Lu Shuo said: "That town is very weird, there was so much noise at that time, but these few people who were hiding from the rain didn't react, it can be seen that they are all insiders." It's just that Second Master Lu has always been on guard against me, and it is impossible to keep the handle in my hands, so I pondered all the way, that trafficker may really be just a human trafficker, but whether those villagers know about it is not sure, so I ......"

"That's why you want to separate them and trick them into telling the truth?"

Yuan Wenyi smiled, already understanding his thoughts.

Lu Shuo nodded and said, "As for those girls, the lady asked Qing's mother to pay more attention, and if there is anything unusual, she will immediately ask her to go to the front yard to inform me." ”

Seeing Yuan Wenyi nodded, and the night outside was thicker, Lu Shuo was afraid that Qing's mother would come in for a while, and he didn't want to say much about it, so he walked to Yuan Wenyi's side and put his head lightly on her stomach.

The two little guys have been dishonest in this month, and they will move from time to time, and Lu Shuo has not been able to put his head on for a while, and he has heard some movements.

"It's moving. ”

Lu Shuo raised his head, said a word to Yuan Wenyi excitedly, and listened again.

Yuan Wenyi looked at his childish appearance, smiled lightly, raised his hand to stroke his hair, the candle flame flickered, pulling their figures to the elder.

Early in the morning of the second day, Lu Shuo put on his official uniform and went directly to the Yamen, where Lu Xun and several guards were already waiting for him.

"Your Excellency. ”

Lu Xun saw Lu Shuo come out, with a smile on his face, and asked, "Where are you going to interrogate first?"

"Let's start with the girls. ”

Lu Shuo frowned, and said with a calm face: "The girls in the town have been lost one after another, and they must be the ones who are most worried, and from their mouths, you may be able to learn more than from the mouths of those villagers." ”

Lu Xun naturally agreed to this, and the two couldn't help but say that they ordered the officials to bring them up after opening the court.

At this time, the door of the first floor outside the yamen was also closed, and the whole yamen was guarded by guards, which was considered private, and after these girls were brought up, they were scared when they saw the public court, and when they saw that the person sitting on the top was the son who saved them, they immediately worried and went a lot.

After they saluted, Lu Shuo ordered them to get up and said straight to the point: "I interrogated those two people carefully, and they said that they were not abductors, but your voluntary ......."

Before Lu Shuo finished speaking, he was already panicked, and one of them cried: "My lord, no! Absolutely not! We didn't do it voluntarily, otherwise they wouldn't have tied us up and wouldn't have given us food and drink......

It was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl who spoke, looking not very good, but her body was exceptionally strong, and as soon as she said this, several other girls next to her immediately nodded in agreement.

Lu Shuo didn't pay much attention to it yesterday, but when he looked at it today, he saw something different.

These girls have their own appearances, but they are not outstanding, but they are strong.

He turned his head to look at Lu Xun, and saw that he also nodded, and thought of the Lu family's iron-making industry, which was an industry that required physical strength, and there were mostly widowers and strong men, could it be ......

Lu Shuo feigned anger and said: "Still quibbling, they said that they had discussed it with your parents, you ......"

"My lord, absolutely not!"

It's still that girl, and it's an urgent person to look at.

Lu Shuo looked angry, but he didn't continue, but waited for her to continue.

"My lord, the traffickers you mentioned took away many sisters from the village, but they have not come here since the end of last year, these two people are clearly not the same as those people, this is deliberately deceiving you!"

As soon as these words came out, the first few girls behind them all looked nervous, and the one kneeling behind her pulled her sleeve, as if trying to stop her from continuing.

Who knew that this girl was determined to let go, and turned to the girl and said: "Little Peach, what are you still hiding when you get to this point? Isn't your sister the year before last? Now there is a master of the blue sky to call the shots for us, let's not say when to say it now." ”

Lu Shuo heard that both ears were about to stand up, and when he saw that the girl named Xiao Tao lowered her head and thought for a while, she seemed to have figured it out, and finally pursed her lips and raised her head, looking determined, and couldn't help but look full of anticipation.

The two girls said a word to me, and then explained the matter.

It started five years ago, and a group of people came to the town every six months to pick up the school-age girls in the town.

These people don't say what to do with picking these girls, but they just promise a lot of money from the girls' families who were taken away, so they are tempted by money, and secondly, they are intimidated by the other party's forces, and there are also small officials in the town colluding with each other, they don't dare to resist at all, they can only watch the girls being pulled away.

After hearing this, Lu Shuo's face was shocked, and he was silent for a while before he said: "What does the person who took away the girls look like, and what are their characteristics? Where are they going to pull these girls, do you remember?"

The girls looked at each other, shook their heads, and said, "Before these people come, they will first find a good person, choose someone who is suitable for age, appearance, and body, and when they have talked to the family, they will come to a carriage to pull these girls away in the evening......

After speaking, seeing Lu Shuo frowning, he added: "By the way, not only in our town, as long as it is close to several villages and towns near Qishan, this incident has happened, especially Taiping Village, which is directly opposite the exit of Qishan, and the girls there are almost ...... It is almost extinct, and the neighboring village does not dare to remarry the girl when they hear about their village. ”

"You said Qi Shan?"

Lu Shuo was startled and got up from his seat.

"Yes. Xiao Tao nodded and said, "Taiping Village is a little south of our village, closest to Qi Mountain. ”

Lu Shuo only felt his heart pounding, he glanced at Lu Xun, and finally stopped the excitement in his heart, so he asked the girls again: "Then are there any similarities between these arrested girls?"

The girls below glanced at each other, discussed with each other for a while, and their faces turned red, and one of them said: "Yes, they come, they only need to be a virgin just now, so every year before they come to pull people, there are some people who love girls, they will marry girls in advance, as long as they get married, they will no longer worry about being pulled away by them......"

After letting the girls retreat, Lu Shuo still felt that his mood was stirred for a long time.

"My lord, looking at it this way, this matter is not just as simple as abducting and selling girls, these girls were all born at the foot of Qi Mountain, and they are all virgins who have just come of age, presumably those who take them away must have some different purposes. ”

Lu Shuo nodded, he suddenly remembered the witch in modern times.

The witch is a mysterious thing, which only exists in legends, and some rituals related to it, such as summoning gods with the blood of a virgin, have been heard a lot by Lu Shuo.

Could it be that these girls who were sold were all related to this reason?