Chapter 11: The Shadow of the Child Stealer
After passing through the wild boar forest without danger, Lin Ze finally found the target village of the mission through the map instructions, which is a very small village located in the mountains. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After entering the village, Lin Ze asked the next old man who was basking in the sun, and then found the village chief through his guidance.
The village chief was also an old man, with a white beard, a somewhat rickety figure, and a weak voice to speak.
"Hello village chief, I'm from the beggar gang, may I ask what happened to you here."
Lin Ze saw that the village chief had a hard time speaking, so he simply stopped being polite and went straight to the point.
As he spoke, he took out the mission letter and handed it to the old village chief as a voucher.
The old village chief received the letter tremblingly, looked at it, nodded, and returned the letter to Lin Zedao: "Please also ask the heroes to help our village." ”
As he spoke, he told me about the general thing.
It turned out that about a month ago, a child in their village was lost, and everyone searched for a long time but did not find it, and then it was gone.
I thought it was over, but I didn't expect to lose two children in a row in the second and third weeks, which caused panic among the villagers.
I couldn't find it, and there were no clues, so I had no choice but to seek help from the beggars.
The villagers of this village are all residents of the jurisdiction of the beggar gang, and when such a thing happens, the beggar gang naturally needs to help them.
"Losing a child a week?"
Lin Ze asked, seeing the old village chief nodding, he estimated in his heart, according to the date on the letter, it has been more than a week since it was sent, that is, there should have been another child, so there were four children in total.
The population of this village is already small, and four children are undoubtedly unbearable for this village.
However, Lin Ze has something unclear, since he has to lose a child every week, can't he let adults take care of the child without leaving him?
If you want to have an adult to take care of it, you can't lose a child, right?
Thinking in his heart, Lin Ze asked directly, and the old village chief sighed and said, "We have also thought about this method, but it is impossible to stare at the child all the time, even if you take care of it during the day, but everyone needs to rest at night, as soon as you sleep, the child will be lost, even if the door is closed well, it is useless."
Lin Ze frowned violently when he heard this, listening to the words of the village chief, the opponent is very difficult, and the patience is quite good, he can ambush for a whole day, as long as the villagers relax a little, they will immediately take the child away.
This is difficult to do, unless there is someone to take care of it 24 hours a day, otherwise if you are targeted by this kind of opponent, the child will be lost sooner or later.
"No clues? Have any of the villagers seen or heard anything? Lin Ze asked in a deep voice.
The old village chief hesitated and said, "On the night the second egg was lost, his parents seemed to hear a soft cough. ”
Coughing?
That means it's supposed to be human, right?
can steal a child without everyone knowing, thinking that this person's martial arts should be good, at least light skills must be very good.
But who is the person who comes to steal the child for what purpose?
It's a mystery.
"Village chief, have you lost any children this week?" Lin Ze asked.
The old village chief shook his head, "Not yet, for fear of losing the child again, the children have been hidden in a hidden place, but based on the experience of the past few weeks, that guy may come tonight." ”
Lin Ze's eyes lit up, tonight? That's going to be done.
"Village chief, take me to the place where the child is hidden"
The old village chief nodded, and led Lin Ze to a courtyard in the middle of the village, in the backyard of the courtyard, there was a cellar, and the children hid in the cellar.
When he first entered the courtyard, Lin Ze observed and found that the old village chief had arranged very well, not only arranging two male villagers patrolling at the gate of the courtyard, but also two male villagers in the courtyard.
And there are also two male villagers guarding the cellar, triple protection, this arrangement can be said to be very appropriate, as long as someone on any floor finds an intruder, they can immediately shout and summon the whole village to come.
It's almost foolproof.
However, if the opponent was a master of light skills, Lin Ze didn't think that these villagers patrolling outside the cellar could make any difference. The only ones who really make a difference are the two guards in the cellar.
The old village chief seemed to know, too, so the two villagers guarding the cellar were obviously much stronger than the ones outside.
While walking, the old village chief introduced, "In addition to the two villagers in the cellar are fixed, the patrols outside are rotated daily, so that everyone can not be delayed to the greatest extent, but also protect the safety of the children." ”
Lin Ze nodded yes, he looked up and down the cellar under the curious eyes of the children, and then whispered something in the village chief's ear, and walked out of the cellar with him in the village chief's surprised gaze.
"Village chief, be sure to make arrangements according to what I said before dark." Lin Ze said seriously
The old village chief hesitated for a moment: "Okay, just listen to the hero." ”
Look at the time, there are still two hours before dark, although Lin Ze is anxious to do the task to grab the first, but the guy who stole the child will not come until dark, and he is not in a hurry.
In desperation, Lin Ze could only greet the village chief first, and not far from the entrance of the village, he found a place to start farming monsters.
This village is relatively remote, and there are no wild monsters nearby, so Lin Ze can only re-enter the wild boar forest and farm monsters in the wild boar forest.
Two hours passed in a flash, and while the moonlight was shining, Lin Ze returned to the village again, found a secluded corner cat closer to the courtyard where the child was hiding, and quietly waited for the guy who stole the child to appear.
I don't know how long it took, but not far from the opposite direction of the courtyard, there was a sudden terrible scream, and the four patrolling villagers were stunned at first when they heard the sound, and then hurriedly shouted loudly and rushed over there.
And the sound also alarmed many of the villagers who had not yet fallen asleep, and they put on their clothes, lit torches, and rushed to the place noisily.
Lin Ze also wanted to go over to see the situation, but after hesitating, he finally decided not to go and continued to hide.
Because he found that with the departure of these villagers, for a while, the courtyard was completely empty, and it was completely undefended.
When the time comes, if the man storms the cellar, the villagers will not be able to rush back to help. The man had enough time to leave with the child.
What a move!
Secretly admiring, Lin Ze was even more vigilant, he knew that the person who stole the child should be here soon!
Sure enough, as he expected, it didn't take long for a dark figure to land lightly in the courtyard.
As soon as the figure landed, it went straight to the entrance of the cellar,
A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Lin Ze's mouth, and sure enough, as he expected, he had secretly come to investigate during the day.
With a light smile, Lin Ze quietly followed. (To be continued.) )