Mao is in direct view, and the outer walls of the city crawling under the starry night have already lit up.

The outer wall of Hedong County is three meters high, made of loess and good blue bricks. At the foot of the city, a two-meter-wide driveway circles the city along the bank of the moat.

The moat is three meters long and wide, and the river water is drawn from the Huangshui Longwei and Qi Er Canal. It still has a water level of two meters in late autumn. Before dawn, the orange light of the lanterns in the hands of the county soldiers patrolling the city was reflected on the water surface, reflecting rippling waves.

After the Ghost Festival, the yin energy spreads, and hundreds of lotus lanterns float on the water, full of longing for the people in the county for their deceased relatives.

The suspension bridge creaked slowly, and a ray of lanterns appeared inside the city gate.

A team of knights held the reins in their hands, and the iron armor on the horses under their seats were clearly divided, making a rustling sound, slowly walking out of the city gate. The lanterns on the horse's back were brightly lit, illuminating the three feet away around them.

Zhang Jinyue was wearing cowhide armor, with a heart-protecting mirror on his chest, and his body fell along with the horse's back. The cloth strip in his hand was dipped in oil, and slowly polished the brass barrel of the firearm held on his left arm to a shiny tiles. The boxwood gun handle with scale patterns engraved was also coated with a layer of patina.

A mechanical falcon stopped on his shoulder, and he stuffed the cloth into the gap in the saddle, and whistled. The mechanical falcon flapped its wings and flew into the darkness and disappeared.

The clattering sound of horse hooves appeared behind him, and in the mist, a figure riding a horse quickly approached.

With a snap, several county soldiers who were behind were unsheathed, and some even set up firearms and pointed the black muzzle at the visitor.

The visitor was not wearing a helmet and armor, with an iron arch on his back, a large quiver hanging on the abdomen of the horse at his feet, clusters of snow-white arrows and tail feathers trembled slightly, a large gun in his hand, and a long sheathed sword hanging on his waist.

Zhang Jinyue raised his hand and pressed him down, shook his head and signaled the soldiers of the county to put down their weapons. He watched the person who came on a horse and rushed to the front, and said, "You are still here."

"Here you come." The visitor nodded.

The visitor was Li Buzhuo.

After persuading Li Buzhuo last night, Zhang Jinyue thought Li Buzhuo would not come to inspect this morning. When he saw Li Buzhuo, he shook his head slightly and did not care much about it.

Turning his head and shaking the reins, the war horse sighed, and moved its hooves and walked out of the city again. The soldiers of the county followed together. With the sound of armor, Zhang Jinyue said: "Today I went to Taowu Fort to patrol. You brought the news of the accident in Taowu Fort. Are there any clues?"

Li Buzhuo shook his head: "No."

Zhang Jinyue didn't ask, and rode a horse in hunch.

Li Buzhuo raised his reins and chased after him a few steps and asked, "Zhang Dushi, do you know some inside story?"

Zhang Jinyue smiled and said, "You are joking, even Lord Cao is worried about, I don't know what inside story." He rode a few feet, pondered for a while, and then said, "In fact, going to patrol is just a formality. With our three melons and two dates, we can't even fight Taowu Fort. If we really find out the inside story, we will go to die."

Li Buzhuo was a little annoyed when he heard his depressed words, but he was not willing to offend this person who was serious about the inspection on the spot. He slapped his horse and walked in front of the team.

Just as the sky showed a trace of whiteness, the team arrived at Taowu Fort. A group of county soldiers drew their swords and firearms, scattered into the village and searched everywhere.

Li Buzhuo came to Taowu Fort yesterday and was in a bad mood. He couldn't calm down and search for clues. This time he calmed down, observed everywhere, and searched for footprints around the village. He hadn't noticed it for a long time and entered Yan Chixue's boudoir again.

As soon as he entered the room, his nose raised, Li Buzhuo frowned and came to the tea table in the east, looking at the iron incense plate on the table. At this time, a corner of the agarwood in the incense plate was burned to ashes.

As soon as Li Buzhuo touched his fingertips, the incense ash collapsed and scattered into a pan.

"I seemed to have empty yesterday?"

Li Buzhuo murmured to himself, walked to the edge of the makeup mirror box, suddenly glanced at the ground, and saw that the copper lock that he broke yesterday was clearly thrown to the ground, but it disappeared at this time.

My heart tightened, and I lifted the mahogany box by the table, and the rattle inside disappeared, the tiger-headed shoes disappeared, the deed and the silver comb... disappeared.

"She's back?"

Li Buzhuo's breathing suddenly became rapid. He opened the wardrobe and saw that his clothes had not been passive. He hurriedly walked out of the house and looked around, but Zhang Jinyue came over and asked with a calm face: "But what did you find?"

Li Buzhuo immediately wanted to say what he discovered, but his thoughts changed, but he shook his head in a strange way.

Zhang Jinyue frowned, walked into the house and looked around, but did not notice, and left the house again, leaving a sentence: "If you find it, tell me immediately."

As soon as Zhang Jinyue left, Li Buzhuo felt a little relieved.

"She has come back? If she has come back, then she will have a purpose to hide her whereabouts like this..." Li Buzhuo pondered, "This matter is mostly man-made, and it seems that it has nothing to do with Taowu Castle itself. Many villages and Taowu Castle left on their own and pretended to be missing. Why is it for?"

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In the afternoon, the inspection failed and Li Buzhuo returned to Hedong County Bookstore.

The recent disappearance of population is very strange, so he is planning to use a stupid method to find clues.

After finding Cao Yan, Li Buzhuo said his thoughts. Cao Yan was shocked and said, "You want to check the list of all populations in Hedong County and the accounts of various industries? Hedong County has a population of hundreds of thousands. With you alone, what can you find out?"

Li Buzhuo said: "I heard that the missing people were not found in Zhouguan Pass in the county. I think if they had not died, they would still be in Hedong County. Once the population and the list record were not in line with each other, the problem would be found."

Cao Yan saw a sense of unyielding in the eyes of the calm and firm young man opposite him, and laughed silently. The list of people registered to the people was on the second floor of the Library Library. According to the rules, only Lingguan and county documents can be checked, but it is not a confidential document. Li Buzhuo wanted to check it, so he just asked him to check it.

However, these rosters are complicated and redundant, and have accumulated for more than ten years. There are many omissions. They gathered the experts in handling documents in the county and checked the problems one by one. It was difficult to solve them in less than ten days and half a month. What can Li Buzhuo find out by himself?

Out of not wanting to slam the young people's spirit, Cao Yan nodded despite his disapproval and said, "Then I will give you the right to check these case files. If you are in the library, you can just work in the library library. Just tell the clerk Zhang."

Li Buzhuo saw the distrust in Cao Yan's eyes, and withdrew from the Lingguan Office with a reply.

After taking the key to the library, Li Buzhuo walked up the second floor.

The accounts and population rosters of each industry are sealed in the library of books, and are locked, and there are seven large bookshelves coexist.

Li Buzhuo opened one of the cabinets and squeaked, with a little moldy smell of paper coming to his face. Several moths' shrinking corpses hung on the spider web. He frowned and waved the dirty things and took out a list and flipped it. Although it was a little damaged, it was fortunately not affecting reading.
Chapter completed!