Under the old willow tree, two secret guards have returned.
Chen Anning nodded to them, then turned to look at Hepingfang.
soon.
The other two secret guards also returned.
But Xie Xun was nowhere to be seen.
After a cup of tea.
Dogs barked one after another in Hepingfang.
Xie Xun was still nowhere to be seen.
Although the four secret guards did not move, the energy on their bodies was tense.
Chen Anning's face was also a little cold. After asking a few secret guards to wait, she flew into Hepingfang again.
In Hepingfang, many courtyards were sparsely lit with lights, and one or two cursing middle-aged men or women could be seen here and there with lamps.
Chen Anning hid in the shadows, like catkins in the wind, silently and quickly flying towards the direction where Xie Xun might be.
When passing an old locust tree, her steps paused slightly.
The next moment, someone grabbed her arm and dragged her to the tree.
It's Xie Xun.
After Chen Anning glanced at him, she looked at several middle-aged men holding torches and walking quickly towards the old locust tree.
"There's no one here."
"Not here either."
Several middle-aged men passed under the old locust tree and stopped at the entrance of an alley twenty steps ahead. They talked to the two middle-aged men who came out of the alley.
"Search carefully." The oldest middle-aged man among them raised the torch, looked at the old locust tree a few times, and then whispered, "Search carefully in the tree and in the firewood pile."
"Isn't it too much?" Another middle-aged man said dissatisfiedly, "But it's not uncommon to see a few fighting wild cats. How can they prevent people from sleeping by fighting like this in the middle of the night?"
Although the two middle-aged men next to him did not speak, their expressions clearly revealed the same meaning.
The eldest middle-aged man glanced at everyone with a stern face, and angrily said: "When can't you sleep, why do you have to fight for this night? It's no good, after being captured by Mr. Xie and taken into Dali Temple, there won't be enough sleep for you!"
The middle-aged man who had previously expressed his dissatisfaction wanted to talk back again, but was stopped by the person next to him.
The person next to him tried to smooth things over and said, "That's not what Lao Wu meant. Master Xie is really targeting Hepingfang. Wouldn't it be more suspicious if we make such a big show of it?"
The oldest middle-aged man said with a face: "Separately search, search carefully, go back to sleep after searching!"
Although the middle-aged man who had previously expressed his dissatisfaction was not angry, he still obediently took the torch and went into the alley nearby.
When the other middle-aged men saw this, they all dispersed.
The oldest middle-aged man waited for everyone to finish leaving, then sighed and followed suit.
After walking a few steps, he stopped again, turned back to the old locust tree, and held up the torch to shine on the crown of the tree.
After that, he started walking around the old locust tree.
Among the thick branches, Chen Anning was pressed tightly against the trunk by Xie Xun.
Although the two of them tried their best to hold their breath, they were so close that they could still hear each other's breathing.
Chen Anning raised her eyes and looked at him.
Xie Xun looked under the tree with slightly lowered eyes.
Although the face was covered with a black scarf and covered by branches, no light could be seen.
But Chen Anning still heard his discomfort from his fast heartbeat.
With a raised eyebrow, Chen Anning lowered her eyes slightly and looked under the tree.
Time passed by minute by minute.
The oldest middle-aged man walked around the tree four or five times before finally leaving.
But after only taking six or seven steps, he suddenly turned around and came back, holding the torch high again and shining it on the treetops.
Fortunately, apart from Xie Xun's increasingly faster heartbeat, Chen Anning and he remained motionless from beginning to end.
The oldest middle-aged man walked around the tree twice again and then left again.
Chen Anning and Xie Xun still maintained their original postures, motionless as mountains.
really.
He walked twenty or thirty steps and returned quickly.
And this time, he not only circled the tree, but also prepared to climb the tree after completing the circle.
Seeing him holding a torch in one hand and trying his best to climb up the tree trunk, Chen Anning and Xie Xun couldn't help but look at each other at the same time.
Naturally, the two of them couldn't talk.
They can only communicate silently on a small scale by touching their fingers together.
Chen Anning touched him twice with her fingertips: "Kill him, or poison him?"
Xie Xun raised the corners of his mouth imperceptibly, glanced down at the gray-haired middle-aged man under the tree, and touched her twice: "Wait a minute."
Seeing that the middle-aged man had climbed five feet high, and if he could climb two more feet at most, the torch would be able to shine on where they were hiding. Chen Anning tapped his fingertips slightly, and was about to strike first when two alarming sounds suddenly came from the southwest. call.
As soon as the middle-aged man heard the sound, he looked up at the tree crown without giving up, then quickly jumped off the tree and ran towards the direction where the exclamation came from.
He was not far away, and Xie Xun quickly led her out of the old locust tree. After two ups and downs, they left Hepingfang.
While leaving, Chen Anning looked back. In the direction of the exclaim, a wild cat nimbly jumped onto the roof of a courtyard house under the light of a torch.
Back under the old willow tree, there are only three secret guards waiting here.
The three people's eyes almost looked at the hands held by the two people at the same time.
Xie Xun calmly let go of his hand and looked in the direction of Hepingfang.
Chen Anning took a look at his ears, which were so red that they were dazzling under the pale moonlight. She couldn't help but chuckle twice, and then looked in the direction of Hepingfang.
Xie Xun's ears turned redder, but in order not to let the secret guards see it, he tried hard to pretend as if nothing had happened.
Soon, another secret guard floated over from the direction of Hepingfang in the moonlight like a ghost.
He made that wild cat.
Facing Chen Anning's appraising gaze, the secret guard's face showed no emotion, and he was obviously used to it.
"Walk!"
Xie Xun suppressed his sluggish heartbeat and left the old willow tree first.
Chen Anning followed closely behind.
Return to Hengwuyuan.
The four secret guards quietly disappeared.
Chen Anning took the cold tea from Xie Xun, took a few sips, and turned her head slightly to look at him, "What did you find out?"
Seeing that she was not teasing him, Xie Xun secretly said in relief: "The carriage that was used on the night of Tian Daming's accident has been found!"
Chen Anning motioned for him to speak more carefully.
Xie Xun said: "The carriage is hidden in an alley not far in front of the old locust tree. It has not been cleaned and the blood stains are still there."
No wonder the older middle-aged man was so alert.
"Since Tian Daming's accident-causing carriage is in Hepingfang," Chen Anning said, "that is enough to prove that the missing boys and girls are also in Hepingfang. Even if Song Fu and his father are not the masterminds, they are inseparable from this case. "
"You interrogated Song Fu yesterday afternoon. Did you get any results?"
"I didn't admit it at first." Xie Xun leaned on the back of his chair and said softly. "Later, I took him to the darkroom and compared the bloody footprints. He admitted it, but he put all the blame on Miss Chen. On the body. As for Miss Zhao Er’s disappearance, she said she didn’t know anything about it.”
Chen Anning sneered: "He is a smart man."
"If you're not a smart person, you can't figure out what happened in Hepingfang." Xie Xun made a few casual comments and then asked her, "What do you think of the results of tonight's investigation?"
Chen Anning didn't answer and asked instead: "How many locations of the gray cloth carriages can you remember?"
Xie Xun looked at her, "Do you suspect that there is more than one entrance and exit to the Underground Colosseum?"
