Chapter 352 Looking for fragrance and arresting people
The sky was overcast and devoid of any light.
Just as colorless is a small residential area in the west alley of Hefeng Town.
Calling it a residential area is giving this place too much credit.
Upon entering this area, one can see dilapidated houses; judging from the extent of their collapse, they are likely uninhabited.
However, people still live in this area, and some of them make a living by begging.
To put it bluntly, this place is a den of beggars.
A middle-aged man dressed in tattered clothes put on the tattered clothes he had picked up a couple of days earlier, trying to ward off the cold brought by the changing weather.
But his clothes were all tattered, and no matter how many layers he wore, they were still drafty, but he didn't care at all.
After putting on his clothes, he turned to look at the boy in the neighboring yard and said, "Xiao Yi, what have you been doing these past two days? You seem to be acting very mysteriously!"
"No, I just went to take care of some things."
The person named Xiao Yi answered, hanging up the clothes he had just washed, a smile unconsciously appearing on his lips.
The middle-aged man joked, "Xiao Yi, you've struck it rich? Where did you find such nice clothes?"
Xiao Yi glanced at him and said unhappily, "I didn't pick it up. I earned this with my own skills!"
He grinned as he spoke, "Uncle Xiang, after a while, when I've made some money, I'll take you away from here, and we'll go out and make our way in the world!"
"Okay." Uncle Xiang seemed used to hearing this and didn't pay any attention, saying, "Uncle Xiang, wait!"
After saying that, he rubbed his hands together, trying to warm them up, and said, "Xiao Yi, have you heard about the incident where someone drugged the newly opened restaurant in town?"
Xiao Yi's smile suddenly froze, and he turned around with the bucket, saying, "No, I didn't notice."
Uncle Xiang seemed oblivious to the other person's unusual mood and continued, "I wonder who was so heartless as to put drugs in He's tea, making so many people sick."
Xiao Yi lowered his head, biting his lower lip tightly, and said, "Who knows, maybe it was one of their own people who did it!"
Uncle Xiang sighed and said, "The government has ordered an investigation, saying that the magistrate's daughter bumped into that person and even broke a bottle of special Western Region wine."
He glanced at the gray sky and said, "I heard that the soldiers are using a dog to identify people by their scent; they might find the murderer soon..."
Uncle Xiang wanted to say something more, but then he saw Xiao Yi take the clothes that had just been hung up back down.
"Hey... Xiao Yi, what are you doing? Clothes will shred if you don't dry them after washing!"
As Xiao Yi stuffed the clothes into the bucket, he said, "It's going to rain, they'll get wet if we leave them outside."
After saying that, he took the clothes from the bucket and went into the house without looking back.
Uncle Xiang frowned, feeling that Xiao Yi was acting strangely today, as if something was not quite right.
Xiao Yi is obviously wrong.
If Fang Luxue were here, she would definitely recognize that the person called "Xiao Yi" was the one who hit her.
Meanwhile, visitors from all directions also received the latest news.
Although Ade wasn't as anxious as before, he wasn't much better.
He paced back and forth in the study, saying, "Manager, if that person is arrested, won't the authorities follow the trail back to us?"
“He could have taken the money and left Hefeng Town, but he had to run into the magistrate’s daughter!” Pei Yuan sneered. “Don’t worry, even if they catch the person who drugged him, it has nothing to do with us.”
Throughout the entire process, Pei Yuan only spoke; he never actually appeared.
But Ade was worried that the man might reveal something and capture the person he was looking for, which would put him in danger!
Moreover, I heard that the government found a child who was raising wolves.
Dogs have a keen sense of smell, but wolves have an even more acute and ferocious sense of smell.
If you encounter it, there's no turning back!
Soon, Chen Yongnian led the little monkey to the beggar's den in the west alley of Hefeng Town.
Everyone, including Chen Yongnian, was shocked.
This place is even more dilapidated than a remote mountain village; it's practically a ruin.
How can anyone live in such a place?
Just then, Uncle Xiang heard footsteps approaching.
Upon seeing that the person who came was dressed in government attire and had a child with a "dog," he immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Sir, are you here for an inspection?"
Chen Yongnian nodded, glanced around, and asked, "Uncle, how many people live in this area?"
Uncle Xiang was seeing such an easy-going constable for the first time, and his smile grew even brighter. He said, "There are seven people in total. I know them all. I'll go and call them for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Uncle Xiang turned around and went from house to house calling for people.
Chen Yongnian whispered to the little monkey, "You must keep a close eye on the wolf cub, don't scare anyone, and don't allow it to bite anyone."
"Okay." The little monkey nodded, then squatted down and stroked the little wolf's head, murmuring, "Be good, and you'll get meat!"
He's been staying at the Tao family's house for the past two days, and the meals have been so good that he's starting to feel a little uncomfortable!
The little wolf seemed to understand the little monkey's words, wagged its tail, and let out a "woof".
Upon hearing the wolf's howl, the person who had been summoned immediately stopped and retreated sharply.
"Wolf! That's a wolf, not a dog!" someone exclaimed.
Chen Yongnian gestured for the little monkey to lead the wolf cub backward. He glanced around and saw only six people. He asked, "Where's the other person?"
Uncle Xiang quickly said, "And Xiao Yi, who lives next to me, I knocked on the door just now but no one answered, he might have gone out!"
Chen Yongnian frowned slightly.
He recognized the people, but their appearances didn't match, and Little Wolf didn't react either, so they shouldn't be here.
But his intuition told him that this person named Xiao Yi was suspicious.
He then took out the portrait, unfolded it for everyone to see, and asked, "Have you seen this person before?"
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