The rays of the sun are shining brightly, and all the trees are dyed.

When the last twilight disappears from the horizon, the skylight gradually changes from transparent white to hazy gray.

Taohua came out of the kitchen and came to the front yard and was about to go out when she saw Deng Zai and others passing through the screen door. Her face lit up with joy and she stepped forward and asked, "The young master is back?"

This sentence made the four of them stunned on the spot, looking at each other.

Taohua looked at their expressions, the smile on her face solidified, and the expression on her face suddenly became serious: "Where is the young master?"

Deng Zai quickly replied: "We separated from the young master at noon. At that time, he said that he would come back and let us stay in the capital to do business."

Taohua widened her eyes and asked in confusion: "Why don't you send the young master back?"

Deng Zai lowered his head in shame and said in annoyance: "We originally planned this, but the young master refused, so..."

Taohua didn't know what to say, because she didn't have much courage to resist in front of Pei Yue. However, she was very anxious at the moment and said at a loss: "The young master didn't come back at all! What should I do? What do you think we should do?

?”

Deng Zai was the most mature among them all. He suppressed the panic in his heart, but his slightly trembling tone still revealed his anxiety: "Miss Peach Blossom, don't be anxious. Maybe the young master has something to do at the last minute. How about we go to Mr. Xi first?"

Tell him about it."

Taohua nodded repeatedly, so everyone quickly walked to the side room in the inner courtyard, and Deng Zai told Mr. Xi exactly what happened.

After hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at the anxious-looking teenagers and said, "Don't panic yet. When you visited Duzhong before, were you followed by anyone?"

Deng Zai thought for a while and said: "Not sure, sir. Even if we are followed, it will not be easy to detect with our current capabilities."

Qi Min was a little unconvinced. He felt that he was being cautious and would definitely feel it if someone was following him.

Deng Zai gave him a very stern look.

It's scary for an honest person to get angry, especially when Deng Zai was valued more and more by Pei Yue. After all, Qi Min didn't dare to challenge Mr. Xi in front of him, so he could only hold back his words.

Mr. Xi ignored their little thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Kingto is only twenty miles away from Zhuangzi, and Brother Yue is riding a horse. It only takes half an hour at most. If he just has something to do, he will definitely find a way to tell us.

, will not disappear for no reason.”

Hearing what he said, Taohua's tears fell instantly.

Everyone else's faces looked ugly.

They all know the grudge between Pei Yue and the bandits, and they know that some of the bandits have escaped. What if these people come to take revenge? Although this possibility is relatively low, after all, the bandits are seriously injured, and they always need to

It takes some time to recover, and it is impossible to risk everything.

But there is no shortage of lunatics in this world.

They didn't dare to think any further.

Mr. Xi noticed that the atmosphere had become very gloomy, waved his hands and said: "Now is not the time to be sad and desperate, everything is unknown. Deng Zai, you choose ten people to set off together immediately, and check carefully along the official road to see if there are any

There are clues. Qi Min, take the rest of the people to stay at home, protect the peach blossoms, and never allow them to leave, do you hear me?"

"yes!"

The teenagers stood in unison. Compared to Pei Yue, they were actually more afraid of Mr. Xi.

Taohua wiped her tears, looked at Mr. Xi and asked, "Sir, are you going to find the young master?"

Mr. Xi nodded and said to Deng Zai: "Bring a torch and go check. Regardless of whether you find anything, you must come back at night. I will look for you then."

"Yes sir."

"Without further delay, let's set off immediately."

Taohua said with a tearful voice: "Sir, we need to find the young master."

Mr. Xi did not look back and said calmly: "I promise you that I will bring Brother Yue back safely."

As night fell, a group of more than ten riders rode across the straight road, heading towards Kyoto.

After walking for more than a mile, Deng Zai and other young men slowed down and began to search along the road, while Mr. Xi continued to gallop without stopping.

By the time he arrived outside the east gate of Kyoto, the sky was already dark, and the scoldings of the Kyoto garrison officers could be heard from the gate tower. Mr. Xi reined in the reins outside the moat and shouted to the top: "Taishitai Pavilion Secret Agent, there is something urgent.

Enter the city, this is my token."

He took something out of his arms and threw it hard, and the token was thrown directly to the gate tower.

The city guard was startled, and hurriedly picked up the token that fell on the ground, and took a closer look with the torch next to it. This was indeed the token of Taishitai Pavilion, and it was a very high-grade token with cloud and dragon patterns. He did not dare to

There was no delay, so someone quickly lowered a basket from upstairs.

In fact, with Mr. Xi's martial arts skills, he could climb over a remote part of the city wall. But today he acted honestly according to the rules, and even used the token given to him by Silent Cloud, all for Pei Yue's sake.

Think about it. Without being sure of the boy's safety, he didn't want to cause trouble.

After boarding the city tower, Mr. Xi quickly ran into the city without greeting the city guard.

He first went to Taishitai Pavilion, but Mo Shenyun had already returned home today.

He ran all the way to the Shen Mansion in Yongrenfang again. Before the door could notice his arrival, a young man with a sword in his left hand appeared outside the door, looking at him with a solemn expression as if facing a formidable enemy.

Mr. Xi did not care about the indifference and scrutiny in his eyes, and said hastily: "Tell Silent Cloud that Xi Sidao has something important to discuss."

The young man turned around and walked away.

A moment later, Mr. Xi appeared in the study outside Shen's residence. Before the puzzled Silent Cloud could ask, he said straight to the point: "Brother Yue is missing."

Silent Cloud's expression changed and he quickly asked: "Who did it?"

Mr. Xi shook his head and said: "It's unclear at the moment."

Silent Cloud said: "It should have been around three o'clock when he left my house. I didn't receive any unusual report from Taige. Could it be that he is still in the capital?"

Mr. Xi said in a deep voice: "You should know something about Brother Yue's temperament. If he really had something to do, he would never disappear like this because he doesn't want others to worry about him."

Silent Cloud stood up and walked around, calmly analyzing: "If Brother Yue was attacked, the most likely cause is two groups of people. One is the remnant of the mountain bandits. You and I both know that the leader of the bandits has not been arrested yet. The other is Pei Rong.

, Brother Yue came to me today to hand over to me evidence of the collusion between Pei Rong and the bandits."

Mr. Xi shook his head and said: "Only you, me and Brother Yue know about this matter. Pei Rong is unlikely to know. I came to you because I hope you can use Tai Ge's ability to find out Brother Yue's whereabouts as soon as possible.

, at least know how he disappeared."

"And what are you going to do?"

"I want to leave the city immediately and go to Gu Liang. Nanying is relatively close, so it will be more convenient for him to mobilize elites to search."

Silent Cloud nodded and said: "This is the right thing. Don't worry about Duzhong's matter. I will arrange for someone to investigate immediately."

"Thank you."

Mr. Xi said this and then stood up to leave.

Silent Cloud raised his hand and said, "I'll have someone take you out of the city."

The two did not communicate much anymore, as if the tacit understanding of fighting side by side was still there.

When Mr. Xi was about to go out, Silent Cloud said suddenly: "Brother Sidao, no matter what happens, please be calm."

Mr. Xi paused slightly, but did not give him any response.
Chapter completed!