Chapter 22 The Goddess of Fengwei Township
In the backyard of the county government, Guo Zheng rushed over with a group of people, and the child was also carried by the maid.
"What do you have to explain? Say things quickly! ”
Guo Zheng was also annoyed, such a foolish woman didn't know the stakes, and dared to hide it.
After the woman hesitated for a while, she whispered: "Master Hui Qingtian, I am indeed the child's aunt, but I secretly took the child away, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law did not know. ”
"Steal?"
Guo Zheng's eyes glared: "Tell me more details!" ”
Strictly speaking, an aunt is an outsider when she marries outside, and this kind of behavior is not much different from abducting a child.
The woman's face was embarrassed, and finally she gritted her teeth and said, "My mother's home is Fengwei Village, Taoyuan Township, and there is a manifesting goddess in that village. ”
"I, I don't know what the goddess has taken a fancy to her nephew, she has to be accepted as a godson, and my eldest brother is also blinded by the money, and he doesn't care about the child's life or death."
As she spoke, she pointed to the child: "My nephew is more than four years old, and last year he was babbling and calling his father, but this year he can't speak, and he has become stupid." ”
"Lord Qingtian also saw it, the child has been lost for a long time and has not seen his brother and sister-in-law report to the official, they don't dare to have a ghost in their hearts!"
Lu Fan frowned, walked up to the child, dug into the inner pocket of the cuff, and took out a skinned white rabbit toffee.
The child didn't do much, but the maid who hugged him swallowed his saliva first.
Obviously, she must have eaten this candy, probably from a certain lady.
"Come, I'll give you candy if you say something."
The child didn't speak, nor did he reach out for candy, so he put his arms around the maid's neck in a daze.
Lu Fan observed carefully and found that this kid's face was quite good, he should be a smart and clever person.
Judging from the eyes, most of them are a little sluggish.
He directly stuffed the toffee into the child's mouth, and the other party tasted it, and after a while, he began to chew it.
Lu Fan took out another piece of candy as if he was playing a trick: "Ask my uncle to give you candy." ”
At this time, the child's eyes were a little nervous, and he knew that he reached out to ask for it, but he still didn't speak.
In the end, Lu Fan didn't hear him open his mouth to speak, so he had no choice but to stuff the candy over.
"Can you cry or speak?" Guo Zheng was a little confused.
It is human instinct to speak, and according to common sense, even a dumb person can scream twice in Abbe.
But something is completely wrong with this kid.
He knew to reach for candy, but he didn't know that Abei Abei screamed twice.
Lu Fan turned his head to look at the woman: "Let's talk about it carefully, make it clear." ”
The woman nodded: "I went home to visit relatives this year, and I happened to see my nephew's arm a little black, thinking it was mud." ”
"After scrubbing, the black lines are gone, but the water is not dirty."
"Thinking about it this time, what kind of mud is it, it's clearly a black line that goes up here! It must be the goddess who did the evil law! ”
She reached out and gestured, and it was the veins of her wrist that kept going up.
"Just because of this? You don't know the flow of magic, how do you know it's an evil law! Guo Zheng had a calm face.
The woman bowed her head: "This, this... I've seen people in the village, and they speak strangely, and I can hear good words. ”
"When it comes to children and goddesses, they are all gloating, but they are still jealous, and I found out after inquiring that the goddess gives children a lot of silver every year as New Year's money."
"Unprovoked, how could the goddess be so generous, and she still wanted to plot something."
"Hmph, pull it down and lock it up! Shut up next door to the crutch! Guo Zheng seemed to have guessed something, and waved his hand to let the messenger pull the woman away.
After walking away, Peng Fei whispered to Lu Fan: "This woman should be childless, male." ”
Lu Fan suddenly realized.
The woman is not purely for the safety of her nephew, after all, the child is not her own, even if she is worried, what can she do?
Report to the official, arrested my brother and sister-in-law?
At most, they were red-eyed, thinking that they didn't dare to report to the official, so they simply took this opportunity to take the child away as their own support.
The root cause is that the child is a boy.
This matter can't be troubled, the villagers' affairs, if my brother and sister-in-law dare to go to her village, I'm afraid that she will be beaten half to death by her mother-in-law's family.
It's really troublesome that the big village can't manage it, and in the end it still makes trouble in the yamen.
Guo Zheng sat on the stone bench with one hand, holding his forehead with one hand and making a distressed gesture: "A wave of unevenness has risen again and again, I have heard of the goddess of Fengwei Village, who is said to have the ability to call a hundred birds." ”
"In the past, I didn't see any movement from her, she didn't collect money, and she didn't draw charms."
"On the contrary, it is a good deed to summon birds to eat insects in the year of the insect plague, and now it seems..."
Lu Fan thought for a while and asked, "In which direction is Fengwei Village, can you get there through the Peach Blossom Forest?" ”
"I can't." Peng Fei stood up and accosted: "The peach blossom forest is transparent before and after, and the left and right sides are stone walls and rivers. ”
"If you walk through the peach blossom forest, you will have to go out of the county."
Guo Zheng pointed out the key to what Lu Fan wanted to ask: "The probability of being a gang is very small." ”
Think about it, if it's a gang, then why bother this trip, just find the child's parents directly.
Even if he can get into the court, after a little inquiry that it is the child of this family, Guo Zheng will be released.
Lu Fan lowered his head and muttered twice, thinking for a while: "Then let's send someone around, block both ends of the peach blossom forest, and if there are conditions, find some people to squat on the stone wall and the river." ”
"At least we can't let the Taoist priest slip away like this, don't forget, those villagers who have been turned into sheep are the key."
Villagers are really critical.
In case a soldier dog jumps over the wall and kills the villagers, then this trip will be in vain, and the boss will have to be punished.
Guo Zheng is a county magistrate, and his parents are officials, not members of special institutions like Jinyiwei, who only care about the goal and reckless about the consequences.
"But in the middle of the night..."Guo Zheng frowned: "Is it okay to break in, don't follow the way of thieves." ”
"No, let's go to Fengwei Township!" Lu Fan looked sure.
Just now, when Guo Zheng said, 'Calling for the Energy of a Hundred Birds', the blank paper carrying the Qi Forbidden Technique heated slightly.
The paper is dark gold, and I can't tell what the material is, but it is so tough that it can't be damaged by a knife or fire.
In the end, Lu Fan put it in front of his chest and heart as a heart guard.
"Fengwei Township...."
Guo Zheng squinted his eyes and slapped the table one last time: "I'll go in person, I can't let Brother Lu Xian go into danger alone!" ”
"Peng Fei also followed, after dealing with the goddess, he will start searching the peach forest early tomorrow morning, I don't believe that so many people can't cure him!"
At this point, there's nothing polite to be polite about.
Anyway, Guo Zheng is also a talent who explores flowers in high school, how can he not see some of Lu Fan's thoughts.
The two have the same personalities and can help each other, which is simply a natural camp.
The most important thing is that neither of them is crooked, and it is worth befriending.
Another point, if Lu Fan didn't want to get involved in these things, why did he come over and give advice? Nesting at home to refine pills and cultivate immortals is not over.
Everyone tacitly understands that adults should not be so clear among themselves.
Lu Fan didn't think about it, and said that he would go home and get some equipment, and then set off together.