Chapter 42

Hearing the words 'procuress', Mother Lan's eyes narrowed with a smile.

"It's Master Meng, it's been a few days since you came; Yun'er has been missing you."

Meng An was stunned; for no reason, his heart felt a bit flustered, and his gaze moved away from Yun'er's chest.

Seeing Mother Lan, he felt a jolt; bad, didn't pay attention, said the wrong thing! The procuress of this Chaofeng Tower is not a good person; she was transferred from outside by the person behind Chaofeng Tower, and her methods are excellent! It is said that her strength is also very strong, but no one has ever seen it.

Because before that, someone would help this one solve the trouble.

"Oh~ Mother Lan, you are here too? Have you been well recently?" Meng An laughed hard, looking at Qin Jiang for help.

Qin Jiang shook his head, "Stop playing poor."

He looked at Mother Lan, "I am Qin Hong's younger brother; take me to see the place where my sister went missing."

Mother Lan looked at Qin Jiang upon hearing this, "You are Qin Hong's younger brother? Then follow me."

Saying that, she turned and walked toward the inside, her waist twisting, and Qin Jiang followed behind.

At the door, Yun'er leaned close to Meng An, "Master, who exactly is this person?"

Meng An pinched Yun'er lightly, "Our new Head Chief of the Sixth Hall, it won't be long before he becomes a Deacon, understand?"

He had heard that the boss was not only a second-rate expert but also received the favor of Elder Chen and the Gang Leader.

The reason why he was a Head Chief was just to go through the motions before becoming a Deacon.

If he could cling to this big thigh, maybe when the boss became a Deacon, he could also become a Head Chief!

Yun'er opened her mouth in surprise; so young and already a Head Chief? And will soon become a Deacon?!

"Understand, understand!"

She said hurriedly; for people like them, the highest they could usually come into contact with was a Deacon.

As for higher ones, it's not that there aren't any, but when people like that have needs on weekdays, they are sent to them by Chaofeng Tower, and they rarely come in person.

Several people came to the backyard of Chaofeng Tower; the area of the backyard was very large, even exceeding the main body of Chaofeng Tower.

There were a few courtyards on both sides of a corridor, looking like ordinary small alleys.

After passing through a few small courtyards, they came to a locked courtyard.

"This is it; it was originally a place for the girls to live, but after this incident, it couldn't be lived in anymore."

Mother Lan said with some pity, then walked to the courtyard gate and took out a key to open the chain.

Creak~ She pushed the door open, "Little guest, we don't dare to go in; you go see for yourself; the room where the incident happened is the one on the far right."

Qin Jiang nodded slightly, walked directly into the courtyard, and a chill dissipated, just like walking into autumn.

Looking at the courtyard, there were four or five rooms on both sides, connected together, the specifications looking a bit like the backyard of a big family.

In the center of the courtyard was a well, and there were two basins of unwashed clothes by the well; I guess it was because they were scared and ran out directly when the haunting happened and didn't have time to clean up.

Looking at the one on the far right, it and the room opposite were planted with a black locust tree, looking the same as the one in Daheishan.

Pressing his hand on the knife handle, he walked over.

Pushing the door open gently, a scent of rouge and powder rushed into his nose.

Looking at the environment in the room, the furnishings were exquisite, divided into left, middle, and right rooms by wooden window boards, and there were doors on both sides of the middle room for entry and exit.

Facing the door, in the innermost position, a bronze mirror was placed, reflecting Qin Jiang's figure.

The room on the left was for dressing, while the one on the right only had a small bed, and the quilt on the bed was laid neatly.

"Boss, any discoveries?"

Meng An's voice suddenly rang out behind him; Qin Jiang turned his head, only to see the other party peeking at the door, revealing only a head.

Shaking his head, "Not yet."

After speaking, he walked to the bedroom on the right, and after a while, he went to the left to take a look.

Walking to the courtyard with some disappointment, he walked straight to the other rooms.

A moment later, after checking the rooms, he came to the well again, and the cool water vapor made the irritability in his heart slightly relieved.

Leaning against the well, after thinking for a moment, he looked at Meng An, "How did my sister go missing?"

Meng An thought for a while, "Qin sister didn't find any problems that day either, then said she would stay here for one night, and then she was gone the next day. We also searched, and there were no signs of fighting."

"Is it possible she went out?" Qin Jiang asked.

Meng An shook his head, "That's impossible; that night, more than twenty of our brothers surrounded this place tightly; whether entering or leaving, they would have been discovered."

"On the day of the haunting, who was at the scene?" Qin Jiang opened his mouth. Meng An was silent upon hearing this, and then shook his head slowly, "The few who were there that day all died the next day."

"All died?! How did they die?" Qin Jiang stood up straight, his eyebrows furrowed.

"It was just after sleeping for one night, they all died the next day; there were no injuries when they died, and they were still smiling on their faces, very weird!"

Meng An said; he had also been terrified these past few days, fearing that he wouldn't be able to wake up one day.

But fortunately, it seems there is no problem now.

Qin Jiang looked around; since entering, he had felt a faint cold aura, but he couldn't find the source no matter what, as if separated by a layer of glass.

"Boss!"

Just as he was thinking, someone suddenly ran into the courtyard gate.

Qin Jiang looked over; it was the other small leader under his hand, Tian Shangfei.

"Boss! People died again in Daliu Village outside the city last night; Elder Chen asked you to go and investigate."

Tian Shangfei panted, obviously running very urgently.

"Go."

Qin Jiang walked away quickly, and when he reached the courtyard gate, he looked at Mother Lan, "Seal the courtyard, don't let anyone in!"

After saying that, he left directly, and Tian Shangfei and Meng An followed closely behind.

After the three left, Mother Lan opened the folding fan lightly, her eyes smiling; what a very interesting little brother.

Pity! Tap! Tap! Tap! The heavy sound of horse hooves hit the ground, and more than a dozen black horses moved forward quickly on the country road.

Drip——! (How much further!)

Qin Jiang blew the whistle in his mouth; this was the internal whistle signal of the Red Tiger Gang; it was the one used when Lu Xuanwu called Chen Feng that night, and he also spent a lot of effort to barely learn it.

Drip~ Drip drip——! (Three miles, turn around the front and you'll be there!)

Tian Shangfei blew the whistle.

Before long, a team arrived at the entrance of a village, and an old man in gray cloth clothes and several middle-aged men were already waiting.

Whoa~ Pulling the horses to a stop, Qin Jiang jumped off the horse, and the old man and several middle-aged men hurriedly surrounded him, "Master! You finally came!"

Tian Shangfei walked to the front, "Boss, this is the Village Chief of Daliu Village, Liu Guangyi."

Qin Jiang nodded, "Where are the corpses?"

"In the village, Master, please follow me."

The Village Chief bowed slightly, his attitude very low, because the one responsible for their village's tax was Tian Shangfei, and Tian Shangfei was clearly this one's subordinate, which was not something they could afford to provoke.

"Old Meng, you take a few people to watch the horses here." Qin Jiang ordered.

Following the Village Chief into the village, the village was built on a small hill, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, they came to an open space.

On the edge of the open space was a stone roller used for pressing beans, as big as a person's embrace, weighing at least three to five hundred catties.

At this time, many villagers had gathered on the periphery of the open space, discussing in small groups.

A row of corpses was placed in the center, covered with white cloth; at a rough glance, there were nearly twenty people.

"Master, look, this is it." The Village Chief said.

Qin Jiang walked to a corpse and lifted the white cloth; what came into view was a face full of terror, eyes wide open, mouth wide open.

Covering the white cloth and looking at the other corpses, without exception, they were all full of terror.

"What happened last night? Where have they been?" He looked at the Village Chief.

"They were all miners in the mountain mine; they went to the mine together last night." The Village Chief said hesitantly.

There were many small mountains in the south of Black Mountain City, and there were many mineral veins, and many villages were gathered relying on mineral veins.

"Are there any still alive?" Qin Jiang asked.

The Village Chief nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes! There is one alive!"

Saying that, he turned to look at the several middle-aged men following him, "Bring the person over."

Immediately, two people left and walked toward a room in the village.

After a while, the two dragged a person over with iron chains; disheveled, his face was blackened by mine dust, and his hemp clothes were tattered, with bloodstains on his arms and legs.

(End of chapter)