At first, they only suspected it was a human trafficking organization.

However, based on the current situation, Zhao Yunshan speculated that it might not only involve child trafficking, but also disabled begging. These children are definitely organized, and may even be part of the same human trafficking organization.

“These children may have been born with disabilities and abandoned, ending up in the hands of human traffickers, or they may have become disabled later in life,” Zhao Yunshan said.

After all, the level of emotional manipulation exerted on passersby by begging is different between a healthy child begging and a disabled child begging.

The fact that the mute child reacted like a starving ghost suggests that he might not have control over the money he begged for; it might have to be "handed over" to the organization, which explains why he wolfed it down.

“If these begging children are part of the same human trafficking organization, then we should follow their lead…” Chen Mingyang began to analyze, following Zhao Yunshan’s line of thought.

“That’s right. By following the clues, we can find the human trafficking organization’s hideout!” Zhao Yunshan said.

So Chen Mingyang immediately made arrangements to have more people secretly follow these disabled children begging, waiting to see what their movements would be after dark.

After dark, these disabled little beggars put away their small bowls, gathered the loose silver coins inside, and began heading towards the same place.

One of the most interesting things is that none of these little beggars dared to secretly hide even a single penny.

Furthermore, they don't go straight "back," but instead wander aimlessly through the streets, making many feints before finally arriving at the same location at different times.

The troops quickly gathered the information.

"The problem now is that our people don't have a chance to sneak in and gather more information. What if it's just a group of beggars, and not what we suspected, and actually has nothing to do with human trafficking organizations?" Chen Mingyang analyzed.

“Indeed, but it’s unlikely that our men can infiltrate in disguise.” Zhao Yunshan frowned.

The soldiers are all adults; you couldn't even sneak in disguised as a mute beggar.

But if they take action now to rescue these captive beggar children, the human trafficking organization will definitely hear about it, which would have the same effect as alerting the enemy.

"Let's play it safe." After a moment's thought, Chen Mingyang made a decision. "I'll report this situation to my superiors first, hold back for now, and continue to gather information about the human trafficking organization. After all, our main task is to arrest the human trafficking gang."

The group of disabled beggars was an unexpected bonus, and we can't let an unexpected event affect our main mission.

Zhao Yunshan also agreed with this arrangement, so the group continued to proceed steadily and gather information.

But things didn't go as smoothly as they had imagined.

This is Huadu, it's their territory.

Moreover, an organization like this, which can occupy this place, must be powerful. Long before Zhao Yunshan set his sights on the little beggar, the organization's people had also set their sights on them.

Although these beggars don't have fixed begging spots, they only frequent a few places. Their long-term begging experience has made them very familiar with everything, so they become more vigilant when a large number of unfamiliar faces flood in.

"Brother Tao, when Little Mute came back, he had a tail following him." A man in a floral shirt said to a man in a gray vest.

The man wearing a gray tank top and smoking a cigarette is Brother Tao.

The man in the floral shirt is called Qiangzi; he's considered Tao Ge's right-hand man.

"The same one as last time?" Brother Tao asked, his words slightly slurred as he spoke, the hazy smoke billowing from his mouth and nostrils as he spoke, then drifting upwards with the light.

"Yes!" Qiangzi nodded, his expression somewhat serious. "It's not just the little mute boy; several children have grown tails."

Although these people do not beg in person, they have always controlled these little beggars, so they must have their own methods.

Even the slightest changes or something amiss can be detected immediately.

Otherwise, these little beggars wouldn't be so fearful and obedient, not daring to keep a single penny for themselves.

Tao's expression gradually turned ugly.

At first, when they discovered the other party was following them, they just thought they were being nosy and would probably let it go in a couple of days. But judging from the current situation, the other party hasn't given up yet...

Controlling disabled children from begging is not a big deal, after all, who can prove whether these little beggars were born disabled or became disabled later in life?

Moreover, he feeds and cares for these little beggars, so it's difficult to convict him.

But they don't only have this one business. If they follow the trail and uncover something big, things will become incredibly complicated.

"Keep a close eye on those people, find out their backgrounds... Also, be careful, don't get caught," Brother Tao said.

"Yes!" Qiangzi immediately went to carry out the order.

Being a local expert, he figured out the situation in just one day.

When Brother Tao learned that these were all military personnel, he guessed that they were there to arrest the human trafficking organization. This meant that he had been exposed and had not taken any action. It was just that the other side had not yet figured out their background and hideout. They couldn't escape. It was only a matter of time before they were caught.

"Brother Tao, let's move secretly—" Qiangzi said.

"It cannot be transferred."

Tao Ge has a clear understanding of the situation. Now, trying to relocate is extremely difficult, almost impossible!

Even if they try to take measures as soon as they move, it will only put themselves in their hands and give them a motive, which is definitely not a wise move.

But if you do nothing, what's the difference between that and waiting to die?

"Then, what do we do?" Qiangzi was anxious. He didn't want to be arrested, but he didn't dare to act rashly. He could only try to guess what Tao Ge's expression was and suggested, "Brother Tao, well, how about we go find the boss—"

Brother Tao is in charge of various affairs of the human trafficking organization, but he is not a top figure in the pyramid. He can only be considered a safety net that the organization puts out so that it can cut its losses at any time to survive.

A pawn must act like a pawn. At such a critical moment, going to the boss and revealing more information to the enemy is absolutely the number one act of suicide. At that time, not only will he be caught, but even people in the organization might have to come out and deal with him.

"Shut up! Don't make any rash moves!" Brother Tao scolded, ordering Qiangzi to behave.

He certainly wouldn't just wait to die.

The chess piece also wants to survive, but it has to find another way.

"Tell me more about their situation over there, what do you know?" Brother Tao said calmly.

"Yes," Qiangzi finally calmed down a bit and began to report the results of the investigation, "They should be military personnel, there are about... including a woman..."