There was silence for a moment, and Sister Li laughed dryly: "This should be..."
She was looked at by Gu Zhisang's calm eyes, and she felt a little scared for some reason. The word "no" on her lips seemed to be under a huge pressure and she couldn't say it. She stammered:
"Who can say for sure about this kind of thing? When other families get married, they won't tell outsiders whether the bride was abducted or not. If you ask me whether she was or not, I don't know."
Upon hearing this, the comments in the live broadcast room expressed doubts:
[I don't believe her words. Some old men and women in the village are too gossipy. They can find out every household's private affairs. I don't know where they get all the information from.
If there really is a family that bought a daughter-in-law or adopted a child... within three days, the whole village would be talking about it as gossip after dinner! 】
[This sister Li looks guilty. She is definitely not telling the truth. Maybe someone she knows has experienced something similar.]
[Just now when the host was teasing a few children, you can see that they came out to look as soon as they heard the sound. They were so nervous when they saw strangers. If there weren't rampant trafficking in the area, they wouldn't be so nervous, right? ]
【……】
Gu Zhisang raised his eyebrows slightly and caught a loophole in the words of the woman surnamed Li.
She looked enlightened: "That means there is this kind of thing called bride trafficking here."
Sister Li choked and didn't want to talk anymore:
"What do you mean? I'm not a criminal. Sister Zheng, you brought these reporters here because you suspect that someone in our village has detained your sister?"
Zheng Xiaona waved her hands and said, "Sister Li, you're overthinking it. The program team just came to the place where the incident happened to understand the situation and see if they can find any clues."
At this time, one of the two women who were hiding in the convenience store and watching saw Xun Yiqing, who was wearing Taoist clothes, and He Mi Tu, who was wearing a black silk jacket with gold patterns, braided hair and sunglasses.
She suddenly thought of something, widened her eyes and exclaimed:
"Oh my! Are you the popular fortune teller on the Internet?!"
Liu: "If the lady is talking about "Spiritual Matters", we are indeed the production team of this program, and we are here to help Ms. Zheng Xiaona find her relatives."
"I've seen you guys on short video platforms before, but I didn't expect that you can not only catch ghosts, but also help find relatives!"
The women surnamed Li and Zhou neither watched live broadcasts nor variety shows, and did not know the identities of Gu Zhisang and the others or the "Spiritual Matters" program. It was not until the third woman's call that they realized that this group of people were actually psychic masters who could read things and communicate with spirits!
Suddenly, the expression of the woman surnamed Li became evasive.
Liu, who is good at communication, has already started chatting with the woman.
According to her, her last name is 'Dai', she is 34 years old, and she is not from 'Xiaoshi Village' but from a nearby village. She works as a stocker and cashier in this convenience store.
The little girl outside with two ponytails is her daughter.
Liu asked during the interview: "Does Ms. Dai know that there is a serious problem of missing persons in the nearby villages?"
The woman surnamed Dai smiled bitterly and shook her head. "There are kidnappings everywhere here. We pay close attention to this and teach our children not to go out alone. So even though the Internet and the news say that the security and environment in Southern Province are so bad, I don't think it's that exaggerated."
"At least in that village, I have never heard of any woman or child being abused."
Gu Zhisang, who was standing by, suddenly asked, "Sister Dai, you are not a local, right?"
The woman surnamed Dai was stunned for a moment: "How do you know?"
She has been in Southern Province for more than ten years, and her accent from her hometown has been completely lost. Many people she has met in the past two years think she is from Southern Province.
"My hometown is in the south. It's amazing that you can tell that at a glance, girl!"
In fact, Gu Zhisang did not directly see her birthplace, because the face of the woman surnamed Dai was also covered with a layer of light mist, and a lot of information was difficult to interpret.
But judging from the face of the woman surnamed Dai, her hairline at the temples, especially at the "Tiancang" position, is high and messy, and this is the "Migration Palace".
People with such a palace position at least show that their life is not smooth, but they are wandering and living in a foreign land for many years. They are not very happy in their hometown and miss home but cannot go back.
This point alone is enough to prove that the woman surnamed Dai is not a native of Nan Province.
The following words were actually said by her herself, indicating that she was from the South.
With his spiritual senses blocked and only his facial features in view, Gu Zhisang could tell from her eyebrows that she had brothers and sisters, and from the thickness of the three yins on her eyes, he could tell that she was slightly pregnant;
In addition, from the convexity and concavity of the yang points on both sides, it can be seen that she is married and her relationship with her husband is pretty good.
These most basic physiognomy terms can be accurately identified by 60% of the readers even if the people without spiritual perception have memorized the books and made a few guesses.
As for the rest, it is based on information that the person being calculated accidentally or passively reveals when he or she is surprised.
This is also the most commonly used scam method by swindlers in the society.
Da Liu asked, "Then why did you marry to Southern Province, Ms. Dai?"
Ms. Dai smiled awkwardly: "Before, a friend introduced it to me before."
She didn't really want to say it, but she still let everyone guess it during the chat.
It turns out that the woman surnamed Dai has been in Nan Province for almost twenty years.
Her family was poor and had many children. She failed to get into high school, so she left her hometown to work at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
During her first year working in the electronics factory, an older sister who worked in the same factory said she could take her to the southern province to find a job, so she followed her.
As a result, she didn't see any job after arriving there. Instead, the eldest sister introduced her to a young man from the next village, who was ten years older than her. She said that since her family didn't love her and her parents didn't care about her, she wanted to help find a good marriage for her.
The woman named Dai, who was alone at the time, was still a little girl, so she agreed reluctantly and never returned to her hometown since then.
【??? Wasn't this sister an adult at that time?! She was tricked into getting married when she was only 17 or 18 years old at most. They introduced her to a man who was almost 30 years old in the name of taking her out to work. Isn't this a lie?】
This is trafficking...
[Some netizens are surprised. I have an aunt who got married when she was 14 years old. She gave birth to my cousin when she was just 16. People who are 14 or 15 years old now are still middle school or high school students! ]
[Family members, it's terrifying to think about this. If Sister Dai hadn't agreed at the time, she would have been alone here and who knows if she would have encountered something even more dangerous. The sad thing is that marrying this man was actually her best choice at the time.]
The contestants who heard the speech also had complicated expressions.
Daisy couldn't help asking, "Ma'am, aren't you angry and don't you miss home and your family?"
The Dai woman sighed and said, "We've been together for almost 20 years. We have two children and we've settled down here. Besides, he's been very nice to me and never hit or scolded me. What's there to be angry about?"
"If I don't marry him, I'll be living with someone else in two years. My family didn't want me when I came out to work, so even if I go back, I may not be well received by them..."
During the interview, Xi Haihong once again slowly moved to Gu Zhisang's side and asked, "Have you already reported to the Spirit Team?"
Ever since she discovered the remaining souls wandering around, she has been in a low mood and feeling depressed.
She knew very well that as a direct descendant of the Xi family, she could not easily provoke trouble with the Qianqing Sect, as this would make things very difficult for her father and the entire Xi family.
But her conscience made it impossible for her to ignore the shattered souls floating around aimlessly and quietly.
After much deliberation, Xi Haihong anonymously submitted a letter of complaint to the spiritual team, listing some of her suspicions.
Less than two minutes after the letter was sent, the spiritual team on the other side responded:
"Thank you for your information. We are following up the investigation."
Seeing that the Spirit Group was actually taking action, Xi Haihong subconsciously thought that Gu Zhisang had already tipped off the group.
Gu Zhisang: ...
She said helplessly: "Have you ever thought that the live broadcast of the program is on, and someone in the spirit group is watching it in real time."
I'm afraid that after receiving the report, the people in the spiritual group will know who wrote it.
There was also a message on Gu Zhisang's mobile phone, which was sent to her by Zheng Ruyu.
According to the above, the officials of Xia State have always known that this place is a severely affected area for human trafficking. Every year, a large number of missing people whose whereabouts are unknown eventually appear in the South Province.
There are not only women and children, but also many adult laborers.
Local police have been cracking down on this for many years, but with little effect.
The criminal gangs here are powerful and have sophisticated methods. In addition, this place is mountainous and close to the border. Once a person is abducted, it is extremely difficult to find him/her.
It is simply a huge cancer in Southern Province.
For a long time, the authorities did not think that there were outsiders involved in these cases.
In recent years, the spiritual group has gradually discovered abnormalities.
For example, the police clearly tracked and located some criminals, but as soon as they entered several border areas in Southern Province, they completely lost contact and disappeared.
After investigation, the spiritual team was also able to confirm that there were shadows of metaphysical methods behind these large-scale trafficking gangs.
But they have no clue how to crack and capture him.
For example, after in-depth investigation, they learned that some wealthy business circles in Southern Province believed very much in a kind of deity that had only become popular in Southern Province in recent years.
This god's name is 'Su Shen', also known as 'Thousand-Faced God'.
It is said that if you worship it devoutly, it will be very effective and manifest powerful power to fulfill your wishes.
However, there are no records or legends of such a statue either in metaphysical texts or in the Xuanmen spiritual group.
Its sudden rise is somewhat strange.
When Zheng Ruyu learned that the "Spiritual Affairs" program crew was coming to Southern Province to help the people in Jiasai find their relatives, the first thought in his mind was to see if Gu Zhisang could be a breakthrough point.
After replying to Zheng Ruyu's message, Gu Zhisang raised his head when he heard the noise.
Several young and middle-aged men appeared in the field of vision. "Hey! What are those people over there doing?"
After receiving the news from Sister Li, several young men hurried out from the village with unfriendly looks. The leader was probably in his forties with dark skin.
He glanced at the camera, smiled, walked forward, and shook hands with Liu:
"Hello, brother. I am the head of Xiaoshi Village. My name is Chen Xiangbiao."
Without waiting for Liu to explain, Chen Xiangbiao said:
"I know what you are asking for. I also know this girl's family. They came to our village to collect dried mushrooms more than 20 years ago. They have been looking for her for many years after she was lost. Poor girl."
"To be honest, our village has helped mobilize several times, and we really don't know where the little girl was abducted to. But since we are guests, you are also considered online media. Why don't you go to the village and take a look?"
The director team discussed it and agreed with Chen Xiangbiao's words.
The group followed the village chief and several village officials for two rounds and found that the construction of Xiaoshi Village was indeed very good. Every household’s house had a fence and the roads were clean and flat.
Although Zheng Xiaoyan's information was not found, Chen Xiangbiao dragged him to take pictures of many fruit trees and greenhouses in the village.
More than half an hour later, Chen Xiangbiao said, "I still have some official business to attend to. If you stay in the village tonight, I will entertain you."
After he left, Liu asked:
"How do you feel? Have you found anything new or found any clues since you came to the place where Zheng Xiaoyan went missing?"
But the contestants all said no.
It would be a lie to say that Zheng Xiaona and her family were not disappointed with the result. They even felt a sense of despair that they might never find Yanyan again in this lifetime.
Zheng Xiaona's face was bitter, and she said in a hoarse voice:
"We are actually prepared, and we know that this request for help is a bit unreasonable, but I will not give up looking for my sister. I cannot forget the mistake I made due to my negligence back then."
"At the same time, I also hope that even if we can't find Yanyan and our family can't be reunited, she can live a happy life in another place."
"I'd like to thank the "Spiritual Matters" program team and all the masters. I'm sorry to have caused you any trouble."
Liu: "Okay, then this extra round has come to an end. Unfortunately, we were unable to find the whereabouts of Zheng Xiaoyan until the end, and were unable to reunite the family of the person seeking help."
"The following is a photo of Zheng Xiaoyan, the youngest daughter of the Zheng family. She was born in 1990 and went missing when she was 7 years old. She is now 32 years old. If any of the viewers who are watching the show or the live broadcast have seen her or know her, please contact our program team. We would be very grateful."
While he was speaking, the program team played some photo excerpts in the live broadcast room.
Above are photos of Zheng Xiaoyan from the age of four or five to seven. Although the picture quality is blurry, you can still tell that she is a beauty.
For a moment, many viewers expressed their regret in the live broadcast room.
Liu added: "Today at 6 o'clock this afternoon, the second voting channel for the top 5 will be opened again. Please cast a vote for the strongest master in your heart!"
After reading the script, the live camera was turned off amid heated discussions among the audience.
Everyone looked at each other and decided to leave.
At this moment, Gu Zhisang raised his head slightly and pointed to the distance, "Is that also a village over there?"
The place where they were now was the northernmost part of Xiaoshi Village. There were not many residents and it was adjacent to a ditch and stream. Further away were some shaded trees and they could vaguely see houses behind the shade of the trees.
Zheng Xiaona took a look and nodded, "That's Xiaoyan Village. The sister Dai just now is from this village."
Gu Zhisang took two steps forward and said, "I want to go over and take a look. If you want to leave, don't worry about me. I can go back by myself."
As she spoke, she walked towards the shade of the trees.
Zheng Xiaona raised her voice and said, "Master Gu, it seems that these two villages are not connected. There is a wall in the middle, and you have to go around it from the main road outside."
She and her family and friends have been here several times, but the villagers also said that there is no way through here, and they didn’t find any way to pass through here.
But Gu Zhisang ignored the voice behind him.
She took out the box of white jade chess pieces she usually used from her backpack. With a flick of her fingertips, the black and white chess pieces fell into the surrounding mud with arcs of light, and as they burst out, they seemed to bounce off the surrounding gray air.
The others looked at each other, and after a while, several contestants raised their feet almost at the same time and followed Gu Zhisang's figure forward.
Da Liu hesitated for a moment, coughed lightly and said, "Why don't you go back first? I'll stay in touch with the contestants and the director to prevent them from getting lost and unable to find their way out."
The guy holding the camera and two other auxiliary staff members shook their heads and said they wanted to follow too.
This look at Gu Zhisang must have discovered something. If he did dig up some exciting news, they would not be able to see it if they left.
Li Chenghe on the other end of the line: …
"Just follow along, but protect the equipment."
"By the way, remember to turn on the recording function of the backup camera."
When the crowd disappeared into the shade of the trees, the man who was hiding behind the second-floor window in a nearby western-style building took out his phone and the other party answered in a panic:
"What should we do, Brother Biao? Those guys really ran into the woods! Will they find anything?"
Inside a house, the earthen house looks ordinary from the outside but is magnificent inside.
Chen Xiangbiao, the head of Xiaoshi Village who was kind and enthusiastic not long ago, was still wearing his gray work clothes and luxury brand slippers. He looked gloomy and impatient and said:
"You coward, the 'goods' have been shipped away, so what can they do even if they find something? We are law-abiding citizens! Damn you, a bunch of nosy outsiders, call the people over there and tell them to close the door tightly and keep their mouths shut."
"If anyone leaks any information, we will all die together!"
The man on the other end nodded in panic, "Yes, yes! The goods have been dealt with, haha, these idiots are late! Don't worry, Brother Biao, I've already told them."
"Those are the people... I saw on the Internet that they are very powerful. I wonder if they can really find out?"
Chen Xiangbiao snorted coldly: "Be brave, we have masters protecting us. Those masters told us to relax and we won't be found out. When have we ever had any problems in all these years? It's all because of the true God's blessing. Can these charlatans pretending to be gods on the Internet be more powerful than the true God?"
After hanging up the phone, he continued to dial another number in annoyance.
The person who had been out of contact for nearly a day finally answered the phone, speaking in a slurred, strangely accented Xia dialect: "What's wrong, Brother Chen?"
Chen Xiangbiao yelled, "Where have you been, you old bastard? I called you all the time yesterday!"
The foreigner on the other end said, "When we were crossing the border, we were entangled by the Xia Country police and we just got away."
"Where's the goods?"
"We are currently counting the items. They haven't officially been sold out yet."
Chen Xiangbiao: "Were you blind yesterday? You took my son and daughter with you when you took the goods! I told you not to move the goods. Pick out our two children and take care of them. I have something to do here and can't go over right away..."
He got furious when he mentioned this.
Last night, when an overseas partner came to the village to pick up the "goods", the family members did not take good care of the two children, allowing them to run away laughing and playing.
No one knew what that stupid foreign trafficker was thinking, he actually kidnapped his two children as their "goods".
When Chen Xiangbiao's family found out, it was too late and the phone was unreachable. He was so anxious and angry that two blisters appeared on his mouth.
You know, maybe it's because he did too many of these things that are detrimental to offspring, although Chen Xiangbiao has made a lot of money and is doing well in recent years, he just doesn't have any children.
She had no idea how many lovers she had and how many times she went to the hospital, but she just couldn't get pregnant. The elderly people in her family even thought that the Chen family was going to have no descendants.
They finally had a pair of twin brother and sister, who were the Chen family's treasures. Since they were abducted, his wife and parents have been crying all night.
Chen Xiangbiao had originally thought of secretly going over to pick up the child tonight, as overseas was not a safe place after all.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Xiaona, who had been clinging to their village like a dog-skin plaster, came again, this time with some contestants from the "Spiritual Affairs" program, and started a live broadcast with tens of millions of eyes watching behind her.
He had no choice but to suppress his anxiety and remain silent, cursing Zheng Xiaona, Gu Zhisang and others countless times in his heart.
In fact, Chen Xiangbiao felt a little uneasy at first, but it happened that a batch of "goods" that had been piled up yesterday had just been distributed and sold. Now there was no evidence left in the village, and they couldn't see anything.
In addition, when the people from the program team arrived, he immediately called the phone number above. The master who was protecting him told him not to be afraid and that these minions from the program team were not enough.
Chen Xiangbiao, relieved, stood up, washed his hands, and respectfully took out a statue of a deity as long as his arm from behind a red cloth, and prayed in a mysterious voice:
"Lord Sushen, may Xiaoshi Village continue to be prosperous and wealthy. My son, please come back as soon as possible..."
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In the other forest, Gu Zhisang had failed twice.
After turning around twice, she came to a wall again and there was no way forward.
She frowned slightly. After her spiritual sense was obscured, she could no longer sense the correct airflow and magnetic field around her. The positions of the eight trigrams were also chaotic, so naturally she could not solve or break the formation.
But after two trials and errors, she had gradually formed a correct Bagua Four Symbols in her mind by arranging the wrong directions.
After taking a deep breath, Gu Zhisang, holding the few black and white chess pieces between his fingertips, shot out again and walked to the right.
The staff members and Liu behind him looked a little tired, especially the guy carrying the camera.
He panted and whispered, "Could Sister Gu have made a mistake? We've been walking for half an hour..."
However, before he could finish his words, Gu Zhisang in front of him turned again and stopped.
This time, a path appeared in the wall that was supposed to be seamless!
There is a connection between the two villages.
Liu and the staff all stared with wide eyes, using spare palm-sized cameras to record this magical moment, "Where is this road?!"
Zheng Xiaona was also extremely shocked.
The rest of the contestants looked solemn.
When they saw this scene, they realized that the problem might be with the entire Xiaoshi Village!
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I laid the main plot today, and I will try to finish the case tomorrow~
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