Nongmen Shenjue

For the villagers, a trip to Dayan Lake is not a problem, but Mu Qingyan doesn't have such good physical strength.For this reason, Uncle Zhao drove the car, and the villagers held up torches to illuminate the night brightly.

Dayan Lake at night is quiet and serene.

During the day, people were like a tide, leaving a mess by the lake, but the place has been roughly cleaned up, and there are not as many pollutants as in the previous life, so it is not too dirty.

"What should we do now?" Li Zheng asked Mu Qingyan.

Mu Qingyan came to the place where Qingshan Village stayed during the day, and went back in time.

Generally speaking, everyone in a village was in one place. Xiaomei took her five-year-old sister and followed Wu Da.The dragon boat race changed places, and the onlookers naturally changed places accordingly. Wu Da was very energetic, he picked up Xiaomei with his left hand, and picked up his sister with his right hand, and he didn't put the two girls down until they reached the river bank.

The adults are all around the front, and the women and children are behind, to prevent the women and children from being squeezed into the water.

Xiaomei took care of her younger sister, but she heard children from the same village ask her about her stepmother.

Xiaomei didn't speak, but her younger sister asked her: "Sister, they all said that the stepmother was cruel and refused to give food, is that true?"

"Don't listen to their nonsense! Dad said, the stepmother will treat us well, as long as we obey." Xiaomei is already sensible.

The little sister's face is still full of worry: "Sister, I'm afraid. Dad always says I'm disobedient, will the stepmother dislike me? Will she beat me? I, I'm afraid of starvation. Sister, why did Dad marry me? Stepmother? Can't you marry me?"

Xiaomei couldn't answer, so she could only coax her.

The younger sister forgot about this trouble after a while, and ran to play with others.

Xiaomei looked hesitant, and finally seemed to have made up her mind.She looks well-behaved and sensible, but in fact she also has the worries of her younger sister, and she is even more afraid because of her older age.Long before she came, she had thought that Dayu Village would also come to watch the dragon boat race, maybe she could see her stepmother.

She was really curious, she wanted to know what kind of person her stepmother was, and she had to take a look at it before she could be sure.

Because she and Mu Wan had the best time together, they exchanged zongzi at that time, so she mentioned it to Mu Wan.

Seeing that her sister was being looked after by an adult, she squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards Dayu Village.

There were people everywhere, Xiaomei walked slowly and carefully, for fear of being scolded by others.She looked around as she walked, and she was unprepared after all, but she didn't know that someone was staring at her, hugged her from behind unexpectedly, and covered her mouth and nose with a veil.

Xiaomei's eyes widened, trying to struggle, but she couldn't move at all, and passed out after a few breaths.

The person who attacked Xiaomei was a tall man in his 40s and [-]s, wearing coarse linen clothes and pants, like an ordinary villager.He embraced the unconscious Xiaomei in his arms, and beside him was a woman in her thirties, chattering like a husband and wife.

"I said I wouldn't bring the children, but you didn't listen. It's so hot, it's good, you must be suffering from heat stroke." The woman's voice was not low, she seemed to be complaining about the man, but she was actually telling the people around her, so that she subconsciously Reduce the risk of being suspected.

The two cooperated tacitly and acted quickly. They were definitely veterans.

kidnapper!

It's just that there are many people in Dayan Lake, and there are more children. Why did these two people have their eyes on Xiaomei?You know, there are boys and girls running and playing around beside Xiaomei, who are younger than Xiaomei and good-looking, and no adults are watching them.Kidnappers are nothing more than selling their children as commodities. The better the quality of the commodity, the higher the price. Why did they give up the high-priced commodity?

"Mu family's second child?" Li Zheng muttered inwardly when he saw that he had been silent for a long time and did not give instructions on how to find someone.

Mu Qingyan let out a sigh of relief: "Send someone from the village to immediately go to the yamen to report the case... No, you can send someone to my elder brother, and ask carefully if anyone has gone to the yamen to report the case today and lost their children."

Li Zheng reacted quickly, and his face changed: "Really, did you really meet a kidnapper?"

Fenglin County is so lively during the Dragon Boat Festival every year. It is not uncommon for children to be lost, but they are not too many.At least not so much as to be taken seriously.

What's more, Xiaomei is a girl. In the age of patriarchy, she subconsciously felt that girls would not be in any danger.In addition, there were villagers nearby at that time, even if they were not from the same village, they might know each other. Xiaomei was an older child, and they didn't think that the kidnapper dared to be so bold. If the child yelled, the kidnapper would be beaten to death by angry villagers.

When Wu Da heard that he might have been kidnapped, his face turned ashen, and he broke down and cried: "Xiaomei, it's my father who killed you. How can I explain to your mother?"

Mu Qingyan couldn't help frowning: "The child is just lost, hurry up and report to the police, maybe you can get it back!"

Li Zheng glanced at him, shook his head and sighed: "You don't understand, Xiaomei is a girl, she is nine years old. She was kidnapped, even if she finds her back, in the future..."

This is about the sales channels of the kidnappers. Most of the kidnapped girls go to brothels and Chu houses. If they are lucky, they can be sold to wealthy families as servants.Women nowadays pay attention to chastity, and reputation is especially important. Although Xiaomei is young, she is still a girl. After two years of marriage, this is a stain. I am afraid no one will want it, and she will suffer all kinds of gossip.

There have been no such examples in the past.

Mu Qingyan was silent for a while: "The top priority is to find the child back."

Everything else is something to talk about, even if you suffer some rumors, it is better than being sold into hell.

Furthermore, seeing how skillful and natural the kidnapper was, he suspected that Xiaomei was not the only one who was kidnapped.Today's Dayan Lake is at the right time and place for the kidnappers. Those children are just a piece of silver in their eyes. Are they willing to let go?

After half an hour, several fast horses came running, and the leader was Mu Lin.

"Second brother!" Mu Lin brought four people, and said again: "Let's come here first, there will be people in a while. The county magistrate attaches great importance to this matter, knowing that you are in charge of this matter, second brother, let us listen to you, today Rescue the abducted child as soon as possible."

"Let's talk about the situation first. Has anyone else reported the crime?"

"Yes! There are five people who reported the crime, a pair of sisters in Liushu Village, one in Shangshui Village, one in Lijia Village, and one in Lihua Village. One." Mu Lin added: "In fact, there must be more than six children who were abducted. Some of them may not have had time to report, and some may not have reported."

Because all the girls are lost, girls are worthless and cannot pass on the family business.

There are usually many children in rural areas. There are several children in a family. It cannot be said that losing a girl who eats for nothing is not sad or sad. At least, the family is unwilling to spend effort and money to find it. People like Wu Da are a minority.

Mu Qingyan didn't have the heart to think about anything else, he just hoped that the kidnapper would not go by water, otherwise it would be difficult to chase him.

"Brother, follow me, don't let me disturb me."

"I know." Mullin was also experienced.

Mu Qingyan let go of his ability and began to track the kidnapper's whereabouts.

Abducting Xiaomei, the two quickly left the crowd and walked to a carriage.This carriage was modified from a flatbed cart. An arch frame was directly added to the flatbed cart and covered with cloth, so the body was slightly longer and no windows were opened.There were two men guarding the car, seemingly chatting, but their eyes were always watching the surroundings vigilantly.

Seeing two people approaching, one of them hastily raised the curtain of the car, and the big man stuffed Xiaomei inside.

Several children were already asleep in the car.

They were all girls, and like Xiaomei, they were peasant children. It seemed that these kidnappers were indeed cautious and had clear goals.They calculated the thoughts or abilities of the girls' family members and minimized trouble as much as possible.

Looking at the direction of the carriage, Mu Qingyan greeted Mu Lin: "Brother, get on the horse!"

Mu Lin understood, and ordered the four people accompanying him to prepare for the investigation, and said to Lizheng and the others: "Go back first, we will investigate the rest."

Lizheng nodded: "Da Linzi, people in our village don't say polite words. If you need anything, you can come to me. The village may not be able to do anything else, and there are enough people to take care of it."

"Uncle Lizheng, don't worry." Mu Lin didn't say any more, brought Mu Qingyan to the door, followed his instructions, and chased in one direction.

Mu Qingyan frowned more and more in love.

The direction they are going at this moment is clearly the ferry!

The car didn't stop at the ferry, but continued to move forward, along a path flooded with weeds, bumped for a while and stopped.Further forward is the mountain forest, but these people did not enter the mountain, but divided the work to bring the children out of the car and turned over the slope on the left.

Gravel Beach!

After turning over the dirt slope, there is a gravel beach. This place is generally not visited by anyone, so there are no roads and it is also remote.

Similarly, if the kidnappers have a supporting ship and dock on the gravel beach, it is easy to avoid people's eyes and ears.

The gravel beach is covered by earth slopes and cliffs, and the shore cannot be seen. The only way to know it is to pass by the waterway.How can a ship that can travel by water be suspicious of a ship docked on the shore?Just to be surprised, no one went to find out the root cause.

At this point, a group of people can only dismount.

After turning over the soil slope and walking down, there is indeed a gravel beach in front of us.

The gravel beach in the night is a little scary, and there are no boats or people on the shore.

In Mu Qingyan's sight, a total of eight people including Xiaomei were sent to the boat.The boat is neither a small fishing boat nor a big boat, but a ferry boat that is often used to ferry passengers at the ferry.The hull is open on all sides, and there are long boards on both sides for people to sit on. Two boatmen take the boat one in front and one behind.

The ship plank in the center of the cabin was opened, and Xiaomei and the others were sent inside. Once the ship plank was covered, they couldn't be seen at all.

The draft of the hull is very deep, except for the boatman, there are only three men on board, and there are probably more than eight children in the dark cabin.

The four people who kidnapped Xiaomei didn't board the boat, and none of them spoke. They just signaled to the boatman on board, and the boat drove away.The four returned to the carriage and drove away.

These four people stayed, did they intend to continue committing crimes, or did they want to observe the response of the Fenglin County Government?

Mu Qingyan was thinking, should he arrest people immediately, or should he first track down the whereabouts of Xiaomei and the others?After arresting those four, what if they deny it?The so-called catching thieves and filth, these kidnappers look like veterans, and it is absolutely impossible to tell them honestly after a few threats.

Catch someone!If he really doesn't confess, at worst he will go there himself and wipe out their lair!