The driver thought for a long time before saying, "You may not be able to find him if you go to Baiyanggou now. He should be in the office of the supply and marketing cooperative at this time! The supply and marketing cooperative here closes at 8 pm, but the office staff get off work at 6:30. It's only a little after 3 o'clock now, so he should still be in the office."
After asking about the location of the supply and marketing cooperative, Qin Ye pulled Ye Qing forward.
Ye Qing tugged at his sleeves: "Let's go find Ding Lanhua first while he's not at home! Aren't you afraid that he might hide Ding Lanhua if we alert him?"
Qin Ye smiled and said, "My wife is quite smart! Let's go to the village, and hurry up! That driver is unreliable. It's not easy to buy a wife in such a remote area, and I'm afraid the driver will tell on us, so we have to move fast!"
Look around, is there any trace of the ox cart?
Ye Qing was a little hesitant: "Should we run over there? If the driver really wants to tip off, our two legs won't be enough!"
"So, we must split up into two groups. You go to the supply and marketing cooperative and wait. If the driver goes there to tip off the police, you kill him at the cooperative. I will go to Baiyanggou to look for Ding Lanhua."
After thinking about it, he was still worried, so he reminded Ye Qing: "It doesn't matter if you really can't hold him back. Your safety is more important. If you really can't hold him back, take this to the commune's armed forces department and say that Qin Ye, the commander of the 32nd Regiment of the Northwest Army, is rescuing people and needs support!"
Ye Qing took the letter of introduction and ID he handed over and nodded vigorously: "Okay! Then you should be careful too!"
Qin Ye smiled, waved goodbye to her, and walked towards Baiyanggou.
He had long legs and took big steps, so without Ye Qing holding him back, he finished the two-hour journey in less than an hour and a half.
He did not forget to take off his military uniform and change into casual clothes halfway through the journey, and when he entered the village he asked where Yang Tianyuan's home was.
Just as he thought, the people here were very vigilant. When they saw a stranger asking about Yang Tianyuan's home, and also because Yang Tianyuan had just brought back a wife from outside, the villagers immediately became alert.
"Who are you? What do you want to do with Yang Tianyuan?" An old man in his fifties looked Qin Ye up and down with a wary look in his eyes.
Qin Ye grinned: "Uncle, I am his distant cousin, working in the provincial capital, and I haven't been back for many years. I heard that he went to buy some rare items some time ago, and I want to ask him for help."
The man still did not let down his guard and looked at Qin Ye: "Are you his distant cousin? Why haven't I heard that he has a distant cousin in the provincial capital?"
Qin Ye smiled helplessly: "I knew that kid wouldn't say it! How do you think he got the job of director of the supply and marketing cooperative? If it weren't for me and my dad, how could he have gotten the job of a gunman?"
"Of course he won't tell you. If he did, you would all have to go to him to smooth things over!"
Come to think of it!
When Yang Tianyuan found a job at the supply and marketing cooperative, everyone in the village was talking about how a second-rate guy like him could be so lucky. It turned out that he had connections in high places!
The old man then grinned, with a warm smile on his face: "So he is really my cousin! Haha, I knew it! This guy has only been working for a few days, how come he has enough money to buy a wife? I heard that he spent a lot of money! That wife looks...tsk tsk, so beautiful!"
"Go quickly! Go forward from here, the most dilapidated house at the entrance of the village is his! Really, he is so rich but he is reluctant to renovate his house."
"He shouldn't be off work yet. Wait for him at his house. He'll be back after dark."
After Qin Ye said goodbye to the old man, he ran straight to the most dilapidated house at the entrance of the village.
Qin Ye realized after he got closer: This house is really shabby! It is still an adobe house, and the adobe has a lot of alkali falling off. The thatched grass at the door is pressed down low, as if it will be blown down by a gust of wind.
The courtyard wall was very low, and Qin Ye climbed over it without any effort.
When he approached the adobe house, he heard a woman's moans and the rattling of iron chains. He knew without thinking that Ding Lanhua was locked in the house.
He kicked the wooden door open, and the whole house shook, filled with a musty and foul smell.
When his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he saw a woman with disheveled hair tied up with iron chains. There was only a small piece of straw under her, and the straw was covered with excrement.
Right next to the thatch there was a broken bowl with some food in it, but it was so black that you couldn't tell what it was.
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