

You waited for him to approach and asked: "Little God Tili, when did you follow?"

Ti Li said, "I came with Uncle."

Leyou was used to hearing him call uncle, and didn't bother to annoy him, "Didn't you come in Fushu pockets?"

"You can't tell uncle where it is installed!"

Children are easy to talk about. As expected, it was Fu Shu who brought them here, and I don't know how. He was so close to him that he didn't even feel it.

"Uncle, I'm going to play!"

"Well, go, don't run far."

Ti Li got him to agree to run out quickly and disappeared.After half an hour, he came back sweating profusely, and didn't have time to greet Leyou, so he hurriedly used a clean body to enter the house.

After a while, Buluan staggered out, looked at Leyou and smiled.Leyou knew that they were all here, and was not surprised to see her, but felt that today's Buchao was a little different than last time, and couldn't tell what was different, so he greeted: "Buchao Shenjun, it's your turn."

Bu Luan Bu Lian Huo and Ti Li ran out of the house as soon as they came out, but sat on Le You's side, a little close to her, Le You could not help avoiding the smell of incense powder on her body.Buluan didn't seem to notice it, and asked with a smile: "Does the palace master guard like this every day?"

Leyou was worrying about this question, but she still couldn't solve it. She shook her head and said, "Why does God Fushu sit in meditation for so long every day? But he needs to rest when he is injured?"

Buluan didn't answer his question and asked instead: "The palace master is out to do business, so how can these few hours a day be enough?"

Seeing her gossip about him, Le You didn't ask any further questions. After all, it would be more appropriate to ask him face to face about helping her.So he didn't answer Buluan's words, and asked her: "Won't the Buchan god go out for a walk?"

"Don't worry. The Palace Master must be very boring. I will accompany the Palace Master."

Leyou waved his hand, "No need, I just took this opportunity to adjust my breath." After finishing speaking, she really closed her eyes and adjusted her breath without thinking about it.

Buluan asks himself that she is beautiful, and originally planned to use a beauty trick if the trick fails, but Leyou is so incomprehensible!But haste makes waste, it is better not to press too hard today, it will take a long time!Without thinking about it, he opened the door and went out.

After half an hour, I came back and changed meson out.Leyou wasn't really adjusting his breath, it was because Jiezi was pouring water to drink when Jiezi came out, Jiezi greeted him and went out with a kind smile.

After another half an hour, he came out after another change, he smiled at Leyou and was about to go out, Leyou asked him: "Where is the god of the king going to play? Do you need me to accompany you?"

Yan Yan shook his head, took a pen and paper and wrote: "Thank you, Palace Master, but I don't want to go out, so I just sit in the courtyard."

The last time Le You saw Zang Zong, he was just breathing under the phoenix tree in the courtyard, and he couldn't help asking curiously: "Shen Jun Zang Zong just sits alone for half an hour every day when he goes out?"

"It's mostly like this. I like the smell of trees. Sometimes I will look for a book to read, or play games with myself."

"Shenjun Zai's temperament is really quiet!"

He smiled slightly, seeing that Leyou didn't want to talk anymore, so he left.

Another half an hour later, Leyou finally waited for Fu Shu to come out, and couldn't wait to take him to the case to check. Fu Shu said: "I don't need to cook today, but I can go to check it first, but I have to go for a few hours, it's enough. ?”

Leyou said: "It's not enough, it's not enough, the sky is going to be dark, let's go!"

It took only a cup of tea for the two of them to go to Zhaojia Village. It was already dusk, and the village was deserted and very quiet.

Leyou pushed open the courtyard door of a farmhouse, but did not see the puppet, then pushed open the door, still nothing, then pushed open the bedroom, and there it was!Two puppets are lying on the bed!

To say that the puppet is a bit flattering to the criminal, the craftsmanship is far worse than that of Fushu, it can only be regarded as a peeled tree stump, with random facial features, slanted eyes and crooked nose, and no limbs.

The two looked at the puppet and found nothing unusual, then opened the doors of other rooms to check. The puppets were all on the bed, so it could be seen that the perpetrator took him away late at night when everyone was asleep.

Two people checked each household, and the situation was generally the same.Except for the puppets, there were no abnormalities in any of the farmers' homes, no bloodstains, and no signs of fighting. The guy who committed the crime must have done something difficult.

After checking more than 30 households, it was already sunset.There were no other clues to be found in this village, so the two had to go back to the inn first.

During dinner, Fushu asked Leyou: "Does the palace master know any secrets of enchantment?"

"Of course it will!"

"The palace lord doesn't have to sit and wait for me every day. Circle me and I'll sit quietly. You go and investigate your case yourself. Wouldn't the two be as beautiful as each other?"

"Are you willing to be locked up?"

"It's all right, I don't go out all year round when I'm at home, isn't it similar to confinement?!"

Leyou had thought about this method a long time ago, but he couldn't tell Fushu, since he proposed it himself, it would be easy to handle!

Fu Shu also said, "Major, can you expand the barrier to surround the entire inn?"

"God wants to leave room for the other five people to do activities?"

"Yeah, it's hard to come out, and I'm only confined in the house. I'm afraid they will rebel."

"Shangshen," Le You saw that the timing was just right, and asked Fushu, "Did the five of them be brought here by Shangshen?"

"Yes."

"How did you bring it? Why can't I perceive their existence no matter then or now?"

"The mountain people have their own tricks! Haha..."

"Why do they only come out for half an hour each day?"

"Not only that, they can come out to play after dinner to Zichu."

"Why are they so restricted in their actions?"

"The palace master is too curious."

Seeing that Fu Shu didn't want to tell, Le You asked, "Could it be that the seven of them are all Fu Shu Shangshen?"

"Didn't you check it out? What was the result?"

Hearing the words, Le You thought darkly: This greedy fire seems rough, and there is a lot of guarding against others!Embarrassed, he said to Fushu: "I have offended God, you are too mysterious."

"It's okay."

"Shangshen was seriously injured, so he needs to meditate every day to recuperate?"

"No, it's just involuntary."

Leyou saw that he couldn't find anything to ask, so he had to give up.

☆, Do you suspect it is a demon?

When Xiao Er came to clean up after dinner, Le You asked him, "Brother, did you hear that there was a village near here that disappeared overnight?"

Xiao Er held the bowl and said, "How could you not have heard of such a big event! People in towns and cities far and near know about it."

"Can the government investigate?"

Xiao Er looked out the door, as if he was in a hurry to do something else.Seeing this, Leyou stuffed some broken silver into the little second hand.Xiaoer weighed it, put it in his arms, put down the dishes and said, "I checked, but I have no clue. There are people in the village who just escaped from the disaster and are making trouble at the gate of the government office every day!"

"Oh? How many people escaped?"

"Three or four people. That day they happened to come to the town to have a wedding, and they had a rest at the newcomer's house after eating late. When they returned the next day, there was no one in the village, so they hurriedly reported to the official."

"How old are these three or four people?"

"They're all young men."

"Did the young man escape..." Leyou said to herself.He then asked, "Are there any missing persons in the town or in the villages around?"

"Yes! But they are all isolated, and there are no cases where several or dozens of people disappeared together."

"What about the age of the missing person?"

Xiao Er thought for a while: "Most of them are in their teens, but there are also one or two young and old."

"Is it male or female?"

"Except for a pair of grandparents, all the missing ones are women! People in the town say that it's the flower pickers."

"Has anyone been found?"

"No."

"Are there monsters making trouble around here?"

"The families of those missing people have suspected everything, flower pickers, ghosts and ghosts, but Taoist priests and monks have been invited quickly, and no one can find out why. It's useless to ask the fox fairy empress. That's all."

"Missing someone asking for the fox fairy?"

"That's right," Xiaoer said about the fox fairy's eyes full of reverence, "We have a fox fairy lady here who is the most effective, but anyone who makes a wish, as long as the heart is sincere, it will be granted!"

There are many foxes in Xuantu land, and it is not new for someone to pay homage, so Leyou turned to ask Xiao Er: "Do you know any people whose families are missing?"

"I don't know all about it. The closest one is Qiu Yuanwai's family. There was a daughter in his family who had been pampered for fourteen or five years, but suddenly disappeared. Mrs. Qiu lost her breath after hearing the news and never woke up again. Qiu Yuanwai's [-] At such a young age, he turned into an old man overnight. There was no one in the house, and the servants stole and robbed, and soon emptied the mansion. Now the Yuanwai mansion is empty and desolate, and it is gone. Half of what it looked like that day."

"My little brother knows everything about Qiu Yuan's family!"

Xiao Er thought that Le You boasted that he was well-informed, so he was a little complacent: "That's not true, we do the work of welcoming and delivering, but we need to know everything!"

"Brother, can you copy the address of the missing person?"

"Oh, the guest officer praised the boy, how can the boy know how to write! I will ask the shopkeeper to copy a copy for me, you two wait a moment!"

"Thank you very much!" Le You signaled that he had finished asking, and Xiao Er got so many rewards for saying a few gossips that everyone in the neighborhood knew.

Only then did Fu Shu ask: "Do you suspect it's a demon?"

Leyou replied: "That's right, so many people disappeared without a trace overnight, without any trace of struggle, I'm afraid ordinary people can't do so quietly."

Fu Shu nodded: "Well, it's just that the missing ones were all young women, and occasionally there were old and young, but this time it's men, women, old and young who don't care about meat and vegetables. Is the palace master not sure if it's a fox demon again?"

Le You was a little surprised that Fu Shu guessed his thoughts so accurately, glanced at him, nodded and said, "That's right, there are many fox demons in Xuantu Land, and I suspected that it was fox demons who made trouble before I came, but most foxes The demon only catches young men, but most of the missing here are women, this time there is no distinction between age and gender, I have never heard of such a fox demon, is it useful to catch young and old to eat?"

Fu Shu was about to answer, when his wrist suddenly stopped, he turned to say: "I will sit quietly at that time, the palace master thinks slowly, I will go to Naqiu Mansion with you tomorrow, and then I will go to the yamen to find the surviving man. A few people asked."

Le You said yes.

Fu Shu entered the room and glared at Tan Huo, "What's the rush! But it's a little late!"

Tanhuo's eyes widened, "It is agreed that we will be allowed to move around freely after the beginning of the Xu Dynasty, and we will not be occupied for a moment!" After speaking, he hurried out.

Buluan blamed Fushu and said, "You came out with great difficulty, and you asked yourself to be imprisoned?! Are you trying to embarrass us on purpose?"

Fu Shu was too lazy to get angry with her, "Then what do you say, you can't delay people's work every day."

"We can take turns helping him investigate the case!" Buluan sat down and said excitedly.Several other people also nodded.

"How do you explain the fact that there was only one person in half an hour? And how do you explain where I went? Didn't Leyou bring me out just to watch me all day?"

"An incident happened to one person in half an hour. He must have thought that we have a hidden disease, so he won't ask any more questions. If he doesn't understand the etiquette and insists on asking, we will say it is inconvenient to tell!" The fire was gone, and the other three nodded to express their understanding. Fushu continued: "As for your meditation, didn't he think you brought us out in your pocket? You said that the six of us took turns to sit in your pocket! We don't mind. Come out with some breath, so that he can always sense that you are nearby, won't it be enough?"

"Yeah brother! Ti Li also wants to go out to play, and doesn't want to be trapped in this inn!"

Fu Shu glanced at the crowd, seeing that everyone had the same idea, he couldn't bear to really trap them in another place, so he nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Ti Li threw herself into Fu Shu's arms to act like a spoiled child, Fu Shu hugged him and teased him with a smile, and Yan Yan also sat down beside Fu Shu, gestured and said, "Thank you brother!"

Fu Shu gestured back to him: "We are all a family, and you don't need to be polite with your elder brother." After speaking, he stroked his broken hair, full of affection.Yan Yan smiled and mentioned Ti Li, and took him out with Buluan Jiezi.

The next day, Fushu got up at Maoshi, and when he left the room, he saw Leyou waiting outside with a note in his hand, which must be the address of the missing person written by Xiaoer's trustee.Fu Shu greeted: "Good morning, Palace Master."

"Morning God! Let's go to have breakfast now, and go to Qiu Mansion first after eating."

Seeing him in a hurry, Fu Shu must have been too worried about the lives of the more than 100 villagers, so he hurriedly followed.

It was only the beginning of the morning when the two found the door of Qiu's mansion, and Fu Shu asked if it would be too early to disturb others?Leyou said that he didn't treat me when he said it, so he could only be rude.As he spoke, he knocked on the door of Qiu Mansion, and after a while, the porter came to answer the door, looking at the two people as if he hadn't seen strangers for a long time, but he seemed to be staring blankly at the void, blankly, and didn't ask them what to do.The two asked politely: "Old man, is this the residence of Qiu Yuanwai?"

The old man seemed to nod his head, and Le You said again: "Let's come here and ask about the disappearance of the daughter of the Qiu Mansion."

The old man's expression suddenly changed, and his eyes suddenly became clearer, "Are you an official?"

"No."

Regardless of their identities, the old man hurriedly invited them in, but instead of inviting them to the hall to talk, he took them directly to Miss Qiu's yard, and said as he walked, "It's been more than a year, and I thought no one would care about it." Yes, thank goodness you're here! Please please please!"

A few people walked quickly to Ms. Qiu's yard, and found that the scenery here was completely different from the outside of the yard. The yard was clean and tidy, and the trees and flowers were thriving. It looked like it was taken care of every day.The old man saw their astonishment and said, "All the servants have left, but Jin'er left a loyal servant woman in her room, who took care of the yard every day, and that's why this situation happened."

Just as she was talking, the servant woman heard the sound and looked for her, and seeing the stranger looked at the old man in confusion, the old man said to her: "Mute, these two are here for the case of Jin'er's disappearance, please make a pot of tea quickly." Come and serve!"

When the mute heard that she was here for Miss Qiu, she was as happy as the old man, and nodded emphatically.

"I don't know what to call the old man?" Fu Shu asked.

The old man sighed, "It's been a long time since no one called me, and outsiders usually call me Master Qiu."

Leyou was shocked, he didn't expect that the old concierge turned out to be Master Qiu himself!It really doesn't look like he's only in his 30s!

Fu Shu was not as surprised as Le You, "Master Qiu is very polite, may we go into Miss's room to have a look?"

"Of course! Please!"

The two entered the door, and saw that the house was furnished just like the boudoir of a rich family, with everything one could expect. Although no one lived there for more than a year, the furnishings were still in order, clean and bright as new.The two walked around the room several times, but they couldn't see anything unusual, and asked, "Master Qiu, after Ling Qianjin disappeared, did everything in the room move?"

Master Qiu waved his hands again and again, "No! I know that the official sent to investigate the case depends on the original situation of the case, so I dare not act rashly!"

"Did there be any changes the night the young lady disappeared?"

"Jin'er's mother and I live not far from this courtyard, and we haven't heard any changes. Afterwards, the officials asked the maids who served that night, and they all said that they had been guarding outside the room and had never seen or heard anything."

Le You had checked everything carefully, and there was no ghost or ghost left, and asked again: "Among the servants who were on duty that night, is there a dumb woman whom I just met?"

"No. The dumb girl must have been doing rough work in the outer courtyard before, and I have never seen her personally wait in Jin'er's room before."

Fu Shu heard the words and said: "It's rare that a rough servant outside the courtyard is more loyal than the maid who waits close by!"

Master Qiu nodded: "That's right!"

"Did the servants that Ms. Qiu waited for be bought or hired?"

"bought."

"Then their contract of prostitution is still there?"

"It's gone. I don't know who it is, but I couldn't open the box that locked the bond of a house servant, so I simply set it on fire."

"Then, does Master Qiu know where to find them?"

"I don't know. They got free and got money, so they must have gone away."

Leyou originally wanted to interrogate those night watch servants himself, but it seemed a bit difficult.

While talking, the dumb woman cooked tea and served it to the three of them. Le You took a sip and was a little surprised that the dumb woman could cook such good tea!This tea is also not rough, so he asked: "Mum, did you find this tea from your house?"

The mute nodded.

Mr. Qiu had also tasted it at this time, and he was also slightly surprised: "This tea is Jin'er's favorite drink before he disappeared, the northern Fujian golden noodle Qilan, it is very rare, I didn't expect that the servants didn't let it go. "

Fushu also said: "The dumb woman is very skilled!"

The mute smiled slightly, and stood behind Master Qiu, but did not go down.

Seeing this, Master Qiu said: "The dumb woman has been guarding this courtyard for more than a year, and she must also want to know some progress. I hope the two adults will forgive her for being disrespectful."

Leyou said: "It's okay." Then he asked the dumb girl if she could speak dumb, and the dumb girl shook her head.

Fushu asked again: "Can you read?"

The dumb girl froze for a moment, then shook her head.

I don't know dumb language and I can't read, so it seems that I can't ask anything.

The two of Leyou drank the tea and looked around in the courtyard, but they found nothing, so they had to leave first.Seeing the disappointment on Master Qiu's face, he comforted him: "Don't worry, Master Qiu, the two of us will give you an explanation this time before we stop!"

Master Qiu didn't know whether to believe it or not, he forced the two of them out of the house with a smile and said, "If you two adults need to ask the old man again, you can come anytime!"

The two of Leyou nodded and left.

After staying far away, Le You asked Fu Shu what he could see, Fu Shu shook his head, Le You didn't have a clue, and was a little distressed, saying, "Let's go to the gate of the yamen to see the few surviving villagers. without."

☆, more than that, the first missing one can be traced back more than ten years ago

When the two arrived at the gate of the yamen, they saw no one, and were about to go to the next household to inquire. Fu Shu saw a few people far away from the gate of the yamen, describing themselves as embarrassed, kneeling or sitting on the ground.Following Fu Shu's gaze, Le You also saw it, and walked over to count, there were exactly four of them, so he asked, "Will you four come with me to have breakfast?"

The four of them have been kneeling here for nearly a month, eating some food and water given by passers-by every day. Hearing what Le You said, they thought he was pity for his life, and said angrily, "Thank you! Bought and delivered? I can’t move around later.”

"What if we are here to help you find your relatives?"

The four of them all looked at Leyou after hearing what he said, some couldn't believe what he said.Le You said again: "Is it useful for you to beg the government here every day? Why don't you trust me for a while, if I lie to others, you can come here and continue kneeling after eating and drinking."

The four of them looked at each other and agreed to go with Leyou, but they didn't move for a long time, their legs and feet couldn't move, and they couldn't stand up for a long time.Leyou and Fushu tried their best to lift them up, and took them to the nearest bun shop.

The six people sat down, and the people next to them covered their noses and walked away when they smelled the bad smell on their bodies. The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop couldn’t drive away customers, so he had to ask them from a distance what they wanted. Le You said that forty meat buns would come first, Two pots of soy milk.The boss brought it up quickly, and Leyou signaled the four of them to eat before talking.The four of them were impolite, devouring the meal voraciously, choking and beating their breasts from time to time.

Fu Shu also took a steamed stuffed bun and ate them slowly, handing them soy milk while eating.Le You looked at him and asked him: Didn't you have breakfast?Why are you still snatching buns from people?Fu Shu smiled, not sure if he understood.Leyou shook his head, thought about it, and picked up a bun to taste, and found that the taste was really good!Unknowingly, they ate two or three buns, and the bowl on the table bottomed out, and the four of them still had a lot to say, Leyou ordered another twenty, and after eating these twenty buns, everyone felt full.Leyou just started to ask questions.

"Aren't you begging the government to uphold justice? How can you kneel so far?"

One of them replied: "At first we were kneeling at the gate of the yamen. After a few days, the officials didn't allow us to kneel, saying that the case would be investigated and let us go home and wait. Kneeling there would damage the reputation of their adults. We have nothing to do." Where can I get back a quasi-letter, just kneel farther away."

"How did you escape that disaster?"

A younger boy was about to cry when he heard Leyou mentioning their sadness, but was stopped by the previous person, and said: "The four of us are all working in a brewery in the town, and that day happened to be a buddy's wedding ceremony. , invited us to have a wedding after work, we are good friends on weekdays, and the bridal chamber was a bit late, so we just slept in his courtyard for the night. After work the next day, when I came home, I found that every house was in shambles. We felt that something was wrong, and we searched for people from family to family. Unexpectedly, the whole village became an empty shell overnight! We were terrified and rushed back to the town overnight to report to the official. Find any clues."

"The officials in the small town must not be able to find out anything, why don't you report it?"

"We are going to the state capital to report the case, but Mr. Ma said that he has already reported it, and told us not to act rashly. We did see the government officials from the state capital come to investigate a few days ago, so we thought about giving them some time. If there is still no news in two days, then we have to report it to the higher authorities.”

Le You said: "You guys have waited too long, if..."

The young man couldn't bear it anymore, and burst into tears, and blamed the older young man while weeping, "I said that I should go to the imperial court earlier, if you don't listen, be stupid and wait, it's all right now, even the imperial envoy It is said that my family has waited too long, I am afraid they are already dead! Wow...!"

The older one didn't care about the presence of other people, and scolded the young man: "Shut up! Do you know what a complaint is? Just talk nonsense!"

Leyou also comforted: "Didn't I just say that everyone in your village must be dead, after all..."

Fushu pulled Leyou's sleeve robe to signal him to stop, don't make people cry by saying wrong things again.The phrase "after all, it will take some time for more than 100 people to eat" in Leyou's mouth was abruptly blocked back.

The four of them heard the hope, and knelt down together, "I beg you two adults to bring our relatives back!"

Leyou couldn't say whether he could get it back, or whether it was a human being or a piece of bone, so he could only say, "I will give you an explanation!"

The four kowtowed in unison: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!

"You don't need to kneel in front of the yamen anymore, go back first."

"But……"

Leyou knew that they would not be able to sit still if they sat at home waiting, so she said, "Why don't you go home and tidy up before you go to work in the brewery, so that we can find someone easily when we have something to ask."

The four of them nodded when they heard that Leyou would still look for them, and hoped even more.

Fu Shu warned: "Try not to touch anything in the house when you get home, especially the puppet!"

"Yes, my lord!"

"Go back quickly, have a good rest, and wait for news from this gentleman."

The four of them knelt and thanked again before limping away.

"Which house should I go to now?" Fu Shu asked Le You.

Leyou tied up the steamed stuffed bun and said, "Go and see the house where the grandparents are missing."

"How long ago was this?"

"five years ago."

"Someone disappeared five years ago?"

"More than that, the first missing one can be traced back more than ten years ago."

"It's been so long! Why are so many people missing and no one cares about it?"

"There must be investigations in the mortal world, but I don't have a clue. As for the upper realm, I only found out after asking yesterday. The criminal is very cunning, and he takes one person every other year. It must have attracted no attention."

"If it's really a demon causing trouble, it's impossible to eat one person a year. He must have taken people in a different place."

"That's what I guessed too, so I sent a letter back yesterday to ask someone to find out if there are other cases of missing persons within a few hundred miles of Xuantu."

"The palace master must often handle such cases, right?" Fu Shu found a secluded place and ascended to the cloud.

Leyou Yusi followed, "There are indeed quite a few. During the years when the Zhu Shen clan didn't have Shen Zhu, they were all doing thugs for the upper realm."

"You are still obeying the orders of the upper realm?"

"It's not just obedience, everyone takes what they need, mutual benefit and win-win."

"Oh? The Zhushen clan and the gods came out of Hunyuan together, why do they need to cooperate with the upper realm?"

Le You sighed and said: "God knows it. Gods are creations of heaven and earth. There are not many gods, and there are even fewer fallen gods. Since the birth of the hatchback, the God-killing Clan has only killed two gods, and the rest of the time is no different from ordinary people. The same thing produces and passes on to generations.”

"I don't have much time in Jinyintai, and I don't know much about your people. I only know that although you have the power to kill gods, you are mortals."

"That's right. Only after the power of primordial spirit is awakened can the Zhushen clan enjoy the longevity of the heavens and inherit the responsibilities of heaven, but they only have divine power and no godhead, and the destiny makes me not be welcomed by the six realms, so I can only live in seclusion for generations The good thinkers in the upper realm suggested that we help them cast down demons and eliminate demons when we have nothing to do, and they will keep the six realms clean from disturbing our family."

"Overkill!"

Leyou gave a rare smile, "Idle is idle."

While talking, the two had already fled to the vicinity of the missing grandfather's family village, and they were inevitably seen and fell to the ground in the mountains.

The two couldn't find the specific address, so they stopped an old farmer and asked: "Excuse me, old man, but there is a family named Zhai living in this village? Five years ago, an old man and a young family disappeared one after another in his family."

When the old farmer saw that the two people were very good-natured, he first paid respect, put down the bundle of firewood and replied seriously: "Our village is called Zhaijia Village, most of the people in the village are surnamed Zhai, and only his family is missing, but the grandfather and grandson Not disappearing one after another, but disappearing together overnight."

"They disappeared together? Then where does he live? Can the old man show us the way?"

"Of course it's okay to give directions, but there is no one in his house!"

"No one left? Isn't there still a man in charge?"

Seeing that Le You misunderstood, the old man explained: "I mean that kid Zhai Qiao doesn't live in our village. After he passed the exam, he was picked up by a big family and went to be his son-in-law!"

"How long ago was that?"

"How long?" The old farmer thought carefully, "Probably a year after his father and his son disappeared."

"So fast? Didn't it mean that his wife just passed away not long before his family disappeared?"

"Yeah, what a miserable child! He was the only one left in a family of four for a few months. He couldn't bear the blow and hanged himself two or three times. Fortunately, we rescued him. The people in the village tried their best to persuade him to let him go. He still couldn't get rid of his idea of ​​going down. I don't know who said later that his family has been farming for generations, and finally became a scholar. If he couldn't think about it, he would be ashamed of his family's ancestors. If he went down, he would have no face to face them. If you don't turn this grief into a spur, study hard to gain fame and glory for his ancestors, then you can atone for the sin of not taking good care of the family, women and children. Only then did Boy Zhai shake his spirits and study hard. A few years later, he was awarded Juren. The rich family took a fancy to him, but at first he refused, but then he didn't know how the family moved him, so he packed up two or three old clothes and went with them, and never came back. Pass."

"That's how it is. Does the old man know where that family lives?"

"Yo, then how can I know, I'm just a farmer, and most of the nobles have heard about it, so I don't know the specifics."

Fushu then asked: "I don't know why Zhai Qiao's wife passed away?"

"He died of illness. His mother-in-law fell to the root of the disease when she gave birth to her son, and died after lying in bed for less than half a year."

"Then his son was only half a year old when he disappeared?"

"Isn't it! What a crime!"

Leyou and Fushu didn't expect that the youngest among the youngest was still a baby, and they had more speculations in their hearts.When the two thanked the old farmer for their return trip, Le You said, "Could it be that the baby was the criminal's target, and the old man just incidentally?"

Fushu said: "It's possible that there are many demons and ghosts who only eat children, but I don't know where the criminals in this village come from?"

"If these disappearances were committed by the same person, why did he kidnap the woman for several years, suddenly change his mind and kidnap the young and old couple, and then only kidnap the woman?"

"Isn't it the same person?"

"It's possible, and it's also possible that he kidnapped children elsewhere. We can't make any conclusions yet."

"Ah."

……

The two visited three places in the morning, and it was almost noon when they returned to the inn. Leyou ordered a sumptuous lunch for him without Fushu's reminder, and Fushu ate it all after thanking him with a smile.

After a short rest, Le You prepared to seal the inn and then go to visit the next family, but Fu Shu stopped him and said, "There is no need for Palace Master."

Leyou thought he had backed down, so Fu Shu said, "The family members couldn't stay still, and they said they wanted to help you investigate the case together."

"Then what are you going to do, God?"

"They thought of a way: put me in a Qiankun bag and take it with me, so that the Palace Master's important event will not be delayed."

Leyou didn't expect Fushu's dignified ancient god to be so easy to dismiss, he can be confined or put in his pocket, so he worshiped: "Thanks for your hard work!"

Fu Shu waved his hand: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's not sitting where you sit, haha!"

"Then let's take a break and set off."

"it is good!"

Fushu went into the inner room as usual, Leyou didn't go back to the room, and closed his eyes to rest in the outer room.

☆. The mothers-in-law in the courtyard laughed at him for taking his children and daughter-in-law with him when he went out to do errands

As soon as Fushu came in, Tanhuo came out.Seeing that Le's claustrophobic eyes are resting and it's not easy to disturb him, he sits next to him and stares at him.Leyou sensed Tanhuo's gaze, and didn't want to talk to him at first, but Tanhuo didn't know how to restrain himself, just looked at him, and sat closer and closer, Leyou finally couldn't bear it, opened his eyes and asked him why he looked at him like this!Tanhuo said, "I've never investigated a case before, so I can't wait!"

Le You asked again: "The God of Greedy Fire doesn't need to punch today?"

"It's okay, it's the same for investigating the case later!... Palace Master, let's go?"

It took half an hour for Leyou to be considerate of Tanhuo, not wanting him to come out before he reached the place, so he hurriedly poured a few sips of tea and got up and said, "Let's go!"

The two walked quickly, and after a while, they arrived at the door of a family, which seemed not very rich.Tanhuo stepped forward and slammed the door loudly, just as Leyou was about to stop him, someone answered the door.What came out was a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, with a tall and straight figure, and looked quite strong, greedy and unreasonable, he didn't speak harshly, and asked Wen Wen: "Who are you two looking for?"

Le You made an accusation first before saying: "There is a little girl missing from Mr.'s family?"

The scholar's face changed slightly, and the grief was a little bit overdue, "Yes, the two of you are official posts? It doesn't look like it."

Le You said: "We are not official servants, but we have been assigned to take over the disappearance case near Xuantu. I wonder if you have time to answer my questions?"

The scholar thought for a while before inviting the two of them in.

Leyou entered the courtyard and saw a pot of medicine boiling in the corridor, the scholar closed the courtyard door and went straight to sit in front of the medicine stove, lightly fanned the fire and said, "If you have any questions, please ask."

Leyou found a low stool and sat down and asked, "When did the daughter of Mr.'s family disappear?"

The scholar replied, "It's not my daughter, it's my younger sister. I didn't see you half a year ago."

Le You thought darkly: Half a year ago?Isn't it abducted every other year?Why is it only half a year between the disappearance of this woman and more than 100 people in that village?He asked again, "I don't know how old your sister is?"

"It will reach Ji."

"But you didn't see him at night?"

"Yes."

"Did you ever hear the noise?"

"Never."

"Can you allow me to wait and see Lingmei's residence?"

"inconvenient."

"Why?"

"My mother is living in that house."

"Lingmei and Lingtang share the same bedroom?"

"Well, my family is poor, with only two bedrooms."

"Then when Lingmei disappeared, could Lingtang be with you?"

"exist."

"Didn't realize your sister was kidnapped after sleeping in the whole room?" Tanhuo interjected.

Leyou glared at him, and heard the scholar say: "Well, my mother blamed herself deeply, and she has been bedridden since then."

Leyou looked at the medicine stove, presumably it was made for his mother.

The scholar lifted the lid and took a look, then poured the medicine into the bowl and said, "You two, wait a moment, my mother hasn't taken the medicine at noon."

Leyou said please, and the scholar went into the room with the medicine.

Leyou heard an old woman's voice asking, "Cheng'er, is there any visitor?"

"Yes, mother."

After a while, the old woman continued to ask, as if she had taken medicine, "But your classmate?"

"No... I'm here to ask about Rong'er."

The old woman seemed a little excited when she heard the words, she coughed for a long time and hurriedly said: "Tell them quickly, my Rong'er is not taken away, she is hiding in this room! I can hear her day and night. Crying for my mother! Ask me to rescue her! Go and tell them!"

After a long time, the scholar said: "Okay