Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 52 The Eve of the Storm
Outside the city, the eastern suburbs.

Shen Luoxin wolfed down the meal that Ziqiu specially left for her, but it was hard for her to utter a single word with her mouth full of rice that hadn't been swallowed, "I'm starving to death, I'm so hungry that I put my chest on my back." Oh, sorry to see you, you don’t know how many hours I haven’t eaten, not even a sip of water.”

Ji Wuyan poured a glass of warm water and pushed it over, "What are you busy with?"

The action of picking up the food paused, and his face turned pale, "This matter is very serious, and the higher ups are also keeping it secret, just listen to it, don't get meddled and know?"

Ji Wuyan nodded, Shen Luoxin went to look at Ziqiu again, Ziqiu also nodded vigorously to assure her.

Only then did Shen Luoxin put down the bowls and chopsticks, leaned over, and said in a low voice, "Just three days ago, in different small alleys, several abandoned corpses were found, some had their necks wiped, some had their necks wiped. Those who were poisoned, some died in a miserable state, and some seemed to be sleeping soundly... According to my mother, since the founding of Dongyao, there have never been so many murders in such a short period of time...Of course, I think it is also possible that they just did not It's not on the record."

"After all, isn't this time I'm going to hide it completely?"

So, it is really appalling.

Ji Wuyan frowned, poured himself a glass of water, and asked, "Who are the dead?"

"It's very miscellaneous. They do everything. There are peddlers, students, and two others whose identities have not been confirmed so far. They are probably beggars." Chen Luoxin bit her chopsticks, racked her brains for a long while, and murmured uncertainly, "If you want to say... If you have to have something in common, most of these people are traffickers and pawns with no status. Even if they really die in a corner, no one cares... Or, even if they care, there is nothing they can do... ..."

"Is this something in common?"

Calculate?
Ji Wuyan was not sure either.

But if these people are really just unnoticed traffickers, how come so many people suddenly want their lives?

Ziqiu had already hugged his arms tightly in fright, rubbing them together and shivering, "My God, my God! It's terrible!"

It's not a timid nature, but when faced with seemingly unrelated homicides and no commonality of the deceased, normal people will feel fear, worrying whether they are insane desperadoes, worrying whether they will be harmed by innocent people .

Ji Wuyan explained in a low voice, "Go out in the future, bring Cen Yan with you, try not to go to the corners with few people, there is still wind, and pay attention to it recently, don't let him wander around by himself."

"Uh-huh."

Ji Wuyan rested his chin and thought for a while, then asked, "You performed autopsies on these people, does anyone know?"

"No, I'm just dressed up as a servant, as usual, going in with my mother... I'm just a little boy carrying a box next to my mother to talk to the outside world."

But she is not a child, she is enough to be alone and worthy of a great job.

Ji Wuyan reminded, "If you don't want people to notice, take a rest these few days and slow down."

"Can……"

"Listen to me, slow down."

Ji Wuyan's expression was a little serious, the kind of seriousness that was about to come, as if under the slightly calm surface, some kind of undercurrent was coming very slowly, dull and depressing.

Shen Luoxin was slightly startled, and said first, "Okay." Then she asked, "Why?" Without knowing why, she first chose to trust.

Ji Wuyan lowered her head and sipped her teacup. There was only warm water in the cup. She sipped it and put it down again, "Since I'm just a kid carrying a suitcase, even if I can help you a little bit when I'm busy, I don't think so. The effort is not much, if it is too capable...it will arouse suspicion."

"I don't want to speculate on the worst of human nature, but I can't guarantee it... Some people use these 'unimportant' human lives in their eyes to verify their own conjectures."

Ziqiu opened his mouth and forgot to breathe.

Even Shen Luoxin, who had two lifetimes of experience as a human being, looked at Ji Wuyan in disbelief, opened her mouth almost in a daze, and said nothing.

She wanted to say, impossible, right?But why is it impossible?This is not the modern world, where there are no human rights, no fairness, no sound laws to protect the people.

To the superiors, they are just ants.

It's just a few ants trampled to death by human beings... What's impossible?

In midsummer, there is a kind of chill that slowly climbs up the back.Shen Luoxin hugged the teacup tightly, like a drowning person hugging the last piece of driftwood, and murmured with almost absent-minded eyes, "Then...who could it be?"

Ji Wuyan shook his head.

It is because she doesn't know who it is, so these are just her guesses, based on the worst guesses, "I hope after all, this is just my own guesswork with a villain's heart, but you should be more careful, there is always nothing wrong." Incorrect."

"En." Shen Luoxin nodded, the feeling of being able to eat at that time disappeared all of a sudden, and what was still vividly in his mind was the dirty corpses in those small alleys that looked like discarded rag dolls.She patted the back of her neck wearily, and stretched her waist pretending to be relaxed, "It's been two days, I'll go to the wing to sleep first."

Saying that, he waved his hand, and walked out the door in a familiar way, and entered the wing room all the way.

The wooden door was quickly closed, and inside, Shen Luoxin leaned against the door, lowered her head, and sighed slowly, then walked to the window and closed her eyes.

Not long after, Gucuo came over with Lily.

It was an unexpected guest.

For Ji Wuyan, Fengchenju is just a place to stay. In order to let himself be in the city of Yanjing without looking too conspicuous, he plays a song on stage every three or five days, and Ji Wuyan doesn't go to Fengchenju at other times.

Then he seldom thought of Lily again.

The last time I heard about her was the private meeting with Yang Shaofei that night, and it looked like they had reconciled.

Ziqiu was very worried about this for a while, thinking that his girl worked hard and offended others to help Lily, but she didn't live up to her expectations, and she wanted to stick it on the pole to humiliate herself——she shouldn't help.

Therefore, when he saw Gu Cuo leading Lily into the yard, Ziqiu's face sank "shua", and he didn't even have a good tone towards Gu Cuo, "Why did you bring her in? "

Lily stood in the yard with her head down, unable to see her expression, and went to the corridor of the ancient house, "She said she wants to see the girl. If she doesn't see her, I will take her out."

"See what see? No see!"

"It's okay. Bring it in." Ji Wuyan shook his head at Ziqiu before saying, "It's okay to see her left and right. At worst, if she says something unpleasant, I'll drive her out."

(End of this chapter)