"Is there something wrong with this house?"

Gu Qing and Le Feng returned to the door of the room that the servant had first arranged for them.

"No, ma'am, don't worry."

Le Feng lowered his head slightly. He had just checked the room carefully. Just like an ordinary inn, there was no secret door or poison or incense.

Gu Qing nodded, pushed the door open, walked into the room, sat down on the couch, and continued the previous topic: "You said, Cuiping is in trouble?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere suddenly became terrifyingly low.

Her delicate brows were slightly wrinkled, and there were waves in her eyes.

Many people flashed through my mind quickly.

The Lü family? The Bai family? Or the deceased Zhang Bin? Or the Ministry of Works?

A breeze blew outside the window, bringing with it warm and sticky water vapor, and Gu Qing's mood became more and more irritable.

Liao Feng kept his head slightly lowered, extremely respectful, and his tone remained meticulously calm. "Madam, I just received a letter from my senior brother via carrier pigeon."

After saying this, he presented the letter with both hands, "Senior Brother and Cuiping have been secretly observing this inn and the second room. Cuiping disappeared from the stable in the backyard last night."

Gu Qing looked at the simple line of words on the letter, his eyes becoming increasingly cold: "Where is Xuanfeng now?"

Liao Feng was silent for a moment, then said truthfully, "Senior Brother is looking for Cui Ping's whereabouts right now."

"Come with me for a while."

Gu Qing stood up, thought for a moment, and then left the room and went downstairs.

Seeing this, the waiter who had just served came up to greet her and said with a nod and a bow, "Madam Chen, are you going out?"

"Would you like someone to arrange a carriage for you?"

Gu Qing's cold expression just now had disappeared, and there was a faint smile on his lips, which made people feel kind and gentle at first sight.

She looked at the servant for a moment and said, "No need for a carriage, but I do have something I want to ask you."

Hearing this, the servant's eyes flashed: "You don't mind listening, I will tell you everything I know!"

"Were there a man and a woman staying at your inn earlier? The man was tall, and the woman looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, with a pretty face."

The servant rolled his eyes and slapped his thigh after a moment, looking quite surprised.

"Mrs. Chen, there really are these two people! But they checked out yesterday, and I only saw that man when I checked out."

"really?"

Gu Qing carefully observed the servant's expression, trying to catch some clues on his face.

The servant nodded, feeling somewhat embarrassed, "Madam, how could I possibly deceive you?"

"Which room are they staying in? Take me to see it." Gu Qing looked around and realized that the inn, which was bustling with people just now, was now much quieter.

It was only a short time after dinner, and there were so few people around.

The servant hesitated for a moment, looked back at the shopkeeper at the door, then smiled and led the two men upstairs.

It was the room next to Gu Qing. "This is it."

Without waiting for him to continue speaking, Gu Qing pushed the door open suddenly. The room was very deserted, with no signs of anyone having lived there. Even the corners of the quilt were neatly folded.

Gu Qing turned around and stared at him coldly: "Didn't you say there were only two rooms left? Why is this room empty?"

The servant's eyes were evasive.

Liao Feng held his sword in front of him and said, "Speak!"

"Madam, please spare me! Madam, please spare me!" The servant was horrified.

This man really looks like an evil spirit, wearing a mask in broad daylight!

Gu Qing walked into the house with his hands behind his back. The air pressure around him made him feel very stressed.

The servant's legs couldn't help but tremble. He had no choice but to confess the matter: "Madam, our inn usually has a lot of business with diners."

"You know Yinshan City is poor, and merchants are even rarer. With your coming, our Tianfu Inn is flourishing, and the owner wants you to stay in the best room."

Gu Qing looked around the room, her eyes landing on a piece of ink-soaked rice paper in the corner. She sneered, "You want to rip me off? Why are you trying to come up with some high-sounding excuse? Do you think I'm stupid?"

The servant's face flushed, and he bent down even lower: "What are you talking about? How dare I?!"

"Stop talking nonsense and bring me that piece of rice paper." Gu Qing ordered.

The servant immediately ran over, took the rice paper and handed it to her with both hands: "Madam, here."

Le Feng took it for Gu Qing, put it on the table and opened it. There was a huge word "Zhang" with a drop of ink next to it. It seemed that something interrupted the person who was writing.

Gu Qing stared at the word "Zhang" and was silent for a long time.

"Madam, if you have nothing else to do, I'll go down first."

The servant spoke tremblingly.

Just as he was about to leave, Gu Qing suddenly turned around and looked at him: "Has anyone else come to see my aunt in the past two days?"

The servant was very secretive.

But Gu Qing still caught the strangeness in his eyes: "If you tell the truth, this ingot of silver will be yours."

As he spoke, Le Feng threw a silver ingot on the table.

“Yes, yes!”

The servant's eyes lit up, and he quickly put the silver into his arms, smiling and saying, "The day before yesterday, Mr. Zhang from Huaishui City came here."

"Are you talking about Zhang Bin?" Gu Qing spoke word by word, his expression becoming a little serious.

The servant bit the silver ingot and sighed, "Madam is truly generous. It is indeed Zhang Bin, but he probably didn't come here specifically to visit your family."

"Your family had some conflicts with him. Later, Master Zhang discovered that the person he had offended was someone from the Chen residence, so he went to apologize in person."

After hearing what he said, Gu Qing quickly thought in his mind, some conflicts?

Could it be that Zhang Bin was trying to deceive others by putting on a show with Lu, and was actually discussing the details of the stolen money?

However, why did Cuiping disappear?

She should not have been exposed from beginning to end.

Gu Qing's face became increasingly ugly, his mind was a little confused, and it was difficult for him to connect the two things.

"Okay, if you want to go down first, I will call you if there is anything."

Gu Qing waved his hand and let Feng take the rice paper back to the room.

Inside the room, Gu Qing paced back and forth, carefully recalling the whole story.

"Xuanfeng, are you sure that the person disappeared in the stable?" Gu Qing tapped the edge of the table with his fingers, revealing his inner annoyance.

Liao Feng nodded: "My senior brother and I have confirmed that it is indeed a stable."

Gu Qing's movements suddenly stopped: "Looks like I have to go visit Second Aunt again."

"Liao Feng, go to the stables secretly tonight and see if there is anything strange."

After saying that, Gu Qing stood up and walked to the desk to sit down, picking up a pen and writing a letter: "Find a chance to tell Chen Zhizhou about the situation here. I'm afraid the truth behind it is beyond my imagination."

She felt that something was wrong from the moment she stepped into this deserted city. This strange feeling lingered in her heart for a long time.

"Yes, ma'am."

As soon as Liao Feng left, Gu Qing went to Lu's house.

"Why are you here?"

The anxiety on Mrs. Lu's face had not yet dissipated, and her tone was not controlled when she opened the door, revealing some clues.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "I'm bored being alone, so I went to talk to Second Aunt."