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Looking around the deserted streets, he said: "Looking at the situation, I'm afraid everyone in this town is in danger. They will definitely not open their doors to see guests at night.
Find a hotel to rest, and go investigate clues tomorrow morning."
"Ah? Aren't there outer disciples? Why don't we just go and ask?"
Ye Ming took off his backpack, fumbled around for a while and took out a notebook: "Xu Xianren arranged for me to be the captain. I don't know what the deep meaning is, but he explicitly asked me to be responsible for recording your performance during the mission and scoring it, and report to Xu Xianren after returning.
Contacting outer disciples and obtaining their help will result in deduction of points.
Of course, there is no hard and fast rule that you cannot ask for help from ordinary forces. I have also made the consequences clear, so it is up to you to choose."
Although I don’t know what harm “deducting points” will cause, but since it is “deducting points”, it is definitely not a good thing.
Therefore, the five people almost instantly made one thing clear - unless the situation was impossible, they would never seek help from outside forces.
While chatting, the six people arrived at the door of an inn.
The owner of this inn probably values money more than his life, or he has no young women at home, so he opened the door of the inn without any scruples.
The group went in, and Ye Ming asked the shopkeeper across the counter for two rooms, preferably next to each other.
There have been frequent missing persons cases recently and there were no tourists in Jinshui Town, so many rooms were empty and they checked in smoothly.
After enjoying the dinner brought by the shopkeeper, the six people went to rest.
Silent all night.
The next morning.
The six of them had breakfast and walked onto the street, holding their swords wrapped in linen.
The sun rises, the bright sunshine dispels the darkness, and the residents of the town go out of their homes and start a new busy day.
The crowds were crowded, street vendors were hawking their wares, and smoke was rising from the stoves of breakfast stalls.
The atmosphere was peaceful, but it was crushed by the hurried footsteps of passers-by.
Ye Ming walked through the crowd, glancing at the faces of the passers-by - some looked solemn, some anxious, and some sad.
The first two probably have relatives in their family who match the characteristics of the victims, while the latter is probably because the family member has already gone missing.
With a general understanding of the current situation, Ye Ming began to think about where to start this mission.
It won’t work if the person has been missing for some time. So much time has passed that even if the murderer left any clues, they would have been destroyed by the reporting funeral procession.
I have to find something I just lost, preferably last night.
Ye Ming had an idea, and waved back to signal the five people to follow him all the way to the government office.
He sat down at the tea stall across the road and ordered six bowls of herbal tea. He picked up the bowl and took a sip calmly.
Luo Xiling had no interest in the rough tea in front of her: "What are we doing here?"
"Wait someone."
"Who are you waiting for?"
"coming."
Ye Ming looked towards the government office opposite, and the five of them looked in the same direction.
A woman wiped her tears, stumbled to the door, and struck the injustice drum placed beside her.
Then a bailiff came out and led her in.
The frequent occurrence of missing cases meant that the government was unable to handle them. Ye Ming knew that the woman would come out soon.
Things developed just as he expected.
After a few minutes, the woman was escorted out by a middle-aged man in official uniform.
"Please rest assured that I will do my best to catch the murderer."
Ye Ming couldn't tell whether this official was being perfunctory or sincere, nor did he care.
Seeing the woman walking away, he immediately called five people to follow her.
They followed not in a stealthy manner, but even openly, lagging behind by more than ten steps.
The woman was not blind and quickly noticed something was wrong. She looked back and then quickened her pace.
Her family was probably poor, she lived in a corner of a small town, and the way home was very remote.
There was no one around, and the woman became more and more panicked and ran involuntarily.
It was obvious that she couldn't outrun six young people who had been exercising for a long time.
Six people caught up with her and blocked her way.
"You, in broad daylight, are you trying to do something illegal?!"
"Don't be afraid, Auntie. We are not bad people." As usual, Luo Xiling stepped forward to negotiate with a friendly smile.
Glancing at the few people, the woman felt that they did not look like villains.
Besides, I have been working in the fields for many years and have become old and ugly. Even if someone wants to rape me, he can't do that to me, right?
"Gentlemen..." She relaxed and was about to ask them what they were going to do. Halfway through her words, she caught a glimpse of the long swords wrapped in linen in the arms of the five men, and changed her words, "What can I do for you, gentlemen?"
When Ye Ming heard the word “hero”, an idea flashed through his mind, and he said, “That’s it, auntie.
We have come from afar and stayed in Jinshui Town for one night. We heard that there was a demon doing evil recently and we planned to get rid of it. We also happened to see you beating the drum to complain, so we wanted to ask you for clues about the demon."
The woman's eyes lit up.
She understood that the government was powerless, otherwise the evildoer would have been eliminated long ago. How could they allow the girl from a citizen's family in Jinshui Town to disappear?
The people in front of him looked very imposing and had sharp weapons, so they must have some skills.
So she hurriedly led everyone to her home, a dilapidated house with a courtyard.
Just as the group was about to enter the yard, a middle-aged woman came out of the next door and poured water for them.
She knew the woman and saw her bringing a few strangers home, so she came over to ask out of curiosity.
The two exchanged a few brief words, and the middle-aged woman learned that the six people were "chivalrous heroes" and immediately excitedly pulled everyone into her home.
Ye Ming couldn't refuse, so he told the woman to go back first and he would come back later, then followed the middle-aged woman to the living room of her house and sat down.
After some conversation, they understood the situation.
The middle-aged woman has a daughter who is 28 years old, the same age as the daughter of the woman next door, and they are classmates and childhood friends.
This morning she learned that the woman's daughter had disappeared for no apparent reason and was frightened to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat.
My own daughter is even more beautiful than him. If her daughter is missing, it means that the evil spirit has set his eyes on her. How can my own daughter not suffer?
After watching the government's massive arrest operation, the girl from the small town still kept getting lost. Like the woman, she also knew that the government was unreliable.
She was just worrying about what to do, but she didn't expect a hero to come to her door.
Your daughter is gone anyway, it doesn't matter if it's late, I'm still here, there's still room for saving her.
The middle-aged woman thought about this and hurriedly dragged the six people to her home.
Ye Ming was aware of her plan. Although he didn't like it, he also understood that it was the fact.
The woman's daughter went missing for one night. Based on the frequency of young women going missing one a day, it is likely that someone has met with an accident.
In this case, it is natural to give priority to girls who have not yet been harmed.
Ye Ming frowned and interrupted the middle-aged woman's chatter: "Where is your daughter?"
"Backyard, right in the backyard!"
She hurriedly got up and went to the backyard, and when she returned, she was followed by a timid girl who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.
In this short time, Ye Ming had already formulated a plan: "It's not okay for us to stay here. There are mountains in front of and behind the house. The evildoers are hiding and it's hard to find them. You take the people and go to the inn in the center of the town with us."
"Okay, okay, I'll go pack my clothes."
Ye Ming took advantage of this break and went to the woman's house next door with the five people and asked some detailed questions.
After asking almost all the questions he wanted to ask, he stood up and prepared to leave, feeling a little confused: it's been half an hour and he still hasn't packed his luggage?
"boom--"
The gate of the courtyard was kicked open from the outside, and the middle-aged woman and a large number of soldiers and officers entered one after another.
She held the leading soldier's arm with one hand and pointed at Ye Ming and the others with the other hand, crying, "It was them. They took one look at my daughter and she's gone!"
Chapter 294: Imprisonment, preparations for practical classes and magical creatures classes
The government prison in Jinshui Town.
It was a fairly spacious cell, with three stone walls, a wooden fence, and a floor covered with straw. There were no candles lit, only a few bowl-sized windows that let in moonlight.
Luo Xiling squatted in the corner, her chin supported by her hands, her face dull.
No, no, no?
I am an immortal who has come down to earth. I should be majestic and respected by people wherever I go. What's the big deal about ending up in jail suddenly?
"Snapped--"
She slapped the wall in anger and stood up suddenly: "Brother Ye, let's fight our way out!"
Ye Ming sat on the earthen bed built against the wall, flipping through a manual.
Hearing her words, he raised his head and asked curiously: "How do we get out?"
Luo Xiling's blood boiled: "Although Yue Mingjian was confiscated by them, it was not far away. I can sense the spiritual fluctuations of the sword spirit. I only need one sword technique to...
By the way, Brother Ye, why did you hint to us not to do anything in the yard? "
As she was talking, she suddenly remembered that when the middle-aged woman led the officers into the courtyard to arrest her and others, Ye Ming used his eyes to stop their resistance, and she couldn't help feeling confused.
Noticing something unusual, Luo Xiling's brain started working rapidly and she immediately discovered more tricks.
"Also." She looked at the manual Ye Ming was holding and the backpack on the bed, "Why didn't they take your bag?"
"That." Ye Ming turned his head and looked at the backpack. "I asked the leader to keep it for me. He saw that it contained some daily necessities and books, so he agreed."
"So simple?"
"if not?"