Jing Heng mobilized 200 guards to intercept people on various important roads. In order to prevent Hu Qingqing from being taken out of the jurisdiction of Le'an, people still needed to be kept on guard on those important roads, so only 120 people were transferred.

In the evening of that day, eighty guards gathered in Le'an County. They entered the city in casual clothes in groups of three or three, and did not disturb anyone who should not have been alarmed. The remaining forty guards would not arrive until tomorrow morning.

Under the arrangement of Qin Xiaoxiao and Jing Heng, these guards all sneaked into more than 50 villages within a radius of twenty miles in Le'an County. If there is no clue in these more than 50 villages, the range will be expanded outward.

Mr. Qin and others were not idle either. They either led the way for these guards or went to the market to "chat" with the people who came to the market early in the morning to see if they could find out Hu Qingqing's whereabouts from them.

Time flies, and four days have passed since Hu Qingqing disappeared. Under the unstoppable search of everyone, Hu Qingqing is still missing, and no useful clues are found.

Everyone's hearts continued to sink, worried that they had missed the opportunity. Hu Qingqing was taken away from Le'an as early as the morning of her disappearance. Although this possibility is very small, it is not without it.

"Xiaoxiao, think of a solution again, I beg you!" Hope was lost again, Qin Guihua begged Qin Xiaoxiao crying and almost kneeled down for her.

Since Hu Qingqing ran away from home, she has lived in suffering. In just four days, she was exhausted and on the verge of collapse. She placed all her hope of finding her daughter on her, or more accurately on Jing Heng.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly!" Qin Shan grabbed his sister and said with a bad expression: "Xiaoxiao has been sleepless for the past few days and has been asking everyone to find someone. There is no way to find someone. What's the use of slapping like this!"

When Qin Guihua heard this, she realized that her words and deeds were inappropriate. She looked at her elder brother at a loss, then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao, and said anxiously: "Xiaoxiao, it's me that I'm too impatient. I don't mean to force you. Don't be surprised!"

Qin Xiaoxiao could understand her mood, so she shook her head: "Auntie, I have thought of all the ways I can think of. There is no better way to find Sister Qingqing immediately. What I can do now is to continue looking for it. If there is no news, it may be good news."

The others just now also felt that Qin Guihua's words and deeds were inappropriate. Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao say this, they all advised: "Everyone is trying their best to find it, and they will definitely not give up easily. Maybe there will be good news tomorrow."

Qin Guihua felt a strong sense of guilt. Just as she was about to say something, Shi Tou hurriedly walked in, took out a small wooden box and handed it to Qin Xiaoxiao: "This was received by Yinlou in the afternoon, and it was exactly the same as the style of the gold bracelet you mentioned."

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly took the wooden box and opened it. There was a golden bracelet with a tie-shaped lotus lying inside. She suppressed her excitement and turned the golden bracelet over and found a small word Qing on the inside.

"Yes, it's Sister Qingqing's bracelet!" She cried with joy, grabbed the bracelet tightly and said to everyone: "This is a trick I drew by myself, there will be no mistake!"

This is a gift she gave to her last year by Hu Qingqing and the Hairboard.

"That's great, so good. As long as you find the person who sells the gold bracelet, you can find Qingqing!" Qin Guihua stared at the gold bracelet for a moment, and her whole body shook excitedly.

"There is finally news!" Old Master Qin and others were overjoyed. The fatigue of the past few days was wiped out, leaving only the joy of finding Hu Qingqing.

"Uncle Shitou, where is the person who sells gold bracelets now?" Qin Xiaoxiao calmed down and began to inquire about Shitou carefully.

"Miss Xiaoxiao, the people in Yinlou said that the person who sells the gold bracelet is an old woman. Her husband's surname is Zeng, and now lives in Zoujiazhai fifteen miles away."

Shi Tou truthfully told the news from Yinlou and kept saying thankfully: "You are the foresighted and told Yinlou that the person who sold gold and silver jewelry these days would be the one who would slip away under our noses."

After hearing this, the others realized that Qin Xiaoxiao not only gave an idea, but also made sufficient preparations in places like Yinlou that were easily overlooked by them. For a moment, apart from secretly sighing that this girl was meticulous and didn't know what to say.

Jing Heng, who was always standing beside Qin Xiaoxiao, looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a burning gaze, and a pleasant pride secretly emerged from his heart.

Before this, his deepest understanding of Qin Xiaoxiao was that he was greedy, heartless, and a little clever, and only today he had seen the other side of her.

No matter which side he likes, he likes it more and more.

"Zoujiazhai? Did someone go to yesterday?" Qin Xiaoxiao asked Mr. Qin with uncertainty. After all, there were too many villages we had been to in the past two days.

"I've been there, I'll take two guard brothers with me." Qin Chuan stood up and said, scratching his head in confusion: "But yesterday we asked several people for inquiries. They all said that no strangers entered the village, nor did they see anyone being brought in."

Qin Xiaoxiao analyzed: "If Sister Qingqing fell into the hands of the bracelet seller, they should have secretly hid Sister Qingqing, or had not brought Sister Qingqing back to the village at all, but just snatched away valuable things."

It's okay in the former situation, at least you can find Sister Qingqing if you find someone selling the bracelets; in the latter situation, Sister Qingqing might have been taken away by another band, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the shoe left under the hillside.

"After there are clues, let's not guess. Tonight we will find Zoujiazhai and search from house to house, so we will not worry about not being able to find anyone." Qin Shan said with a hurry, wishing he could rush over now.

Mr. Qin and others did not respond, and they all looked at Qin Xiaoxiao and waited for her to make a decision.

"Not tonight, I'll go tomorrow morning." Qin Xiaoxiao rejected Qin Shan's suggestion and said to Shitou: "Uncle Shitou, I'll send you a few people to stay near Zoujiazhai tonight to prevent them from evacuating overnight."

Shitou took the order: "Don't worry, Miss Xiaoxiao, I guarantee that they can't even take a fly out!"

Qin Xiaoxiao naturally trusted them and thanked them repeatedly.

As soon as Shi Tou left, Qin Xiaoxiao explained to Qin Shan: "We are not familiar with the situation in Zoujiazhai. It is easy to alert the enemy in the middle of the night. Besides, we are not officials, and rashly searching at other people's houses will cause trouble for Brother Li."

Qin Shan was a little impulsive, not really stupid. After listening to his daughter's explanation, he understood it, and even looked at Jing Heng a lot.

Next, everyone gathered together to discuss the matter of finding someone in Zoujiazhai tomorrow. Finally, they decided to investigate first and confirm that Hu Qingqing was hidden by the Zeng family and then rescued the person quickly.

Doing this is because he is worried that the person will not be in the Zeng family, and the news will be spread, alarming the person who actually hid Hu Qingqing, and was afraid that this person will be in a hurry to jump to the wall and will not be beneficial to Hu Qingqing.

At this time, Zeng's mother and Zeng Daqing, who had returned home, were counting silver happily, without knowing that they would not have any way to hide from their abduct.

"Mom, with this money, we can repair the house, not only can we do the marriage between Qiaoqiao and me be so lively." Zeng looked at the eight taels of silver in front of him with his eyes glowing. Unexpectedly, the gold bracelet was so valuable that it was sold for five taels of silver.

"Don't be too extravagant, so as not to be suspicious." Zeng's mother was used to being thrifty and unwilling to spend more money, and was slightly dissatisfied with her son's proposal.

"What I said is that I will have to pay the Liu family money at that time." Zeng Da felt it made sense, so he did not force it. He was just very dissatisfied with the Liu family.

"Okay, this matter cannot be a big deal, otherwise we will suffer if this naughty family comes to us." Zeng's mother persuaded.

"Hmph, when this little girl and my brother-in-law cooked the rice and cooked it into cooked rice, what if she found her at home? Could it be that she would let her brother-in-law get off?" Zeng Da did not take Zeng's mother's worries to heart, and said a lot of fallacies: "They will have to thank us then, otherwise this little girl would have eloped a long time ago, where will they find her?"

Zeng's mother looked like she agreed, and a few greed appeared on her face again: "This little guy can bring so many good things out, and she is wearing very good clothes. I think she will live a good life at home. In the future, she can really find her family, so we can still benefit from it."

When Zeng Dayi heard this, his heart became hot: "That's right, when she has a child, we can let my brother-in-law come to recognize her relatives."

They are worthy of being a mother and son. They can even beautify the virtue of success by doing evil things that abduct others and force others to marry. Even if one of the mother and son is a normal person, they will not do such a thing.

In the cellar, Hu Qingqing clearly listened to the conversation between the mother and son. She cursed them in her heart, and felt that her chance to leave the cellar was coming.

Not long after, the stone cover on the cellar was opened, and a dim light was shining from above. Then Zeng's mother lowered the wooden ladder and climbed down to loosen the tie and feed Hu Qingqing.

If the rope is tied up, people will not be able to stand it, and if they are not able to do it properly, they will be ruined. Seeing that Hu Qingqing was quite honest the day before yesterday, Zeng’s mother untied the rope on her feet, tied her hands behind her back, and let her loose once every two hours.

Of course, her mouth was always blocked to prevent her from being heard.

When Zeng's mother took off the smelly rag from her mouth, wanted to tie her feet and then loosen the rope on her hands, Hu Qingqing cried: "Give up, since the day she escaped from the monk, I have never thought of recognizing them."

In the past few days, she showed a lack of brains, which made Zeng's mother believe her words. Zeng's mother was determined to inquire about her family and said according to her words: "A woman cannot have no family without her parents. Her family's family is rich, so she can stand up in her in-laws' family!"

Hu Qingqing cried and said, "How about the wealthy family? My parents left all my house and a lot of money to my younger brother. I also wanted to marry an old man with a dead woman to get a bride gift. Can I still expect such a family to support me?"

When Zeng's mother heard the big house and the large amount of money, her eyes lit up a little, and she said more earnestly: "No wonder you were going to run away from home. It turned out that your parents forced you to marry the old man. This is indeed your parents are unauthorized."

Hu Qingqing chewed the cold steamed sweet potatoes in big mouthfuls, while thrusting and saying, "Even the aunt is upset for me, but my parents pushed me into the fire pit. My life is too bitter, wuwu-"

Zeng's mother was disdainful and scolded her "Idiot" and said, "Girl, if you believe in the aunt, the aunt will show you a clear way."

Hu Qingqing didn't even bother to eat sweet potatoes, and asked hurriedly: "Auntie, what a bright road? As long as you don't let me marry the old man, don't lock me in the cellar."

Seeing that she was caught, Zeng's mother said kindly: "Silly child, the aunt will definitely not marry you to the old man like your parents. It is not difficult for you to get out of here. As long as you recognize me as your mother, I will definitely find a good family for you to marry, and you don't have to stay in the cellar."

Since she discovered that Hu Qingqing was a stubborn person, the Zeng family and his son lied to her that she looked too similar to their daughter who ran away from home. She admitted her mistake for a moment and took her back and locked her in the cellar, so that she would not run away again.

Hu Qingqing "believed it" and shed a lot of tears with her, accusing Zeng Xiaomei of not taking good care of her, and she ran away from home with such a good mother and brother. She was so unfilial.

"Really? You really don't have to marry an old man?" Hu Qingqing was so happy that she didn't know what to do. She swallowed the steamed sweet potato in a few seconds and rolled her eyes so much that she choked.

Seeing her appearance, Zeng's mother felt more and more that she was really not good at using her brain, and she patted her back with a "kind intention": "Of course it's true, the aunt will not lie to you. Alas, it's said that it's bad for the aunt. The aunt misses her daughter so much and can't bear to let you go!"

Hu Qingqing was moved and cried: "If I had a mother like you, I would not run away from home... Woo woo, aunt, I promise you, let me be your daughter in the future, and I will respect you well!"

In this way, both of them were "coaxed" by each other. When Zeng's mother was about to go up, Hu Qingqing acted coquettishly and told her not to tie herself, saying that it was too cold at night, and she couldn't sleep warmly when tied to her, and was prone to freezing illness.

Zeng's mother thought about it and didn't tie her up. She just moved a big stone and pressed the stone door. With Hu Qingqing's strength, it was impossible for her to open the stone door from inside and escape.

Hu Qingqing knew that it would be impossible for the Zeng family and his son to completely relax their vigilance in just a few days, and it would be difficult to avoid being tied up. As long as her hands and feet were free, she would be able to escape from here sooner or later.

The next morning, a monkey-playing artist came to Zoujiazhai. He claimed that he could watch it even if he didn't give it money. He thought it was good and didn't give it anything. He could just let him and the monkey have enough. If he didn't give it, he wouldn't ask them for it.

Men, women, young and old all like to watch this monkey show. When they heard that they didn’t have money or supplies, the villagers all ran to the rice field to watch it with their rice bowls.

The Zeng family and his son were not surprised. They were sure that Hu Qingqing could not escape the cellar, so they hurriedly locked the door and went to the rice field, fearing that they would not be able to occupy a good place if they were too late.

After about a moment, two ordinary-looking men appeared outside the fence of the Zeng family. They were sure that there was no one around. They flipped into the fence as light as swallows, took out a piece of wire and easily pried open the door lock of the Zeng family.
Chapter completed!