The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 214 Disappearance

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"Gah..." The old lecher froze, staring incredulously at the astonished old Taoist priest before him. "You used a hidden weapon???"

"Well, you are the best in the world. I admit defeat. I will never dare to stroke your beard again. Farewell..." The old Taoist priest blushed and awkwardly cupped his hands, then disappeared in a flash.

They came and went as they pleased...

"Uh... well..." The old swindler watched with amusement, "It seems my brother has secured his position as 'Number One Under Heaven,' that's good..."

"You won't tell anyone about what happened today, will you?" The old lecherous man suppressed his disgust and stared intently at the old liar.

"What happened today??? What happened today??? What happened??? I don't know anything about it???" The old swindler pretended to look around, looking completely bewildered and confused.

"That's good..." The old lecher then began to clean the filth from his head and face. It's so much easier to talk to smart people.

The old swindler deliberately avoided looking at the old lecher's pathetic state, lest the old lecher think he was gloating and do something rash to him. He was already no match for the old lecher, and now that his body was severely overdrawn, he was even less of a match for him. To rashly mock him would be asking for a beating.

"Auntie, let's eat wolf meat together..." When he got home, Yang Ming smiled slightly and invited Zhu Yuan, but there was a shadow in his heart. He knew what had happened in the village tonight, and everything that happened tonight seemed to have a strange feel to it.

It started with a pack of wolves coming down from the mountain and attacking a few hunters. This escalated to an attack on dozens, even hundreds, of villagers and tourists. While it's understandable for wolves to attack a few people, attacking a group far outnumbering them is rather strange. Wolves are, after all, wolves, wild beasts, not some intelligent species. Their instincts drive them to seek advantage and avoid harm; they wouldn't be so brazen as to attack human society…

Even more bizarrely, at the wolf pack's howl, all the villagers and tourists suddenly rushed out. This seemed like a pre-arranged event, more like a large-scale performance by a performing arts troupe...

Regardless of what the tourists think, Yang Ming was certain that the villagers of Zhengjia Village had absolutely no ill intentions. So, what caused them to be so brave and invincible, rushing out to help without hesitation when they saw the wolf pack appear?

"No, no..." Zhu Yuan peeked into the yard, then shook her head repeatedly with a smile.

"Uncle Zheng Yu is here too..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"Well... alright then..." Zhu Yuan stopped refusing when she heard her husband, Zheng Yu, was also there. She was a little puzzled; her husband shouldn't like joining in on this kind of fun, right? Wait, wolf meat? Why would Yang Ming's family eat wolf meat? Wasn't the plan to breed the wolves with the village dogs?

It turns out that Zhu Yuan was unaware of the wolf pack entering the village and thought the wolf meat she ate was from the wild wolves that Yang Ming had caught before...

"Yang Ming, didn't we agree to let those wolves and dogs mate? Why did you kill them?" Zhu Yuan asked in confusion.

"No, these wolves aren't domesticated. Tonight, a group of wolves came into the village, but we drove them away. The wolves we're eating are the ones we killed..." Yang Ming said.

"Oh..." Zhu Yuan's face was a little pale. "Is no one hurt???"

"No, not a single one is injured. We have guns and dogs. Our Big Grey even killed the wolf king and became the new wolf king..." Yang Ming laughed.

"Phew..." Zhu Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief and laughed, "Big Gray is really capable. It seems to be only two months old, right?"

"Hehe, as you know, it's well-fed at our house, so it's grown quite big..." Yang Ming laughed.

"Hahaha..." Zhu Yuan laughed, rolled up her sleeves, "Yang Ming, I'm going to help out. I can't just eat meat at your house for nothing. You, just do your thing..." As she spoke, she winked at Yang Ming.

The meaning is obvious: you should contact Zhang Yingning right away and talk about the anti-aging drug... She is quite interested in becoming an agent for the anti-aging drug, after all, she can make a considerable profit from it.

"Hehe..." Yang Ming laughed. "Alright, you go ahead and do your work, but don't do any strenuous tasks, or Uncle Zheng Yu will come after me..."

"Don't worry, I'm just washing dishes..." Zhu Yuan said, slowly walking towards the large pot of boiling dishes, talking enthusiastically to the person next to her.

In the dark, and with the RV making little noise, no one really noticed Yang Ming and the others returning. When they saw Zhu Yuan, they even assumed she had been there all along and greeted her warmly.

"Ya Ya, check for any abnormalities in the village..." Yang Ming's expression turned serious as he watched Zhu Yuan go to the yard to work. In his mind, he gave the order to Ya Ya.

At Yang Ming's command, an invisible wave of light instantly emanated from his ring, radiating outwards in all directions.

"Beep beep beep..." With a sharp alarm, Ya Ya's voice rang in Yang Ming's mind, "Reporting to sir, trace amounts of hallucinogenic elements have been detected in the air. They are harmless to the human body, but can increase a person's nerve sensitivity by three to five times. Any excessive behavior may lead to hallucinations... Reporting to sir, your friends Zhang Fenghuang, Liu Lili, and Zhang Yue are not in the monitored area..."

"What???" The matter of hallucinogenic elements shocked Yang Ming, but the disappearance of Zhang Fenghuang, Liu Lili, and Zhang Yue made him even more horrified.

"Retrieve the video recording of their last appearance..." Yang Ming ordered.

"Yes..." Ya Ya responded, then quickly accessed the video recordings of the entire monitoring area via the wireless network, and successfully found the videos of the three women.

"What are they doing???" Yang Ming frowned as he watched the video recording of the three women in his mind.

"Their movements are a bit stiff, somewhat like zombies from Resident Evil. It's safe to say they've been given a large dose of hallucinogens..." Ya Ya said.

"Damn it..." Yang Ming's forehead veins were bulging.

"They escaped the surveillance range by passing through the mountains and forests. It's certain that at their current direction and speed, they will be out of the mountains and forests in about an hour. At that time, the situation will probably be out of our control..." Ya Ya said.

"Are there no time limits for hallucinogens???" Yang Ming asked.

"Based on my tests, the hallucinogenic elements in the air will completely wear off in another hour, and Ya Ya suspects that the master's friend was also under the influence of the same hallucinogen..." Ya Ya said.

"So, the other side has already calculated the timing? They won't wake up when they leave the mountains?" Yang Ming said in a deep voice.

"I'm afraid that's how it is..." Ya Ya said.

"Can we find the bastard who released the hallucinogens?" Yang Ming asked.

"Yes, but that person has already been killed by Grandpa Du..." Ya Ya said.

"Is that the glib-tongued Japanese guy???" Yang Ming said coldly.

"Through analysis, we found that the Japanese man wasn't just being glib; he was using his speech to send a psychological suggestion. Luckily, Grandpa Du was skilled and had a strong will, otherwise he would have definitely fallen for his trick..." Ya Ya said solemnly.

"You're really asking for it! I just wanted a few days of peace and quiet..." Yang Ming clenched his fist. "Is that even a luxury? It seems I won't let you know until I really hurt you that some people are not to be trifled with..."

With a casual wave of his hand, Yang Ming conjured up hundreds of enormous spotted dogs. Since it was pitch black all around, their sudden appearance went unnoticed. Even if it did attract attention, people would instinctively assume the dogs had appeared from somewhere else, since everyone knew Yang Ming kept a large number of spotted dogs…

"Go, bring Phoenix, Lily, and Zhang Yue back to me..." Yang Ming said softly.

As soon as Yang Ming finished speaking, the puppies, having received their master's order, immediately vanished into the darkness like ghosts, disappearing without a trace.

"Now, I need to buy surveillance cameras. I need a lot of surveillance cameras. I want to install surveillance cameras all over China, and even all over the world..." Yang Ming said to Ya Ya.

"That would require a lot of gold coins..." Ya Ya was a little troubled. If she wanted to monitor the whole world, the number of surveillance cameras she would need to buy would be considerable, and the amount of gold coins she would need to spend would be astronomical.

"Sell the snake and the dragon egg together..." Yang Ming said decisively.

"But, it's not certain whether a snake that eats a dragon egg will evolve into a dragon. If it doesn't evolve, our reputation will plummet..." When the time came, it was Ya Ya, the one who initially proposed it, who backed down.

"Tell them about the potential problems, and let them decide whether to buy or not..." Yang Ming said decisively.

"Yes, sir..." Ya Ya quickly replied and went to handle it. However, there were no native Earth snakes being raised in the farm space. But Yang Ming had snake eggs in his hands. These were not something he had deliberately found, but rather food left over from Meow Meow. He had snatched four of them from Meow Meow's mouth and kept them in the west wing. In this cold weather, he didn't know if they had frozen or if they could still hatch.

Yang Ming entered the courtyard, smiling and greeting everyone busy there. Then he went into the west wing, took out a tattered cardboard box from a broken jar, and opened it. Inside were eggs of different sizes. Some were as white as jade, while others had dark brown spots. These were all brought back from the mountains by Miaomiao, the strange cat that only ate caged birds. It wouldn't harm the birds in the forest, but it wouldn't spare their eggs. Perhaps in its eyes, these eggshells were a special kind of cage...

After testing, Ya Ya found that these eggs contained creatures unsuitable for breeding, including eagles, hawks, falcons, woodpeckers, owls, lizards, and more.

It would be a real shame to let the cat eat them. Keeping them in the farm space would take up space and wouldn't be of much use, especially since the farm space has never been very large. So, Yang Ming could only put them in a large cardboard box and leave it to fate. Whether they hatched or not was luck, or just bad luck... However, ever since the cat saw its owner snatch food from its mouth and went from bringing the food home to eating it and then taking it home again, Yang Ming had gradually forgotten about these 'expected' eggs until just now...

Yang Ming retrieved the four snake eggs that Miao Miao had brought back, mistaking them for bird eggs. He touched them; they were already cold, but tests showed they still had some vitality. Snakes, after all, are quite resilient, even if they were just eggs…

After storing the snake eggs in the farm space and letting them incubate in the hot spring, Yang Ming thought for a moment and then checked the bird eggs in the cardboard box again. To his surprise, most of the bird eggs were alive, with only a few pheasant eggs being dead.

"Since you have such strong vitality, I'll let you hatch. At worst, I'll release you back into the wild once you've hatched..." With that thought, Yang Ming put all the eggs into his agricultural space.

Yang Ming came out of the west wing, greeted everyone with a smile, and went inside.

The house was bustling with activity. Zhao Dongge, Zheng Dongfang, and Zhang Jianhui, the three brothers, were all there, chatting with Zheng Dabao and several other elderly villagers.

"Fourth brother is back???" Zheng Dongfang, who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), sat up excitedly when he saw Yang Ming enter the room, his eyes filled with tears. "Brother, I've suffered so much..."

"Hehe, you deserve it. Who told you to mess with those two old perverts..." Yang Ming chuckled, gloating.

"Are you even human??? You can still laugh when you see your brother getting beaten up???" Zheng Dongfang said angrily.

"Why can't I laugh??? It's not me who got beaten up..." Yang Ming's smile widened as he looked at Zheng Dabao sitting in the chair. "Uncle Dabao, this is my home, don't be shy..."

"Don't worry, when have I ever been polite to you?" Zheng Dabao chuckled and said.

"You three, take good care of everyone..." Yang Ming looked at his three buddies and said with a smile. Whether it was the most sensitive Zhao Dongge or the most perceptive Zhang Jianhui, they both saw a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Okay, go ahead..." the two brothers said with a smile. Zheng Dongfang wanted to say something funny, but the two brothers stopped him.

Yang Ming nodded, turned around and walked out.

"What's wrong with Fourth Brother? Has something happened?" Zhang Jianhui's face immediately turned serious, his expression carrying the unique authority of an official.

"I don't know. Although the wolves are fierce, we didn't hurt anyone. So, we should be fine, right?" Zhao Dongge was confused about what was going on, his brows furrowed tightly.

"There's nothing we can do. Since Lao Si won't tell us, it means we can't get involved or he doesn't need us. Let's stop guessing. Tell me, wasn't the policewoman who came today pretty?" Zheng Dongfang hadn't noticed Yang Ming's unusual behavior before, but after hearing his two buddies say this, he also sensed something was off. However, he felt powerless, so he simply decided to ignore it all to avoid forcibly intervening. It would be fine if he couldn't help, but it would be too embarrassing to cause trouble for others.

"You dare stare at a policeman??? Are you out of your mind??? If Tian Tian hears you say that, you'd better watch out, she might castrate you..." Zhao Dongge glared at Zheng Dongfang and said.

"How could I have taken a liking to her??? It was purely for the sake of the third brother. They are both from government agencies, one is from the government, and the other is from the public security, procuratorate and judiciary. They make a perfect pair..." Zheng Dongfang smiled lewdly.

"Hehehe, that's true..." Zhao Dongge laughed as well.

"What a load of crap..." Zhang Jianhui's expression had been off ever since Zheng Dongfang mentioned Officer Zhu. He kept dialing on his phone, but no one answered. He was already feeling incredibly annoyed, and when he heard the two brothers teasing him, he immediately got angry.

"Are you out of your mind???" Zheng Dongfang glared, somewhat annoyed. Why did everyone get so agitated as they started talking?

"What's wrong???" Zhao Dongge saw Zhang Jianhui's pale face and the cold sweat on his forehead, and realized the seriousness of the situation, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Phoenix and the others... Phoenix and the others, they've disappeared... I can't get through to them on the phone..." Zhang Jianhui lay sprawled on the kang (a heated brick bed), trembling all over, as if he had no bones left.

"Ah???" Zhao Dongge and Zheng Dongfang exclaimed in surprise, jumping up from the kang (a heated brick bed).

"What did you say???" Zheng Dabao was also shocked. He had just seen the three brothers arguing and felt a little embarrassed, not knowing whether he should leave. But before he could come up with a plan, the news of Zhang Fenghuang's disappearance was like a bomb, leaving him completely stunned.

The elderly villagers who were with him were also quite startled.

"Calm down, calm down..." Zhang Jianhui rubbed his face vigorously to calm himself down. "Maybe they're soaking in a hot spring. You can't bring your phone to a hot spring, but..."

Cell phones are always with me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I don't let them go too far away from me. Otherwise, if an important call comes in and I can't hear it, it will cause me to miss something.

"You called all three of them???" Zhao Dongge asked anxiously.

"I've tried calling them all, and they all went through, but none of them connected..." Zhang Jianhui tried hard to control his emotions and keep his mind clear.

If Zheng Dongfang hadn't suddenly mentioned Officer Zhu, he wouldn't have thought of Zhu Yun and her three best friends. In that case, Zhang Fenghuang and the others' disappearance wouldn't have aroused any suspicion in the short term.

"It seems they didn't eat at home at noon..." Zheng Dongfang said with some difficulty.

"I'll broadcast it over the loudspeaker right now and tell everyone in the village to go out and search..." Knowing the urgency of the situation, Zheng Dabao didn't hesitate and headed outside.

"Wait, Uncle Da Bao, no need..." Zhao Dongge immediately grabbed Zheng Da Bao. "It's no use. It's late at night, and it's winter. It's not appropriate to send everyone out to look for people..."

"So we're just going to ignore it??? Three young women, kidnapped by human traffickers and sold to some poor mountain village, their lives will be ruined???" Zheng Dabao said anxiously.

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