mesbooks Chapter 240 It’s him!
Chapter 240 It’s him!
The old man’s eyes were wide open, and his withered hands tightly grasped Luo Xiaoran’s hands, struggling desperately.
However, his limbs had been severely degraded due to sitting on the ground begging for a long time. With the little strength he had, he could not escape from Luo Xiaoran no matter how hard he struggled.
"You, you let me go first, let me go... I'll tell you right away!"
Intermittent words came out of the old man's mouth, and as his mouth opened and closed, his yellow teeth were revealed, and an unpleasant sour smell hit his face.
Luo Xiaoran let go of her hand and frowned in disgust.
The old man coughed for a long time, then shrank his neck, looked at Luo Xiaoran fearfully, and quickly lowered his head, his voice trembling:
"I don't know where they went, but I accidentally saw a group of people kidnapping them."
Luo Xiaoran's eyes were as sharp as an eagle's as she scanned the old man's face. The old man shuddered all over, lifted his butt and moved back.
"You'd better tell me more clearly. What kind of people are they? What are they wearing? When were they kidnapped?"
"It was the night before yesterday. I really don't know what time it was. There was no night watchman in Powa Lane...
There were many of them, and they were armed with weapons. After they rushed into the dilapidated house, not long after, one of them came out carrying a sack.
I didn't dare get too close, and after they left, I went into the room and saw that there was no one there! "
Luo Xiaoran listened quietly to the old man's story with an unclear expression on her face.
"You used the whereabouts of Xiaochuanzi to blackmail Zhao Xiaobing. So, tell me, where did Xiaochuanzi go?"
The old man subconsciously clenched the purse in his hand. The money in it was the money that Zhao Xiaobing used to buy the string of beads from her, but unfortunately it was all stolen by the prostitute he found.
Humph! You stinky bitch! Don't let him run into her, or he'll make her pay!
When the old man raised his head again, he had a flattering look on his face, "The girl even knows about the little bastard, she's really amazing!"
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you! Hurry up and speak!" Luo Xiaoran said sternly with a gloomy look in her eyes.
"Xiao Chuanzi was also kidnapped by criminals. I think they are in the same group as the criminals who kidnapped Zhao Xiaobing and others."
"How to say?"
"Although their clothes were those of ordinary people, they wore boots instead of shoes. A group of people wore the same boots."
Something hiding behind the hazy fog was about to emerge, and Luo Xiaoran's heart sank.
Most poor people wore straw sandals, while those from better-off families wore cloth shoes.
Boots are several times more expensive than cloth shoes. Those people are all wearing boots, and they are all of the same regulations. There is only one possibility: they are government officials!
People in government offices, from officials and legal advisors to constables and yamen runners, all had specially tailor-made cloth boots to show their official status.
Why did An Luhai arrest these children?
Could the disappearance of Chen'er and Niu Dan also be related to An Luhai?
Luo Xiaoran clenched her fists and smashed them towards the old man, but stopped just a point away from his nose.
"If you dare to lie to me, I will kill you!"
The old man was immediately frightened, and a fishy smell wafted from his crotch. Luo Xiaoran frowned in disgust again.
"Girl, I'm really not talking nonsense. I told you everything I saw."
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When Niu Dan woke up, he found himself in a sack with the mouth of the sack tied tightly from the outside, preventing him from getting out.
He was so scared that he wanted to scream and call for help, but he remembered what his sister had said.
If you are in a dangerous situation, don't shout first. Only when you are sure that there is someone around who can save you, should you call for help loudly, because once you make a sound, the person who comes may not be your savior, but a vicious criminal.
Niu Dan followed his sister's instructions and took three deep breaths in and out, trying his best to calm himself down before he tremblingly took out a very small knife from his clothes.
The knife was specially made by Luo Xiaoran. The handle is made of wood, and the blade is made of fine steel that has been tempered many times. The shape imitates the knife used to sharpen pencils when one was a child, but it is slightly larger in size. The blade can be rotated and inserted into the handle, so it is not easy to cut fingers.
Not many people have seen this knife. If you don't look carefully, you would think it is a long piece of wood. Luo Xiaoran made several of them and gave one to each family member. Although it can't be used to sharpen pencils, it can still be used to sharpen fruits or something.
Perhaps because Niu Dan was a child, those who kidnapped him did not search him, and the knife was preserved.
After Niu Dan calmed down, he pricked up his ears and listened for a long time. After making sure that there was no movement outside the sack, he stabbed the sack with a knife.
Rustling.
After coming out of the sack, Niu Dan found himself locked in a large woodshed with many similar sacks in the room.
Niu Dan's heart trembled. Are there people in these sacks?
Chen'er! Chen'er was also abducted!
At that time, they followed other children in the village to ask for sister Xiuqiao's wedding candy, but halfway through, someone covered their mouths from behind and they passed out. When they woke up, they found themselves here.
Thinking of Luo Xingchen, Niu Dan clenched the knife in his hand and hurried to untie the sacks.
Niu Dan was lucky, as the first sack he opened contained the unconscious Luo Xingchen.
"Chen'er! Chen'er, wake up!" Niu Dan held Luo Xingchen's shoulders and shook him. He lowered his voice for fear of alarming others.
"Brother Niu Dan," Luo Xingchen's eyes were dazed, and he had just woken up, "Did we get the wedding candy?"
"Shhh—" Niu Dan covered Luo Xingchen's mouth, "We were caught by the bad guys!"
Luo Xingchen's pure and clear eyes were stunned at first, and then a hint of fear immediately emerged, a familiar fear.
That night, Grandpa also covered his mouth and said that bad guys had entered the house and wanted to take him away, but Mom didn't have time to escape with them...
"Chen'er, Brother Niu Dan will let go of your hand, but you can't scream, okay?"
Niu Dan's words interrupted Luo Xingchen, who was in fear and confusion. He moved his gaze to look at Niu Dan and whispered softly: "Don't cry, Chen'er, don't cry."
Niu Dan let go of his hand.
"Go to the door and help Brother Niu Dan watch over it. If anyone comes, tell me and I'll go untie the other sacks to see if there are people inside."
Luo Xingchen nodded, and went to watch at the door as Niu Dan said.
Through the crack in the door, Luo Xingchen found that it was pitch black outside.
There was no one, no sound, only the chirping of unknown insects, adding a bit of weirdness to the darkness.
Luo Xingchen was scared, but he heard Niu Dan say "It's him!" and turned around immediately in fright.
"It's the guy who scammed under my sister's carriage that day." Luo Xingchen also exclaimed in surprise like a cow egg.