Hearing what they two said, Shuo Ling frowned and pulled on the rein to stop the horse.

Mo Li also heard it, got down from the horse, and ran to the front of those two old men, "Sir, I heard what you said just now. Could you tell me in which town it happened?"

"The town in front. Make a turn in front and walk straight on. Then you can see the town." Hearing Mo Li's question, one of the elder men looked at him, pointed at the road in front, and said to him.

The old man cautiously asked him, "You are not local people. Why do you ask about it?"

"Well. We are not local people and come to make business, but Jing City is locked down. I heard what you said just now, so I think the town isn't far away and want to stay there for several days to wait until the lockdown ends." Mo Li smiled and said.

Hearing this, those two old men felt relaxed and nodded, "OK. You need to think twice. A murder happened in that town and people there felt flustered."

"Thank you. We will be cautious." Hearing what the old man said, Mo Li added.

Mo Li walked to the front of Shuo Ling.

"Will we go to that town next, Your Lordship?" Mo Li looked at Shuo Ling and asked.

Shuo Ling thought for a while and nodded.

Then they walked to where the two old men pointed at.

After a while, they arrived at the town mentioned by those two old men.

"Your Lordship, how about I going into the town first?" Having arrived in the town, Mo Li asked Shuo Ling.

Shuo Ling shook his head, "No. Let's enter the town directly!"

Meanwhile, he got down from the horse and held the horse to walk into the town.

Maybe a murder happened in the town or it was cold outside, so only a few people walked outside.

After several steps, they saw things like wreaths at the gate of one shop.

They thought the murder happened in this shop.

Shuo Ling walked to the shop gate directly.

Opposite the door was a coffin. A woman and a kid wearing mourning clothes kneeled in front of it and sobbed.

On one side were an old woman and a seemingly teenaged boy, who didn't look well.

Standing beside the old woman was the inn's young assistant.

The young assistant saw two men standing at the gate, looked at the old woman, and walked outside.

"Young Master, please find accommodation in other places. Our shop is closed." The young assistant saw them and said.

Mo Li hurried to say, "We are not meant to find accommodation. We want to ask you about something."

"What… What?" Hearing it, the young assistant became nervous with evasive eyes and asked.

Mo Li looked into the room and said, "Could we have a word with you?"

Seeing the young assistant did not reply to him, Mo Li continued, "Don't worry. We just ask you something. Don't be afraid."

"Yes." The young assistant turned to look into the room, thought for a while, and nodded.

He promised the manager that he wouldn't let others know what happened to him. He saw them come here directly and considered they came with ill intent.

To protect the manager's family, the young assistant thought for a while and agreed.

When he walked to the corner of the alley, Mo Li stopped.

The young assistant looked at Shuo Ling behind Mo Li, couldn't help shuddering, and asked Mo Li, "What… What do you want to ask?"

"How did your manager die?" Mo Li asked directly.

Hearing this, the young assistant felt surprised with evasive eyes and said, "Our manager had a sudden disease and didn't receive instant treatment, so…"

"Really?" Before the young assistant finished, Mo Li interrupted him, looked at him, and asked.

Hearing what Mo Li said, the young assistant felt panicked with quaking legs, "Yes… It's true."

"I heard that two female dead bodies were found nearby. Do you know why?" Hearing what the young assistant said, Mo Li didn't continue his question and asked another question.

Hearing this, the young assistant kneeled with a pale face and kowtowed to Mo Li, "Young Master, I don't know! I don't know!"

"Do you know where are those two dead bodies buried?" Mo Li found the young assistant coward and became flustered after several questions and seized the chance to ask him.

Hearing this, the young assistant stopped and said, "In the forest near the town. They were found by villagers passing by."

"Where?" Mo Li asked.

The young assistant raised his head, used his hand to point one direction, and then lowered his head.

Mo Li looked at Shuo Ling. Shuo Ling frowned, mounted the horse, and ran to where the young assistant pointed.

Mo Li glanced at the young assistant and mounted the horse to follow Shuo Ling.

When the hoofbeat disappeared, the young assistant raised his head and stood up.

Although it was freezingly cold outside, the young assistant sweated all over and he was truly frightened just now.

The young assistant didn't stand up until he responded.

"Why did you go out for long? What did you do?" Entering the door, the old woman asked the young assistant.

The young assistant had thought how to reply to her and said, "Those two men weren't local people and asked me about the location of other inns. I took them to get there."

Hearing it, the old woman nodded and stopped asking him.

Shuo Ling went out of the town by a horse and ran to where the young assistant pointed.

After a few miles, there was a forest. Shuo Ling got down from the horse, tied the horse to the tree, and walked to the forest.

Trees in the forest had lost all their leaves because it rained heavily yesterday. The forest was all in white.

Nothing on the land could be seen.

A few miles after entering the forest, Mo Li pointed at the low-lying area and said, "Your Lordship, is it over there?"

Shuo Ling looked at the place mentioned by Mo Li, walked forward, and held out his sword.

Then he walked to the low-lying area and used his sword to shovel the snow aside.

Mo Li also walked here and helped Shuo Ling.

After a while, Mo Li saw one piece of clothing, "Your Lordship, look at this."

Shuo Ling raised his head and looked at what Mo Li mentioned.

Mo Li threw away his sword and squatted to use his hand to dig the snow aside.

Shuo Ling walked forward, squatted, and felt surprised when he saw the gradually revealed clothing.

If he remembered correctly, the clothes belonged to Yang Zijin. She had worn the clothes before.

Seeing this, Shuo Ling hurried to dig the snow and murmured in mind that it was impossible.

Finding something wrong, Mo Li also hurried to dig the snow.

After the two dead bodies were dug, the dead bodies of those two women were face down.

Seeing this, Mo Li was about to turn over their bodies but stopped by Shuo Ling.

Shuo Ling walked forward gently and turned over the dead bodies.

After the dead bodies were turned over, Shuo Ling's brow stretched. The dead body wasn't Zijin but a woman wearing Yang Zijin's clothes.

He thought Yang Zijin was safe now.

Shuo Ling went out of the pit and clapped his hands gently.

He thought Yang Zijin had got in touch with her aunt these days.

As long as Yang Zijin was safe, he wouldn't feel worried.

Considering this incident, Yan Ji was about to kill Yang Zijin.

Thinking of this, Shuo Ling became serious with cold eyes, creating a serious atmosphere.

Yan Ji wouldn't live long!

"Your Lordship, what will we do next?" Mo Li also went out of the pit and asked Shuo Ling.

Shuo Ling frowned and asked, "Contact the native bank and find someone to cast a stone to find out whether we should proceed."

"Yes, Your Lordship." Mo Li replied with his hands cupped, put his finger into his mouth, and whistled to the sky.

After a while, a pigeon flew here and settled on the tree branch.

Mo Li walked forward, caught the pigeon, plucked out one feather from its tail, and threw it to the sky.

The pigeon flew away.

Shuo Ling's native banks were all over the country to collect information from all parties.

"I have finished it, Your Lordship." Mo Li walked to the front of Shuo Ling and said.

Shuo Ling nodded and walked out of the forest.

Yang Zijin should have met her aunt. According to the time, they should have gone to look for the treasure.

As long as he figured out their rough whereabouts, he could find her.

After walking out of the forest, Shuo Ling untied the rein of the horse from the tree.

Then he jumped on the horse.

It was early now, so Shuo Ling went back to the town.

He planned to find a place in the town for accommodation and waited for people from the native bank to find them.

Uncle Liu, who went to the Arctic Mountain, had arrived at the foot of the Arctic Mountain.

Uncle Liu put down the dry provisions and cotton-padded clothes exchanged with the horse in the town, raised his head to look up, and found everything was all in white and nothing could be seen.

If he went up the Arctic Mountain, Uncle Liu knew it would take at least half a month to find the Saussurea and the horse couldn't go up the mountain.

Therefore, he exchanged dry provisions and cotton-padded clothes with his horse.

Uncle Liu breathed deeply with the rime fog blowing out. Although it was cold now, he sweated because he carried too many things on his back.

After a break, Uncle Liu stood up with prepared dry provisions and stepped to the Arctic Mountain.

It snowed heavily yesterday, so his knee was covered by snow after every step. It was not easy to go up the Arctic Mountain.

After a while, Uncle Liu felt a little bit tired, raised his head to look up, and continued to go up.

Uncle Liu put down his medicine box and sat on it to have a break. After a break, he continued to go up.

At this time, Yang Zijin and other people gathered together.

Yan Luo saw all other people catch up and went down from the carriage.