Chapter 66 Finding Clues
"Jiang Hu, what do you mean? Do you think you can just walk into my house? Hurry up and take your people out, and I will forgive you. Otherwise, I will make sure your Golden Axe Gang will pay for it."
Wang Xingwang is already over 50 years old, with a big belly and sparse hair, which is almost gone. He barely wears it in a small bun on top of his head. His face is ruddy and the tip of his nose is red, which makes him look a little funny.
Jiang Hu saw Wang Xingwang and sneered, "Mayor, be careful not to get caught off guard. In Jinwu Town, I, Jiang Hu, have never heard of anyone who can cause trouble for our Jinfu Gang. Today, I want to see who is so capable of touching anyone in our Jinfu Gang."
After Jiang Hu finished speaking, he pulled out a long bench from the servants' room on the side and sat on it, with his right leg on the bench and his right hand resting on his right knee, looking very nonchalant.
Wang Xingwang was so angry that he almost burst into curses, but soon Jiang Hu's men ran back from various courtyards.
"Brother Tiger, I didn't find it."
"Brother Hu, I didn't see anyone suspicious."
"Brother Tiger, no child was found."
Jiang Hu frowned, and his expression became more serious.
"Let's go and take a look somewhere else." Jiang Hu took the lead and walked out of the mayor's house.
The mayor was so angry that he was jumping up and down, but he couldn't do anything about Jiang Hu. He couldn't really do what he threatened Jiang Hu with. Even if he complained to the county magistrate, the county magistrate would not dare to do anything, after all, the mayor had the prefect as his backer.
"Butler, do you know why these people came to search?"
Yuan Zhong said respectfully: "Master, I heard that you are looking for a child."
"Child? What kind of child?" The mayor frowned, puzzled. When did such a big child come to their town? How come he, the mayor, didn't know about it?
Yuan Zhong shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, but I heard that a child was missing and it seems that the whole town has been searched."
"Housekeeper, go check immediately to see what kind of child Jiang Hu is looking for. Things are turbulent these days, and we can't afford to offend someone we shouldn't offend at this critical juncture."
Wang Xingwang's eyelids were twitching and he felt a little panicked. His intuition told him that something might happen.
Yuan Zhong felt that the mayor was being overly fussy. Even if the child was lost, it had nothing to do with the mayor's family, so why bother getting involved? However, since the mayor had spoken, he dared not disobey, so he bowed and said, "I understand, I'll do it right away."
Wang Xingwang narrowed his eyes and watched the backs of Jiang Hu and others as they left. He clenched and unclenched his fists.
When Jiang Hu and his men walked to the main street of the town, they met someone who had come back to report the news.
"Brother Hu, Brother Feng asked me to come back and report. We followed the tracks of the carriage out of town and tracked it all the way down. We found an overturned carriage with two people in it, but they were dead. However, we caught a driver."
"Where is the person?" Jiang Hu immediately asked in a deep voice.
"I'm on my way back. Brother Feng was afraid that you might be worried, so he asked me to come back first to report the news. I'll be back soon."
Jiang Hu couldn't wait any longer. He immediately headed towards the town entrance.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the town, they saw from afar Jiang Feng holding a man with shifty eyes. The man seemed to have a lame leg and walked with a limp, and was half-dragged and half-pulled by Jiang Feng on the snow.
"Crazy, how's the progress?" Jiang Hu shouted to Jiang Feng from a distance.
Jiang Feng quickly waved to Jiang Hu, "Brother Hu, I found a suspect. He said he had seen the young master."
When Jiang Hu heard this, a hint of surprise flashed across his face and he walked faster.
After the two met, Jiang Feng immediately handed the driver over to Jiang Hu.
"Brother Hu, this is the guy. He is not honest. I think some special methods may be needed to make him tell the truth."
The driver had already suffered a lot along the way, and when he heard that he was going to be punished, he was so scared that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"My dear gentlemen, I confess everything. I will tell you everything you want to know. Please don't torture me. I am just a coachman. Someone rented my carriage and something went wrong. I feel wronged."
Jiang Hu grabbed the driver's hair, and the driver was forced to raise his head and look at Jiang Hu.
"Tell me, is there a little boy of seven or eight years old in your carriage? He has a chubby face, rich clothes, and fair skin."
The driver did not dare to lie and immediately replied, "Yes, there was indeed a child who was captured by those two people from the interior. They wanted to take the child to the interior to sell him, but the horses were startled and the child was thrown out of the carriage. The two men also rushed down the steep slope with the carriage and died. My carriage was fine..."
"Shut up. There's no need to say anything unless you ask." Seeing the driver crying and trying to complain again, Jiang Hu interrupted him immediately.
"I ask you, where did the child go? Have you seen the child?" Jiang Hu continued to ask harshly.
The driver wiped his tears and said, "I did see her. It seems that she was rescued by a young man. As for where she went, I really don't know. Can you please forgive me, sir?"
Jiang Hu glanced at the driver to make sure he was not lying, then he loosened his grip and the driver fell into the snow.
"Crazy, go check the whole town now to see if there is a young man who has come to our town today."
Jinwu Town is already the most remote place in Da Qi. Not only is it poor and backward, but there are also few people coming here on normal days. If a strange face comes to the town, someone will definitely remember him/her deeply.
After Jiang Feng left, Jiang Hu ordered his men, "Take this driver back and lock him up first. No one is allowed to approach him until the young master is found. I will interrogate him later."
The driver begged for mercy as he was dragged along the ground, leaving two deep marks in the snow below.
Jiang Feng took his men around the town again, but did not see any young people with a child.
Besides, today is not a market day, and there are only a few people on the street, so it is not certain that you can meet him.
At this point, things have reached a deadlock again.
Jiang Feng came back and reported to Jiang Hu.
"Brother Hu, I asked, and no one saw a young man with a child. If someone had seen it, they would have told the truth. Besides, a young man with a child is already quite eye-catching."
Jiang Hu was so angry that he punched the wooden pillar on the street.
"Is it true that my cousin is missing? How can I explain this to my master and Mr. Lu when I get back?"
Jiang Hu's hair was scratched so much that it became bald, and he couldn't think of a solution for a moment.
"Why don't we go back and interrogate the driver? Maybe he missed some important clues, which prevented us from getting started?"
Jiang Feng suggested without giving up.
"This is the only way. The sun is about to set. If we can't find it, my cousin may not be alive tomorrow."
Jiang Hu sighed, and walked back with dozens of people with a dejected look.
They would never think of a temporary prison no matter how hard they tried. In their opinion, no one would be stupid enough to go to jail.
The prison was quite lively at this time. Through the door, the servants guarding the prison and Lu Jingyu inside were mocking and threatening each other.
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