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Chapter 150 Missing Persons

"Help you..." Xianyun said lightly.

"Come on less." Wang Xianbai glanced at him, turned to Lingxiao and said, "Do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it." Ling Xiao shook his head, his eyes as black as ink were full of smiles, and said, "Dayi kills relatives": "My brother gets sleepy when he reads a book, let alone flipping through those mindless files?"

"..." Xian Yun glared at his sister, and said to Wang Xian, "It's just a whim."

"Hehe." Wang Xian didn't believe it at all, and said with a smile, "Did Lord Hu give it to you?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about." A trace of surprise flashed in Xianyun's eyes, and he immediately lowered his eyelids and said, "I'm going back to my room to practice."

"Brother, you haven't had dinner yet." Ling Xiao said, seeing Wang Xian also got up, he couldn't help but said: "Little Xianzi, why don't you leave."

"I want to compare my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." Wang Xian shook his head sadly and said, "I'm sad, I don't want to eat." Then he turned back to the room.

"You're still playing petty." Ling Xiao said with a headache: "There are so many meals, I can't finish them all by myself..."

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Following Wang Xian back to the master bedroom, Erhei whispered: "My lord finally decided to pierce the window paper."

"Yes." Wang Xian nodded and said, "This feeling of being kept in the dark is really terrible." He touched his cheek and said, "Look, there are a lot of pimples. It’s a sign of too much stress.”

"So," Shuai Hui pointed at the pimples on his face, "I'm going to be crushed into a pulp."

"Then roll it into a meatloaf..." Er Hei continued.

"Fuck you." Shuai Hui glared at him, and said to Wang Xian, "My lord, how can you be sure that someone is plotting against you?"

"Isn't that nonsense?" Erhei hit Shuai Hui and said, "Master Xianyun is the young master of Wudang Mountain, and Elder Sister Lingxiao is the jewel in the palm of the real person in charge of teaching. Hu Qin sent them to the adults as guards. I have never heard of it since then. Don't ask, do you think this is possible?"

"There is indeed something strange here..." Shuai Hui thought for a while and said, "My lord was still a petty official at the time, and it is only in line with our status to use people like us as guards."

"Furthermore, my lord's original errand of Qiantang Canon History was actually changed to Pujiang Canon History by the Minister of Officials. The Minister of Officials is in charge of high-ranking officials like Zheng Fangbo and Zhou Niantai, and he actually personally interrogated a miscellaneous official who has not entered the ranks," Erhei went on to say: "It's either because I'm full, or I have some deep meaning."

"I just feel that you seem to look down on your lord," Shuai Hui said with a smile, "Maybe your lord is famous all over the world, even the Minister of the Ministry of Officials has heard of it, so you personally arrange errands for your lord to show that you respect him."

"Swapping the promising history of Qiantang for the history of Pujiang, which has no hope of promotion, is there anyone who values ​​it so much?" Er Hei rolled his eyes and said, "Stop raising arguments here and talk about business."

"Hey..." Shuai Hui bared his teeth and said with a grin: "I understand what you mean, you mean, the commissioner Hu Qin left the Xianyun brothers and sisters, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials transferred the adults to Pujiang, which are two steps of a conspiracy ,Right."

"My lord." Er Hei ignored him, and turned to Wang Xian and said, "Do you think that this time Master Hu or someone, under the hands of Young Master Xianyun, asked you to investigate those disappearance cases?"

"..." Wang Xian ignored him.

"Why, my lord? Am I wrong?" Er Hei asked strangely.

"Let you guys finish everything, and I'm still talking nonsense." Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said, "Get out, let me be quiet!"

"Hey." The two hurried out, but as soon as they opened the door, they saw Mr. Xianyun in a green cloth Taoist robe standing quietly at the door, with the moonlight shining on him, making him look elegant and inexplicably noble.

It is estimated that Xian Yun heard all the words just now, and the two shrank their necks and quickly slipped away.

Xianyun stepped into the room, and with a flick of his sleeve, the door was tightly shut.

Wang Xian looked at Xianyun, teasingly said: "I thought you would hold it until tomorrow morning."

"There are distracting thoughts in my heart, and I can't calm down." Xianyun said lightly: "It seems that escaping is not the way, so I'm here."

"It seems that you are ready to tell me the truth." Wang Xian also said lightly.

"Ask, I will naturally say what I can." Xian Yun said slowly.

"What can't be said?" Wang Xian asked.

"Of course I won't say it." Xianyun said.

"What can't be said."

"You'll know if you ask."

The two had a conversation like a game, and they couldn't help looking at each other and smiling, and the barrier in their hearts was eliminated a lot.

"Okay, I've asked." Wang Xiandao: "Is it Master Hu's intention that I be the history of Pujiang classics?"

"Yes." Xianyun nodded.

"Why?" Wang Xian asked.

"There is something for you to do."

"what's up?"

"I have already told you." Xian Yun said softly.

"You mean, these missing persons cases?" Wang Xian asked.

"Yes." Xian Yun nodded and said: "Master Hu gave these things to me the night before he left Fuyang, and asked me to show you these things when I arrive at Pujiang."

"Hey, let me tell you, Master Hu, why did you eliminate the disaster for me?" Wang Xian said with a wry smile, "So he wanted to use me as a pawn."

"Am I not a pawn?" Xian Yun said with a gloomy look in his eyes, "Even Master Hu is the same."

"What is Master Hu's errand?" Wang Xian asked in a deep voice: "I checked the books on purpose. If Zhang Zhenren is alive, he will be 170 years old now. How wise is the current emperor, how can he work hard for many years? What about undercover investigations?"

"The ancestor has become a land god, and 170 years old is only a mature man." It is a matter of faith, Xianyun naturally wants to defend Zhang Sanfeng: "Don't treat it like a mortal!"

"Okay, okay," Wang Xian naturally wanted to respect his beliefs, and hurriedly changed his words: "Then what does the search for Zhang Zhenren have to do with asking me to investigate missing persons?"

"This," Xian Yun paused and said in a low voice, "I can't say."

Although Xianyun refused to answer, it greatly increased Wang Xian's affection for him.Because Xianyun can obviously prevaricate with ignorance.But he refused to lie to Wang Xian, but told him honestly that he knew it, but he couldn't say it... What a precious honesty.

It's just that for Wang Dianshi, who is full of integrity, honest people are used to bully.Then I heard him ask: "Why can't you say it?"

"I just said that if I can't tell you, of course I won't say it." Xianyun said.

"Well, let's change the question. Why is Mr. Hu interested in Pujiang?" Wang Xian said in a deep voice, "Now that I think about it, his itinerary this time actually deliberately bypassed Jinhua Mansion."

"Not bad." Xian Yun was accustomed to Wang Xian's sensitivity. "My lord deliberately went against the grain, just to relax those people's vigilance."

"Who are they?" Wang Xian's heart ached.

"..." Young Master Xianyun was silent for a moment, and finally said in a low voice: "The person Mr. Hu is looking for."

"Who?" Seeing that he finally admitted that Hu Yan actually had another goal, Wang Xian's heart tightened. He vaguely thought of a person, and immediately changed his face, saying: "Can't you say that?"

"Yes." Xianyun nodded.

"Then I won't ask." Wang Xian forced a smile and said, "What else can you say?"

Xian Yun thought for a while and said, "You may be...in danger when you investigate the missing persons case." As he spoke, he couldn't help apologizing, "That's why my lord asked me to protect you."

"Who will hurt me?" Wang Xian couldn't help cursing secretly. He thought that being favored by the imperial envoy was a jackpot, but whoever thought it was a bad luck.

"I really don't know. If I knew," Xianyun said, "You don't need to look it up." Seeing Wang Xian's gloomy expression, he said in a low voice, "Since you and I have been selected, we have no choice at all." , I can only do my job seriously and try to get rid of it as soon as possible.”

"En." Wang Xian nodded, thinking that it would be better not to be silenced afterwards.

"Go to rest early." After saying what he could say, Master Xianyun felt much more comfortable.

"Eat dinner first." Wang Xian said with a smile, "I'm starving to death."

"I'm a little hungry too." Xian Yun agreed.

The two returned to the dining room, but saw that there were no plates on the table. Ling Xiao sat on the chair holding his stomach and moaned, "I'm so tired..."

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That night, Wang Dianshi was so hungry that he couldn't sleep, so he took out the files on the missing persons to look through.Speaking of which, the law and order in Pujiang County is surprisingly good, and there has not been a single murder case in a few years.Moreover, the common people don't like to go to the yamen to fight lawsuits, so trivial cases are surprisingly rare... Therefore, the level of knife and pen officials is far inferior to that of Fuyang's subordinate officials, and Wang Xian could see through them at a glance.

Under such circumstances, those cases of missing persons are particularly abrupt.Wang Xian opened the oldest file.The record is very simple, with only a few words. In April of the third year of Yongle, a woodcutter named Tian Wu went to Xianhua Mountain to cut firewood and disappeared.His family members couldn't find him anywhere, so they had to report to the officials.The government also searched for it, but to no avail.Still no audio.

The second missing person is Lu Hui, a native of Jiande County.

The third missing person is Zheng Mai, a tea merchant in the county, who disappeared in his tea garden on the first day of the fifth year of Yongle.

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Wang Xian found out that the nearest missing person was Wu Shaoyuan, who was the husband of Miss Zheng's family in Zhengzhai Town.This Wu Shaoyuan is a son-in-law. Last year's autumn harvest, he was sent by his family to the countryside to collect rent. He stayed overnight at a farmhouse. The next day, others discovered that he had disappeared...

After seeing the end from beginning to end, Wang Xian closed the file, closed his eyes and pondered.These eight cases of disappearance seem ordinary, but upon careful consideration, they are quite strange.Based on experience, most of these missing persons are adult males, which rules out the possibility of human trafficking.And they were either breadwinners, wealthy, or newlyweds, unlikely to run away from home.

Taking a step back, even if you run away from home, the roads of the Ming Dynasty are strictly forbidden, and every county boundary and every city has officials to check the road guides.There is no way to lead me to leave Pujiang.Even if he leaves, he will soon be found by officials from other counties.

So these people should be in this county, either dead or hidden.And the possibility of committing suicide or being eaten by tiger and leopard insects is extremely slim.There is a saying that you need to see people when you live, and see corpses when you die. Even if you are eaten by tigers, leopards and insects, there are still bones and clothes. Up to now, no corpse has been found. It can be inferred that it should be killed by people. Destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces so that the government can't find it.

　Sorry sorry, fell asleep while writing last night.But the good news is that the rhinitis has basically healed, the state of hypoxia in the brain has been greatly relieved, and the speed has been accelerated!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)