The old woman was struck dumb by these words, and stood frozen in place.

Seeing her like this, Tong Cheng'er understood everything and immediately said to Su Peisheng, "Tie her up and send her to see the officials."

The old woman finally came to her senses upon hearing this and hugged the child tightly: "This is my own granddaughter. How can you be like this? Are you trying to take the child away?"

She tried to run away, but she was no match for the well-trained plainclothes guards, and was naturally restrained.

A guard took the child from the old woman's arms. Tong Cheng'er took the child and said, "Let's go to the yamen."

The old woman was tied up, her face ashen. She wanted to beg for mercy, but if she begged, she would immediately confess, so she could only remain silent.

The pedestrians around were also surprised by how quickly the situation had turned around. Upon hearing this, many people followed behind them, probably intending to go to the yamen (government office) to hear about the commotion.

Yinzhen watched the young consort's actions without saying a word.

The yamen (government office) was reached quickly.

When they first arrived, the yamen runners at the gate were a little confused to see so many people coming. But when they saw the leader, who had an impressive presence, their attitude became much better when they spoke.

"I wonder what brings you here?"

Su Peisheng: "Report to the authorities, this old woman is abducting children."

Upon hearing this, the yamen runners immediately perked up.

In the laws of nature, all species place great importance on their offspring, and trafficking in young is unforgivable at any time.

Moreover, since humans value family lineage, they naturally abhor this even more.

"Please wait a moment, I will go and report right away."

At this moment, Yinzhen spoke up: "Wait a moment."

The constable was taken aback upon hearing this and looked at Yinzhen, asking, "Is there anything else?"

Yinzhen handed Su Peisheng a token and then said, "You go in with him."

He had originally planned to visit for a while and then leave, but now that he was already at the entrance of the government office, he couldn't bring himself to kneel and pay his respects to the county magistrate without revealing his identity.

After a while, several people came out, with the county magistrate in the lead looking anxious.

After Su Peisheng came out, he stood behind Yinzhen and Tong Cheng'er. When the county magistrate came out, he was about to kneel down and pay his respects when Yinzhen waved his hand and said, "No need for formalities, just go in!"

The magistrate wiped away imaginary sweat and bowed obsequiously, saying, "Yes, please come in."

Yinzhen and his entourage went in first, followed closely by the county magistrate.

Those who followed behind suddenly realized that someone who could make the county magistrate so obsequious must be someone of great importance, but they didn't know what his or her identity was.

Once everyone who was supposed to go in had gone in, the gate was closed.

After Yinzhen and Tong Cheng'er went inside, the magistrate had tea served. Yinzhen had no interest in tea and said directly, "The old woman's method of abducting children was very skillful. It should not be the first time. Go and interrogate her quickly. Also, the abducted child's clothes are made of good material. He should be from a wealthy family. Go and find out which family has lost a child."

The magistrate nodded upon hearing this: "Yes, Your Excellency."

Because Su Peisheng had instructed in advance not to let the county magistrate reveal their identities, the county magistrate addressed Yinzhen as "Sir".

Yinzhen nodded: "Hurry up."

They're in a hurry to get going!

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate immediately began to take action.

Although the old woman was skilled at abducting people, she had not received any training in resisting interrogation. The yamen had many methods of interrogation, and she obtained a testimony from the magistrate without even resorting to torture.

Moreover, the identity of the girl she abducted today was revealed from this testimony.

Yinzhen read through the testimony, and his expression turned grim. Tong Cheng'er, seeing his expression, took the testimony from his hand and read it as well.

After a while, Tong Cheng'er said, "Let's stay a few more days."

Yinzhen nodded: "Okay."

The old woman's testimony reveals that there were others behind that person, but they were more cautious. The old woman was the one who directly abducted the children. Each time she abducted a child, the person she met with was masked, and she didn't know who she was working for.

However, she only did it because the price for each child she abducted was "quite high".

Of course, the testimony wasn't entirely without clues; the person who led her down this path was a distant nephew of hers.

However, she said she rarely sees this nephew.

Moreover, every time she abducted someone, someone was secretly watching her, but she didn't know who was watching her.

After reading the testimony, Yinzhen and Tong Cheng'er both understood that such meticulousness required a large and well-organized organization with powerful backers.

I just don't know who it is.

The testimony stated that the child abducted today was the eldest daughter of the Cheng family, a wealthy merchant family in Bo County. She was the eldest daughter of the Cheng family, but her father favored his concubine over his wife, and her mother had recently passed away, which is why she was targeted by kidnappers.

The kidnapper knew that even if Miss Cheng was missing, the Cheng family would hardly notice, and by the time they realized what was happening, the clues would be long gone.

The child was naturally sent back to the Cheng residence.

Interestingly, when the child was returned to the Cheng family, the family only then learned that their eldest daughter had been abducted.

This shows the status of the eldest daughter of the Cheng family.

However, this incident did "blow up" the old lady of the mansion. After some commotion, the old lady finally took Miss Cheng to her room to take care of her.

Of course, all of this happened later.

The child has just been sent back, and Yinzhen and Tong Cheng'er are preparing to investigate the matter.

The men accompanying Yinzhen were far more capable than those in the county government. Based on the clues provided in the testimonies, they interrogated him again and uncovered a great deal more. Following this lead, they began their investigation.

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