The two men lifted the white cloth neatly, lowered their heads and hurriedly retreated, and the prefect was busy accepting Qi Xiaoxian, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them.

Shocking.

It was already divided by five horses, and a face was peeled off alive, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the eyes and nose couldn't be distinguished.

Rao is Qi Xiaoxian, as the commander of the Qing Officials Division, has been dealing with all kinds of prisoners all year round, among which there are not a few perverts, and at this moment it is difficult to hide the shock in his heart, he reluctantly settled down, and only then did he suppress his urge to turn around and retch.

"When did you find him?" Qi Xiaoxian turned to look at the prefect's road.

The prefect had already run to the hall, his face was pale, and he seemed to be frightened. At the moment, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Qi Xiaoxian's question, he hurriedly raised his head, just in time to meet Qi Xiaoxian's burning gaze, the prefect hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Back to my lord, it was yesterday evening, in the woods west of the city." ”

It seemed that Qi Xiaoxian's gaze made him very uneasy, and the prefect still felt that the two scrutinizing eyes were still on him.

He was like a thorn in his back, and his head suddenly lowered.

Qi Xiaoxian always felt that there was something wrong with this prefect, but he couldn't find evidence for a while, so he had to withdraw his gaze and say, "Are there any spare horses in the mansion?" I'm going to the woods west of the city to see what is going on. ”

At this time, the prefect's complexion had returned to normal, his nose, eyes and ears had also returned to his face, and he raised his head slightly and said, "Lord Qi is here with his humble position." ”

As he spoke, he led the way.

Qi Xiaoxian had a trace of doubt in his heart: It is okay to leave this kind of thing to his subordinates to do, this prefect is so polite, I am afraid that it will be a traitor or a thief.

At this time, he couldn't care about so much, Qi Xiaoxian had no choice but to shake his head, throw out the doubts in his head, and follow the prefect to choose a horse.

"My lord, this horse was just bought from a peasant family, and it cost twelve taels of silver, so it can be regarded as a good horse of the first class."

The prefect smiled a little flatteringly.

Qi Xiaoxian agreed, thanked him, and rode to the east of the city.

Then Master Li repeatedly asked to arrange for a subordinate to follow him, or lead the way for him, Qi Xiaoxian remembered that it was close to dusk at this moment, most of those subordinates had already returned home, and the remaining few were about to go back, so he couldn't bear to trouble them anymore, so he rode his horse forward.

Qi Xiaoxian frowned. Originally, it was already quite late, and the trees in the forest were luxuriant, obscuring the sky and the sun, so that the area west of the city was now out of sight.

Is there a crow in the woods, it is very terrible.

Qi Xiaoxian stopped in an open space, groped for a while from his arms, and took out a box of matches and a candle.

The surrounding scenery is impressively revealed.

There was nothing but the surrounding trees and the budding grass on the ground.

Qi Xiaoxian squatted down and pushed aside the shallow grass, exposing the dark brown earth to his eyes.

He dug out a small clod of earth with his hands, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and the smell of blood rushed to his head, almost stunning, he quickly removed the clod of earth, and found a bag to carefully pack.

Qi Xiaoxian stood up again and looked around, but there was no gain, so he had to go out of the woods to find his horses and go back.

He returned to the woods, but the horses were missing, and not a trace was left.

The uneasiness in Qi Xiaoxian's heart became stronger and stronger, and he suddenly felt that several pairs of eyes had been staring at him, and those eyes were full of mockery and disdain, as well as greed.

Where he can't see.

Qi Xiaoxian turned his head suddenly, the candle flame was blown and swayed by the whirlwind he turned around, and the shadows of the surrounding trees also swayed, but there was no one, not even a crow.

He became more and more frightened, and suddenly felt that this forest was full of dangers, and the enemy was watching around, so he hurriedly used the Swift Technique, the Armor Blessing Technique...... Ruthlessly went in the direction of the prefect.

Qi Xiaoxian is not a person who practices spells on the rivers and lakes, and he knows very few spells, so he doesn't care about the level of spells, and at this critical juncture, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has used all his life's learning.

He ran wildly all the way, but it was quiet, nothing strange happened, Qi Xiaoxian didn't dare to relax, and ran towards the city with his breath.

Seeing the faint flickering lights and faint noise in front of him, he was relieved. Immediately calmed down and walked slowly towards the city.

The street was full of people, Qi Xiaoxian looked at the riverside with lanterns, the women who came and went were dressed like flowers, and there seemed to be shyness on their faces, and several couples on the bridge by the river were talking about me.

Qi Xiaoxian thought about it for a while, but he still couldn't think of any day when the lanterns would be released.

He looked a little strange in the crowd of people coming and going, not holding lanterns or having a partner.

"This son, do you want to buy lanterns?"

As he was shuttling alone through the crowd, a young voice sounded behind him, seemingly calling him.

Qi Xiaoxian turned around, she was a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her eyebrows looked quite like Ruan Di.

Qi Xiaoxian was slightly stunned, and Ruan Di's face appeared in his mind and lingered.

They hadn't been seen for more than two months.

"Childe?" The woman stepped forward and saw Qi Xiaoxian stunned, as if she was thinking about something, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Huh? How much does it cost? Qi Xiaoxian was suddenly interrupted from his thoughts, and he was very unhappy, but when he saw the face that looked like Ruan Di, he couldn't get angry, so he had to reluctantly buy one.

"Give." A lantern in the shape of a rabbit is handed to you.

Qi Xiaoxian looked at the woman's eyes and smiled at her, but didn't stretch out his hand: "Give it to you!" ”

After saying that, he walked forward by himself, and walked forward, regardless of what the woman behind him called him, and walked forward.

Back in the mansion, the prefect had already gone home, and there were only a few subordinates on duty left, Qi Xiaoxian cleaned up, lay back on the bed, and looked at the dark sky outside the window in a daze.

He remembered the woman he had just seen by the river, and Ruan Di's face appeared in the sky outside the window, flickering and dark, and his lips were slightly open, as if he was telling him something.

Qi Xiaoxian was a little sleepy, he looked at Ruan Di floating in the night sky, but saw that the other party's face was gradually distorted, and the crystal brightness in his eyes no longer existed, revealing a pain that seemed indescribable.

Qi Xiaoxian was startled, and hurriedly sat up from the bed, hurriedly about to comfort her, but after sitting up, he found that everything was just his imagination, and Ruan Di was not in the night sky where he was.

"Then she shouldn't have suffered either, right?" As soon as this thought came out of his heart, Qi Xiaoxian couldn't calm down anymore.

No matter how he comforted himself, telling himself that Ruan Di was fine and would return to Beijing from Soochow safely, but for some reason he was very worried, but he didn't know what to do.