"Little sister, do you want to eat candy?" I showed a very gentle smile, trying not to be afraid of me, she looked at me for a long time and then nodded, I said, "You give me the candy, I'll open it for you, okay?" She hesitated for a moment, then finally handed me the lollipop.

I took it and opened it back to her, and when I got the lollipop, she immediately stuffed it into her mouth, maybe because the candy was sweet, she smiled contentedly, I tentatively reached out and touched her head, at first she was a little evasive, but then she was not afraid.

"Little sister, where are your parents?" I asked with a smile.

She had a lollipop in her mouth, and she looked very cute, and when she saw me ask her, she thought about it before taking out the lollipop, and said in a childish tone, "Go to work." With that, he shoved the lollipop into his mouth.

Then I asked her, "Then why are you locked in the house?" Unexpectedly, when I asked like this, her eyes immediately turned red, and she looked like she wanted to cry, so I hurriedly coaxed her, "Sister is good, don't be afraid, sister is a good person." ”

She sobbed a few times, and then said: "Mom and Dad said that there are monsters in the village, and they specialize in catching children, and they don't let me go out to play, I'm so afraid of ......" said two lines of tears rolling down, and the pitiful appearance was so distressing to watch.

I gently rubbed her little head and coaxed her to say, "Sister is not afraid, my sister will catch monsters, can my sister help my sister catch monsters?" ”

"Good!" The little girl nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, and her little face with tears suddenly smiled at me.

Although it was just a little girl's statement, and I didn't say it clearly, I realized the seriousness of the matter, whether it was a youkai or not who caught the child, but now that we're here, I think we need to find out.

I patted the little girl's head softly and whispered, "Sister is obedient, stay at home obediently and don't come out, close the window in a while, sister will go and catch the monster and come back to play with you, okay?" ”

"Good! My sister must catch the monster and beat the monster to death! ”

"Well, then you go in and close the window!" As soon as I finished speaking, she hurried down and closed the window.

I went back to find Mu Xiu first, and then went to the village chief with him, wanting to find him to understand the situation here, to see if there was really a child who had been arrested, and when we found the village chief and I informed him of my doubts, the old village chief, who was nearly sixty years old, immediately burst into tears.

"Village chief, don't get excited, you can tell us clearly what happened one by one, maybe we can help you." I hurriedly comforted.

The old village chief sat on the floor, then slapped his thigh painfully, and cried on the spot, "I, the village chief, deserve to be a wreck!" I don't deserve to be the head of this village, the children in the village are missing, I can't do anything about it, I don't know what to do if I report it to the town government and others don't take care of it......"

I didn't expect that there was really a child missing here, and I didn't expect that because I asked like this, I would touch the emotions of the old village chief, and he sat on the ground and cried on the spot regardless of his image, so you can imagine how much he blamed himself because of this incident.

"Village chief, don't worry, can you sit up first and talk slowly?" I stepped forward to help him, and with great difficulty I was able to pull him up from the ground.

After the old village chief sat up and sorted out his emotions, he explained to us the cause and effect, it turned out that the village had always enjoyed peace and peace, and nothing major had ever happened, but since the first two years, one or two children have been missing from time to time in the village, and it has been close to now that dozens of children are missing.

This incident caused panic in the village, but no matter how they prevented it, there will still be incidents of children going missing, two days ago a few children came home late from school, and they disappeared, and now adults are locking the children in the house and not letting them out.

That's crazy, isn't it? In the past two years, so many children have been arrested, and although there are occasionally one or two cases of missing children in every place, dozens of children have been missing here in a row.

"Village chief, do you have any clues? Do you know who captured the child? I asked.

The old village chief shook his head in frustration, "Hey... If only I knew, the villagers were rumored to be haunted by monsters in the mountains, and now the village is not at peace, and those who have a little money have moved out early, leaving only some people who really can't afford to move here. ”

"Don't worry, village chief, since we are here, we will definitely help you find out who captured the child, you wait for our good news." I patted him on the shoulder and comforted.

The old village chief shook his head and said, "It's useless, I know you are kind, but the above also sent people to investigate without results, what can you find out?" ”

"If you don't try it, how will you know if it will work? The village chief, we'll go back first. After saying that, I pulled Mu Xiu and walked out.

After returning to the guest house, Mu Xiu asked me, "Are you really planning to take over this matter?" ”

I resolutely said, "Of course, this is a promise I made to my little sister, and I must fulfill it." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Mu Xiu looked at me and asked.

I paused before saying, "I think you've guessed what I mean, right?" ”

"You're saying it might have something to do with the ancient tomb?" Mu Xiu asked with interest.

Lying on the table, he thought about it for a while before saying, "I don't think it's possible, but it must be related to the ancient tomb, this matter must not be done by ordinary people, what do you think, who would dare to commit crimes here for two consecutive years so rampantly?" Even if this matter has nothing to do with the ancient tomb, there must be something wrong. ”

"You have a point, so what are you going to do next?"

"We'll go look for the tomb early tomorrow morning and see if we can find anything, this matter is imminent, and we can't delay any longer." I said.

Mu Xiu nodded, "Then I'll go back to my room to rest first." ”

"Wait!" Just as he was about to turn around, I quickly stopped him, "Do you think the perpetrator will show up tonight?" ”

Thinking of this, I was full of energy, and I couldn't wait to find out the damn perpetrator now, and torture him to death with all kinds of torture, and I hated it when I thought that the perpetrator had arrested so many children.

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