"Have you ever seen a man acting suspiciously coming in and out of the inn?" asked the leading officer.

The shopkeeper shook his head repeatedly, "Captain Zhang, the people staying in my hotel are all ordinary guests... You said they were acting suspiciously, are there any portraits or anything like that?"

The shopkeeper seemed to be familiar with this yamen servant, or had dealt with this headhunter Zhang before, so he had the courage to ask, which was considered as taking the initiative to protect the residents of the inn.

After all, he is open for business. If he does nothing, how can he open a store and attract customers in the future?

Zhang Captou's face turned cold, but it was not to the shopkeeper.

In fact, he was also in trouble, so his superiors asked him to find someone. He was a young man, and he should have gone to the drug store to buy medicine if he was poisoned. Nothing else was said.

However, after they spent a day squatting in various drug stores and found nothing, the superiors blamed him and asked them to find the person immediately.

His grandmother didn't reveal any information, but asked them to find someone immediately in such a large Xinzi County.

How is this different from finding a needle in a haystack?

What's even more annoying is that he can't tell these innkeepers about this, otherwise they will have to ridicule them behind their backs for just eating and not doing human work.

Zhang Captou pretended to be cold, "A young man has an injured left hand and has been poisoned. We can't reveal too much about the rest. The court has its own considerations when doing things."

The shopkeeper also became worried when he heard this.

After thinking about it, he poured a cup of tea for Zhang Captou, and while serving the tea, he handed over the silver coins in his sleeve.

Zhang Captou took the tea, his face looked better again, and he just said: "Don't be panic, it's just a routine matter."

His superiors asked him to check door to door. The closer to the center of the county, the more people he could not afford to offend, so he could only start from the four most remote corners of the city.

If he really found the person in those wealthy people's homes, not only would he have a headache, but his superior would also suffer.

After hearing his words, the shopkeeper felt a little relieved and turned to comfort the residents, "Don't panic, everyone. Zhang Captou is a well-known good man in Xinzi County. He will never make things difficult for everyone. This is also for everyone's benefit." For safety reasons, if we catch that criminal thief as soon as possible, we will be less in danger, have more peace of mind, and can sleep peacefully, right?"

Even though they were such high-sounding words, the residents couldn't say anything. They couldn't complain in front of these government servants. They had gone to bed early, but they were woken up by you?

Yunling suddenly felt funny when she heard what the shopkeeper said.

The rumors are really unbelievable, and they become more and more exaggerated as they spread.

This Agent Zhang was clearly talking about an injured and poisoned man, but in the words of the shopkeeper, he was a "criminal thief".

I wonder if Zhou Qiong can hear that she has been "upgraded"?

Soon, the team that went to search the backyard returned to the lobby.

"Report, nothing was found in the backyard. There were three carriages and six donkey carts in the stables, but they were all empty."

Captain Zhang quickly frowned.

After waiting for another half-quarter of an hour, the detectives who went up to search the room also came downstairs shaking their heads.

"Report, no suspicious person was found in the room."

At this time, many residents were furious and whispered: "How long will it take to check? Are we going to stop people from sleeping?"

Captain Zhang remained unmoved. He turned his eyes and asked the resident, "Whose vehicle does the backyard belong to? Come forward."

The residents didn't know what was going on, and those who had vehicles came forward tremblingly.

Lao Qi also took a few steps forward and walked in the mule cart.

Captain Zhang pointed to the few people who stood up and said, "Take them to search the room again."

The Tang family listened quietly to the voices of several residents upstairs shouting "be careful", with their eyebrows lowered and their heads lowered.

The yamen's visit was so sudden that they didn't have much time to react.

Although they knew that Yunling had made arrangements, Wu and the others were still a little nervous, fearing that there would be any clues left in the house.

Among the Tang family, Tang Zhiyuan's family of three did not know about Zhou Qiong.

Especially Tang Zhiyuan and the Cao family, standing at the front of the Tang family, with blank and ignorant expressions on their faces, it was clear at a glance that this family was really not worthy of the spotlight.

Half an hour later, the government officials who went up to search returned to the lobby.

Behind him were several residents, holding torn packages and crying, not daring to express their anger.

Obviously, these government officials were not only rough-handed but also multi-handed during the search.

Captain Zhang quickly said coldly: "Withdraw."

He was not disappointed when no one was found, he was only worried about whether he would still have time to sleep tonight.

The Tang family returned to the room again.

As soon as Tang Yuanzhi waited for the government officials to leave, he changed from a dying insect to a dragon that wanted to overthrow the world. "I said these government officials are really serious. They are so rude in doing things. The clothes I bought just now were ruined by me." How can I wear this? They have to pay for it!"

Mrs. Tang rolled her eyes at him, "Who do you want to compensate?"

Trouble comes from the mouth, the boss doesn't understand at all.

Tang Yuanzhi blinked and asked softly: "How about letting this inn pay some compensation? If we hadn't stayed in their hotel, we wouldn't have been searched."

"You have the ability! Why don't you go to Dali Temple to file a lawsuit and claim compensation?"

Tang Yuanzhi shrank and stopped talking.

As soon as they left, Yunling, Wu and others also sat down in the room.

After closing the door, they didn't dare to light the oil lamp. They only looked at each other's expressions in the moonlight slanting down from the window.

The four of them sat in the dark, and no one spoke.

They were slowly weaving silk threads to pass the time, but everyone's eyes could not help but look towards the window facing the water.

The river outside the window was still swaying, no different from that in the daytime, but fortunately the moonlight was so thin that one could not tell whether the black shadow at the bottom of the river was mud, water plants, or something else.

Until another half an hour passed, there was no sound or movement in the next room, and Yunling quietly walked to the window.

There was no one under the window sill. Only a small section of reed sprouted and stuck to the stone wall under the window sill.

Yunling stretched out her finger and tapped the reed.

The green young man's face slowly emerged from the water.

The moonlight fell on his fair and handsome face, like a veil brushing over his hair and eyebrows. The water droplets rolling down from his forehead to his chin were like crystal dewdrops rolling down from the stamens of flowers in the morning mist. , clean and refined, beautiful. It is also like the male and female Liayan River Demon, with endless temptation and charming charm.

Yunling seemed to have returned to the moment she came back. The young man at that time was also covered in mist, and...

She held out her hand to the boy.

The girl has white palms and slender jade fingers.

Zhou Qiong glanced around and found that the windows in other rooms had been closed.

He reached out to hold the hand, and a flying figure under his feet was about to jump to the window.

But he saw the girl smiling slyly at him and raising her hand to push him.

Out of instinct, he directly grasped the piece of Rouyi.

Like a fluttering butterfly leaping off the branch, Yunling fell headlong into the lake.

The moment she fell into the water, there were only two words in her mind.

"seek death!"

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