Zhaoji Temple, located in the eastern suburbs of the county, somehow provoked mountain bandits in the early years, was slaughtered overnight, and the temple was abandoned. Later, there were ghosts, and it was rumored that someone had seen a headless ghost monk, so the people nearby were so frightened that they moved away one by one, leaving only a lonely deserted temple.

Not far from Zhaoji Temple, Li Congyan and Old Man Jia squatted behind a thick crooked-necked tree, secretly observing.

The gate of the temple is closed, the paint of the door wall is peeling and mottled, and the pine artemisia and wormwood nearby are half a person high, and it is a scene that has been uninhabited for a long time.

"Are you sure the traffickers are hiding in the temple?"

The two of them watched for a long time, but did not see any suspicious people around. Li Congyan couldn't help but wonder if the information provided by the priest was accurate.

"Probably can't be wrong. ”

The little old man's tone was uncertain, and he scratched his chest vigorously as he spoke, and his fingernails were full of black mud, and after thinking about it, he proposed, "Why don't you rush in directly?"

"Wait. ”

Li Congyan shook his head, the two of them didn't know anything about the situation in the temple, in case there was a large group of people hidden inside, they were stunned and rushed in, wouldn't they be sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

After another cup of tea, the door suddenly opened half open.

"Someone came out. ”

Li Congyan perked up his spirits, and then he saw a middle-aged woman walk out, the person had a kind face, a headscarf, and simple clothes, like an ordinary peasant woman, and it was difficult to associate her with the traffickers.

"You're staring here, I'll go over and see. ”

The woman's steps were light and she walked with the wind, and Li Congyan was worried that the old man's lame leg would not be able to keep up, so he asked him to stay where he was and continue to monitor, while he sneaked up and followed.

The woman was not vigilant, so she hurried and came to the streets of the city.

Li Congyan was far behind and was not discovered.

On the street, the woman slowed down, looking around as if looking for something. Li Congyan saw it clearly, whenever a child appeared on the street, the woman would definitely subconsciously look at it twice.

After walking about half a street, I suddenly ...... The woman stopped.

On the side of the street, a little boy of five or six years old was squatting on the ground, picking at the cracks of bricks, and there was no sign of an adult next to him.

Then, Li Congyan saw the woman walk up to the child, bend down, and take out a berry from her sleeve, the size of a red egg, which looked very delicious. I couldn't hear what the woman was saying, but the child took the berry with joy, and gnawed it clean, and ate it with juice all over his mouth.

Then the woman got up and left, and the child somehow walked after her.

Li Congyan was surprised in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of means the woman used.

He hurried forward, parallel to the woman and the child, and turned his head to look, only to see the child's eyes blank, pupils dilated, and his expression stunned, as if he had lost his soul.

"Is this Ecstasy?"

Li Congyan guessed. But I don't think it's right, how can ecstasy make people lose their minds, and they still follow their words.

Suddenly.

He had a flash of inspiration and remembered a brief record: "The art of ambiguity, if it is not the same way, or cast beautiful bait, and eat it, people will be confused, and they will go away, and it is called 'ripping'." Children are ignorant and suffer from it. ”

There is a kind of witchcraft called "ripping", which uses delicious food as bait, and after eating it, you will become delirious and follow him involuntarily. Children are ignorant and often deceived and suffer from them.

"This trafficker knows witchcraft?"

Li Congyan thought to himself, and after being in parallel with the woman for a while, the woman reacted suddenly, stretched out her hand to protect the child behind her, glanced at the ghost head knife on Li Congyan's waist, and said vigilantly: "I don't know this ......."

Before she finished speaking, Li Congyan suddenly grabbed her arm.

The woman tried to struggle, but the man in front of her, who seemed to be thin and weak, was as strong as an ox, and pulled her into the side alley. The child seemed to be unconscious, and still followed the alley in a daze.

In the deep alleys, secluded and uninhabited.

A large knife was placed on the woman's neck, and the cold light shone brightly, causing goosebumps on her skin.

"Save—"

The woman shouted for help, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was stuck in the mouth with the scabbard horizontally, and she could no longer scream.

"I ask you to answer, don't shout, understand?"

Li Congyan looked cold, feeling like he was acting as a club boss in a Hong Kong film.

The woman's body trembled like chaff and nodded in fear.

Li Congyan withdrew the scabbard, but the woman was also interested, and really didn't shout again.

"Human traffickers?"

"Yes. ”

"?"

"Yes. ”

"What's the use of kidnapping a child?"

"Sell. ”

"How many were sold?"

"Twenty-three, not sold. ”

"Where are they hidden?"

"Teteroji. ”

The woman seemed frightened, her lips trembled, and she asked what to say.

"How many accomplices are there in the temple?"

"Two. ”

"How's the force?"

"It's not as good as Childe. ”

Li Congyan thought about it, and it seemed that there was nothing more to ask.

Seeing this, the woman opened her mouth and begged for mercy: "Please also ask the prince to let me go, I am willing to go to the yamen to surrender." ”

"Good. ”

Li Congyan nodded.

Let's talk about it.

The ghost-headed knife pressed forward, easily slicing the woman's neck, "Ahh

"Ding!"

A short dagger slipped from the woman's sleeve.

"Your little movements are not subtle enough. ”

Seeing the woman covering her neck and falling to the ground, Li Congyan shook his head, these individual traffickers are all crazy, even women carry murder weapons, fortunately, he has been prepared.

The knife was also put into the sheath, and the child was led out of the alley.

Back to the street.

Li Congyan asked for a bowl of white water at the tea stall, took out a talisman from his arms, burned it with a flint point, and then turned the talisman ash into the water, and then fed the child a mouthful.

At the beginning, the little Taoist priest of Immortality gave two talismans, one to suppress evil spirits and evil spirits, to suppress the ghosts of the picture scroll, and the other to protect all things, which was useless, but now it comes in handy.

To solve this "" witchcraft, a mouthful of runic water is enough. Afterwards, Li Congyan ran to buy a water bladder, poured the remaining talisman water into it, and hung it around his waist.

Not much.

The boy's pupils constricted, and the expression on his face became richer, and he gradually regained consciousness.

"Wow-"

The little boy burst into tears.

Li Congyan had a big head and sent the child back the same way.

......

......

"What did you find?"

Outside the temple, Old Man Jia saw Li Congyan come back and asked impatiently.

"I asked about something. ”

Li Congyan looked up and saw that the gate of the temple was still closed, and said, "This group of people abducted more than 20 children, and now they are all in the temple. The woman confessed that there were two accomplices in the temple, and I did not know whether they were true or not. ”

"With your skills, it's okay to deal with just two accomplices, why don't you just break in?" was about to find his nephew, the little old man was a little excited, "By the way, where is the woman, has she been sent to the official?"

"Chopped. ”

After speaking, Li Congyan suddenly remembered something.

Hurriedly took out the booklet he carried.

Pity.

It didn't work out.