Qing Lingyi has never seen such a face, not even in her dreams.
She felt strange.
Especially the man stared at her for a long time, which made her even more uneasy.
She frowned, and the two guards behind her noticed something was wrong and were about to move forward.
"Where did you buy this mask?" the man suddenly asked.
Qing Lingyi reacted and realized that he was asking about the lamb mask on her face. In other words, what he was staring at might be this mask.
She relaxed slightly and pointed behind her, "Over there, there is a stall selling masks."
The man nodded, "Thank you."
After saying that, he walked over slowly, sat down at the table, and waved to the shopkeeper, "A bowl of fish soup. Sorry for the trouble."
The store owner took a moment to come to his senses and responded.
The man waited for a while, then turned his head and said to Qing Lingyi: "Girl, do you want to have a bowl of fish soup together? I'll treat you."
"Boom!"
Before Qing Lingyi could respond, a muffled sound suddenly came from the room.
This is the reminder signal sent by Ji Fanzhi.
The plan has officially begun.
The store owner's first reaction was to turn his head quickly and look at Qing Lingyi.
The latter was surprisingly calm, which gave him a bad feeling.
At this moment, sonorous footsteps came from the street.
Qing Lingyi turned around and said, "Master Lu."
The store owner took a closer look and saw that it was Lu Ting from Jing Zhaoyin who came with someone. Why are you here at this time?
The man at the table asked urgently: "Shop, why don't you make fish soup?"
The store owner smiled at him and said, "Right away, right away."
Over there, without Qing Lingyi taking off her mask, he recognized who she was by her voice, "Mrs. Cheng, are you here to enjoy the lanterns today?"
"Yes," Qing Lingyi said with a smile, "I came here with Biwei."
"Biwei?"
Lu Ting looked around Xizhou, "I didn't see her."
Qing Lingyi pointed to the store owner and said, "We were passing by here, and the store owner accidentally splashed Biwei's clothes with water. Now Biwei went inside to change her clothes."
Lu Ting looked towards the store.
The store owner smiled.
"But it's been a while, and Bi Wei hasn't come out yet." Qing Lingyi seemed to say it unintentionally.
Lu Ting frowned in cooperation and said cautiously: "You still have to take a look. Suidu is not peaceful recently. I heard that many Huyan and Tuyi people have arrived."
The man at the table raised his eyebrows without any trace.
Lu Ting led people towards the house.
Qing Lingyi walked with him, and the store owner followed suit.
Lu Ting knocked on the door, "Biwei, are you in?"
No one answered.
Lu Ting frowned, "Something's wrong."
He tried to push the door, but failed. He looked sideways at Qing Lingyi and said, "Mrs. Cheng, please hide aside."
After Qing Lingyi dodged, he took two steps back, suddenly exerted force, and kicked open the door.
The candlelight in the room was still bright, but there were obvious signs of a fight. A middle-aged woman was unconscious on the ground, and the window on one side was wide open.
The store owner immediately exclaimed: "Xiniang!"
He rushed forward, helped the woman on the ground, and began to cry.
Qing Lingyi and Lu Ting were not surprised and looked at each other——
Acting Maho.
Not even a drop of tears came out.
"Sure, something happened," Lu Ting cleared his throat, "You have to come back to Jingzhaoyin with us."
The shopkeeper looked up in confusion, "Go back to Jing Zhaoyin?"
Lu Ting grabbed his shoulder, "Yeah, isn't there someone else whose whereabouts are unknown? We have to find out, right?"
"But my wife is unconscious, and I can't leave now..."
"I understand you."
Just as the store owner was about to smile with relief, he heard Lu Ting say: "Your wife also has to go to Jing Zhaoyin."
The store owner was startled.
Lu Ting smiled and said, "The missing girl has not been found. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you two to leave."
The store owner and his wife were taken away together.
Qing Lingyi and Lu Ting walked out side by side.
Passing by the tables and chairs, Qing Lingyi glanced at the man in black clothes and said nothing.
After walking for a while, Lu Ting asked in a low voice: "Do you know him?"
Qing Lingyi shook his head.
"If you see him again in the future, I suggest you take a detour."
"Why?" Qing Lingyi didn't understand what he meant.
"Did you see his eyes?"
"I saw it. It's brown, very special."
"Yes, it's special. Because there are some Huyan people in Suidu who have black or brown eyes. This kind of brown eyes are only found in a small number of Huyan people, and the largest number of them are from the Ule tribe."
Qing Lingyi blinked slowly.
Therefore, the man just now might be Huyan or Ule.
But what is he doing here alone?
She turned back out of curiosity, but the figure was no longer in front of the table.
·
The night is like water.
In the study of Xie's family, Schaefer was leaning back on the chair with a comfortable posture, eating cakes comfortably.
Xie Jianzhi came in from the outside and saw him like this, and said angrily: "Can't you just sit still?"
Schaefer said with a smile: "Brother, I am always in high spirits during happy events! Think about it, if Biwei is gone, that group of people will have to worry to death."
Xie Jianzhi squeezed out a laugh from his nose.
He was in a good mood and didn't say much.
“Adult! Adult!”
Schaeffer's lieutenant hurried into the study.
Schaefer turned his head, smiled and asked, "Have you been caught?"
"I've caught him," the deputy general breathed, "but now Jing Zhaoyin and Youwei are looking for someone."
"Response so quickly?"
"Yes, Mrs. Cheng happened to meet Mr. Lu from Jing Zhaoyin. The old couple who were selling fish soup on the street were taken away by Jing Zhaoyin on the spot."
Schaeffer's eyes widened, and the joy he had just felt had long since dissipated.
Xie Jianzhi, who was beside him, had to be calm and analyzed: "The third son and his wife are just pawns. They have no first contact with us and don't know the whole plan. It's not a big problem."
Schaeffer breathed a sigh of relief.
But Xie Jianzhi's expression was a little strange, and he felt like there were changes in today's events.
"adult!"
Then came the voice of the maid.
Boss Shaffer was unhappy, turned around and asked angrily: "What's the matter?"
The maid's face was covered with sweat and she cried: "The lady is missing!"
Xiefer was startled, and Xie Jianzhi was also startled.
They had to take action today and were worried about changes, so they were careful and asked Xie Xian to stay at home.
"Why is the lady missing? What happened?" Xie Jianzhi asked.
"The little... miss went to the lantern festival, and we followed, but we were scattered by the crowd. When we went to look for it, the miss was gone..."
Xie Jianzhi glared angrily, "Didn't I tell you not to go out?!"
The maid was so frightened that she fell to her knees.
Xie Jianzhi took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and asked: "What else happened at that time? Tell me all the details!"
The maid trembled, took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, and presented it with both hands, "This... someone put it into the slave's hand."
Xie Jianzhi picked it up and when he saw the content clearly, his face suddenly turned pale.
