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Ever since Su Qinchao came back from Yangzhou, he has resumed his previous routine of going to the princess's mansion to teach the young master martial arts every two days.

That day, he had just finished teaching the young master a set of boxing techniques and gave him a few pointers, and then he planned to send him back to the yard.

Then he saw Li Yi and Xingxian standing in the corridor, looking at him silently.

"Why are you here?" Su Qinchao brushed the dust off his hands and walked over quickly.

"If the mountain doesn't come to us, then we will come to the mountain." Li Yi shook his head and reminded Su Qinchao that he had said before that he would come to see Xingxian.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Su Qinchao stretched out his hand and wanted to tap her head as he did in his previous life.

This made Li Yi subconsciously dodge, holding his head and hiding behind Xingxian.

"It's none of the county lady's business. I just want to see you." Xingxian opened her moist almond eyes and looked at him hesitantly.

She had clearly said that she would come to see him often, and for this reason he forced himself to work hard on getting along with the maids in the county lord's mansion.

Even now he can muster up the courage to go out with the county lady occasionally.

Because of what Su Qinchao said at that time, he had been looking forward to it for a long time. Every day when Su Qinchao was on duty, he would walk to the gate of the county mansion and stare at it eagerly.

Unexpectedly, more than two months have passed and there is still no sign of Su Qinchao.

Therefore, he couldn't help himself yesterday and found Li Yi to inquire about Su Qinchao's situation indirectly, which led to Li Yi dragging him to the princess's mansion today.

"My family has been building a house for the past two months, so I haven't had time to come. I was planning to visit you these few days." Su Qin explained to Xingxian in a gentle voice why he didn't go.

In fact, he was still a little concerned about Xingxian, and was afraid that he would do something stupid again.

Now seeing that he was being well taken care of by Li Yi and was obviously much more cheerful than before, he felt relieved.

"Then are you still coming?" Xingxian looked at him eagerly when she heard this.

"Of course I'll go after the two-day break." Seeing his expression, Su Qinchao couldn't refuse.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the County Lord's Mansion."

...

Although he promised Xingxian that day, Su Qinchao still failed to fulfill his promise this time.

Because several counties near Chang'an suddenly reported cases of missing boys and girls.

The parents who had lost their children were almost going crazy with anxiety. The entrance of every county government office was crowded with those who couldn't find their children, fearing that the judge would not give them justice.

When this incident broke out, it shocked the whole of Chang'an, and even the emperor in the Taiji Hall turned pale. He immediately issued an edict, ordering the Jinwu Guard to withdraw more than half of them to support the counties in investigating the case.

Su Qinchao was also one of the people selected this time. He received the transfer order that day and hurried to Wannian County with more than ten people. He had no time to care about Xingxian.

As mentioned last time, Wannian County is under the jurisdiction of Li Ji. Previously, because of the incident of the female corpse in the lake, Su Qinchao had gone there specially to watch the excitement.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Wannian County, Su Qinchao planned to go to the government office first to find Li Ji to find out the situation, but unfortunately, Li Ji was not in the government office at that time.

Because of the missing children, the victims who couldn't find their children had been making a fuss outside the county government office, so a few days ago, Li Ji simply followed the county lieutenant out to look for clues.

It has been three days since I last returned to the yamen. Now, there are only two yamen runners standing in front guarding the gate left in the entire yamen.

"Do you know where they went?" Su Qinchao asked one of the older yamen runners.

"General, it seems to be over there on the West Mountain." The yamen runner respectfully told Su Qinchao everything he knew.

It is said that Li Ji had heard about what happened in Huzhou and thought that there were more than a dozen Taoist temples in Xishan, so he took people to investigate that day.

Most of the Taoist temples in Xishan are built on cliffs. It would take a lot of time to climb up one by one, not to mention looking for clues...

...

After getting the news from the yamen runner, Su Qinchao took his men and hurried to Xishan.

Although he didn't think that this case was definitely linked to the Taoist temple, it was better to investigate than not to investigate, and it would always make him feel more at ease.

Xishan is indeed the largest Taoist holy place in Chang'an.

On each peak of the steep cliffs in the east and west, there are more than ten Taoist temples of different sizes and styles.

It was time for evening classes, and a bell rang from far away.

Wisps of mist rose from the tops of the Taoist temples, which looked very beautiful against the backdrop of the mountains.

"General, there are more than a dozen Taoist temples in West Mountain. Where should we start investigating?" Seeing Su Qinchao looking at the mountain for a long time, the soldier who was familiar with him couldn't help but come over to ask.

"Let's start from the west." Su Qinchao thought for a while while stroking his chin, and told his thoughts to the soldiers below:

"The closest one is in the east. Magistrate Li should also start his search from the nearest Taoist temple. If we start from the west first, we won't have to check the same place as Magistrate Li, and thus avoid wasting time."

...

As expected, finding clues was not an easy task. Su Qinchao led his men and finally climbed up the steep mountain road to the Taoist temple.

After checking three places in a row, no clues were found.

"There are only two places left. Brothers, cheer up. This mountain road is difficult to walk on. Don't be careless and get lost on the road. It will be a waste of time."

Seeing that his soldiers had no motivation to find any clues and had to keep climbing up and down the mountain roads, he had already lost interest.

Now they all looked listless, forcing Su Qinchao to warn them.

After a while, just when they climbed to the halfway point of the fourth place, Su Qinchao was dazzled by the light refracted by something.

"Wait!" Su Qinchao raised his hand to stop the soldiers following behind him. He looked around and finally locked onto a grass nest about ten feet away on the cliff on the left.

"There seems to be something there." Su Qinchao asked someone to pull his legs and barely clung to the cliff to look. Finally, he saw something that looked like a bell in the grass nest.

Isn't this something the child carried? How did it end up here? Could it have anything to do with this case?

At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through Su Qin's mind. He planned to find a way to get the thing first. He immediately turned around and looked at the soldiers under him one by one.

Although they would encounter hooligans causing trouble in the streets during their patrols on weekdays, they were all used to carrying ropes on them.

However, the rope is only the size of an index finger and is not enough to hang a person on the cliff. The risk is too great, so we have to think of other ways!

Got it! Su Qinchao stared at the coats of the palace soldiers. The coats of the Jinwu Guards were specially made, and even ordinary blades could not easily cut them.

Wouldn't it be easier to tie them together and use them as ropes?

"Everyone, take off your coats."