After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Chapter 141 The Strange Lake

The next morning, when Li Siqi came to find Xu Yingying, Xu Yingying was still resting. After being woken up, Li Siqi looked at the dark circles under Xu Yingying's eyes and was a little confused. "What's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Xu Yingying just shook her head and yawned, "It's okay, Your Highness, is there anything you want to see me so early?"

Xu Yingying asked back.

Now, it was Li Siqi's turn to not know what to say. It seemed that he had nothing to do when he came to see Xu Yingying, but he just wanted to see her.

Li Siqi's eyes looked around awkwardly, and suddenly, he noticed obvious water stains on the roof and the ground, and he frowned.

"But the roof is leaking? Why are there so many water stains in the house? How about I change the yard for you? I'll ask someone to come and fix this yard, and you can move in after it's done."

Li Siqi seemed to have suddenly found a breakthrough and said to Xu Yingying.

Xu Yingying followed Li Siqi's gaze and saw the marks left by the water ghost at night, but she didn't know where the water ghost was hiding now. The room was also damp, making people very uncomfortable. No wonder Li Siqi wanted to change the room for Xu Yingying.

Xu Yingying waved her hands quickly, "Your Highness, there is no need to bother with this. These things are not caused by the leak in the house."

Xu Yingying still planned to explain to Li Siqi.

"It didn't rain last night, so how could there be a leak? It's just that something came to me for help."

Xu Yingying spoke very obscurely, but Li Siqi understood it easily.

There was even more embarrassment on his face.

"Hehe, I was overthinking it. But it wasn't long ago that the previous Zhang Xiaohan incident happened. How come another one came up?" At this point, Li Siqi became a little worried about Xu Yingying.

Xu Yingying didn't care much, "It's just a piece of cake."

"So is this something that happened in Jun County again?" Li Siqi was a little curious, but he didn't expect that Xu Yingying shook her head.

"This time it's not like that. This time it's from Feng County next door. It was a little girl who died in the lake in the center of Feng County who came to me."

Xu Yingying told Li Siqi about Chen Xiaoyu's situation in general.

Li Siqi fell into deep thought. "So, you mean, she knew about your time in the cave this morning, but who told her?"

Xu Yingying shrugged, saying that she was not very clear about it, but she had already agreed to it and could not just ignore it.

"Let's not think about this for now. I plan to go to Feng County. Your Highness, please come with me."

It is better to go to Fengxian to see for yourself instead of here. You will know right from wrong at a glance.

Xu Yingying didn't want to spend so much time sorting out this matter.

Seeing that Xu Yingying wanted to leave for Fengxian, Chen Xiaoyu was a little excited. She didn't care about being afraid of Li Siqi's aura. Chen Xiaoyu appeared in front of Xu Yingying in a flash and said, "My Lord, you want to go to Fengxian. Let me lead the way for you."

Chen Xiaoyu volunteered, and Xu Yingying followed her wish and went to Fengxian.

On the way, Li Siqi was thinking about Chen Xiaoyu with Xu Yingying. He couldn't see Chen Xiaoyu right next to him, but he felt a little wet all over and felt uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Chen Xiaoyu did not care about these things and led the way. Not long after, the two arrived at the city gate of Fengxian County.

For the sake of convenience, both of them traveled light this time and did not bring any guards.

Following the crowd, we soon entered Fengxian County.

Perhaps due to the proper governance of the county magistrate, the development of Feng County seemed to be much stronger than that of Jun County. Starting from the city gate, there were all kinds of small vendors coming in an endless stream, and the sounds of hawking were incessant. Looking at the bustling city atmosphere, Xu Yingying smiled after a long time.

She had been on the road for a long time and was a little tired. She stretched and planned to find a restaurant nearby to eat something. Li Siqi naturally followed Xu Yingying and said, "That restaurant looks good. Do you want to go and have a look?"

Xu Yingying looked in the direction of Li Siqi's finger and saw a restaurant. Although it didn't look big, there were quite a lot of customers coming and going. Even though there were many other restaurants next to it, this one had the best business.

Xu Yingying nodded and said, "Let's go to this store." Then she walked in first.

Chen Xiaoyu looked at the familiar street scene, tears gradually wet her eyes.

After resting, Xu Yingying first found someone nearby and planned to ask about the lake.

"Big brother, are you from Fengxian?" Xu Yingying talked to the man at the next table.

"Haha, it's me. It looks like this little brother just came from out of town."

"That's right. I came here because I heard there is a lake in the center of Feng County. I wonder how much do you know about that lake, big brother?"

"Hey, what are you talking about? I grew up by the lake, so there is nothing I don't know. If you want to know anything, just ask!"

"Brother, do you know how many people have died in that lake?" Xu Yingying asked slowly, and the brother's face changed instantly.

"Little brother, why are you asking this?" The eldest brother's face was a little gloomy, and there was dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Don't be angry, brother. I'm just asking casually." Upon seeing this, Xu Yingying quickly laughed it off.

“Well, I’m not afraid to tell you that several people did die in that lake, but most of them fell in accidentally and drowned. There’s nothing we can do.” The eldest brother just said this and left.

Xu Yingying sat there, thinking about something, and said that she must have drowned. That is to say, at least Chen Xiaoyu's affair was not known to anyone, either because her family members did not pay attention, or because the murderer suppressed it.

After arriving at the lake, Xu Yingying felt much better. The lake was very large and seemed to occupy the most central location of the entire Feng County. By the lake, there were endless streams of men and women who met here to laugh and play, or to enjoy the flowers, or to have a picnic, feeling very comfortable.

Of course, there are also all kinds of vendors, and a wide variety of snacks are piled on those stalls, which looks very lively.

But in Xu Yingying's eyes, there was a layer of black mist floating above the lake. Although it was not heavy, it also showed that the lake was not very clean.

Ever since Chen Xiaoyu arrived at the lake, the ghost has been in a very low mood. No matter who returns to her body, she will not be happy, not to mention that she has not been able to find the person who killed her.

Xu Yingying ignored Chen Xiaoyu and whispered to Li Siqi, "Do you have a way to salvage the body in this lake?"

Li Siqi looked around and frowned slightly, "It's a little difficult. After all, there are so many people around. If we want to salvage, we need to clear all these people out first, cordon off this area, and then take action." Just listening to it was troublesome enough.

"What should we do now?" Xu Yingying was very distressed.

"Leave it to me, you just wait here, I'll be back soon." After saying that, Li Siqi turned and left, leaving Xu Yingying to wait there first.