Not only Ye Tan was shocked, but also Tuanzi.
When Ye Tan came in just now, no one answered the door. Tuanzi thought that there was no one in Jinyuan Temple, so he focused on finding the sign-in point. When Ye Tan signed in just now, he only paid attention to signing out. What happened was that he didn't even check his surroundings.
So, when a man's voice came from behind Ye Tan, Tuanzi was frightened: "I'll just go, why is there anyone here?"
Ye Tan hurriedly turned around and looked at the person.
This is an old man in his sixties or seventies. His hair is almost all white, his back is a little hunched, he is wearing a hundred-year-old jacket and a pair of black cloth shoes. He is looking at him seriously with his hands behind his back.
Before Ye Tan could speak, the old man frowned and asked, "How did you get in?"
Ye Tan was quite puzzled by this old man's question. How else could he come in? The road was smooth and the door was ajar, so he came in naturally.
However, Ye Tan still said politely: "Old man, I was passing by here and knew that there is a Jinyuan Temple here, so I came to take a look."
"Didn't meet anyone?" the old man asked with a frown.
Ye Tan shook his head.
"This Jinyuan Temple existed in name only a few years ago. What's there to see?" After hearing Ye Tan's words, the old man seemed to be relieved, and then said impatiently: "Go quickly, go away, don't go there if you have nothing to do." Run here, little girl, why are you running to such a remote place? Hurry up, hurry up."
The old man's attitude confused Ye Tan. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the voices of two men talking outside the front hall.
One of them said: "Are you sure a woman came in?"
"I think I heard it right."
The words of the two men made the old man's expression change, and he hurriedly made a silent gesture towards Ye Tan, and then pulled Ye Tan's sleeves and walked towards the backyard. Only then did Ye Tan realize that the old man's feet were She was lame, especially when walking fast, which was very difficult, so she hurriedly walked a few steps and helped the old man to the backyard together.
Although Ye Tan still didn't understand the current situation, she intuitively felt that the old man had no ill intentions towards her.
With Ye Tan's help, the two walked very quickly. When the two men came to the back hall, Ye Tan and the old man were already in the backyard.
The old man hurriedly opened a locked room. As soon as he entered the room, Ye Tan was shocked. There were more than 20 women and children lying in the room, all unconscious at this time.
Without waiting for Ye Tan to say anything, the old man hid Ye Tan behind two women in a corner, and then whispered: "You stay here first, don't make a sound, you know."
Ye Tan nodded.
Seeing Ye Tan's response, the old man hurriedly left the house and locked the door again.
After a while, Ye Tan heard the voices of the two men before.
One of them said: "Old man Sun, is there anyone in the temple today?"
The old man responded calmly: "Aren't you guys guarding the door? Wouldn't you know if someone comes?"
"Is there really no one here?" Another person asked in disbelief: "Why did I hear a woman's voice?"
"I didn't see it anyway, you two were guarding the gate and didn't see it?" the old man still said calmly.
"We weren't here just now..." One of the men said angrily: "Also, Old Man Sun, is it that the food you made is not clean? My brothers both had stomach upsets after eating. They said, you are Didn’t you mean to mess with us?”
Immediately afterwards, there was a "pop".
Tuanzi said angrily: "Xiao Tan, that man slapped that old man."
Ye Tan naturally heard the noise and clenched her fists in anger, but now the door of the house was locked, and she couldn't get out for a while. Moreover, there were so many women and children in the house now, and it was definitely not possible for just one or two people to do so. If it could be done, these two men must have other accomplices, so she still had to find out the matter first.
How many human traffickers are there in total? Apart from the women and children in this room, are there any other people who have been arrested?
"I also ate what I made, how come I'm okay?" The old man seemed to be used to being treated like this, and the old man just responded lightly.
"You, what the hell, are you still talking back to me?"
"Okay, okay, if you beat him up, who will cook for us later? There are so many people." Another man advised.
"Hmph, let me spare you for today." The man who hit the old man snorted coldly, and then continued to ask: "No one really came in?"
"No, if you don't believe me, see for yourself. The whole temple is so big. Check it out for yourself."
"Hey, who are you going to fight with, you old guy? Do you know who has the final say here? Don't think that just because you cook for us, you can do it. I'm telling you, if you piss me off, I'll take good care of you. Trust me. Do not believe?"
Another man advised: "Okay, why are you so serious with an old guy like him? Let's do a quick search to see if a woman really came in. Don't look back. It's because you heard wrong."
"How could I have heard wrong?" The irritable man snorted coldly and said, "Old man Sun, wait, if you really want to find the woman, I will beat you to death, old boy."
Tuanzi kept paying attention to the outside, and said to Ye Tan: "Xiao Tan, they are searching every house."
"Tuanzi, look at whether there is anyone else in this temple besides the three of them." Ye Tan said.
"Wait for me to see."
Tuanzi didn't dare to be careless this time. He increased his power and searched everywhere. After looking at it once, he said, "No, just the three of them."
Ye Tan knew something in his mind and continued to hide in the corner.
After a while, the two men searched the room. They opened the door and looked inside. Because the room was relatively dark, Ye Tan hid behind the two women in the corner, just in time to hide her body. The whole shape was blocked, so the two men didn't notice Ye Tan and locked the door again.
It seemed that after searching to no avail, the two men felt relieved.
The one who had been trying to persuade me to make peace said, "I'm just saying you heard it wrong. This Jinyuan Temple is so remote, and now it's deserted. Who can come here when they're full?"
"Did I really hear it wrong?" The other irritable man said with some uncertainty.
"It's not that you heard wrong."
"Damn it, we can't leave at the same time from now on. If the boss finds out about this, we will both get beaten up."
"Who made us both have stomachaches at the same time? What can we do?"
"Old man Sun, if I eat your food and make you sick in the stomach, I will beat you." The irritable man threatened the old man a few more times before returning to the main hall under the persuasion of another man.
(End of chapter)
