jdhmnovel Chapter 101 Xiao Qinian is frantic
Chapter 101 Xiao Qinian is frantic
While Xiao Siyue was still brainstorming, she was unaware that the government office in Qianyuan County was already on the verge of chaos.
Xiao Qinian and Xiao Siyu were waiting at home for Lin Qin and her daughter to return, but it was getting dark and they still hadn't seen them, so the father and son were very anxious.
Just as they were about to go out to search, they were stunned by the news brought back by the guards.
Their daughter/sister has disappeared.
Xiao Qinian was so startled that he plopped down in his chair.
How could this happen? How could his daughter be missing?
"Father," Xiao Siyu cried out to Xiao Qinian in anguish.
Xiao Qinian quickly suppressed his grief and carefully inquired about the situation from the guard.
After learning what had happened, Xiao Qinian guessed that Xiao Siyue had probably been taken away by human traffickers.
With a loud bang, Xiao Sinian slammed his fist on the table.
These damned human traffickers are so brazen! He must catch them and skin them alive!
"Where is Madam?" Xiao Qinian then noticed that Lin Qin had not returned.
"My lord, the lady is heartbroken and refuses to return. She stays where the young lady was lost, so I had no choice but to come back first." The guard also looked guilty. The master had ordered them to protect the lady and young lady, but who knew that they would lose the young lady.
"Let's go, take some more people with us," Xiao Qinian ordered, getting up and walking outside first. Xiao Siyu quickly followed.
"Yes, sir," the guard replied and went out to prepare the manpower.
The group rode their horses to the outskirts of the city and saw Lin Qin sitting on the grass, her eyes glazed over. She ignored Xiao Qinian when he came over.
"Xiaoqin?" Xiao Qinian called out. But Lin Qin still did not respond.
"Mother?" Xiao Siyu squatted down next to Lin Qin, took her hand, and called out softly.
Lin Qin turned around excitedly upon hearing the sound.
"Yue'er?"
But when they saw it was Xiao Siyu, the excitement they had just felt vanished.
"Mother," Xiao Siyu called out again.
"Waaah... Siyu, your sister is missing, I can't find her anywhere," Lin Qin finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
Since Xiao Siyue disappeared, she has searched the place where Xiao Siyue disappeared many times, but she can't find her no matter what.
She was forced to accept the fact that her obedient daughter was missing.
"Mother, don't cry. We'll find my sister. Look, Father's here with lots of people. They'll definitely find her." Xiao Siyu pulled the distraught Lin Qin into his arms and comforted her. He was just as heartbroken, but he couldn't say anything because his mother was so upset. The little boy was already a head taller than Lin Qin.
Xiao Qinian, who was standing nearby, was also heartbroken. He reached out and hugged the mother and child, gently patted Lin Qin's back, and comforted her, "Siyu is right, I will definitely find Yue'er."
Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Qinian released Lin Qin and turned around.
"Sir, Miss may have been drugged and taken away. We found a handkerchief here stained with sleeping pills." A guard presented the handkerchief to Xiao Qinian.
Xiao Qinian took the handkerchief and examined it carefully, then gripped it tightly in both hands: "It really is them."
Such handkerchiefs were also found at the locations where several children had previously gone missing.
"Could we tell which direction they went in general?" There's only one road in this area; it either leads back to the city or to the outskirts.
"My lord, after our investigation, we estimate that they went to the outskirts of the city. We found a jade pendant on the road." The guard then handed the jade pendant to Xiao Qinian.
"This is Yue'er's." Xiao Qinian said excitedly. This was a gift from Han Zhiyan to Xiao Siyue a few years ago. Xiao Siyue liked it very much, so she often wore it.
“Yes, yes, this is Yue’er’s. I saw her wearing it today.” Lin Qin, who was standing nearby, snatched the jade pendant from Xiao Qinian’s hand and said.
"Take men and search immediately." Since they are outside the city, we must find them quickly. If we delay, they might escape.
They had been searching for several days, but had focused their attention on the city. The missing children had all disappeared within the city, so they never expected that these children were outside the city.
So they must have come to the city every day to catch the children, which means they must have lived not far away, otherwise they wouldn't have had enough time to come and go every day.
"Yes," the guard replied, and then led his men to the outskirts of the city.
"Wait, don't make a big fuss, or we'll alert them," Xiao Qinian instructed again. If the traffickers found out, they'd probably run away before even finding the person.
"Yes, sir," the guard replied, turning around.
"Xiaoqin, let's go back first," Xiao Qinian said to Lin Qin after arranging things.
“Okay,” Lin Qin said as she boarded the carriage with Xiao Qinian’s help.
Before getting into the carriage, Lin Qin said to the two maids kneeling on the ground, "You two should get in the carriage too."
These two are Xiao Siyue's maids, Chuntao and Lanyi.
Lin Qin had been in a state of grief, so she ignored the two girls kneeling before her, perhaps out of some resentment.
But she also knew that she couldn't blame the two girls. She herself hadn't been able to keep an eye on Xiao Siyue, let alone the two young girls.
"Madam Xie."
Chuntao and Lanyi thanked Lin Qin, feeling very guilty for not following Xiao Siyue. Now they could only hope that they could find Xiao Siyue soon.
As soon as I returned to the yamen, someone came to report the case.
A young girl knelt down in front of Xiao Qinian and the others.
He cried and said, "Lord Xiao, my younger brother went missing today and has not been found yet. Please save my brother."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qinian knew that the person had probably been kidnapped by human traffickers again.
When did your brother go missing?
“My younger brother went out with his wet nurse at the end of the 11 PM to 3 PM today, and disappeared around the beginning of the 3 PM,” the girl said.
Xiao Qinian calculated the time and concluded that Xiao Siyue disappeared around 5 PM. This meant that the traffickers probably kidnapped Yue'er after leaving the city, following the kidnapping of the girl's younger brother.
"Don't worry, we've already sent people to look for them," Xiao Qinian said to the girl, suppressing his anger.
"Thank you, sir." Seeing that the girl looked like she was about to faint at any moment, Xiao Qinian asked Lin Qin to take care of her, so that she wouldn't faint in front of their yamen.
Lin Qin had already heard it and knew that the girl's younger brother was also missing, so she quickly got out of the carriage.
"Miss, let's go inside first," Lin Qin said to her maid, who then helped the young lady into the backyard of the yamen.
However, Chun Tao and Lan Yi glanced at the girl as they went in.
They knew each other; this girl was Wang Shuyuan, the young lady from the Wang family, whom they had met when they accompanied Xiao Siyue to celebrate Mu Li's birthday.
Unexpectedly, the person who disappeared along with Xiao Siyue was actually Wang Shuyuan's younger brother.