After my mind was read, I became the emperor's favorite

When Qi Mingze woke up, he found himself in a fast-moving carriage.

He did not open his eyes immediately, but instead contacted the system in his consciousness space.

[System, tell me about the situation along the way.]

[Host, you scared me to death!] The system also knew that the situation was critical, so it didn't question it any further and directly told the host everything it had seen and heard along the way.

[After you were knocked unconscious in the inner room, someone came out from the secret door in the room.

One of them, who looked exactly like you, took your place.

You were carried by several other men into an underground passage.

After walking around in many twists and turns, they arrived at an open space where six carriages were parked.

They put you in one of them, and then six carriages went off in six different directions.]

[Well, describe the appearance of those men to me.]

[Host, I activated the recording function when you were unconscious. I'll show you the video.]

The system was clever for once, but now was clearly not the time for it to show off its cleverness and take credit for it.

It felt that the host was taking too much of a risk this time, but it was on its own and had no other options, so it really wanted to teach the host a lesson.

Tsk, the system didn't expect that its wish would come true the next day, and Qi Mingze learned a lesson he would never forget.

This is a story for later!

After looking at the appearance of several people, Qi Mingze thought to himself, it was indeed true.

Then he threw the first bomb at the system, [System, we have all seen these people before.]

[What?] The system felt like it was right beside the host, yet it felt like it was in a different dimension.

He didn't know any of these people.

The elegant-looking one is the scholar who bought calligraphy and paintings on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. The bearded one is the hunter who delivered pheasants and firewood to the restaurant the day before yesterday.

...This ordinary-looking man is a servant of Huarong Pavilion.]

Qi Mingze narrated the time, place and identity of the appearance of several people one by one.

The system was shocked and couldn't help cursing, "Damn, who would remember these insignificant people?"

The system does not have the habit of recording the screen every day, and this will consume energy.

It has not forgotten that its current system is a poor system with precarious energy and a pocket cleaner than its face.

However, when it carefully recalled the scene in Huarong Pavilion yesterday, it really found this person.

With such an inconspicuous appearance, who would associate them together? The host is really amazing.

[This group of people have been following me for a few days. They must have been targeting me for a long time.

Moreover, their behavior is probably related to the disappearance of young children in various families in recent days.

That's why I followed suit.] Qi Mingze threw a second mine.

Not only that, he had a deeper guess that the combination of these two factors was what prompted him to take the risk.

If it is true as he guessed, if they are not caught this time, those children will be difficult to find again.

Even in today's technologically advanced world, it is still very difficult to find abducted/sold children and women.

What’s more, this ancient environment was characterized by inconvenient transportation and lack of information.

[Host, what should we do?] The system is very worried about the host's safety. Human traffickers are all vicious and desperate criminals.

How could the host with such a small body be able to defeat them? The system secretly made up its mind.

Even if we use the backup energy obtained from the main brain, we must ensure the host's life is safe.

[System, don't worry. I wouldn't take such a risk without a foolproof plan.

Since they kidnapped me, it proves that they have no intention of killing me, as long as they don't kill me with one blow.

I will be fine, we can just wait and see what happens.

When Country M sent top agents to capture him, he was able to escape safely.

After trying several times and failing to bring him back to Country M, they issued a kill order against him.

If he hadn't developed the genetic medicine and made the politicians of Country M afraid to take action, who knows how long he would have to stay in the secret laboratory.

This time he will naturally not let anything happen to himself, and will try his best to bring all the victims back.

The carriage finally stopped outside an ancient house, and the man next to Qi Mingze carried Qi Mingze off the carriage.

"Lao Wu, he hasn't been awake yet, right?" The middle-aged man outside the car asked the man carrying Qi Mingze.

"Don't worry, brother, I'll be watching you all the way.

Even if I didn't say anything after waking up, I wouldn't be so calm and stay with the robbers."

Lao Wu patted his chest and acted like he had made a promise.

"That's good. This guy was assigned by Master Wei, so we must deal with him properly."

"Oh, second brother, I'll send the people in, you go support eldest brother and the others."

"Well, you and Lao Ba take good care of these goods."

"Ok."

After giving instructions to the fifth brother, the second brother drove away in the carriage.

The man in the house came out to greet Lao Wu as soon as he saw him coming back, "Fifth brother, let me help you."

"Come on, Lao Ba, don't bother with your small body. If something goes wrong, I'll have to take a lesson from Big Brother again."

Lao Wu avoided the hand extended by Lao Ba and took a few steps into the room.

I threw Qi Mingze into the straw pile and couldn't help but sigh at his beautiful face.

"Tsk, you're really pretty. I don't know who you offended to be sold to such a lowly place."

After saying this, he threatened the children huddled in the corner.

"Behave yourself, little ones, or you'll suffer."

"Fifth brother, please stop bothering them."

"You are so kind. If it weren't for the dirty money we made, you wouldn't even know where you are." Lao Wu curled his lips in disdain.

"You... ahem... I won't argue with you. These people were sent to various places by Big Brother. If they were killed, no one would be spared."

Lao Ba was so angry that he coughed a few times and directly moved his eldest brother out.

"Hmph." Lao Wu turned and walked out, out of sight, out of mind.

Lao Ba looked at the children dressed in elegant clothes, then looked at the unconscious Qi Mingze, shook his head, and walked out without saying a word.

Originally, they did not dare to intercept people so openly under the emperor's feet, but the flood was resolved by the court at lightning speed.

So that they do not buy enough children and young girls if they fail to pay the required number on time.

Those high-ranking officials who indulge in pleasure would probably skin them alive.

After both of them left, Qi Mingze pretended to wake up slowly.

He pretended to be panicked, struggled to move his bound wrists and ankles, and then asked the group of children.

"Where is this place? Why am I here?"

[Wow, so many children.] The system couldn't help but smack its lips in amazement.

You don’t know until you see it. All the missing children in Shengjing are here, including a few who are dressed in ordinary clothes.

There are eleven children in total. I don’t know what the Shengjing prefect does for a living. Such a big mistake happened under his jurisdiction.

The children were silent for a long time before one little boy said to him, "Brother, were you kidnapped here too?"

"Well, young master, do you know where this is?"

"I don't know. I appeared here as soon as I woke up."

"That's what you all are like."

"Uh-huh."

Some children remained silent and just looked at the strange handsome man warily, but some children gave a positive answer.

One of the little girls asked timidly, "Brother, are you the new top scholar?"

"I am Qi Mingze, and you are Minhui?" Qi Mingze did not call out the true identity of County Master Minhui.

When Lady Minhui saw that he recognized her, she could no longer control her tears and they fell one by one.

Fortunately, she is a smart and sensible child. She knows the current environment and did not cry out loud.

"Yes, brother."

……

With Princess Minhui as a middleman, Qi Mingze quickly became familiar with the children.

I learned about the general situation here and also understood the family situation of these children.

It was just one of the children who caught Qi Mingze's attention.

A child who is unremarkable in every aspect and comes from a very ordinary background.

[Host, should we start taking action?] The system urged.

There are only two human traffickers here now, and they are burdened by so many girls and children.

If they don't escape now, they will have no chance of escaping once the eight kidnappers meet up.

[System, not yet.] Qi Mingze explicitly refused.

【Host……】

Just as the system was about to persuade him again, the fifth brother suddenly rushed in.

He grabbed Qi Mingze's collar with murderous intent and lifted him up.

"You're the one who harmed Third Brother. If anything happens to Third Brother, I'll make sure you're buried with him!"