A few sparrows were pecking in the open space in front of the door. When they heard the "clack" of horse hooves approaching, they flew away in an instant.
Zhimei stopped the carriage at the entrance of the yard, then jumped out of the car, opened the yard door and looked inside. She frowned and turned back to them and said: "It's empty inside. It looks like no one has lived there for a long time."
It’s like that.”
"Empty??" Zhishan frowned slightly, walked out of the carriage, jumped off the carriage gracefully, and followed Zhimei into the yard.
The yard was desolate. The stone tables and benches were lying crookedly on the ground, covered with thick spider webs. The path leading to the main room was also covered with leaves and dust. The yard was overgrown with weeds.
It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.
"A few months ago, when Junior Brother Zhimei and I were passing by Cangzhou, we came to visit Junior Brother Zhiyuan at his home. At that time, the whole family was still chatting and laughing. How come in just a few months, no one was there?
What??" Zhizhen looked at the scene in front of him in surprise and couldn't help but wonder.
"Let's go in and take a look." Zhishan looked around the courtyard with a pair of deep eyes and took the lead in walking towards the main wing.
The door creaked open, and everyone couldn't help but gasped as they looked at the mess inside.
"This is..." Hua Weiluo frowned slightly and looked at the scattered furniture on the ground, which was already covered with a thick layer of dust. Hearing the sound of the door opening, the cockroaches scurrying around disappeared in the corner in an instant.
"Looking at this situation, they should have gone through a fight...or a struggle..." Zhizhen pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Could it be that Junior Brother Zhiyuan's family was kidnapped, and then someone threatened to
Junior Brother Yuan, ask him to help steal secret books??"
"It's not impossible..." Zhishan looked at the situation in front of him and frowned slightly. After looking around for a week, his eyes finally landed on the dusty round table.
Hua Weiluo watched him striding towards the round table, so she quickly followed. When she approached the round table, she realized that the teacup on the table seemed to have been touched by someone, and there was dust on the table.
The thickness is obviously different from other places, and one teacup has been moved to another place.
"Someone has been here before us." Hua Weiluo looked at the thickness of the dust on the table, pondered for a moment and then confirmed: "But looking at the dust, it must have been many days ago."
"Maybe it's Junior Brother Zhiyuan." Zhimei looked at the top of the round table, stretched out his fingers and touched a handful of ashes on it.
"I just don't know where Junior Brother Zhiyuan went after he came here..." Zhizhen looked at the room in front of him. Except for traces of movement on the table, there were no other clues in the room.
"Go take a look in the city, maybe you can find some clues..." Zhishan glanced at the room again, and after making sure there were no other traces, he turned and walked outside.
"In that case, Senior Brother Zhishan, you and Senior Sister will be in a group. Senior Brother Zhizhen and Xiaobai will be in a group with me. We will go separately and wait until the sun sets before meeting at the Yuelai Inn in the city." Zhimei nodded.
, while following Zhishan outside, he said to them.
"Okay." Zhizhen nodded, then jumped onto the carriageway: "I will send the carriage to the inn first, and then meet you back."
