Pei Qing sat on the seat that Huniu gave up and poured himself a glass of wine.
He had been marching to the city for five days. After hearing the big noise at the city gate during the day, he observed it from a distance. After seeing that it was Wang'er and the others, he also summoned the brothers from the Beggar Gang. If Wang'er and the others could not hold on, they
I have to risk my life to rescue Wang'er.
"Fortunately, it stopped soon, and the Beggar Clan no longer has to fight with the Jin Yiwei." Pei Qing was thankful.
He can be sure that if the Beggar Clan really takes action, the blow to the Beggar Clan will be huge.
Although most of the current backbone of the Beggar Clan are from the Haoqi Sect, even if they are not named in the Haoqi Sect, they have been pointed out by the disciples of the Haoqi Sect. However, the force of these people cannot be compared with that of the Jin Yiwei for the time being. It is no different for the Beggar Clan to save Wang'er.
To self-destruction.
"My brother's name is still very useful." Wang'er drank a glass of wine and asked him, "What case did you come here to investigate?"
"The Case of Women's Abduction."
Pei Qing had already set off for the capital, but on the way he received reports from beggar gang branches in various cities. They all mentioned the news that a female beggar had disappeared among the beggars in the city. Pei Qing felt that this was a big deal, so he turned back.
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"When Master was in Yancheng, what he hated most was the abduction and trafficking of women and children. Now that this has happened in our Beggar Clan, I think we must find out." Pei Qing drank a glass of wine. As a member of the Beggar Clan,
He has deep feelings for the Beggar Clan.
After he returned, he found out that many female beggars had been kidnapped or abducted by the temptation of food. "These people commit crimes randomly and are not restricted to whether the beggar has normal intelligence or physical disability."
Pei Qing became suspicious at that time.
"This seems to be a big conspiracy, and the conspiracy involves a wide range of areas," Pei Qing said.
They then made careful arrangements, and a woman in the gang came forward to act as a bait to help them find out what these people wanted to do.
"We used Guanyin soil as a mark and followed them all the way from Nanshan City, but when we arrived at the boundary of Hancheng, we lost track of them." Pei Qing speculated that they either entered Hancheng, or transferred to a boat at the dock to go downstream.
's city.
"We checked in Hancheng for a day, but there was no information about internal agents. Moreover, we also found that women among the beggars in Hancheng also disappeared, so we concluded that these people went downstream by boat."
But they don't know exactly which city downstream they went to yet.
"I have asked the sub-rudders downstream to check, but after waiting for three days, it is now the fourth day, and no confirmed flying pigeon message has been sent, and the passing fleet has not sent any definite news." Pei
Qing said.
Although they are a gang of beggars, their messaging methods are not backward at all.
Because of the Zhongshan Valley, all the Beggar Clan's flying pigeon messengers were trained by monsters.
Nowadays, the carrier pigeon service in Zhongshan City is famous far and wide. Not only the merchants of the Southern Dynasties like it, but also the merchants of Xishu and the Northern Dynasty also like the carrier pigeons produced in Zhongshan Valley. The same business as them is horses. Horses trained by horse demons are popular among many merchants.
Using.
These two have almost become pillar industries.
In addition, in addition to conventional means such as flying pigeons to pass messages, the White Wolf Gang's private salt business now spreads throughout the western part of the Southern Dynasties, and has even reached out to the capital. These private salt caravans can also help the Beggar Gang to deliver messages.
Now there is no definite news from these channels, which means that the downstream branches have not found any clues.
Wang'er drank a glass of wine and asked, "Will you go further downstream?"
Pei Qing shook his head, "It's not impossible, but it's very low."
The city along the way goes through Kangcheng. After Kangcheng, because the Ningjiang River flows out of the mountains and canyons, there is a high drop caused by a large waterfall. Therefore, if you want to go downstream, you must switch from water to land.
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"As long as we go ashore, our people are deployed at the dock and in the city. Even in Ankang City, which is occupied by the Shi family, we also have many brothers. But now there is no news at all, so I don't think it is possible to go downstream."
Unless this group of people discovered the members of the Beggar Clan and their whereabouts were very secretive.
"As I stay in Hancheng, I still have one unanswered question, and this matter may be related to the case we are investigating," Pei Qing said.
"What doubts?" Wang'er asked him.
Pei Qing lowered his voice, "The disciples of the Beggar Clan in the lower reaches recently sent a letter from flying pigeons, saying that there is no news that the emperor wants to enrich the palace in the city where they are located. There are only a few nearby cities, and there are people in Ankang City who are robbing civilian girls to enrich the palace.
Palace."
"What!"
Huniu was shocked, "The emperor has not enriched the palace, then the common people they are arresting -"
Pei Qing motioned to Huniu to speak softly.
He counted on his fingers the cities he knew were plundering women to enrich their palaces, "Almost all of them are under the influence of the Shi family. These city lords and officials are either Shi family members or disciples of the Shi family."
"Is the Shi family pretending to spread the imperial edict and plundering civilian girls?" Wang'er frowned.
She felt that the Shi family was a little too courageous.
Wang'er asked: "Why did they take such a big charge and plunder so many women?"
Pei Qing shook his head.
When he arrived at Hancheng, Hancheng had already kidnapped many women and sent several batches away in advance. But what was strange was that the disciples of the Beggar Gang who were watching downstream not only did not see the abducted female beggars, but also these were the ones who were taken away.
They didn't see the women who enriched the palace.
He leaned forward and said, "These women also disappeared suddenly. Do you think it could be the same case as the one we are investigating?"
"This is basically a case." Huniu affirmed by patting the table.
"Keep your voice down." Wang'er reminded her.
She then pondered and said: "Then we can track the civilian girls who were sent away and solve the mystery of the disappearance of the beggar gang sisters."
Pei Qing thought so too.
It's just that these people's whereabouts are secretive, and they arrived too late. Hancheng has now reached the end of its search for people.
"Now there is only the last batch left. The news I originally found was that they were leaving the day after tomorrow, but they have made some noise now. I guess they saw the senior sister arriving and were afraid of long nights and dreams." Pei Qing said.
If they just leave like this, then all their clues will be lost.
"We can't leave now. If we leave now, we will only alert the enemy." Wang'er immediately decided, "In this case, you can lead people to follow you quietly. We will change the waterway to follow you tomorrow, and we will fly pigeons to pass the message."
Lu Bai killed Master Shi Qi. The Shi family and Lu Bai have an sworn hatred. So no matter what the Shi family wants to do, Wang'er and the others will take care of it. The only thing that makes the enemy uncomfortable is to make yourself comfortable.
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She pondered for a while and then said: "There are so many people, they can't hide if they want to, unless they go to a city that is not a human city at all, and maybe not necessarily in other places, so you must be careful when following them, once they arrive
Stop wherever it is inconvenient to hide, and we can make long-term plans after waiting for you."
"Okay, it's settled." Pei Qing drank a glass of wine, stood up and said goodbye to Wang'er.
Then, after Huniu opened the door and saw no one around, he quietly walked out, floated up to the roof like a gust of wind, and then walked away in a leisurely manner.
Huniu turned around and said to Wang'er with great envy: "Among the other brothers, Brother Pei is the most powerful in Qinggong."
Although she has been practicing hard, she can only fly up to the treetops and is still far from being able to ride the wind back home.
She now knows that some people are born with talents.
Others cannot be described as talents, but can only be described as monsters, and that is her master.
Having a powerful master can sometimes be a blow.
Among the many disciples of Haoqi Sect, Huniu didn't see any disciple who dared to brag about his talent. They were all practicing diligently and hard.