Chen Mu wrote this information on his small notebook, then tore off a blank page and handed it to him: "Draw a rough spot for me."

"Oh well."

Zhang Awei nodded, picked up the charcoal pen and started drawing.

...

After leaving Meng Yanqing's house, Chen Mu went straight to Liushemen.

Seeing Chen Muping's return, the soldiers who were already panicked were relieved.

Wang Fafa was even more happy and hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "I am honored to you, and you are blessed with great blessings and blessings from heaven, and you will be protected by God..."

"Your flattery is so awkward, get up quickly."

Chen Mu pulled him up impatiently and asked, "Mr. Xu's side is fine these two days."

Wang Faha smiled embarrassedly and nodded quickly: "Everything is normal. Perhaps Mr. Xu will be buried the day after tomorrow. Although Mrs. Xu was in a sad mood, no abnormal situation occurred."

Burial the day after tomorrow?

Chen Mu was a little surprised. After calculating the day, it was almost the same.

It would be good to go to worship Mr. Xu at that time and have a good relationship with Xu Youxin. I would also ask about some things.

"Are anyone close to Mr. Xu's house?"

Chen Mu said again.

Wang Fafa shook his head gently: "Brothers have been staring at it. No one has approached the yard these days. Not to mention humans, I haven't even flew in."

Chen Mu signaled Yan Xiaoer at the door to pour tea, picked up the cup and said, "I guess he has already alerted the enemy. Let's continue to stare at it first."

Now there are too few clues about Mr. Xu’s case. That courtyard is the only place to investigate, so I can only try my luck.

And the dead Xiu'er seems to be a unsolved case at the moment.

"yes."

Wang Fafa nodded.

Suddenly he remembered something and took out a note: "By the way, my sir, yesterday, foreman He brought news that the scholar named 'Yan Shimei' you asked them to look for had clues."

"Yan Shimei? Who?"

Chen Mu frowned and didn't remember it for a moment.

Wang Fafa said: "It was a missing scholar. A big-bellied woman brought a little girl to our six doors for help, saying that her husband was missing and you happened to appear, so she asked Foreman He and others to investigate."

After the other party reminded him, Chen Mu only then remembered it.

The big belly woman and the little girl in an old red shirt couldn't help but appear in my mind. The little girl said she was hungry and he even bought a sesame cake for her.

There have been too many things these days, so I forgot about it completely.

"How is it, the person found?"

"No." Wang Fafa looked weird. "After the continuous inquiries from Foreman He, Yan Shimei's last appearance was in front of Hong Dalang's house."

Hong Dalang?

Chen Mu was stunned and picked up the paper and looked at it.

The survey results in the content say: Yan Shimei went to Hong Dalang's street for two consecutive days, but never appeared again.

"Can it be anemone?"

Chen Mu's heart sank and thought to himself.

Before, he suspected that Yin Lian might be with the fox demon and helped the fox demon seduce the man.

If it is true, then this scholar named Yan Shimei might have been seduced by this woman and then encountered an unexpected situation?

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been missing for so long.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu sighed inwardly, a pity that the mother and daughter were pregnant, and their daughter was still so young that she was about to lose the pillars of the family.

"Is the address of the big-bellied woman still there?" Chen Mu asked.

Wang Fafa took out the note: "It's still here."

Chen Mu said lightly: "Let's go, let's go and see the woman first, it's best to help her. Her husband's affairs are hidden for the time being."

"Well, I understand." Wang Fafa nodded.

...

At the address on the note secretly, Chen Mu and Wang Fafa came to an old house.

The yard is not big, with half-collapsed walls, lush flowers and trees growing everywhere, and mottled rain marks on the inner walls, which shows that it is a semi-aborted house.

There were no neighbors around, so it was very quiet when you walked into the alley.

"According to the previous woman's oral statement, they now live in an old yard at a relative's house, and have not been to the Six Gates recently."

Wang Fafa said while knocking on the door knocker.

After a while, the gate of the courtyard slowly opened. It was the little girl of seven or eight years old who looked at Chen Mu and the others with a lively look.

"Little girl, do you still remember me?"

Chen Mu took out the candy chestnuts prepared in advance, and a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face. "Your mother took you to the yamen to find your father, and I promised you to find it."

The little girl in red shirt looked at Chen Mu with a bright look.

It seems like I saw my beloved toy.

She swallowed her saliva quietly, smiled happily, and said sweetly: "Dad."

“…”

“…”

Chen Mu and Zhang Awei looked at each other and asked in unison: "Call you?"

Chen Mu looked back and saw that there was no one else.

This kid doesn't have a good look?

Why do you recognize your father randomly?

Chen Mu smiled and rubbed the head of the girl in the red shirt: "Little girl, you recognized the wrong person. We are not your father... Are your mother at home?"

"Mom is going to buy vegetables, she will wait a while before she comes back."

The little girl in red shirt opened the yard door and looked well-behaved and cute. "Dad, come in quickly and play with Sheng'er. Sheng'er is so hungry. She hasn't eaten meat for several days."

Uh...is this girl a fool?

Chen Mu glanced at Wang Fafa, who also shook his head, indicating that he was not clear.

"Get in first."

Chen Mu stepped into the yard.

Such a young girl is not safe at home alone. When the big belly woman comes back, she can leave some money for her at least not keep her children hungry.

They haven't eaten meat for several days, which shows how difficult the mother and daughter are in their lives.

It's so pitiful.

When I entered the room, a rather gloomy breath came. It was clearly in broad daylight, but I felt that the room was a little dark, damp and chilly.

However, the room was clean and the floor was mopped cleanly.

Chen Mu sat on a slightly cold stool, frowned at the little girl and asked, "Didn't you make a fire at home? You're not afraid of getting cold if you're so cold?"

"Dad, we are not cold." The little girl in red shirt still had such sweet smile.

She looks so cute, but unfortunately she is a fool.

Chen Mu took out two ingots of silver and put them on the table, and said with a smile: "Little girl, what's your name?"

"Sheng'er."

"What is the full name?"

"Sheng'er."

"...Then you should know what your surname is."

"Sheng'er."

“…”

Chen Mu opened his mouth, not knowing what to ask for for a while, and was a little sure that this girl might have abnormal brain development.

"Sir, I'll go to the kitchen to make some water."

Seeing that the teapot was empty, Wang Fafa said softly.

"Yeah, you go."

Chen Mu waved his hand and looked at the little girl after the other party left. "Little girl, have your father come to find you mother and daughter these days?"
To be continued...