When night fell, we stayed idle in this ancient house. The two of them had experienced terrible nervous torture and were now exhausted. Although I did not consume the vitality in my body, I could not sustain the physical strength after a big battle.

They closed the door tightly and did not take turns to keep watch. They just spread the animal skins they brought with them on the ground and slept on it.

In fact, I am still thinking about the wheat planted at the post station. After all, next year's food security depends on it. But once we leave, there will be no one to take care of it, and the wheat field may not be able to sustain. If the wheat dies, food will be insecure and we can only rely on hunting and wild fruits to survive, which will be much more difficult to survive.

But I dare not say it now. After all, Yunwen will definitely not support going back to take care of the wheat fields first, let alone Bailu. Yingchun and the horse have not been found yet. If I mention going back, won’t it arouse public anger?

Thinking of this, I could only sigh and regret, and prepared to fall asleep with such a mood. It was freezing cold, and the two girls both slept tightly against my body, squeezed together on the animal skin, covered with my cloak, Bai Lu was close to me, but Yunwen hugged me tightly without any scruples, her fragrant breath blew from time to time, making my ears hot.

Although I am doing this helplessly to keep warm, I can't help feeling a little proud because I think there are probably not many people in history who can hug two stunning beauties on both sides of this island like I do.

In the gentle space between the two women, I gradually fell asleep under the rich feminine fragrance emanating from them.

When I woke up, it was already daybreak, the sun shining through the window onto my face. I stretched and got up. Yunwen was still sleeping beside me, her body rising and falling with her slight breathing. Her eyes were tightly closed but her slightly curled eyelashes still caught my gaze for a long time. Such a moving face was so beautiful in the bright sunshine that the Sleeping Beauty in the fairy tale must have looked like this.

However, just as I was watching fascinatedly, I suddenly felt something was wrong. I looked up and saw Bai Lu looking at me with a half-smile. I quickly retracted my gaze, coughed, and said awkwardly, "Good morning, you woke up so early?"

"Sister Yunwen is very beautiful, right?" Bai Lu asked.

My face flushed, and I quickly got up from the floor and said, "No, you three are all very beautiful. I just wanted to see if she was awake. I didn't mean anything else."

Bai Lu walked towards me, looked at me seriously, and said, "Brother Zhou Bo, I know what you are thinking. After all, I have been a doctor. There is no need to avoid or conceal the explanation of these physiological phenomena. Therefore, I have a suggestion that will allow you, Brother Zhou Bo, to not have to deal with our relationship so awkwardly. That is, you can marry us. This is not a civilized world. You can follow the ancient way. Sister Yunwen can be the principal wife, and Yingchun and I can be concubines. This will not hinder you from doing what you want."

I was slightly embarrassed. I really thought that what she said was worth a try, but I thought that if I did so, Yunwen would be sad and disappointed in me. Moreover, if we formed a family, my leadership position would also be affected. As the saying goes, even a judge cannot judge family affairs. Once we become intimate, I will have to lead the team with emotion and reason instead of laws and regulations. That would be a dangerous move.

"Bai Lu, thank you for your suggestion, but I haven't thought about those things. You are overthinking." I said.

At this time, Bai Lu came over, put her mouth close to my ear, and said, "Brother Zhou Bo, don't be embarrassed. Maybe Sister Yunwen wants it, and I can convince her. Isn't having three wives and four concubines the dream of you men? As long as you want, I can do it for you. Women understand each other and are better at talking. Maybe Sister Yunwen will agree. But there is one condition. You must do your best to help me find my sister. My father told me to take good care of her. I can't let her get into trouble, okay?"

I guess I understood what she meant. She was probably afraid that I would despise Yingchun and not look for her seriously, so she wanted to give her a sweet potion so that I would try my best to look for her. I think I can understand this as a sister.

"Okay, Bailu, Yingchun ran away in anger, and I am largely responsible. As one of the perpetrators, I will not be irresponsible. Don't worry about it. I will go out for a walk to look for her after dinner." I said.

"That's great! Let me put it this way. I know men's physiology. If you can find out what I promised you before, you can come to me anytime and you don't have to be responsible for me. Just consider it as a thank you from me." Bai Lu said.

My blood boiled when I heard these words, and I almost spit them out. He actually said them so bluntly.

But in the end she still didn't believe me and wanted to use her body as a bargaining chip so that I would have something to think about and do things for her.

Not long after, Yunwen also woke up, and just like last night, we stewed some black fungus and wild vegetables in a stainless steel pot on the campfire as breakfast. It was so bland, like chewing dry food.

After eating, the two of them sat on the ground as usual, waiting for me to assign tasks.

"Now Yingchun is missing and the horse has run away. We both need to go look for them. However, this ancient city is filled with gloomy winds, and it seems that things are not going to go smoothly. So I suggest that we follow the usual rules. The two of you stay in this room and tidy up. Don't walk around easily. At most, you can go to the river in the city to fetch water. The room is still bright during the day, so cleaning should not be difficult. After cleaning, wait for me to come back in the room. If you encounter any danger, close the door and hide. Do you understand? I will be responsible for looking for people outside, and also see if I can find some food to bring back." I said.

"No problem, I will try my best to take care of this one, just look for it with peace of mind, don't feel burdened." Bai Lu said.

Yunwen said to me with concern and tenderness in her eyes: "Go early and come back early, and be sure to pay attention to safety."

I nodded, then put on the Feiyu cloak, picked up the Jinque blunt sword, put on my backpack, and went out in the cold wind.

I'm quite good at finding people. After all, I have extremely sensitive ears. When I was on missions in the past, if there were reports of things like human trafficking, I would usually be sent to carry out rescue missions. I could listen to sounds, identify voices, and judge details. I could capture a lot of information that ordinary people don't pay attention to from sounds, such as faint shouts, the strong friction sound of abducted children struggling to break free from the other person's clothes, etc., and I would be alert immediately.

And now, I am back to my old ways and doing my old job.

It's a pity that I walked around the city and through every street, but I couldn't find any trace of Yingchun or Sanfu, which surprised me. Yingchun was fine, but she suddenly disappeared that night. Besides being brought here as a sacrifice, there might be other hidden reasons. But I saw the horse Sanfu running away, so it's impossible that he didn't leave even a footprint.

Could it be that it also disappeared out of thin air?

Therefore, I couldn't help but step on the ground and the stone road, and found that faint footprints could still be left. It seems unlikely that there would be no trace left at all, which seriously violates the laws of nature.

So I reluctantly walked around the city again to look for it. There were only these places in total: the South Gate, the North Gate, the Square Market, the sacrificial area, and some remote alleys in corners. It was just an ancient city built by an ancient tribe more than 3,000 years ago. Even if it was larger, there were only a few hundred households. Therefore, it would take no more than an hour to search back and forth.

"Where could it have gone? Could it be some legendary alternate dimension?" I couldn't help but think.

Just as I was feeling disappointed, I walked to a small alley near the north gate of the city on the other side, when I suddenly heard a few faint creaking sounds of machinery. I remembered that the bridge was raised too high by a mechanism someone had opened, so I went in the direction of the sound.

In a dark corner, I saw an iron pestle, which was quite similar to the mechanism of the post station. I didn't know if it was the mechanism of the bridge, so I pushed it. At this time, there was a buzzing sound from the ground like an earthquake. I was shaking so much that I could only lean on the wall to stand. Listening carefully, it seemed like some huge mechanism was being lifted up.

But it was obviously not the mechanism of the lonely bridge, the sound came from underground...