Upon reaching the city gate, Tian Li, the soldier guarding the city, saw Zhao Qingyan, a young girl, leaving the city and gave her a few special instructions.
"Young lady, why did you leave the city alone? It's very unsafe to be in the desolate wilderness outside the city."
If there's no urgent matter, you should go back first, and then leave the city with the adults in your family later.
"Thank you, Brother Cha, don't worry."
I just wandered around the city gate to greet my great-uncle's family; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to find my house.
Seeing that Zhao Qingyan was very calm, and thinking that she was not a reckless child, Tian Li nodded and let Zhao Qingyan leave the city.
Tian Li kept his eyes on Zhao Qingyan, afraid that such a fair-skinned little girl would be snatched away by a big bad wolf.
Li Si, who was guarding the goal with him, nudged Tian Li with his elbow and asked, "Brother, you've got your eye on that little girl?"
Tian Li was displeased upon hearing this.
"Don't say things like that. I'm just saying this because that girl is pretty. Things haven't been very peaceful lately."
Many young girls and boys have gone missing in many places.
I'm afraid that girl might also be targeted.
So I reminded them to keep an eye on things later, just in case something unexpected happens.
Upon hearing this, Li Si abandoned his joking intentions.
"Brother Tian, who did you think kidnapped those kids?"
Tian Li really wanted to pat this dog's head.
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"
"If I knew who had done those despicable things, I would report it to our prefect immediately. Would I still be here guarding the gate, braving wind and rain?"
Li Si chuckled a few times.
"Yeah, why did I ask such a stupid question?"
He's definitely a kidnapper, utterly depraved, and does despicable things. He's destined to be childless, and his children may be born without an anus.
While Li Si was happily making sarcastic remarks, the two men who had just followed Zhao Qingyan to the city gate glanced at Li Si, their eyes filled with an ambiguous light.
The two calmly walked out of the city.
After walking about twenty meters out of the city gate, he stopped and looked around for a long time but couldn't see Zhao Qingyan.
The shorter one said,
"Damn it, where did that little girl run off to? Did she realize we were following her and hide?"
The other fat man glanced back warily and lowered his voice,
"Keep your voice down, don't let those gatekeepers hear us. Let's move forward a bit more, at least until we're out of their sight."
The city gate is completely empty; look carefully, and you're sure to find that little girl.
Zhao Qingyan, who was being targeted by these two people, had just taken out a shovel from her spatial storage.
They're digging a hole behind a patch of tall grass on the right side of the city gate.
Because of their great strength, they dug the pit very quickly. It wasn't very high to begin with, but now they're throwing dirt up from inside.
From a distance, you really can't see the little girl working behind the wormwood.
The size of the pit seems about right.
Using the shovel, Zhao Qingyan leaped out, placed the bucket of dirty water into the pit, and quickly backfilled it with soil.
Digging holes is fast, and backfilling is even faster.
They quickly filled the hole, and the person stood on it and jumped around a few times.
Worried that someone might see the fresh soil and think it contained some buried treasure, he tore off some dry grass from the side and threw it on top.
He stored the shovel in his spatial storage. He clapped his hands and swayed as he walked towards the city gate.
She hadn't gone far when she ran into the fat man and the short man who were looking for her.
A greedy glint flashed in their eyes as they stared at Zhao Qingyan, as if weighing her up as merchandise. Zhao Qingyan found their gazes utterly disgusting.
I didn't want to bother with him, but the short guy rubbed his hands together.
"Little beauty, where are we going? Why don't you come with your brother? I promise you'll live a life of luxury."
After saying that, he reached out to touch Zhao Qingyan's face.
Zhao Qingyan slapped it away.
The dwarf felt as if the bones in the back of his hand were broken, and he screamed in pain.
The fat man next to him quickly covered the short man's mouth.
"Keep your voice down, aren't you afraid of attracting the soldiers or something?"
The short man nodded, tears streaming down his face from the pain, and only then did the fat man release him.
If an ordinary girl encountered this situation, she would generally have two reactions: either run away as fast as she could while the fat man was covering the short man's mouth, or scream for help.
Zhao Qingyan stood with her arms crossed, watching the two interact back and forth.
The fat man felt very uncomfortable seeing Zhao Qingyan's calm and collected demeanor.
"Little girl, if you know what's good for you, come with us brothers, or don't blame us for not being gentle with you."
Zhao Qingyan sneered.
"I didn't realize you two trash could be so chivalrous. Did the sun rise in the west?"
"You think you can make me go with you? No way! I'll see just how heartless you two are."
The fat man was furious. "You're asking for it."
After speaking, he stretched out his hand into a claw and attacked Zhao Qingyan's neck.
Zhao Qingyan dodged to the side, quickly grabbed the fat man's wrist, and with a slight force, snapped his wrist with a crisp crack.
With a sweeping kick, the fat man's left leg fell to his knees.
The whole process was a fleeting moment.
The short guy was still looking forward to seeing the fat guy succeed.
After dealing with the fat man, Zhao Qingyan jumped up and kicked the short man away, sending him flying three meters away.
Each person delivered a swift chop to knock the two unconscious, and then quickly stripped them clean.
They found a total of more than twenty taels of loose silver, plus two hundred-tael silver notes.
If it weren't for the fact that there were students taking exams in her family, Zhao Qingyan would have pretended to be a weak woman and let them kidnap her, and then take down their hideout.
The feeling of double-crossing is incredibly satisfying.
Reaching out and grabbing their belts, Zhao Qingyan carried them upside down to the city gate.
Tian Li had been keeping an eye on Zhao Qingyan, but in the blink of an eye, the girl had disappeared, and he couldn't go out to look for her.
I also saw these two people leaving the east side of the city, looking around. So I still have a pretty deep impression of them.
Seeing these three people dressed like this, I was really surprised.
"Girl, what...what's wrong with you?"
Tian Li was so surprised that he stammered.
“Brother Cha, these two are kidnappers. I was just about to walk a little further away when these two came over and told me to go with them.”
I refused, and they attacked me. Fortunately, I had practiced martial arts with my father and brothers since I was a child, and I managed to knock them unconscious.
"Brother, please tie them up. We'll be able to find out the whereabouts of the children they kidnapped through interrogation."
In fact, Zhao Qingyan had no idea that children had been disappearing everywhere recently.
Instead, he thought that since he could harm himself, he could certainly harm other lone individuals.
Even though I'm taller than my peers, I still look like a child who hasn't grown up.
It's safe to assume these people are abducting children.
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