The news that Qin Lin brought back was like a bolt from the blue to Gu Sanniang, and her whole person became stunned, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

Everyone in the room was shocked, and Aunt Qin asked urgently, "Lin Zi, what the hell is going on?" ”

Qin Lin's expression was solemn, he came back late tonight, because the official affairs of the county government were delayed, it turned out that after the dragon boat race, several families came to report to the official, saying that the child in the family was lost, at first everyone did not take it seriously, just thought that the child was greedy for fun and lost, and when he heard that six or seven families had an accident one after another, the people in the county government realized that something was wrong, and the county master immediately sent his capable people to investigate and deal with it quickly.

Qin Lin and a group of fast brothers visited everywhere, I heard that two days ago there were four or five men from the countryside resting in the county's Huandong Inn, these men spoke with a foreign accent, driving an inconspicuous carriage, after arriving in the county, they didn't see anything serious, just wandering around the streets and alleys, today's dragon boat race, those men settled the account early in the morning, saying that they were going to drive the carriage to see the excitement, the inn's little two estimated that there were a lot of people watching the dragon boat today, afraid that they would drive the carriage inconveniently, kindly let them store the carriage in the zài store, Who knew that they ignored it, and just drove the carriage away.

Later, I heard that someone in the county had lost a child at home, and the more the innkeeper and Xiao Er thought about it, the more they felt that their behavior was suspicious.

The catchers in the county government listened to the letter from the innkeeper, and hurriedly went to inquire about the military attache guarding the city gate, only to learn that the carriage left the county seat at noon, and as for where it went, they did not know.

Qin Lin recounted the news he had received in the past half a day, and said: "The county lord attaches great importance to this matter, and he said that he will ask us to inquire more about the townships below tomorrow. ”

Qin Lin said this to comfort Gu Sanniang, but Gu Sanniang seemed to be stupid, where could she still listen to half a word, Qin Aunt and Zhu Xiaoyue saw her stunned appearance, and felt very uncomfortable, Zhu Xiaoyue held Gu Sanniang's hand and said: "Sanniang, you stabilize first, Lin Zi said, the county master will still ask someone to find Mi, they will definitely be able to bring Xiao Yezi back." ”

Gu Sanniang was still stunned, she didn't say a word, the people in the house couldn't bear to look at it anymore, a few people knew that even if the county magistrate sent someone to find it, they were afraid that there was little hope, these kidnappers had been here for two or three days, and they were foreigners, it seemed that they had already made all preparations, and now they heard that they were out of the city, and if they wanted to find the child again, it was undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.

Aunt Qin hugged Gu Sanniang, she said with tears in her eyes: "Good child, Auntie knows that you are sad, cry if you want to cry, don't hold back." ”

"It's my fault, I didn't take a good look at my daughter, I shouldn't have taken her to join in the fun......" Gu Sanniang muttered to herself with a pale face.

Aunt Qin gently patted her on the back and said, "I don't blame you, no one would have thought that this kind of thing would happen, a god-damaging crutch will not die well, and if you do this kind of business that damages yin morality, you will go to eighteen layers of hell after death." ”

Gu Sanniang's tears that she had endured for a day finally came out of her eyes, she lay on Aunt Qin's shoulder and cried: "I'm sorry for Ye Zi's father, I don't care about the only single seedling left, if the child has three longs and two shorts, I won't be able to live." ”

Gu Sanniang hugged Aunt Qin and cried hoarsely, even the two men in the room couldn't bear it, in the end, Gu Sanniang cried so much that she was about to faint, Shen Zhuo was afraid that she would cry badly, he was silent for a long time, and said loudly: "If you want to do this, you will blame yourself again, and the child will not stand in front of you out of thin air, the more this time, the more you can't fall, you take care of your spirits tonight, and I will go out of the city with you tomorrow to find it." ”

Gu Sanniang, who was crying, gritted her teeth, she looked at Shen Zhuo with tears in her eyes, Shen Zhuo looked back at her eyes, and said: "I will definitely help you find Xiaoyezi, I will do what I say!" ”

Aunt Qin, Qin Lin and the others in the room all looked at Shen Zhuo together, the expression on his face was a little cold, as if it was very different from the humble and gentle old man before, Gu Sanniang was also stunned, I don't know why, at this moment, she sincerely believed that she would really find her little leaf.

On the second day, the county was full of news about the abduction of children, these children were both male and female, and they were not too old or too young, and some people swore that the abducted children were sold to large families to be small servants, and the sisters were sent to prostitutes to be prostitutes.

In order to find her daughter, Gu Sanniang didn't do any business in her shop, and those soft-hearted neighbors didn't sympathize with her experience, the man who had died was already a hard time to be kicked out of the house, and even this girl who depended on her life was lost. Gu Sanniang's previous good sister Mo Xiaohong heard that Xiao Yezi was abducted, so she came to visit Gu Sanniang, but unfortunately she was also a flat-headed person and couldn't help much.

As for Shen Zhuo, he put down the students in the school, and took Gu Sanniang to the township outside the county on the second day, and the two of them asked many places, but they didn't hear the clues of those kidnappers, even in the yamen, there was no gain, and some family members who lost their children, seeing this situation, were already dead.

In the past two days, Gu Sanniang's water and rice have never touched her teeth, and she has completely supported it with one breath, Aunt Qin is afraid that she will not be able to think about it, so she will rest with her at night, Shen Zhuo, who lives in the East Chamber, is still not at ease, he always has to get up two or three times a night, and when he hears movement in Gu Sanniang's house through the window, he will return to the house.

On this day, the two searched along the official road for a long time, and when the sky was about to faint, Shen Zhuo took Gu Sanniang back to the county seat, this Gu Sanniang lost weight in just a few days, but she refused to stop for a moment, and there was only one thought in her heart, that is, to find her daughter.

After Shen Zhuo sent Gu Sanniang back to the Qin family's compound, he said hello to Qin Auntie and went out again, these days he and Gu Sanniang went to find Xiao Yezi together, the students in the school hall didn't care, and Brother Yu didn't care, the parents of those students heard that they lost a child in their yard, but it was hard to say anything, it was Brother Yu'er, who knew that the sister who got along with him day and night was gone, so he looked forward to the day when he opened the door and saw his sister standing in front of him.

And in less than half a day, Shen Zhuo came back, he was still followed by Qin Lin who met halfway, the two entered the courtyard, and talked a few words in a low voice from time to time, after entering the main house, Shen Zhuo saw Gu Sanniang sitting in a daze, he shouted: "Sanniang, you go out with us." ”

Seeing that they had just come back and were going out again, Aunt Qin asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Qin Lin said, "Let's go to Xue Pozi's house." ”

"What are you doing at her house?" Aunt Qin's face was shocked.

Qin Lin said that Xue Pozi is a woman with a name in the county government, for example, the rich families in the county want to buy and sell domestic servants, most of them are through Xue Pozi as a middleman, and some poor families can't live a good life, so they will also lead their children to Xue Pozi's house and ask her to help sell them.

Speaking of this Xue Pozi, Aunt Qin and her still have an old feud, it turned out that Xue Pozi in addition to buying and selling people, but also as an intermediary of the house shop, when she lost her husband not long ago, Xue Pozi led people to look at her yard for three days and two ends, at that time Qin Lin was young, she deliberately said in front of Aunt Qin that a rich family took a fancy to Qin Lin, and wanted to buy him back to be a small house, Aunt Qin was forced to be anxious, and Xue Pozi also had a fight, since then the two met in the county, always have to throw each other a few rolls.

Qin Lin didn't have time to tell her mother in detail, he said, "I'll talk about it when I come back." ”

After that, the three of them picked a lantern and went out of the courtyard in the night.

After walking for a cup of tea, they entered an alley, stopped in front of the first door, Qin Lin knocked on the wooden door, and after a while, he heard a girl's voice inside asking, "It's so late, who?" ”

Qin Lin said: "It's me, Qin Lin, the catcher in the county office, who came to find Xue Pozi." ”

The courtyard was quiet, Qin Lin saw this and slapped the door again, after a while, the courtyard door was finally opened, and it was a twelve or thirteen-year-old round-faced girl who opened the door, she saw the three people standing at the door, and said timidly: "Can't you come tomorrow if you have something, Grandma Xue has already slept." ”

Qin Lin didn't care about it, he entered the door without saying a word, and said, "If you sue her, you will say that business is coming." ”

Seeing this, the girl turned around and ran in, and after a while, a mother-in-law with a short and medium figure came from the inside, she saw Qin Lin and the others, and said with a smile on her face: "Qin catches quickly, it's really rare, and you can also use me one day." ”

Gu Sanniang glanced at Xue Pozi, only to see that she was neatly dressed, and the words she said just now were pretexts, when Gu Sanniang looked at Xue Pozi, Xue Pozi also quietly glanced at her, and then she turned her face away and said, "It doesn't matter what business it is, please come into the house and have a cup of tea first." ”

The three of them followed Xue Pozi into the main house together, the round-faced girl left after sending a few teas, only the four of them were left in the house, Xue Pozi held a cup of tea in her hand, and looked at these people with a silent face.

Although Gu Sanniang followed them to Xue Pozi's house, they were in a hurry along the way, and she didn't know what Shen Zhuo and Qin Lin had to do with Xue Pozi, but looking at it like this, it was obviously related to Xiao Yezi.

Shen Zhuo looked at Mrs. Xue, directly took out a stack of silver tickets and put them on the table, and said, "Granny Xue, this is five hundred taels of silver tickets, we came to the door to buy a child from you." ”

Seeing the silver ticket, Xue Pozi glanced at her face a few times, and finally she laughed dryly twice and said, "I don't know who it is?" ”

Shen Zhuo said: "It is Gu Niangzi's daughter, the sister whose nickname is Ye Zi." ”