Lin, the head constable, pinned his hopes on Su Qianqian to capture Boss Li, hoping to get useful clues from her.

"Miss Su, please tell me in detail."

"Officer Lin, my surname is Su, and I live in Lotus Village. I promised others that I wouldn't casually mention the matter of a certain girl being abducted. Let's talk over there—"

Lin, the head constable, was a shrewd man. As soon as he heard "a certain young lady," he knew it was the young lady from the Meng family. The Meng family had a powerful background, and it was indeed not appropriate to casually reveal anything about the young lady from the Meng family.

"Alright, Miss Su, let's talk over there."

Su Qianqian approached the lantern at the entrance of the county government office. The light shone on her wrist, making the marks of the thin hemp rope binding her wrist very clear.

The reason for showing these marks to Officer Lin was to increase his trust and confirm that she had indeed been kidnapped by human traffickers.

"The human traffickers tied my hands and feet and threw me into the carriage; that's the evidence."

Su Qianqian gave a brief account of how she was abducted, without mentioning Meng Baozhu's name or the rescue. Saving six little girls at once might expose the existence of her spatial dimension.

She also said that she threw a stone at the human trafficker who called himself Boss Li in self-defense.

Lin, the head constable, was shocked. What? The Boss Li, who had rendered everyone helpless, had actually fallen for the little girl's trick!

You could just pick up a rock and hit someone like Boss Li!

Impossible, right? Boss Li has never met his match before, how could he be injured by a skinny little girl?

But this girl doesn't seem like she'd lie.

Lin, the head constable, quickly inquired about the appearance of Boss Li.

The results showed that the girl's description of Li Laoda's appearance was indeed accurate.

Good heavens! This girl is really something!

It turns out that Boss Li has been able to evade the law all this time because he hasn't met his destined nemesis.

Lin the constable looked at Su Qianqian with a change in his gaze, now showing more respect.

Su Qianqian is a transmigrator, so she doesn't shy away from the fact that she was trafficked. She's not afraid of it tarnishing her reputation, since the traffickers are the ones who did wrong, not her.

She continued to recount clues about human traffickers, emphasizing that only by explaining things clearly could the authorities more easily arrest them and bring the traffickers to justice.

If everyone hides their true intentions and dares not report to the authorities, wouldn't that play right into the hands of human traffickers?

Su Qianqian relayed the key information that the human traffickers had given her while driving the cart—that their hideout was about three miles from the lake—to Lin, the head constable.

The incident of being drugged by the Fang siblings was also mentioned twice, hoping that Officer Lin would arrest and interrogate the Fang siblings as well.

"...That's how it is. I hope that Officer Lin can lead his men to wipe out the entire human trafficker gang and arrest the accomplices in the city as well."

Lin, the head constable, was overjoyed. The clues the girl had provided were reasonable and well-founded, and they might actually lead to the capture of the human trafficking gang.

According to the girl's description, the deadly flying knife, Boss Li, was hit on the head in the lake. It's unknown how badly Boss Li was injured. If Boss Li is caught, he will be incredibly wealthy.

He suddenly had both fame and fortune.

In the near future, there might be an opportunity to become a constable in the capital. Just thinking about it makes me feel that my future is limitless.

Lin, the head constable, was calculating in his mind that he had to get some money from the county magistrate to find three or five martial arts masters to deal with Li the Deadly Flying Knife.

The capture of Li Laoda, the Deadly Flying Knife, was not only beneficial to him as the head constable, but also a great achievement for the county magistrate.

However, Lin, the head constable, was still puzzled. How were those young girls in the city rescued? It couldn't have been that Boss Li, the master of deadly flying knives, suddenly took pity on them and personally brought them back, could it?

"Miss Su, one of those two human traffickers is a wanted criminal by the imperial court. The government has already issued a reward notice. If the clues you provide this time are useful, you will receive a reward of 10 to 100 taels of silver. The exact amount is yet to be determined."

Su Qianqian knew that the Su family would stretch every copper coin to two, so 10 taels of silver was a huge sum of money for them.

It can punish bad guys and also earn you a reward, so it's a win-win situation.

Moreover, if you maintain a good relationship with the constables in the county, it will be much more convenient when you come to the county to do business in the future.

"Thank you very much, Officer Lin. I look forward to your good news."

Lin, the head constable, was very excited and immediately organized his men to leave the city.

If we arrive in time, we might be able to catch the injured Boss Li.

After leaving the city, Su Qianqian's carriage headed towards Lotus Village.

The road from the county town to the village was in very poor condition, full of potholes, and the horse-drawn carriage bounced violently.

After driving for about half an hour, we arrived at the entrance of Lotus Village.

Su Qianqian jumped off the carriage and saw many torches in the mountains to the west of the village.

Could her family have gone to the mountains to look for her?

She had the original owner's memories and knew that the continuous mountain range at the west end of the village was called Tiger Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles. She had heard that tigers roamed there, making it extremely dangerous.

If the villagers risked their lives to go into the mountains to look for her, they must call her back immediately.

Su Qianqian jumped off the carriage and thanked the driver, "Brother Zhuzi, thank you so much. I'm home now. You should go back and report to your driver soon too."

"Miss Su, farewell."

The pillar turned around and left.

Su Qianqian got off the carriage right in front of the village chief's house, the only stone house in the entire village. The other villagers all lived in mud houses—mud houses built by pressing mud into bricks.

The village chief's house was lit up; he probably hadn't gone to bed yet.

Su Qianqian stepped over the small fence gate and knocked on the brass ring on the wooden door.

Is the old village chief home?

With a creak, the wooden door opened.

The woman who came out was the village chief's wife.

The village chief's wife, surnamed Liu, had poor eyesight. She held the oil-paper lantern up to Su Qianqian's face before she could see her clearly.

"It's Su girl back!"

When the village chief's wife saw that it was Su Qianqian who had come, she finally felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"It's good that you're back safe and sound. Everyone in the village went to the mountains to look for you. I'll have Gou Dan call them all back right now."

The mountains are dangerous. Last year, someone was killed by wild animals, and I heard that someone even saw a tiger, so the village chief's wife is quite worried.

If a large-scale casualty incident occurs in a village, the village chief will be dismissed from his post.

Although her husband was just a minor village head, he wielded considerable power in the remote village and brought many benefits to the whole family. It would be a great pity if he were dismissed.

Now that Su Yatou is back, everyone in the village can return, and her old man no longer needs to worry.

The village chief's wife quickly instructed her youngest son, Gou Dan, "Quickly, go to the foot of the mountain and call everyone back to tell them that Su's girl has been found."

"Okay, Mom." Gou Dan took the paper lantern and ran off.

Su Qianqian jogged after her.

"Little sister Qianqian, the Fang family is saying all over the village that they want to break off the engagement. Don't be sad. I'll marry you then, and we'll give Fang Cheng a good slap in the face."

Gou Dan's feelings for Su Qianqian are one thing, but his feud with Fang Cheng is also a real thing.

Su Qianqian was both amused and exasperated. "Brother Gou Dan, I'm not even fifteen years old yet."

It only comes to mind when we talk about age that we realize that getting married at twenty-five is not considered late in modern times, but in the Great Qi Dynasty, many people got married at the age of fifteen.

"Sister Qianqian, you are a beautiful flower, while Fang Cheng is nothing but cow dung. He is not good enough for you at all. How dare the Fang family say in the village that you are not good enough for him?"

Mentioning Fang Cheng, the one who harmed the original owner of the body, Su Qianqian was also filled with anger.

"Brother Gou Dan, you're right, Fang Cheng is a piece of stinking dog shit."

I've seen the look in your eyes, Dog Egg Bro, you're definitely one of us.

The area at the foot of the mountain was bustling with activity, as most of the villagers had gone up into the mountains to help search for the missing person.

The villagers dared not venture deep into the mountains, so they searched only on the outskirts, all calling out Su Qianqian's name.

"Qian, Qian, where are you?"

You could tell that the villagers were still very worried about her.

Su Qianqian grew up in an orphanage in her previous life, so she was quite touched to suddenly receive so much care from the villagers.

She had just reached the foot of the mountain when she heard the voice of Fang Cheng, the original owner's fiancé—"This Su Qianqian is really outrageous. How could she go into the deep mountains alone? She caused our whole village to have to go into the mountains to look for her in the middle of the night."

His voice was as aloof as ever, carrying indifference and detachment, as he stood on the moral high ground to criticize Su Qianqian, as if Su Qianqian had nothing to do with him.

Fang Cheng suggested, "We still haven't found them. I'm afraid they're probably dead. Old village chief, why don't we let the villagers go home first and come back to look for them tomorrow at dawn?"

The old village chief was somewhat displeased. When he was displeased, he would frown and take deep drags on his old pipe.

Although he was just a minor village chief, he wielded considerable power, and no one else was allowed to order him around or challenge his authority as village chief.

Fang Cheng is just a minor scholar, yet he's already so arrogant. If he were to pass the imperial examinations and become a scholar, wouldn't he be soaring to the heavens?

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