After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

"That boy is indeed a miserable person. He lost his mother early, and later his elder brother also died, leaving behind a disabled father. He lives a tight and hard life. He even wants to break a steamed bun into two halves to eat for two meals." Song Ziyao opened up and talked about the little news he heard. He sighed after he finished speaking, "That boy has pockmarks on half of his face. They call him Liu Mazi. He is already past the age of marriage, but with such conditions, which matchmaker would go to propose marriage? It's just pushing the girl into a pit of fire!"

"Now I heard this old man say that he has chosen a girl... Otherwise, how can they say that a person's fate is determined from the moment he is born? This Liu Mazi is destined to have no wife..."

The way Young Master Song clicked his tongue and shook his head seemed to be expressing some genuine sorrow and pity.

The son of a noble family who lived under the protection of his ancestors actually knew a little about the sufferings of the world. Yuan Ge handed the little white dog to Song Wenyuan and prepared to go to Old Man Liu to get some information. Song Wenyuan handed him a handkerchief and whispered, "Although the light in the dark alley is dim and it has been a long time, he may not remember you, but it is better to be careful."

Dark alley? Did these two go to a dark alley? Song Ziyao was confused when he heard this. Perhaps it was because Commander Song looked more humane when he held the dog in one hand, or because he saw how he spoke softly just now, Song Ziyao suddenly came over boldly and asked with a playful smile, "Third brother, my sister-in-law went to the brothel, the dark alley, and the gambling house. Do you really not mind?"

Song Wenyuan was lazily stroking the little white dog in his arms. Hearing this, he just tilted his head and glanced at Song Ziyao with a meaningful look in his eyes.

Song Ziyao fell silent instantly - this man didn't say anything, but it looked like he said something very unpleasant... The little white dog, who had never stayed in his brother-in-law's arms for a moment, started to play dead in Song Wenyuan's arms, not moving at all, allowing him to pick it.

So, Young Master Song began to reflect on himself. All animals have such spirituality, but he was just too proud of himself for a moment... He tried hard to put the look Song Wenyuan had just given him and the meaningful implication in it behind his mind, and thought to himself that it would be better to follow the Little God of Wealth in the future... It would both make money and save his life.

Little God of Wealth Yuan Ge squatted down in front of Old Man Liu. Because of Song Wenyuan's reminder, she did not dare to get too close. She even lowered her voice a little, which sounded a little different from usual. "Old man, don't be anxious. Under the feet of the emperor, there are laws. Please tell us slowly and in detail, so that we can help you find someone, right?"

"That's right, we'll go with you to look for him. If we can't find him, we'll take you to report to the police. We can't let Liu Mazi disappear without a clear explanation. If this gambling house really ate someone, we'll make them spit out what they ate!"

Old man Liu seemed a little hesitant, his two heterochromatic eyes looked at Yuan Ge warily, and finally he sighed because he was worried about his youngest son, "He didn't want to go out yesterday. It was the first time for a girl to come to visit, so the house had to be cleaned up, and he had to go to the market to buy some meat. I was a useless person and couldn't help at all, so he had to do all this by himself. But about a quarter of an hour before the 9th hour, he said he had something to go out for and would be back soon. He also told me to just cook more rice, and the dishes would be prepared when he came back."

At this point, Old Man Liu pounded his unconscious thigh, accusing every word with gnashing teeth and hatred, "But who would have thought that he would never come back after he left! My son! He said he would come back for dinner! We only have so much rice at home, and I cooked it all, and it's still in the pot! My son... my youngest son..."

I don’t know whether he hated this “cannibalistic” gambling house, his own crippled legs, or perhaps he hated all his powerlessness.

Since it was under the emperor's feet, how could it be just a small gambling house? Yuan Ge looked up at him, swallowing her infinite sighs and groans. She asked, "Then the girl who was supposed to come to your house, has she not come yet?"

The old man was slightly stunned and shook his head silently.

"Where is that girl from?"

The old man shook his head again, and after a while he said, "I heard that she is also a poor girl... She fled here a few years ago. Both her parents died in the famine. She has no skills and usually does odd jobs washing clothes for rich families. In my family's situation, if you are not desperate, I'm afraid you won't be willing to marry me. What's the point of living with an old cripple and a broken house that leaks when it rains?"

"My youngest son said that he rescued the girl from a fire, and half of her face was destroyed. Because of the life-saving grace, she thought my youngest son was a good person, so she was willing to marry him. There was no question of whether to marry or not. It was just two poor people living together, which was not bad. But I didn't expect this to happen... Oh my god, poor my pockmarked son! My Liu family is really going to be extinct!"

The old man howled miserably, the people persuaded him sincerely, and no one even noticed when Yuan Ge stood up and walked away. One of the two thugs ran away, probably because he saw that something was wrong and went in to report. The gambling house wished that this kind of crying and shouting drama could be played out every day. Even the boss was more ruthless than ordinary people. No matter how chaotic the outside world was, he just turned a deaf ear to it.

Song Wenyuan lowered his eyes and watched the little girl rubbing her numb calf. He curled his lips and asked, "Do you suspect that girl?"

The little white dog that was pretending to be dead just now suddenly "came back to life" and flapped its short legs towards Yuan Ge, but Song Wenyuan slapped him on the head and forced it to pretend to be dead once again.

Yuan Ge grabbed one of Song Wenyuan's arms and jumped on one foot to relieve the numbness in his foot before nodding, "Yeah. Since we agreed to meet on that day, why didn't you show up? Liu Mazi came to the gambling house on a whim and thought he would just go for a walk and return soon. He couldn't have deliberately informed the girl. If that's the case, why didn't the girl show up?"

Song Ziyao listened with his head tilted, and interrupted, "Maybe the girl is waiting for Liu Mazi to pick her up?"

Yuan Ge looked back at him and said, "If you were the girl who was going to her husband's house for the first time to have dinner and meet him, and no one came to pick you up as agreed, would you be anxious? Even if you were not in a hurry to report to the police, would you think of going to Liu Mazi's house to check on the situation?"

Song Ziyao was a little uncertain, and murmured for a while, "So..."

So, either the girl disappeared together, or... all this is related to that girl. In short, if we find that girl, we can probably know the truth of the matter.