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The journey to Luofu in Lin'an County was not a rush. Among the towns under Li County, Li Village was not far from Li County. Because Luo Yao and his party took a slow carriage, the journey took only two days.

When the two carriages arrived at the gate of Li County, Xiao Qi, who was riding a horse, slowed down and said, "Sir, Li County is just ahead."

Luo Yao lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw several soldiers checking people at the gate of Li County.

"What's the situation in Li County?" Luo Yao tilted his head and asked Ye Qi.

Ye Qi: "Qinlin County has been in turmoil lately. A child went missing, and three criminals escaped to Li County. Li County has captured the ringleader, but not his two subordinates. The government is looking for them."

Luo Yao glanced at the soldiers checking the city gate and lowered the curtain, "Enter the city."

After being interrogated as usual, Luo Yao and his party entered the city.

Since heading south to Zhejiang Province, we have traveled through mountains and rivers and passed through many towns. Among them, apart from Lianyu County, Li County is the best developed county town we have passed along the way.

The reasons for this include the commercial effects brought about by celebrity residences and the benefits brought about by the overall environment.

As the leading county in collecting grain and donating for disaster relief, Lin'an County merchants reached a business cooperation with Luoyao, which naturally first boosted the local economy. Li County was a county that stood out in such an environment.

As you step into Li County, what catches your eye are the various novelly decorated shops lining the streets.

Various snack shops, hot pot restaurants, milk tea shops...the newly decorated shops are very eye-catching among the old-style shops, and you can see people queuing in front of the shops from a long distance.

Luo Yao and his party stayed in a renovated inn. There was a parking area outside the inn and someone was assigned to look after and feed the horses.

The inn has a service front desk, and the rooms are equipped with a set of toothbrushes, a small amount of tooth powder, towels, and slippers. According to the service level, the inn also provides breakfast, which is very humane.

Traveling is always torturous. After checking into the inn, arranging everything, and sending Ye Xiaoqi out to work, Luo Yao threw himself onto the soft big bed and fell asleep in a daze.

The streets were bustling with activity after the sun went down. Luo Xinchen stood at the door of the inn, watching the people coming and going on the street.

My brother said it was dangerous outside and he could only stay in the inn and not leave.

He had been awake for an hour. Lin'er was small and was still sleeping due to the fatigue of the journey. There was no one to play with him, so Luo Xinchen squatted by the railing on the second floor and played with a Rubik's Cube.

He could only piece together three sides of the Rubik's Cube after twisting it for a while. After playing for a while, he lost his patience and Luo Xinchen went to the first floor.

People were coming and going outside the inn. Luo Xinchen was exploring alone on the first floor and soon he knew every corner of the inn.

At this moment, a man was looking outside the door of the inn. Not far away, an old man was selling candied haws.

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't greedy. Luo Xinchen stood on the doorstep and stretched his neck to look around.

The waiter at the front desk was tortured by him. After the little brat went downstairs, he ran around in the inn, and the waiter's eyes never left Luo Xinchen.

Now, seeing the little brat standing on the doorstep and wandering around, the waiter cursed the naughty child to fall down, but at the same time he was afraid that Luo Xinchen would fall down and his work for the past month would be in vain.

Two children, one big and one small, bought candied haws from an old man selling them not far away and passed by the inn. The big one was eight or nine years old, and the small one was four or five years old.

The older brother touched his younger brother's head lovingly and gave him the candied haws he had bought.

The younger brother was very happy holding the candied haws, and Luo Xinchen couldn't take his eyes off the candied haws in the child's hand.

小孩察觉到他的视线抬头发现站在门槛上的洛辛宸，发现他在看自己的糖葫芦，立刻伸出小舌头舔了舔糖葫芦，朝着洛辛宸露出一个十分欠揍的表情。

I have candied haws and you don’t, they smell so good——

The child took a small bite and proudly pouted at Luo Xinchen. The child's older brother didn't notice his brother's secret fight with a little kid at all, and he doted on his brother and walked forward.

Luo Xinchen's Rubik's Cube slipped from his hand and fell. The Rubik's Cube was too small, and was made of a specially designed, lightweight material. It fell from a height, hit the ground, bounced two steps, and came to a stop. One of the pieces flew to the other side of the street.

Luo Xinchen immediately jumped off the threshold to pick up the Rubik's Cube. The two secret guards who were hiding their identities at the door were about to carry him back, but when they found that he was going to pick up the Rubik's Cube on the stairs, they stopped.

Luo Xinchen picked up the Rubik's Cube on the stairs and rushed to the street. The two secret guards didn't know that one of the pieces had fallen on the street. Seeing him run out, they were shocked and quickly stepped forward.

Just then, two carriages coming in opposite directions came galloping towards them.

"Get out of the way, the horse is out of control!"

"Get out of the way!"

The carriage was rushing through the streets at such a fast speed that passers-by could not dodge it. Several people fell to the ground. The crowd was full of curses and the scene suddenly fell into chaos.

The two secret guards saw that the carriage was about to collide, and were afraid that they would hurt Luo Xinchen. They did not have time to carry Luo Xinchen away, so they quickly restrained the two out-of-control horses.

The two carriages almost collided with each other. At that thrilling moment, the two coachmen were so scared that their faces turned pale.

"Thank you both very much. If you two hadn't intervened, the carriage would have definitely crashed."

"My young master has written to you two. To express his gratitude, I would like to invite you two heroes to come..."

Hey! Are these two listening?

"Young Master!"

"The young master is missing!" The secret guard's face turned pale. In just a moment, the young master disappeared!

The two secret guards searched among the crowd who were frightened by the time and space carriage, but there was no sign of Luo Xinchen.

A man walked out of the inn. It was the secret guard Xiao Qi. Ye Qi flew onto the roof of the restaurant opposite and scanned the crowd with sharp eyes. His sight penetrated the crowded crowd and locked onto a mud-legged man who was fleeing quickly.

"One of you will quickly report to the Master, and the other will follow me and I will chase after him!"

The two secret guards reacted, one of them quickly ran back to the inn, and the other jumped onto the roof and followed Ye Qi.

The owners of the two carriages also lifted the curtains.

"What happened?" Xie Ling lifted the curtain and stood in the carriage, confused.

There was a lot of chatter in the crowd.

"There was chaos just now, and a human trafficker took away a child!"

"Oh my god, can't it be those three prisoners from Qinlin County?"

"Yes, yes! They came from Qinlin County to our county. The government office has posted the wanted notice for a long time, and the city gates have been under martial law for a long time!"

"Oh my, whose child is this? There's no one watching him. He's so small, playing alone in the street!"

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A fat man wearing a large gold chain in another carriage stretched his head out and heard what was said. He quickly closed the curtain and whispered, "Hurry and leave. This has nothing to do with me. It's just that the horse suddenly lost control..."

"Master...this..."

"I told you to leave right away. My father has been investigating this case for a long time. It's the beginning of the month and he should pay me. I can't let him get into trouble at this critical moment!"

The coachman turned the carriage around timidly and walked away.

"Oh, why did Mr. Zhu leave?"

"His father has been catching people for nearly half a month. He caught the leader but still hasn't caught two of his men. Now at this critical moment, the child is lost. If anyone knows that this is related to Zhu Er, he will be skinned alive!"

"If the two horses hadn't gotten out of control and caused a commotion, the thieves wouldn't have succeeded!"

Luo Yao ran out of the door anxiously, while the crowd was still talking.

The secret guard standing next to him was trembling and speaking hesitantly.

"Young Master...it's...it's us who didn't take good care of the Young Master..."

Luo Yao's voice was cold: "Where did they go?!"

Ye Shisan: "That direction... Young Master... Young Master!"

Luo Yao was about to chase him, but Du Bing flew down from the roof to stop him and shook his head.

"Young Master, you can't lose your composure now. We don't know the identities of these people yet. You can't leave the inn without me!"