Yin Fu Daojun

Chapter 19 The Taoist Priest
Seeing Xie Duan's reaction, Li Qing was very puzzled.

"Xiao Duan, what did you notice?"

Xie Duan's thoughts were clear at this time, and the idea of ​​the whole case became clearer in his mind. He already fully understood the truth of the case.

"Brother-in-law, I think I know the origin of the mastermind behind the scenes. It's just a long story, and I'll explain it to you later. Now, please order people out of the city to track down a troupe called Yixiyuan."

Li Qing looked puzzled and stared at him, completely puzzled.

But seeing his serious expression, he didn't seem to be joking, and through this period of getting along, he also knew Xie Duan's character well.

"Okay! I'll trust you!"

After all, let someone call County Captain Jiang, and let him lead the yamen to arrest the yamen servants, ride out of the city on fast horses, and intercept Yixiyuan.

Before the action, Xie Duan also made supplements to this.

"Master Jiang leads the crowd to follow Yixiyuan. If they catch up, they must not be in a hurry to arrest them. Just follow them secretly and see where they are going. Once they find a place to stay, send someone to report back."

Although Jiang Xianwei was puzzled, he didn't ask too many questions and acted according to the order.

After finishing these, Xie Duan looked at the two policemen in front of him again.

"Thank you two elder brothers, no matter how hard you work, go and find out if there are any villas built around Shanyin County, especially those located in deep mountains and old forests. Pay special attention, and report back immediately after you find out!"

After hearing his words, the two policemen couldn't help but looked at each other.

"Do as he says, go for it!"

After Li Qing had spoken, the two of them did not dare to disobey, but they couldn't help but wonder, who is the master of these two?Who are grass people?
In the future, should I listen to Mr. Li or Mr. Duan?

"Xiao Duan, among the information that the criminal confessed, it only said that it was a manor house, and the manor house, in the past, only wealthy families could afford to build it, usually in suburban mountain villages, but you asked them to check the manor house , do you suspect that the criminal did not tell the truth?"

Li Qing felt that something was unreasonable, so he couldn't help asking.

"No! His confession should be fine, but the various details in it tell me that the manor house is not an ordinary manor house."

After arranging all the important matters, Xie Duan breathed a sigh of relief.

"The man said that there are a lot of pines, cypresses and nanmu planted in the villa! Although these types of trees are also planted in the yards of some wealthy families, they are all for auspiciousness and elegance. How could they be planted in large quantities?"

"And these trees usually grow more in the deep mountains and old forests, so I guess that the manor should be built in the deep mountains. The reason why there are a lot of trees in the yard is entirely because of being surrounded by the manor. 'in it, not 'kind of' in it."

"Secondly, he said that there are giant eagles and vultures passing by from time to time in the sky above the manor. This makes it easier to understand. Giant eagles want to hunt, but there is no prey on the flat ground for them to catch."

"Furthermore, what they do is all shady activities, so the hiding place must be extremely secretive. If it is too casual, it will be easy to be discovered."

This analysis is well-founded and logical, even Li Qing has to be convinced by it, his thoughts are delicate.

"So that's it! If you're simply looking for a villa, Shanyin County has a lot of people, but if it's a villa, it's easy to search!"

Li Qing looked suddenly enlightened, thoughtful.

But then, he asked about the Yixiyuan again.

Regarding this matter, Xie Duan speculated that it was related to them based on the fact that he happened to see them perform, as well as the confessions of those criminals, as well as various abnormal situations that happened in the city.

There are juggling props hidden in the manor, small animals are locked up, and people are training at the same time. This is obviously not normal for a gang that specializes in selling children!From this, it is not difficult to see the connection with the recent events in the city. These events are not accidental.

In addition, many beggars suddenly appeared in the city, and they pretended to be ordinary people before entering the city, and then there was a street performance in a different theater, which fascinated the people in the city and attracted countless money.

Until they caught the child abductor, within half a day, the disabled beggars in the city left one after another. It just so happened that Yixiyuan also ran away together at this time. How can there be such a coincidence in the world!

Therefore, after repeated scrutiny, Xie Duan combined these two clues, and immediately came to the conclusion that there must be something wrong with the Yixiyuan.

As long as you hold them, I believe everything will come to light.

But at the same time, he was a little worried. Did Yi Xiyuan really not notice anything when there was such a commotion in the city?If it really has something to do with the people behind the scenes, would it be so easy to catch them?

……

At dusk, the setting sun was setting in the sky, which represented the end of another day, and the hawkers on both sides of the street had already started to pack up their stalls.

At the street entrance of Dongchengmen, there was a sudden burst of singing.

"Slay demons and eliminate demons, kill, kill, kill! The world is peaceful, kill, kill, kill!"

……

Passers-by followed the prestige, but saw a sloppy Taoist with a bundle and a big sword on his back, surrounded by several children, jumping up and down, singing songs.

Walk all the way, sing all the way!Sing all the way, walk all the way.

Not long after, they came outside the yamen.

"It's time, children, you can go home!"

The Taoist stopped in front of the screen wall, reaching out to touch the children around him. The children who were jumping, singing and laughing at first appeared to be very well-behaved, and they all consciously approached him.

If you look carefully, you will find that the sloppy Taoist's eyes are always closed, he is obviously blind.

The children huddled beside him, with expressions of reluctance.

"Okay, okay! Go in, go home and look for your parents and relatives. They must be very worried after being missing for so long."

The Taoist patted a child on the head and said so.

"Uncle Taoist, will we meet again?"

The child looked up at him with a naive expression on his face.

"Yes, yes! I will come and see you when I have time."

The Taoist showed a gentle smile, like a loving father.

He stepped forward leaning on a wooden stick, and said to the two yamen servants.

"Two brothers, I brought back the children who were trafficked in your county, and I will ask you to resettle them and send them home!"

The scene just now happened at the gate of the yamen, and the two yamen servants on duty in front of the gate naturally saw it clearly, so they couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Seeing him approaching to talk to him now, and looking at the children behind him, he felt suspicious.

Looking at each other, one of them simply went in to report.

"Where did you come from, a Taoist? What is your surname? Where did you come from? Where did you meet the children behind?"

Another yamen servant looked at him a few times, and couldn't help questioning him.

There have been so many things happening in the city recently, the disappearance of a child disturbed the entire yamen, and the perpetrator was finally captured, but the abducted children were not recovered.

Just at this time, the sloppy Taoist in front of him brought the children to the yamen and asked them to pick them up and send them back, but he couldn't help but doubt it.

However, Taoist didn't seem interested in answering his cross-examination.

"Pimpedao is just a wandering cloud and a wild crane. When the road is rough, he draws his sword to help! Anyway, the children have been delivered, so I will leave."

As he said that, he turned around, and while tapping the ground with the wooden stick in his hand to find the way, he took steps and prepared to leave.

"Brother Guancha, Uncle Taoist is a good man. He saved us and gave us sesame seed cakes. Please don't arrest him, please."

An older child, blinking a pair of big watery eyes, also stepped forward and said at this time.

(End of this chapter)