The next day, early morning.

Small yard.

Willow...

A man in white holding a long sword was entangled with a woman in red holding a short sword. The weapons in his hands kept colliding with each other, making a sound of metal hitting.

Suddenly, the woman in red knocked away the long sword in the man in white with one move. At the same time, the short sword in her hand pointed to the man in white's throat.

"You lost!"

Li Hongxiu took back the dagger and looked at Li Yu with more or less surprised: "Why do I feel that you have made rapid progress during this period? I also used 30% of my strength. The day before yesterday you could only hold on to eleven moves, but today they could hold on to 16 moves."

Since coming to the capital, Li Yu has been asking Li Hongxiu to practice swords almost every morning, and his combat power has been increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Perhaps this is because it is not that difficult from nothing to something, and in comparison, it is not that difficult.

"hey-hey......"

Li Yu smiled and said to be honest, he was quite satisfied with his strength's improvement over this period.

He came to the long sword that was knocked away by Li Hongxiu, bent down and picked it up.

This long sword is naturally not Qingyu, but just a long sword that is so ordinary that it cannot be more ordinary.

Although the short sword in Li Hongxiu's hand is also a good sword, it is not as good as Qingyu. If you touch Qingyu, over time, even if you deliberately pay attention and force, it will inevitably be broken by Qingyu.

Therefore, Li Yu did not practice swords with Qingyu and Li Hongxiu.

After glanced at the gaps of large and small size in the sword, Li Yu knew that it seemed that he would have to change to another sword tomorrow morning.

Then, he looked at Li Hongxiu and asked, "What do you want to eat this morning?"

Although Aunt Song has the existence of Aunt Song and her skills are not bad, Li Yu will most likely choose to cook by himself when he has time. Especially in such an early morning, perhaps this is a habit left in Yongyang County.

Li Hongxiu said without thinking: "Clean soup noodle."

Li Yu was not surprised by this answer, or he knew that she would be the answer.

This girl really has a special liking for clear soup noodles. She seems to be unhappy no matter how you eat it. Even if she just sprinkles a handful of chopped green onion on the clear soup noodles, and does not add poached eggs, mutton slices, etc., she still eats it with relish.

After breakfast, the new day began.

However, time passes very quickly, and inadvertently, the sun is about to set, as if it has only passed in such a blink of an eye.

But at this moment, someone came to report to the official, saying that their daughter was missing and disappeared.

Missing population is a big case, and Li Yu dared not slacken any slackness. He quickly put down his work and went to court with Cheng Deng and others.

The person who reported to the official was an elderly couple. At this time, their expressions looked obviously anxious and uneasy.

Without any extra actions or words, Li Yu walked directly to the elderly couple and said, "I am the magistrate of the county government. You two said that your daughter is missing. What is the specific thing?"

Knowing that the young man in front of him was the magistrate, the two old men were trying to salute Li Yu.

Li Yu stopped the salutes of the two old men. He was not so at ease to let the two old men such an old man salute him.

The father-in-law said: "The magistrate, this is the matter. When my old daughter Li'er went to buy tofu in the morning, it took an hour for her tofu, but she had not come back yet. You should know that the longest time she had gone out tofu tofu in the past was only half an hour."

"Now, Lao I and my wife couldn't stay at home anymore, so they went out to find Li'er. Then, they came to Zhang San's shop. Our family usually bought tofu from Zhang San. When they learned about the purpose of our trip, Zhang San told us that Li'er had indeed bought tofu from him, but that was half an hour ago, and they were also walking towards the direction of home."

"So, Lao I and my wife searched along the way back, trying to find Li'er's trace, but there was no gain. After learning about this, the neighbors around the world helped find Li'er. Until the sun was about to set, they still found Li'er..."

"It's not possible, I and my wife came to the county government to report to the officials."

Li Yu pondered for a moment, looked at the two old men, and said, "Will your two daughters stay in a certain place because of some things, such as in an acquaintance?"

Lao said, "Mr. Magistrate, at first, I thought so, so I went to every acquaintance's house to find it, but I said I had never met Li'er. Moreover, you should know that Li'er is usually very well-behaved. No matter what happens outside, he will come back and tell him first, and then do it. If he really can't come back, he will ask someone to help him come back and tell him."

"Now, there is no news. Li'er must have something wrong!"

"Mr. Magistrate, please be sure to find Lier. I'm kneeling down here for you!"

As he said that, the elderly couple was about to kneel down for Li Yu.

Fortunately, Li Yu was quick-eyed and quick-handed, so he helped the two of them up, which made them not kneel down.

"Two, please rest assured. I will do my best to find your daughter. This is the responsibility of the county government."

"Thank you, the magistrate!"

The two old men are very grateful.

Next, Li Yu asked the two old men some details, such as the full name of their youngest daughter, how old is they this year, where they live, about when they went out to buy tofu, etc.

After all this was understood, the sky began to dim.

In order to avoid unnecessary accidents, Li Yu also asked Niu Da and Chen Gang to send the two old men back home.

At this time, Wu Yue, a county magistrate who had not spoken, stood up and said, "Sir, this kind of thing has happened more than once."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on him.

After being slightly stunned, Li Yu's brows couldn't help but lock them up and said, "Civil Wu, can you say things more clearly?"

County magistrate Wu Yue said: "Sir, it's about ten years ago. There are incidents of girls missing from time to time in the capital. The previous magistrate investigated the matter for a long time, but until he retired, he still failed to solve the case..."

After hearing what the county magistrate Wu Yue said, Li Yu couldn't help but remember what the woman in a goose yellow dress said to him. Two years ago, many skeletons were found at the bottom of Xiwanghu Lake, and these skeletons were all female.

Thinking of this, Li Yu said: "Wuxianwei, do you know that there were many skeletons at the bottom of the lake in Xiwanghu Lake two years ago?"

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate Wu Yue couldn't help but look at Li Yu in surprise and said, "Sir, I didn't expect you to know about this, the official is trying to say it."

He was indeed a little surprised. The magistrate in front of him came to the capital for only a short time, but he learned about this incident two years ago. Where did he know about it?

Li Yu smiled faintly and said, "It was just by chance that I learned about such a thing."

Without doubting Li Yu's words, the county magistrate Wu Yue said: "On the day two years ago, when I heard someone report a report to fish out a skeleton from the bottom of Xiwanghu Lake, the previous magistrate and the lower magistrate rushed to Xiwanghu Lake and found that it was indeed a human skeleton. Immediately, the previous magistrate quickly ordered the search of the entire Xiwanghu Lake, and found that it was a skeleton from the bottom of Xiwanghu Lake."

"These bones were examined and found to be all female bones, which reminded people of the disappearance of girls. Someone kidnapped the girls, then cruelly killed them, and finally sank to the bottom of Xiwang Lake."

"Facts have proved that this judgment is undoubtedly correct. Because since the thirty-five female bones were picked up from the bottom of Xiwang Lake, perhaps the people who did it were in a panic, or perhaps they were afraid that some of the flaws would be revealed at this time... In short, after this, no girl disappeared happened."

"However, this situation lasted for more than a year, until the end of last year, when girls began to disappear one after another. The number of people reported to the officials is the fourth one today."

I thought it was just an ordinary missing person, but it never involved such a big deal.

In response to this, Li Yu couldn't help but feel heavy. He looked at the county lieutenant and said, "Wu County lieutenant, besides these, there are other lines. Wu Yue looked a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and said, "Sir, there are no other clues besides this. The power behind those people seems to be very large. Every time they act, they can eliminate all the clues, making it impossible for us to start."

......

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Yu took Li Changfeng, Li Hongxiu and Niu Da out of the county government.

The first purpose of this trip was to go to Li'er's house, whose full name was Sun Li'er.

As for Cheng Deng... Li Yu once again left him in the county government office. At this time, the affairs of the county government office were somewhat inseparable from him.

The main reason for bringing Niu Da with him is that he has a good understanding of the route of the capital. With his presence, he will save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Sun Li'er's home looks even more poor than Niu's home.

At this time, in addition to the elderly couple yesterday, there was also a young couple, and the young woman also held a little boy in her hands.

This young couple is the son and daughter-in-law of the elderly couple. Yesterday, because of the affairs of their daughter-in-law's parents' home, the son and daughter-in-law returned to their daughter-in-law's parents' home early in the morning. When they came back in the evening, they learned about the disappearance of their younger sister.

Li Yu could see the expression of the family in front of him. They didn't think much of their rest last night.

Seeing Li Yu and others, the elderly couple who knew Li Yu's identity suddenly tightened their faces, and they quickly walked up tremblingly, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Magistrate, is there any news about Lier?"

Amid the disappointed eyes of the two old men, Li Yu shook his head and said, "I came here today just to see if I can find some useful clues."

After pausing, he continued, "Can I let me take a look at your daughter's room?"

Of course there is no reason to disobey this.

So, Li Yu and his friends came to Sun Li'er's room.

The room is very simple, but it can be seen that this is the room of a flowery girl.

After observing it, I found nothing special.

After coming out of Sun Li'er's room, Li Yu's eyes fell on the family again, and said, "I want to follow the road where Sun Li'er usually goes to Zhang San from here to take a look and walk. Who among you can take a convenient way?"

Without much hesitation, the young man stood up and said, "Mr. Magistrate, let Cao Min lead the way."

The young man is named Sun Su, and he is Sun Lier's brother.

Li Yu nodded.

So, he left Sun Lier's home. Under Sun Su's guidance, Li Yu and his friends walked slowly along the way to buy tofu.

At the beginning, it was nothing. I kept walking along the avenue, with pedestrians coming and going.

According to the father-in-law, Sun Li'er left the house at the Si hour. At this time, there would be no fewer pedestrians. Therefore, Sun Li'er could not be plundered on this avenue.

Then, the next moment, Sun Su suddenly turned around and got into an alley.

The alley is getting deeper and deeper, and the number of pedestrians gradually decreases.

If you want to do it, it is undoubtedly a good choice in this alley.

Therefore, Li Yu and his friends carefully observed every step they took, hoping to find useful clues, which was obviously much slower than the pace on the road outside.
To be continued...