"Who is that woman? Have you seen her before?"
In a courtyard deep in the alley of Horse Washing Bridge, Lu Chen and Old Ma sat in the courtyard and drank together. After drinking a cup of wine, Lu Chen asked Old Ma.
Old Ma shook his head and said, "I have never seen that woman, so I really don't know where she came from." As he spoke, he paused and pondered for a moment before continuing, "For the first ten years, you and I lived in Qingshuitang Village. In recent years, after you escaped to the South to the Land of Chaos, I only helped out with some trivial matters. In the end, I moved to Qingshuitang Village. Hence, apart from knowing a little about the Floating Clouds Agency, I basically know nothing about the other Halls in the Immortal Alliance."
Lu Chen nodded. It seemed like he knew what Old Ma was talking about. After thinking for a moment, he said, "That woman claimed to be from Zhenxianmeng, but I don't think she's from Fuyunji. Otherwise, there would be news from that damn baldy and Xue Ying. How about this, when you have time, go and find out if there's a woman called Song Wenji in the Immortal Alliance. Find out where she came from. "
Old Ma said, "No problem, leave it to me."
Lu Chen smiled and reached for the wine pot. He started pouring wine into Old Ma's and his own cups.
…
The next morning, Lu Chen and Old Ma woke up early. After tidying up, as usual, Lu Chen threw a large piece of demon beast meat to Atsu and sent the black dog away.
These few days, Atsu lived like a deity. Every day, it either ate or slept. Apart from the fact that it couldn't drink, it was really a drunken life.
After sending Atsu away, Lu Chen and Old Ma walked out together. Old Ma said to Lu Chen, "Today, I will go to Fuyunji to find Hall Leader Xue Ying and tell her about the recent events. I will also ask about the woman from yesterday."
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, go. But I'm afraid you won't get an answer soon. Don't rush back today. Do your work there."
Old Ma looked at him and said, "What about you? Where do you plan to go today? Are you going to find the next person on the list? "
Lu Chen hesitated and shook his head, "No, I will stop for today. I feel that this matter is a bit strange. There seems to be something I don't understand. I need to think more about it. " After a pause, he said to Old Ma, "Today, I will find a chance to go to the butcher shop from yesterday to see if there is anything else I missed. That Rui Xiaotian's identity must be strange. Maybe that woman called Song Wenji knows something? "
Old Ma nodded and said, "That's good. Be careful." After saying that, he left.
Lu Chen watched Old Ma's back disappear into the busy street under the Horse Washing Bridge. After staring for a long time, he turned a corner and walked on another road.
Of course, the butcher shop from yesterday did not open for business today. This also made the ladies in the neighborhood, who usually liked to buy meat here, very disappointed. Before Lu Chen came, he was a little worried that these people might go to the butcher shop to see what was going on. If they did, the situation inside would inevitably be exposed.
In the lightning fast battle yesterday, the mysterious butcher Rui Xiaotian suddenly triggered some traps, causing chaos and taking the opportunity to escape. Then, Lu Chen and Song Wenji couldn't catch up, and each had their own concerns, so they left one after another. However, those traps were set in the house. In fact, from the outside, at least there was nothing wrong with the butcher shop. This was what Lu Chen was worried about when he came over.
However, to his surprise, although the butcher shop was closed, it did not attract the attention of anyone, including the ladies in the neighborhood who came here every day to buy meat or to look at its face. Some of them walked to the door of the butcher shop, and often stopped for a moment before turning around and walking away. They did not have any intention of knocking on the door to inquire. This also made Lu Chen feel a little surprised.
After a while, when no one went over, Lu Chen walked out from a hidden corner on the opposite street, and then pretended to be passing by, walking in front of the butcher shop.
In the next moment, he suddenly frowned, as he found that there was a note pasted on the door of the butcher shop, with a few lines written on it:
"The owner's mother is seriously ill, and had to return overnight to take care of her. Our shop will be temporarily closed for a month, please forgive us for any inconvenience caused."
The note was not particularly large, but it was still very conspicuous on the door. At the same time, the handwriting on it was neat and tidy, and it looked not bad. It was probably because of this note that the women who came over had to leave.
Lu Chen did not stop in front of the butcher shop, and even his eyes seemed to only glance at the note before walking over.
…
An hour later, Lu Chen had already jumped in from a hidden wall at the back of the house without anyone noticing.
The house was silent, and there was no movement at all. However, the messy debris scattered on the ground seemed to be telling the story of the sudden chaos yesterday. As for the original owner of the house, he was naturally nowhere to be found. Lu Chen stood in the small courtyard and thought about it, but he still could not find any clues from the magic power that Rui Xiaotian used when he escaped yesterday.
He turned around and saw the peach tree from yesterday. The blooming peach blossoms were swaying in the spring breeze, and it seemed like nothing had changed. Compared to the mess around it, this peach tree was probably the only thing that was still neat and beautiful.
Lu Chen stared at the blooming peach blossoms for a while, then walked over and entered Rui Xiaotian's bedroom.
He was no stranger to this room. In fact, he had already searched this place carefully the day before and found a secret passage. However, apart from that, he did not find anything valuable.
It seemed like he had more time today, so he searched more carefully than yesterday. However, as time passed, when he walked out of the bedroom again, what he found was exactly the same as the day before.
However, Lu Chen did not look depressed. Instead, he seemed to be thinking about something. After pondering for a moment, he muttered to himself, "It's actually so clean? Could it be that he's also a shadow … "
After standing at the door and thinking for a while, he walked towards the peach tree in the small courtyard. He had basically searched every place in this house, but Rui Xiaotian was so clean that he did not leave anything that could be used to trace his identity.
Lu Chen even felt that if he had not seen Rui Xiaotian selling meat here with his own eyes yesterday, he might not have believed that this person lived here.
However, there was one last place left.
There were two secret passages in this house, one in the bedroom and the other under the peach tree.
Song Wenji had been standing under this peach tree yesterday and did not leave. Lu Chen had always suspected that there was something strange about that place, so he had to search it thoroughly today.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, he had already walked under the peach tree. A breeze blew past and his clothes fluttered slightly. In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the season when peach blossoms were in full bloom in Qingshuitang Village.
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