"It started a month ago. That day the grandson of Lao Wang's family was lost. The child was smart, loved by everyone, and the neighbors all liked him." Shopkeeper Wu said.
As soon as he heard that a child was missing, Ling'er thought of the missing little Yizi and asked worriedly: "How old is that child?"
"It must be eleven or twelve years old!" Shopkeeper Wu said and sighed, "It's not easy to raise it to such a big age, so just throw it away."
"How did the child get lost? Who captured him?" Ling'er asked again.
"I heard that someone secretly took the child away at night. As for who took the child away, everyone agrees that it was someone from Beifeng Village!" Shopkeeper Wu said.
"Niu Da said that Beifeng Village is selling people, is that true?" Zhong Long interjected.
"Why do you think it was the people from Beifeng Village who kidnapped the child?" Ji Cangyu asked shopkeeper Wu.
"That's what Lao Wang said himself. Lao Lao doesn't know exactly what he said. But everyone thinks what he said is reasonable and convincing enough." Shopkeeper Wu said.
"Then we have to go to Lao Wang's house to inquire later." Ji Cangyu said.
"At that time, everyone felt aggrieved for Lao Wang's family and advised him to go to Beifeng Village to settle accounts. Perhaps Lao Wang was timid and fearful, and he hesitated for a long time but still did not dare to go to Beifeng Village." Shopkeeper Wu said.
"At this time, you should go to Beifeng Village to get the child back!" Zhong Long said indignantly.
"You don't understand the situation in Lao Wang's family. Lao Wang's son and daughter-in-law are gone, and he and his wife are the only ones in the family who depend on each other. If you let a frail old man go to Beifeng Village to cause trouble, you are asking him to die!" Shopkeeper Wu said.
"In this situation, we really can only worry!" Zhang Ziran sighed with emotion.
"If just one child is lost, it won't be enough to scare the whole village, right?" Gong Ming asked.
"Yes. What scares us is what happens next." Storekeeper Wu recalled, "After the grandson of Lao Wang's family was lost, children from several other families were also lost. The situation of these families is different from that of Lao Wang's family. When there were young men, they went to Beifeng Village together to ask for explanations and children, but the people in Beifeng Village refused to admit it and drove them back."
"Then what?" Zhong Long couldn't help but ask.
"How can you give up easily if your own child is lost? There is a couple who went to Beifeng Village to ask for their child again the next day. As a result..." Shopkeeper Wu shook his head as he spoke, unable to bear to continue.
"How dare they kill people?" Ji Cangyu said angrily.
"They didn't just kill people! That couple died so miserably!" Shopkeeper Wu kept shaking his head as he recalled what happened at that time.
"Is there any royal method for this?" Zhang Ziran said sadly.
Shopkeeper Wu continued: "Of course everyone believes in the king's law, so they want to go to the Yamen to complain. But they will also die one by one, and the death of each will be worse than the other!"
"Were he killed on the way to complain?" Ji Cangyu asked with a frown.
"Yes! It's right at the entrance of that village! From now on, as long as anyone holds grievances about those children, they will die miserably. Those are living lives!" Shopkeeper Wu said sadly.
Zhong Long couldn't help but swallowed his saliva when he heard this. Just now he was talking nonsense here and said that he wanted to kill Beifeng Village. He wouldn't be the next one to die tragically, right?
"Is this why the villagers are so panicked? Is this why the outside world only knows that bandits are rampant in Gaoyakou Village, but they don't know that so many boys have been arrested?" Ji Cangyu asked.
"Yes! If I hadn't believed that Master Ji would definitely get rid of Beifeng Village for us, I wouldn't have dared to say anything." Shopkeeper Wu said.
"Get rid of Beifeng Village? Teng Fei may not have dared to take so many lives! Ji can only guarantee that this kind of thing will never happen again!" Ji Cangyu said.
Shopkeeper Wu was still a little uneasy, not because he didn't trust Ji Cangyu, but because he felt that he could feel at ease only if Beifeng Village was completely eradicated.
Seeing that Ji Cangyu didn't ask any more questions, Ling'er took the opportunity to ask: "Are those missing children also teenage boys?"
"They are all boys, but some are older and some are younger." Shopkeeper Wu replied.
Is not it? Ling'er suddenly wondered if the arrest of these boys might be related to Xiao Yizi, and the boy who fell off the cliff in Xiao Yizi's place was one of them. But after hearing what Shopkeeper Wu said, Ling'er wasn't so sure again.
Shopkeeper Wu added: "What these children have in common is that they are all about the same height." Shopkeeper Wu gestured with his hands as he spoke.
Ling'er was shocked. Isn't this height exactly the height of Xiao Yizi? Could it be that this incident is really related to Xiao Yizi’s arrest? In other words, it was Mrs. Piao Piao’s fault!
Ling'er glanced at Xu Jun calmly, only to see him sitting aside with his hands on his chin, expressionless.
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Then, Ji Cangyu took everyone to Lao Wang's house.
Lao Wang guessed that Ji Cangyu came because of his precious grandson, so he quickly led the person outside the yard and closed the door.
"The old lady can't stand the excitement, so she can only feel sorry for you and have to talk outside." Lao Wang explained.
"It doesn't matter. We came here to ask you why you thought it was Beifeng Village who captured Lingsun." Ji Cangyu said straight to the point.
"Because I clearly remember the situation at that time. It happened that Beifeng Village came to collect protection fees that day, and the person who came to collect the money from Beifeng Village was the second-in-command of Beifeng Village. He saw my Ming'er playing there and deliberately went over to tease him. When he was about to leave at the end, he said that Ming'er was very cute and asked if Ming'er wanted to go to Beifeng Village with him to play," Lao Wang said.
"What else?" Ji Cangyu asked again.
Lao Wang shook his head.
"Just because he said these words, you believe that Beifeng Village has kidnapped the child?" Ji Cangyu asked with a frown.
"Isn't this enough?" Lao Wang roared heartbrokenly, "He took a liking to my cute and well-behaved Ming'er, so he kidnapped him at night! If I hadn't been afraid that the old lady would be alone without a companion, I would have rushed to Beifeng Village and They worked hard!”
Just as Ji Cangyu was about to comfort him, he heard heartbreaking cries coming from the room.
Lao Wang quickly wiped the tears from his eyes and rushed into the house to comfort his wife.
Ji Cangyu looked at the other people helplessly and said, "This person in Beifeng Village is really unfairly taking the blame!"
"Does Master Ji think this is a coincidence?" Gong Ming asked, "Is there someone who wants to blame Beifeng Village?"
"You mean Jinniu Village?" Ji Cangyu asked with raised eyebrows.
"Well, besides Jinniu Village, who else would want to get rid of Beifeng Village?" Gong Ming said matter-of-factly.
"Jimou feels that there may be a third party behind this incident, and what they are trying their best to hide may not be just the boy's arrest." Ji Cangyu put forward his own idea.
"It seems to be getting more and more complicated." Gong Ming frowned.
"Then what should we do?" Zhong Gong asked.
Ji Cangyu said: "Go directly to Beifeng Village and ask clearly!"
Zhong Long couldn't help but swallow again. He was no longer the same person who was gearing up for a big fight.
"This matter needs to be discussed in the long run. Let's go back to the inn first!" Ji Cangyu said, taking the lead to leave Lao Wang's house.
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