Chapter 249: Undercurrent
After Liu Dakang hurriedly returned from Fucheng with Xiao Song, he never showed up again except when he brought Jiang Han and the three out of the county government, and when he was invited to go to the teahouse with Zhao Zhukuai on the tenth day of the seventh month to sit in Jiang Han's auction.
After dark that day, he suddenly appeared at Jiang's house, presumably the matter of the disappearance case came to an end for the time being.
"If you stay home all day like this, be careful that your aunt won't let you do it again!" Jiang Han squeezed Liu Dakang on his mouth, took the pot and poured a cold white light and handed it over.
The Jiang family now has a lot of tea, but it is a hot summer, and it is always not good to drink cold tea, Jiang Han still likes to drink cold white water, Daddy Jiang doesn't care, it's up to her.
Liu Dakang drank half a cup of white water, put down the tea bowl, glanced at Jiang Han, and said: "I'm doing business, my mother is not like what you said, in fact, she is the most reasonable." β
Jiang Han shrugged, pretending not to know, and said, "Oh, is it? I don't know which one came from the next door just now. β
Liu Dakang's face was hot, and he said with some annoyance: "Okay, it's okay, you can go on your own, let me talk to the master well!"
Every time he didn't go home for a long time, he had to be yelled at by his mother, he was used to it, but as soon as Jiang Han said it, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and his face couldn't help but be ashamed - how will he face the neighbors around him in the future?!
It seems that it is better to make my mother angry as little as possible in the future!
"I'm fine, I want to hear the news! Tell me about it, what's going on in your case? Jiang Han leaned over to Liu Dakang slightly, his eyes shone with curiosity, and his voice became mysterious.
"Okay, what's the point? These are confidential, how can they be said casually? Go back to the house!" Daddy Jiang waved his hand to drive people away.
"Dad, I don't have to make buns tonight, I'm fine!" Jiang Han's voice was coquettish, and he looked at Liu Dakang pitifully, "Senior brother......
"Uh, stop, stop!" Liu Dakang shuddered, stroked the goosebumps on his arm, and scolded, "When did you learn these disgusting tricks, you will die if you talk well?" After reprimanding, he added, "If you want to listen, don't interject casually!"
Jiang Han immediately said okay, sat up straight, put his hands on his thighs, blinked his eyes, and looked obedient, but he couldn't hide the interest in his eyes, and he couldn't hide it, so Daddy Jiang couldn't help shaking his head.
Liu Dakang glanced at her angrily, looked at Father Jiang, and said: "We traced a trafficker's den in the county according to the book of the transfer of traffickers from the Huang San Gang, the direction of the registered time and number of people, and after arresting all the people, we got two clues, one is obviously pointing to Fucheng, and the other is from Hengzhou, we and Young Master Lu's little servant Xiaozhu went to Fucheng, and Uncle Zhao led the three to Hengzhou......
After a few people arrived in Fucheng, they searched for several days, only found a few abducted people in the fireworks land of Fucheng, and more disappeared, although there are also reasons because the portraits are false or there are no portraits, but seven or eight out of ten are missing, and most of them are boys and teenagers and two or three young people, which is a bit abnormal.
At that time, they suspected that they were resold to black kilns and black mines to be slaves, so they divided into two waves, one wave went to explore the black kiln and black mines near Fucheng under the leadership of Xiaozhu, who was familiar with Fucheng, and he and the other two stayed to pretend to be prostitutes, one by one to consult the opinions of women who had fallen into the dust, and waited for the opportunity to rescue those young children.
One time when they were about to fail again, a little maid bumped into them and quickly stuffed them with a note.
The note read: Where did the people go? Tomorrow is not the East Street Baofeng Silver Building.
ββ¦β¦ We went to Baofeng Silver Building on time, guess who? Liu Dakang sold a pass, but his face was full of embarrassment.
Jiang Han blinked, shook his head, and urged unhappily, "How do I know who you have seen?" Someone happily says, 'Guess what' isn't for you!"
Liu Dakang glanced at her and said, "It's Miss Liu!"
"Miss Liu? Which Willow girl? Jiang Han was inexplicable, and couldn't help but go to see her father, but her father thought for a while, and then asked: "It can't be the Liu girl who lived in our two families, right?" β
Liu Dakang nodded.
"Isn't it?!Xu Xiucai is so ruthless? Actually sold her for a change of plate?!" Jiang Han was surprised.
Liu Dakang was full of black lines, and said angrily: "What are you pretending to be in your head?!ββ she was abducted again!"
"Abducted again? Poof!" Jiang Han couldn't help laughing, and then realized that something was wrong, and quickly put away the smile, making a serious appearance, but the smile dyed on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows had not faded.
Liu Dakang was speechless, but Father Jiang darkened his face and scolded in a low voice: "What are you doing gloating? A girl's house is ruined, and you can still laugh, why do you have no mercy like this? β
"Dad, I thought of how careless she was at the time, and thought she would be able to live a good life from now on, and then I knew that it ended up like this, which was so unexpected! So I ...... I didn't mean to! She honestly admitted her mistake, but in her heart she wanted to be scratched by a cat, wondering what was going on, "It's just that how could she be abducted again?" We have too many crutches in Shaozhou Mansion, right?!"
Liu Dakang sighed: "She looks too charming, the kind of man who gets angry at first sight, and the crutch likes this the most......"
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Han smiled evilly and rushed out: "Are you looking at her with a thirsty mouth?" Would you like to have something to do with her? β
Liu Dakang's face turned red, and he stretched out his hand to give Jiang Han a slap, and said in a low voice: "What nonsense? Where did you learn this obscene appearance? You're a woman, not a man, don't think you're a man when you wear men's clothes!" The words of the lesson were so smooth that he didn't remember that this obscene woman's father, his master, was sitting next to him.
Father Jiang was also embarrassed at this time, and suddenly felt that he had no face in front of his apprentice, so he stiffened his face, glared at Jiang Han, and said, "If you don't want to listen well, you can go back to my room for me!"
"Don't, don'tβwhat happened? Is she going to stay in a brothel for the rest of her life and never get out again? - I'm honest, I don't speak, I'm air, I'm dust, you don't exist anymore! As she spoke, she covered her mouth, blinking with only her big eyes.
Liu Dakang had been defeated by her, but seeing his master's expression, he was forcing the curiosity in his heart, as a good apprentice, he couldn't just say half of his old man's appetite, so he said dryly, "Well, she has ...... She is now the celebrity of the Pink Pavilion and is expected to become the number one brand...... Besides, she's not on our missing list, and we have to pay to ransom her, how can we have so much money to ransom her......" As he said this, his voice gradually became quieter, and he suddenly remembered what Miss Liu had said to him before leaving.
She said: "I want to have one to rely on so much, so whether it is to marry you or Brother Xiaozhu, or to climb to Lord Shen and Young Master Lu as concubines, I am willing and work hard to fight for it, but you have not shown me a chance to ...... When I saw Xu Xiucai at the time, I felt that as long as he was moved, even if he was given as a concubine, I could return to the Liu family in a bright light, as long as I could get the help of the Liu family, I would definitely be countless times stronger than Xie Yunniang who had no background!" She smiled sadly, "It's me who fainted!" I'm not as good as her. She chose to show up with Jiang Han to support herself, and chose to hold her days in her own hands...... I also had a chance, but unfortunately I didn't figure it out at the time, hehe......"
This is just a poor woman who has been tricked by fate.
"What do you think? I ask you, what did she tell you? Jiang Han said dissatisfiedly, propped his hand on his leg, approached Liu Dakang, and waved his hand in front of his eyes.
"Oh, nothing...... She told us that she overheard the steward of the Li family in Fucheng discussing the transfer of people with a short man surnamed Mo, who had a foreign accent...... Later, we found out that this person was the shopkeeper of the strange treasure shop. Later, we followed him for three days, and we didn't find anything abnormal, and then Brother Xiaozhu came back, he was able to fly the eaves and walk the wall, sneaked into the Mo Mansion three times, and asked us to find out all the news about the Li family...... We found that the Na Li family has a very strong side branch, in the past year, often buy and sell slaves, and after a while, some servants will be sent to the remote Zhuangzi or sold, but we secretly went to check a Zhuangzi closest to the city, but ......there was no one in it at all," he said, the more chaotic he became, and he simply concluded in one sentence, "The Fang Li family may have colluded with Yibaopu to transfer people to the coastal side!"
"Are there those people who are missing from our county?" Father Jiang asked.
"I don't know the specifics, but it's likely that there is, because the involvement is too big, we don't dare to call the shots, plus I heard that something happened to you, so I came back halfway!"
"Then this means that the missing people in our county are very likely to be sold to the strange treasure shop, and then transferred from the strange treasure shop to the coastal ......" Jiang Han's mind flashed and exclaimed: "They can't be selling people overseas, right?!" After speaking, she denied herself again, "No, what do you want so many women and children to do overseas?" What is needed overseas should be young and strong laborers!"
"Yes, Brother Xiaozhu said the same thing! Therefore, we now suspect that those men in the family suddenly disappeared, thinking that they had gone to the mountains to become mountain bandits, and it is very likely that they were not left behind, but were taken captive!"
"It's not easy to kidnap a strong man, is it? You've been checking for the past few days, is there any new progress? Father Jiang said.
"Well, when we explained our speculation, some people came to report their disappearance, according to statistics, in recent years, there are indeed many people in various villages and towns who think that they will not return when they become bandits, and there are also those who have never come back after going out, but we can't go to the bandits' den to confirm...... However, Uncle Zhao also heard in Hengzhou that many men in their fifteen, sixteen or early twenties were missing......"
"This, this is too lacking in morality! Kidnapping a man and ruining a family! Jiang Han said, "Didn't you report to the government?" Qinghe County shouldn't be able to control this matter, right? β
"It's been reported, so Uncle Fang, a big celebrity who is now involved in the disappearance case, has been completely disgusted by the county magistrate! If it weren't for the uncle who said that it was the little guy who commanded the servant mansion and helped us to find out about this matter, maybe the county magistrate would be moved again in two days, and then he would protect the uncle! It's a pity that he doesn't have a chance to get out of trouble this time!"