Longevity begins with Orion.

Chapter 41
When Li Yuan and Wen Xiaoqiao came to Zhongshi, sixty saber servants had already lined up in an open space at the entrance of Zhongshi.

Zhongshi is quite special. If the entire Black Market Island is compared to a castle, then Zhongshi is a city within a city.

Surrounded by labyrinthine warehouses and high walls, the overall gray tone.

The only place to reach the entrance is a narrow alley, and this is the place where Li Yuan heard the woman crying when he arrived just now, that is, the place where live goods are sold.

From the alley to the entrance, the terrain suddenly becomes clear.

This open space is where the saber handyman is at this time.

There are rows of houses next to the open space, these houses are used for handymen on duty at night and temporary residence for some sellers.

Li Yuan quickly glanced at the surrounding environment, and then looked at the sixty handymen with swords.

The handymen are strong and strong, with their heads held high, and almost all of them are "4~5".

"Master Li! Sister Wen!" The servants shouted in unison.

After calling, their eyes turned to the two of them.

And many people in the black market also looked at this place.

Li Yuan glanced sideways at Wen Xiaoqiao, and there was excitement in the girl's eyes.

Wen Xiaoqiao said sweetly: "Master Li, these people, half of you and half of me, divide first?"

Li Yuan said softly: "Miss Wen, have you ever wondered why the position in Zhongshi is vacant?"

Wen Xiaoqiao was stunned for a moment, then as if being pulled back, her face became serious and gloomy.

Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Let's not separate now, we need to be united now, let's figure out the situation together first."

Wen Xiaoqiao said with a smile: "It's better for Mr. Li to have a sense of proportion. Listen to Mr. Li."

Li Yuan said speechlessly: "If you call me Master Li again, I will be Master Wen Wen."

Wen Xiaoqiao said: "Then how can it work? Your name was hand-picked by Master Li, and you are a top-ranked martial artist."

"Master Wen."

"You are an entry-level warrior."

"Master Wen."

"you"

"Master Wen."

"Okay. Li Yuan." Wen Xiaoqiao had never seen this kind of man before, calling him "Little Master Li" was so majestic, plus he was an advanced martial artist, so he was the only one.

"That's right." Li Yuan smiled gently, and had a good relationship with his colleagues, otherwise something inexplicable would happen.

The two dismissed the handymen and asked the handymen to patrol independently, and then the two entered the guard house next to them.

As soon as he entered the room, Wen Xiaoqiao asked in a normal voice: "Do you think the first two disciples who were on duty here are already dead? So, it's our turn to have this extra vacancy?"

"Just ask someone to come in and ask. Maybe he passed the examination and was promoted to an outer disciple." Li Yuan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when he heard the voice that fit his body shape, and the damn sense of disobedience finally disappeared.

"Yeah." Wen Xiaoqiao jumped to the side like a meatball, pushed open the door, looked at the handyman outside, and said sweetly, "Two people who are familiar with the situation."

This voice, coupled with this body shape, makes people shudder.

Soon, two handymen with swords ran over, called "Sister Wen" respectfully, and entered the house.

Wen Xiaoqiao sat down on the big chair, her "elephant legs" popped on the table, and said sweetly, "Tell me about the people here before, where did they go?"

Li Yuan sat on the side silently, trying to make himself inconspicuous.

In fact, he was really pleased with his partner's high profile.

The handyman looked a little secretive, and it took a long time for one person to bite the bullet and say: "Missing."

"Missing?" Wen Xiaoqiao raised his voice, "Is it dead or alive?"

The handyman said: "I have been missing for more than ten days, no one is alive, no corpse is dead"

Wen Xiaoqiao asked again: "Where did they appear in the end?"

The handyman said: "In this room that evening, the two adults were still on duty here, and then one of them stayed on duty at night, and then disappeared.

The other adult didn't believe in evil, so he took someone to guard the house, but nothing happened.

But after a few days, the second adult also disappeared."

Wen Xiaoqiao asked again: "Did someone from the door come down to investigate?"

The handyman said: "Checked. Nothing happened, so it is treated as missing."

"Will you leave by yourself?" Wen Xiaoqiao thought for a while before continuing to ask.

The handyman said: "The family members are all here. It should not be that I left by myself."

Wen Xiaoqiao's small eyes showed thoughtfulness, and she asked again: "Has anything strange happened in Zhongshi recently?"

The handyman thought for a while, scratched his head, and said, "It's nothing strange. There are a lot of live goods in the market. Some people cry during the day, and some people cry at night. Usually, we call twice and there is no sound."

Wen Xiaoqiao frowned, with a thoughtful look on her fat face, suddenly she turned her head to look at Li Yuan and said, "Do you want to go and have a look?"

Li Yuan smiled wryly and said, "Suddenly I feel unwell, Miss Wen, just go."

He was also speechless.

what the hell
When I first took office, I encountered this kind of disappearance case.

He just wants to fish
Even if you think about it with your toes, you can know: it is impossible for people to disappear for no reason, either it is some kind of conspiracy, or
The weird villa in the old forest in the deep mountains suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help his scalp tingling, and goosebumps arose in bursts.

"Not feeling well?" Wen Xiaoqiao was taken aback for a moment, then snorted, and followed the handyman away.

Li Yuan sat alone in this room, the more he sat, the more chills he felt down his back.

He scanned the house warily.

The screen blocks the nave of the house, separating the front and back parts.

The latter part is for the disciples on duty to rest.

The first part is for external use.

It is very simple to be on duty here, just a table by the window, a stack of registration booklets, a weapon rack on the side of the wall, and some food that is easy to preserve, such as melon seeds and walnuts.

He got up again, bypassed the screen, and looked towards the back hall.

There is a bed in the back hall and a bookshelf with some files on it.

He stepped forward and looked through the files, which recorded the recent circulation of goods in the mid-market.

After thinking about saving it for a period of time, it was transferred to a larger archive.

He just flipped through it for a while, then stopped reading.

Then he looked at the bed.

The bedding on the bed was neatly folded, and it seemed that they knew that there was a new disciple on duty, so they changed it newly.

The air was eerily quiet, and the sounds outside the house seemed to have faded, with some rustling that could not be heard clearly.

Li Yuan came to the bed and wanted to bend over to take a look under the bed, but for some reason he didn't do so, instead he turned around the screen and quickly left the room.

Outside, it was snowing, and Li Yuan felt more and more inexplicably cold, as if there were rotten dead hands crawling gently on his back.

This feeling is somewhat similar to the previous escape in the forest.

I don't know if it is a memory of fear that was awakened, or a dangerous omen of the body after experiencing a similar incident.

Li Yuan's pupils contracted slightly, he walked back and forth with a bow on his back and a knife in his arms, and at the same time looked at the people who came and went from time to time.

The entry and exit registration of these people is in charge of their own handymen.

After a while, Li Yuan saw an ox cart coming from afar, dragging a big iron cage.

The iron cage was covered with a thick black cloth.

The black cloth is covered with white snow, which looks like dirty dirt on a white canvas.

The handyman stepped forward and pulled it open, revealing the women and children inside, obviously they were so-called live goods again.

Li Yuan tilted his head slightly, not looking at these things
The handyman looked around the cage, as if he was checking something. After the check, he quickly returned to the house on duty, said "Little Master Li" respectfully to Li Yuan before passing the gate, and went in to register.

These miscellaneous tasks are all done by handymen, and the outer disciples of the Blood Knife Sect are actually here. If there is a fight, they can also command the handyman to go.

(End of this chapter)