Chou Chou was going to wait for those officials to enter the town, and when they were about to reach the courtyard, he would wake those people up, and try not to give them time to react.

When those officials arrived outside the courtyard and broke directly into the door, the seven people who had just woken up didn't know what was going on, and they were directly controlled.

The five thugs didn't dare to do anything when they saw the officials, they just used their size to scare and scare the abducted children and women, and they really didn't have much effort.

If it weren't for the money given here that was really exciting, they wouldn't dare to do this kind of immoral thing, they were already weak-hearted, but now when they saw the official errand, they didn't have the heart to resist at all, so they raised their hands and surrendered.

The two women wanted to resist and escape, after all, their own affairs were known, and if they were arrested, they would basically be dead.

It's just that they are women after all, even if they have some strength in their bodies, how can they be able to defeat the officials with martial arts, not to mention that there are still ten of them at once, so they were quickly captured.

The children and girls in several rooms were also awake now, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to squeak when they heard the sounds outside, and even the children were subconsciously quiet.

After the official had tied up all the people outside, he picked the lock on the door and let them out.

Fortunately, it should be because they have to sell for a good price, these children and girls have no injuries on their bodies, but they are a little weak and weak by hunger, probably because they are afraid that they will run away when they are full, so they do not give them too much food.

After the people were released, the girls were fine, knowing where their home was, and those children were a little troublesome, especially a few who were only two or three years old, and they didn't look like they could tell their own addresses clearly.

Sure enough, after some questioning, a few of the older children were able to tell which county seat they belonged to, or which village they belonged to.

Of course, it is not particularly specific, some people don't know which county and town their village belongs to, and can only say the name of their village and the name of their parents, and even the big name, which is the nickname or nickname that the village is used to.

But there are too many villages with the same names here, and some towns have two or three villages with the same names.

Fortunately, these children should be in the vicinity of this area, at least not too far, as long as they send some notices to the surrounding counties and towns, if there is a lost child, someone will soon come to claim it.

Only those five little ones were a little troublesome, and they asked for a long time, but they didn't ask why, they said theirs, and the children said their own.

When asked who their father and mother were, they replied that their father and mother were fathers and mothers, and when they asked them the name of the village, they replied that the village was the village.

Now they can only go to the mayor of Nangang Town first to see if they can help, of course they can't just go directly, in case the mayor and these people collude, wouldn't it be a surprise.

Instead, he sent a few officials to test the mayor's reaction, and if there was collusion with these people, it would be a long-term consideration.

They are suspicious, after all, this kidnapper goes in and out every day to bring back so many children and girls, even if it is turned back at night every time, and sent out at night, someone will find some clues.

After those officials left, they waited for nearly half an hour, and the two officials who had gone to look for the mayor came back and directly told them the results of their observations.

The mayor really didn't know what these people were doing, he was already very old, and he was about to step down, and his ability to manage things was already a little inadequate.

In addition, the people below have been competing for the position of mayor recently, so many things have been overlooked.

They had just interrogated some information from the mouths of the five thugs, and it didn't take long for them to be hired as thugs, only for more than half a year, and this yard was uninhabited before, that is, these abductors bought this yard half a year ago.

The original owner of this yard has gone to live in Pingjiang County in the north, and he didn't come back when he signed the deed, and it was signed by the tooth man of the tooth shop, so the people here really don't necessarily know the details of these four crutches.

In the beginning, the few people did not directly do human trafficking, but did some odd jobs in the town.

This Nangang town is next to a big road, and those who don't take the official road and take the shortcut will take this one, so there are a lot of people coming and going.

The two men started out by helping to unload and load goods, and then pretended to make some money, so they bought a carriage, saying that they were helping people pull goods, and they would go to the surrounding counties once a day.

Even the town had rented their carriages, so they often went out during the day and came back late at night or from time to time, and no one noticed the problem.

The neighbors around here are either nobody, or they are the kind of old people who are more withdrawn, and they have no contact with them, so no one finds out about their daily life, which is asked by several officials in the surrounding people's homes.

It wasn't until these officials came that they didn't know what these people were doing, because some of the neighbors were far away, and they were surprised to say that there were people living here, and they didn't know about it.

Because it was far away, they couldn't hear the cries of children or women in the courtyard before, and they really didn't know that there were so many children and girls locked up inside, and they had been doing it for half a year.

After making sure that the mayor did not collude with the people here, the official directly told the mayor about the situation here, and asked him to ask if there were any lost children in the town or the surrounding villages.

Although rabbits don't eat the grass around the nest, what if, maybe they did it when they first came.

As a result, the mayor asked people to check, and no one in the nearby village had ever said that they had lost their children or the girls in the family.

Of course, it is also possible to lose it, but those people feel that the town can't help here, but they go to find it themselves or go to the county government to report to the official, so there is no record here.

I can't find out anything for a while, so many children and this girl, they can't send them back one by one, and it's not realistic to bring them back to the county seat.

Then it was decided that two of the officials would take the two women back to the county seat to resume their lives, and report the situation to the county commander, and the others would wait here first, and if they were found by the next family, they could also arrest a group of people.

The five thugs did not plan to take them to the county seat, nor did they release them, but they were still locked up in the courtyard.

Although they have already been tried, they are also afraid that in case the other party still has no confession, so they still have to wait for the instructions of the county magistrate, if they don't have to bring it back for re-arraignment, then they can directly hit the board and show the public before they can release the person.

This kind of hired person who has not done evil is not a slave, and cannot be punished with the employer, so even if those abductors are sentenced to death, as long as they have no life on them, they will be punished for a few days at most.

Seeing that they had a charter, they also discussed it and helped them find it in the surrounding villages on this side of the county to see if there were any children who had lost their children at home.

If there is, they should be able to see that even if they are dead set on no longer looking, there will be people in the village who are chattering, especially the kind of gossip gathering place, which will inevitably be brought out after a while, which is also a big talk.

So the few of them were assigned four directions, and they explored in some of the surrounding villages and towns.

There's no need to rush, anyway, now that those children and girls have been rescued, at least there is no risk of being sold to other places.

As long as the county orders the case to go to the villages and towns to post notices after the case is closed, the villages and towns should also know quickly, and those who have lost their children will quickly find them back.

They searched in a few nearby villages, but they didn't find it, but listened to other gossip for an ear.

What did the Li family's business fail and moved back from the town, the Zhang family's daughter-in-law was not filial, the Yang family's mother-in-law was unkind, etc.

It seems that the two abductors came here to kidnap the children yesterday when the Lantern Festival was so good, and they hadn't been here before.

Qian Yan suddenly thought of the sacrificial activities on the side of Shending Mountain, they originally thought that they would go to meet the so-called master for a while today, but they forgot about the matter over there.

It's already afternoon now, and I don't know if I can still see it, so Qian Yan probed her divine sense to the top of Shending Mountain, but fortunately, the distance was not very far, and her divine sense could reach it.

It turned out that the sacrificial activities over there seemed to have just begun, and also, some sacrificial activities were indeed not held in the morning, usually in the afternoon or evening, and she didn't know why, maybe it was better to communicate with the gods in the afternoon or evening.

I looked at the old man who was dressed in a robe that looked like a Taoist robe, the color was indeed red, holding a branch in one hand and a sword of unknown material in the other, and he was turning with strange steps.

How does this look like a practice? Could it be that this sacrifice is not a group of people worshipping, but a single person doing something there?

He looked at the crowd below, standing or sitting, staring at the man's movements without blinking.

Don't think that those people below are going to kneel, although there is a kneeling salute at this time, but it is not like the Qing Dynasty, I can't wait to kneel down in front of anyone, except for the emperor, I can't wait to call myself a slave.

In ancient China, kneeling was only for the heavens and the earth, and it was not kneeling when they met, but also on specific occasions.

So when the three couples knelt down to them yesterday, everyone quickly avoided them, and it was really a big gift.

So even if there was a ritual or some kind of ritual there, the crowd below did not kneel on the ground, but gathered in a circle and looked at the high platform.

Qian Yan feels that since she came to ancient times, she has refreshed a lot of the knowledge she sees on TV, and the things in reality are not the same as those on TV, and even what is written in history books is not the same.

Of course, it is possible that this world is not the same world as hers, so there will be differences.

But she thinks it should be the same, after all, what is recorded in history is also recorded by people, not to mention that there have been several faults in the middle, and many histories may not be remembered in such detail, or there may be mistakes.

Qian Yan couldn't understand what the "master" was doing, so she talked to the ugly and ugly people and asked them to see if they knew.

As soon as Chou Chou and Jin Yang looked over, they immediately knew it, and explained to Qian Yan: "That's a sacrifice, there should be some inheritance, he is now communicating with heaven and earth to pray for peace and prosperity, and it can also be said to be a kind of blessing." ”

Qian Yan sounded a little strange, "And this kind of ritual?" Isn't sacrifice unique to some ethnic minorities? Can you even tolerate it here, don't you care? ”

In her impression, the sacrifice is equivalent to the great god of jumping, and the orthodoxy of the Han people should be Taoism, and even Buddhism is foreign.

Jin Yang shook his head and said: "You are wrong, there were sacrifices in the Shang Dynasty, but later they changed their titles, and later they were called national teachers."

Don't look at his dance steps as strange as they seem, but every time he moves, he can get a response from heaven and earth, although it is faint but also useful.

When he did that, the aura on Shending Mountain was also converging, surrounding him, and then scattered on the people in the audience.

Those people, plus himself, should all get some benefits, all diseases will not be eliminated, but there is always a sense of refreshment, and even if you stay here often, you may be able to prolong your life.

Just like we are in the space, the aura in the space is strong, and if you stay in it often, your body will become very good, and your lifespan will be much longer than that of people who stay outside. ”

Hearing this, Qian Yan also understood a little, no matter what identity this person is, he can communicate with heaven and earth, gather aura, and must have real skills.

This Shending Mountain may really have some magic, otherwise there are so many mountains and rivers, why would the other party choose to do things here.

As for why so many people are gathered, it should be that after giving them benefits, they will also give back some merit or faith.

After all, there is no feast in the world that eats for free, and there is always a reward for paying.

Now that the aura has begun to thin, if that person wants to continue cultivating to a higher realm, he must find another way.

Chou Chou also said that the power of merit and faith is cultivated faster than that of aura, otherwise Buddhism would not vigorously develop believers.

Reiki needs spiritual veins, faith and merit are different, these can be provided endlessly, as long as there are people who have been helping people and saving people, the power of merit will always be there.

Faith is the same, as long as you have enough believers and keep believing in you, just like burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, the power of faith will not be broken.

This should be the most suitable path of cultivation in the era of the end of the Fa, of course, many sects in later generations are famous, and it is lucky enough not to encounter crooked and evil ways, and there are very few real masters.

There are many of them developed by foreign forces, and nothing else, and fooling people into brainwashing is the best, if it weren't for the country's constant suppression, I don't know what it would have developed.