"Miss, there really is such a possibility!"

Ah Huan tried her best to explain, hoping that Gu Qing could understand her urgent mood, "I haven't heard this kind of news in the capital yet, but this phenomenon exists in other counties." Those vicious old bustards recruited a dozen big men under their hands, and took advantage of the dark moon and high windy nights, or sparsely populated places, to stage cases of snatching young girls. Oh, I almost forgot, a girl in the next village of my hometown, was snatched away by someone else, and she was found in a brothel later, and I still remember that look, pitiful. ”

Ignoring Ah Huan's spittle, Gu Qing was not interested at all. Because she knew that this case of abducting and trafficking girls would never be committed by a brothel in the capital.

The capital covers an area of about several thousand and nearly 10,000 acres, and the land is wide and populous, including brothels, and there are about 1,000 entertainment venues scattered around. Because it is at the foot of the imperial city, all entertainment venues are under the responsibility and jurisdiction of the government, which is reasonable and orderly, and there are many people who come and go during it.

So many innocent girls will not disappear for no reason, but the capital is so big, people are like ants, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"You, just relax, even if it's really a brothel kidnapping someone, it has nothing to do with us. Since the emperor handed over the case to his father, it means that he still values his father's ability, what are we bothering about?" Gu Qing said, wrapping the stove in his hand by the way.

Ah Huan snorted, but her face was gloomy, and she didn't know where the abducted girl had gone. On a cold and frosty day, the cold is biting, and I only hope that they can find a warm family as soon as possible.

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At this time, half a month has passed, and there are still no clues in the case of the girl's abduction, so it can only be said that the person behind the scenes was extremely careful when committing the crime, leaving no clues.

In recent days, it has been snowing heavily, and the clouds have been condensed for thousands of miles. With the appearance of the girl's abduction case, a black atmosphere was shrouded in the sky over the capital, and everyone had a kind of panic on their faces, and they avoided anyone to meet, and no one could believe it until the mastermind of the case was determined. In the evening, the streets are quiet except for the rain and snow.

Gu Lin was sad for several days, didn't think about tea and dinner, and couldn't sleep day and night. More than half a month has passed since the emperor ordered him to find out the abduction case, and he has no clue at all, maybe the limelight has been too tight recently, and the mastermind behind the scenes has not committed any more crimes, but if the case is not solved, the black gauze hat on his head will have to be lost.

On this day, the snow happened to stop outside, but the road was still wet, and the maids in the Gu Mansion were clearing the snow, and they should quickly clean it up while the snow stopped now, otherwise they would have to pile up a thick layer.

Gu Lin's expression was serious, and he quickly packed his bags and ordered Steward Yu to prepare a fast horse. He wanted to rush to a corner of the south of the city immediately, and just got the news this morning that a fourteen-year-old girl had been lost in the south of the city, and it was Cardamom when she was kidnapped for no reason, and her whereabouts were unknown.

is busy every day, and the troublesome things in his hands have not been dealt with, and now he has another one, and his subordinates will only follow his arrangement, and no one can use their brains to investigate cases, so I really don't know what to do.

Hurry up and sail all the way to the south of the city.

Gu Qing walked over from the garden and saw his father hurriedly driving his horse away, and asked the housekeeper casually, "Why is my father in such a hurry, what happened?"

Butler Yu sighed and said: "Alas, the lord is in a hurry! Another girl disappeared today, and the government sent someone to report it early in the morning, but the lord didn't eat breakfast, so he simply cleaned up and rushed to the scene." ”

"Where?"

"South of the city. ”

I always knew that my father was sad about the case, and Gu Qing didn't understand the investigation of the case, so he could only follow it in a hurry. At this time, when I heard that a girl was missing, I was even more anxious, so I took a carriage, ignored the housekeeper's obstruction, and followed to the south of the city.

The missing girl is called Xiaoyue, just the daughter of an ordinary family, there is nothing special, but her face is good-looking, and she is only young, and many people come to propose marriage.

Xiaoyue is the only daughter in the family, with a docile and kind personality, and she smiles when she sees everyone. The place of disappearance was in an alley in front of his house, and when the rain and snow stopped in the morning, he wanted to go out to buy breakfast for his parents, and he still had five taels of silver in his hand, and his steps were deep and shallow on the snow.

When he left, he smiled and said something to his mother, but he didn't expect it to be the last sentence, and he never came back.

Later, I suddenly heard an exclamation from the alley, and Xiaoyue's parents went out to see that there were only buns and steamed buns scattered on the ground.

As for the people, there is no shadow.

When Gu Qing arrived, he saw his father standing in the crowd and pondering, and there were two elderly couples kneeling on the ground, who were Xiaoyue's parents. I only heard them crying bitterly, and when they reached the sad place, Xiaoyue's mother beat her chest with her fist, only in this way can she feel better.

"It's all my fault, if I had gone out with her, nothing like this would have happened......" Xiaoyue's mother blamed herself, her red and swollen eyes as if tears had dried up.

"My lord, save our family Xiaoyue, she is still so young, without her...... What are we going to do......"

This kind of scene is not comfortable for anyone to look at in their hearts. Gu Lin didn't agree, nor did he refuse, the enemy was in the dark, and he was like a puppet being pushed away, waiting for the next appearance of the person behind the scenes.

"Father. Gu Qing squeezed into the crowd, his face without makeup was like snow at the moment, and he was only wearing a thin cloak on his body, and his face was particularly clean in the cold wind.

Gu Qing's arrival obviously surprised Gu Lin, he frowned, and shouted in a low voice: "What are you doing here, hurry up and go back to me!"

During this time, she was already on the cusp of the storm, and young and beautiful women needed to be extra careful when traveling, and when she found that Gu Qing followed him to the south of the city, she couldn't help but be angry, and immediately made a straight face.

"Father, you don't have to worry about me, I'll take care of myself. It's you, the previous disappearance of the girl was only reported to the number of people, so you can't find evidence to verify. But today is different, since the case is man-made, it is human and it will make mistakes, maybe there are clues here that we are looking for. ”

After Gu Qing calmly analyzed, Gu Lin was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and looked at Gu Qing with a slightly different look. Her words were right, she didn't have a clue before, she didn't investigate the missing scene of every missing girl, and the blind number only made him more panicked.

So he came to the mouth of the alley where Xiaoyue was lost, and opposite was Xiaoyue's home, just a few meters away, but he couldn't return home.

Gu Lin ordered everyone to guard at the entrance of the alley, and he and his attendants went to the alley to inquire to see if there was anything suspicious left.

The snow in the alley had not been cleaned yet, and it was as thick as a finger, and Gu Lin led the two entourages to check back and forth three or four times, but they didn't find any clues, so they couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

Gu Qing looked at the mouth of the alley for a long time, and followed Gu Lin's footsteps to Xiaoyue's final lost corner, surrounded by steamed buns scattered all over the place, the shape was the same as the one sold in the store, and there was nothing dirty. Perhaps the snow was too deep to fall directly to the ground and be contaminated with dust.

Gu Qing stared at the pile of steamed buns and thought for a while, and then looked around the entire alley. Gu Lin walked over, gasping for air, and the breath he exhaled instantly drifted in the air, "I've looked for it several times, but I don't have any bullshit clues, what a fuck!"

It was an aggrieved errand, but it was the government that was responsible for it at the beginning, and the government couldn't solve it, so they threw the basin to him.

Gu Lin suddenly became angry, and his stomach was full of anger and there was nowhere to go, so he could only hold it in his heart.

"Father, look. Gu Qing pointed to the alleyway and said.

Gu Lin couldn't see anything wrong with it. Gu Qing was referring to the footprints, he counted the footprints carefully, oh yes, he almost forgot, when he first entered the alley, there were only a few scattered footprints, which had been checked, and they belonged to Xiaoyue's parents. In addition, all that is left behind now are the footprints of their search.

"yes. Gu Lin suddenly realized, how could he forget this stubble? In the weather when it didn't snow, even if a chicken or duckling took two steps on it, it would leave a mark, let alone the person who abducted Xiaoyue!

Not even Xiaoyue's footprints.

Xiaoyue's family lives at the other end of the alley, and you can go out on both sides, so because it was closer to buy earlier, Xiaoyue chose to walk on the longer end of the alley. And Xiaoyue's parents' report came from the other side.

Xiaoyue's father said strangely, "Huh, we hurried out when we heard the sound, and found that there were footprints on the road, and there was a small crater. ”

These words caught Gu Qing's attention, and after glancing at Gu Lin, she guessed: "The small depression-shaped pit should be the trace of Xiaoyue being dragged to the ground with her mouth covered, or being knocked unconscious to the ground." ”

But now there is nothing on the ground.

She suddenly understood: "I know. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to her.

Gu Qing analyzed: "When Xiaoyue's parents went out to check, the people behind the scenes were in the alley. ”

There was a sigh of embarrassment in the audience.

Xiaoyue's mother said in a trembling voice, "That...... My daughter ......."

The person behind the curtain wanted to cover up his traces, but he didn't expect that Xiaoyue's parents would be at home, and came out to check, so he hid in a panic. Later, when Xiaoyue's parents ran to report to the official in a panic, he came out to cover up his footprints a little. ”

In this case, Xiaoyue was still in the alley at that time.

"Ah...... My poor daughter......" Xiaoyue's mother suddenly cried loudly, she didn't think that she could save her daughter......

"How do you know?" Gu Lin asked, his daughter was too young, although the analysis was reasonable, but he didn't know if he could believe it.

Gu Qingcang smiled and asked rhetorically: "Father, have you forgotten that I played hide and seek in the snow with my second sister when I was a child?"

Gu Linmao was stunned, how could he forget? Back then, the two sisters played hide and seek, and it was Gu Qingzang's turn to look for him. But Gu Ning was older, he was a little smarter, and Gu Qing couldn't do it, so he ran to him to play tricks and cover up footprints in the snow.