"Ayi, I'm sorry for taking you so long!" Lu Xueyuan walked up to Lou Yi and apologized to him.

"It's okay A-Yuan, you didn't do anything wrong." Lou Yi looked at her, put the umbrella on her head, took her hand, and they walked into the snow together.

The snow was deep, and there was a crunching sound when stepping on the snow. There was no one around, except for the sounds of Lu Xueyuan and Lou Yi walking back together.

It was already afternoon. Lu Xueyuan looked at the gray sky and reached out to catch a snowflake. The plum blossom she had folded earlier was now in Lou Yi's hand, holding it for her.

"I'm really happy today. Thank you Ayi for bringing me here." She smiled at Lou Yi, "but it will definitely delay your return home to visit your mother." There was a trace of worry in Lu Xueyuan's eyes.

"It's okay. My mother's illness is a long-standing illness. She probably just missed me too much and sent my father to urge me to come home. Besides, the government

There are so many imperial doctors here, A Yuan doesn’t need to worry too much, let alone blame himself for this." Lou Yi explained.

Indeed, Lou Yi, as King Qiong, did not have an independent palace, so he still lived with his parents. He was the only son in the family. If his parents had not been deeply affectionate, they would not have agreed to let him go out to practice, but he couldn't pass it.

How many days do I miss my son?

After he said this, the guilt in Lu Xueyuan's heart suddenly eased a lot. She thought it was because she loved snow and was playful, which delayed Lou Yi's return home.

"It's just... the disappearance of Hongmei Town is really strange. Why do so many innocent young people disappear in this town? We have to be careful about this!" Lou Yi held up a paper umbrella and looked into the distance with hesitation in his eyes.

Complex expression.

"Yes, that grandma is so pitiful. She is old but seriously ill, and now she has even lost her grandson..." Lu Xueyuan stopped talking, as if he was remembering something sad.

"Don't be sad, A-Yuan. I'll send a letter to my father right away and ask him to send someone to investigate the matter. When the truth comes out, the grandson of grandma will naturally go home." Lou Yi comforted...z.

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"Okay! I hope so." Lu Xueyuan looked into his eyes, calmed down and said firmly.

The two were walking side by side on the streets of Hongmei Town. When they were about to arrive at the inn, they were almost knocked down by a horse that suddenly galloped past. Lu Xueyuan tilted his body and was caught in Lou Yi's arms, almost falling to the street.

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The man who had just galloped past on his horse knocked over several carts one after another, and the goods on the carts were scattered all over the floor.

But the man driving the horse didn't stop there, he rushed to one place without stopping.

"Who is this? Why don't you have any grace!" Lu Xueyuan choked and complained while coughing.

Coincidentally, the boss of the noodle stall was right in front of me, and he happened to bump into this scene. He was also kind-hearted. He hurriedly waved his hands, made a "shhh" gesture, and said: "Girl, please stop talking, this is our biggest salt merchant.

Boss Zheng! He has a lot to deal with every day, and I don’t know how many things he has to deal with. He must have gone to the dock to recruit people again!"

Hongmei Town is located in the south, with a seaport and dock nearby. Therefore, it sells salt and does business. The water and land transportation is convenient, and people from all over the place gather here.

This noodle stall owner does business here every day, so he naturally knows a lot about it.

"Recruiting manpower?" When Lu Xueyuan heard his words, he suddenly became alert, pricked up his ears, and asked the boss.

"Yes! I can tell you..." The boss looked mysterious and suddenly approached them and said: "Don't go to the pier. Many young and strong guys disappeared inexplicably after that.

!I saw that you didn’t dress like ordinary people, so I told you that since you are not short of money, don’t go there to avoid getting into trouble!” the boss kindly reminded you.

"What about the government? Is there no one in charge of the government?" Lou Yi said.

"Hi! The government magistrate Zhou Xian and Boss Zheng are old friends. You...you must never tell anyone!" The facially paralyzed boss just finished his instructions and hurried to greet the customers.

Lu Xueyuan and Lou Yi both looked at each other, said hello to each other, turned around and walked into the inn.

But in the next second, both of them exited in unison and headed towards the direction.

The man was speeding away in the direction and said, "Let's go?"

Then, the two of them walked happily on the way to the pier.

"Ah Yi, do you think the salt merchant's recruitment meeting has something to do with the missing persons?" Lu Xueyuan asked Lou Yi.

"It should be related. The noodle stall owner just now said that several recent cases of missing young people are related to the salt merchant Zheng, and..." Lou Yi hesitated for a moment, as if he had discovered some flaw, and said intently: "You didn't listen.

He just said that as long as he is young and strong, this is very suspicious."

But Lu Xueyuan didn't think so. She continued, "But selling and transporting salt is a laborious job. There's nothing wrong with needing young people, right?"

"You are new to the world, so you don't understand. In order to reduce the investment of money and effort, some salt merchant bosses will recruit many child laborers and weak and sick people. They only need to give them food, so they can often deduct their wages. This is why

Although they want good physical strength, they only choose to be young. But this boss Zheng is interesting. Could it be that he has too much money and is dedicated to doing good things? Huh." Lou Yi sneered, with an invisible undertone in his eyes.

, He didn't think so in his mind. He had seen too many collusions between officials and businessmen. No matter how much money he made in a business like salt merchants, no businessman would do charity. He must find out the truth.

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Lu Xueyuan went down the mountain for the first time. She was already very curious about the outside world. Now she and Lou Yi were involved in a dangerous dispute for the first time, not just because the tiger's den lay ahead. But since she was going down the mountain to experience, she must dare to act. For

The unfounded matter must be investigated and brought to light, and she and Lou Yi coincided with each other on this point.

However, today is already the forty-ninth day, and nothing has happened now. The dream last night seems to be just a dream. Does it mean that all this has passed? But she is obviously married to the ghost and god Ming Yi.

There is no doubt that there is a blood contract, how could it be possible?

When Lu Xueyuan thought of this, she suddenly remembered something and raised her arm to check her wrist. Suddenly, as if she had discovered something extraordinary, she exclaimed "Ah!"

"What's wrong, A-Yuan?" Lou Yi suddenly grabbed her hand and asked nervously.

"How could that happen?" Lu Xueyuan had no time to cover up and exposed all parts of his arms to Lou Yi's eyes.

But the clearly red and clear mark of the other shore flower was now smooth and clean, with nothing on it, only a piece of smooth, white and tender skin was exposed. Lu Xueyuan had a panic look on his face.

"Could it...could it be that the mission has been completed? No way, I just entered the master's study that night, but I didn't take anything, and I didn't even see the shadow of the black and white ban. It's impossible to complete the mission!"

Lu Xueyuan recalled in his heart.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Otherwise, let's go back first." Lou Yi looked at her dull face and asked with concern.

"No...no!" Lu Xueyuan suddenly recovered and replied awkwardly.

"I was accidentally stung by something just now. It hurt and itched, so...haha." Lu Xueyuan laughed awkwardly a few times to cover up his confusion.

The contract of life and death is a blood contract forged with the blood of the heart. Life and death depend on blessings and misfortunes. Unless one party completes the task, it is impossible to unlock the blood contract, let alone the blood flower that represents the blood contract.

Perhaps because the ghost and god Ming Yi is the lord of the underworld, the blood flower of the two of them is the flower of the other side. Lu Xueyuan always dreamed about it in his dreams before. He felt that it was red like blood and had a weird and terrifying atmosphere. Even the meaning

It's not very festive, so I've always disliked this flower, but now it suddenly disappeared, and I felt empty for some reason.

Although I don't know why, it doesn't matter if the contract is reached, it's better than worrying about myself being shattered all day long.

Lu Xueyuan's bright eyes suddenly darkened, a wry smile appeared on his lips, and he comforted himself. After calming down, he followed Lou Yi to the dock.

"Tsim Sha Wan." Lou Yi stood by the stone pile in front of the pier, looking at the words on it, and said.

At this time, the sky was dark, the heavy snow had stopped, and the snow on the shore had been shoveled away by manpower. There were a few strong men standing nearby to supervise the work, and other young men were carrying a heavy bag of goods from the dock.

Staggeringly, I walked towards the harbor step by step.

"Hurry up! If you don't hurry up, your wages will be gone!"

There was a strong man holding a leather whip in his hand, whipping it on the ground with a thunderous sound, and growling viciously.

There was a young man in shabby clothes who tripped over his feet and accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. The goods in his hand also fell into the river with a "plop".

Something happened now!

Before the young man could get up, he saw a burly man carrying a leather whip walking up to him, grabbing him by the collar, grabbing him from the ground, and slamming him to the ground.

Everyone else was stunned and did not dare to step forward to help, but they heard other supervisors shout: "Hurry up! We can't finish transporting this batch of goods before dark, be careful to push you into the river to feed the fish!" said

Cursing and ordering others to move forward quickly.

"Do you know how much money you just lost?!" The big man with the whip grabbed the young man who was lying on the ground and moaning in pain, and then raised his fist to hit him in the face.

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"Wait a minute!" As soon as Lu Xueyuan finished speaking, the Solitary God Sword in his hand flew out at some point and was inserted between the strong man's legs, frightening his legs to tremble.

Trembling, he let go of his hand.

The two of them stepped forward, and while Lu Xueyuan was about to draw his sword, Lou Yi turned around and said to the strong man: "How much money does he owe you, I will pay for him." After saying that, he took it out of his arms.

A gold ingot, shining with golden light.

"Gold ingot??" The strong man's eyes shone when he saw the gold ingot. He reached out and snatched it from Lou Yi's hand. Seeing that they were both dressed and not bothering to reach out, he said, "Since the ransom has been paid,

Then I won’t pursue what I just said. You can take this dead thing and beat or kill it as you please!” After saying that, he stuffed the gold he snatched from Lou Yi into his arms.

"Wait a minute!"

Just when they thought they had settled the matter, a middle-aged man's voice suddenly came from behind. The man was well-dressed and majestic. It turned out to be Boss Zheng who was galloping around today.

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