The wandering beggar moved to the eaves on the left by the flowers and jumped onto the roof. Not long after, Ah Niu heard two cat-like sounds, guessing that it was a signal from the beggar, so he was about to get up, but saw four men at the door after talking to each other for a while, and two of them patrolled to the backyard left and right.

Ah Niu secretly said in his heart, so strong vigilance. But you fell for the ploy of Hanako.

The beggar successfully solved the trouble, cleaned up the tail of the hand, and said, "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

The two of them entered the first floor and found that it was simply decorated, except for two wooden tables for eating, and some leftovers piled on top of it, there was nothing else.

The second floor is also empty, and there is nothing else.

Ah Niu said: "Big brother, we are in the wrong place. ”

The beggar circled around the house for a while, feeling irritable, and said hurriedly: "Yan Lao'er sent someone to guard here, I thought there was some treasure, but I didn't expect to use a trick with me." I'm, at me. ”

Ah Niu said: "Since there is nothing here that the eldest brother wants, it is better to leave as soon as possible." ”

He never believed in his heart that the master of the Yan family would do evil as the beggar said, and his subordinates could give alms to others, and the master would not be bad. Now that he can't find anything valuable, he feels comfortable.

The beggar said, "No." If you don't have one here, you can go somewhere else, and you always have to take something out, so that Hanako can't run in vain. Just as he was about to leave, Ah Niu found that something was wrong, he signaled the beggar not to make a sound, and listened carefully, and sure enough, there was a muffled snort from the wall. Ah Niu took the single knife in the beggar's hand, pried open the plank, and revealed a big hole.

Ah Niu shook the fire fold, and the inside suddenly brightened. But I saw that the compartment was densely packed with bamboo cages, and the cages were filled with young women. Ah Niu exclaimed: "Big brother, what's going on?"

"Human trafficking. ”

"Human trafficking?" Ah Niu was confused. The beggar said, "I'll tell you later." He snatched the fire fold from Ah Niu's hand and carefully searched for it one by one. Ah Niu saw that the women's eyes were dull and in a trance, and he guessed that he had been drugged.

The wanderer looked at all the cages, sighed softly, and folded them back. "Let's go, there's no one I'm looking for here." ”

Without waiting for him to hesitate, the beggar grabbed his arm and ran out. The two returned the same way, familiar with the road, and soon left the Yan family compound.

When he arrived on the street, Ah Niu couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, what are your plans?"

The beggar said, "I don't plan to. You kid is chivalrous, much better than my name Hanako. ”

Ah Niu scratched his head and said: "Chivalrous heart, what chivalrous heart do I have." By the way, big brother, your real purpose is to save people, right?"

The beggar said: "Hanako was entrusted by a friend to save people, but I didn't think about saving others." Now that the person I want to save is not in it, I have to look elsewhere. ”

As he spoke, the beggar squinted at Ah Niu and said, "What about you, do you want to save people?"

Ah Niu scratched his head and said, "If the eldest brother asks me to help, I will naturally help the eldest brother." ”

The beggar pursed his lips and said, "Good boy, you seem to be chivalrous, but in fact you are so treacherous." But I like it, it's real enough. There is no hypocrisy. ”

The wanderer took out a piece of silver from the corner of his clothes, "Go, buy some good wine and food, I want to entertain an old friend." Don't give me a low-grade one. ”

Ah Niu took the money and went to look for food.

At noon, Ah Niu followed the beggars to a ruined temple outside the city with wine and food.

The beggar shouted at the broken temple from afar: "Old ghost, have you arrived?" ”

Ah Niu said: "Big brother, is your old friend here?"

But I heard an old and loud voice from the temple: "If Hanako doesn't come again, he will starve me to death." ”

The beggar said: "Who asked you to choose such a far and broken place, so that Hanako searched for a long time before finding it." ”

The man burst out laughing and said, "It's disgusting to call Hanako." ”

When I entered the ruined temple, I saw an old man in a long robe holding a folding fan standing inside. When the two saw each other, they didn't say hello, and the old man snatched the wine and food from Ah Niu's hand and put them on the grass that had already been paved.

After the old man finished nibbling on a chicken leg, he asked, "It's called Hanako, is this your new friend?"

The beggar introduced the two to each other, and Ah Niu learned that the old man in the robe was Kong Zhiqiang, a close friend of the beggar, and he was a member of Confucianism.

Hey, it's kind of weird that a beggar and a scholar become best friends.

The three of them sat on the floor. Halfway through the meal, the beggar asked, "Old ghost, how are things going?"

Kong Zhiqiang said: "The fourth watch is loaded, the fifth watch is set off, and the water route is taken, but it is unknown where it will be transported." ”

The beggar said: "In this way, I can only follow them all the way, and I am not afraid that I will not find their nest." ”

Kong Zhiqiang said: "This is the best way at present. ”

Ah Niu couldn't understand the conversation between the two, but knew that it was related to rescuing those trapped women, so he asked, "Two eldest brothers, can you tell the juniors what is going on?"

It turned out that in the past few years, a mysterious organization has appeared on the rivers and lakes, they do not do business, do not rob money, neither do things for the imperial court, nor have any dealings with Shenzhou Wulin. The people in the martial arts know very little about them, and the most important feature of their members is that they will embroider evil dragons on their clothes.

If that's all there is to it, it's understandable, but coincidentally, since the emergence of this mysterious organization in the rivers and lakes, there have been a large number of disappearances of young women across the country. And disappearances often occur where masked people are present. Since then, the legend that the evil dragon has abducted the young woman has begun to circulate in the rivers and lakes.

The imperial court and the major forces have conducted a large-scale investigation into the matter, but those people are haunted and uncertain, and although the disappearance has lasted for more than two years, no clues have been found.

The beggar was asked by a friend to help find a young woman who had disappeared on the ground in Ezhou City, and he guessed that this matter had something to do with the organization, so he chased him all the way here.

The wanderer was unable to support himself, so he enlisted his friend Kong Zhiqiang to help. Now they have the information that the Yan family, the capital of Kuizhou, has imprisoned a large number of young women and transported them on ships along the Yangtze River waterway tonight.

This is also the real purpose of the beggar leading Ah Niu to break into Yan's Mansion at night. The wanderer decides to follow the masked men all the way east, find their lair, find out what happened, and then cooperate with decent people to destroy this evil organization in one fell swoop.

Saying that, the beggar looked at Kong Zhiqiang and said, "You Confucianism is well-informed, how about it, is this organization responsible for the disappearance of Huainan Province?"

Kong Zhiqiang shook his head and said, "No." The people of this group only kidnap young women. Things in Huainan Province are much more complicated. ”

You beggar snorted coldly and said, "What's so good about this person, why are so many forces and so many people like to abduct and sell?"

Kong Zhiqiang said: "The matter of Huainan Province should be put aside for now, it is difficult to say whether the missing person there is missing or hiding by himself." It's complicated. ”

At this time, Ah Niu suddenly thought, embroidered with the pattern of the evil dragon, isn't that a monster. He was in a coma because of this, and then he was rescued by Uncle Lu, and then he suffered an unwarranted disaster because of this.

Ah Niu informed You Beggar and Kong Zhiqiang of this information.

Kong Zhiqiang threw down the food in his hand and said, "It's called Hanako, it seems that our guess is true." ”

The beggar snorted coldly and said, "What can you do with so many young women? There must be some kind of evil that is at work. This demon's favorite thing is the young woman with fine skin and tender flesh and the newborn baby. ”

Ah Niu was taken aback and said, "What should I do?"

The beggar looked at Ah Niu and smiled, don't you like to be chivalrous, why are you in such a hurry?

Ah Niu said: "This kind of thing that has lost its conscience is really unbearable. ”

The beggar clapped his hands and laughed, "That's it, great." We're like this, we're like that. ”

The three beggars stared at Yan Fu, and on the day of their transportation, they secretly followed him and blended into the boat together. Ah Niu did not follow the boat, his body was burly, and he did not control his internal breath precisely, so he was easily exposed. But he was holding Kong Zhiqiang's Confucian tokens and went to Confucianism to rescue the soldiers.

After receiving Ah Niu's report, the Confucian sect attached great importance to it, and immediately secretly organized manpower to cooperate with Kong Zhiqiang. Here, because the rudder of the Survival Gang has just held a party, there are many good players. The Confucian Sect also informed Li Shihuai, the ruler of the Survival Gang, about this. He also said that he would be anxious to cooperate with the action. In addition, the top figures of the major forces are also about to take action. Joined the team of the Demon Slayer Guardian.

The Confucian men stopped these boats at the place where the river must pass into the sea.

In the face of this huge contingent, those who abduct and sell human beings naturally do not dare to fight hard. At the dock, two groups of people stood separately, and a group of people wore black cloaks embroidered with evil dragons, which were very conspicuous. Another wave of mixed personnel is the alliance of major forces.

One of the leaders of the evil dragon people stood up, but it was a woman, and she said: "How many of them are Confucian disciples, right? I have heard that Confucianism has strict rules, and Confucian disciples are decent and chivalrous, but why do they want to break into the boat so ignorant of etiquette today?"

The person headed by Confucianism stepped forward and said, "Thanks to the girl's false praise, Kong Zhiqiu, the speaker of Hebei Province in Lower Confucianism." If you are a decent person in the rivers and lakes, we will naturally treat each other with courtesy, but in the past two years, it has been rumored that hundreds of incidents of young women being lost in the rivers and lakes are the work of mysterious weaving. The disciples and others in Xiahemen passed by the boat yesterday, and happened to see that the girl was mostly masked people on the boat, so they came uninvited to find out. ”

The woman said, "I don't know how Confucius is going to know the method?"

Kong Zhiqiu coughed dryly and said, "Don't dare to call the door master." Ahem, please allow me to wait for me to come into the boat. ”

As soon as these words came out, the evil dragon crowd immediately moved, and the masked man standing next to the woman rebuked angrily: "Presumptuous. Is it in this ship that you can enter if you want?"

Li Shihuai, who was standing on the side, said: "If you have a clear conscience, why are you afraid that we will go in and take a look." ”

The woman said quietly: "You can go in." I'm afraid it's easy to get in, but it's hard to get out. ”

Kong Zhiqiu said: "This kind of practice is really presumptuous, but in order to save the innocent, please ask the girl to agree." If it is found that the disappearance of the woman has nothing to do with the girl, I am willing to lead the disciples in the door, apologize in public, and return the girl's innocence, if it is found out that it is really your doing......"

Kong Zhiqiu didn't say anything, just to save some face, but the result was self-evident.

The woman smiled coquettishly and said, "Master Confucius is quite thoughtful, but if it is found out that it is indeed us, then what?"

Kong Zhiqiu said: "If it is really the girl's doing, we should do our best to contribute to the martial arts and eliminate the harm to the rivers and lakes." ”

"What a big breath. The woman said, "I remember that Hebei Province is controlled by the Taishu family. Why is it that you are in charge?"

The top forces control one side, which is the confidence of the top forces. Hebei Province is the foundation of the Taishu family, and Confucianism's move is indeed provocative. As for why there is no one from the Taishu family who presides over the overall situation here, it is mainly due to the system. Uncle Tai's family represents the interests of the family. Hebei Province is also the base of major families. The Taishu family can achieve absolute control is also near the base, and it will not have too much influence if it can have a strong influence. The whole road is only in name. In Hebei Province, no matter where it is, you must respect the family of the uncle.

In fact, the other top forces are similar, and none of them really control the land completely. Such a top force will not be wiped out by other forces, not to mention destroying other forces, and if it can have such a great influence, it will not be eliminated by other forces. The imperial court can't do it to this point.

This is a place where the shipping routes are developed, and even if the Taishu family does not set up a division here, it must have fostered absolutely loyal vassals. Moreover, there must be outstanding descendants who have been sent here to supervise all the year round.

Therefore, it is still very deterrent for a woman to move out of her uncle's family to oppress people. As for why you don't invite people from your uncle's family, let's not talk about the dirtiness of the struggle for power and profit for the time being. There is also a reason for it. This place is in Hebei Province, and the Taishu family is the nominal supreme person in charge, and of course, there is also the imperial court. The court will not talk about it for the time being, just talk about the family of the uncle. In addition to this incident, there are human traffickers in your territory, what will others think, is it very likely that they are thinking that this uncle's family is colluding with this trafficker. Of course, this is most likely not true, but it is also possible. Therefore, in order to avoid leaking rumors, of course, you can't notify you at first. Otherwise, in order to save face, you spread the news, won't it be a bamboo basket to draw water?

But there are definitely drawbacks to doing so. For example, now that he is questioned by a woman, the problem is exposed. How to explain to the uncle family after that. This matter is not big to say that the uncle is not small, and it is not small to say that it is small. In short, a nuisance.

Kong Zhiqiu glanced at everyone and saw that everyone had some evasive thoughts, although there were very few. But Kong Zhiqiu understood that he couldn't go on like this. Kong Zhiqiu said loudly: "After understanding this matter, my Confucian family will explain it to the Taishu family. Now it's imperative to get things settled!"