Chapter 347 Those Dolls

Whether it was laughing or picking up food for Fang Jie, Chu seemed a little stiff. From this Fang Jie, we can see that she had not been with anyone like this for a long time, including her son Luo Wen. If she had been with her family like an ordinary mother, she would not be like this now.

Fang Jie originally thought that Chu invited her to a meal was just a matter of etiquette. After all, she was Luo Yao's wife and a first-class lady of imperial decree, so it was necessary to come forward to invite the imperial envoy to have a meal. But after entering this courtyard, Fang Jie realized that it was completely different from his expectations. What is the nature of Chu's family dinner with some official meaning?

The Chu family seemed a little cramped, so was Fang Jie.

"A few days will be my birthday. You... If you have time, come and have fun."

After a while of silence, Chu said in a very soft voice.

Fang Jie quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks: "I'm going to come for my birthday, it's really a shame. I only learned about this today."

"It's okay"

Chu stood up and poured a cup of tea for Fang Jie: "I heard from the general that Mr. Xiao Fang had many ups and downs when he was young. If Mr. Xiao Fang had nothing to do with anything else today, could he tell me?"

Fang Jie was stunned for a moment, but it was hard to refuse. He picked up a few things that were not important for his escape career in the past ten years. When Chu asked him if he knew his life experience, Fang Jie just shook his head and said he didn't know and did not talk in depth. When Fang finished explaining these things, the food on the table was already cold. Chu was so obsessed that he didn't realize that he asked the other party to talk about these things before the guests finished eating. It was a very rude thing.

As the Duke of the Kingdom, even if you don’t often see guests, you shouldn’t have any rudeness.

"Did you go out to kill thieves every day when you were a border army in Fan Gu for three years?"

If a young girl asks this, Fang Jie will definitely be very interested or even exaggerated. After all, such an experience is one of the capitals that men can show off, and those girls like the most is the legend of heroes. With Fang Jie's eloquence, they can completely portray themselves as an unparalleled hero.

But he really has no interest in Chu.

So Fang Jie just shook his head slightly: "No, in the first year, there were many bandits and horse thieves near the border town. Most of them were wandering herders who violated the rules and were expelled from the tribe, and some scum in the Great Sui River. Most of them were killed by us in the first year, but very few in the second year. By the third year, those horse thieves basically did not dare to approach Fan Gu."

"Oh...had you been injured?"

Chu asked.

Fang Jie nodded: "No one from the border army has ever been injured. If there are few scars on his body, he will be looked down upon by his companions. Just like wolves on the grassland, the male wolf in the pack with no gaps in the ears will be looked down upon by other wolves. Because this proves that they have never bitten with other wolves and are a coward."

Fang Jie felt a little sad when he said this, because although he was not a coward when he was in Fan Gu, he rarely fought with horse thieves head-on. Most of the time, he hid in the dark and injured people with bows and arrows. At that time, he was even unwilling to kill people with his own hands. Only two years have passed, and now he has undergone tremendous changes.

"Can I see the scars on you?"

When he heard the Chu family's question, Fang Jie's face changed significantly.

If it was a rude thing for Chu to serve tea without waiting for the guests to finish their meal, then this sentence was extremely rude. Although the Sui Dynasty was not the kind of country that advocated that men and women should not be close to each other, the behavior of asking guests to take off their clothes and see the scars on their bodies was obviously inappropriate.

Fang Jie was stunned for a moment and subconsciously glanced at Chu.

Chu then suddenly realized and quickly explained: "It's just that I happen to have some good medicine in my hand, and the scar will fade after using it for one or two months."

Fang Jie said with an oh, "Thank you, madam, it's just that the scars on the man's body are not ugly to me."

"yes……"

Chu murmured: "The General said the same thing. He said that the scars on soldiers are symbols of glory."

Fang Jie nodded and didn't continue to say anything. His mind was full of questions. Although he didn't know what kind of person Chu was usually, the analysis of the information she found out shouldn't have shown it like this now. When Chu saw him lowering his head to drink tea, he knew that his words just now were inappropriate and it was not easy to say anything.

After sitting withered for a while, Fang Jie owed his body and said goodbye.

Chu did not stay any longer and personally sent Fang Jie out of the yard. When he passed by the big locust tree, Fang Jie still could not adapt to the existence of those dolls.

After coming out of the courtyard, Fang Jie walked out under the guidance of the servants of the General's Mansion. It was already dark at this time. When Fang Jie passed by the small lake, he found that the three-story high-rise building on the other side was on, and it seemed that Luo Yao had returned. However, since he had not come out to meet, Fang Jie did not plan to see him.

When he left the General's Mansion, Fang Jie saw that the carriage driven by Nie Xiaoju was already waiting outside.

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When he returned to his residence, Fang Jie asked Nie Xiaoju to invite Zhuo Buyi to take a shower and change his clothes first. When he came out, Zhuo Buyi sang Mu Xiaowei and the others were already waiting in the living room. Fang Jie asked Nie Xiaoju Yankuang and Chen Xiaoru to stay outside, and even the roof was arranged with manpower.

"Sir, there are a few things that must be asked by your subordinates to check. Now the people in my hands are on the surface, and every move is stared at by Luo Yao's people. Big Dog and Qilin were arranged to do other things by me, and they will not come back for a while."

Zhuo Buyi didn't know that he had ten elite soldiers from outside the palace, so Fang Jie naturally wouldn't take the initiative to speak out.

"Now your people are the only ones we can use in secret."

"What's up?"

Seeing that he was talking solemnly, Zhuo Buyi sat upright and asked.

"The first important thing is to find out where the monk named Shi Yuan is. He must be in Yongzhou City. From the time he found two women to do sexual intercourse, he could not hide in one place. The brothel in Yongzhou City is the first target. He is a bald man. Even when he goes to the brothel, he will not take off his hat easily. As long as he goes to the brothel, it will not be difficult to find out. Then he will also check whether there are women missing in the city recently. If there are, people from all places will be found clearly."

"Well, I've arranged someone to stare."

Zhuo Buyi nodded and said.

"The second thing..."

Fang Jie looked outside and lowered his voice, "Send someone to carefully check how many children have disappeared every year since Luo Yao was stationed in the southwest and moved into Yongzhou. The range is from a full-month-old child to a three-year-old boy. These things should not be difficult to check. In addition, check a place called Su Ji Mingwu Shop, which is specialized in the business of dead people. This shop should have some connection with Luo Yao's mansion. What I heard unexpectedly from Luo Yao's mansion today is a direction."

Zhuo Buyi nodded: "I will continue to give this order. The people from the Great Inspector Office are far more than those I brought in Yongzhou. The second thing is that these two things to be investigated are not too difficult to check. If the child is missing, you can ask for some questions at any snack stall on the street. As for that shop, you can find it as long as it exists."

"but……"

Zhuo Buyi asked, "What does these two things have to do with Luo Yao?"

"I'll explain later, let's talk about the third one first."

Fang Jie looked at Zhuo Buyi and asked, "What level of cultivation is Luo Wen?"

Zhuo Buyi said: "The seventh rank recorded in the Great Inspector's Office, what's wrong?"

Fang Jie asked again: "From your current recovery of cultivation, can you use mind reading skills to dig out something from the brain of a seventh-level practitioner?"

"It's too difficult for you to start from Luo Wen. This is Yongzhou!"

Zhuo Buyi frowned and said, "As far as I have recovered, it is not difficult to detect a seventh-grade warrior. But in Yongzhou City, you can't find any opportunity."

"Luo Wen is not in the city, he went to Cangman Mountain."

Fang Jie said: "In a few days, it will be the birthday of Luo Yao's wife Chu. Luo Wen is a filial son. He went to a place called Luhou Cave in Cangman Mountain to find something strange as a birthday gift for his mother. Although Luo Wen was surrounded by a team of soldiers and the old man carrying a steel sword box, this was relatively an opportunity."

"If you can do it now, we need to take a tour of Cangman Mountain."

Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "Now everyone's every move we make in Yongzhou City is staring at. As long as you leave the city, you can hide it no matter where you go? I'm afraid that before you can take action, Luo Yao has already brought the people there."

"False"

Fang Jie smiled: "When I was in the imperial capital, I always thought it was a good thing, so I asked Wu Yidao to find someone to make a few pictures for me, and now it happens to be used. If we do it, find someone with a figure similar to mine, and take the guards to beautiful places outside the city every day. You, me, and Chen Heng and Chen Ha can't deal with a team of soldiers with a sword box?"

"That's right, it's still a bit risky."

Zhuo Buyi hesitated and said, "But it is indeed a rare opportunity. Since you have already thought about it, I will follow you. Anyway, if you want to die, you will not die later than me."

Fang Jie said: "After all, you are a martial arts senior, so you can't be a little arrogant when you speak?"

"No demeanor is worthwhile when you are with you."

Zhuo Buyi glared at him: "You asked me to send someone to investigate the missing child for twenty years, and why is that Su Ji Shop?"

Fang Jie was silent for a moment, then breathed a long sigh: "You are knowledgeable. Do you know that someone in this world can make dolls no different from real people? Even the black and white eyeballs, eyelashes, teeth, and even pores on the skin can be made?"

"It's hard. There is a difference in making a human skin mask. A mask is just a face. It's hard to be as different as a real person. What's more, it's impossible to make eyelashes and eyebrows on the mask. The corresponding places are holes, and the eyebrows exposed when they are glued are all about humans, not masks."

"So..."

Fang Jie shook his head: "I'm still scared now, I guess I'm going to have a nightmare tonight... Although I was afraid and disgusted and pretended, I still looked at it carefully. It was because I didn't believe that the world now has the technology to make dolls so realistic that I was scared. Because she is the first-class lady of the imperial edict, no one would doubt what she said, but I just met someone like me who doesn't believe in her."
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