EBE Chapter 250 Fellow Daoist Jiang!
Chapter 250 Fellow Daoist Jiang!
"Have many children disappeared in Water Bay City before?"
The person being questioned sighed, his eyes filled with helplessness and sadness: "We don't know who the Great Moon Immortal is. No one has ever seen him. But some monks came here before and said they saw the moon reflected in the water, and then the child disappeared. That's why we call the person who caught the child the Great Moon Immortal."
"Our Shuiwan City was not like this before. Every household and no one picked up anything on the road. But a while ago, children kept disappearing. After reporting this to the city lord, he increased the number of patrols in the city and issued a curfew, but the children still disappeared. The city lord had no choice but to recruit monks from all sides to capture the Great Immortal Pu Yue.
"After that, no children disappeared for a long time. Who would have thought... Alas, Aunt Chen's two children are probably in great danger. Poor thing, they were so lucky..."
The more Jiang Liqian listened, the more she frowned, and a solemn look appeared on her face.
Children naturally possess the purest energy of heaven and earth. Those who capture children do so either to fill their stomachs or to perform sinister and secret sacrifices.
If it was the first case, I'm afraid those two little kids would have met with disaster, but if it was the second case, then there's still a chance...
Just as she was about to squeeze into the crowd and ask Aunt Chen and Uncle Zhang for the details of the two little kids' disappearance, there was a lot of commotion at the school gate.
Judging from the sound, it seemed that the guards had surrounded the entire courtyard.
The voices in the yard fell silent, and everyone looked towards the door in surprise and suspicion.
After a while, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open forcefully in the darkness.
"The City Lord has ordered that you quickly take the Zhang couple to the City Lord's Mansion to assist the Immortal Master in thoroughly investigating the case of the missing child. Anyone who has witnessed the incident or has useful information may also go with you." The guard displayed the City Lord's token and read out the order aloud. Then a guard stepped forward, walked through the crowd, and prepared to take the couple away.
Jiang Liqian was worried, so she followed without thinking.
The guards asked her as usual and, knowing that she was staying at this house temporarily, took her with them.
Although the other neighbors had a good relationship with the couple and looked after each other on a daily basis, they did not know the ins and outs of this incident, so it would be pointless for them to follow them. They could only return home in a hurry, close the windows and doors, and keep an eye on their children.
After Jiang Liqian and the other two were brought into the City Lord's Mansion, they were not immediately taken to see the City Lord. Instead, they were first locked up in a side room together.
Aunt Chen and Uncle Zhang were heartbroken at the moment, but seeing Jiang Liqian fidgeting, they assumed she was afraid of the City Lord's questioning. They suppressed their grief and tried to comfort her, "Miss Jiang, don't worry. Although the City Lord has profound cultivation, he's not a tyrannical person. You're only staying with us temporarily, and this matter won't be your fault. Don't be afraid."
Jiang Liqian felt a sense of sadness in her heart as she watched them comfort her softly even though their hair had turned gray overnight for the sake of the child.
She met them by chance, but they cared about her more than her so-called family.
Is she naturally shallow in her relationships?
"Thank you, Aunt Chen, thank you, Uncle Zhang. I'm not afraid of the city lord's interrogation. I'm just worried about the safety of Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan. I don't know how they are doing..." Jiang Liqian lowered her eyes, a hint of anxiety flashed in her eyes, but she quickly composed herself, sat down opposite the couple, and asked them in detail about the details before and after the disappearance of the two small courtyards.
As soon as Aunt Zhang mentioned the two of them, she couldn't help but shed tears. Uncle Zhang, who was standing by, hurried to support his wife.
"It's...it's nothing strange, it's very normal, Miss Jiang, after you sent them back, I gave them a hot bath and then took them to bed.
"At that time, I was anxious to see if the lotus seed soup on the stove was ready, so I went to the kitchen first. When I came back, my baby was gone..."
Aunt Chen cried bitterly.
Uncle Zhang quickly whispered to his wife, and after she calmed down a bit, he said to Jiang Liqian, "I had just returned from the shop on the street, and wanted to go into the children's room to see if they were asleep. Before I even went in, I heard your aunt's panicked cry. When I opened the door, I saw something bright yellow, like the moon, flash across the water outside. I don't know if I was seeing things..."
moon?
Moon Immortal?
Jiang Liqian was about to speak again when the door of the compartment was pushed open and another person was thrown in.
That’s right, they threw him away, and tied him up tightly.
With a cry of "Ouch", the man rolled three times on the ground before finally stopping.
Jiang Liqian reacted very quickly and immediately stood in front of Aunt Zhang and the others.
The person who was thrown in noticed that there were other people in the room. He grimaced and quickly leaned against the wall, flapping his hands and knees. With great effort, he finally stood up and looked in their direction.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang!"
As the joyful voice sounded, Jiang Liqian suddenly felt his temples throbbing.
"Su Yanqing?"
What kind of bad fate is this? She didn't expect that she would actually run into him here? !
Unlike Jiang Liqian's slightly colorful face, Su Yanqing was cheerful. Surprised, he ran to her with big strides.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, it's true that we meet everywhere in life. We are truly destined to meet!"
Jiang Liqian's mouth twitched.
"You..." She took a step back, creating a minimum distance between them. She looked him up and down at his ridiculously tied-up appearance and hesitated, "Did you commit a crime?"
"No way!" Su Yanqing almost jumped up when he heard her words!
"I'm a law-abiding cultivator. I've never done anything like murder, theft, or fraud. I'm a completely innocent person. Please don't wrongly accuse me!"
Jiang Liqian looked suspicious: "Then why are you tied up like this?"
Su Yanqing felt very aggrieved when he mentioned this. He kicked the table leg angrily and said, "Remember the spirit stones you helped me earn? I've been very frugal, but I'm almost out of money. I ended up in this city and wanted to go back to my old business and see if there were any tri-colored beads or other aquatic products under these waters. Tonight, the moonlight was beautiful, so I was about to start working, but just as I jumped into the water, I was caught by these vicious guys."
"If I was caught for no reason, I had to run, right? I fought them, then turned and ran. But they kept chasing me, saying I looked suspicious and wanted to take me back for interrogation. It's like a disaster waiting to happen while you're still at home!"
Su Yanqing drooped his head and sat down dejectedly against the table leg: "And then, that's it... I don't know what's wrong with them. I've never heard of crazy people living in Shuiwan City!"