After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

The autumn wind was bleak, mixing with fine sand and fallen leaves, blowing through the streets, making a humming sound like a night ghost's howling, and hitting the windows, making them rattle.

Qin Hanlin suddenly woke up from the bed and shouted in a trembling voice: "Mo'er! Mo'er!"

Mo'er was sleeping on the small bed outside. She rubbed her eyes, walked blurry to her side, and comforted her: "Miss, did you have a nightmare?"

Qin Hanlin grabbed her hand and asked, "What's that noise outside?"

Mo Er yawned and said, "Miss, it's the sound of the wind."

Qin Hanlin shook his head and said, "There are footsteps. Did they find out that Xia Nian is missing?"

Mo Er suddenly came to his senses and said, "Miss, don't be afraid. We came up with the idea, but we didn't catch the person."

Qin Hanlin lowered his head, feeling a little relieved, and whispered, "I'm not afraid, I... I really feel like I'm a bad guy."

Mo Er sighed: "Miss, there is nothing we can do."

Qin Hanlin didn't answer, but just held her hand tightly.

It was indeed not them who captured the person, and they did not have the ability to do so, but the sound of footsteps outside still made her heart tremble.

It's almost dawn, has Xia Nian already...

"Miss, it's a good thing you said we can't do it in the city, otherwise we might really be discovered!" Mo'er said, interrupting her thoughts.

Qin Hanlin let her go and said, "Mo'er, send someone outside to find out what's going on."

Mo'er nodded, put on her clothes and went out, casually called a servant on night duty to go outside, and then came back to accompany her.

The servant came back soon and knocked on the door, but Mo'er only opened it a crack.

The servant was obviously a little excited, and said: "Sister Mo'er, it's the people from the four major sects who are searching! I don't know what happened, they are checking every house, what a scene!"

Mo'er's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Okay, you can go down."

The servant left, and Qin Hanlin poked his head out from the gauze tent: "Four sects together...how did they find out so quickly?"

Moer sat down next to her and said, "At this hour, everyone has already left the city. They won't be able to find anything in the city."

Qin Hanlin nodded, holding her bent knees with her hands: "Mo'er, I'm so envious. She's missing, and the four sects are looking for her. They are powerful and won't do things against their will like me."

Mo Er frowned and said, "Miss, what nonsense are you talking about? If you were missing, someone would look for you. Miss Xia is a lady of the cabinet. If she is missing, someone will definitely look for her, but..."

Qin Hanlin took over the conversation: "Whether you can find it or not is another matter."

Mo'er looked at her, and vaguely, there seemed to be tears flashing in his eyes.

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In Xiahou Mansion, the people who were sent out came back one after another, and the hearts of the three people dropped little by little.

It was almost dawn at this time, and several hundred people were sent out, but there was no clue at all.

Gu Ling and the other two have already left, so the ambush on the Xijiang tribe cannot be delayed.

Meng Yin looked at the new flare on the stone table, trying hard to think about what went wrong last night.

Something was wrong from the moment Xia Nian was chosen as the goddess. She had already said she didn't want to, but those people were still trying to persuade her.

Because she had to change clothes to be chosen as a goddess, they wanted to kidnap Xia Nian at that time, but Xia Nian did not agree, so they could only find another opportunity. It happened that Xia Nian went back alone.

The more Meng Yin thought about it, the more her scalp tingled. She heard the sound of Xu Zheng pacing back and forth in the yard.

Qiao Yi flew down from the courtyard wall and said hesitantly, "Madam, we still haven't found it."

Meng Yin stood up and asked, "Have you searched every house? Are there any suspicious people?"

Qiao Yi shook his head.

The three of them turned pale instantly.

"Fuck, who is this? Could it be a human trafficker? Look at Nian Nian..." Xu Zheng fell silent. If this was true, she didn't dare to think about the consequences.

Tao Tao's eyes were red: "A Zheng, stop talking." She looked at Meng Yin, "Yin Yin, was it someone's deliberate act, or -"

Meng Yin tried her best to stay rational and said, "I think it was intentional. Something was wrong when Nian Nian was chosen as the goddess."

She suddenly remembered that someone in the crowd said that the priest had been replaced.

She stood up and said to Qiao Yi, "Qiao Yi, where does the priest live today?"

Qi Sheng came running in from outside and said anxiously, "I know."

Meng Yin took Tao Tao's hand and said, "Quick, take us there!"

The priest's mansion was not far from the city lord's mansion. The group arrived quickly, and Meng Yin directly ordered people to surround the entire mansion.

After knocking on the door for a long time without any response, Xu Zheng flew in to check and opened the door from the inside.

There was no one in the yard. Meng Yin asked people to search the house, but there was not even a servant there.

As the day gradually brightened, Tao Tao looked around the yard and felt that it was strange. The land that should have been planted with flowers and plants was completely devoid of weeds, and the soil on top looked like it had been renovated.

Qiao Yi and the others came out and said, "Madam, we found nothing and no one."

Meng Yin frowned. She was now almost certain that these people were the ones who took Xia Nian away, but now that they had disappeared, the clues were almost gone.

Qi Sheng said: "Ms. Meng, why don't you think about what you missed."

Meng Yin bit her lip and said, "I know, I was wondering too..." Her eyes suddenly widened, "Who arranged the selection of the goddess?"

Qi Sheng said, "It was all arranged by the city lord." He clapped his hands, "The city lord is also responsible for the annual sacrifices. He must know why the priest was replaced!"

Meng Yin said: "Call the city lord!"

Qi Sheng flew away immediately. At this time, Tao Tao suddenly walked towards the piece of land he had just seen.

"A Shuo, hurry up and dig this place up!" she suddenly shouted. A Shuo had no doubt about it and asked a few people to find something that could dig the soil and start digging.

Meng Yin asked: "Taozi, what did you find?"

Tao Tao pointed to the ground. It was now much brighter and they could clearly see tiny white bugs wriggling on the ground.

Not long after digging, a foul smell gradually emanated, and several faces mixed with blood and mud emerged from inside. Several people were shocked, and all the bodies were exposed. They were stripped of their clothes and stabbed several times in the chest.

The three of them widened their eyes, but fortunately, the corpses had obvious male characteristics, so the result they feared most did not occur.

"Bring them up!" Tao Tao shouted.

The corpses that had begun to rot and stink were carried up. There were not only the ones above, but also more below. A total of six male corpses were buried in this garden.

"No wonder... I was wondering why there weren't any flowers or plants here!" Meng Yin ignored the churning in her stomach and stepped forward to look at their faces. "No, it's not the priest from last night!"

The priest last night was very tall, while these corpses were short and a little fat.

Tao Tao tore off her skirt to use as a mask and walked forward to check their wounds and age characteristics.

"The wound was very deep, piercing directly through the heart." She said, "It wasn't those people from last night. I remember their faces."

Meng Yin said: "I roughly know it. This is a conspiracy, a long-planned conspiracy. Someone wants to kidnap Nian Nian on the night of the Toad Palace Festival. They first kill the current priest and choose the goddess in his place. They deliberately choose Nian Nian, just to..."

She couldn't continue speaking, she just felt her heart beating extremely heavily.

At this time, Qi Sheng came with the city lord. The city lord was a fat middle-aged man. He was woken up early in the morning. He knew it was someone from Zhan Yue Pavilion but he didn't dare to get angry. His beard was crooked.

Seeing so many people standing in the yard and pale and blue corpses lying on the ground, he was so scared that his legs stuttered and he almost fell down.

Meng Yin glanced at him, pointed at the body on the ground, and said, "City Lord, please come and identify whether this is the priest from before."

The city lord trembled as he stepped forward, but was frightened by the stench. Meng Yin glared at him, and he stretched his neck again, took a quick look, and said, "Yes, he is the priest from before."

After he finished speaking, he uttered an "eh" and slapped his thigh, saying, "I got the news that the priest had been ill for many days and had to return to his hometown to recuperate, so I changed his apprentice!"