"Boss, it's noon, why don't we go to dinner first and come back and watch again?"

As soon as Li Yuansan followed Xue Mingkai back to Yamen, he heard that the files of several other counties had been returned, and Xue Mingkai immediately limped when he heard this, and went straight to the file room without hesitation.

As a result, since then, people have been silently looking through these materials in the house, and until now, Li Yuansan saw that it was already lunch time, and Xue Mingkai still looked like he had forgotten to sleep and eat, so he couldn't help but persuade silently.

"Well, you can just bring something to eat, I won't pick it." Xue Mingkai threw himself on these files, and when he heard this, he didn't raise his head, and said directly.

Is this asking him to bring the food?

Looking at Xue Mingkai, who was focused and serious, Li Yuansan touched his nose and went to bring food to the head without saying a word.

"Li Yuansan, why are you eating by yourself? What about the head? ”

In a small restaurant next to the county government, there was a table of people who were eating and chatting, and suddenly saw Li Yuansan appear at the door alone, and couldn't help but be surprised.

If they remember correctly, the county magistrate handed over the case of the loss of the child last night to Xue Mingkai, and Li Yuansan has always walked with Xue Mingkai, how could he only appear at this time.

"Hey, the boss is still looking at the case file in the county next door, I can't call him, I can only come to eat some by myself, and then bring him some back."

Li Yuansan was familiar with the people at this table, so he consciously squeezed into their table, and did not forget to turn around and ask the shopkeeper to send another bowl of rice while squeezing.

Seeing him sit down, the big guys also squeezed each other in, and were about to make way for him.

At this time, when he heard what he said, someone immediately took it and said: "It's too coincidental, I heard that the foolish king lived in our county last night, and I happened to hear that there was a missing case on the night of the Midyear Festival, and I gave an order to our county lord early in the morning, asking him to solve the case on a certain day, and the county lord is so concerned about this case." ”

The person who spoke looked around, saw that no one noticed this, leaned over, and whispered to a few people on the table: "If it weren't for this, our county master wouldn't have taken care of this case, and most of them would have closed the case if they were lost." ”

"What case? This group of abductors are all rogue cases, today in this county and tomorrow in that county, they are also very cunning, as soon as they get their hands on them, they run away, where to arrest people! A square-faced catcher was eating in his mouth, and hummed indistinctly, his face a little disdainful.

Who doesn't know that meeting a flower is basically equivalent to thinking that he is unlucky, the child is determined to not be able to find it, and if he wants to catch someone, it is even more fantastical.

"That's no way, the foolish king has ordered, no matter what, this case has to be solved." The other, tall, lanky catcher burped and said.

When everyone was hotly discussed, Li Yuansan just ate his own food with his head bored and didn't answer anything.

He still has to bring food to the boss, so he doesn't have the time to talk to them.

But his ears were straight, and he didn't fall a word of their conversation.

After lunch, Li Yuansan said hello to them, and hurried to bring food to Xue Mingkai with wrapped steamed buns and roast chicken.

As soon as he walked into the house, before he could get closer, Li Yuansan could only hear a murmuring voice from inside, as if he was wondering about something, he was a little strange, and asked directly.

"Boss, what are you muttering?"

"I didn't mutter, I just don't think the place where this guy took the flower to commit the crime is not quite right."

"What's wrong?" Li Yuansan stepped forward with food, glanced at the file on the table, and held the eating esophagus, "Boss, I've already brought you food back, you can eat first and then go to work." ”

"Hmm." Xue Mingkai came back to his senses, cleaned his hands, walked to the table next to him and sat down, took a steamed bun and put it in his mouth, and answered Li Yuansan's question while eating, "I found one thing when I was checking the file. ”

"What's the matter?" Li Yuansan also sat down, and was busy tearing off a piece of chicken leg to add a meal to himself, when he heard the words and raised his head to look at him.

"Although the families who lost the children have not found anything in common so far, I found that judging from the location of the crime, this group of abductors does not seem to have the intention of attacking in the area of Changle County."

"What do you mean?" Li Yuansan asked puzzled, chewing on the chicken.

"I suspect that they may have dens around Changle County!" Xue Mingkai said coldly.

As soon as Li Yuansan's hand was released, the chicken leg fell on the oiled paper, and the whole person looked at Xue Mingkai with a dull expression.

After being stunned for a long time, he suddenly came back to his senses and said suspiciously: "No, boss, if there is really a den near our county as you said, then why did they do it last night, isn't this directing our attention to themselves?" It doesn't make sense. ”

"I think there's something wrong with that, too." Xue Mingkai twisted his eyebrows and thought deeply, "It stands to reason that if they are hiding in this county, they should be very careful and low-key, but they suddenly make a move in this county, it is ......."

"What's the matter?" Li Yuansan leaned over, subconsciously choked his breath and asked.

"Could it be that they are preparing to evacuate this area in the near future, so they decided how many children they can catch before leaving?"

"......" Li Yuansan sat up straight again, picked up the chicken leg and continued to gnaw, "Boss, I think you still think too much, this may be a coincidence, wasn't it the Midyear Festival last night?" The crowd is crowded, the sky is dark, no matter how you look at it, it is very suitable for them to do it, I don't feel as complicated as you think. ”

Xue Mingkai looked at him and said, "You look at these file records, do you find anything?" ”

Li Yuansan looked puzzled and looked at the several places that Xue Mingkai had recorded on the paper, and looked at them carefully.

After a while, he shook his head hesitantly, indicating that he didn't see anything wrong.

The files that appear here are all recorded after the case was reported, but many of the missing children have never been reported to the yamen, so there is no detailed document.

Some are still orphaned beggars on the streets, and no one cares about them.

So the dossier here now is only a small fraction of the real missing people.

From this small part, these people don't have much in common.

Li Yuansan looked at the head with a confused expression.

"Haven't you noticed that these locations seem to be deliberately avoiding a certain range?"

Avoiding a certain range?

Li Yuansan was reminded by him and looked at it again.

After a while, he said in disbelief: "Is there one?" ”

"Do you remember the case of Aunt Zhou in Xinghua Village before?" Xue Mingkai nodded, and said with a straight face, "At that time, that wine lady once said that Uncle Zhou picked up a bag with two hundred taels of silver, right?" ”

"That's right, it is precisely because Uncle Zhou accidentally got drunk and revealed this matter to the wine lady that the wine lady thought of coaxing Uncle Zhou to kill people, so as to take the opportunity to seize the wealth."

"Then do you remember when we were still wondering who dropped the two hundred taels of silver?"

"Of course, two hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, who can forget this...... Ah, wait! What do you mean, sir? Li Yuansan looked at Xue Mingkai in surprise.

"Well, I suspect that these two hundred taels of silver were dropped by this group of flower shooters." Xue Mingkai analyzed while nibbling on steamed buns, "If it's legitimately obtained silver, why hasn't anyone reported the case?" Xinghua Village is under the jurisdiction of Changle County, and the report will only be reported in the county government of Changle County, but this matter has passed for so long, can anyone report the case? ”

“…… That being said, it doesn't have to be a flower shoot. Li Yuansan still felt a little far-fetched, "That official road is not only to Xinghua Village, maybe someone accidentally lost their baggage when passing through that official road, and when they came back to look for it, there was no trace, and the owner was not sure where it was lost, so he didn't report it?" ”

"Yes, I wouldn't have thought so if I hadn't gotten these files." Xue Mingkai nodded, "But if you look at the places where these cases occurred, are they all avoiding Changle County and even Xinghua Village?" ”

Li Yuansan looked at it carefully again, frowned, and said: "But it's not just Changle County that there are no cases in Xinghua Village, you see, don't Nanyang County, which is adjacent to us, also haven't received a report?" ”

"Well, so I'm just guessing." Xue Mingkai's eyes sank, and he fell into his own thoughts.

Judging from the results of these days, he can be sure that there are not only a few people who shoot flowers.

With so many people, the higher the chance of being exposed.

And in order to avoid self-revealing things, they will never commit crimes at their own doorstep, so as not to attract the attention of the government to themselves.

In this way, those counties that have not received reports are very suspicious.

As for why he felt that the area around Changle County was most likely to be the den of these thieves, it was also because in the case of Zhou Da Niang last time, the extra two hundred taels of silver could not be explained.

The silver fell on the official road in front of Xinghua Village, and there was no trace of Huazi in the county towns and villages from Changle County to Xinghua Village, which inexplicably made him feel very suspicious.

It was precisely this that made him feel that those people would attack Changle County last night, because they had already decided to leave, so they had no worries.

"Are you done eating?" Xue Mingkai said suddenly.

"Huh? I'm done. Li Yuansan looked confused.

He's already eaten it, and now he's eating with him, so why did he ask him instead.

"Just finish eating, let's go."

“…… Where to? ”

"Where I lost my child last night, ask the people around me if there are any clues."

“……”

Li Yuansan's face was depressed.

Hasn't that place already been asked? What a clue!

Just as they left the door of the county office, a stone that flew from nowhere smashed directly in front of Xue Mingkai and Li Yuansan.

"Which king and calf threw stones!" Li Yuansan was startled, turned his head and scolded around.

Xue Mingkai let him scold on the side, his eyes fell, and he saw a piece of paper wrapped around the stone, walked straight over and picked up the paper ball, unfolded it and looked at it, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The note showed the location of the captured children.