Chapter 374 is missing
When Liang Minglang heard the scream at the door, he didn't bother to hide. He knocked Lou Er and the other two men unconscious and chased after them. He went in the wrong direction halfway and turned back just in time.
Xu Zhichun leaned in his arms and shook her head gently. Her eyes were hot and she realized the fear that was surging. She lowered her head and quickly wiped away her tears.
"I'm fine. Glad you came."
Liang Minglang felt even more guilty, "I'm sorry"
Xu Zhichun shook his head.
After a while, she recovered and realized that she was lying in Liang Minglang's arms. Her face flushed and she pretended to be calm and stood still. "What's going on in the yard? What is Lou Er doing? Did you see it?"
Liang Minglang's eyes darkened slightly. "There are several children imprisoned there. I suspect they are human traffickers. The Lou Er you mentioned should be one of them."
"What! Let's go and report to the police."
"good."
Liang Minglang nodded, dragged the man and woman into the lush grass and hid them, then went to report to the police with Xu Zhichun.
Recently, a number of families have lost their children and the victims have reported the case to the police. County Magistrate Lu was overwhelmed by the matter, but he did not expect Xu Zhichun and Liang Minglang to come and report the case.
County Magistrate Lu was overjoyed and immediately ordered Captain Yu to lead his men to raid the yard and arrest all the people involved.
"Mrs. Xu, Liang Minglang, I really don't know how to thank you both. You discovered it just in time!"
Liang Minglang clasped his fists and said, "We stumbled upon this by accident and stumbled upon something wrong. It's nothing serious and really not worth mentioning. Qingshui County is blessed to have a good official like Lord Lu. If there's nothing else, we'll go back first."
Liang Minglang was trying to distance himself from this matter in his words and deeds. Others might not have noticed it, but County Magistrate Lu understood it immediately.
He smiled knowingly and nodded: "This matter has nothing to do with you. Fine, I won't keep you here. Please."
"Thank you, sir."
Liang Minglang bowed to express his gratitude and left with Xu Zhichun.
"These people may have accomplices. Human traffickers are all sinister, despicable, vicious and shameless. If they knew we were the ones who ruined their business, there's no telling what they wouldn't do in secret. It's best if we don't get involved. Lord Lu should think the same."
So even though they helped the government a lot in this matter, Lord Lu would not publicly praise them, and would even order that their connection with this matter should never be mentioned again.
Liang Minglang was afraid that Xu Zhichun would feel disappointed as he had helped so much but Lord Lu did not praise him, so he made a special explanation.
Xu Zhichun didn't really think much of it. She didn't need any praise, after all, these things were dispensable to her right now. After hearing what Liang Minglang said, she suddenly understood and smiled, "Well, you're still thoughtful. That's the best!"
It is better to have less trouble than more; nothing is worse than living a peaceful and stable life.
The woman's nails had left a half-finger-long scratch on Xu Zhichun's neck. He hadn't noticed it before, but now the dark red scratch was very obvious, with a hint of dried blood. Liang Minglang raised his hand to touch it, but his hand froze and he put it down again. "Let's go to the pharmacy and buy some ointment. Does it still hurt? Fortunately, the wound isn't deep. It will heal slowly in a few days, and there won't be any scars left."
"good"
Xu Zhichun really wanted to say that she had medicine at home. After all, she had all kinds of ointments in her space, which were much better than those bought in any pharmacy. But she was afraid that Liang Minglang would ask about it and come home to see what kind of ointment it was. She didn't dare to show it to him, and would never give it to him even if she was beaten to death.
After all, he had been in the military camp before, so he might be quite familiar with various medicines for injuries. His tricks had worked on Xiao Mingxuan and the village chief, so how could he fool him? Xu Zhichun had no confidence at all.
She is still very self-aware and knows her own limitations.
After a delay, the two returned home and it was already dusk.
The atmosphere is a bit strange and depressing.
Xu Zhichun felt something was wrong, but before she could ask, Nanny Qin Qing and Muxiang hurriedly told her.
"Qiao'er is missing, and the whole village is helping to look for her!"
"The little girl is usually very well behaved. I don't know what happened. Where did she go?"
"If I run up the mountain and fall down and faint somewhere, it will be troublesome. There are mountains all around the village, how can I find it?"
“It’s getting dark.”
"well"
"Madam, would you like to go see Madam Xiaojuan? Poor Madam Xiaojuan, she fainted from crying. I don't know how worried she must be."
Xu Zhichun was shocked. "There's such a thing? When did it happen?"
"At noon, Qiao'er didn't come home for lunch. Madam Xiaojuan thought she was playing at someone else's house. But she searched all the houses she liked to go to, but couldn't find her. So she got anxious and searched the whole village, but still couldn't find her. Now—"
Xu Zhichun and Liang Minglang looked at each other in surprise and confusion.
Both of them thought of Lou Er, who was hanging out with human traffickers.
Why did Lou Er get so frightened and hide when he saw Xu Zhichun? If he really was the one who kidnapped Qiao Er, then it would make sense that he would feel guilty.
"I'm going to go see Aunt Xiaojuan."
"Zhichun!"
Liang Minglang grabbed her arm and pulled her aside, whispering, "Things haven't been confirmed yet. Don't give Aunt Xiaojuan too much hope when you tell her. I'll go to the city again tomorrow morning. Lord Lu should have confirmed news. If you say it too confidently, what if it's not true..."
It doesn't end well.
Although they both suspected that Qiao'er was taken away by the scumbag Lou Er, they had no evidence after all.
Xu Zhichun nodded. "I won't say anything nonsense. If we had known earlier, we should have gone to see those abducted children."
If Qiao'er had been there, she would have been brought back at that time.
Liang Minglang comforted her: "Who could have imagined such a thing? Aunt Xiaojuan won't blame you."
Xu Zhichun felt warm in his heart, "Yeah."
At Yang Ming's house, both Yang Ming and his son had gone out to look for someone. The wife of the headman, Zeng Xiaoyan and many other women were there. They all tried to comfort Zeng Xiaojuan. Zeng Xiaojuan sat in a daze on the chair, her eyes were red and swollen, her gaze was straight, and she looked so dispirited that she seemed half dead.
Everyone sighed secretly and felt uncomfortable.
This kind of thing would not be pleasant for anyone.
But, the child is gone and that’s it. Even if you work hard and get anxious to the point of vomiting blood, the child cannot be found immediately.
"Mrs. Xu is here!"
"Mrs. Xu is here, great!"
"Yes, yes. Madam Xu is good at talking. I'm afraid Xiaojuan can listen to a few of her words."
“Yes, yes.”
It's magical. I don't know when it started, but Xu Zhichun seemed to have become the backbone of the villagers. It seemed that as long as she was there, everyone could feel at ease and any problem, no matter how difficult, could be easily solved.
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