Jiayin and his party had just gotten off the boat and had not slept well before, so they fell asleep as soon as they got on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

I didn't expect to be woken up in the middle of the night. Just then, I heard dense footsteps coming from the street.

Then there were sounds from inside the inn. They must have been awakened, so they opened the windows and looked outside.

So for a while, the creaking sound of the wooden windows kept ringing, which was particularly harsh at night.

Jiayin and the other two woke up and moved to the window, opened it and looked down.

Outside the street-facing window of the inn was the main street in the city. People were divided into four rows and entering through the city gate not far away. Those who came in before had already walked out far away, as if they were on their way.

At regular intervals, four people held torches to illuminate the street, and the street was illuminated for a while.

Although the inn they stayed in was small, the location was actually not bad, not far from the west gate of Guanhai City.

They got off the boat and entered through the east city gate. There was an east-west street in the middle.

At that time, I was looking for an inn and kept walking westward. When I was approaching the West City Gate, I found this inn with available rooms.

And these people on the street now came in through the West Gate.

Jiayin thought about the layout of Guanhai City. There are four gates in the southeast, northwest and southeast. The east gate and the south gate both face the sea.

There are wharves outside the two city gates. The east side is the merchant ship and passenger ship wharf, and the south gate is the fishermen's wharf.

The North City Gate and the West City Gate face the inland side. These people came from the inland side. Could it be that they were officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to exterminate pirates?

It should not be the Banyue Kingdom, because the Banyue Kingdom did not establish diplomatic relations with other countries and did not go out to sea to rob merchant ships during this period, so the death of the Banyue King was concealed.

Although it can't be kept secret for long, after all, pirates will never be encountered. The surrounding countries will definitely become suspicious and send people to investigate, but it is definitely not now.

These officers and soldiers are most likely to exterminate the pirates on Binghuo Island.

After this period of time had passed, I thought that Lieutenant Han should have reported the pirate arrests to the court, and the court should have taken some action.

The Fang brothers also knocked on the door and came in, worried that the three women would be scared.

Fang Zhiqiang asked: "Are you okay?"

Yang Huiyun and Liu Yuer shook their heads, "It's okay, I just don't know what this person is going to do?"

Yesterday they were too sleepy and slept in their clothes without washing. Now they are actually still a little confused.

Fang Zhiwen said: "It seems that he is not a bad person, otherwise he would not be so blatant. Judging from the formation, he should be officers and soldiers."

"There can't be pirates in the city, are they here to arrest them?" Fang Zhigang guessed.

Fang Zhiwen shook his head, "It shouldn't be the case. With such a big fanfare, wouldn't those pirates have already gotten wind of it and fled?"

Fang Zhixin said: "Is it possible that they are preparing to go to sea? The pirates must be at sea, how could they be in the city..."

The rest of the people nodded in agreement, this was quite possible.

They looked down together from upstairs. Those people were wearing dark clothes, and only the passing torches gave out light.

There were quite a lot of people. The people in front could no longer be seen, while those following behind were still entering through the city gate.

It seemed that the queue should be very long. In fact, the team did not move very much and did not stamp their feet vigorously. However, because there were so many people and it was in the middle of the night, the sound of footsteps was particularly obvious.

Therefore, the people on both sides of the road were basically awakened, and they were looking out from the windows, but none of them were bold enough to go out to see.

There were also discussions in the corridor of the inn.

Sure enough, someone with good eyesight saw that the people they saw were officers and soldiers, and said: "I'm afraid there is something going on here. This is a group of officers and soldiers. They should have used the road to get through the city.

After all, this is the shortest road from the west to the east of the city. It is a straight line. If you go around the city, Guanhai City is not small, and you can't go around it in a day.

Especially in the middle of the night, it will only disturb the houses on both sides of the road at most, and the people behind will not hear any sound."

"Brother, your eyesight is so good. You can actually see the officers and soldiers. I can also see so many people. I was shocked just now and thought it was pirates coming..." another person said.

"Me too, I was dreaming. I was awakened by the sound of footsteps. I thought I had really made a lot of money and attracted robbers." Another person said, with some fear in his voice.

"Hahaha...brother, you are so interesting!"

"Hahaha...yes, yes."

Someone next to him was amused by him.

Everyone laughed for a while, and the person before explained: "The reason why I immediately recognized that they were officers and soldiers.

I didn’t see anything else clearly, but I could clearly see that under the torch, their feet were all wearing soap boots. You must know that these soap boots are only worn by people in the government."

"I see, that brother's eyes are pretty good too..."

Then there was another exchange of compliments, and then there were speculations about what actions the government was going to take.

It is generally guessed that they sent troops to exterminate the bandits at sea. After all, anyone who lives on the seaside knows that pirates have indeed become rampant in recent years, especially the merchants in Guanhai City.

Although everyone doesn't know about pirates and kidnapped people, many merchant ships have been robbed before.

Coupled with the rumors about Ban Yue Kingdom, and the people from Binghuo Island taking advantage of the situation, many people who didn't know the inside story thought they were the same group of people.

Jiayin rolled his eyes. Since the court didn't know yet about the death of the King of Banyue Kingdom, he could reveal a few things to help.

Hey, I don’t know if the imperial court will help the neighboring small countries attack Banyue Kingdom if they find out about it, or they will watch the fire from the other side.

Jiayin thought about the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult again. Now that they had entered Guanhai City, Jiayin decided to wait until daytime to use his spiritual consciousness to search in various inns.

Of course, we should also take a look inside some remote or strange courtyards, just in case the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult also has internal contacts in Dayan, just like in Jiangcheng.

This group of officers and soldiers was indeed quite large, and it took half an hour to finish. By then it was already midnight, and it would be dawn in another hour.

It was still early, so everyone went back to their rooms to get ready for some sleep.

The three of them lay on the bed again. Yang Huiyun and Liu Yu'er fell asleep again soon, but Jiayin could not fall asleep.

Her consciousness was wandering everywhere, and she went to Banyue Country for a while. She saw that there was nothing unusual there, and there was still no ship back.

I looked at Binghuo Island again and found that there were a lot fewer people on the island. There were no people in many of the courtyards, especially the slightly larger ones where the bosses seemed to live.

Didn't he run away in advance after getting the news?

This is very possible. Not to mention that the pirates seem to have arranged internal responses in various cities, and the third and fourth masters have not returned.

There was a lot of commotion in the imperial court, and the pirates had a bird messenger, so it was not surprising that they got the news quickly.

Since he couldn't sleep anyway, Jiayin tried to use his spiritual consciousness to cover Guanhai City and look for suspicious courtyards.

This time, we will explore from bottom to top, first looking for cellars and dark rooms, especially dark rooms and tunnels. Any yard with these is more suspicious.

This search was really quite extensive, and we actually found no less than twenty courtyards with dark rooms and tunnels.

You must know that unlike in the north, few people dig cellars to store food at the seaside, so these dark rooms and tunnels are quite problematic.

Good News did not search one by one. Some houses had gold, silver and jewelry hidden in them, so she would scan them briefly first.

Don't take a look at it, focus on the dark rooms that look like people are living underneath, especially the ones with tunnels.

Of course, this does not mean that hidden rooms containing gold and silver jewelry are not suspicious, but those are basically large mansions that look like wealthy families. It is normal to hide some gold and silver jewelry.

If you don’t find anything else, you can go and have a look again.

Among these twenty places, three are authentic.

One is located in the center of the city. That street is full of large mansions, which should be the residences of officials or wealthy families with relatively good background.

The tunnel in the mansion is very strange. It does not lead to the outside, but leads from one courtyard to another in the mansion.

Jiayin looked at the entrance of the tunnel. The room looked like a study room, with many bookshelves in it. The tunnel entrance was behind the bookshelves.

The exit is to another courtyard, which looks like the backyard of this mansion.

As soon as I reached the good news, I subconsciously wanted to cover my eyes. As soon as I raised my hand, I realized that I was watching with my spiritual consciousness.

Jiayin's face turned red and she felt uncomfortable all over.

Damn it! I actually saw something I shouldn’t have seen! That fat lump is so eye-catching...

I quickly removed my consciousness and put it outside the house, but I could still hear the humming sound, so I had to cut off my hearing first.

After observing the courtyard, I saw that it has two entrances. The front is probably where the servants live. It is relatively simple. The backyard is the only one inhabited, but the furnishings are very luxurious.

There are two yards separated from the study room just now.

There were only two servants on duty in the courtyard with the study, but there were many servants in this courtyard, but they were all in the front.

There is only one maid outside this room, and she is currently sleeping soundly.

I can fall asleep with such a loud sound, either because I am too nervous or because I am drugged.

Jiayin prefers the latter.

From this point of view, the relationship between these two people must be improper, otherwise there would be no need to be so secretive.

I looked around the yard again and found nothing wrong, so I looked at the study again.

I scanned the study room and found that not only was there a tunnel, but there was also a dark room behind the bookshelf in a corner!

This darkroom is very small, and can only accommodate a bed.

His consciousness passed through the wall and saw a tall cabinet on one side. Above the cabinet was the Duobao Pavilion, which contained many valuable ornaments.

Because there is no sparkle, the good news is not interesting at all.
To be continued...