Although Sima Yongheng was not very old, he had his own ideas. After meeting Wei Shuxuan and the others, he increasingly felt that he needed to change.
Seeing the determination in Sima Yongheng's eyes, Wei Wei didn't say much. His eyes flickered faintly. "Let's go, Yongheng. Let's ask around in other places."
"......Okay. Let's go quickly, Brother Wei."
On the other hand, Wei Shuxuan and her group had already visited more than a dozen households. According to the information previously collected by County Magistrate Tang, the missing people were still young men aged between eighteen and thirty - five. Wei Shuxuan couldn't quite figure out what those people wanted with these young men.
"Xuan'er, what are you thinking about?" Ge Zian saw Wei Shuxuan standing at the door of a house for a long time without moving, so he walked over to ask.
"......It's nothing," Wei Shuxuan came to her senses and subconsciously denied it. She turned to look at Ge Zian, but Ge Zian was looking at her suspiciously. She had no choice but to tell him her thoughts. "I was just thinking about what those people want with these young men. If we can figure out their purpose, it will be easier to start the investigation."
"Young men......" Ge Zian thought for a while. "Actually, there are many things young men can do. For example, they can do labor work."
"Or they could be used as sacrifices in religious ceremonies......" Wei Shuxuan voiced her own thought. However, she thought this idea was rather dangerous. If it was really the case, she didn't know if the victims would still be alive by the time she found out where they were.
"Xuan'er, how did you come up with such an idea?" Ge Zian looked at Wei Shuxuan in surprise.
"No, I just happened to think of this possibility. What's wrong? Does this kind of thing happen here?" Wei Shuxuan looked at Ge Zian in confusion.
"About this...... actually I'm not very familiar with it either. For things like using living people as sacrifices, those people definitely won't do it openly. However, maybe Young Master Xin would know."
"Huh? Xin Zizhao? Why would he know?" Wei Shuxuan was even more puzzled.
Hearing their conversation, Xin Zizhao, who was standing on one side, walked over. "Yes, when I was still in the Qiuling Mountain Taoist Temple, I once heard my master talk about living sacrifices. In the Kingdom of Yulong, there are relatively few religions that use living sacrifices. It's more common in the Kingdom of Qiangfeng. After all, Qiangfeng focuses on the art of gu, so they need living sacrifices more frequently."
"The art of gu?" Wei Shuxuan wasn't hearing this term for the first time. She often heard it when watching TV in modern times, but in fact, she had never seen anyone use the art of gu. "Do people really use it? Are there love gu and gu worms?"
This really piqued Wei Shuxuan's interest. She kept asking Xin Zizhao questions. Xin Zizhao rubbed his forehead. "Xuan'er...... I actually don't know much about it. I haven't had much contact with the art of gu either. It was all told to me by my master. However, I want to tell you that you mustn't get in touch with that kind of thing out of curiosity. Removing a gu is a very troublesome thing."
"......I just asked a few more questions out of curiosity. Don't worry. I won't get close to it because of this."
Wei Shuxuan made a promise to Xin Zizhao. Xin Zizhao stroked Wei Shuxuan's head. "That's the best. You don't usually listen to me so obediently. I was really worried. It seems that I can only rest assured when you go out with Wei Wei by your side."
"Hey! Xin Zizhao!" Wei Shuxuan looked at Xin Zizhao unhappily.
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Ge Zian quickly stepped in. "Alright, alright, Young Master Xin, and Xuan'er, don't quarrel. We're standing in front of someone else's house now......"
Although Xin Zizhao and Wei Shuxuan were just quarreling, the next second, Wei Shuxuan quickly made up with Xin Zizhao. The two walked hand in hand on the road, with Ge Zian following behind them, looking helpless. He thought to himself that he shouldn't have been the peace - maker. It wasn't even necessary for him to be one!
Sima Yongheng and Wei Wei asked a few more people, but they still didn't get the answers they wanted. Wei Wei then thought about whether there were any jade shops in Le Pu Town. If there were, they could ask the shop owners about the origin and patterns of this jade pendant.
"Yongheng, how about we ask if there are any shops selling jade products here? Maybe we can find out some information about the jade pendant in these shops."
Wei Wei thought that if the jade pendant was a family symbol, then they must have used jade from the same origin to make the jade pendants exclusive to their family.
"Okay. Let's ask someone then."
They asked several passers - by, but they were all tourists who came to Le Pu Town for a visit. They had no choice but to go to the shops on the roadside to ask.
"Huh? What did you say?" Sima Yongheng and Wei Wei looked at the vegetable vendor in surprise.
"I said there's no place to sell jade in Le Pu Town. People here aren't familiar with such things!" The vegetable vendor was busy with his business and said a few words before going back to work.
The two of them looked at the busy figure of the vegetable vendor and left the vegetable shop disappointed. Sima Yongheng said dejectedly, "I didn't expect there to be no jade shops here......"
"Are you already discouraged? However, have you ever suspected that your mother might have given the wrong location?"
"That shouldn't be the case...... My mother said she's very familiar with the border!" Sima Yongheng thought for a while. His mother did tell him that he could find his family in Le Pu Town as long as he showed the jade pendant, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
Wei Wei glanced at Sima Yongheng. "Forget it. How about we ask a few more people? If we still can't get any answers, then we'll go back to the inn first and come out to ask again tomorrow."
They had walked for an afternoon and had only covered one - third of Le Pu Town. If they still couldn't get any results after walking around the whole town tomorrow, then there was nothing they could do.
"......Okay."
Sima Yongheng agreed with Wei Wei's suggestion. After they came out of the vegetable shop, a dirty little beggar quietly followed behind them. They had walked for quite a while. In fact, Wei Wei had already noticed the little beggar a long time ago, but since the little beggar didn't do anything, he didn't take any action.
But just then, the little beggar suddenly walked over.