Xiao Ding entered Kunzhou and the Marquis' Mansion with a gloomy face, and the expressions of the people who followed him also seemed particularly serious.

Just as they gave up the benefits they could fight for in Chuxiong and rushed back as quickly as possible, a bad news had come. Sun Bi disappeared in the Marquis' Mansion on the night of the 28th.

It was the evening of the third day of the second month when they returned to Queensland, which means that five days had passed since Sun Bi's disappearance. Everyone knew what this time difference meant.

So when the Marquis returned to the mansion and summoned all the remaining subordinates, everyone bowed their heads and knelt in front of him, admitting their mistakes and negligence. Especially Jiang Han, he even lie on the ground and shouted: "Mr. Marquis, it is because the Marquis is not effective in doing things. I also asked the Marquis to punish him heavily. Even if I kill the Marquis, I dare not have any complaints!"

Xiao Ding didn't even glance at him, but turned to Xiao Shiqin, the manager of the Hou Mansion who was also kneeling down, and said: "Let me explain the matter that night clearly and not have any omissions."

Xiao Shiqin was shocked there, then raised his head and said, "Yes, Marquis. Everything seemed to be the same that night. Young Master Bi was able to handle related matters in the front yard and side hall after dinner, and summoned some people. Until about the second hour, the young man went to greet him, and then asked the back kitchen to send him some midnight snacks. As a result, when the next day, Young Master Bi disappeared..."

Just by listening to his slightly puzzled tone, we can see that even though a few days have passed, he still hasn't figured out how Sun Bi disappeared.

"Will anyone leave afterwards in the mansion? Who is the one guarding the doors of the mansion at night? Who is responsible?" Xiao Ding immediately grasped several key points and asked quickly.

Xiao Shiqin's answer was also very quick: "After that day, three people were missing in the mansion. Two of them had been furloughed the day before, and one was Lao Zhang, the back kitchen. After the incident, he immediately checked his whereabouts, but he still had no trace of him until today. He was originally a native of Queensland, but not only him, but also his family were gone. The surrounding neighbors didn't know when they left and where they went."

"Have you ordered the arrest?" Xiao Ding asked again.

"The captain's document has been issued for three days, but I still found nothing." The answer was not Xiao Shiqin, but the governor of Kunming, Guo Ming. Although he had a weak presence on weekdays, he still had to do some things.

"But it is impossible for a kitchen to kidnap Master Bi, but apart from him, there is no shortage of people in the mansion. After that, I ordered a careful search of the Marquis' Mansion, but I found nothing." Xiao Shiqin reported another sentence at this time, which was what made him most confused.

Xiao Ding frowned slightly, not because this matter was strange, but because the other party did not answer the answers to his next few questions. Fortunately, Jiang Han added: "Marquis, the garrison guarding all over the Marquis' Mansion are brothers of our Dingxi Army. People are arranged by the last general, and no one is short of them, so all this is the fault of the last general!"

Xiao Ding snorted when he heard this: "I heard that you still want to search the whole city afterwards?"

"Yes, I was stopped later. Mo Jiang was really too reckless at that time. I didn't expect that this might disrupt Queensland and give those little ones the opportunity to take advantage of."

"Where is the city gate? It's been tightened these days?"

"Except when Sun Bi was not confirmed to be missing early in the morning, the city gates in various places have been intensified to investigate, so it should not cause people to get out of the city."

Having said that, Xiao Ding couldn't ask anything for a moment, so he could only wave his hand after silence: "Continue to stare at me, and the servants and guards in the mansion were asking one by one to see what they found. But don't force it too much in the city. When I entered the city, I saw that there were people on the streets that were uneasy. This must be pacified, and Queensland cannot be in chaos!"

"Let's obey the order." Everyone answered the order in unison. When Xiao Ding came back, everyone had a backbone. Everything was obeyed by his order. Although he had not been punished, no one was relaxed at all. He immediately took the order and withdrew and went to work hard.

It was not until all of these subordinates retreated that Xiao Ding showed a look of fatigue on his face, and he raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows hard. He was indeed tired, and he had it in his heart. He ran back and forth these days, was assassinated and something, and finally he rushed back to Kunzhou day and night. No matter how good he was in good health, he couldn't stand it.

However, compared to physical fatigue, the pressure in his heart was even greater. Sun Bi's disappearance was like a sharp sword hanging above his head. In fact, there were more than one sword above his head. Those Luotian scholars with unknown whereabouts, the remnants of Huntian Army, the barbarians from all sides with unclear attitudes, and the chaotic troops in Qianzhou were all major problems that could completely disrupt the southwest, but until now, he had no solution.

If this pressure was put on ordinary people, they would have been at a loss or could not control their emotions because of their anger. But Xiao Ding had to withstand it. At least when facing many subordinates, he still seemed so calm that it was impossible to see any panic.

Li Ling watched from the side and was very impressed. Compared to this marquis, his ability to withstand pressure was still too small. In fact, it was not just him, Xiao Chengzhi was also a little anxious: "Father, I'm afraid he has been sent out of the city. If you want to find him now, will there be a chance? This investigation should not be any effect. Why don't we spread the troops and search the entire area carefully..."

This may be the last and most helpless choice at the moment, but Li Ling knew that doing so was no different from finding a needle in a haystack. If it were in the Central Plains, it was indeed possible to search by sending a large number of people to search, but this was the southwest, with many of the few-people deep mountains and forests. As long as you leave the city area, anyone can hide deep in the mountains and forests, it will be enough for hundreds or thousands to find them for a few days.

Even though they could use tens of thousands of troops this time, it was still a drop in the bucket for this huge range. And Xiao Ding had a more uneasy thought in his heart. At this time, he said it when he was in front of his son: "What if he found is Bi'er's body?"

Xiao Chengzhi was stunned for a moment, as if no one thought about this. What should we do if Sun Bi was killed by those guys? If that was really the case, what is the difference between looking for or not?

"This is impossible!" Li Ling, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke at this moment. As the father and son looked at him, he took another step forward: "Marty, if they really want to take seven... Sun Bi's life, just kill him in the mansion, why do you have to do this? After all, killing one person is much easier than taking him out of the Marquis' Mansion. Since they did this, they must have wanted to get something from Sun Bi, so he is absolutely safe at least for a short time."

This inference is quite reasonable, which made Xiao Ding and others subconsciously nodded in agreement. They were too concerned before, so they had such thoughts, but now they are calm.

"It's a pity that now there is no clue in our hands except that old Zhang. If we really want to send people out of the city to find it, even if we send all the troops out, it's not enough." Xiao Ding shook his head with a wry smile. He also had this judgment, and this was definitely not a wise choice.

"Father, you can't do nothing. If my cousin really falls into the hands of those guys and brings him back to the Central Plains to do something, then I'm afraid..." Xiao Chengzhi said and shivered. He didn't know whether the Central Plains would cause any trouble because of this, but Sun Bi would definitely be ruined because of this. Even if he died in the end, it might be light.

"The most urgent task is to block the passes and roads leading to the outside of southern Yunnan. As long as Sun Bi is still in the territory, we will have hope of finding him." Li Ling immediately proposed a countermeasure, but it is not his best to act further.

"Then send some people to search outside the city to see if there are any clues left by them." At this point, Xiao Ding had no better way for the time being, so he could only say casually. Xiao Chengzhi quickly took the order and asked himself: "Father, leave this matter to me."

"Okay, if you take a closer look, you will take a thousand men out of the city to search."

Li Ling sighed at first when he heard the arrangement of his father and son. This might be the solution, but then he felt a little strange. It seemed that something was wrong, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't find the problem.

"Wen Zhong, you have worked hard all the way. You will be afraid that this matter will not be a result for a while. Please go back and rest first." Xiao Ding was a little dazed when he saw Li Ling, and just thought he was tired, so he said casually. After all, compared to them, Li Ling was just a scholar, so his energy was naturally far inferior.

Li Ling did not refuse the kindness of the party. He really couldn't help much in this matter, so he clasped his fists and said, "Then the official will sue first. If you find out, please ask the marquis to let someone know the next one."

"Well, I will."

Li Ling nodded to Xiao Chengzhi again, then withdrew and left, and soon returned to his original residence. He explained a few words to Yang Zhen and the others who had arrived one step earlier, then went back to the room to go to bed.

This time he slept until noon the next day. If he hadn't been too hungry and had protested continuously, Li Ling might not have been able to get up. However, the effect of sleeping hard for such a long time was still very obvious. When he woke up, he felt refreshed and the fatigue on his body completely disappeared.

The same thing disappeared, and his mind was in chaos. At this moment, his mind became clear and sharp again. This made Li Ling, who had just eaten and heard Yang Chen, who had already stepped up earlier, quickly thought of something. The things he had not captured in time before were now pinched by him, and his expression also changed rapidly.

He immediately put the half-eat noodle bowl on the table, got up and walked out, shocking the others: "Young Master, you are..."
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