Chapter 236 Half a Note
Liang Huanxue's face fell, and the disappointment in her eyes was hard to hide. At this moment, a clear child's voice rang out: "I know where he is."
Everyone turned to look. The man was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked very cute. But there was an innate arrogance between his eyebrows that made people dare not underestimate him.
The young man was Xu Zhiyi.
As soon as he heard Liang Huanxue coming, he ran over without thinking, just in time to listen to what his old father said.
He looked at the city lord with disdain, not caring about the father-son relationship at all, and said disdainfully: "You are the city lord, but you can't even find a person. You are not even as good as a six-year-old child like me. I met him outside the city."
The city lord snorted, "He went outside the city. No wonder we can't find him."
Although Liang Huanxue was curious, the most urgent thing was to find the person. Once she found the person, all problems would be solved.
There is a key point to please Xu Zhiyi, and that is to act coquettishly.
Anyway, having been a child for three years, Liang Huanxue has completely gotten used to her identity, so she can act coquettishly with ease.
She stepped forward and said, "Brother Zhiyi, can you take me to find Li Dafu? He is a bad guy and he bullies me."
When he was called "brother", Xu Zhiyi's smile suddenly became particularly worthless. He glared at Liang Weijiang, then smiled and took Liang Huanxue's hand, completely occupying Liang Weijiang's position.
Then he said, "Of course you can, but from now on you can only call me brother."
Liang Weijiang's eyebrows twitched.
Liang Huanxue played dumb: "But I have several brothers."
"Your brothers are useless. You still have to rely on me when you need help."
Liang Weijiang: "..."
Liang Huanxue laughed and said, "Brother Zhiyi, let's go quickly. If we go too late, the person will run away. When we find him, I will help you catch katydids."
When Xu Zhiyi heard this, he was delighted and was about to leave quickly.
The city lord was afraid that everyone would get hurt, so he sent a team of personal guards to follow.
He told Liang Weijiang and Lin Zixuan, "I have official business to attend to, so I can't go with you. You two must take good care of the two children. If anything happens, I will hold you two responsible."
"Yes." The two of them bowed in response.
In addition to the personal guards, the city lord also arranged a small carriage with two children sitting in it.
Xu Zhiyi opened the curtain, lay down at the door of the carriage in an ungraceful manner, and ordered the driver.
"Here, here. Hurry up. If we're late, we'll hold you responsible."
With Xu Zhiyi's urging, the group quickly arrived outside the city, but it was inconvenient to drive to where Li Dafu lived, so they could only walk.
However, Xu Zhiyi and Liang Huanxue were not ordinary children. They were just walking, and each one was more energetic than the other.
So, the group followed Xu Zhiyi to his shabby thatched cottage. However, when they pushed open the door and walked in, they found that there was no one inside, only a shabby table and a few stools with broken legs.
The room was filled with a foul stench. Xu Zhiyi subconsciously covered his sister's mouth and said in disgust, "This shabby place is not suitable for human beings. Sister, please don't smell it. It stinks."
Two teenagers are not as good as one child who can be an older brother.
These two people, who are usually enemies, saw the same thing in each other's eyes for the first time.
I have already lost the battle in protecting my sister, I have to make up for it in other aspects.
The two of them started moving together without any prior agreement.
I searched the entire house, but didn't see anything special.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyi became even more disgusted with the two of them.
"Sister, your two brothers are dumber than each other. Don't call them brothers anymore. Have you thought about finding a secret room in the room? Bad people like to build secret rooms. They can hide people or things in them."
Liang Weijiang was just an ordinary peasant. It was impossible for him to get something like a secret room in such a short time.
However, Lin Zixuan came from a noble family and knew a little about it. He was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and moved again, but he had changed direction.
Liang Weijiang was totally confused and could only watch.
Once you have a direction, it will be easier to find.
Lin Zixuan's eyes quickly fell on the wall of the thatched house. Between the uneven earthen walls, there was a darker protrusion, and the surface was exceptionally smooth, looking like a place that was often touched.
Lin Zixuan walked over quickly, observed carefully for a while, then reached out and pressed it.
As he moved, the area on the wall suddenly caved in, revealing a hidden small door.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
On the contrary, Xu Zhiyi had such an expression on his face.
"I told you there was a secret room. You are all idiots. Each of you is worse than me."
Xu Zhiyi curses people without any courtesy.
Lin Zixuan took a deep breath and resisted the urge to throw him out.
The secret room was not very large, just enough for two or three people to stand in it. There was a small bed with some simple daily necessities placed beside the bed, and a mini table beside the bed with a broken bowl upside down on the table, with half a piece of paper sticking out of the edge.
Liang Weijiang took the bowl away and the note fell out.
Liang Huanxue came forward to take a look, and Xu Zhiyi also came forward to take a look.
“Far away in the horizon, yet close at hand.”
Xu Zhiyi read it out, then turned around and ran out.
The two young men frowned and hurriedly followed. Liang Huanxue was watching from where she stood, and suddenly, she saw an eye.
There was a half hole on the west wall of the secret room, and there was an eye facing the fist-sized hole.
Half of his face was exposed around his eyes, and there was a scar running across it, looking sinister.
As if he didn't expect Liang Huanxue to look over, the owner of the eyes suddenly smiled, and the hideous scar twisted.
Liang Huanxue came up with a plan: "The person is here..."
"Swish." Before Liang Huanxue finished her words, a thin silver needle flew into her neck. She felt her neck go numb and then she lost consciousness.
There was a sound of "boom".
The guards hurriedly checked on Liang Huanxue: "Young Miss."
The person who checked Liang Huanxue examined her and found that she was just fainted, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
He hurriedly carried the person out and followed Liang Weijiang and others' footsteps to look for them.
The destination circled back to the thatched cottage, which was right next to the cave entrance Liang Huanxue had just discovered. There were two obvious footprints embedded in the loose soil.
Xu Zhiyi squatted in front of the footprints and said firmly, "The person just left."
Liang Weijiang and Lin Zixuan looked at each other in surprise.
After all, Xu Zhiyi had a bad reputation, but no one said that he was talented in investigation.
The talented Xu Zhiyi suddenly glanced at Liang Weijiang and Lin Zixuan, frowned, and asked, "Why are you here? Where is your sister?"
The guard came out at the right time, holding Liang Huanxue in his arms: "Young master, the young lady has fainted."
Liang Weijiang was startled and rushed forward, but was stopped by Xu Zhiyi with a kick: "Are you stupid? You left your sister alone in there."
Lin Zixuan nodded repeatedly: "That's right, this brother is not competent at all."
"You are not a good person either." Xu Zhiyi was dissatisfied with both of his 'brothers'.