Zhao Yan continued: "I couldn't find my senior sister when I got up this morning. I thought she had already entered the city. But then I went to the shop to inquire, but no one had seen my senior sister. I thought she came to see Mr. Xue first.
That’s why I came here…”
Xue Caiyi frowned, "Zixuan has indeed never been here... Could it be that she... went to see Mr. Yuwen?"
Hua Zixuan is very interested in Xia Yu, and it is indeed possible for her to go find him. Thinking of this, Xue Caiyi comforted: "Don't worry, I just sent someone to invite Mr. Yuwen and Mr. Qiao, if Zi
Xuan went to see Mr. Yuwen, maybe they will come together soon."
Not long after, Xia Yu and Qiao Xiaopang arrived. Xue Caiyi immediately asked: "Brother Yuwen, did Zixuan come to see you this morning?"
Xia Yu was stunned, "Zixuan? I didn't see her!"
Zhao Yan was dumbfounded now, "Senior Sister, I only know a few of you in Yunmen City, and you haven't seen her, so where did she go?"
After hearing Zhao Yan tell the story of Hua Zixuan's disappearance again, Xia Yu immediately said: "Caiyi, please ask someone to ask questions in the city immediately, especially the people near the city gate, first to see if Zixuan has entered."
Let’s talk about it later. Zhao Yan, please tell me about Zixuan’s outfit!”
Zhao Yan nodded and described Hua Zixuan's clothes and appearance. Xue Caiyi immediately said: "Then I will send someone to ask immediately. Sister Zixuan is beautiful. If those soldiers who were watching the city gate saw it.
There will definitely be an impression..."
After a while, the people sent by Xue Caiyi reported that they had inquired at all four city gates, and all the gatekeepers said they had never seen such a girl entering the city. Now everyone had an ominous premonition.
Xia Yu asked Xiaopang Qiao, "Can your divination skills be used?"
Qiao Xiaopang thought for a while and said, "As long as I have Miss Hua's daily belongings as a medium, I can calculate the general direction..."
Xia Yu immediately asked, "Zhao Yan, where are Zixuan's belongings?"
Zhao Yan shook his head, "Senior sister's things were all carried by herself, and her luggage was gone! I just saw that her things were gone, so I thought she had entered the city! Do you want to go back to Xishui City?
Go and get it?”
Xia Yu sighed, "That would take too long!"
"I will send more people..." Xue Caiyi said, "In addition, I will go to the City Lord's Mansion to see if they can help, or at least ask them to post a notice."
"Let's go look for it too!" Qiao Xiaopang suggested.
Afterwards, everyone split up. Xue Caiyi took Zhao Yan to the city lord's mansion. Brother Zhou Shu was responsible for arranging people from the chamber of commerce to search inside and outside Yunmen City.
Xia Yu left Xue Caiyi's mansion, thought about it, and walked straight to the east gate. Hua Zixuan slept outside the east gate last night. Xia Yu wanted to take a look there, maybe there would be any clues.
Since the city gates are closed at night recently, people often sleep outside the city gate because they have missed the time. Therefore, a certain distance from the city gate has naturally formed an area specifically for people to sleep in. There are also many vendors in the area.
, selling some daily necessities and food, specializing in business for travelers.
After asking around for a while, many vendors said that they had indeed seen such a beautiful girl last night, but that was all. No one had seen her again this morning.
Several of these vendors were engaged in breakfast business and would come out before dawn. Since they said they did not see Hua Zixuan, it means that Hua Zixuan probably disappeared at night.
Qiao Xiaopang also came to the east gate with Xia Yu. His little eyes rolled and he suddenly asked in a low voice: "Yuwen, do you know the Shanhai Gang?"
Xia Xia Yu looked at him doubtfully, "I've never heard of it... Why, is this related to Zixuan's disappearance?"
"I hope it's okay..." Fatty Qiao frowned and said, "Shanhai Gang is actually a group of human traffickers. They sell young and beautiful women. I heard that they often attack at night..."
Xia Yu's face sank. What the Shanhai Gang did was unreasonable. You don't need to think about it to know that the women who were trafficked would either become the playthings of some big shots or end up in brothels. If Hua Zixuan really fell into the hands of the Shanhai Gang,
, that would be dangerous!
"I hope Zixuan is okay..." Xia Yu said in a deep voice, "Let's go and inquire separately to see if there is any other news!"
The two of them split up and asked almost all the vendors here, but the results were similar. Xia Yu was looking carefully at the place where Hua Zixuan and Zhao Yan stayed last night. Suddenly, Qiao Xiaopang came panting from a distance.
, "Yuwen, Yuwen, we have a clue...
…I just heard a man selling cooking cakes complaining to others that a theater troupe camped here last night. He originally planned to go to the city to watch the theater after selling the cooking cakes today, but after dawn, the theater troupe did not come in.
The city left, causing his happiness to be in vain..."
Xia Yu's heart moved, and Qiao Xiaopang continued: "I went to ask the man selling pancakes a few more words, but he couldn't tell me anything more. In addition, I asked, there are two cars in the troupe
The large, fully enclosed carriage is used to hold props."
Xia Yu frowned, this was indeed a clue. Judging from the fact that they left in a hurry without entering the city, there was definitely something wrong with this troupe, and that kind of fully enclosed carriage could completely contain people without being seen by the outside world.
…
The two did not dare to delay and immediately chased in the direction where the troupe had left. It had rained a few days ago and the ground was relatively wet. Soon after the two chased them, they discovered the ruts of the carriage, which was consistent with what the cake seller said. A total of
There were two carriages with deep ruts, indicating that a lot of things were loaded on them.
The two chased along the rut until the sky turned dark, and Xia Yu suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Fatty Qiao.
"Something's not right..." Xia Yu said, "The carriage is loaded with so many things and can't go very fast. We should have caught up long ago!"
As he spoke, he squatted down to check the rut marks, and soon said in annoyance: "The ruts have become shallower! At this depth, there must be nothing on the car! Let's turn back quickly!"
"Really! I didn't pay attention either!" Qiao Xiaopang stamped his feet and ran back with Xia Yu.
The two of them paid attention to checking the ruts while running, and ran back for nearly 40 miles. Finally, they found the place where the ruts changed from deep to shallow. At the same time, they found that there were some more people's footprints on the surrounding ground.
Xia Xia Yu looked carefully and said in a deep voice: "This is it! We should be looking for the right one!"
"How can you be so sure?" asked Fatty Qiao, "What can you tell from these messy footprints?"