LOL: I'm a bad prince in Demacia
Chapter 135 The telegram you dialed is not in the service area
Chapter 135 The number you dialed is not in the service area (two-in-one, [-] words)
After a moment.
Panting, Wei En stopped again. Although she was a little unbelievable before, she found out at this moment.
It seems that I really can't even touch this guy.
Lu Qi stood not far away, looked at Wei En, who was expressionless but with sweat on his forehead, and showed a contemptuous look: "That's it?"
Although there were only two words that were light and fluffy, when they fell into Wei En's ears, she instantly felt a great sense of humiliation.
Regardless of the little physical strength left, she gritted her silver teeth and rushed forward again, but she no longer had the calmness she had before, and her punches were also chaotic.
The punch was missed, and she stared at Lu Qi with somewhat dissatisfied eyes: "If you have the ability, don't hide anymore, fight me."
Lu Qi wanted to laugh when he heard the words: "You can't even touch me, where do you have the confidence to think that you can beat me?"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Wei En snorted coldly and stepped forward again.
Seeing this, Frey, who was sitting in the back watching the battle, couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth.
When I met Wei En for the first time, she was a little girl of sixteen or seventeen.
However, at that time, she was already unsmiling, showing a mentality and character that far surpassed her peers at this age.
During this journey, she has never had too many psychological fluctuations. The face that should have been filled with the smile of a young girl is often as cold as ice, which makes people feel that it is not easy to get close to.
Even myself, sometimes I don't know how to start a conversation with her.
Now, she has lost her sense of proportion in front of His Highness again and again, showing emotional ups and downs that are visible to the naked eye.
Even though he was angry most of the time, Frey thought it was a good thing.
This proves that this girl's heart is not dead yet.
Moreover, with the growth of Wei En's strength, her mentality has been a little fluttering recently.
Letting His Highness of the same age teach her a lesson will also allow her to see herself clearly.
"Do you want me to give you a hand?"
At this time, seeing Wei En rushing up, Lu Qi did as she said, no longer dodging, but chose to parry.
While speaking, he raised a hand and easily blocked the coming fist.
"Need not!"
A hint of anger rose in Wei En's eyes, and she attacked with all her strength without mercy.
However, after dozens of strokes, she felt something was wrong again.
Although Lu Qi didn't dodge any more, he just parried, but it was this parry that made Wei En feel very uncomfortable and aggrieved.
No matter how he attacks, this guy seems to have predicted it in advance and acted first.
This made Wei En feel like she was being seen through!
And this guy's eyes are obviously not serious yet, but his physical strength is about to bottom out.
Before the other party even made a move, she was almost exhausted, which made Wei En's proud mentality on the verge of collapse.
But the more this happened, the more she refused to accept it.
Even though she knew that she was at the end of her strength, she still swept out a side whip leg with all her strength.
However, she didn't notice that she stepped on a stone with her left foot. With the strength of her right leg, her left foot slipped suddenly, and the feeling of twisting pain came instantly.
The whole body, also because of losing its center of gravity, quickly fell towards the ground.
This unexpected situation caught Wei En by surprise.
Before she could react, she felt that she had fallen into an embrace, with a big hand resting on her waist, and there was a warm feeling, which made Wei En a little distracted.
In a blink of an eye, she saw Lu Qi's slightly mocking eyes, his expression seemed to want to laugh.
"To be honest, it's the first time I've seen someone who can wrestle in place."
This sentence immediately dissipated all Wei En's feelings at the moment, and what was left was only the rising embarrassment!
All sanity was lost in an instant!
She struggled to get up, stared at Lu Qi, and attacked again without saying a word.
However, this time Lu Qi didn't just parry, he raised his hand to block the incoming fist, and grabbed her slender and tender wrist with his backhand.
Wayne gritted her teeth and swung out another fist.
However, just like sending a sheep to a tiger's mouth, the other hand was quickly grabbed by Lu Qi.
Then he pressed down calmly, and then made a slight turn with force.
Wei En's body suddenly turned around uncontrollably, with both hands behind her back, Lu Qi's big hand firmly grasped it, no matter how hard she struggled, it was useless.
The more you struggle, the worse the pain in your shoulders and arms.
At this time, she was basically helpless, and was captured by Lu Qi, completely helpless.
At this moment, Wei En's self-confidence collapsed.
She didn't expect that the gap between herself and Lu Qi was so big.
The opponent only made two shots from the beginning to the end, and she was caught by the backhand, unable to move, and she was at the mercy of others.
If this were a real battle, her fate would not be much better.
At this time, Wei En suddenly let go of her hand, and Wei En found herself let go by Lu Qi.
This time, she didn't turn around and challenge in spite of herself, but walked towards Frey with no expression on her face, and then said in a low voice, "Master, I lost."
Seeing that she was depressed, Frey really wanted to hug her and comfort her softly, but she didn't do so, she just said sternly: "This shows that your hard work is not enough, and your performance this time also makes me very happy." Disappointment, in a fight, never lose your cool."
Wei En lowered her head and said nothing.
Frey said again: "Go and rest, and later practice the melee technique I taught you ten times."
There is no doubt that she is a strict teacher.
Otherwise, Wei En would not have become stronger so quickly in such a short period of time.
In the process of training Vayne, Frey has never been soft-hearted.
If he had to face a strong enemy in the future, then Frey knew that he could never spoil her.
As for whether this will hit Wei En's mentality.
Frey was sure, no.
Starting from the Freljord, she has watched Vayne grow from a powerless girl to a real warrior, and she still has a long way to go in the future.
But in every battle with Wei En, no matter how much she was injured, no matter what kind of failure she experienced, she stood up strong.
You can beat her in skill, but you can never destroy her in will.
Today, the gap seen in Lu Qi will only make Wei En more eager to become stronger.
This is a rare advantage that Frey found in Vayne.
However, it seems that because of this, Wei En is gradually becoming more and more cold and ruthless from a girl.
"Yes, Master."
Wei En responded at this moment, walked to the side, sat down and began to rest and recover her strength.
She watched Lu Qi approaching, and said with a cold expression: "Now you can humiliate me as you like."
She shattered her pride and rediscovered her own weakness.
Now she is no different from the girl who went to the Freljord to gain power.
As a loser, no matter how Lu Qi humiliates her, she will have no objections.
Thinking about it, if this guy said it, he would laugh at her wantonly.
Wayne has already made preparations for this.
However, Lu Qi put away his previous contemptuous eyes, and sat down beside him: "Does your foot not hurt?"
Wei En's expression suddenly paused, but she didn't turn her head. She looked ahead a little stiffly, and said coldly, "It has nothing to do with you."
As she said that, she pulled her left foot back a little, as if trying to hide it.
Frey also noticed the strangeness, stood up and asked, "What happened to your feet?"
Seeing the approaching master, Wei En knew that she couldn't hide it, and unconsciously lowered her voice: "Twist it a little, it's fine."
In the past training battles with Master, she would also be injured and sprain her foot. At that time, Frey would help her deal with the wound.
However, today she didn't want to tell about her sprained foot.
Because, even for Wei En, it was a bit too shameful to attack someone but sprain her own foot instead.
So even though every step hurts, she still doesn't show it.
But I didn't expect to be discovered by Lu Qi.
This guy. Why did he notice?
At this time, Frey had already walked in front of him, squatted down, lifted up Wei En's calf, lifted up the trousers there slightly, and frowned immediately: "You are going to wear this next time, to complete what I told you training?"
I saw a bruise on Wei En's white ankle, which hurts just looking at it.
If Lu Qi didn't say anything, then Wei En would have to endure the sprain and complete the ten additional exercises she said.
How much does this hurt her?
And, with this girl's temperament, she would really do this.
Seeming to sense that Master was about to get angry again, Wei En hurriedly said, "I've had a sprain before, so I think it's fine."
With a frosty face, Frey reprimanded: "Have you forgotten what I told you? Never take your body seriously, you really let me down, Wayne."
For the so-called revenge, this child has never cherished his body, and practiced secretly despite his injuries not once or twice.
Of course, this made her stronger, but the damage caused by some pain to her body was permanent.
For this reason, Frey made a special rule, never allowing this to happen again.
But Wayne still did it today.
Wei En lowered her head, ready to be scolded by her master.
Compared to Lu Qi's humiliation, she actually didn't want to be scolded by Frey.
However, Frey didn't continue to reprimand her this time, but took off Wei En's left shoe, and then took off the sock, revealing a delicate jade foot.
The shape of this little foot is very good. The five fingers are naturally slightly gathered together, and the shape is like a lotus tip.
It's just that there is a black bruise spreading out at the place where the ankle is connected, which shows that the sprain is not serious this time.
"You really don't know what to say."
Frey sighed.
Noticing that Lu Qi was also looking over, Wei En felt ashamed for no reason.
"I'm going to get the medicine."
Lu Qi just glanced at it lightly, then stood up and walked towards the house.
After a while, he returned from the house with a small medicine bottle in his hand, and handed it to Frey.
"Thank you Your Highness."
With gratitude in his eyes, Frey took the medicine bottle, opened it gently, and immediately smelled a strong scent of medicine.
Even Wayne smelled it.
Frey carefully poured out a little, and said, "This medicine is very precious, right?"
Lu Qi casually said: "It's okay."
Anyway, there is definitely no such thing on the market.
"We have caused you trouble."
Frey said apologetically, not daring to waste it, and applied the ointment to the bruise on Wei En's left foot little by little.
During the process of smearing, Wei En felt a pain, and tried not to make a sound.
"It's not too much trouble, but you'd better tell her to be careful in the future, after all, it's very rare for you to kick someone and hurt yourself."
After all, Lu Qi laughed, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Wei En gritted her teeth, raised her head to take a look, then retracted her gaze from this guy, and looked forward, surprisingly not feeling angry.
But in her heart, she still swore silently that one day, sooner or later, she would return all of today's humiliation!
In front of her eyes, Frey was carefully and gently applying the ointment for her, and a cool feeling came from the sprained left foot.
Seeing Master's face, Wei En's icy heart felt warm.
Not long after, Lu Qi prepared breakfast.
During the meal, we occasionally chatted a few words.
Lu Qi asked curiously, "What do you want to do here in Edessa?"
Although he has a certain understanding of Wei En and Frey's master and apprentice, the information he knows is not much.
At this moment, I am still a little curious about the itinerary of the two.
Wei En was gagged by the delicious breakfast, so she didn't say a word to Lu Qi, and ate quietly.
"I'm telling you the truth." Frey hesitated for a moment after hearing the words, but still chose to tell the truth, "We are hunting a demon."
Seeing Lu Qi's interested eyes, she continued to speak.
"During the previous journey, we learned about the clues of the demon from a tavern, and we followed it all the way to this point."
Now that Lu Qi knows the identities of himself and Wayne Demon Hunter, there is no need to hide the purpose.
When this demon was mentioned, Wei En, who was concentrating on cooking, still paused for a moment, a flash of hatred flashed in his eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.
In the past two years, she has learned to hide this hatred deep down.
Lu Qi heard the words and said, "Then am I wasting your time?"
Frey shook his head immediately: "Of course not, without you, Vayne's poisonous wounds may not be healed. Moreover, it has been almost three months since we got the clues, and I came here just to confirm the clues true and false."
According to the ballad in the tavern, the valley where the devil is located has to go further west from the town of Edessa.
Now that three months have passed, I don't care about these few days.
"Are there demons in Demacia?"
At this moment, Lu Qi seemed to sigh with emotion, and looked up at the blue sky.
There are many places in this country where there are forbidden stone forests, so it stands to reason that all dark forces should be driven out.
Many people also believe that Demacia is very safe.
At least, from the outside, the country has been at peace for a long time.
But in fact, Lu Qi knows that this land is full of dangers.
Creatures like demons lurking in the dark are almost free, so they like to come to Debon for a walk. This place is like a sweet bun to them.
There is even a nightmare-level boss, who is hiding in a corner at the moment.
Even the current Lu Qi can only pray that he will not encounter it.
After having breakfast.
Wei En found that her sprain had healed. She stood up and walked a few steps, but found that she couldn't feel any pain.
I opened the trouser legs, and when I looked again, there were only pure white ankles, not a single bruise.
This made Frey, who also discovered this scene, realize that the ointment just now may not be as simple as being precious.
In less than a breakfast, the swelling in a sprained eye can be completely healed.
If this medicine appeared on the market, it would probably be snatched up in an instant.
This ointment must be a rare item in the royal family.
Thinking about it this way, Frey felt a little more indebted.
It's just that she doesn't know.
To Lu Qi, this ointment is just average, let alone rare.
Tomorrow the same ointment could fill the storeroom at home if he wanted to.
Seeing that the sprain on her foot had healed at this time, Wei En began to practice the close-body technique ten times.
Lu Qi was lying on the rocking chair. The air was not particularly hot in the morning, but there was no wind at all.
So he found a round fan, and fanned it once and for all, feeling the cool wind blowing on his face.
The extra-trained Wei En glanced sideways, thinking that this guy looked like a landowner.
How can there be a person who continues to lie down after eating early in the morning?
Why did this guy write the word "bad" on his face, and he couldn't beat him?
Wei En was very unconvinced in her heart, thinking about the extra exercises, she tried a little harder.
And when Lu Qi felt a little sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep.
There was a sound of footsteps outside, a cry from the sky, and then a bright blue figure flew into the courtyard.
Wei En and Frey saw this blue rock falcon yesterday, so they were not vigilant.
Not long after, Hua Luo flew down and landed on the rocking chair, showing a little intimacy to Lu Qi.
Then, a person also slowly walked in at the gate of the courtyard, it was Quinn.
She came to Lu Qi and saluted: "Your Highness, good morning."
"Good morning."
Lu Qi returned the salute, seeing that Quinn didn't seem to be simply asking, so he asked, "Did something happen?"
Quinn nodded and said: "It was reported in the morning that a contestant in the academy was confirmed dead yesterday, and the accompanying rangers were not spared either."
When Lu Qi heard the words, he listened a little more seriously, and sat up from the chair.
Such things as dead people happen every day, and he is not surprised.
Most of the contestants in the Royal Academy are descendants of nobles, and they must have been prepared for accidents before they came to participate in the hunt.
Even he, as the prince of a country, would die in vain if he encountered an unsolvable danger during the hunt.
However, even the accompanying rangers failed to survive this wave. Obviously, the monsters they encountered were very powerful.
Quinn had a serious expression: "According to the investigation of the Rangers, they were killed by a one-horned tiger. The battle lasted less than a minute."
One-horned spotted tiger, a monster that likes to live alone, has a violent personality and strong aggressiveness.
However, it likes to stay in sparsely populated places and will not go to crowded places.
Now is the peak season for hunting, and there are a lot of people in the forest, so the one-horned spotted tiger should not appear.
Here lies the problem.
Lu Qi thought for a while and said, "Is it another example of Baiyan Grizzly?"
This doesn't seem to be a coincidence anymore.
The white rock grizzly that attacked them yesterday, the tattooed two-tailed snake that attacked Wei En's master and apprentice, and the one-horned spotted tiger that attacked the contestant.
These three incidents all have one characteristic, that is, they do not match the normal situation.
For example, the white rock grizzly, which should have appeared in rocky areas, but instead ran into the jungle.
The tattooed two-tailed snake likes to be in places with few trees, and is not very aggressive towards people, but it attacked Wei En.
There is also the one-horned spotted tiger just now, who likes to stay in sparsely populated places, but appeared in the hunting season area.
If this kind of incident only happened once or twice, it would be understandable.
But on the same day, there were at least three instances of the same thing happening, so it's not as simple as a coincidence.
"Yes." Quinn nodded and said, "And it's not just us who were attacked by the same incident. Many people who went hunting have encountered this situation."
Lu Qi nodded and asked, "What's the result of the investigation?"
"It's still being confirmed."
Quinn replied, "I'm here to inform you that the hunting competition of the academy is temporarily suspended, and if you have nothing to do, it's best not to go to the hunting area."
"I see."
Lu Qi nodded again, and immediately asked a few questions.
After confirming that the suspension of the game would not have any impact on his score and ranking, he was relieved.
After reporting to Lu Qi, Quinn bowed slightly and said, "Next, I will go to investigate the cause with the troops, so I will take my leave first, Your Highness."
Lu Qi looked at her and smiled, "Be careful of your own safety."
Feeling his concern, a warm current flashed in Quinn's heart, and he nodded seriously: "Yes."
Without staying long, Quinn left soon.
Lu Qi continued to lie down, fanning himself with a fan, but this time he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Suddenly, the task that the old woman gave came to mind.
It seems to be going to a place called Keer Village to investigate and investigate.
Now that I have thought of it, there is no need to procrastinate, just go and have a look.
Anyway, there is nothing to do next.
After making a decision, Lu Qi got up from the chair, turned around and said, "Everyone, get ready and go out later."
When Frey and Wayne heard what Lu Qi said, they didn't ask much, and started to pack up. They had a lot of equipment to tidy up.
As for Urna, she still had to do what she should do, as if she had nothing to prepare for.
Lu Qi changed into an easy-to-move outfit, and went out with Wei En and the others.
Keer Village is located 6000 miles south of Edessa City, and the distance is about [-] meters.
It wasn't too far away, but Lu Qi, who was too lazy to go, planned to go all the way in a carriage.
But after a little understanding, I gave up this idea and switched to walking instead.
After leaving the city, there is a mountain road to the south. If you want to take a horse-drawn carriage on this kind of road, the wheels of the carriage will break you along the way.
The place where horses want to detour when they see it, has barely become a "road" after hundreds of years of people's footsteps.
On the road.
Wei En asked aloud, "Where are you going?"
Lu Qi yawned, and casually replied, "Ke'er Village."
Wei En asked again: "What are you doing there?"
Lu Qi said: "An old woman asked me to investigate and find out what happened in that village."
Wei En asked one more question: "Aren't you the prince? The prince also has to go to work?"
Lu Qi found that she seemed to be talking more today than yesterday, and smiled at her: "I think so too, but that old woman obviously doesn't think so."
Seeing the smile in Lu Qi's eyes, Wei En also suddenly realized why she was asking this guy such a good thing.
Thinking of this, she nodded slightly with a cold pretty face, looked ahead and stopped talking.
When Lu Qi saw that she was starting to make a person again, he smiled and found it quite amusing.
Along the way, there are occasional small talk.
After walking for a full two hours, the sun shrouded the sky and gave off a slightly warm light. Only then did Lu Qi and the others see an artificially built path.
At a corner on the road, there is also a sign indicating the words of Keer Village.
Going straight in the direction indicated by the sign, you will see the entrance of Ke'er Village. There are two yawning soldiers standing lazily on both sides of the village entrance.
At first glance, the village is quite big, with high mountains all the way, and it looks like there are hundreds of families.
Lu Qi walked to the entrance of the village, and a soldier at the gate asked symbolically, "Who is it?"
"Lucci Lightshield."
Lu Qi reported his name, and at the same time showed the family emblem of Light Shield.
"Lucci Lightshield."
The soldier glanced at the badge, murmured Lu Qi's name, then swayed abruptly in the next second, stood upright and began to salute: "See Your Royal Highness!"
It can be said that he woke up in a second, and the soldier next to him also woke up in an instant when he heard it, and saluted seriously.
"See Your Royal Highness!"
A few families at the door heard the movement and poked their heads out curiously.
Lu Qi waved his hand casually at this moment: "Take me to see the village chief."
"You come with me."
The soldier didn't ask Lu Qi about the identities of the three people behind him. After speaking, he turned around and started leading the way.
"Is that the second His Royal Highness?"
"It's really as rumored, and she looks so good-looking."
"Why did he come to our village?"
"do not know"
"Are you here to investigate the disappearance of Chiz and the others?"
The villagers of Ke'er Village obviously haven't seen what the prince looks like, and even a big man like Lu Qi rarely comes to this village.
So there are heated discussions.
At this time, with people's comments, more people were attracted.
They followed carefully on both sides, looking at Lu Qiru's rumored handsome and extraordinary face, but no one dared to come forward to speak.
There is that natural sense of distance to big shots in his eyes.
Lu Qi showed them a gentle smile and waved casually.
People immediately felt as if they were bathed in a spring breeze, and a lot of good feelings for His Royal Highness surged up in their hearts, and the discussions became a little excited.
Wei En glanced at the guy next to him, and snorted inwardly.
This guy is quite good at showing off his appearance.
If these villagers know that this guy is a real bitch in private, they don't know what they will think.
At this time, a thin middle-aged man hurriedly ran from a distance, with brown hair parted in the middle, and stopped in front of Lu Qi, wiping his sweat while saluting respectfully: "See Your Royal Highness, I am Keercuncun Long, Andy."
"Exemption."
Lu Qi said casually.
"I have already received the news that you are coming, please come with me."
Ander was not surprised by Lu Qi's arrival, and said while standing up.
Lu Qi followed him ahead.
Seeing the noisy crowd around, An De waved away vigorously and said, "If there is anything interesting, go home and don't disturb Your Highness!"
As soon as the words fell, the surrounding residents scattered and all ran away.
The soldiers also returned to the village entrance.
Only Ander took Lu Qi to the village chief's office, which was his home.
"The family is a little small, you are surprised."
Ander brought Lu Qi into the house, moved some wooden chairs with backrests, and said awkwardly.
It's not a rich village itself, and Lu Qi didn't have any objections, he just sat on the chair casually: "I just heard from people in the village that someone is missing?"
His hearing is still good, even in the noisy environment just now, he still caught the words of someone missing.
And it seems that there are quite a few missing people.
Obviously, if nothing unexpected happens, this is what he came to investigate this time.
Ande was pouring tea for Lu Qi, when he heard this he sighed and said, "Yes, three people have disappeared from our village."
"One's called Keez, one's called Shar, and one's called Bede."
"The first one to go missing is Chiz. It has been almost 20 days. He is an alcoholic in our village. He sometimes goes to Edessa City to do part-time jobs to earn some food and drink money. He often does not come back for a day or two. .”
"He also went to Chengli early in the morning drunk, until a week later, we found out that he hadn't returned for a long time."
An De steeped the tea leaves in the teapot and added hot water to it while talking.
As the hot air flowed up, he continued: "Kiz has a mistress in the village, so he wanted to go to Edessa City to find her, but when he went to the place where he often works part-time, he couldn't find anyone at all. "
"At this time, we felt that something was wrong, so we reported the matter to the city government. They searched around the city, but they couldn't find anyone. In the end, we thought that maybe Qiz left the city on a night of drinking too much. It died in the mouth of some wild beast, and this matter was finally settled."
He found a few cups, put them on the table, and poured a cup for Lu Qi respectfully.
"However, it didn't take long for people to discover that Shar was also missing."
"Shar is a shoemaker. He would run back and forth between the city and the village all day, earning a little hard money. Sometimes he would return to the village very late, and sometimes he would not come back at all."
"Not long after Qizi disappeared, Shar's wife, Rappe, found out that her husband hadn't returned all night. She was immediately afraid of finding me. We thought about Qizi and immediately reported it to the government."
"However, I didn't expect that Shar really disappeared. He didn't spend the night in the long-stay tavern. No matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find anyone."
"Later, Bede disappeared. He disappeared ten days ago. Someone discovered that he disappeared suddenly. The people sent by the government did not find any results."
"Then the government reported the matter to Wangdu, and Wangdu sent you here. I didn't expect Wangdu to dispatch a big man like you. To be honest, I was a little flattered."
An De talked for a long time, dry his mouth and tongue. He poured a cup of tea for several people one by one, and gave the last cup to himself.
After finishing speaking, he picked up the cup and drank it without feeling too hot.
Lu Qi wasn't thirsty, and he didn't like the cheap tea either. He just asked, "Are there any other strange things happening in the village?"
After drinking the tea, An De thought for a while and said, "Strange thing? There shouldn't be any, only the three of them are missing."
"Did the villagers have nightmares? Did they hear any strange screams? Did any good lights suddenly go out? Or... saw a scarecrow?"
Lu Qi asked a few questions in a row, his eyes became serious.
Even Wayne and Frey felt a little more tension in his words.
I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, wondering why Lu Qi asked these questions.
But they just sat quietly and didn't ask much.
And Ander, facing Lu Qi's question, also seriously recalled it.
After a while, he shook his head: "No, no one has responded to what you said so far. Do you know any clues?"
"No, I'll just ask casually."
Lu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it was no wonder that he was so nervous, because he had just entered the village, and when he heard what Ande said about the inexplicable disappearance, he thought of something bad.
As long as one of the above problems is mentioned, he may turn around and leave without hesitation.
He didn't want to face the big boss as soon as he left Novice Village.
Looking at it now, it should not be.
An De seemed to observe Lu Qi's expression, and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, what can you do next? Our village will fully assist your investigation. Now everyone in the village is in panic, and even the village dare not Out."
If one or two people are missing, it can also be judged to be accidental.
But it is no accident that three people disappeared in a row within 20 days.
Obviously, there must be a reason why people are missing.
Lu Qi thought for a moment, got up and said, "Take me to the home of the missing person first."
People in the city have investigated the disappearance of someone, but they haven't found any clues, and Lu Qi probably won't find anything either.
He didn't know what the old woman had sent him for.
I just don't want him to be idle.
Nasty old woman.
"You come with me."
Andy stood up and walked ahead to lead the way.
The five people left the room and went outside. Ander led the way to the home of the first missing person, Qiz.
This alcoholic's house is not big, but it looks clean and empty, obviously someone has cleaned it specially.
"Didn't he leave anything behind?"
Lu Qi went into the house and looked around, but he didn't find Qiz's belongings.
Andrew said: "Chiz's daily life is not very rich, and all the money he earns is used to eat and buy wine. He has been missing for so many days, and he has probably encountered an accident, so we cleaned up his house. "
Lu Qi withdrew his gaze, turned and walked out: "Go to the next one."
Not long after, several people came to the home of the second missing person, Shar.
The door was closed, and Andy stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Lape, are you at home? His Royal Highness is here to investigate your husband's disappearance."
Not long after the voice fell, the door opened.
Behind the door stood a middle-aged woman with pale complexion, scrawled hair and mournful expression. Her eyes were red, as if she had cried not long ago.
"Please come in"
She stepped aside and welcomed everyone in.
Losing her husband seemed to have dealt a great blow to her. The house was in a mess and hadn't been taken care of for a long time.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I just don't know who to show to."
It seemed that he was worried about causing Lu Qi's dissatisfaction. While speaking apologetically, Lapp began to pack the chairs and give Lu Qi a place to sit.
Seeing this, An De sighed and couldn't say anything.
The disappearance of Shar caused the family to lose its mainstay overnight, and it also caused the woman to lose everything.
"Don't bother." Lu Qi signaled to Lappe that he didn't need to clean up, and asked at the same time, "Does your husband have anything that he always brings with him?"
Lappey stopped his movements, and when he heard Lu Qi's words, he fell into memory, nodded halfway, walked to the closet and opened it, squatted down and carefully took out a pair of leather shoes.
"This is my husband's favorite pair of shoes. He said that these shoes can keep him safe on the trip. He just didn't wear them for a day. Just..."
Holding the polished leather shoes and walking in front of Lu Qi, as Lappey spoke, tears fell from his eyes and he continued to sob.
Lu Qi picked up one of them and stood there.
Wayne and Frey both showed puzzled faces, not knowing why he was investigating and fetching other people's shoes.
But they still didn't ask.
At this moment, Lu Qi found an item in the system backpack.
Indeed, after hearing the word missing, he came up with a solution.
That is the tracking order obtained by signing in, which can lock the target's current location according to an item carried by the target.
This item must be carried with you frequently, and it is not enough to just wear or hold it for a day or two.
Char, who loves the shoes so much, clearly fits the bill.
He submitted the shoes in his hand to the God Tracking Order, but in the next second, his mind suddenly collapsed, as if disconnected.
Or, when making a call, a voice came from the other end: "The number you dialed is not in the service area."
Lu Qi immediately realized that Shar might have gone to another channel at this moment.
He put down his shoes, looked at Lappe, who was looking forward to him, and didn't know whether to tell her this information.
"I will do my best to investigate his disappearance. No matter what the result is, I will give you an answer."
After thinking about it, Lu Qi still didn't tell the information he got.
At this moment, how Shaer disappeared, he has not yet confirmed.
There seemed to be a gleam of hope in Lape's eyes, and he cried and said to Lu Qi: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness."
Even before knowing the result, she had already started to thank Lu Qi.
She was thinking that a big man like Lu Qi would definitely do what he said.
Because whether her husband is dead or alive, she wants an answer.
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After a moment.
Panting, Wei En stopped again. Although she was a little unbelievable before, she found out at this moment.
It seems that I really can't even touch this guy.
Lu Qi stood not far away, looked at Wei En, who was expressionless but with sweat on his forehead, and showed a contemptuous look: "That's it?"
Although there were only two words that were light and fluffy, when they fell into Wei En's ears, she instantly felt a great sense of humiliation.
Regardless of the little physical strength left, she gritted her silver teeth and rushed forward again, but she no longer had the calmness she had before, and her punches were also chaotic.
The punch was missed, and she stared at Lu Qi with somewhat dissatisfied eyes: "If you have the ability, don't hide anymore, fight me."
Lu Qi wanted to laugh when he heard the words: "You can't even touch me, where do you have the confidence to think that you can beat me?"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Wei En snorted coldly and stepped forward again.
Seeing this, Frey, who was sitting in the back watching the battle, couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth.
When I met Wei En for the first time, she was a little girl of sixteen or seventeen.
However, at that time, she was already unsmiling, showing a mentality and character that far surpassed her peers at this age.
During this journey, she has never had too many psychological fluctuations. The face that should have been filled with the smile of a young girl is often as cold as ice, which makes people feel that it is not easy to get close to.
Even myself, sometimes I don't know how to start a conversation with her.
Now, she has lost her sense of proportion in front of His Highness again and again, showing emotional ups and downs that are visible to the naked eye.
Even though he was angry most of the time, Frey thought it was a good thing.
This proves that this girl's heart is not dead yet.
Moreover, with the growth of Wei En's strength, her mentality has been a little fluttering recently.
Letting His Highness of the same age teach her a lesson will also allow her to see herself clearly.
"Do you want me to give you a hand?"
At this time, seeing Wei En rushing up, Lu Qi did as she said, no longer dodging, but chose to parry.
While speaking, he raised a hand and easily blocked the coming fist.
"Need not!"
A hint of anger rose in Wei En's eyes, and she attacked with all her strength without mercy.
However, after dozens of strokes, she felt something was wrong again.
Although Lu Qi didn't dodge any more, he just parried, but it was this parry that made Wei En feel very uncomfortable and aggrieved.
No matter how he attacks, this guy seems to have predicted it in advance and acted first.
This made Wei En feel like she was being seen through!
And this guy's eyes are obviously not serious yet, but his physical strength is about to bottom out.
Before the other party even made a move, she was almost exhausted, which made Wei En's proud mentality on the verge of collapse.
But the more this happened, the more she refused to accept it.
Even though she knew that she was at the end of her strength, she still swept out a side whip leg with all her strength.
However, she didn't notice that she stepped on a stone with her left foot. With the strength of her right leg, her left foot slipped suddenly, and the feeling of twisting pain came instantly.
The whole body, also because of losing its center of gravity, quickly fell towards the ground.
This unexpected situation caught Wei En by surprise.
Before she could react, she felt that she had fallen into an embrace, with a big hand resting on her waist, and there was a warm feeling, which made Wei En a little distracted.
In a blink of an eye, she saw Lu Qi's slightly mocking eyes, his expression seemed to want to laugh.
"To be honest, it's the first time I've seen someone who can wrestle in place."
This sentence immediately dissipated all Wei En's feelings at the moment, and what was left was only the rising embarrassment!
All sanity was lost in an instant!
She struggled to get up, stared at Lu Qi, and attacked again without saying a word.
However, this time Lu Qi didn't just parry, he raised his hand to block the incoming fist, and grabbed her slender and tender wrist with his backhand.
Wayne gritted her teeth and swung out another fist.
However, just like sending a sheep to a tiger's mouth, the other hand was quickly grabbed by Lu Qi.
Then he pressed down calmly, and then made a slight turn with force.
Wei En's body suddenly turned around uncontrollably, with both hands behind her back, Lu Qi's big hand firmly grasped it, no matter how hard she struggled, it was useless.
The more you struggle, the worse the pain in your shoulders and arms.
At this time, she was basically helpless, and was captured by Lu Qi, completely helpless.
At this moment, Wei En's self-confidence collapsed.
She didn't expect that the gap between herself and Lu Qi was so big.
The opponent only made two shots from the beginning to the end, and she was caught by the backhand, unable to move, and she was at the mercy of others.
If this were a real battle, her fate would not be much better.
At this time, Wei En suddenly let go of her hand, and Wei En found herself let go by Lu Qi.
This time, she didn't turn around and challenge in spite of herself, but walked towards Frey with no expression on her face, and then said in a low voice, "Master, I lost."
Seeing that she was depressed, Frey really wanted to hug her and comfort her softly, but she didn't do so, she just said sternly: "This shows that your hard work is not enough, and your performance this time also makes me very happy." Disappointment, in a fight, never lose your cool."
Wei En lowered her head and said nothing.
Frey said again: "Go and rest, and later practice the melee technique I taught you ten times."
There is no doubt that she is a strict teacher.
Otherwise, Wei En would not have become stronger so quickly in such a short period of time.
In the process of training Vayne, Frey has never been soft-hearted.
If he had to face a strong enemy in the future, then Frey knew that he could never spoil her.
As for whether this will hit Wei En's mentality.
Frey was sure, no.
Starting from the Freljord, she has watched Vayne grow from a powerless girl to a real warrior, and she still has a long way to go in the future.
But in every battle with Wei En, no matter how much she was injured, no matter what kind of failure she experienced, she stood up strong.
You can beat her in skill, but you can never destroy her in will.
Today, the gap seen in Lu Qi will only make Wei En more eager to become stronger.
This is a rare advantage that Frey found in Vayne.
However, it seems that because of this, Wei En is gradually becoming more and more cold and ruthless from a girl.
"Yes, Master."
Wei En responded at this moment, walked to the side, sat down and began to rest and recover her strength.
She watched Lu Qi approaching, and said with a cold expression: "Now you can humiliate me as you like."
She shattered her pride and rediscovered her own weakness.
Now she is no different from the girl who went to the Freljord to gain power.
As a loser, no matter how Lu Qi humiliates her, she will have no objections.
Thinking about it, if this guy said it, he would laugh at her wantonly.
Wayne has already made preparations for this.
However, Lu Qi put away his previous contemptuous eyes, and sat down beside him: "Does your foot not hurt?"
Wei En's expression suddenly paused, but she didn't turn her head. She looked ahead a little stiffly, and said coldly, "It has nothing to do with you."
As she said that, she pulled her left foot back a little, as if trying to hide it.
Frey also noticed the strangeness, stood up and asked, "What happened to your feet?"
Seeing the approaching master, Wei En knew that she couldn't hide it, and unconsciously lowered her voice: "Twist it a little, it's fine."
In the past training battles with Master, she would also be injured and sprain her foot. At that time, Frey would help her deal with the wound.
However, today she didn't want to tell about her sprained foot.
Because, even for Wei En, it was a bit too shameful to attack someone but sprain her own foot instead.
So even though every step hurts, she still doesn't show it.
But I didn't expect to be discovered by Lu Qi.
This guy. Why did he notice?
At this time, Frey had already walked in front of him, squatted down, lifted up Wei En's calf, lifted up the trousers there slightly, and frowned immediately: "You are going to wear this next time, to complete what I told you training?"
I saw a bruise on Wei En's white ankle, which hurts just looking at it.
If Lu Qi didn't say anything, then Wei En would have to endure the sprain and complete the ten additional exercises she said.
How much does this hurt her?
And, with this girl's temperament, she would really do this.
Seeming to sense that Master was about to get angry again, Wei En hurriedly said, "I've had a sprain before, so I think it's fine."
With a frosty face, Frey reprimanded: "Have you forgotten what I told you? Never take your body seriously, you really let me down, Wayne."
For the so-called revenge, this child has never cherished his body, and practiced secretly despite his injuries not once or twice.
Of course, this made her stronger, but the damage caused by some pain to her body was permanent.
For this reason, Frey made a special rule, never allowing this to happen again.
But Wayne still did it today.
Wei En lowered her head, ready to be scolded by her master.
Compared to Lu Qi's humiliation, she actually didn't want to be scolded by Frey.
However, Frey didn't continue to reprimand her this time, but took off Wei En's left shoe, and then took off the sock, revealing a delicate jade foot.
The shape of this little foot is very good. The five fingers are naturally slightly gathered together, and the shape is like a lotus tip.
It's just that there is a black bruise spreading out at the place where the ankle is connected, which shows that the sprain is not serious this time.
"You really don't know what to say."
Frey sighed.
Noticing that Lu Qi was also looking over, Wei En felt ashamed for no reason.
"I'm going to get the medicine."
Lu Qi just glanced at it lightly, then stood up and walked towards the house.
After a while, he returned from the house with a small medicine bottle in his hand, and handed it to Frey.
"Thank you Your Highness."
With gratitude in his eyes, Frey took the medicine bottle, opened it gently, and immediately smelled a strong scent of medicine.
Even Wayne smelled it.
Frey carefully poured out a little, and said, "This medicine is very precious, right?"
Lu Qi casually said: "It's okay."
Anyway, there is definitely no such thing on the market.
"We have caused you trouble."
Frey said apologetically, not daring to waste it, and applied the ointment to the bruise on Wei En's left foot little by little.
During the process of smearing, Wei En felt a pain, and tried not to make a sound.
"It's not too much trouble, but you'd better tell her to be careful in the future, after all, it's very rare for you to kick someone and hurt yourself."
After all, Lu Qi laughed, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Wei En gritted her teeth, raised her head to take a look, then retracted her gaze from this guy, and looked forward, surprisingly not feeling angry.
But in her heart, she still swore silently that one day, sooner or later, she would return all of today's humiliation!
In front of her eyes, Frey was carefully and gently applying the ointment for her, and a cool feeling came from the sprained left foot.
Seeing Master's face, Wei En's icy heart felt warm.
Not long after, Lu Qi prepared breakfast.
During the meal, we occasionally chatted a few words.
Lu Qi asked curiously, "What do you want to do here in Edessa?"
Although he has a certain understanding of Wei En and Frey's master and apprentice, the information he knows is not much.
At this moment, I am still a little curious about the itinerary of the two.
Wei En was gagged by the delicious breakfast, so she didn't say a word to Lu Qi, and ate quietly.
"I'm telling you the truth." Frey hesitated for a moment after hearing the words, but still chose to tell the truth, "We are hunting a demon."
Seeing Lu Qi's interested eyes, she continued to speak.
"During the previous journey, we learned about the clues of the demon from a tavern, and we followed it all the way to this point."
Now that Lu Qi knows the identities of himself and Wayne Demon Hunter, there is no need to hide the purpose.
When this demon was mentioned, Wei En, who was concentrating on cooking, still paused for a moment, a flash of hatred flashed in his eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.
In the past two years, she has learned to hide this hatred deep down.
Lu Qi heard the words and said, "Then am I wasting your time?"
Frey shook his head immediately: "Of course not, without you, Vayne's poisonous wounds may not be healed. Moreover, it has been almost three months since we got the clues, and I came here just to confirm the clues true and false."
According to the ballad in the tavern, the valley where the devil is located has to go further west from the town of Edessa.
Now that three months have passed, I don't care about these few days.
"Are there demons in Demacia?"
At this moment, Lu Qi seemed to sigh with emotion, and looked up at the blue sky.
There are many places in this country where there are forbidden stone forests, so it stands to reason that all dark forces should be driven out.
Many people also believe that Demacia is very safe.
At least, from the outside, the country has been at peace for a long time.
But in fact, Lu Qi knows that this land is full of dangers.
Creatures like demons lurking in the dark are almost free, so they like to come to Debon for a walk. This place is like a sweet bun to them.
There is even a nightmare-level boss, who is hiding in a corner at the moment.
Even the current Lu Qi can only pray that he will not encounter it.
After having breakfast.
Wei En found that her sprain had healed. She stood up and walked a few steps, but found that she couldn't feel any pain.
I opened the trouser legs, and when I looked again, there were only pure white ankles, not a single bruise.
This made Frey, who also discovered this scene, realize that the ointment just now may not be as simple as being precious.
In less than a breakfast, the swelling in a sprained eye can be completely healed.
If this medicine appeared on the market, it would probably be snatched up in an instant.
This ointment must be a rare item in the royal family.
Thinking about it this way, Frey felt a little more indebted.
It's just that she doesn't know.
To Lu Qi, this ointment is just average, let alone rare.
Tomorrow the same ointment could fill the storeroom at home if he wanted to.
Seeing that the sprain on her foot had healed at this time, Wei En began to practice the close-body technique ten times.
Lu Qi was lying on the rocking chair. The air was not particularly hot in the morning, but there was no wind at all.
So he found a round fan, and fanned it once and for all, feeling the cool wind blowing on his face.
The extra-trained Wei En glanced sideways, thinking that this guy looked like a landowner.
How can there be a person who continues to lie down after eating early in the morning?
Why did this guy write the word "bad" on his face, and he couldn't beat him?
Wei En was very unconvinced in her heart, thinking about the extra exercises, she tried a little harder.
And when Lu Qi felt a little sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep.
There was a sound of footsteps outside, a cry from the sky, and then a bright blue figure flew into the courtyard.
Wei En and Frey saw this blue rock falcon yesterday, so they were not vigilant.
Not long after, Hua Luo flew down and landed on the rocking chair, showing a little intimacy to Lu Qi.
Then, a person also slowly walked in at the gate of the courtyard, it was Quinn.
She came to Lu Qi and saluted: "Your Highness, good morning."
"Good morning."
Lu Qi returned the salute, seeing that Quinn didn't seem to be simply asking, so he asked, "Did something happen?"
Quinn nodded and said: "It was reported in the morning that a contestant in the academy was confirmed dead yesterday, and the accompanying rangers were not spared either."
When Lu Qi heard the words, he listened a little more seriously, and sat up from the chair.
Such things as dead people happen every day, and he is not surprised.
Most of the contestants in the Royal Academy are descendants of nobles, and they must have been prepared for accidents before they came to participate in the hunt.
Even he, as the prince of a country, would die in vain if he encountered an unsolvable danger during the hunt.
However, even the accompanying rangers failed to survive this wave. Obviously, the monsters they encountered were very powerful.
Quinn had a serious expression: "According to the investigation of the Rangers, they were killed by a one-horned tiger. The battle lasted less than a minute."
One-horned spotted tiger, a monster that likes to live alone, has a violent personality and strong aggressiveness.
However, it likes to stay in sparsely populated places and will not go to crowded places.
Now is the peak season for hunting, and there are a lot of people in the forest, so the one-horned spotted tiger should not appear.
Here lies the problem.
Lu Qi thought for a while and said, "Is it another example of Baiyan Grizzly?"
This doesn't seem to be a coincidence anymore.
The white rock grizzly that attacked them yesterday, the tattooed two-tailed snake that attacked Wei En's master and apprentice, and the one-horned spotted tiger that attacked the contestant.
These three incidents all have one characteristic, that is, they do not match the normal situation.
For example, the white rock grizzly, which should have appeared in rocky areas, but instead ran into the jungle.
The tattooed two-tailed snake likes to be in places with few trees, and is not very aggressive towards people, but it attacked Wei En.
There is also the one-horned spotted tiger just now, who likes to stay in sparsely populated places, but appeared in the hunting season area.
If this kind of incident only happened once or twice, it would be understandable.
But on the same day, there were at least three instances of the same thing happening, so it's not as simple as a coincidence.
"Yes." Quinn nodded and said, "And it's not just us who were attacked by the same incident. Many people who went hunting have encountered this situation."
Lu Qi nodded and asked, "What's the result of the investigation?"
"It's still being confirmed."
Quinn replied, "I'm here to inform you that the hunting competition of the academy is temporarily suspended, and if you have nothing to do, it's best not to go to the hunting area."
"I see."
Lu Qi nodded again, and immediately asked a few questions.
After confirming that the suspension of the game would not have any impact on his score and ranking, he was relieved.
After reporting to Lu Qi, Quinn bowed slightly and said, "Next, I will go to investigate the cause with the troops, so I will take my leave first, Your Highness."
Lu Qi looked at her and smiled, "Be careful of your own safety."
Feeling his concern, a warm current flashed in Quinn's heart, and he nodded seriously: "Yes."
Without staying long, Quinn left soon.
Lu Qi continued to lie down, fanning himself with a fan, but this time he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Suddenly, the task that the old woman gave came to mind.
It seems to be going to a place called Keer Village to investigate and investigate.
Now that I have thought of it, there is no need to procrastinate, just go and have a look.
Anyway, there is nothing to do next.
After making a decision, Lu Qi got up from the chair, turned around and said, "Everyone, get ready and go out later."
When Frey and Wayne heard what Lu Qi said, they didn't ask much, and started to pack up. They had a lot of equipment to tidy up.
As for Urna, she still had to do what she should do, as if she had nothing to prepare for.
Lu Qi changed into an easy-to-move outfit, and went out with Wei En and the others.
Keer Village is located 6000 miles south of Edessa City, and the distance is about [-] meters.
It wasn't too far away, but Lu Qi, who was too lazy to go, planned to go all the way in a carriage.
But after a little understanding, I gave up this idea and switched to walking instead.
After leaving the city, there is a mountain road to the south. If you want to take a horse-drawn carriage on this kind of road, the wheels of the carriage will break you along the way.
The place where horses want to detour when they see it, has barely become a "road" after hundreds of years of people's footsteps.
On the road.
Wei En asked aloud, "Where are you going?"
Lu Qi yawned, and casually replied, "Ke'er Village."
Wei En asked again: "What are you doing there?"
Lu Qi said: "An old woman asked me to investigate and find out what happened in that village."
Wei En asked one more question: "Aren't you the prince? The prince also has to go to work?"
Lu Qi found that she seemed to be talking more today than yesterday, and smiled at her: "I think so too, but that old woman obviously doesn't think so."
Seeing the smile in Lu Qi's eyes, Wei En also suddenly realized why she was asking this guy such a good thing.
Thinking of this, she nodded slightly with a cold pretty face, looked ahead and stopped talking.
When Lu Qi saw that she was starting to make a person again, he smiled and found it quite amusing.
Along the way, there are occasional small talk.
After walking for a full two hours, the sun shrouded the sky and gave off a slightly warm light. Only then did Lu Qi and the others see an artificially built path.
At a corner on the road, there is also a sign indicating the words of Keer Village.
Going straight in the direction indicated by the sign, you will see the entrance of Ke'er Village. There are two yawning soldiers standing lazily on both sides of the village entrance.
At first glance, the village is quite big, with high mountains all the way, and it looks like there are hundreds of families.
Lu Qi walked to the entrance of the village, and a soldier at the gate asked symbolically, "Who is it?"
"Lucci Lightshield."
Lu Qi reported his name, and at the same time showed the family emblem of Light Shield.
"Lucci Lightshield."
The soldier glanced at the badge, murmured Lu Qi's name, then swayed abruptly in the next second, stood upright and began to salute: "See Your Royal Highness!"
It can be said that he woke up in a second, and the soldier next to him also woke up in an instant when he heard it, and saluted seriously.
"See Your Royal Highness!"
A few families at the door heard the movement and poked their heads out curiously.
Lu Qi waved his hand casually at this moment: "Take me to see the village chief."
"You come with me."
The soldier didn't ask Lu Qi about the identities of the three people behind him. After speaking, he turned around and started leading the way.
"Is that the second His Royal Highness?"
"It's really as rumored, and she looks so good-looking."
"Why did he come to our village?"
"do not know"
"Are you here to investigate the disappearance of Chiz and the others?"
The villagers of Ke'er Village obviously haven't seen what the prince looks like, and even a big man like Lu Qi rarely comes to this village.
So there are heated discussions.
At this time, with people's comments, more people were attracted.
They followed carefully on both sides, looking at Lu Qiru's rumored handsome and extraordinary face, but no one dared to come forward to speak.
There is that natural sense of distance to big shots in his eyes.
Lu Qi showed them a gentle smile and waved casually.
People immediately felt as if they were bathed in a spring breeze, and a lot of good feelings for His Royal Highness surged up in their hearts, and the discussions became a little excited.
Wei En glanced at the guy next to him, and snorted inwardly.
This guy is quite good at showing off his appearance.
If these villagers know that this guy is a real bitch in private, they don't know what they will think.
At this time, a thin middle-aged man hurriedly ran from a distance, with brown hair parted in the middle, and stopped in front of Lu Qi, wiping his sweat while saluting respectfully: "See Your Royal Highness, I am Keercuncun Long, Andy."
"Exemption."
Lu Qi said casually.
"I have already received the news that you are coming, please come with me."
Ander was not surprised by Lu Qi's arrival, and said while standing up.
Lu Qi followed him ahead.
Seeing the noisy crowd around, An De waved away vigorously and said, "If there is anything interesting, go home and don't disturb Your Highness!"
As soon as the words fell, the surrounding residents scattered and all ran away.
The soldiers also returned to the village entrance.
Only Ander took Lu Qi to the village chief's office, which was his home.
"The family is a little small, you are surprised."
Ander brought Lu Qi into the house, moved some wooden chairs with backrests, and said awkwardly.
It's not a rich village itself, and Lu Qi didn't have any objections, he just sat on the chair casually: "I just heard from people in the village that someone is missing?"
His hearing is still good, even in the noisy environment just now, he still caught the words of someone missing.
And it seems that there are quite a few missing people.
Obviously, if nothing unexpected happens, this is what he came to investigate this time.
Ande was pouring tea for Lu Qi, when he heard this he sighed and said, "Yes, three people have disappeared from our village."
"One's called Keez, one's called Shar, and one's called Bede."
"The first one to go missing is Chiz. It has been almost 20 days. He is an alcoholic in our village. He sometimes goes to Edessa City to do part-time jobs to earn some food and drink money. He often does not come back for a day or two. .”
"He also went to Chengli early in the morning drunk, until a week later, we found out that he hadn't returned for a long time."
An De steeped the tea leaves in the teapot and added hot water to it while talking.
As the hot air flowed up, he continued: "Kiz has a mistress in the village, so he wanted to go to Edessa City to find her, but when he went to the place where he often works part-time, he couldn't find anyone at all. "
"At this time, we felt that something was wrong, so we reported the matter to the city government. They searched around the city, but they couldn't find anyone. In the end, we thought that maybe Qiz left the city on a night of drinking too much. It died in the mouth of some wild beast, and this matter was finally settled."
He found a few cups, put them on the table, and poured a cup for Lu Qi respectfully.
"However, it didn't take long for people to discover that Shar was also missing."
"Shar is a shoemaker. He would run back and forth between the city and the village all day, earning a little hard money. Sometimes he would return to the village very late, and sometimes he would not come back at all."
"Not long after Qizi disappeared, Shar's wife, Rappe, found out that her husband hadn't returned all night. She was immediately afraid of finding me. We thought about Qizi and immediately reported it to the government."
"However, I didn't expect that Shar really disappeared. He didn't spend the night in the long-stay tavern. No matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find anyone."
"Later, Bede disappeared. He disappeared ten days ago. Someone discovered that he disappeared suddenly. The people sent by the government did not find any results."
"Then the government reported the matter to Wangdu, and Wangdu sent you here. I didn't expect Wangdu to dispatch a big man like you. To be honest, I was a little flattered."
An De talked for a long time, dry his mouth and tongue. He poured a cup of tea for several people one by one, and gave the last cup to himself.
After finishing speaking, he picked up the cup and drank it without feeling too hot.
Lu Qi wasn't thirsty, and he didn't like the cheap tea either. He just asked, "Are there any other strange things happening in the village?"
After drinking the tea, An De thought for a while and said, "Strange thing? There shouldn't be any, only the three of them are missing."
"Did the villagers have nightmares? Did they hear any strange screams? Did any good lights suddenly go out? Or... saw a scarecrow?"
Lu Qi asked a few questions in a row, his eyes became serious.
Even Wayne and Frey felt a little more tension in his words.
I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, wondering why Lu Qi asked these questions.
But they just sat quietly and didn't ask much.
And Ander, facing Lu Qi's question, also seriously recalled it.
After a while, he shook his head: "No, no one has responded to what you said so far. Do you know any clues?"
"No, I'll just ask casually."
Lu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it was no wonder that he was so nervous, because he had just entered the village, and when he heard what Ande said about the inexplicable disappearance, he thought of something bad.
As long as one of the above problems is mentioned, he may turn around and leave without hesitation.
He didn't want to face the big boss as soon as he left Novice Village.
Looking at it now, it should not be.
An De seemed to observe Lu Qi's expression, and asked cautiously: "Your Highness, what can you do next? Our village will fully assist your investigation. Now everyone in the village is in panic, and even the village dare not Out."
If one or two people are missing, it can also be judged to be accidental.
But it is no accident that three people disappeared in a row within 20 days.
Obviously, there must be a reason why people are missing.
Lu Qi thought for a moment, got up and said, "Take me to the home of the missing person first."
People in the city have investigated the disappearance of someone, but they haven't found any clues, and Lu Qi probably won't find anything either.
He didn't know what the old woman had sent him for.
I just don't want him to be idle.
Nasty old woman.
"You come with me."
Andy stood up and walked ahead to lead the way.
The five people left the room and went outside. Ander led the way to the home of the first missing person, Qiz.
This alcoholic's house is not big, but it looks clean and empty, obviously someone has cleaned it specially.
"Didn't he leave anything behind?"
Lu Qi went into the house and looked around, but he didn't find Qiz's belongings.
Andrew said: "Chiz's daily life is not very rich, and all the money he earns is used to eat and buy wine. He has been missing for so many days, and he has probably encountered an accident, so we cleaned up his house. "
Lu Qi withdrew his gaze, turned and walked out: "Go to the next one."
Not long after, several people came to the home of the second missing person, Shar.
The door was closed, and Andy stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Lape, are you at home? His Royal Highness is here to investigate your husband's disappearance."
Not long after the voice fell, the door opened.
Behind the door stood a middle-aged woman with pale complexion, scrawled hair and mournful expression. Her eyes were red, as if she had cried not long ago.
"Please come in"
She stepped aside and welcomed everyone in.
Losing her husband seemed to have dealt a great blow to her. The house was in a mess and hadn't been taken care of for a long time.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I just don't know who to show to."
It seemed that he was worried about causing Lu Qi's dissatisfaction. While speaking apologetically, Lapp began to pack the chairs and give Lu Qi a place to sit.
Seeing this, An De sighed and couldn't say anything.
The disappearance of Shar caused the family to lose its mainstay overnight, and it also caused the woman to lose everything.
"Don't bother." Lu Qi signaled to Lappe that he didn't need to clean up, and asked at the same time, "Does your husband have anything that he always brings with him?"
Lappey stopped his movements, and when he heard Lu Qi's words, he fell into memory, nodded halfway, walked to the closet and opened it, squatted down and carefully took out a pair of leather shoes.
"This is my husband's favorite pair of shoes. He said that these shoes can keep him safe on the trip. He just didn't wear them for a day. Just..."
Holding the polished leather shoes and walking in front of Lu Qi, as Lappey spoke, tears fell from his eyes and he continued to sob.
Lu Qi picked up one of them and stood there.
Wayne and Frey both showed puzzled faces, not knowing why he was investigating and fetching other people's shoes.
But they still didn't ask.
At this moment, Lu Qi found an item in the system backpack.
Indeed, after hearing the word missing, he came up with a solution.
That is the tracking order obtained by signing in, which can lock the target's current location according to an item carried by the target.
This item must be carried with you frequently, and it is not enough to just wear or hold it for a day or two.
Char, who loves the shoes so much, clearly fits the bill.
He submitted the shoes in his hand to the God Tracking Order, but in the next second, his mind suddenly collapsed, as if disconnected.
Or, when making a call, a voice came from the other end: "The number you dialed is not in the service area."
Lu Qi immediately realized that Shar might have gone to another channel at this moment.
He put down his shoes, looked at Lappe, who was looking forward to him, and didn't know whether to tell her this information.
"I will do my best to investigate his disappearance. No matter what the result is, I will give you an answer."
After thinking about it, Lu Qi still didn't tell the information he got.
At this moment, how Shaer disappeared, he has not yet confirmed.
There seemed to be a gleam of hope in Lape's eyes, and he cried and said to Lu Qi: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness."
Even before knowing the result, she had already started to thank Lu Qi.
She was thinking that a big man like Lu Qi would definitely do what he said.
Because whether her husband is dead or alive, she wants an answer.
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(End of this chapter)
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