Chapter 340: Can't Get It Back
Cheng Lesheng's face looked a little grim now: "What should we do now?"
"Of course we have to find someone to take over. Otherwise, do we have to guard them?"
Shen Hanxing thought for a moment and said, “I’ll go find it.”
Wen Zhen nodded: "Be careful."
Meng Yongchun was a little annoyed: "It was all because of my carelessness, otherwise Le Sheng wouldn't have been injured."
"What does it have to do with you?" Cheng Lesheng looked at him blaming himself.
"If I had been more careful, this wouldn't have happened."
"You didn't expect them to be disguised as soldiers. I don't blame you."
Wen Zhenyi looked at the three people wearing armor. There were some blood stains on the armor. These blood stains had been wiped, but they might have been wiped in a panic, and some places were not wiped clean. This blood was not Cheng Lesheng's. It seemed that the owner of this armor was probably gone.
At this time, Shen Hanxing led a team of soldiers into the alley.
The soldier saw the three men in armor and asked, "What's wrong with them?"
Shen Hanxing looked at the three people on the ground: "I think they are not your comrades."
The soldier squatted down and took off their helmets, frowning: "They are indeed not our people. Are they the beggars' men?"
"Yes, there are blood stains on the armor. Perhaps the owner of this armor met with an accident."
"Damn it, take all these people back."
Chen Hanxing also pointed at the woman who had fainted beside him and said, "Please send her back, Master Jun."
"What about you?"
"We are going to the government office."
The soldier nodded and said, "I will escort these people to the Yamen prison."
"Thank you."
Wen Zhenyi then left the alley and walked towards the government office. Their most important task now was to rescue the people who were captured by the beggars.
"I was too rough just now and forgot to ask where they were hiding."
"You were in a desperate situation, and it's already merciful to spare their lives." Shen Hanxing comforted her.
When they arrived at the yamen, the gate was already crowded with people and they couldn't squeeze in at all.
Lei Jiayang led them into the back house of the yamen and went directly to the front yamen.
Several people found County Magistrate Lei and Mayor Meng.
The two men's brows knitted together. There was still no news. An County wasn't a big place, but it wasn't a small one either. They couldn't search every household in a single night with their manpower.
"Lei County Magistrate."
County Magistrate Lei looked at the people who came in and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Do you have a map of An County?" Wen Zhenyi said straight to the point without any further ado.
"Yes." County Magistrate Lei took out a map from the side and spread it on the table: "What are you going to do?"
Wen Zhenyi didn't rush to speak, but instead found the location of the teahouse: "I was just on the roof and saw them evacuating from all directions towards this direction. I could only see this location."
County Magistrate Lei and his men all gathered around the table and began to look at the map on it.
Mayor Meng and the others looked towards the place where they last appeared: "This is not the direction to leave the city."
Song Yi looked at this place: "This is the warehouse."
Wen Zhenyi and the others turned to look at him: "Warehouse?"
Song Yi nodded: "There are many warehouses here, which are used by merchants to store goods. Usually, few people go there."
“Few people will go there, so you won’t have to worry about your things being stolen.”
"This is the warehouse at the dock. It's used to store things that need to be shipped out. They won't be kept for long, and there will be someone guarding them for the next few days."
County Magistrate Lei was puzzled: "Why would they bring people here if they didn't leave the city?"
Shen Hanxing seemed to have thought of something: “Is there any departure from the pier today?”
"Oh no, I closed the city gate and forgot about the dock." County Magistrate Lei seemed to have realized that he had missed something, so he ran out immediately and asked someone to go to the dock.
Wen Zhenyi looked at the location of the dock: "I hope it's not too late."
Lei Jiayang still held out hope: "Their people haven't all arrived yet, maybe they won't leave."
"The city gates are now closed. They already know that the matter has been exposed and may not wait for them." Wen Zhenyi only hopes that County Magistrate Lei and his men can still stop these people. Once the ship leaves, there is fear that there will be no possibility of finding them again.
Not to mention the ancient times when communication was not well developed, even in modern times it is difficult to find abducted relatives.
Cheng Lesheng was taken away by the doctor to treat his wound and apply medicine. However, the others did not go back and were waiting for news in the yamen.
After Lei Yingying came back, she also came to find them: "One by one."
Wen Zhenyi looked at her: "Have my brother and sister returned?"
"Go back, your brother and the others are home too."
Wen Zhen nodded, as long as they got home safely.
Lei Yingying sat on the stone steps with them, waiting for news with them.
They could hear the heart-wrenching cries of the shamed children and the people outside, each one of them making their heart tremble.
Lei Yingying was a little scared. If she was the one who was kidnapped today, how desperate would she and her parents be? "Yi Yi, is there no way?"
Wen Zhenyi looked at the night sky and shook his head gently: "The only thing we can do is to severely punish the flower-snatching children. This will create a deterrent effect, scare them, and perhaps reduce the occurrence of tragedies."
Lei Jiayang, Meng Yongyuan and Meng Yongchun are also scholars now. They were originally hesitant about whether to continue taking the exam. This time they saw the despair of the people and even more so the helplessness of his father.
"Miss Wen, is this the only way?"
"You can only reduce the occurrence of tragedies if you scare them, but it's not absolute. Some people will still choose to take risks for money."
"Why is this happening?"
"There are many reasons, greed, poverty."
Shen Hanxing felt her powerlessness. It was the first time he saw this emotion in her.
They waited for a while before County Magistrate Lei and Mayor Meng came back, looking tired.
Lei Jiayang stood up from the steps where he was sitting: "Dad, how is it?"
Magistrate Lei looked at them and shook his head slightly: "When we arrived, the ship had already left. Even if we wanted to chase it, we didn't know where to chase it."
"Can't you catch it back?"
"We don't know where they're going to be taken."
"The prison." Shen Hanxing said suddenly.
"Prison?" County Magistrate Lei looked at him in confusion.
"When we came here, we arrested a few people who were beating beggars and sent them to the prison. Maybe they know."
County Magistrate Lei seemed to see hope, and he turned around and rushed to the prison immediately, and asked someone to notify the army to prepare to set out in pursuit.
Lei Yingying is determined to help these people. She hopes that these people can be rescued, not for her father's future, but only hopes that the people outside will not lose their families.
None of them left, even Cheng Lesheng, who had his wounds bandaged, still did not leave. He just asked someone to notify his family that they were all fine.
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