When he returned to the county government in the evening, Yun Yaru had some simple ideas about the east side of the Qushui River.

However, before she could finish drinking the tea in the cup, footsteps came from outside.

"But what happened?" Yun Yaru gently put down the teacup.

"Sir, a common man came to the yamen to report the case, saying that his four-year-old nephew and grandson suddenly disappeared. The child's parents searched for the afternoon and asked about his relatives and friends nearby, but no one saw him." A thin yamen runner ran in rashly.

"Who is his child who is here to report the case? Where is he now? Take this county to see." Yun Yaru hurriedly stood up from her seat.

"The people who came to report the case were the village chief and his son, and the missing child happened to be the grandson of his second brother's eldest son, and the only seedling of the eldest son of the second brother of the Shicun village chief. Because the child suddenly disappeared, the village chief's second brother and sister had fainted on the bed." The yamen runner briefly told Yun Yaru on the road, what he had just learned about.

These damn human traffickers were so developed in Yunyaru's previous life that they had not yet been able to catch them, let alone in this backward ancient times, which was even harder to find. I don't know how many families in the entire Qitian Kingdom had destroyed their families because of their reasons.

Think about it, some ordinary people finally hope that the child will be born, but because of this reason, the child leaves his parents since childhood. Because of the disadvantages of care, the child's mother is likely to be disliked by the in-laws and live in guilt all their lives. Some in-laws will make this statement about it if they have something to do, and the child's mother and son may be told to be too straightened to the point.

It seems that when the case is over, she will write down the anti-accusation knowledge she saw on the TV network in her previous life with a pen on paper, and then find an opportunity to ask the village chiefs to call the county government to tell them about these anti-accusation knowledge so that they can promote the people after they go back. Although it cannot completely eliminate human traffickers, it can also help children's parents strengthen their awareness of prevention.

"Sir, these two are the ones who come to report the case."

Yun Yaru followed her eyes to a thin man and a middle-aged man with beards. She thought she was the one who reported the case by the yamen runners.

"Sir, please help us find our cousin, grandson, and cousin." As soon as the two saw the county magistrate, they seemed to see the last hope.

"Sijiu went to invite Painter Tong and asked him to bring paper and pen when he came over." Yun Yaru ordered Sijiu who was standing beside him.

"It's young master, I'll go here." Sijiu walked out quickly in response.

"I wonder who is the village chief of Shicun?"

"Sir, Caomin Shidong is the village chief of Shicun." The middle-aged man with a beard, "The next person is Caomin's second son Shi Qingshan."

"How did you find out that the child is missing? Where did you find?"

"At that time, Xiao Shitou went out with his friends. Caomin and his second brother thought Xiao Shitou would not run far, and they usually played with their friends, so they didn't take it to heart.

But at noon, the eldest nephew and daughter-in-law of Caomin's second brother's family had prepared the meal, but still did not see Xiao Shitou come back. Only then did they find something wrong and sent people to search around our village, but there was still no sign of Xiao Shitou.

Caomin's second nephew's second nephew's family, the second sister-in-law, the eldest nephew's daughter-in-law, and the second brother Caomin fell ill in the bed. They couldn't come, and the others were still looking for him. Caominsheng was the eldest grandfather of Xiaoshitou, and the village chief of Shicun, so he asked his second son to come to the yamen to report the case." Shi Dong's voice was a little hoarse.

At this moment, Sijiu and Master Tong walked in.

"The painter Tong is here just right. Let Shi Dong describe the characteristics of the small stone to you. When the portrait of the small stone is available, we hope to find someone bigger."

Painter Tong nodded, took out the paper and pen and sat down and prepared to start painting.

Shi Dong looked at the movements of Master Tong without blinking. In the middle, Master Tong asked Shi Dong some questions that were confused, sometimes making him feel that Master Tong was not painting people, but animals. After almost a quarter of an hour, Xiao Shitou's portrait was outlined under Master Tong's pen.

When Mr. Tong knew that Shi Dong was anxious to see it, he immediately showed the portrait to Shi Dong and his son, "You two see where there is any modification on it, so I can draw another one for you."

After some comparison and modification, the portrait of Xiao Shitou was finally completed.

"Dad, look at the little stone on this portrait is actually eight or nine percent like a real person."

"You can't be wrong, this person is Xiao Shitou." Shi Dong nodded.

"Sir, can you give us the picture that Master Tong painted before?" Shi Dong was very nervous, afraid that he would refuse.

He also knew that finding someone was slim, but when he saw the county magistrate doing this, he always felt that there was a glimmer of hope in his heart. Even if he couldn't find it, if he could get a portrait back, it would make them have a thought.

"Yes!" Yun Yaru agreed without thinking. After all, compared to the current portrait, the previous one was only six or seventy percent like.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Shi Dong was very grateful.

He was very happy that the two of them just praised Mr. Tong's painting skills, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Can you see a stranger appearing in your Shicun today?" Yun Yaru thought for a while.

"It seems that there is no." Shi Dong was a little uncertain, and turned his head and looked at his son again.

"Dad, I didn't notice it either."

When Yun Yaru saw their anxious appearance, she frowned slightly. It seemed that the possibility of being abducted by human traffickers was relatively high. After all, the child would not be lost for no reason, and it was not necessarily in their village.

...

After the reporter left, Yun Yaru asked Painter Tong to draw a few more pictures, so that it would be convenient to find someone at that time.

"Brother Zhan, you will have someone post these portraits tomorrow. Will anyone recognize them when you see them?"

"Brother Bai, you took a group of yamen runners to Shicun and conducted a field investigation on Xiao Shitou's actions at that time. Can you find some clues when you see them?"

Yun Yaru arranged two things in succession, and then sent the painter Tong who had just finished painting the portrait, and then stood up and moved a little.

But Yun Yaru felt a little strange about this matter. After all, these children are fine when they play outside, so why did something happen today? It is impossible for no one to be around a village, so why didn’t anyone notice it as soon as possible?

"Yes!" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang responded immediately.

...

Mu Zehao walked in, "I heard that someone came to report the case and said that a child was missing."

"Yeah." Yun Yaru nodded.

"Ru'er, what good way did you think of to find a child?" Mu Zehao saw that there was no one else in the room, so he called out the name Xin Xinniannian in a low voice.

Yun Yaru rolled her eyes speechlessly. She was almost scared by him just now. Fortunately, there was no one else in the room except her and Mu Zehao.

"Be careful in the future, I don't want everyone to know."

"Don't worry, I'll pay attention."

Only then did Yun Yaru remember a sentence that even men could believe the words and sows could climb up trees.

"I'm going to have dinner tonight. After dark, I'll secretly go to the neighborhood of Shicun to see if any of the abnormal children will cry."

"You suspect that the little stone may still be in the stone village." Mu Zehao thought for a while and said.

"This is not a big chance, I just want to go and have a look." Yun Yaru said.

"Since that's the case, the child has been lost for a while, so we might as well act in two ways." Mu Zehao nodded. "Okay, I understand what you mean, which is to strengthen the guards of the city gates. If those people want to secretly take the child out of Cangxian for sale, we will use this to detain them."

"But although the method you mentioned is feasible, if they hide these children in a secret place, it will probably be a lot of trouble for us to find them."

"Your worries are not unreasonable." Mu Zehao nodded.

"What I worry most now is that the human trafficker was originally a villager in their stone village."

"It's impossible!" Mu Zehao was a little disbelief.

He was still more inclined to those people who were from other villages. After secretly observing, he finally chose this child named Xiao Shitou.

Why did Yun Yaru feel something wrong? It turned out that Hongye came in and brewed them with tea again.

"I just hope that no children are missing in other places in Cang County for the time being, otherwise it would be much more troublesome to find the children, and the chances of finding them are greatly reduced." Yun Yaru sighed.

"Young Master, Mr. Chu, the food has been prepared. Do you want to bring the food to you?"

"No need, let's go over and have a meal with everyone." Yun Yaru shook her head.

"I don't know what delicious Hongye cooked for us tonight?" Yun Yaru couldn't help but tease her.

"Young Master, the food tonight is very simple, it is wontons made of wild vegetables and meat."

...

At this time, the moon was already on the treetops.

"Brother Chu, it's time for us to set off now!"

"Okay!" Mu Zehao nodded, very satisfied. He didn't sway around this time. After a while, he arrived at Shicun and arranged the secret guards out, which would be even more perfect.

He did not pay attention to Yun Yaru's name to him.

The two quickly used their light skills to leave the county government. The street outside was silent because the two of them were targeting Shicun tonight, and they did not stop in the middle.

Yun Yaru and Mu Zehao soon appeared outside the Shicun, and they began to slow down.

In Shi Village, the two of them did not hear crying, but when they were passing through a thatched hut, the sound of their speech attracted their attention.

The two of them quietly climbed over the fence and came outside the thatched hut.

"I heard today that the village chief went to the county government to report the case in person." A woman's voice sounded.

"So what if I report the case to the yamen? No news has come." A man's voice said indifferently.

"I'm worried, after all, it's the first time we did this."

"What are you going to worry about? Look, Old Man Li from the next village is still fine now. When the limelight comes, we won't have to live in this thatched hut with air leaks everywhere."

"You are right. I didn't expect that we could earn twenty taels in one go. I didn't dare to think about this before."

"Why did their family have conflicts with us? I felt relieved when I saw their family like this."

The woman was still happy and wanted to go to the county town to buy new clothes and rouge and powder.

"When we can do a few more orders like this, we can think about Qingfu."

"When you buy a few more maids and servants to come back to serve you, you won't be too happy that day, it's just as beautiful as you think about it."

After hearing this, what else did Yun Yaru and Mu Zehao not understand, but it is still unknown whether they were related to Xiao Shitou's loss.

Yun Yaru felt in her heart that it was very likely that the two of them would take away Xiaoshitou, which was also the reason why others did not notice it.

The two of them looked at each other and quickly left the place, but they made a gesture in the direction where the secret guard was located before leaving, and Qingying stayed.
Chapter completed!