Chapter 45 Find the trace
The search went until night, but Little Xiaoyu was nowhere in sight. He didn't come back, and he wasn't in any of the places he often went.
"Oh no, I lost Little Xiaoyu!" Luo Jin was anxious and tears came out, "How can I explain to the Crown Prince... How can I explain to Liu Shu... Where can he go? It can’t be that he got captured? Will he be abused?"
Jiang Mo had not come back yet. Yue Qinghai was exhausted from searching. He came back to eat something and shook his head, "He must have been hidden, otherwise there is no reason why he can't be found."
Jie Gui thought for a while, "I think he may have been captured. He is a dwarf slave and can be sold for a high price. If the person who caught him had this purpose, I think he may not kill him, so there was no need to worry about his life for the time being."
Luo Jin said anxiously, "He knows martial arts and used to be a secret agent of Xiyuan Kingdom. How could he be caught so easily? Who is it..."
As she spoke, Jiang Mo came back.
Although he didn’t bring back Little Xiaoyu, he found another thing.
It was a piece of clothing that Little Xiaoyu wore out this morning. There was a little blood on the clothing, which made Luo Jin's breath hitch up, "He is injured?"
Jie Gui took the clothing and observed carefully, "Look at the edge, it seemed to have been torn off carefully and deliberately. There are few bloodstains and contain a pattern. It seems... he deliberately left this piece of clothing to convey some information."
"Seven Realms Hall!" Luo Jin said immediately, "Little Xiaoyu used to be a member of the Seven Realms Hall. This must be the code of the Seven Realms Hall. Ask the people of the Seven Realms Hall and you will know. Jiang Mo, is there anyone from the Seven Realms Hall here?"
Jiang Mo shook his head, "Seven Realms Hall is a secret spy organization of Xiyuan. After the peace talks between the two countries, in order to show sincerity, the Seven Realms Hall had withdrawn. Even if I send a message now, I am afraid it will take six or seven days to call someone."
Jie Gui, who had been silent all the time, suddenly uttered: "Maybe I can try to crack the code of the Seven Realms Hall. Give me a room..."
Luo Jin got Xiang Xiang to take him to the study.
Jie Gui didn’t sleep in the study all night and finally walked out of the study at dawn.
"North." Jie Gui said, "The code means north, carriage and purple. He was taken to the north by a carriage. There should be purple curtains on the carriage."
Luo Jin was worried about Little Xiaoyu last night and didn’t sleep much. Hearing Jie Gui say this, she hurriedly said, "Then go find him!"
"I will go back to the Ministry of Justice and send someone to find him. Don't worry, he will be fine." Jie Gui assured and went out at once
Jiang Mo walked to Luo Jin and whispered, "We’ll go too."
Luo Jin nodded, "Okay."
Walking north along the street, there were various shops and houses along the way. The range was large. When Luo Jin went out, she saw officers and soldiers holding portraits and looking for people everywhere, asking everyone they met.
After searching for half a day without any results, Jie Gui returned to Moyuan and frowned, saying, "He should have been hiding in the carriage and not been seen by anyone. But there are so many carriages passing by in a day and many of them have purple curtains. And people generally don't pay special attention to the color of the curtains, so it's hard to find useful clues. We searched the city and checked all the carriages with purple curtains, but there were no clues."
Luo Jin said, "Could he have left the city?"
"It's possible. If he left the city, it would be even harder to find. "Jie Gui sighed, "It's all my fault. I was too reckless at that time and scared him away, causing him to be caught when he was hiding."
He closed his eyes and thought, "He was a secret agent. If I were him, what would I do at this time? The bad guys are going to take me out of the city... The clues are going to be cut off, how can I save myself..."
After a long time, he opened his eyes, "There must be other clues left by the city gate. Let's go to the city gate to find it!"
Jie Gui was an active doer. As soon as he thought of it, he took the Imperial City Guard to the city gate and searched carefully near the city gate. When it was getting dark, he finally found another piece of cloth. Like the previous one, it was stained with some blood. The cloth was stuffed in a hole in the wall. The Imperial City Guard searched carefully for a long time before finding it. Jie Gui stared at it for a long time, "Jicheng, Auspicious Pawnshop... critically ill."
"Critically ill?" Luo Jin was stunned, "He is sick? How can it be? He had always been in good health, how could he suddenly be critically ill?"
"I don't know. Anyway, we have to rush to Jicheng's Jixiang Pawnshop to find out." Jie Gui stated, "Official Luo, go back first. Let the Ministry of Justice handle this matter!"
Luo Jin shook her head, "I want to go too. I can be of help."
Jiang Mo also piped up, "I'll go with her."
Jie Gui frowned for a long time, thinking that Jiang Mo's martial arts were strong and might be able to help. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded.
The group rushed to Jicheng overnight.
Jicheng wasn't far from Wei City. It was a small city with a small population. It took a few hours to get there by official road. It was already late when they arrived. There were few pedestrians on the road. The shops on the street were closed. Only the inn was still lit.
The three of them went to the inn to stay overnight. The manager was dozing on the counter. When he saw the three of them coming in, he said with some embarrassment: "Our inn is full, only..."
Luo Jin had a bad feeling, "One room?"
"En."
"Are there any other inns here?"
"It's a small place, there's only one."
Jie Gui said: "Miss Luo, go upstairs and rest. The two of us can find a place to stay for one night. It's okay."
Jiang Mo nodded, "You go to sleep. I'll guard you outside."
He raised the sword in his hand. It was rare for him to bring a sword out today.
Luo Jin said: "You should go to sleep. It's more cost-effective."
It was always more cost-effective with two people sleeping than with one person.
Jie Gui said: "How can that..."
While they were arguing, a childish female voice sounded behind them, "Elder Sister Luo?"
Luo Jin turned around and saw a familiar little figure, "Xiao Lian? Your master is here?"
It was Xiao Lian, the little apprentice of Long Ying.
Xiaolian nodded, "My master went out to do a mission, leaving me here alone. Elder Sister, are you guys here to stay as well?"
Luo Jin was immediately delighted, "Yes, but there are not enough rooms here. Can I squeeze into your room?"
"Sure, Xiaolian can't sleep alone." Xiaolian pouted, "Master went out without Xiaolian, Xiaolian is angry! Hearing your voice, Xiaolian is happy."
Jie Gui was slightly startled, "Did you hear Miss Luo's voice in the room?"
Xiaolian nodded, "Yes, what’s wrong?
Jie Gui pondered and replied, "This level of hearing… is of eighth level?"
Xiao Lian smiled and said, "Yes, Xiao Lian just broke through to Level 8, how did you know? Uncle.
"Uncle..." Jie Gui coughed. “It’s Elder Brother. She is the elder sister, then I am Elder Brother, okay?"
Xiao Lian pointed at Jiang Mo, "That one is the elder brother, and you are Uncle."
Jie Gui: "..."
Luo Jin followed Xiaolian to sleep in her room. Jiang Mo settled in the last room and solved the problem of accommodation.
Xiaolian whispered: "They are talking about me!"
"Did you hear it again? What did they say?"
"She's only a few years old and already at level eight. How scary... That uncle seems to be even worse than Xiaolian, right? But Elder Brother is a little better than Xiaolian."
"Xiaolian is accurate!" Luo Jin didn’t expect Xiaolian to have such high talent. She was only ten years old and actually had the skill in the eighth level. At present, the youngest person who broke through the ninth level was Shui Yingchen, who broke through the ninth level at the age of fifteen. The second was Jiang Mo, who was seventeen when he broke through a while ago.
Xiao Lian might be earlier than them.
Xiao Lian was a well-behaved girl. She curled up in a small ball on the bed, not taking up any space. Luo Jin undressed and went to bed, hugging Xiao Lian, and fell asleep quickly.
When it was almost dawn, Luo Jin felt something strange. She touched Xiao Lian in her arms and felt that her body was burning hot, obviously having a fever.
Generally speaking, people with high martial arts skills were also strong and it was not easy to get sick. How could she have a fever? Did she catch a cold last night?
Luo Jin pulled the quilt. She had been hugging Xiao Lian to sleep. The quilt was wrapped well. How could she catch a cold?
Feeling a little guilty, she had a feeling that she was the one who caused Xiao Lian to have a fever.
Xiaolian closed her eyes tightly and whispered, "Mom, I want to eat sweet date cake."
Luo Jin held her hand, "Be good, Elder Sister will buy it for you right away."
Xiaolian whispered again, "Mom... I gave the egg yolk to the hen, I don't like egg yolk."
Luo Jin: "..."
She went downstairs and asked the server to invite a doctor and came upstairs to treat Xiaolian.
The doctor took her pulse and prescribed some medicine to clear away heat and reduce fire. Luo Jin asked the server to get the medicine and waited by the side.
Not seeing Luo Jin come out for a long time, Jie Gui knocked on the door and came in.
"She has a fever and her master isn't here," Luo Jin said, "You go to the pawnshop first to see if there is anything abnormal. I will stay here and wait for her master to come back."
"Okay." Jie Gui went out.
The server helped to boil the medicine and brought it up. Luo Jin gently helped Xiaolian up and patted her shoulder, "Wake up, take the medicine, Xiaolian."
Xiaolian slowly opened her eyes, "Elder Sister... Xiaolian... my head hurts..."
"It won't hurt after you drink the medicine. Be good, drink the medicine, okay?" Luo Jin took the medicine bowl from the server's hand.
"Okay."
"What's going on?"
A woman's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Luo Jin? Why are you here?"
Long Ying walked in from outside the door, "What's wrong with Xiao Lian?"
"She has a fever," Luo Jin looked up at Long Ying, "Does she often have a fever?"
"No, she had always been in good health. How could she suddenly have a fever?" Long Ying squatted down and touched Xiao Lian's forehead, "It's so hot..."
She walked forward and took Xiao Lian from Luo Jin's arms, "I'll take care of her. You must be busy, right?"
Luo Jin nodded, "I am."
If she had nothing to do, she wouldn't have come to Jicheng on purpose.
"Then... I'll leave first?"
"Okay, thank you for taking care of Xiaolian."
Luo Jin left Long Ying's room and closed the door.
Seeing Jie Gui and Jiang Mo coming back from outside, she went to meet them and asked: "How is it? Was there anything unusual in the pawnshop?"
"It's an ordinary pawnshop, I can't detect anything." Jie Gui shook his head, "Jiang Mo sneaked in to check, but didn't find Little Xiaoyu. He wasn't there."
Luo Jin frowned slightly. From just now, she felt that something was amiss.
Now this feeling was even stronger.
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