After another hour, everyone finally reached the bottom of the mountain.
According to what Qin Gang said, going down to the bottom of the mountain and walking forward is the official road.
When they walked out of the woods and stood on the official road, they realized that they were surrounded by wild farmland, and they were still nearly twenty miles away from Hetou Village.
Walking on the official road, Liu Rumei pulled Chen Xiaobei and whispered, "In a few days, I want to send Grandpa Qin and his friends some food and clothing to spend their time."
Xiaobei thought for a moment and nodded, "Don't make this public. When the time comes, you can quietly bring someone up."
Liu Rumei nodded and pointed back quietly, "Grandpa Qin just told me not to tell outsiders about the secret path down the mountain."
Of course Chen Xiaobei understood what Liu Rumei meant. He deliberately walked slowly and came to Chen Daqiang and Chen Sanliang. "Listen carefully, you two. No one is allowed to talk about this matter, not even your mother-in-law."
"If this matter is leaked out, you two village protectors won't have to do this anymore."
The two nodded repeatedly, "I understand."
Both of them knew what was more important. If they were not allowed to protect the village team members, it would mean being kicked out by Chen Xiaobei, which would be a huge loss. For the two of them, this experience was nothing more than eating a few bowls of chicken. .
By the time they arrived at Hetou Village, it was already dark. Chen Xiaobei took them in a big circle, carefully stepping on the ice across the other side of the river, until they reached the foot of Qingniu Mountain, and then turned to the foot of the mountain. Come out from the foot of the mountain again.
In this way, they were pretending to come down from the mountain, and the time was just right. Chen Xiaobei and the others wanted to come back before dark.
When the group came back, the whole Hetou Village became lively.
Cui Hongyu quickly called for people to prepare wine and food for them to welcome the wind.
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At this time, Xiaojia Town Sihai Restaurant.
This evening, a table of guests also came, all of whom were unfamiliar faces. When they came in, they asked for a large private room on the second floor.
When she opened her business, of course she welcomed customers from all over the world with a smile. Feng Xiaoyue quickly let them into the box and greeted the guys to serve tea.
The middle-aged man at the head waved his hand to Feng Xiaoyue, "Shop, please bring us good wine and good food."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and put it on the table.
Feng Xiaoyue walked forward with a smile and poured the man a cup of tea. "Sir, please wait a moment. The food and wine will be served soon."
As he spoke, he put down the teapot, took the silver in his hand, bowed slightly and turned to leave.
But the middle-aged man held him back with one hand, "Hey, shopkeeper, don't leave in such a hurry. Can you please sit down and have a drink with someone?"
Feng Xiaoyue has been working in Sihai Restaurant for so long that it is not uncommon for people to be welcomed and dropped off. She has seen many such merchants. Of course, she also knows that she cannot afford to offend this kind of possibility. The best way is to deal with it. .
Thinking of this, Feng Xiaoyue bowed slightly and took a step back, taking the opportunity to break away from the man's pull.
"This is my master. Please wait a moment. I'll get some wine to have a drink with you."
After saying that, Feng Xiaoyue turned around and came out, took a pot, and walked into the box again. Feng Xiaoyue poured a glass of wine for the middle-aged man and poured another glass for herself.
Then she raised her glass and said, "Master, please."
The middle-aged man raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp. Feng Xiaoyue was obviously careless and drank the glass of wine in a few gulps without warning.
But as soon as she drank the glass of wine, Feng Xiaoyue felt like the world was spinning, and her vision went dark and she fainted.
A sneer flashed at the corner of the middle-aged man's mouth, "You are such a chick, I managed to charm you so easily."
After speaking, he gestured to a young man next to him, and the man immediately came forward.
The man untied his robe, and a rope was tightly wrapped around his waist. He untied the rope and tied Feng Xiaoyue to himself.
At this time, someone had already come forward to open the window of the box.
There is a wall outside the window. And this is the backside of Sihai Restaurant, facing away from the bustling streets of Xiaojia Town, and beyond the wall is the crop field.
The young man jumped out of the window and quickly disappeared.
The middle-aged man waved his hand, and everyone returned to their seats again.
Soon a waiter brought wine and food to the table, and the middle-aged man pretended that nothing was wrong and invited everyone to eat and drink.
In a hurry, these people soon had enough to eat and drink, went to the first floor to pay again, and then left noisily.
Seeing that Sihai Restaurant was about to close, Xiaomu, who had been busy, came back to his senses. He suddenly asked several waiters, "Hey, where is my sister Xiaoyue? I feel like I haven't seen her all night?"
Hearing Xiaomu's question, everyone looked at each other and recalled, "Yes, yes, I haven't seen shopkeeper Xiaoyue for a long time."
Xiaomu panicked and searched everything from the front yard to the backyard, from the first floor to the second floor, but found nothing.
Everyone got together again and recounted the last time they saw Feng Xiaoyue. Finally, a young waiter said, "I just remember that shopkeeper Xiaoyue went to greet the guests in the second floor box and asked me for a bottle of wine. Said he wanted to have a drink with the guest."
"Yes, yes, but I didn't see her when I went to serve food later."
Xiaomu shook his head, "That's not right, my sister was not inside when those people left!"
The store clerk was a little anxious, "Really, really!"
Xiaomu stamped his feet and took the lead to rush to the second floor and entered the private room. The cups and plates were in a mess, but there was no sign of Feng Xiaoyue.
"That's weird, where can this go?" Several people sat down helplessly.
Just then, I heard someone shouting in the lobby on the first floor, "Sister, sister, it's time for you to close."
Hearing this voice, Xiaomu's eyes suddenly lit up. It was the little girl's movement. He rushed down from the second floor in three steps and two steps at a time, "Sister little girl, it's bad, my sister Xiaoyue is missing."
The little girl's eyes widened, "Why is this big living person still missing?"
"Really, they said they wanted my sister Xiaoyue to accompany them for drinks when a guest arrived, but they never saw her after that."
The little girl became anxious upon hearing this and followed Xiaoyue to the private room on the second floor.
"No one has seen anyone beyond this room, but when the guests left, they were clearly the same people they came from." Xiaomu was a little incoherent.
The little girl looked around the room with wide eyes, and finally her eyes fell on the window. She stepped forward and pushed the window open with a raised hand.
After looking around the window for a long time, everyone finally found a clue. Looking at it from a certain angle, there was a shallow footprint on the windowsill.
The little girl stretched out her hand to take the oil lamp, and fell outside the wall.
I turned on the oil lamp and squatted down to take a closer look. There were two very deep footprints, and it was obvious that they had just been stepped on.
Seeing this little girl, she exclaimed, "Oh, I'm afraid Sister Xiaoyue was kidnapped from the window."
