Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Chou Chou planned to wait for those officials to enter the town and almost reach the yard before waking them up, trying not to give them time to react.

When the officers arrived outside the courtyard and broke in directly, the seven people who had just woken up did not know what was going on and were immediately controlled.

The five thugs didn't dare to take action when they saw the officials. They just relied on their own stature to scare the abducted children and women. They really didn't have much skill.

If it weren't for the money given here that was so exciting, they wouldn't have dared to do such an immoral thing. They were already guilty, but now that they saw the official job, they had no intention of resisting at all and just surrendered.

The two women wanted to resist and escape. After all, they knew their own affairs. If they were arrested, they would basically die.

It's just that they are women after all. Even if they have some strength, how can they defeat the officers with martial arts skills? What's more, ten of them came at once, so they were captured quickly.

The children and girls in several rooms were also awake now. They were too frightened to say anything when they heard the noise outside. Even the children were subconsciously quiet.

After the officers tied up all the people outside, they broke the lock on the door and let them out.

Fortunately, it was probably because they wanted to sell them at a good price. There were no injuries on these children and girls, but they were a little weak from hunger. Maybe they were afraid that they would run away when they were full, so they didn't give them too much food.

After they were released, the girls were fine and knew where their homes were, but the children were in some trouble, especially those who were only two or three years old, and they didn't look like they could tell their homes clearly.

Sure enough, after some questioning, several older children were able to tell which county or village they were from.

Of course, it's not very specific. Some people don't even know which county or town their village belongs to. They can only tell the name of their village and the names of their parents. It's not even a given name. They are all nicknames or nicknames they are used to in the village. Number and the like.

But there are too many villages with the same name here. Some towns have two or three villages with the same name.

Fortunately, the accents of these children should be from around here, at least not too far away. As long as you send some notices to the surrounding counties and towns, if there are any missing children, someone will soon come to claim them.

Only the five little ones were in trouble. After asking for a long time, they couldn't find out the reason. They said theirs, and the children said theirs.

Ask them who their parents are, and they answer that they are their parents. Ask them the name of the village, and they answer that the village is the village. How can this be done?

Now they can only go to the mayor of Nangang Town to see if they can help. Of course, they can't just go there directly. If the mayor colludes with these people, it will be a warning.

Instead, he sent a few officials over to test the mayor's reaction. If there was collusion with these people, long-term plans would have to be made.

They were suspicious. After all, this kidnapper came in and out every day and brought back so many children and girls. Even if he kidnapped him every time and sent him out at night, someone would probably find some clues.

After the officials left, they waited for nearly half an hour. The two officials who had gone to see the mayor came back and directly explained the results of their observations.

The mayor really didn't know what these people were doing. He was already very old and was about to leave office. His ability to manage affairs was already somewhat beyond his capabilities.

In addition, people below are all competing for the position of mayor recently, so many things have been ignored.

They had just interrogated some information from the five thugs. They had been hired as thugs not long ago, just more than half a year. No one lived in this yard before, and it was only half a year ago that these kidnappers took over Bought this yard.

The original owner of this yard has gone to live in Pingjiang County in the north. He didn't come back when he signed the deed. It was signed by a dentist from Yahang, so people here really don't necessarily know the details of these four kidnappers.

At the beginning, a few people did not directly engage in human trafficking, but did odd jobs in the town.

Nangang Town is next to a main road. Anyone who takes a shortcut instead of taking the official road will take this road, so there are quite a lot of people coming and going.

The two men among them started by helping to unload and load goods. Later, they pretended to make some money and bought a carriage. They said they were helping people pull goods and would go to the surrounding counties every day.

There were even people in the town who rented their carriages, so they often went out during the day and came back late at night or at irregular times, and no one noticed any problems.

The neighbors around here are either empty, or they are relatively lonely old people, and they have no contact with them, so no one has noticed their daily life. This was asked by several official officials who were nearby.

It wasn't until these officials came that they knew what these people did, because some neighbors were far away and were surprised to say that there were people living here and they didn't even know it.

Also because they were far away, they couldn't hear the cries of children or women in the courtyard. They really didn't know that there were so many children and girls locked up inside, and they had been doing this for half a year.

After confirming that the mayor had not colluded with the people here, the official told the mayor directly about the situation here and asked him to ask if there were any missing children in the town or surrounding villages.

Although rabbits don't eat grass near their nests, just in case, maybe they did so when they first came here.

As a result, the mayor sent someone to check and found that no one from the nearby villages had ever reported a missing child or a girl at home.

Of course, it is possible that it was lost, but those people felt that there was no help here in the town, so they searched for it themselves or reported it to the county government, so there is no record here.

They couldn't find out anything for a while. With so many children and this girl, they couldn't send them back one by one, and it was unrealistic to take them back to the county seat.

Then it was decided that two of the officials would take the two women back to the county town to return to their posts and report the situation here to the county magistrate. The others would wait here first. If they were contacted by their subordinates, they could follow the clues. Arrest a group.

They did not intend to take the five thugs to the county seat, nor did they release them. They were still locked in the yard.

Although they have already been interrogated, they are still afraid that the other party will confess, so they still have to wait for the county magistrate's instructions. If they don't need to take him back for retrial, they can just put a slap on the board and show it to the public before releasing him. .

Those who are employed without committing evil and are not slaves cannot be punished along with their employers. Therefore, even if those kidnappers are sentenced to death, as long as there are no lives on their bodies, they will be locked up for a few days at most.

Seeing that they had a charter, Qingyan and the others also discussed it and helped search the surrounding villages in the county to see if there were any missing children at home.

If there is, they should be able to see that even if they have given up looking for it, there will still be people in the village talking about it, especially in a gossip gathering place. Talking for a while will inevitably bring it out, which is also a great source of conversation. So Qingyan and the others assigned four directions and started exploring some surrounding villages and towns.

There is no need to worry, since those children and girls have been rescued now, at least there is no risk of being sold to other places.

As long as the county magistrate concludes the case and posts notices in the villages and towns, the villages and towns should soon know that those who have lost their children will soon find them.

Qingyan and the others searched several nearby villages, but found nothing. Instead, they heard other gossip.

Why did the Li family move back from town because their business failed, the Zhang family's daughter-in-law was unfilial, the Yang family's mother-in-law was unkind, and so on.

It seems that the two kidnappers came here yesterday to take advantage of the crowds at the Lantern Festival to kidnap the child. They have never been here before.

Qingyan suddenly thought about the sacrificial activities at Shending Mountain. They originally thought of going to meet the so-called expert today, but the incident made them forget about what happened there.

It was already afternoon, and she didn't know if she could still see it. Qingyan used her consciousness to reach the top of Shending Mountain. Fortunately, the distance was not very far, and she could reach it with her consciousness.

It turned out that the sacrificial activities there seemed to have just started. Also, some sacrificial activities were indeed not held in the morning. They were usually held in the afternoon or evening. She didn’t know the reason. It might be held in the afternoon or evening. Good communication with gods.

He looked at the old man who was wearing a robe that looked like a Taoist priest, but was indeed red in color. He was holding a branch in one hand and a sword of unknown material in the other hand, and he was turning at strange steps.

Why does this look like a practice? Could it be that this sacrificial activity is not a group of people worshiping, but a person doing something?

Then he looked at the crowd of people below, some standing or sitting staring at the man's movements without blinking.

Don't think that those above are required to kneel when performing rituals. Although there is a kneeling ceremony at this time, it is not like the Qing Dynasty, when everyone wished to kneel in front of everyone, except the emperor, who wished to call himself a slave.

In ancient China, kneeling down was only for the kings and masters of heaven and earth, and it was not done when they met. There were also specific occasions. Usually it was just a bow or body blessing ceremony.

So when the three couples knelt down to them yesterday, everyone quickly ran away. It was really a big gift.

So even if there was a ritual or some sacrificial activity going on there, the people below were not kneeling on the ground, but were forming a circle and looking at the high platform.

Qingyan feels that since she came to ancient times, she has refreshed a lot of the knowledge she saw on TV. Things in reality are different from what is shown on TV, and even what is written in history books is different.

Of course, it is possible that this world is not the same world as hers, so there will be differences.

But she thinks it should be pretty much the same. After all, historical records are also written down by people, not to mention that there have been several gaps in the middle. Many histories may not be remembered in such detail, or there may be errors.

Qingyan couldn't understand what the "master" was doing, so she told Chou Chou and others to see if they knew.

Chou Chou and Jin Yang knew immediately when they looked at it, and explained to Qingyan: "That is a priest, and he should have some inheritance. He is communicating with the heaven and earth to pray for peace and good weather. It can also be said to be a kind of sacrifice. A ritual to pray for blessings.”

Qingyan sounded a little strange, "Is there such a ritual? Aren't sacrifices only available to some ethnic minorities? They can tolerate it here and don't care?"

In her impression, offering sacrifices is equivalent to performing a ritual to a great god. The orthodoxy of the Han people should be Taoism, and even Buddhism is foreign.

Jin Yang shook his head and said: "You are wrong. Sacrifice was also practiced in the Shang Dynasty, but the name was changed later and was later called the National Master.

Although his dance steps may seem strange, every rhythm he moves can get a response from heaven and earth. Although it is weak, it is still useful.

When he made that move, the spiritual energy on Shending Mountain was also gathering, surrounding him, and then scattered on everyone in the audience.

Those people and himself should all get some benefits. All diseases will not be eliminated, but they will always feel refreshed. If they stay here often, they may even extend their lives.

Just like we are in space, the space is rich in spiritual energy. If we stay in it often, our health will become particularly good and our life span will be much longer than those who stay outside. "

Qingyan understood a little after hearing this. No matter what identity this person was, if he could communicate with the world and gather spiritual energy, he must have real abilities.

There might be something magical about this Shending Mountain. Otherwise, with so many famous mountains and rivers, why would the other party choose to do things here?

As for why so many people gathered, it should be that after giving them benefits, they would also feed back some power of merit or power of faith.

After all, there is no such thing as a free meal, there is always something to be paid for.

Now that the spiritual energy is starting to become thin, that person must find another way if he wants to continue practicing to a higher level.

Chou Chou also said that the power of merit and faith can be cultivated faster than spiritual energy, otherwise Buddhism would not vigorously develop believers.

Reiki requires spiritual veins, but faith and merit are different. These can be provided in an endless stream. As long as someone exists and helps and saves people, the power of merit will always be there.

The same goes for faith. As long as you have enough believers and keep believing in you, just like burning incense and worshiping Buddha, the power of faith will not be cut off.

This should be the most suitable path of cultivation in the Age of Ending Dharma. Of course, many sects in later generations are famous and prestigious. You are lucky enough not to encounter crooked ways. There are very few true masters.

There are also many developed by foreign forces. Nothing else. They are good at deceiving and brainwashing people. If the country hadn't been suppressing them, I don't know what they would have developed into.