It took the group three days to arrive in Qing'an County.
The journey was tiring, and Xiao Xixi also felt very tired sitting in the carriage. But as soon as she entered the county town, she jumped off the carriage and looked around at the stalls on the street, as if she had not been to the city for many years.
Leng Moran also felt uncomfortable sitting in the carriage, so he got off the carriage together and asked his entourage to drive the carriage to the inn ahead and settle down.
Gu Xian sat on the carriage shaft and followed the guards to the inn.
Xiao Xixi looked left and right, and when she saw something interesting and delicious, she always bought some. She walked to the door of a steamed bun shop and smelled the aroma. It happened to be lunch time, and her stomach started growling.
He was about to take out a few copper coins to buy a bun to try, but suddenly Leng Moran grabbed his wrist.
Xiao Xixi was stunned, looked up at him, and asked questions with her eyes.
Leng Moran let go of his hand uncomfortably, touched his nose and said, "It's almost lunch, so don't buy any buns."
Xiao Xixi thought it made sense, nodded and followed Leng Moran to the inn.
The two of them had just walked a few steps when they heard a customer buying buns behind them asking: "Boss Cao, is your landlady back?"
Boss Cao of the steamed stuffed bun shop sighed with a sad face: "Who knows where you are going? I have already reported it to the police, but there are too many people missing recently, and I don't know how long the queue will be. Do you want to make meat buns?"
Xiao Xixi listened with her ears pricked up and thought, is this another case?
When she was in the Liang Mansion, she helped Mrs. Xiang avoid danger, but the system did not acknowledge this, and she made no progress. The points were still in the negative stage, and she didn't know when she would be able to earn them...
She can only pay more attention and do more things in the future, and she can always earn points, right?
When the two arrived at the inn, Feng Yan told them that there were no private rooms and they could only eat in the lobby or take it back to the guest room they had reserved.
Wanting to know more about this place, Leng Moran decided to eat in the lobby.
The waiter invited them to sit down at a big table. Several escorts including Gu Xian and Feng Yan were all together. They didn't care about the rules that much when they were out. There were so many people and it was lively.
When outsiders see that there are many of them, they will not come together to cause trouble.
The waiter finished ordering food for them, went to the kitchen, and then walked back to their table and reminded them in a low voice: "The county is not peaceful recently. Girls should be careful when going out. Don't go out alone."
Leng Moran asked: "What's wrong?"
When the waiter saw that several people were coming from out of town and wanted to stay overnight, he told them without reservation about the recent disappearances that had occurred one after another.
However, the girls all disappeared in the middle of the night while they were sleeping. Their inn was very safe and no one would dare to rob them.
"With so many people missing, the Yamen didn't send anyone to investigate?" Leng Moran asked.
The waiter whispered: "Of course I checked, but since this person can take people away in the middle of the night without anyone noticing, no one knows what the person who committed the crime looks like, and the Yamen side has no clue.
Check it out."
"What do all those women have in common?"
The waiter thought about it carefully and then said: "I heard that they are all girls between thirteen and seventeen years old. If we talk about what they have in common, does it count as being young, beautiful and unmarried?"
The shopkeeper called the waiter to pass on the dishes, and he quickly trotted off to do his work.
Leng Moran saw Xiao Xixi holding a cup of tea and taking small sips, and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"
Xiao Xixi raised her head and looked at him doubtfully: "Why should I be afraid? Won't my husband protect me?"
Leng Moran's cheeks turned slightly red, he picked up the tea cup uncomfortably and took a sip of tea, silently looking away.
Xiao Xixi:???Why are you blushing now?
After the waiter brought all the food, the group of people quickly finished the food on the table and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Xiao Xixi originally wanted to take advantage of the afternoon to walk around the county and learn about the local customs, but she felt very sleepy after eating.
I just lay down and slept for a while. I didn't expect to fall asleep as soon as I touched the pillow. When I opened my eyes again, the sky was clear.
Shopping was out of the question now. Apart from other things, she didn't dare to run out and shoot someone in the face of the rumors about abductions in this county.
So I could only endure the pain and eat two bowls of rice.
After eating and washing, she couldn't fall asleep no matter what. She lay flat on the bed and stared at the top of the bed tent in a daze.
Leng Moran, who was lying next to her, also knew that she couldn't sleep after sleeping all afternoon, so he started chatting with her.
"Do you think someone will come and kidnap you tonight?"
There were many people during the day, so Xiao Xixi was not afraid of such a statement at all, but now that it was dark and she heard Leng Moran mention this matter, she actually became afraid.
"But, doesn't it mean that those who were kidnapped were all the girls who had not left the court? I am already married."
"The lady who owns the bun shop is not a girl either."
Being reminded like this, Xiao Xixi's hair stood on end, and her body shrank under the quilt, not daring to move.
Her force value has only increased to 25 now. If she were to fight with a girl of the same age, she might still win, but if an adult man came to kidnap her, she would be helpless.
Considering that even Leng Moran's force value was 99, she didn't even think that she would be a match for the robbers.
She raised her hand and poked Leng Mo's dyed quilt gently, looking sideways at him with bright eyes: "You will protect me, right?"
"Yes." Leng Moran said in an uncertain tone.
"ah?"
"How can I protect you if I fall asleep?"
As soon as she said this, Xiao Xixi immediately started talking to Leng Moran about all the messy things to make sure he didn't fall asleep.
Xiao Xixi kept her eyes wide open in fear and kept talking to Leng Moran.
Although she had slept all afternoon, she was really tired due to the bumpy journey, and she fell into a deep sleep again at midnight.
Leng Moran didn't wake her up when he saw this, but closed his eyes silently.
He had privately ordered guards during the day and had letters guarded in the dark at night to prevent anyone from committing crimes under their noses.
With this in mind, Leng Moran always kept his heart in mind when sleeping.
Sure enough, just after the fifth watch, he felt footsteps in the house.
He was not familiar with the sound of footsteps, which showed that he was not one of his subordinates. Leng Moran clenched his hands tightly under the quilt, and he would take action as soon as the person approached.
The letter guarding in the dark saw someone entering the house, and after confirming that he was coming for their master, he took action immediately.
The two started fighting in the room.
Leng Moran didn't intervene, sat up and watched the two men fighting quietly.
The visitor had his face covered and was dressed in black. It was impossible to see his face clearly in such darkness. Leng Moran could not even see his eyes, let alone listen to his thoughts.
Both of them were very good at martial arts, and the fight didn't cause much noise. Even Xiao Xixi, who was sleeping in the house, couldn't be woken up, let alone the people outside.
