Chapter 2321 It was actually the Wei family.
Meng Yunzheng followed her gaze and saw a young woman carrying a basket walk into a shop not far away.
They had never seen this woman before, but Meng Yunzheng found her face extremely familiar.
“That’s… the Wei family?” Meng Yunzheng and Shu Yu looked at each other in bewilderment.
Meng Yunzheng has painted this face many times, and there are several portraits in the family. Xiao Song Le takes out the portraits to look at them every day, trying to deeply engrave her mother's appearance in her mind.
But why is the Wei family here?
This place is so far, far away from Huajiang Prefecture where she disappeared.
Hearing Meng Yunzheng's words, Shu Yu was certain that she had not mistaken the person for someone else; this person really was Wei Shi, Xiao Song Le's missing mother.
"Didn't Zhao Xi hear before that Wei disappeared at the dock? People who saw her said she originally wanted to go north, but might have boarded the wrong ship?"
Zhao Xi, standing nearby, immediately nodded. "Yes, that's the information I gathered. So the Wei family really did board a ship heading south and even reached this southwestern region?"
They were all a bit bewildered. They had racked their brains but hadn't found a single clue, and then they stumbled upon it like this.
"So, should we go up and confirm?" Zhao Xi asked the two of them. Although they thought she was Wei, it was hard to say without confirmation from the person involved.
Meng Yunzheng pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "We have important matters to attend to in the Southwest, and besides, we're being watched, so let's not create any unnecessary trouble and drag her into it as well. We can find her after things are settled in the Southwest."
Now that we know she's in the southwest, and judging from her clothes, she must be someone's servant.
When she entered the shop, the shop assistant immediately took the basket from her hands, as if they were very familiar with each other. It seemed that even if she didn't live here, she knew the shop assistants, so they wouldn't be completely clueless when they wanted to find her.
After Meng Yunzheng said this, Zhao Xi nodded, and the group passed by the shop as if nothing had happened. Out of the corner of their eyes, they saw that Wei Shi had indeed entered the backyard of the shop.
They continued to wander around the county town until dusk, when they finally returned to their inn, the Fulu Inn.
Those secretly watching frowned, but then thought it was normal; after all, it was only the first day, so it wasn't surprising that they hadn't met Qi Lie yet.
However, the next day, they remained normal. They went out for a stroll in the morning, occasionally inquiring about the whereabouts of the Abbess of Dongqing Temple, as if they really were looking for her. In the afternoon, they sat in the lobby downstairs of the inn, watching the guests coming and going.
This situation led those watching them to believe that Qi Lie would disguise himself as a guest and enter the inn, so they paid extra attention to the people coming and going.
However, nothing happened.
The same thing happened on the third day.
The person watching couldn't understand what they were doing. If they wanted to meet Qi Lie, he hadn't seen them contact anyone.
There's no discernible pattern to their search for the black market.
However, he did not know that on the third night, the group did not dine in the lobby.
Shu Yu found it too noisy outside and asked the inn's waiter to bring the dishes in.
As soon as the waiter entered the room, the people inside started moving. Xia Yan and Ying Xi stood by the door, listening to the sounds outside.
Zhao Xi took the food from the waiter and placed it aside.
Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng sat at the table and gave the middle seat to the waiter.
(End of this chapter)
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