Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

In the wilderness after the snow, there was dead silence all around. Occasionally, a bird would suddenly jump out of the woods and fly far away in an instant, making people's hearts beat fast.

The northwest wind blew towards me, hitting my face and causing goose bumps.

Li Yuer picked up the crumpled paper from the ground and unfolded it. On it were four lines of poetry:

The quiet girl and her sister are waiting for me in the corner of the city.

The mountains rise and stop, the scenery stops.

"Hahaha, what are you looking at? Come on, Yu Baoer, you're really pretending like this. If I weren't your brother, I would have thought you could read."

Li Erlang really admired Li Yuer's ability to pretend. He felt that sometimes, being able to pretend and bluff others was a skill.

Li Yuer retracted her gaze and said, "I just think this paper looks good."

These two lines of poetry are from the Book of Songs. She guessed the traditional Chinese characters, and she also thought that they were the first poem she learned in school, "The Quiet Woman".

The first poem, "Wait for me at the corner of the city," means waiting for me at the city gate. The second line of the second poem, "Jingxing, Xingzhi," isn't Jingxing the name of her cousin?

Once she heard Grandpa Cai and Grandma mention it when they were talking.

The last time he was in his cousin's room, the paper in his hand had the first poem written on it, but not just one sentence, but an entire poem.

They didn't know she could read, and they never avoided her.

Li Yuer seemed to have guessed something. Could it be that the girl in the car knew her cousin? And from her expression, it was obvious that she cared about her cousin very much.

Combined with the smile of the woman in red just now, Li Yuer automatically imagined a big drama in his mind.

The cousin and the woman in purple fell in love with each other, and the woman in red might have a crush on the cousin, so she harmed the woman in purple.

"Hey? Yu Baoer, what's wrong with you? Otherwise, let's go back quickly." Li Erlang touched the dazed Li Yuer and said.

"Nothing much, I just thought of something fun." Li Yuer's lips curled up slightly.

Li Erlang was puzzled and said, "It's fun? Really, I'm so scared of your brother's heart, and you're still thinking about having fun at this time."

He glanced at the carriage that had already reached the foot of the mountain and said, "What do you think a young girl like her is doing in a place like this?"

Li Erlang thought of the note just now, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He said, "Ah, I know. He must have made an appointment with the scholar to elope. The note just now must have been given to him by the poor scholar, and it must have written the time and place of the elopement."

As he spoke, Li Erlang couldn't help but continue to imagine: "This young lady from a wealthy family is just stupid, abandoning her parents and family..."

"Hey? Yu Baoer? Hey! Where are you going? What does it have to do with you if someone elopes? You little brat, these are not appropriate."

Li Erlang followed Li Yuer, but he had no intention of leaving. His eyes were full of curiosity and excitement.

In the past, he could only squat under the teahouse window and eavesdrop on the storytellers talking about picture books. Now, seeing with his own eyes the young lady eloping with the poor scholar, Li Erlang felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart.

After getting closer, Li Yuer pulled Li Erlang under a pine or cypress tree and hid him.

They dare not get too close, so as not to hear the people talking in the distance.

But you can see the driver carrying a human-shaped sack off the cart.

"Oh my God!" Li Erlang covered his mouth as he was about to scream, and said, "Could it be that the driver was tempted by the beauty and money and kidnapped the young lady? This is bad. I told you, there are not so many beautiful things in the world.

The poor lady's parents did not allow her to marry a scholar, so the lady eloped with the poor scholar, who later passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar..."

Li Erlang's voice became lower and lower, because at this time, two strong men came down from the mountain. One of them took the sack from the coachman and carried it on his shoulders. Then the other one gave something to the coachman. The coachman got on the carriage and turned around to go back.

not good!

Li Yuer cursed inwardly. There were their footprints on the snow. If the driver returned the same way, he would probably find the footprints.

But luckily for them, the driver did not go in their direction but turned in the opposite direction.

Li Yuer guessed that the driver wanted to take a detour and was afraid that he would be seen going back and forth and be discovered.

Li Yuer secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In just a short while, the two strong men had disappeared on the path leading to the mountain.

"Yu Baoer, let's go back and report to the police." Li Erlang was really panicking at this time. Human trafficking is a serious crime. Those kidnappers are usually desperate criminals. We two children can't afford to offend them."

Li Yuer also wanted to leave, but if she left, the people inside would probably not be able to survive.

"Brother, have you forgotten what kind of character our current county magistrate is? Besides, grandma said, don't trust anyone easily when you are outside.

How do you know that the magistrate is a good person? What if he is in league with them?"

"What should I do?" Li Erlang had never encountered such a life-and-death situation. He was now both scared and a little reluctant.

A woman's reputation is of great importance. Moreover, when kidnappers take a woman away like this, the mountains are high and the roads are long. Who knows where she will be sold to? Most likely, she will never come back.

But their abilities are limited and they can't help, so it's not worth it to get themselves involved.

"Or, let's go back to the village and call for help."

Li Yuer thought this was a good idea, but if both of them left, once the kidnapper left, he would not be able to find any trace.

So Li Yuer said, "How about this, you go back to the village to find someone first, and I'll stay here."

"How can that be! Are you crazy? I feel like you're even crazier than Third Uncle! You shouldn't be with him. You've become a crazy girl who doesn't care about your life anymore."

Li Erlang was worried about Li Yuer staying alone, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's wait and see what happens. We have a deal! If the situation gets dangerous, we will retreat immediately! You run first, and I'll follow behind."

Li Yuer nodded. She certainly would not lose her life for that woman. She was just confident in her tracking, investigation and lurking skills.

Li Yuer encouraged herself in her heart, just treat the animal she is tracking now as the same one she had in her previous life, stay calm! Stay calm!

Observe calmly, think carefully, act quickly, and retreat when in danger!

This is the principle of tracking prey in the wild that Li Yuer summarized for himself in his previous life.

"Come on, brother, let's follow."

The two followed the traces on the snow and went into the mountain.

The mountains are covered with dense forests, and there are many pines and cypresses in the north. They are still green in this season, and the trees are covered with white snow, which is suitable for hiding.

Li Yuer picked up a branch with leaves on it and tried to wipe away his footprints as he walked. However, the footprints left on the snow were difficult to completely remove. He could only wipe them away with difficulty, and could not tell what they were or how many there were.

The mountain path is not difficult to walk on, and it has been well-traveled by people.

Li Yuer was wondering why there were people coming in and out of this place at this time.

After following them for about half an hour, I saw the two strong men entering a cave from afar.

They didn't dare to get closer, so naturally they couldn't hear what the two were saying.

Li Erlang lay down behind the tree and said, "Yu Baoer, what should we do next? Did you see that when the man was walking just now, there was a light flashing around his waist? He has a knife."

Li Erlang's joints turned white from gripping the tree trunk so nervously.

"Brother, I'm going to give you an important task. Only you can complete this task now." Li Yuer stared into Li Erlang's eyes and said seriously.

"What, what mission?" Li Erlang swallowed and spoke in a slurred manner.

"That's right. You stay here and keep watch. I'll go over and take a look."

"No! No!" Li Erlang tried to grab Li Yu'er, but missed. Li Yu'er turned around and gestured to him to keep quiet, and whispered, "Shh, don't worry, I will be fine. Watch out, if there are any more people coming up from the bottom of the mountain, you come and notify me first, and we will run away immediately."