"How is that possible?" When Li Zhang heard the wild dog say that Yan Niang ran away, his first reaction was that he couldn't believe it, because he knew the wild dog's ability and ran quickly with sharp eyes. It can be said that the person he was targeting was almost impossible to escape, let alone Yan Niang was just a little girl with no power to tie a chicken.

The wild dog seemed to feel a little ashamed at this time. It turned out that the wild dog had been staring at Yan Niang just now, and the other party was busy in the kitchen. There seemed to be nothing unusual. However, half an hour ago, Yan Niang was holding a pot of vegetable soup and was about to pour it out, but she accidentally slipped it. As a result, the pot of vegetable soup was poured on her. So Zhou Laosan asked her to go back and rinse it, and then change her clothes and come to work.

In this case, Yan Niang returned to the backyard, fetched water and brought it into the woodshed, and took a new piece of clothing in it. It seemed that he wanted to take a shower and change clothes. Of course, the wild dog could not follow him, so he stayed outside the woodshed and stared at it. But what he didn't expect was that Yan Niang couldn't wait for the left and right, and at first he was embarrassed to rush in, but as time went on, he finally felt something was wrong, so when he broke in to find someone, he found that the person was gone.

When Li Zhang heard this, he immediately rushed into the woodshed room, which is the room for firewood. Because the fuel in this era was mainly firewood, there was generally a special room to store firewood. Huiweizhai needed to make roast duck, and a large amount of firewood was needed. Therefore, the area of ​​this woodshed room was quite large, and several walls were filled with neatly arranged firewood.

Firewood that can be used for three days is usually stored in the woodshed. In addition to seeing these firewood, Li Zhang came in, there was a basin of water in the middle of the room and a neatly stacked piece of clothes. But there was no other thing, and Yan Niang was even missing.

"Wild Dog, you definitely haven't seen her escape?" Li Zhang looked around the room and asked again.

"No, but I've checked it just now. The window behind the woodshed has been opened. She probably ran away from the window!" The wild dog replied again.

"What are you waiting for? Wild Dog is going to chase with me!" Huozi slapped his thigh when he heard this, then turned around and chased outside. Wild Dog hesitated for a moment and ran out quickly, but Li Zhang did not run out, but instead came to the window where Yan Niang ran away and looked carefully.

"Brother, we..."

At this time, the ugly lady saw Li Zhang standing there and was about to say something, but Li Zhang smiled without raising his head and said, "Don't worry, the wild dog's legs are fast. If he can't catch up, it's useless for us to go out."

When the ugly lady heard Li Zhang's words, she looked at him strangely, because there were many alleys around Huiweizhai. No matter how fast the wild dogs ran, they could not search all the streets and alleys in a short time. Multiple people could find Yan Niang a little more chance. However, when she saw Li Zhang's calm expression, she seemed to have plans, which made her open her mouth and say nothing. Instead, she also followed Li Zhang in the room. This was also the trust she cultivated with Li Zhang.

At this time, Li Zhang looked at the open window carefully and saw that outside the window was the wall of the yard. The wall was not very high and was very close to the wall of the room. As long as people with normal hands and feet were able to easily support the walls on both sides to the wall. This was also the reason why the wild dog suspected that the other party had escaped from here just now.

After a while, Huozi ran back panting. According to him, he chased him far away, but he didn't even see a figure. The wild dog chased him to other places, but the possibility of finding him was very small. After all, people have been missing for so long. If this Yan Niang was in a corner, it would be difficult for them to find him.

However, Li Zhang finally turned around at this time, then turned around in the room, and even reached out to push the firewood. However, the firewood was piled up next to the wall, and it was impossible to hide people inside. However, even so, Li Zhang still carefully checked it, and even pulled out a few pieces of firewood to look at the back. It was not until he found that the firewood was behind the wall, so he felt relieved.

"Brother, do you suspect that Yan Niang didn't leave the room?" Chou Niang and Huozi finally guessed what he thought when they saw Li Zhang's actions. However, when they said this, they turned their heads and looked at the room. Although there was a lot of firewood in the room, the firewood was stacked neatly, and it was impossible to hide people at all. Apart from that, there was no more room for hiding people in the whole room.

Li Zhang did not answer Chou Niang's words. After checking the firewood, he turned around and turned around the room for a half-circle, and finally arrived at the south wall. This place was the only place where there was no firewood piled up, but there was a lot of furnace ash, that is, the ash left after the firewood burned. This thing is a good fertilizer. There are a lot of furnace ash in the restaurant every day. It's a pity to throw it away, so it's usually stored together. Usually, there will be special people buying it for about ten days, which is also a little income.

The furnace ash in the woodshed has been stored for several days and has been piled into a hill in the corner of the wall. These furnace ash can not only be sold for money, but also piled in the woodshed to prevent moisture from being moisture-proof, so that the firewood will not form a lot of black smoke when burned. This is very important for roast duck.

Li Zhang came to the pile of furnace ashes and looked at them with interest. It seemed that in his eyes it was not a pile of furnace ashes, but a pile of gold. This made Huozi and Chou Niang feel curious and came up immediately, but apart from this pile of furnace ashes, they did not find anything unusual.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" The wild dog looked at Li Zhang for no reason at this time, and finally couldn't help asking. The ugly lady seemed to have noticed something, but although people could hide in the ashes, people could not breathe when they crawled in. They had been in the room for so long. If there were really someone inside, they would probably have been suffocated to death long ago, right?

"It's nothing, why haven't the wild dog come back yet?" Li Zhang said again with a smile.

Just as Li Zhang finished speaking, the wild dog finally rushed over. Seeing his empty hands, he must have failed to catch up with someone. Li Zhang was not surprised by this. Instead, he turned around and spoke to Lu Hui and said, "Come out, don't force us to do it!"

"Brother, what are you saying? You don't think you can hide people in the ashes, right?" Huozi finally reacted at this time, and of course he asked with disbelief on his face. Like Ugly, he didn't believe that people could hide people in the ashes.

Li Zhang smiled calmly at this time. He felt strange just now. Even if the wild dog didn't come in, with his ears, if Yan Niang really climbed the wall and ran away, there would definitely be some noise. The wild dog should have noticed it at that time, but the fact is that the wild dog did not notice any abnormality at all. When he rushed into the room, Yan Niang was gone, as if she had disappeared out of thin air.

It was precisely because of the suspicion above that Li Zhang did not rush out rashly, but carefully inspected the windows and walls, and found that there were no signs of climbing on the outside walls. Unless Yan Niang was a martial arts master and could jump directly onto the wall like a wild dog, there would be no trace on the walls.

With the above discovery, Li Zhang was almost certain that Yan Niang should not have escaped, but was likely to be hiding somewhere in the room. If they really ran out to chase, Yan Niang could come out of the hiding place and then escape calmly. The only place in the room where people could be hidden is the pile of ashes in front of them.

"I haven't come out yet? Then don't blame me for being rude!" Li Zhang ignored Huozi and immediately approached the ash passage again. The pile of ash seemed normal on the surface, but in fact he had already discovered that there was something wrong with it, which made him sure that Yan Niang must be hiding here.

However, Li Zhang's words did not work, and the furnace ash still did not move at all. Li Zhang was also a little angry. He sneered, reached out and grabbed the furnace ash, and then poured it directly into an inconspicuous bamboo tube on the furnace ash. The outside of the bamboo tube was also rubbed with the furnace ash, which looked black and mixed with the furnace ash. If you don't observe carefully, it will be very easy for people to ignore it.

"Puff~, cough cough cough..." As the ash was poured into the bamboo tube, a black figure suddenly jumped out of the ash and started coughing violently. She just now relied on the bamboo tube to breathe. When the ash was sucked in by her, the result was naturally imagined.

"Haha~, I won't let you come out. Now I'll suffer!" Li Zhang couldn't help laughing when he saw the other party's embarrassing look. Although the other party was covered in black and gray, it could still be seen from his figure that the other party was the disappearing Yan Niang.

"It's actually hidden in the ashes!" Huozi and Chou Niang also showed shocked expressions at this time, and the wild dog was so angry that he wanted to come forward and arrest the other party. It was the first time he was fooled by others, but before he could do it, Li Zhang stopped him again.

"You... you bully people! Woo~" Yan Niang coughed for a long time, and finally coughed out the black gray that she sucked in, but she simply squatted on the ground and started crying. While crying, she pulled out the paper balls in her nose and threw them on the ground. The snot and tears also poured out. The mixed black gray suddenly turned her into a big face, looking funny and pitiful.

Huozi still had the intention of mercy on the scent of the fragrance and jade. At this time, he was about to come forward to help Yan Niang up, but was stopped by Li Zhang. Then he squatted down and stared at Yan Niang and said, "Don't pretend to be pitiful. If you escape, if you are caught and confessed, we will be in danger. So you should follow me honestly and I will provide you with a hiding place. As long as you don't do anything randomly, I guarantee your safety!"

"Really?" Hearing that Li Zhang would not kill him, Yan Niang finally raised her head and looked at him in disbelief. Because she felt that Li Zhang wanted to kill him to silence her before, she wanted to escape.
Chapter completed!