Surprise! The prince is busy reading the princess' mind while raising a child!

"Tanghulu, Tanghulu, big and sweet Tanghulu! Tanghulu is so sweet that it makes your teeth fall out! Three coins for a bunch, welcome to taste~"

The woman held the child in her arms and walked through the crowded crowd toward the candied haws vendor.

After buying a string of noodles, the woman paid and was about to leave with the child in her arms when suddenly a tall and strong man came out from the side. He was wearing a gray shorts and the most important thing was that he had a black mole on the right corner of his mouth with a hair on it.

He came over and called out, "Son!"

Then, he stretched out his hands to hug the child.

The woman's eyes were filled with fear. She turned around quickly and shouted, "Who are you? Are you trying to steal the child?"

When the man heard this, his expression changed:

"My dear, please don't be angry. I know you have a lover. I won't stop you if you want to leave, but you have to stay with the child! That's my child!"

As he said this, the man was about to grab the child from the woman's arms.

The people around initially thought that they were trying to steal the child, but when they heard it, they realized that the couple was having a quarrel!

What's more, the woman cheated on the man!

"I don't know him! I'm not his wife! I don't even know her or him!"

The woman hugged the child tightly, screaming at the top of her lungs. She wanted to run away, but the man grabbed her clothes tightly.

Coincidentally, a group of lion dancers came nearby, and now there were even more people watching.

"You are such a shameless person! You have brought shame upon my Wang family!"

At this time, a couple came over.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, please take care of her!"

The two men rushed forward, and the man called father-in-law dragged the woman away fiercely. Regardless of the child's heart-wrenching crying, he stuffed the woman into his son-in-law's arms.

The mother-in-law rushed over, grabbed the woman's hair, and slapped her hard several times. The woman fought with her, shouting:

"I don't know you! Help! I don't know them!"

In the end, the woman was knocked unconscious and was taken away in a carriage with her child by the three men. The streets became lively again.

The old man finished speaking calmly and spread his hands:

"That's it. I may say it slowly, but in reality, it was over in a few sips of tea. After all, it's not good for outsiders to get involved in a couple's quarrel, right?"

"Thank you!"

Turning around, Shi Yi's face was covered with dark clouds.

"Sister Wang, please go to Zhao Xiaoming's house quickly. Something might have happened to him. If you can't find a way, report it to the police! Also, Sister Wang, please send someone to He Feng's house in Hejia Village and tell them that I am staying at your house with my cousin and the child for one night and will be home tomorrow."

Wang Qingqing nodded with tears in her eyes. This was a great trust!

Shi Yi went out and ran in the direction the old man pointed.

After running a few hundred meters, she became more cautious and changed into men's clothes in the space, put on a half mask, tied her hair into a high ponytail, and returned to where the old man had been just now.

Then, as expected, a man surreptitiously threw a piece of silver into his arms and quickly left.

Shi Yi thought about it and followed the man for a while, and found that he was wandering aimlessly on the street.

Blindfold?

After thinking about it, Shi Yi made a quick decision. In an alley, he pulled a horse out of space and galloped in the opposite direction the old man pointed.

Soon they left Fuqing Town. Shi Yi sat on the horse, with a storm of emotions surging in his heart.

Who is so cruel that he would kidnap Xiaohua and Zhaozhao in this way?

What is the other party’s purpose?

Is it directed at her or at Ye Lingfeng?

Did she offend someone, or was it someone sent by higher-ups?

Her mind was in turmoil and her brain was working rapidly.

After running out of the town, Shi Yi observed and found that there was indeed a very fresh carriage mark on the ground.

In the countryside, the most commonly used vehicles are ox carts, and horse carts are not common.

Assuming they are human traffickers, after they succeed, what they want to do most is to get out as quickly as possible and leave the scene.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and once you left the scene of the incident, the chances of being found again were very slim.

Therefore, leaving Fuqing Town and going to Fuyun County should be their best and fastest option.

If it was a kidnapping, they would have left Xiaohua behind, or asked someone else to send a message home, asking for money and negotiating conditions.

Therefore, Xiaohua and Zhaozhao were most likely taken away by human traffickers.

So how the human traffickers could accurately identify Xiaohua and Zhaozhao is a question worth pondering.

Shi Yi slapped the horse's butt hard and rode away at high speed.

After chasing for nearly an hour, they encountered three ox carts and two horse carts on the road. Shi Yi made excuses to go in and see, but it was not them.

They were about to arrive at the county town, and among the crowd queuing to enter the city, Shi Yi spotted another carriage.

When the driver got out of the car and paid the entrance fee to the guard at the city gate, Shi Yi saw him when he turned around!

There was indeed a "wart" at the corner of my mouth, but it was under my left eye.

Looks like it's you!

Shi Yi got off the horse, held the reins, and slowly followed the crowd towards the city gate.

After entering the city, she followed the carriage from a distance and watched them enter a house with a separate entrance.

She found an open space, put the horse into the space, and changed into an ordinary women's dress.

Shi Yi carried a basket and looked around the house.

There was an old beggar lying in the corner, basking in the sun quietly, with a large porcelain bowl with a broken corner placed in front of him.

Shi Yi threw a tael of silver into the bowl: "I want to ask you something."

The old beggar quickly picked up the silver, put it in his mouth, bit it, and hid it in his arms.

"What's the matter?" The old beggar narrowed his eyes in the setting sun.

"Information about the house next door."

The old beggar picked up a piece of horsetail grass and said softly:

"The owner of this house was originally a juren. A year ago, he was bought by a man who called himself Sun Decai. This man might be a businessman. There are often carriages coming in and out of the house. Oh, there was one just now."

Shi Yi looked at the side of the house and narrowed her eyes.

"Does he have any children at home?"

The old beggar was stunned for a moment:

"There should be, because there are often children crying."

"Does his house often have outsiders coming in and out?"

"No!" said the old beggar with certainty.

"There is only a mute cook in his family who comes out to buy vegetables every morning."

"Thank you."

Shi Yi threw him another piece of silver and asked casually, "Has anyone lost a child recently in the county or the surrounding villages?"

The old beggar paused, thinking:

"Don't mention it, it seems there really are some! But there are very few in the county town, most of them are from the surrounding villages, and most of them are boys..."

"understood."

Shi Yi was about to leave when she saw a carriage trotting towards them in the distance.

There is only one big house around here. Most of the people are going here.

Approaching the old beggar, Shi Yi spoke a few words quickly, and then gave him a piece of silver.

The old beggar sat up suddenly and limped to the road. Shi Yi, carrying the basket, walked quickly and got in front of the old beggar...