As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 330

Xie Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, did not answer, smiled and said "no need", wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes, and went to ask the thin monkey.

"The great immortal who is said in the city to be able to know the past and the future with miraculous abilities, is that you?"

Shouhou nodded hurriedly, "Xia Xia, please forgive me. I just want to make some money to live a better life. I don't have any evil intentions. Really, if you don't believe me, you can check it out. I am at most a deceiver. I have never harmed anyone. Absolutely." No!"

"Oh?"

Xie Zhaozhao raised his eyebrows, "You have never killed anyone, so why did I hear that someone went to the mountain to tell your fortune ten days ago, and then didn't come home for several days?"

"I really haven't killed anyone - I haven't told anyone's fortune here for more than half a month."

Xie Zhaozhao frowned: "Seriously?"

"It's all true——"

The skinny monkey was scared out of his wits by Xie Zhaozhao's two attacks. Now he did not dare to provoke and quickly confessed.

It turned out that he was a Taoist sweeping the floor at the Taoist Temple in front of Chunchuan Mountain. He was kicked out for misbehavior and was unable to live a good life, so he came up with a way to make a living by cheating and kidnapping.

Just recently, many children were missing in Qizhou City, and the government could not solve the case.

An idea struck him, and he took advantage of this incident, pretending to "give guidance" to families who had lost their children, and extort some money.

He had seen Taoist priests practice divination in a Taoist temple. They pretended to be very impressive and indeed deceived a few people.

But later he was reported to the government, and the government sent people to the mountain to search once.

Fortunately, he had a ghost in his heart and had been paying attention to everything down the mountain. He hid before the officers and soldiers went up the mountain.

Once he is investigated by the officers and soldiers, he cannot continue to deceive and abduct him.

He had been hiding elsewhere for more than half a month, and now he came back to get the hidden silver.

Xie Zhaozhao had no expression after hearing this. He picked up a branch and fiddled with the baggage beside him. Inside were some scattered silver, as well as plain silver jewelry, small and simple jade jewelry, and two red gold rings of average quality.

Looking at it, Xie Zhaozhao could imagine those families who had lost their children. The government couldn't solve the case and couldn't find the children, so they put all their hopes on this deceitful Taoist priest.

Then she gave him all the valuable things she could at home in exchange for information about the child.

Xie Zhaozhao put the baggage away.

Lu Jingrong quickly stepped forward to pick it up.

The skinny monkey looked at the baggage with eyes wide open, but did not dare to say anything more. He said weakly: "Woman, I have told you everything I know. Can you please let me go? I am eighty My mother has a three-year-old son, and she has to rely on me to live alone..."

Xie Zhaozhao smiled and said, "You are quite miserable."

"Yes!" Skinny Monkey quickly added, "My wife has also run away, and my uncle is crippled on the kang. If I don't go back, they won't be able to survive."

Xie Zhaozhao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he knocked him unconscious with a light kick.

Lu Jingrong asked: "Let him go?"

"No."

Xie Zhaozhao shook his head and said: "This man has deceived so many people and cannot be let go. Even if his family is really that miserable, it is not the reason for his deception."

"What are you going to do?"

"Send him off to the official."

Xie Zhaozhao glanced at the man and said, "Let's see how the government reacts."

"This……"

Lu Jingrong hesitated, "What if he is sent to the official and the government traces the person who sent him there? Will we be exposed? We pretended to be traveling doctors to hide our whereabouts all the way. Don't we just want people to know that we are here?" "Yes, we are. I really don’t want people to notice when I change my disguise.”

Xie Zhaozhao nodded and said: "But if the people behind the scenes pay close attention, how could they not know that there are suddenly suspicious people in the city?"

"We may not be able to hide it so that they can't detect it, but we don't have to be too cautious."

"In addition, I also want to see how the government reacts... So many children are missing, but the government can't find any clues for so long. It's really strange."

"and--"

Xie Zhaozhao lowered his head and looked at the bundle in his hand, "The money in this bundle is all scattered silver and ordinary jewelry. It is conceivable that most of the people who come to this person to ask for the whereabouts of the child are poor families. "

Why throw away children? Just throw away children from poor families.

It is indeed thought-provoking that those evildoers who rob children do not attack wealthy families.

"Just send it to the official."

Xie Zhaozhao made up his mind, "We will wait and see the government's reaction and act accordingly."

Lu Jingrong nodded, "You are still thinking carefully... My eldest brother set off earlier than us and should have arrived by now. I wonder if he has found anything? Should we look for him?"

"No need for now."

Xie Zhaozhao shook his head, "Let's check ours. Mr. Lu should be aware of it. Please contact us again when you need to contact us."

Lu Jingrong said "Okay".

So Xie Zhaozhao tied up the skinny monkey and tied it to a stone bench in the courtyard of the bamboo house.

After a while, Hongxiu and Hongxia arrived, and the thin monkey was handed over to them to be taken to the government.

Lu Jingrong had already looked at Xie Zhaozhao with admiration several times, and now he was even more surprised, wondering why this girl could be so smart.

That night, when the fake Taoist priest was delivered to the government and the four of them settled in the city, it was already very late.

The place where they settled was a simple but relatively clean small inn, just within the streets and alleys close to where civilians lived after entering the city.

Xie Zhaozhao asked the store to prepare some hot food for them. During the meal, he gave the waiter some silver and asked about the missing child and the situation in the city.

The waiter sighed when he talked about this, "I don't know where the bad guys came from. Children have been missing every month in the past six months. People with children in Qizhou City are so frightened day and night that they dare not go out."

"For this matter, the government has sent many more officers and soldiers to patrol the city."

"But the officer carrying the knife came and went, and everyone became even more flustered... I really don't know when this day will end."

Xie Zhaozhao asked: "If we haven't found any clues, aren't the people complaining?"

"That's of course...but our Qizhou parent officer has really tried his best. Over the years, he has loved the people like his own son. Everyone knows his character, and it is rare for the people to cause trouble."

"Everyone is secretly speculating that the child's disappearance was caused by some mountain spirits..." The waiter suddenly lowered his voice, "Otherwise, why did he disappear inexplicably, and no clues can be found?"

"I heard that the face of the person who snatched the child could not be seen clearly, and he disappeared without a trace in a flash. How can there be such a person in the world?"

"I also heard that the government found some strange traces and bloody bones in the valley. I'm afraid it's not the remains of the mountain spirit that ate children-"

Hong Xiu coughed and looked at the meat in the bowl with some discomfort.

Hongxia couldn't eat anymore.

Xie Zhaozhao nodded without saying anything. There was no meat in her bowl, but she ate normally with vegetables.

Lu Jingrong listened carefully, a flash of thought flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)