The fat man shook his head, his eyes showing fear. "Tell me, is this something that only humans can do? Only humans would do such evil things. We all know that evil spirits prefer the souls of immortals, so how could they eat young girls? Only humans who don't know about this would come up with these things to scare others."
Yun Yao was shocked when she heard this and immediately became furious: "Who is it? Where is he?!"
The fat man looked helpless and spread his hands: "I really don't know about this. I dare not guarantee that this is true. But if it is true, then the girl named Yanhui you asked about disappeared on the fifteenth. She was most likely murdered. Oh, today is the fifteenth again!" The fat man looked at the full moon in the sky. The bluish-white moonlight in the night sky seemed to be stained with a layer of blood as he spoke.
Yun Yao began to panic. No matter whether Yanhui was the first girl to be killed, there would definitely be a girl who would be killed tonight. She had to go to the Lantern Festival immediately to stop it!
She immediately turned around and quickly walked back to Yuchi Jingbei, looking anxious: "We are going in the wrong direction, hurry up, we have to save people!"
Yuchi Jingbei was stunned. What do you mean by saving people? Didn't he want to investigate Yanhui's disappearance before? Why did he suddenly want to save people? But looking at Yunyao's expression, it didn't seem fake. In any case, he only believed Yunyao tonight.
The fat man was also attentive. He quickly took out the fried skewers, put them in a paper bag, ran over and handed them to Yun Yao: "Eat it while it's hot, eat it while it's hot. Hehe." The fat man's eyes were full of sincerity.
"What are you eating?!" Yun Yao snatched the whip from Yuchi Jingbei's hand and glared at the fat man who didn't know the current situation. "Saving people is the most important thing!" Yun Yao picked up the horse and turned around to leave.
The fat man immediately stuffed the fried skewers into Yuchi Jingbei's hands, and repeatedly reminded him: "Take it with you. Miss Yun Yao loves to eat it. This is my gift to you." After the fat man finished speaking, there was a hint of shyness on his fat face.
Yuchi Jingbei looked at the fat man, took it with gratitude, and quickly led the horse to catch up with Yun Yao.
As soon as they came out of the alley, Yun Yao immediately mounted her horse and galloped away, and Yuchi Jingbei also hurriedly caught up.
“Miss Yunyao, Miss Yunyao, where are you going now?” Seeing Yunyao running so fast, Yuchi Jingbei felt that the situation might be very serious, “Do you want me to call Yuchi Jun?!”
Yun Yao was stunned and immediately turned to look at Yuchi Jingbei.
Yuchi Jingbei was also a little anxious: "What happened? Miss Yun Yao? Who are we going to save?" If they wanted to save people, Yuchi Jingbei thought the more people the better.
Yun Yao pulled the reins, but happened to be standing at a crossroads. To the right, it was to go to the Lantern Festival, to the left, it was to go to the government office in the capital, and to the front, it was to find Fu Mingrui.
She was stunned.
She was very anxious and wanted to save people, so she wanted to go to the Lantern Festival to find the suspicious person. Since she knew that the Lantern Festival was very dangerous and knew where the accident would happen, going to the Lantern Festival was the fastest way to save people.
But at the same time, the Lantern Festival should be the busiest time. Who is the suspect? Which girl would be murdered without her knowing anything
Or should I go to Fu Mingrui for advice? If this is true, serially killing girls and using them as sacrifices to worship evil gods is extremely serious! I must tell Fu Mingrui. Fu Mingrui has more experience in such cases and will definitely be able to find clues as soon as possible.
But the problem is, we are not sure whether the whole thing is true or false. If we tell Fu Mingrui like this, he may not believe it, and it will delay the time of rescuing people.
Therefore, we must first find evidence that can make him believe it, which is to go to the government office in the capital to find out whether there are really girls disappearing on the 15th of every month.
But if she looked for it now, wouldn't it be a waste of time? By the time she found the evidence, it might be dawn.
Suddenly, a choice instantly occupied her entire brain, squeezing out all other choices from her mind, and Yun Yao rushed towards the lanterns on the right without hesitation.
Seeing this, Yuchi Jingbei had no choice but to hurry up. Yun Yao was always so impetuous and in a hurry tonight, which made him start to worry about her and the people she wanted to save.
Inside the Tianji Instrument, in front of the chessboard, Lian smiled leisurely as she watched the light and shadow rushing towards the Lantern Festival.
Although the push just now did not affect Li Juanlan's outcome, the chess piece Yun Yao did not turn black again, which means there is still a chance. Yun Yao may become an important chess piece to save the overall situation tonight.
Standing outside the chessboard, looking at everyone around him, he had a new understanding. Lian Youyou couldn't help but smile. She didn't expect Yun Yao to be such a warm-hearted and lovely girl full of justice. It's just that she has too many thoughts in her mind, is sometimes too hesitant, and a little impulsive.
If Lian Youyou can really control Yun Yao, she will let him find Fu Mingrui, because Fu Mingrui is more experienced in investigating cases. Long-term investigations have given Fu Mingrui a sixth sense that ordinary people don't have, and a special method of solving cases. He will be more systematic and efficient in solving cases.
Especially Fu Mingrui's subordinates, who, through Fu Mingrui's long-term training, have developed a pair of eyes as sharp as eagles. They can tell what is good and what is evil at a glance!
If Yun Yao went to find Fu Mingrui, given the interactions between him and Lian Youyou, he might not believe Yun Yao's words. In that case, Fu Mingrui would send out people from the Eight Gates in plain clothes to disperse among the crowd and look for the criminal. This would be much better than Yun Yao going to the Lantern Festival alone and looking for a needle in a haystack among the vast crowd.
"You are too impetuous as a chess piece and are not useful." Duanmu Qingchen took a step forward, with a look of contempt in his golden pupils.
Lian smiled and said, "Oh? I think it's great. This is human nature. It is because of this human nature that tonight's chess game is so colorful."
"Hmph, but she can't change the overall situation. She's a bad piece." Duanmu Qingchen sneered in his golden eyes. Since they were playing chess, the goal was to win. A chess piece that couldn't win was a bad piece and should be abandoned.
Lian Youyou lowered her eyes to look at Yun Yao's back: "Do you know why I came down?"
"Isn't it for vacation?" Duanmu Qingchen half believed Lian Youyou's reason. After going through all the heavy divine duties above, he was already bored after just a few days and wanted to take a break.
The reason he could come down at this moment was that he had obtained a chance to take a nap on the pretext of peace talks. But as soon as he went back, the war in the Gemini star field, the Zerg from the Dark Realm, and the magical beasts that broke the seal on Pluto would all come one after another, waiting for him to deal with them one by one.
The thought of fighting like this every day made him feel physically and mentally exhausted.
"It's to regain humanity..." Lian Youyou's sigh brought Duanmu Qingchen back to his senses from his annoyance, and he looked at Lian Youyou with a little surprise. (To be continued)