Jiaohua

Chapter 422 There are traces to follow (one more)
Guo Haohao finished writing and sent it after Mo dried up.

Most of the written on the paper are shops, followed by restaurants, there are only two houses, and there is also a school, which is Qingshan Academy and Guoting.

Qingshan Academy has been destroyed, but they don't know how Guo Ting is now.

Xia Zhaoyi put away the paper to thank him, and prepared to leave.

"A Li!" Zhao Gong was a little unwilling, stepped forward holding the dog egg, and shouted.

Xia Zhaoyi turned around.

Zhao Gong suddenly handed the dog egg forward and brought it to her, Xia Zhaoyi took a step back subconsciously.

"Look, isn't it cute?" Zhao Gong laughed.

Goudan stuck out his tongue, looking at the heavy snow outside the door, with a face of not knowing what happened.

"...cute." Xia Zhaoyi said.

"Call me brother-in-law, and I can give you a dog egg."

Xia Zhaoyi frowned, and looked up at Zhao Gong.

Zhao Gong was born very handsome, with the white complexion of a nobleman, and his facial features inherited from Zheng Guogong's wife Jiang Shi, who was famous for her beauty when she was young.

If Zhao Gong could be a little calmer, instead of being so foolish and playful with a smiley face, he would definitely look good, not as stunning as Shen Yan and Shen Lie, but he was outstanding in the capital.

What Xia Zhaoyi can't see right now is what kind of person he is.

Through the hands of Qing Que Pavilion before, Xia Zhaoyi learned a lot about the military department of the Ministry of Households, including Zheng Beijun's.

Zheng Beijun is almost gone.

However, at the beginning of this year, there was an urgent need to suppress the bandits in the south of Lingnan and Jiannan, and they came to Beijing many times to plead for rescue. 300 people came out and followed Song Qingtang to the south.

You must know that among the remaining [-] Zheng Bei's troops, there are still a large number of seriously injured people, and being able to mobilize [-] elite soldiers is enough to describe it as generous.

Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand and lightly touched Goudan's head.

Plush, soft and warm.

"Dog," Xia Zhaoyi said, looking at the dog, "goodbye."

He said with a smile, lightly patted Goudan on the head, and said to Zhao Gong: "I owe you a favor today, and I will report it to you in the future, and leave."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

"Hey! It's better to hit the sun than choose the day!" Zhao Gong shouted from behind, "Just report today, just call me brother-in-law, let me have a good time!"

Seeing the girl disappearing into the night without looking back, Zhao Gong shook his head and sighed: "Really, elder brother won't let me be called, and I won't be called brother-in-law. Who are you?"

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The chaos on the street was even worse than a few days ago. Flames were burning in all directions. Some people were pale and huddled at the corner of the street, some people shouted in despair and anger, and there were serious and fierce passwords in the distance. So... The residents who came back from the Juyang City Gate hid in their homes and did not dare to come out. Some people gathered with their relatives and friends and sent people to take turns to investigate.There was a constant sound of horseshoes on the street, back and forth on the long street of the city gate, passing through the sparsely populated streets, some people gathered together, smashed shops and houses frantically, and scattered and fled after snatching items.

When Xia Zhaoyi came to Zuixian Tower, the first floor was also smashed to pieces. The gangsters who hadn't escaped in time were captured by the patrolling Beifu soldiers, and the blood in front of the door hadn't been buried by the heavy snow.

The lobby was dilapidated, the tables, chairs and benches that could not be taken away were smashed to pieces, the abacus shelf on the counter was broken, and beads rolled all over the floor.

Xia Zhaoyi went to the second floor, the lobby was cleaner than the downstairs, but on the way to the wing, she saw a large blood stain at a glance.

The blood was darker than that outside the door. Xia Zhaoyi searched all the way and found three corpses in a room.

Corpses decompose slowly in cold winter, and these three corpses have been dead for at least three days.

In the next room, she found another corpse, and when she brought it over, she was taken aback by the front, and said in a low voice, "Yuheng!"

He had also been dead for several days, with multiple wounds on his body, and a fatal stab wound to his neck.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't shake her hands for a long time, and after laying the body flat, she got up and ran to other rooms.

Searching one by one, on the second and third floors, there are a total of sixteen corpses, among which there are no familiar faces, only Yuheng.

In addition, she also found a study room, but most of it had been burned down, the remnants were a mahogany sword, a few spells, and some Daoist scriptures.

Returning to Yuheng, Xia Zhaoyi groped for him. There was only two or three pieces of money and a close-fitting jade pendant. Two characters, on the smooth reverse side, were crookedly engraved with two words: Jiuge.

"I don't have the time and strength to bury you right now, wait for me to come back." Xia Zhaoyi said lightly, and put the jade pendant back.

Leaving Zuixianlou, she went to Huiping's pawnshop again. There was also no one in the pawnshop, and the unmanned pawnshop had long been listed as the first target to be smashed, and it is now a mess.

However, cleanliness can be seen in the mess. This cleanliness means that there is nothing but broken wood among the smashed tables, chairs and benches.

The morning light gradually came out from the east, and the cold wind blew the snow. Xia Zhaoyi turned and left, and ran into the "registered villains" who were personally selected by Zhu Xian and temporarily led the team and even served as captains.

The "thugs" helped the Beifu soldiers organize the militia overnight, and at the same time maintained order on the street, arresting the gangsters who were smashing up and down one by one.

Xia Zhaoyi stood at the corner of the street and watched them leave, tightening the burden on his back.

Heavy snow was coming, she raised her head, the sky was full of stars, and the cold wind was howling.

If you continue to search, you may still not gain anything.

Qiluyuan is empty, Huiping's pawn shop is empty, and there are so many dead bodies upstairs in Zuixianlou, including Yuheng who has been with the second brother since he was a child.

Among them, the vacant Qilu Courtyard and the attic belonging to the second brother are not vacant.

There is no empty Zuixian Tower, and the appearance of the study seems to have been temporarily burned down, but it has not been completely burned down.

If we say that in this world, what is more terrifying than a powerful enemy?
It's infighting.

Therefore, there is no need to go to the next few places. Since they guard Zheng Guogong's mansion, there should be no one who can write down the address of Zheng Guogong's mansion.

Although Mr. Guo said that they might have gone out of the city, but the capital is so big and there are 26 gates, not counting waterways or mountain roads, and it is impossible to determine which one it is.

Xia Zhaoyi took out six copper coins, and she didn't even dare to gamble on her luck, lest her second brother might be in danger now and she wouldn't be able to get there in time.

"Gambling?" Xia Zhaoyi looked at the copper plate and said softly.

She held the coin with her palm facing down, and when she was about to let go of her fingers, she suddenly stopped.

A few days before the incident, when passing by Qiluyuan, the books in the hall of Qiluyuan were still there.

If you want to move all the books in the entire book store in such a short period of time, it is impossible for there to be no movement.

However, it really didn't.

Likewise, the Huiping pawn shop here is also empty.

"Dark room," Xia Zhaoyi said softly, "or secret passage?"

She turned her head and looked towards the pawnshop behind her.

(End of this chapter)