Lights on the other side

In an inn in Xiaoqingzhou, Li Ruoci had already reported the matter to Buluotian who was closest to Xiaoqingzhou.

He sat on the bed in the room, looking at the sky outside, it was already bright.Although the city is bleak, it is still much better than the remote towns.

Jiang Huai came over and brought him a pot of tea: "Maybe it doesn't taste good, but my craftsmanship is just like that."

"Thank you, by the way, is Miss Li awake?"

"Not yet, I don't know why, I have been crying all the time, my senior sister is not like this usually, it's really unlucky, so many people died, and the senior brother can't be found."

Li Ruoci smiled at him, wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say, so he poured himself a cup of tea.

After waiting for a while, he heard footsteps coming up the stairs.

Jiang Huai was the first to run out: "Brother!"

Sheng Wuxia forced a smile and said, "Xiao Huai."

Jiang Huai quickly supported him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." Sheng Wuxia patted Jiang Huai's head, and walked into a side room weakly.

This kind of weakness is not physical, but facial expression. There is a deep sense of powerlessness in his brows.

Jiang Huai immediately cast a questioning look at Pei Shi, who shook his head and said softly: "He didn't say anything, that's how it was when we met him on the street."

Li Ruoci thought: "On the street? Something must have happened to me before then."

Pei Shi sighed, and said, "Let's not talk about that for now, what about the other side in three days?"

Li Ruoci poured a glass of water for Pei Shi, leaned on the table, and said, "Now there is a shortage of manpower in Buluotian. People have to draw from all states, and it will take some time."

Pei Shi looked up: "How much time?"

"At least three or four days, as many as ten days."

Pei Shi pursed his lips: "It's not safe inside and outside now..."

"Buluotian also said that we should investigate this matter first. More than 30 people have died. It doesn't mean that people who come next time won't... But what I'm thinking is, what about Lizhou?"

"Let's settle the matter at hand first. Little Qingzhou is so close to Lizhou, it's hard to let it go."

While talking, the shop waiter poked his head out of the door and asked in a low voice: "Guest officers, do you want lunch?"

"Lunch? No need...uh...what do you want?" Pei Shi turned his head and asked Li Ruoci and Jiang Huai again.

Jiang Huai shook his head with an uneasy expression.

Li Ruoci also said that he didn't need it. He looked at Pei Shi's bloodless lips, knowing that he hadn't had a good rest recently, so he said, "You go to sleep first, and I will take charge of the investigation first."

Pei Shi nodded slightly, then casually fell on the bed beside him, and closed his eyes wearily.

Li Ruoci said: "Young Master Jiang, you also go to see your senior sister first."

Jiang Huai obediently walked out, Li Ruoci also took the folding fan, and walked out. There were a few people walking sparsely on the street. He came to the street where Tongyi Pavilion was located, and called Cen Jiu in the dark.

He said to Cen Jiu: "You have been following me in the dark, but I think you did not enter the Tongyi Pavilion, but should have been watching from a high place, so have you seen a black-clothed boy come out of the Tongyi Pavilion? Go out? Where did you go after going out?"

"Third Young Master, did you mean Sheng Wuxia?"

"Yes."

"He did come out shortly after he entered. He walked straight on from this street. As for where he went after that, his subordinates don't know."

"check."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute." Li Ruoci called to stop Cen Jiu who was about to leave.

"Third Young Master, what else is there?"

"Call a few more people."

After giving all these instructions, Li Ruoci picked the highest restaurant and went up, where you can see the whole picture of Little Qingzhou.

Xiaoqingzhou is high in the east and low in the west, with a hillside to the east and an endless plain to the west.The reason why Xiaoqingzhou is called Xiaoqingzhou is because when viewed from a high place, the surrounding area of ​​Xiaoqingzhou is green. It may be because it is located in the southerly area, and the grass on the hillside is green all year round. , people like to grow rice, and when it comes to summer, the eyes are full of green.

Not long after, Cen Jiu came back to report, and he handed Li Ruoci a map, on which Sheng Wuxia's route was traced with a black pen.

"My lord, what was interrupted here is that I really can't figure it out. At that time, there were few people on the street, and there were even no one in some places."

Li Ruoci waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, you can go down first."

"Yes."

Li Ruoci looked out, referring to the map, and roughly browsed the places Sheng Wuxia had walked through. In the end, his destination was an elegant small attic in the center of the city.

Li Ruoci turned sideways and asked the little girl next to her, "Where... what is it?"

Xiao Er took a look and said, "Yo, there, it should be a piano pavilion."

"Oh?"

"It's not very famous, but the most famous one is in the east of the city..."

Before Xiao Er could finish speaking, Li Ruoci got up and went downstairs, and went directly to Qin Pavilion.

After knocking on the door, a little boy opened the door. He respectfully said: "Mr. is not here, so please visit me another day."

Li Ruoci looked at the Qin Pavilion in front of him, and there seemed to be nothing unusual. He closed his eyes and said, "Excuse me."

When he returned to the inn, it was almost noon, and he found some oranges on the table.Pei Shi had already woken up, fetched a basin of water and washed his face.

Li Ruoci asked: "Did you get this orange?"

"Jianghuai brought it."

Li Ruoci picked one up casually, peeled off the skin, and put it down again as there was nothing inside.

"You don't eat?"

Li Ruoci shook his head.

Pei Shi came over, broke off half of it and put it in his mouth. After a while, he frowned and protruded a word, saying: "Sour."

Seeing his expression, Li Ruoci couldn't help laughing: "Don't eat sour."

He reached out to take back the orange, but the moment he touched Pei Shi's finger, the other party suddenly withdrew his hand.

Li Ruoci raised his head and said, "Are you okay?"

He was actually about the same height as Pei Shi, and the two of them were so close that he could now look directly into each other's eyes and hear the other's shallow breathing.

Li Ruoci remained calm for a few seconds, but Pei Shi's face finally showed an unnatural expression.

"I...it's fine, I'll go out and have a look." He was about to leave when Jiang Huai suddenly appeared and blocked the door.

"Senior Sister is awake."

Li Ruoci immediately turned around and asked, "Is she okay now?"

"It's pretty good. I can run and jump. By the way, Pei Shi, why are you going?"

Pei Shi didn't answer, but just tidied up his messy expression.

Li Ruoci had no choice but to ask Jiang Huai again: "Where did you get these oranges? Are there any in the whole city for sale?"

"I didn't buy it. Someone gave it to me. I asked the waiter to bring it up. But I don't like this kind of orange very much. The skin is green, but Brother Wuxia likes it."

"Who sent that?"

"A man in Tsing Yi, who claims to be a luthier, seems quite friendly. He said he knows the senior brother, and the senior brother admitted it, so there shouldn't be any problem."

"The pianist?"

Pei Shi turned around: "What? Is there a problem?"

Li Ruoci explained the ins and outs.

Pei Shi deduced: "So, Wuxia went to see this person that day, so he should also be the one who wrote the letter and signed the letter to the old man in Qingzhou."

Li Ruoci hesitated and said, "Then the one who killed him might also be him?"

"I'm not sure." A trace of concern appeared in Pei Shi's eyes.

Li Ruoci knew why he had such an expression, all of this was more or less related to Sheng Wuxia, but Sheng Wuxia didn't explain anything so far, why?