At midnight, Hong Dingfeng walked out of his mansion and walked leisurely towards the outside of the town. As soon as he left Jiyuan Town, he quickened his pace and came to an abandoned mine and walked straight in.
Walking all the way to the deepest part of the mine, Hong Dingfeng pushed open a wooden box, revealing the stairs leading below.
He took out a candle from the Qiankun Ring and lit it, and Hong Dingfeng slowly walked downwards.
When the light of the candle completely disappeared in the passage, the sound of two swords came to the side of the passage.
"Well done." Jiang Beiran praised in a low voice.
"It's just a trivial matter. It's not worth mentioning." Gu Qinghuan, who was standing aside, cupped his hands towards his senior brother.
Many serious and big cases are actually exposed because of details, and the Hong family is no exception.
After Gu Qinghuan investigated the Hong family for a long time, there were many points worthy of investigation, but the most obvious point was that when he observed the Hong family eating lunch, he found that their tutors were very good. Under the meal sharing system, everyone
Finished the food on his plate.
As a result, those extra steamed buns in the kitchen seem a bit strange.
Of course, these steamed buns might be given to servants or used by other people, so Gu Qinghuan specially asked Qin Cuirong to go to Dongchu to inquire.
When he heard Qin Cuirong tell him that the extra steamed buns cooked by Dongchu had just happened in the past few days, Gu Qinghuan basically determined that the thing Hong Yaxuan said that made several core members of the Hong family find it troublesome must be related to someone.
Some... people who were imprisoned.
So he squatted in the Hong Mansion for a day, and finally squatted down at midnight when the eldest son of the Hong family went outside the town.
Perhaps they didn't expect that anyone would find out about them, so it can be said that the eldest son of the Hong family was completely unwary and came to this abandoned mine without much cover.
After checking this, Gu Qinghuan felt that it was enough, so he went back and reported the matter to his senior brother.
After learning about this, Jiang Beiran was worried that Hong Yaxuan would overreact if she found out that what she thought was a trivial matter was actually not trivial, so he decided not to let her participate in subsequent actions.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps going upstairs was heard. Hong Dingfeng walked out of the passage, pulled the box next to him back to cover the entrance of the passage, and left straight away.
When Hong Dingfeng was completely gone, Jiang Beiran just pushed open the box and saw three options popping up.
[Option 1: Let Gu Qinghuan go down and deal with the matter. Completion reward: Lunar Eclipse Kill (Mid-grade Mysterious Level)]
[Option 2: Go down in person. Completion reward: Random basic skill point +1]
'Well...it seems that this matter really has to be mine.'
Cursing secretly, "What a thief," Jiang Beiran said to Gu Qinghuan, "You stay outside and I'll go down and take a look."
"Yes." Gu Qinghuan cupped his hands.
Putting on Minran, Jiang Beiran walked down the stairs.
When Hong Dingfeng went down just now, Jiang Beiran had already used his mental power to notice that there were about ten people locked down there. In order to prevent them from seeing him shouting, Jiang Beiran put on Minran.
'Good guy... not only are they single rooms, but they are also equipped with soundproof formations. The Hong family is really wealthy, and the cells are so luxurious.'
Darkness could not block Jiang Beiran's sight, so as soon as Jiang Beiran got down to the detention floor, he discovered that the cells here were all single rooms.
But just when he turned his head to see who was locked up here, his expression suddenly froze.
‘Kong Qianqian!?’
It turned out that Jiang Beiran had already thought of many possibilities, but he didn't expect such a living treasure... Oh no, a surprise was waiting for him.
For a moment, he understood why this matter must be done by him, but the specific reason why it must be done by him will probably have to wait until Kong Qianqian is asked carefully before he can find out.
At this time, Kong Qianqian was squatting in the cell with a look of despair on her face. Her profound energy was blocked and she couldn't exert any strength at the moment. She could only look outside helplessly, but the deep darkness made her
Kong Qianqian was sobbing softly and wiping away tears.
"do not Cry."
Just when Kong Qianqian's sobbing was about to escalate into crying, a sudden voice scared her and choked her.
"Who are you!? Come out if you can! I will fight with you! I am... uh uh uh!"
Kong Qianqian was halfway through shouting when her mouth was stuffed with a steamed bun, and she could only say "Uh huh".
"Stop arguing, it's me."
After making sure that the system did not pop up any prompts, Jiang Beiran took off his crown and lowered his head to look at Kong Qianqian.
"First... sir!?" Kong Qianqian, who was biting the steamed bun, was stunned, then hugged Jiang Beiran's thigh and said: "Uh-huh... uh-huh..."
Realizing that her mouth was still blocked by the steamed bun, Kong Qianqian raised her head and took the steamed bun out of her mouth, and continued howling: "Sir, we are meeting in a dream now, sir, you have to save me, sir,
Sir! Oops!"
Halfway through howling, Kong Qianqian covered her head and screamed in pain, her face full of grievances.
"Ugh...why does it hurt so much when I was beaten in my dream..."
"The pain means you are not dreaming. Sit down quickly. I have a few questions to ask you."
After swallowing the piece of steamed bun in her mouth, Kong Qianqian blinked and asked: "First... sir, are you really here to save me?"
Ignoring Kong Qianqian's question, Jiang Beiran said directly: "Tell me first, how did you get caught here? If you cry again, I will leave."
"Oh!" Kong Qianqian, who always knows what Mr. Xi said, quickly sat up straight and wiped his nose. Kong Qianqian replied: "I...I don't know. We went out to perform a mission a few days ago, and suddenly something happened halfway.
A group of people rushed out and intercepted us, I..."
"Gu~~"
At this time, a sound unique to being hungry suddenly sounded.
Glancing at Kong Qianqian who was covering his stomach with both hands, Jiang Beiran asked curiously: "Are you hungry?"
"Hmm..." Kong Qianqian nodded.
"Don't they send you steamed buns every day?"
"I...I don't dare to eat it. What if they put medicine in it? I still want to find a chance to escape and save my senior sister!"
Jiang Beiran almost laughed out loud after hearing this. Unexpectedly, this girl was usually in a daze, but she had some ideas at critical moments.
Jiang Beiran took out a few cooking cakes from the Qiankun Ring, handed them to Kong Qianqian and said, "Eat it, this one is not poisonous."
"Thank you, sir!" Kong Qianqian said, grabbing the cake and wolfing it down.
"What happened after you were intercepted?"
After listening to this, Kong Qianqian chewed the cooking cakes and answered vaguely: "I didn't even see their faces clearly, I felt my eyes go dark, and when I woke up again, they were locked in a cellar...Mr.
, is there water?”
Kong Qianqian, who had eaten a large piece of cake in one go, raised his head and looked at Jiang Beiran.
Taking out a kettle and handing it to Kong Qianqian, Jiang Beiran then asked: "What happens next?"
"Gudu, Gudu, Gudu..." After taking a big gulp of water, Kong Qianqian replied: "Later, we were locked up for several days. One day, the cellar door suddenly opened, and several people walked in from the outside."
Jiang Beiran was about to ask Kong Qianqian to describe what those people looked like, when he heard her say: "Then my vision went dark again, and I woke up here again."
'Alas...this child is also very pitiful.'
After taking two more bites, Kong Qianqian suddenly remembered something and shouted: "Sir! Senior sister! Senior sister has also been arrested, please save her quickly."
But Jiang Beiran frowned and said, "Mu Yao? She's not here."
Before entering Kong Qianqian's cell, Jiang Beiran also looked at the people in other cells, and finally found a familiar face like Kong Qianqian, so he had no choice but to ask her.
"What!? Senior sister is not here!?" Kong Qianqian exclaimed, and all the cakes in her hands fell to the ground.