After the meeting, Li Gongfu almost stopped and brought a group of yamen runners to Liujia Village to investigate the case of the child's loss.

In the past few days, the disappearance of children in Qiantang County and several villages around it has spread, causing the villages of all sizes to be heard within dozens of miles. It seems that any movement is enough to make people feel scared.

On weekdays, it will take almost darkness to calm down in Liujia Village, but now, it is not dark yet, and there are no people in the village.

As for the children who often play in the village, they were locked at home early and were not allowed to go anywhere.

No one wants any problems with their children, let alone the panic rumors that there are all kinds of legends.

Some people say that they were abducted by a kidnapped, some people say that they were taken away by some wild beast, and even more exaggeratedly, saying that they were eaten by mountain fairies and monsters in the mountains.

Anyway, there are many people who speak a lot, and you pass it on to me and I pass it on to him. Everyone has the nature of gossip. After word of mouth, there are even more exaggerated statements than this.

But it is precisely because of this that anyone with children in the family closes the door early, for fear that their children will disappear inexplicably.

Li Gongfu knew that if he had arrived earlier, he might have hoped to find a little clue. If it was too late, he would probably not be able to find anything.

Of course, Li Gongfu just had a glimmer of hope and didn't even have much expectation.

He checked at the scene of the previous crime, but the other party's method of committing the crime was very clever and he did not even leave any clues.

When Li Gongfu led his men to Liujia Village, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people. Of course, these villagers did not come to besiege Li Gongfu, but watched how Li Gongfu solved the case.

After all, watching the fun is people's nature.

Li Gongfu looked at Liu Er kneeling in front of him. The child was missing and his life and death was uncertain. The man's face was full of begging and begging him to find the child back.

He helped the other party up and waved his hand. Li Gongfu ordered to several yamen runners: "Check it carefully, and no clue is allowed to be left."

Unfortunately, the scene has been destroyed a lot. It is extremely difficult to find any clues now.

Li Gongfu frowned and looked around. Suddenly, his eyes fell on a window, but he saw that the window was open. Li Gongfu asked Liu Er, "Liu Er, tell me, are you opening this window or..."

Liu Er hurriedly replied: "Report to the captain, we did not move this window. When we were resting at night, the doors and windows were closed by me. However, when we woke up early in the morning, we saw that the window was open and the child disappeared."

Upon hearing this, Li Gongfu walked up to stare at the window, looked carefully, and thought to himself: "It seems that the possibility of a wild beast committing a crime is not high. If all the wild beasts know how to open the window, and even do not hurt others, and only take away children, then will they become a sperm?"

"Wait... Could it be that a wild beast has become a spirit, or that an evil demon is committing the crime? Then how can I investigate the case?"

"Does... really go and ask Hanwen for help?!?!"

After exploring for a long time, no clue was found. Li Gongfu had to comfort the victim Liu Er and his wife, and promised to find the suspect as soon as possible and retrieve the lost child, and led the team to leave Liujia Village.

After leaving Liujia Village, Li Gongfu looked at his men with a serious expression and said, "The case has happened so many days, and I think for so long, everyone should have speculations and judgments about the case. There are no clues at all now, so everyone might as well say something."

Several yamen runners looked at each other and lowered their heads.

They are people from the public and have the most informed information. It would be strange if they have no opinion on this case.

They and Li Gongfu have been working together for many years, and everyone is very familiar with each other. After hearing Li Gongfu's words, a yamen runner said, "Sir, my subordinates think this is likely to be a crime committed by a strong man in the martial arts world, otherwise the scene would not be so clean and neat, and there was no clue left at all."

Li Gongfu nodded slightly. What the yamen runner said was also a possibility. At least, Li Gongfu thought that if he wanted to catch these children quietly, he would not be able to do so quietly without leaving any trace.

At this time, another yamen runner hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, I guess the person who committed the crime is probably not a human."

The few people present were shocked when they heard this!

Not a human?

Then what is that?

Are ghosts, mountain monsters, etc.?

Thinking of this, the crowd couldn't help but shivered. After all, everyone would feel scared about dirty things like monsters and monsters.

When the others heard this, they were silent. The previous yamen runner's words deeply agreed with them.

If the person who did this case was really not a human, but a demon, ghost, etc., then everything would be explained.

Why are those children missing so strangely without any clues? Even if they are good at martial arts, they should have some clues for so many crimes.

Apart from monsters, there is no explanation.

Seeing that everyone's momentum was not high, Li Gongfu was obviously influenced by the demons and ghosts, and coughed lightly, "Everyone, in today's world, peace and prosperity, it would be fine if those demons and ghosts did not emerge. If anyone dared to come out to make trouble, they would definitely be wiped out."

A yamen runner's eyes lit up and asked, "What is the meaning of the master, is it the immortal master on Qianyuan Mountain?"

Hearing his words, the others also reacted.

Yes, you are not afraid of monsters or monsters.

Isn’t my elder brother-in-law just following the immortal master to practice on Qianyuan Mountain?

Last time, when Xu Xian took action, they all saw it and remembered it deeply.

"Well, you guys go back first, I'll take a trip to Qianyuan Mountain!"

Li Gongfu thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and told the yamen runners to go back to the county yamen first. He turned around and went to find Xu Xian.

Liujia Village is in the southern suburbs, but Qingxu Temple is in the eastern suburbs.

Half an hour later, the Wuming Hill where Qingxu Temple is located finally arrived. No, it can no longer be called Wuming Hill. With the arrival of Qingxu Temple, this mountain has been named Qianyuan by the villagers, which means Qianlong is in the abyss.

When I got to the top of the mountain, I saw Xu Xian sitting cross-legged, swallowing clouds and fog in the morning sun, with a vague sense of immortality, like a god among immortals.

Li Gongfu slowed down, afraid of disturbing this scene.

But he didn't know that his arrival had been discovered by Xu Xian. After a while, Xu Xian exhaled a breath of turbid air and stood up.

"Brother-in-law, why are you here? But is there anything at home?"

Xu Xian went up to meet him.

"Chinese...well? Why did I find that you seem to have changed a lot? Your temperament seems to be very different!"

Li Gongfu walked forward and was about to speak, but frowned and looked at it carefully, wondering.

"Haha, my cultivation has made a breakthrough, just a little bit!"

Xu Xian waved his hand with a plain expression, but the excitement in his eyes could not be stopped.

"By the way, brother-in-law, is there anything you have to do with me?"

He changed the subject and asked about Li Gongfu's purpose.

"This... Chinese, this is true. During this period, a thief appeared in the county. He specialized in stealing boys and girls. He had a clever method and no clues left. At present, more than a dozen children have disappeared!"

Li Gongfu thought about it, and did not care about losing face, and expressed the purpose of the trip.

"As soon as this incident happened, the county caused panic. The county master was very concerned about this matter. Not only that, the gentry raised 5,000 taels of silver and donated it to the county, demanding that the case be resolved and the people of Qiantang County be peaceful!"

When Xu Xian heard this, his brows frowned. He vaguely understood the seriousness of the matter.

Someone steals the child?

What did you steal?

At this moment, Xu Xian couldn't help but remember the viewer's words that people in the evil way used evil means such as children's elixirs to refine pills, and they couldn't help but feel a murderous intent in their hearts.

"Okay, brother-in-law, I'll go down the mountain with you!"

After thinking for a while, Xu Xian solemnly responded to Li Gongfu.

Then, he entered the Taoist temple and asked the temple owner Xiao Ning for instructions.

Xiao Ning waved his hand and asked him to leave, even if he went.

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The sky became dimmed, and more than 100 constables were divided into more than 20 groups by Li Gongfu, each group squatting in a village.

According to Li Gongfu's judgment, if the next case happens again, it is very likely that it will be among the villages they have chosen.

Therefore, each village was sent a team of three to five people, and Li Gongfu even led several people as a mobile team, and after receiving the signal, he could respond at any time.

Xu Xian went down the mountain and followed Li Gongfu in an attempt to capture the brave little thief.

This is the third night of patrol. Although there is no harvest, I haven't caught a single bird's feather.

But the good news is that no children were stolen in these three days, at least everyone's hard work was not wasted.

The night flowers are like water falling, and the bright moon hangs high, driving away most of the darkness. Even in the middle of the night, the world is still bright.

Several groups quietly inspected the villages. Although this method of waiting for the rabbit was stupid, it was the best solution that Li Gongfu could think of.

Fortunately, the gentry in the county donated 5,000 taels of silver as a reward, and more than 100 people distributed 5,000 taels, and each person could get dozens of taels. With the silver as motivation, no one complained about hardship and fatigue.

At this time, it was already midnight at night, and the lights of thousands of families were extinguished. The whole world was quiet, as if the pause button was pressed, and only the breathing of the yamen runners occasionally sounded in their ears.

"I've been working all night again, boss, do you think we are so stupid and squatting, are we use chickens and birds?"

The yamen runner Wang Er whispered to the troupe beside him.

"This is something you should care about? Just keep it and pray that you can catch the thief, otherwise, everyone will not think about it!"

Liu Mao, the head of the team, curled his lips and replied impatiently.

The leader of this team was Liu Mao, the leader of the team. Liu Mao was very resistant to the thief who arranged for them to guard the captain Li Gongfu to guard. What's more, he was already very sleepy after two nights of work.

It’s a pity that the senior official is to crush someone to death.

Besides, the county magistrate Su Kangnian issued a death order. If Liu Mao dared to object, he would not have to come forward. Li Gongfu would beat him to the end, or even kick him out of the ranks of constables.

This is uncomfortable.
To be continued...