Since I met you, people are dying every day

After Ye Kuang rested for a long time, Ye Sirui walked into his room. "Kuang'er, can you tell me more about Peach Blossom Spring?"

Ye Kuang was working hard, hating himself for not being able to go out and preach to others, so he was naturally elated when he heard the words.It turned out that he was walking into the woods, but he lost his direction at some point, and when he looked back, the servant who was following him was gone.When I was panicking, a mountain appeared vaguely in front of my eyes, and there was a cave on the mountain.He was even more pleasantly surprised, and walked in. After walking for an unknown amount of time, he saw a bright light and many people.

Those people were very enthusiastic, they all sighed when they heard that he was lost and strayed, and they took the initiative to ask all kinds of things outside the world, saying that the last time someone came was in the Five Dynasties.Someone took the initiative to take him home for dinner. He had some doubts after hearing Ye Sirui's precepts and deeds. Seeing that those people were the first to use it, he ate it with confidence.Even though it is an insignificant mountain thing, he still eats it heartily.After he was full, he was a little sleepy, so someone made the bed for him.As a result, he woke up and returned to Taohuazhuang.

Ye Sirui sat on the chair and didn't say a word after listening, but he didn't hide the coldness in his eyes.

Only then did Ye Kuang feel that something was wrong, so he honestly admitted his mistake: "I ran around and made Uncle Rui worry. Uncle Rui didn't have a good rest last night? My nephew is at fault, please be punished by Uncle Rui." He stood up and knelt down in front of him.

The anger in Ye Sirui's heart calmed down a bit, and he asked him calmly: "I usually hold you, I know you are unhappy. But think about it, your master travels alone, but how is he? How dare I let you go out and run around because you haven't learned martial arts yet, and you are young and weak?"

Ye Kuang kowtowed quickly, and said with tears in his eyes, "My nephew is playful, causing uncle to worry, making a big mistake, extremely unfilial, just punish Uncle Rui!"

Ye Sirui waved his hand to signal him to get up, "It's good if you know your mistakes. I don't ask you for anything else. If you can distinguish good from evil, distinguish loyalty from evil, and learn martial arts to strengthen your body, you are worthy of your ancestors. It's just that the son of a thousand gold is not Zuotang', you must understand this truth, you can go out to play, and bring at least three or four servants with martial arts skills and weapons by your side. Otherwise, if you have something good or bad, how can I be worthy of your father?"

Mentioning his father, he was excited and frightened, Ye Kuang was already in tears, Ye Sirui held him in his arms and let him cry for a while.

One day before Xiumu, Ye Sirui took the opportunity to accompany Ye Kuang to read his son's book again. Under the influence of Liu Jiajinniang, when he was tired from reading "University", Ye Sirui would tell him some stories in "Zhuangzi", "Mencius", or Examining the allusions of his "Three Character Classics", time flies by too quickly.

In the evening, Xia Shu came to visit.

Xia Shu first led the horse to the stable before entering the house.He obviously just came back not long ago, and the black robe has not been changed yet.Ye Kuang was excited all morning, cried again, was exhausted, saw him and just forced himself to salute, but Ye Sirui sized him up, frowned, and sent Ye Kuang to rest before asking: "What are you doing?" How did you get hurt?"

"A little thing." Xia Shu said lightly, "It's just a flesh injury, it's fine."

He downplayed it, and Ye Sirui didn't take it seriously, he just explained the previous situation in a few words: "Kanger and I went to rest at Zhuangzi, but Kuanger got lost, someone gave him food, I was afraid he ate something unclean. Originally, it would be fine to send it to your house tomorrow, but it happens that you are here today, can you take a look at it conveniently?"

He was frightened by the last time Zhou Hui poisoned the incense.Although Kuang'er returned safely, he didn't dare to take that risk.

Xia Shu didn't talk nonsense, and called Ye Kuang over, looked at his face for a long time, then pinched Hui pulse, and pressed several places up and down on his body. "It's nothing." Ye Sirui breathed a sigh of relief, "If I can't see it, then there's nothing I can do." Ye Sirui raised his heart again, forced a smile, "Probably not."

"What are you talking about?" Ye Kuang asked curiously.

Ye Sirui told him to go back and rest, and sent someone to fetch the best wound medicine, and handed it to Xia Shu himself. "I know you don't lack this, it's just a little bit of my heart."

Xia Shu pursed her lips, took the wound medicine, "Thank you for the flute last time."

"Where did you learn to play the flute?" Ye Sirui asked casually, trying to brighten the atmosphere.

"It was taught by my father." Xia Shu got up and said goodbye.

Ye Sirui hesitated behind him for a moment, but still asked: "Did you kill someone?"

"I won't make things difficult for you." Xia Shu turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

When I went to the yamen the next day, Ye Sirui woke up early, preparing to deal with the trivial matters accumulated early and go back to accompany Ye Kuang. Unexpectedly, before the hour passed, he saw people rushing to report the case.

"My lord! My lord! My lady is missing!"

Ye Sirui's heart sank, "Who is your master?"

"Look at this idiot!" The servant gave himself a slap in the face, "The young one is Liu Yueze's servant, my master runs a grain shop, my son and his wife went to the village in the north of the city to see peach blossoms, who knows Miss suddenly disappeared yesterday! The master and the others searched all night but couldn't find it, so they ordered the younger one to come and report the crime. My lord, you must make the decision for the master and miss!" He bowed his head and bowed.

Ye Sirui felt a chill hit his head.Miss Liu, that little girl is also missing?

He acted decisively, called the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper, briefed him on the situation, handed over all the matters to them, ordered a hundred fine and strong yamen servants, rode a horse and followed Liu Yueze's servant to Zhuangzi.

Taohuazhuang is already in chaos.The flowers are still blooming, but not many people are interested in appreciating them.Ye Kuang got lost at night and was found overnight, but there are not many insiders.But after the loss of the Liu family's daughter, people panicked, and most of them packed their luggage and left quickly.The few remaining ones are also packing up, and the doors are closed every day.

The owner of the villa saw Ye Sirui coldly, and finally found the backbone, wishing he could cry all the time.

Ye Sirui didn't talk nonsense, and handed over half of the yamen servants to the owner of the village and Orion on the village, and they would lead them up the mountain to find someone.Ye Sirui ordered the owner to draw a simple diagram of Taozhuang, and took the remaining ten people to the garden.The owner of the villa hurriedly shouted: "My lord, the garden has been searched!" Ye Sirui waved his hands and ignored him.

Ye Sirui led the people and walked straight to the direction where the garden is next to the mountain.He didn't believe that the two missing children were accidental.When Kuang'er said it was "Peach Blossom Spring", someone must be pretending to be a ghost. If he found that cave, he might have found it.

After going around for a while, Ye Sirui's heart became cold. It's not that there are no caves, on the contrary, there are too many caves.The garden is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are dozens of caves, large and small.It is obviously unrealistic to search one by one.

The yamen servants who followed him were also murmuring, saying that they searched all over the garden, and the county magistrate didn't look for anyone, so what does it mean to just look at the cave here?

Ye Sirui deliberated for a while against their strange eyes, but he still had to give up his plan to search the caves one by one, and planned to go back and ask about Liu Yueze's situation.

Liu Yueze and his wife did not follow to find Jinniang, but stayed in the house waiting for news.Liu Yueze was frowning, and when he saw him, he forced a smile and stood up to salute.

Ye Sirui cupped his hands and returned the salute, "Brother Liu, you don't have to be polite. I will do my best to find Ling Ai, and I would like to ask Brother Liu to talk about what happened yesterday.

Liu Yueze was still frowning, "Yesterday I went out to socialize, and when I came back, the little girl had disappeared. If you have any doubts, you can ask Zhuo Jing."

Madam Liu just came out of the inner room and saluted gracefully, with tears still on her face.

Ye Sirui was afraid that she would burst into tears before saying a word, so he spoke first: "I will definitely try my best to find Ling Ai, please Madam Liu to tell me what happened before and after Ling Ai disappeared yesterday."

Mrs. Liu really wiped her face with a handkerchief. "Yesterday, the woman led the little girl to the garden, met a few old friends, and chatted for a while, thinking that the little girl knew the way around, and another servant followed, and the woman specially asked him to bring a knife... a shake God, my little girl is gone..." Before she could finish speaking, she shed tears silently again.

Liu Yueze was obviously annoyed to see her cry too much, and waited for her with hatred, "Cry, cry, cry! I only know how to cry! What does it look like to cry in front of adults! You can't even take care of a child, it's not embarrassing enough!"

Ye Sirui narrowed his eyes impatiently, and then asked Mrs. Liu, "Where are the servants following Ling Ai?"

"Ah?" Mrs. Liu was obviously taken aback, "My servant? When the servant found her, he died suddenly."

Ye Sirui stood up abruptly. "What did you say? How did he die?"

Mrs. Liu was so frightened by the county magistrate that she couldn't even bother to cry. "He... I sued the owner of the villa and led someone to find the little girl, but I didn't want to. I searched the village but didn't find the little girl, but found his body."

Liu Yueze cleared his throat: "My lord..."

"Where did you find him?" Ye Sirui didn't listen to him at all, and directly took out the floor plan of Taozhuang to her.Mrs. Liu held the brush tremblingly for a long time without writing, and looked at Liu Yueze with some embarrassment.

"Lord county magistrate..." Liu Yueze spoke again. "That's a servant of my Liu family, and the owner of the villa has also lost money. Speaking of which, it's more important to find Jinniang, right?"

Ye Sirui simply pushed the map in front of him.

Liu Yueze's face was sullen, but he still picked up his pen and circled one place.

"Thank you, sir. I will inform the two of you as soon as there is any news." Ye Sirui put the paper in his arms and said goodbye with cupped hands.

Ye Sirui took the dozen or so yamen servants with him, and first searched according to the location on the blueprint. When he arrived at the position marked on Liu Yueze's map, Ye Sirui looked around, and finally came to a peach tree.There is a large piece of dark soil under the peach tree. He squeezed a pinch of soil with his hands, but it was still wet, and his fingertips were indeed stained with dark red.

"Bastard!" Ye Sirui punched the ground.The yamen servants dare not speak.

He didn't expect that someone would die, and he didn't even bring his work with him.The servant's body was dragged away yesterday, and many clues may have been destroyed.

He gestured to the area, estimated the amount of bleeding, frowned, probably died suddenly on the spot.I groped around again, but the footprints were messy, and I don't know how many people had stepped on it.

Ye Sirui sighed heavily.

He took another look at the yamen servants who were huddled a few meters away, and ordered sullenly: "Search, search all the nearby caves."