He looked up at Wen Qingzhu, feeling increasingly confident.
As long as Mr. Xiao Shui is willing to come forward, even if Qiu Lin comes in person, he will not dare to say anything else!
She's just an ordinary Qi Ren slave girl.
"Then, I will listen to you, sir." Although Gai Lou is not as clever as He Lai, he still knows how to see the situation clearly at times like this.
Wen Qingzhu naturally saw through his purpose at a glance, and she shouldn't have followed his words, but now that she had found clues to Tudan Niang, she couldn't let it go as long as possible.
After all, after Zita and the Sixth Prince came over, she might not be able to be so distracted.
"Let's go. I happen to have something to do over there on the left side." Wen Qingzhu smiled. Gao Lan's death was still a mystery.
The last time she saw Zuo Column, he didn't ask this question.
He also seems to be a man who can keep his temper.
Everyone turned around, followed the servant's guidance, and began to chase the slave girl along the route she took to escape.
Seeing that they were almost reaching the military camp, the traces disappeared.
Gai Lou immediately dismounted his horse, stepped forward, grabbed the servant's collar and cursed angrily: "Where are the people! How come there is no trace of him here!"
"Master, I really don't know. This place is close to the military camp and there are main roads leading in and out. There are a lot of people from all walks of life in the past two days. We don't dare to offend casually."
The servant is also extremely aggrieved. The current situation in Tianying City is a place where a little guy like him can be unbridled.
Wen Qingzhu, who was behind, couldn't help but look around. There were still many people coming and going on both sides of the road.
Some of them didn't look noble, but Wen Qingzhu could tell that the person leading them was not someone of some status.
I am just a little slave girl who has come all this way. No matter what she does, I will never forget to run to such a crowded place.
After all, she is from Qi. Once she appears, everyone will know that she is a slave.
There is no chance of survival at all.
Wen Qingzhu stared at the servant next to Gai Lou, his eyes full of suspicion.
The current situation looks like it has been set up.
Just as she was about to call the servant over to ask, she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her.
Soon a familiar voice came from behind: "Build a building!"
Everyone looked back and saw Zuolan appearing in front of them with a team of people.
Gai Lou stared at the visitor, his eyelids twitched, and he subconsciously looked at Wen Qingzhu. When he found that she was carefully looking at the left column, he felt much relieved.
As long as Mr. Xiaoshui is willing to say a word, he will be fine.
At this time, Qi Ren slaves are indeed more valuable, and there is only one missing.
There's absolutely no need to get too serious.
Thinking of this, he relaxed a lot and even asked with a smile on his face: "Why did Mr. Zuolan bring so many people with him? But where are we going?"
Zuo Lan was not a nagging person to begin with, so he pulled out his knife, pointed at Gai Lou and yelled: "Hand over my people! For the sake of Master Xi Zhu, I will spare your life!"
Gai Lou took a deep breath, looked at Zuolan and asked, "I really don't know what Mr. Zuolan is talking about. Why don't you ask Mr. Zuolan to explain it carefully?"
"Catch him!" Zuo Column's eyes were heavy, staring at the building without moving, he raised his hand and ordered.
The person behind him grabbed a person and came forward and threw him directly to the ground.
This man was tied up, but his mouth was not blocked and his eyes were not blindfolded. He just suffered a lot of injuries all over his body.
He raised his head and saw Gai Lou. His face was full of despair. Suddenly, the couple had a glimmer of hope. They shouted: "Captain Gai Lou! Save me! I will give him to you! I really didn't steal Mr. Zuolan." People! You have to testify for me!"
Gai Lou didn't know that this person was the businessman who had given her a slave girl before.
But didn't his servant just say that the businessman escaped
A sideways glance revealed that the servant's head was almost buried in the ground.
Forced to this point, Gai Lou could only bite the bullet and said: "Master Zuolan, this man did send a female slave to me, but not long ago, the female slave escaped! I received the news, so I chased him. Came here.”
"One?" Zuo Column narrowed his eyes and his tone became colder.
When Gai Lou heard that there was more than one, he quickly affirmed: "Only one! He gave it to me! I was still in the military camp at that time, and General Juqu's people can also testify!"
Zuo Column then turned his attention to the businessman on the ground and asked, "Did you really only catch one?"
"He was the only one! I accidentally found it when I got up to pee at night! I knew at a glance that the woman was not from our place, so I chased after her and found that she was a young Qi Ren woman. I really didn't know she was an adult. Slave! If she knew! Even if you gave me ten courages, I wouldn’t dare to capture her!”
Although the businessman was tied up, he kept knocking his head to the ground and begging for mercy.
Wen Qingzhu, who had been watching with cold eyes, finally understood.
This was a carefully planned strategy.
Seeing this, Wen Qingzhu was sure that he was not lying when he built the building.
The left column is hiding something, and this businessman must be hiding something too.
Now Gailou and Zuolan meet on a narrow road here, as if they were designed.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at Gai Lou. Someone wanted to make Gai Lou take the blame.
Although the left column did not say how many slaves she had lost, there must have been more than one. From the look on his forehead, Wen Qingzhu thought it might be a batch.
But what kind of slave of Qi people can let Zuolan lead people out to chase him
"Lord Zuolan!" Wen Qingzhu took two steps forward on his horse.
He had been staring at the left column of the building and then saw Wen Qingzhu actually behind him.
He stared at Wen Qingzhu and asked, "Why is Lord Xiaoshui here?"
His eyes moved from Wen Qingzhu to Gai Lou, and then from Gai Lou to the businessman on the ground.
A guess arose in my mind: Are they in the same group
At this time, Wen Qingzhu said: "I heard that the slave girl was lost in the building. I heard that she had something to do with Master Zuolan, so I came over to take a look."
Gai Lou was relieved when he heard what Wen Qingzhu said, but her next words immediately stunned him.
Wen Qingzhu got off his horse and walked to the merchant. Before he could speak, he was stopped by the man on the left column holding a knife.
Seeing that they were so wary of him, Wen Qingzhu knew that Zuo Lan had misunderstood her.
She raised her head, looked at the left column of the horse and said: "I just feel that this businessman is lying, so I came here to confirm. Isn't this okay?"
Zuolan looked at her without saying anything for a long time. Finally, a man wearing a full-face helmet came to Zuolan and whispered a few words to him.
Then he waved his hand and asked his people to push him away.
Wen Qingzhu looked curiously at the man wearing a full-face helmet.
Although the others were wearing helmets, their eyes, nose, and mouth were exposed at least, but this man's helmet covered his face. There were two tiny slits for his eyes and two small holes for his nose. No trace of the person inside could be seen.
"Sir, don't you ask?" Zuo Lan was shocked when he saw her staring at the people around her, but he still reminded her in a cold voice.
Wen Qingzhu smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but asked Beidou to stand the businessman upright.
After meeting the merchant's gaze, she raised the corner of her mouth slightly: "Did you really only find one slave girl?"
"Only, only one!" The businessman looked at Wen Qingzhu. She clearly looked like a defenseless woman, but why did he feel a tremor coming from his bones
Horrible, terrible!
The smile on Wen Qingzhu's lips deepened: "Really? You might be lying. If I find out that you are lying, I will cut off your tongue with my own hands and make it into soup for your parents to drink."
"You... you... you you you you..." The businessman's pupils shrank sharply. He looked into Wen Qingzhu's eyes as if he was seeing a demon. He subconsciously wanted to step back, but he couldn't move at all.
Seeing that the time was almost here, Wen Qingzhu said softly, as if tempting, "As long as you tell me, I promise to let you go."
There was more and more fear in his eyes, and the surroundings became quieter and quieter, as if the only woman in the world was the same as himself.
My mind went blank, and suddenly, there was a click, as if something was broken.
The businessman lowered his head dejectedly and murmured to himself: "Yes, someone paid us to stay at the slave camp and look for opportunities to steal female slaves. We have already stolen three."
Following his words, a smell of urine came from the businessman's body.
Wen Qingzhu quickly stepped back, covered his nose and ordered: "Let him go."
Beidou nodded and directly tore off the rope tied to the merchant.
At this time, the people from Zuolan came forward again and were stopping Beidou, but Zuolan shouted: "Stop!"
The businessman was free, but he just knelt on the ground and did not dare to move at all. His eyes were distracted and he didn't know what he was looking at.
Wen Qingzhu stepped back a few steps, looked at Zuolan and said, "He only stole three people, but Master Zuolan lost more than three people, right?"
Zuo Lan said nothing, feeling more and more afraid of Wen Qingzhu.
He couldn't figure it out, what method did this gentleman use to get this businessman to tell the truth honestly
He was watching the whole thing just now, and she clearly just asked a few simple questions.
"Master Zuolan, do you need my help?" Wen Qingzhu saw his eyes becoming more and more wary, and knew that what he had just done might have aroused his fear.
But what she wanted was this effect.
Zuo Lan finally said: "Thank you, Mr. Xiaoshui. I don't need your help for the rest of the matter. I still need to discuss it carefully with the building captain."
He turned to look at Gai Lou with a rather evil look in his eyes.
Gai Lou, who was being stared at, felt the veins on his forehead throbbing. He quickly took two steps towards Wen Qingzhu: "Zuolan! Don't be proud! I am Lord Shizhu's man, and now I am ordered to accompany Lord Xiaoshui! You can take care of it!" Not on my head!”
"I don't need your company." Wen Qingzhu stabbed him unkindly.
Gai Lou stared at Wen Qingzhu in disbelief, and almost blurted out: "Didn't you ask me to come here?"
Wen Qingzhu smiled and said, "I'm just suggesting. Whether you come or not is not up to you."
This ability to burn bridges across rivers makes the left column frown.
Just when he was doubting Wen Qingzhu, he heard Wen Qingzhu look over again, sounding like he was complimenting him: "Master Zuolan is not an enemy. As long as anything is investigated clearly, he will not implicate others."
"He—" Gai Lou sneered.
He looked at Wen Qingzhu. It seemed that this gentleman could not be counted on. Gai Lou said forcefully: "This businessman only gave me one person. She has escaped now. It has nothing to do with me! If you want to make false accusations, Give it to me, I still have Master Zizhu above me!"
Zuolan looked at Wen Qingzhu, then at Gai Lou, but finally said nothing and left with his people.
It turned out to be the businessman he captured, but he didn't know whether it was for Wen Qingzhu's sake that he didn't take him away.
As soon as they left, Gai Lou breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Wen Qingzhu turned to him and said, "You have been taken advantage of."
Gai Lou was shocked when he heard this: "By whom?"
Wen Qingzhu shook his head: "I don't know. The situation seems a bit complicated now. The left column seems to have been escaped. If we can find a female slave now, maybe we will have a chance to know who is behind the scenes."