Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Normally, Qi Fei didn't need to be involved in this kind of missing person case, but it was a pity that this person was lost all the way from a remote area to Xinquan.

"In fact, besides the increasing number of missing people in various places and the lack of clues, Xinquan has also reported a population lawsuit recently."

Mei Qian was even more surprised when Qi Fei said this: "Have these human traffickers become so arrogant?"

"What human traffickers? In the past few days, I have arrested many human traffickers with dirty hands in Xinquan and questioned them. They all said that this matter has nothing to do with them.

He also said that in today's world, if they captured those people, they would be wasting food."

Mei Qian did not elaborate on the description of these people. What he should be concerned about right now are the missing people.

"Where were those people lost? Princess, have you sent anyone to look for them? Or are there any similarities in the places where these people were lost?"

Qi Fei shook her head.

Not only did the missing person have no characteristics, but even the place where he was lost was strange.

"Princess Cavalry, General Lian has something to report."

At this time, Qi Fei's men came. Mei Qian nodded slightly at Qi Fei, and the two of them tacitly put the topic aside and talked about it later.

When Mei Qian left the yard, she saw the man dressed as a warrior and carrying a lot of documents in his hands, and she knew that there seemed to be a lot of things to do today.

"Girl, why do you want to go out again?"

However, Mei Qian did not go back to the yard. Instead, he changed into a set of warm and inexpensive riding clothes, as if he was planning to go out.

"Well, I will send a group of soldiers from the Princess's Mansion to the outskirts of the city to deliver some gifts to the women in the manor. The New Year is only two days away."

"I'll go too." At this time, Lin Manman and Lingjiao spoke together. The two girls looked at each other, then continued to look at Mei Qian, smiling, and said in unison: "We'll go with you."

"Okay, it's just right that you can help me pick some things."

Ever since Qi Fei found out about the wool incident, don't let Qi Fei care too much about the people in the manor recently. You will definitely have no worries about food and drink.

However, there are still some things that Qi Fei has not paid attention to.

After leaving the Princess's Mansion, Mei Qian took Lingjiao and Lin Manman to buy some jewelry, hair bands, perfume powder, hair oil, and some fashionable woven fabrics, things that girls like.

Seeing that Mei Qian had bought so many things, Lin Manman was a little hesitant. While sitting in the carriage, she whispered, "Master Mei, using these things... won't be too ostentatious?"

"Zhang Yang?"

Mei Qian looked at Lin Manman in confusion.

She didn't buy any super expensive silks or satins, and her jewelry was also light and bright patterns that young women liked.

Most of them are plain silver, silver-coated copper, and some wooden hairpins. They are definitely not cheap, but the prices are definitely not outrageously high. Only wealthy families can afford them.

"You can earn money to buy these yourself in the future."

Mei Qian thought that Lin Manman was worried that it was too expensive, but Lin Manman said a few words later that she really felt that it was a bit ostentatious to use it for daily wear.

"It's not an important occasion where I need to wear these jewels for others to see."

Hearing Lin Manman's words, Mei Qian's eyes fell on Lin Manman and Lingjiao's hair.

To be honest, she had never noticed before that these two people had nothing else in their hair except a few plain hair ties.

"Whether to dress up or not is based on one's own preferences. Why do you want to wear it for others to see? Oh~ If someone says gold is good, I will wear a gold hairpin, or at least a gilded one.

Just because others say silver is good, should I wear a silver hairpin?

What I like to wear has nothing to do with others. Just like what I bought, I bought it based on what they like. They can wear whatever they like, and if they don’t like something, they can just take a look at it.

"Is it ostentatious?" Mei Qian suddenly spread her arms and raised her chin slightly and asked, "Do you think I dress ostentatiously?"

As soon as she asked the question, the two of them immediately shook their heads and said they were not ostentatious.

Only Mei Qian herself laughed so hard.

“This riding suit is actually a men’s style, but I asked the tailor to slightly tighten the waistline according to my body shape.

Although I also combed my hair into a crown like the men, I chose a red satin strip for the headband, which was braided with several thin and tough silver silk threads and dragged behind my back.

There are also a few crisp bells below, which make the sound clear and pleasant when walking.

Even for the hairpin, I specially polished two pieces of mutton-fat white jade and a pearl and strung them together to complement each other.

In this case, am I not showing off in my dressing style?"

Mei Qian's words choked Lingjiao and Lin Manman so much that they couldn't say anything.

In the eyes of Lingjiao and Lin Manman, Zhang Yang is probably the kind of person who wears gorgeous clothes, has rings and pendants all around his body and a hair full of pearls and jade. Can Mei Qian be called Zhang Yang if she looks like this?

But after Mei Qian said this, Lingjiao, who had been with Mei Qian for a long time, understood what Mei Qian meant by "Zhang Yang".

In the eyes of some people, Mei Qian's appearance was indeed flamboyant, but Lingjiao smiled foolishly and said, "Miss, you can be more flamboyant next time. You look so beautiful when you are flamboyant like this."

"Humph~ If you guys hadn't followed me today, it would have been really ostentatious for me to ride a horse all the way out of the city."

As they were talking, the atmosphere among the three returned to its normal lively atmosphere. Mei Qian also instructed Lingjiao and the others to pick up two lamb legs when they came back from the farm.

"By the way, if you have goat's milk, get some more. I'll make bubble milk tea for you guys when we get back~"

Mei Qian just remembered this when he got off the car at the gate of the manor.

"I know, girl, we'll remember it later~"

Lingjiao is no longer the little girl who would follow Mei Qian wherever she went when she arrived in a strange place.

At the same place, Mei Qian asked her to do something, and she naturally did it.

Lin Manman's personality actually didn't get along well with many women in the manor. Mei Qian, on the other hand, was very popular and as soon as she arrived at the manor, she was surrounded by those women.

Lin Manman also talked to some of the women she had a good relationship with. Seeing that Mei Qian's side was still crowded with people, she simply went to find Lingjiao to help.

Mei Qian was talking to the ladies about the changes that had taken place in the manor over the past few days. Some of the braver ones even went out of the manor for a walk twice when the weather cleared up in the past few days.

"There is really no grass growing here in the winter. When I was at home, I followed my mother out to dig shepherd's purse to eat. Although the shepherd's purse at this time is ugly, it is fragrant~"

An older lady, holding a wooden hairpin carved with a lotus, was putting it into her hair while sharing what she had seen and heard a few days ago. She said:
"I heard from some people outside the village that there seemed to be some human traffickers stealing people recently! Oh my~ We were so scared that we didn't dare to go out alone~"

"Huh? Why, someone is missing here too?"

Mei Qian didn't expect that even the ladies in the farm had heard about this, and she couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

"Yes, I heard from people in the neighboring village that several families in their village were killed in broad daylight when they went out."

"That's it."

This was the first time that Mei Qian realized that the death of this person was so close to her, and she felt a little panicked for some reason.

This panic reached its peak when Mei Qian was resting alone in the room, waiting for Lin Manman and Lingjiao to come back.

Finally, when the news of Mei Qian being abducted reached Qi Fei, it was already dark... (End of this chapter)