When Cui Wei arrived, he saw his brother taking off his robe outside.

"Brother," Cui Wei said hurriedly, "You want to go down the lake? It's so dark and you can't see anything. Miss Tuesday was vague again. Maybe the things are not in the lake at all, so it's better to let your family look in the garden. It's not too late to go and catch them tomorrow at dawn."

Cui Zhen said lightly: "I have been in this lake since I was a child. I have been busy in the army for a long time and haven't been there for a long time. I also want to go around, so you don't have to follow me."

He didn't just want to find the purse, and he also wanted to borrow a moment of peace to sort out his thoughts.

After saying that, Cui Zhen had already jumped into the water.

"Second Master," the follower next to him couldn't help but worry, "Do we want to protect the Marquis?"

Cui Wei shook his head: "Brother is very familiar with this place, it should be fine, and even if you go into the water now, you can't find him."

Just as Cui Wei said, after Cui Zhen entered the water, his body disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

In the lake.

Gu Mingzhu let go of her hand, and the purse in her palm immediately sank into the lake. After everything was done, she began to turn back the same way. The lake water was cold and she could not stay inside for too long. If she was sick, her mother would still worry.

After swimming for a while, she floated up to the water to identify the direction. It was completely dark and she was in the lake. Naturally, she had to be more cautious.

Just as she looked around, she noticed a torch by the lake lit up.

Who would it be if there were people on the shore?

Those who came to the lake in the dark must have come to find the purse.

The torch stands there and does not move, and there is only one explanation, that is, it is illuminating people.

When someone got into the water, she immediately felt a warning in her heart, and no longer delayed, she immediately went to the nearest shore quickly.

Cui Zhen vaguely heard the slight paddling sound. The place where the sound was made was a little far away from him. Others might not have noticed it, but his ears were naturally more sensitive than ordinary people.

There is indeed something strange.

Cui Zhen immediately accumulated his energy to approach the place where the sound was made, but the distance between the two was really far, and the people in front seemed to speed up again.

After chasing in the water, the man had already arrived ashore. Cui Zhen showed up on the water and saw a figure flashing by and disappearing in the direction of the bamboo forest.

After all, he was still a step slower and watched the man escape.

Cui Zhen never gave up easily. While continuing to chase after him as quickly as possible, he blew a whistle. As long as he didn't leave the Cui family's house, he could catch people.

Cui Wei, who was waiting on the shore, heard the whistle and knew that the eldest brother must have noticed something strange. He did not dare to delay and immediately came with him with him.

Cui Zhen chased forward for a while, but the figure seemed to have escaped from heaven and earth, and disappeared without a trace.

"Brother, what's going on?" Cui Wei stepped forward and said.

"Besides me, there are people in the lake," Cui Zhen said, "After entering this bamboo forest, he disappeared."

He is so smart that he chooses bamboo forests without following the bluestone road. In this way, even if the person is soaked, he will not leave any traces.

Cui Wei couldn't help but be stunned. Someone was acting under the eyes of the elder brother, and after he was discovered, he got out: "After the elder brother returned to the house, I asked my follower to guard the front yard and the back door. It was not easy for the man to not disturb anyone from the house. Moreover, the elder brother was here, and the man could only go north. I will take the people to surround him now."

Cui Zhen looked at the north garden: "Who lives there now?"

After Cui Wei entered the door, he asked the situation at the manager's house: "Where are my aunt and cousin?"

"Go and have a look." Cui Zhen's expression became deeper. If the woman was held hostage by that person, it would be really troublesome.

...

Mrs. Lin was reading a book in the room, and only heard the voices of talking outside. The manager's mother walked in quickly and reported: "Madam, Marquis Dingning is here."

Mrs. Lin glanced at the hourglass, "It's so late, what are Cui Zhen doing?"

"Get the Marquis to the main hall!" Although it was getting late, she was Cui Zhen's aunt, so there was no need to be too shirkable. Besides, the Marquis would not come to the door with rashness, so there must be something urgent.

Mrs. Lin tidied up her clothes and then walked over with the manager.

Because he wanted to capture the suspicious person, Cui Zhen simply changed into a dry robe, wiped his hair soaked in the lake and walked into the house.

Mrs. Lin's eyes fell on Cui Zhen's still dripping hair: "What's wrong?"

Cui Zhen bowed properly: "I'll stop my aunt."

Although after a pursuit, Cui Zhen was still very calm: "There is a thief in the family. I am afraid that there will be danger in my aunt's side, so I have someone come to check it out."

"Thieves?" Mrs. Lin couldn't help but become nervous and turned to look at the mother in charge.

The manager's mother said, "I didn't hear anything in our yard."

Mrs. Lin immediately thought of something: "Go to the lady's place and take a look."

The manager's mother responded.

Cui Zhen said: "I discovered that thief was ducking water in the lake, so I had to bother my aunt and ask someone to ask me if anyone was soaked in the yard."

It was related to the safety of their yard, so Mrs. Lin naturally did not dare to be careless: "Call out all the people in the yard and let the marquis's personal follower look around."

After a while, all the Kung Fu gathered together, and Cui Zhen asked him to go check it out in person.

"No one has wet hair," he said in person, "We have also carefully checked other places except Miss Gu's house."

Mrs. Lin ordered: "I have asked someone to call Zhuzhu. When Zhuzhu comes, you can go over and take a look!"

After a while, I heard someone outside say, "Miss, please walk slowly, you can't see clearly when it's dark..."

While talking, Gu Mingzhu, wearing a lotus-colored dress and long hair, walked in.

The girl had a little childishness in her eyebrows. After seeing everyone in the room, her eyes fell directly on Dingning Hou: "Big Brother, you are here." She said and walked over with a smile.

The girl had a faint soapy smell on her body. It was obvious that she had just taken a shower. There was a trace of water on her long hair, and she scattered and hung there randomly, making her look even weaker.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but shake her head: "Why are you unwilling to comb your hair again?"

Before Cui Zhen could speak, the girl had already walked over happily, and her little hands were searching Cui Zhen's waist.

"Zhuzhu," Mrs. Lin called Gu Mingzhu, "No such thing."

The girl didn't seem to hear it.

In Gu Mingzhu's memory, Cui Zhen often brought some sweets to her. Over time, Gu Mingzhu would subconsciously ask for it when she saw Cui Zhen.

In the hearts of children, there is never too much fruit.

Although everyone is afraid of Cui Zhen, there are no taboos and intimidation in the eyes of "children" Gu Mingzhu. Today, Cui Zhen seems to be more kinder than Gu Mingzhu remembers. After thinking about it, it is probably because he lost his children one after another.

She, a fool who has been like a child since childhood, aroused some empathy for him. Since that is the case, she would not have to politely use it.

Cui Zhen is not a fool, she has experienced it just now by the lake. If she hadn't been careful and had made some arrangements before, he might have been caught by him, and the sharp blade needs to be sharpened. Now Cui Zhen is her best whetstone. Even Cui Zhen has no doubt at all, so she, Gu Mingzhu, can stand it.

"Zhuzhu, I bought yam on the way back from Xuanfu," Cui Zhen still had a calm face, but his voice seemed a little soft, "I'll get it for you tomorrow."

Only then did Gu Mingzhu smile again, as if she had got the best thing in the world: "Big Brother is the best."

Although Gu Mingzhu's eyes are less agile, they are more simple and pure, making people feel no need to be on guard. Every time they see her, it's like watching a child.

Before seeing Gu Mingzhu, Cui Zhen was thinking about asking about the purse, but after seeing her, he felt that there was no need. With Gu Mingzhu's mind, it was the same to throw the purse or the silver. It was just a naughty play and it was impossible to remember the details.

"Okay, okay," Mrs. Lin was reluctant to blame her daughter and ordered her mother to take care of her, "What are you doing while standing there? Take the eldest lady into the inner room quickly and don't catch a cold."

Baotong and the manager's mother came forward to persuade Gu Mingzhu, but she was unwilling to move her steps no matter what.

After saying these words, Gu Mingzhu was taken to the inner room by the manager. When she arrived at the door, she turned her head and looked at Cui Zhen again, her expression full of hope for the sweet fruit.

This is the child. Cui Zhen couldn't help but think of the children who died young, and couldn't help but frown slightly. In recent years, he married and took concubines, and had two men and one woman in succession, but he failed to grow up. His mother was suspicious because of this. He heard from the Taoist priest that it was related to Zhou and wanted to dig out Zhou's corpse and bury it again.

These are trivial matters, and he has no time to care about them and let them do whatever he wants. As long as he stabilizes the overall situation outside, he will have what he should have.

Cui Wei and his men searched the entire yard several times, but found nothing.

"Maybe I haven't come here," Cui Zhen stood up, "I'll leave a few people to follow me just in case."

Mrs. Lin nodded. What was going on? Since Cui Zhen didn't say it, it was not convenient for her to ask again.

Cui Zhen and Cui Wei stood up and said goodbye.

After leaving the yard, Cui Zhen looked around again. Those who led the troops to fight knew how to track it. This yard was the best hiding place for that person, but that person was not here.

Could it be that man was so skillful? He could throw them off in a blink of an eye.

No, with his eyesight, he could see that the man's ability could not do this.

Cui Zhen said: "Call the servants of the whole house to the school grounds, and I want to investigate them one by one." He came back to deal with this matter, and he couldn't let the thief slip away from his nose the first day.

After the Cui brothers left, Mrs. Lin called Gu Mingzhu to her room.

"Let's sleep with your mother today," Mrs. Lin covered Gu Mingzhu's quilt, "Don't be afraid, you have your mother by your side." The Cui family may be uneasy tonight. She was afraid that there would be any movement to scare her daughter, and she didn't know if Cui Zhen could find the thief.

Gu Mingzhu looked at Mrs. Lin: "Okay, my mother protects me, and I must protect my mother too."

Although it was a child's words, Mrs. Lin felt warm when she heard it.

...

I searched for a night but found no suspicious people.

Cui Zhen watched the sky gradually brighten and looked at Cui Wei: "Take it to the lake to salvage it!" Although he knew that the evidence must be gone, he still wanted to use this to know the person last night.

Cui Wei was about to leave, Cui Zhen said: "I asked you to find some people with skilled detectives, are you good at it?"

The person the eldest brother wants is naturally not the staff in the yamen, nor is it an ordinary spy. The scouts under their command are no worse than these people. The eldest brother wants those who are involved in the market and make a living by catching the murderer and receiving rewards.

By using these people’s means, you can get more information.

Cui Wei said: "In the past two years, a man named Nie Chen has helped the court arrest many murderers, especially in recent months, which has helped the court solve two major cases. This time, Shanxi has caused thieves and bandits, and the court has also asked Nie Chen to come."
Chapter completed!