Erniu was no longer so nervous. "I was playing at the entrance of the village. Yan Qi and the others were coming towards me. Suddenly, a carriage appeared and carried them one by one onto it. Yan Long was the last one. He realized something was wrong and ran towards me. There was a man chasing him from behind, so I took a stone and threw it at him, shouting for help. He chased for a short distance and then turned back to the carriage. The carriage then ran away. I went after him but couldn't catch up."

"How many people are there? Are there any familiar faces?"

Erniu shook his head. "I haven't seen them. They are not from our village. There was one person chasing them, one person driving the car, and someone in the car. I didn't see a few people."

"Did you speak? Is it our accent?"

"No one said anything. The person chasing him had a mole on his mouth. I didn't notice anything else."

"Thank you very much, Erniu. When Aunt Chun finds Xiaoqi, I will come to thank you again." Chunxiao thanked Cui again.

"It's as it should be. You should hurry up and find someone. The village is terrified that something like this happened. I don't know when the government will get any news."

Chunxiao took Shuwen away. They did not stay in the town, but went straight to the county town.

"Aunt, what should we do? We don't know where grandpa and the others are now. I'm afraid mom will be worried to death." Shuwen was also anxious.

"The more it is now, the less anxious we should be. Let's get to the county first." We must find clues first. Without clues, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The two arrived at the county town in the middle of the night and found an inn to stay in.

It was late and the government office was closed. Chunxiao went to the study to buy a stack of paper, then returned to the inn and found a sturdy charcoal stick in the kitchen in the backyard. She sharpened it with a knife and returned to her room.

"Aunt, what are you going to do?"

"Draw a few portraits of the person we're looking for." The portraits she had seen in the county town all looked similar in spirit but not in appearance. How could she find the person? She had to draw a sketch.

Seeing that Chunxiao was painting seriously, Shuwen watched quietly from the side. After about two incense sticks of time, Chunxiao's painting was finished. She picked it up and took a look. Alas, it was far from the professional one, but it was still usable.

"Aunt, your drawing is so lifelike. It's obviously Yan Qi." Shuwen was a little happy.

"I also need to draw a picture of Wuzhong. They were both kidnapped together, so it's easier to find them together." However, she hadn't had much contact with Wuzhong, so she could only try her best to recall. It took her almost half an hour to finish the painting after making many cuts and revisions. She showed it to Shuwen, "Does it look like him?"

Shuwen nodded, "Like!"

As long as it resembled her, it was good. Now that the first draft was done, all that was left was to copy it. Shuwen wanted to help, but after trying, his copy was a mess, so he ended up sharpening several charcoal pencils for her. Chunxiao worked all night, copying 20 of each of their portraits.

The next morning, Chunxiao took Shuwen to the government office, paid the errand fee, and asked the office to help issue a reward. They also gave them 10 portraits each. Anyone who provided useful clues would receive 10 taels of silver, and if they found the person and brought him back, they would receive 100 taels of silver. The contact address was the inn where they were currently staying.

100 taels is a huge sum of money for ordinary people. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a big reward. Selling a child will only earn you about 10 taels of silver at most. If the robbers see it, they may send the child back for money. Her focus now is not to find the bad guys, but to get the child back first.

The reward was posted quickly, and they waited for news at the inn. Sure enough, someone came to the door not long after. After asking a few questions, he started talking nonsense, and it seemed that he was there to cheat them out of their money.

Chunxiao was now extremely anxious and had no patience with these people. He directly asked Shuwen to call the yamen runners. After a few people were arrested, many people who wanted to cheat the reward gave up. At noon, someone came again, and the waiter brought the person over. Unexpectedly, it was Yan Bingfa, Dahe and the village head.

Chunxiao let everyone into the house.

"When did you return?"

Yan Bingfa and the others looked exhausted, but they showed some surprise when they saw her and Shuwen. "We saw your bounty portraits and were wondering who it was, but we didn't expect it to be you."

They are so stupid. They have been searching for several days but didn't even think of offering a reward.

"I came back yesterday at noon. I heard about Xiaoqi being taken away as soon as I got home, so I came to the county town that afternoon." Chunxiao looked at them. "Where are my mother and sister-in-law?"

"Your sister-in-law fell ill when she arrived in the county town. She is now lying in the inn. Wuzhong's mother is also ill. Shufeng is taking care of them. Your mother went to another town, and we just came back from the town below."

"Chunxiao, it's a good idea to offer a reward. I was also confused. Why didn't I think of offering a reward before? If I had offered it earlier, maybe we would have had some clues." The village head was very upset.

"Don't worry, let's wait patiently. There will always be someone who can provide clues." If it weren't for her, it would be difficult to issue this reward. Without a portrait, who would know what the person they are looking for looks like.

"Your mother and the others don't know about your situation yet. Dahe, hurry back to the inn and tell Shufeng and the other sisters-in-law that Chunxiao is back and we're trying to figure out a solution. Tell them not to worry. If they can handle it, move them here. Leave a message at the inn so others don't get lost when they return."

"I'll go right away."

"Wait, let Shuwen go with us, we have a carriage."

Although everyone was surprised, this was not the time to ask this question.

Chunxiao booked several rooms at the inn and asked them to rest first. Zuoyuan is so big, how can they find it? It would be better to wait for someone to provide clues.

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