Xiao Qinyun asked Qiao Qinglu and Aunt Qiu to look after the bean buns and glutinous rice balls at home. He had to go to the post office and asked Zhou Xiaohai to take him there later.
After arriving at the post office, Xiao Qinyun called the machinery factory and it was Engineer Jiang who answered the phone.
Xiao Qinyun did not mention the incident with Mantou, but only said that he had accidentally fallen off his bike yesterday, his leg bone was dislocated and he had to put it in a cast. He is still in a wheelchair and asked for a month's leave.
Engineer Jiang knew his apprentice's character well. He would not leave the front line even with a minor injury. This time, he must have been seriously injured. Look, he's in a wheelchair.
Engineer Jiang quickly told his apprentice to take good care of himself and not to worry about taking leave, and said he would come to see him after get off work.
Xiao Qinyun couldn't refuse and had to agree.
Then, Xiao Qinyun asked Zhou Xiaohai to contact his superiors. He was going to meet Feng Yuan today. He had clues and could find Mantou as soon as possible.
Zhou Xiaohai had no choice but to dial a number, said a bunch of code words that Xiao Qinyun couldn't understand, and then hung up the phone.
Zhou Xiaohai pushed Xiao Qinyun home and told Xiao Qinyun as they walked that his superiors would send a car to pick him up at the courtyard soon.
After arriving home, Xiao Qinyun told Qiao Qinglu about this matter. He wanted to take Doubao and Tangyuan with him.
Qiao Qinglu disagreed. If they wanted to go, they could go together. Outsiders couldn't understand what the kids were saying. Besides, she didn't want to stay at home alone and have wild thoughts.
Xiao Qinyun couldn't convince Qiao Qinglu, so he decided to wait until the car arrived.
After a while, a whistle sounded at the door, and Zhou Xiaohai pushed Xiao Qinyun, and Qiao Qinglu pulled Doubao and Tangyuan out.
When Zhou Xiaohai saw someone getting off the car, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Hello, Captain Liu."
Xiao Qinyun and Qiao Qinglu also said, "Hello, Captain Liu."
Captain Liu returned the salute solemnly. "Comrade Xiao, I heard you have some clues that could help us find the child as soon as possible?"
Xiao Qinyun said seriously: "Yes, but I want to see Feng Yuan first, and I also need to bring my family with me?"
Captain Liu raised his eyebrows and said, "Hello, get in the car."
Fortunately, Captain Liu and his companions came in a jeep with plenty of space, and there was no vehicle restriction nowadays, so they squeezed into the back seat, and the children sat on Qiao Qinglu and Zhou Xiaohai's laps.
The vehicle passed through the middle of the road and soon stopped at the gate of a courtyard.
Captain Liu got off the car first, followed by Qiao Qinglu and Tangyuan. Then Zhou Xiaohai helped Xiao Qinyun into the wheelchair and pushed it over.
Captain Liu walked to the gate of the courtyard. He knocked on the door cymbals three times, waited for a while, and knocked twice more. The door opened.
He walked in, Zhou Xiaohai followed closely behind, pushing Xiao Qinyun, and then Qiao Qinglu followed with the two children.
This yard is not big, it is a quadrangle with one entrance.
The person who opened the door was He Linqing. Captain Liu led them directly to the living room of the main house, and they began a formal conversation.
Xiao Qinyun asked, "Captain Liu, Feng Yuan and the others are here. Is Mantou somewhere near here?"
Feng Yuan glanced at Captain Liu in surprise. Captain Liu tapped his fingers on the table, looked at Xiao Qinyun, and said, "Yes. When Feng Yuan and his team tracked them down yesterday, they lost their tracks. After carefully checking all the nearby intersections, we've confirmed that no two-year-old strangers have been seen entering or leaving the area. The child should be in this area. We already have a map of the area and had originally planned to conduct a dragnet search today. Now, tell us about your leads."
Xiao Qinyun glanced at Doubao and Tangyuan, controlled his emotions, and said, "Okay. Mantou is trapped in the back room of a three-story courtyard. There are two square doorposts at the entrance to the courtyard. The screen wall at the entrance is carved with large trees, deer, and cranes. The second entrance is a hanging flower gate. There is an osmanthus tree in the inner courtyard, and there are swallows under the eaves of the east wing. With these clues, can we find the specific location of this courtyard?"
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