In the front hall, Tong Youlin was still holding the little baby in his arms, who smelled faintly of milk, and he instructed his wife, "Tiger's mother, go get some food for Xiao Niannian. Oh, and didn't Old Li's old sheep just give birth and produce milk? Go to his house and ask for some!"
Tiger's mother was also a feisty woman. As she walked out, she said with obvious disdain, "Alright, alright, go do what you're supposed to do. Don't I know more than you? Do you need to give me these orders?"
Tong Youlin chuckled, and Wang Qiang and Huang Sheng, as if used to it, joined in the laughter, teasing their boss.
Tong Youlin snorted, but he was holding a little baby who was nestled in his arms studying the pendant around his neck. The baby was so soft that he didn't dare to move and couldn't kick it.
"Alright, let's get down to business. I want you two to go to that dilapidated Taoist temple over there and see what's going on. What's really happening? That temple has been abandoned for over ten years, and suddenly there's been some activity. Could it be that the government has planted people there?" Tong Youlin asked impatiently.
Wang Shengxian spoke first, "Brother, we just went up and looked, and it doesn't seem like it. There are only two people inside who have Nian Nian tied up, one wearing a Taoist robe and the other wearing brocade. Qiangzi and I checked, and there are no traces of anyone else."
“Yes, yes!” Huang Qiang added, “Those two looked terrifying. One’s face was swollen beyond recognition, and the other’s forehead was covered in blood and gore. When we came back, we asked Niannian about it. It’s a ghost story! No, it should be said that the mountain god has appeared. Those two beasts deserved to do such a despicable thing!”
"It really is haunted!" Tong Youlin was still a little incredulous, frowning and deep in thought, muttering to himself, "This mountain god hasn't made a sound for so many years, how could it suddenly..."
Just then, the little toddler holding his pendant suddenly looked up and said in a childish voice, "No! There's no ghost. Niannian didn't see one."
A soft, sweet little voice suddenly rang out amidst the loud, rough voices of the group of men, sounding exceptionally delicate.
Tong Youlin looked down at the tiny little bundle in his arms and suddenly had a thought. He asked, "Did Niannian see any other people, like a group of people dressed in the same clothes, lying in ambush there? The two people who came to capture you ran into them and were beaten up like that."
Upon hearing this, Huang Qiang immediately spoke up for the little boy, "No, boss. Sheng Ge and I asked Niannian, and there was no one else involved. At the time, one person suddenly fainted, and another person suddenly knelt down and begged for mercy."
“Yes…” Wang Sheng was about to agree when the little boy suddenly spoke up.
"Uncle Lin, the group of people you mentioned wearing the same clothes, are they those hard boots that make a really loud 'clack-clack-clack' sound when they walk, and they also wear hard leather covers that make a 'crackling' sound when they hit the tree trunks?"
The little boy tilted his head back, his bright, sparkling black eyes looking at Tong Youlin, and asked in a childish voice.
Upon hearing this, Tong Youlin immediately straightened up, his expression changing drastically. He quickly hugged the little boy, exclaiming, "Yes, yes, yes! That's exactly the kind of people they are! Niannian, have you seen them? Where?!"
Wang Sheng's attempt to respond abruptly stopped, his expression changing drastically as he exchanged a glance with Huang Qiang, who also looked grave.
Huang Qiang asked, "Niannian, you didn't say you saw them! Didn't you say that those two people fell down and kowtowed on their own?"
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