Without waiting for the ugly dog and Xiang Wei to bark, Gu Juan had already gotten off the bed and reached out to pick up the axe.

He saw a brand new key that was glowing yellowish, not only was it free of mottled rust, but even the two pieces that had been severed by the axe blade were connected without the slightest crack.

"It's kind of interesting. ”

Gu Juan thought silently for a moment, and then directly dropped another axe and slashed on the brand new key.

There was a crunch click.

He watched as he watched as it shattered into countless pieces, then faded into blurring and quickly dissipated into the air, leaving no trace.

Xiang Wei was stunned and stammered, "Uh...... Is it possible that this is the key to solving the clue of the puzzle, and it was destroyed by my father without hesitation?"

Gu Juan didn't have any regret, he took the axe and yawned and said, "This kind of so-called clue from an unknown origin and specifically found us, don't do it." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and continued very unhappily, "You know, what I am most annoyed with is to find secrets and solve puzzles, so these pretending to be profound fools have poked at the softest sore spot in my heart, and it is not as good as smashing it with an axe." ”

"You two clean up this table, clean the house, have a good rest, and wait until tomorrow morning to find Liu Qianhu and learn more about the situation. ”

Early the next morning, Gu Juan went out of the post house, took Xiang Wei and the ugly dog, and came all the way to Liu Yu's mansion in Qianhu according to the location Liu Yu said in his memory.

Standing in front of the gate of the well-built mansion, Gu Juan looked at the closed wooden door and glanced up at the plaque hanging above.

"Beicang Liu Mansion. He read the handwriting, but a strange feeling rose in his heart.

The plaque seemed to be too dirty, covered with a layer of plaster, as if no one had cleaned it in a long time.

Liu Yu is a thousand Tiqi households in the city of Beicang County, and his status is not high, only under a few people such as the Beicang County Guard, but the Ti Cai is also a secret intelligence collector and detective and investigation, so if you calculate it carefully, even the Beicang County Guard will sell him a lot of face, and he is definitely a real big man in this city.

But now the gate of Liu Yu's mansion, no matter how you look at it, looks dilapidated and decayed, which does not match his status at all.

And judging from several contacts, Liu Yu is by no means the kind of sloppy character, how could he let the door of his mansion be dirty like this?

Could it be that he misremembered the address Liu Yu said and found another big family with the same surname Liu?

Gu Juan stood in front of the closed door, frowned slightly, and knocked on the knocker after a moment of silence.

Knock knock.

The metal knocker slammed into the gate one after another, and the sound was heard far away in the wind and snow.

"This son, who are you looking for?"

There was a violent cough from the far side of the alley, and a moment later an old man in a thick cotton coat and holding an oil-paper umbrella slowly approached.

Gu Juan lightly touched the handle of the axe, and two red flames ignited in his eyes, swept past the old man, and then turned his body and showed a gentle smile.

The jungle knife didn't react, and the red flames and blue flames came out without finding anything abnormal, so it was an ordinary old man who was walking over and talking.

Quietly, a hazy light flashed in his eyes, he looked at the old man closely, and asked, "Old man, I am Liu Qianhu's colleague, I passed by here on this errand, and I was about to visit Brother Liu, is this Liu Qianhu's house?"

The old man looked at Gu Juan's eyes and was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed lowly, and there seemed to be a bit of sadness in his tone, "The old man's surname is Liu Mingbai, and he is the uncle of this Liu Qianhu, because of the mercy of Lord Qianhu, he asked me to feed those horses at home, which can be regarded as giving me a mouthful ......of food."

"Oh, this is indeed Liu Qianhu's mansion, but a long time ago, Lord Qianhu had already disappeared, and then Mrs. and other people in the mansion returned to their original place one after another, and this mansion was empty and dilapidated. ”

Later, there was a guy who looked like a scoundrel came over, and insisted that he was a distant relative of the Lord of a thousand households, and he wanted to live in this house, and the old man couldn't stop him, so he could only let him in, and was about to go to the official again the next day, but he didn't expect that the splash skin ran out of it as soon as the sky was dark, and he ran around like crazy, and finally fell down and died. ”

"I am old and frail, and I am a little afraid, so I didn't dare to say anything when the official sent to ask, but I didn't know anything......"

"Are you sure you're not telling a lie?" Gu Juan frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "When did Liu Yu disappear?"

The old man shook his head slowly, "What the old man said is true, and he doesn't dare to deceive his son." ”

"If you want to say when Lord Qianhu disappeared, the old man really has some impressions, and I remember that it was also a friend of his, it was the general of a certain military town who came to look for him, and after eating and drinking, Lord Qianhu asked me to prepare the horses, and went outside the city with the general, and then the lord came back alone, and suddenly disappeared not long after. ”

Gu Juan stood silently in front of the door, silently looking at the old man in front of him, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

Liu Yu, who rode Qianhu, was missing, and Liu Qianhu, who went to Mufu Manor with him yesterday to investigate the situation, was actually said to be missing, and more importantly, he had been missing for a long time......

Gu Juan thought that this was the funniest joke he had heard today, and it was a joke that made people laugh so much that they couldn't laugh anymore.

After a few breaths, he collected his thoughts, looked away from the old man's face, and carefully observed everything around him, and found that not only the door plaque was dirty, but also other places, which had accumulated a thick layer of dust, and some places had been eroded by the wind and snow, and all of them had become dry and hard stains.

After a moment of silence, he asked again, "Where does the old gentleman live?"

"The old man lived in two wooden houses on the other side of the alley, and he always thought that maybe when the Lord of the Thousand Households would come back, and that someone would still be waiting for him here, and he could open the door for him and tell him what had happened, so he never went far. ”

Gu Juan nodded slightly, and did not enter the door to investigate, but turned around and left directly.

With the passage of time and the development of events, he found that the whole thing became more and more confusing, making him unable to see the real thing, even if he went directly into it, I am afraid it would be difficult to find the seven inches where the strange incident was located, let alone grasp the main contradiction and break it.

Therefore, it is better to take a step back for the time being, wait quietly for the further development of the situation, and maybe find more clues from it.

After walking a distance, he stopped again, turned to the old man and said, "I am an official who came from the capital to deal with the case of Liu Qianhu's disappearance, so the old gentleman might as well go with me, go to my residence to drink a cup of soju to warm up, and by the way, I can talk more about things related to Liu Qianhu." ”