Chapter 279 Caomiao Village
The moonlight is like water, gently shining through the bamboo window, sprinkling into the house, shining on the desk, and falling on the list.
Ning Changge quietly looked at the words illuminated by the clear light. As the candlelight and moonlight swayed, his brows could not help but frown slightly.
"Chen Lianhua, from Lianhua Village, 19 years old, disappeared ten days ago on her way to Hongzhen to sell vegetables, and her whereabouts remain unknown."
"Zhao Yanzi, from Dawang Village, 20 years old, disappeared nine days ago in Dawang Village, and her whereabouts remain unknown."
"Lin Xiaoying, from Xiaowang Village, 18 years old, disappeared nine days ago on the way back to Xiaowang Village, and her whereabouts remain unknown."
"Chen Nami, from Konoha Village, 18 years old, disappeared eight days ago from her home, and her whereabouts remain unknown."
"Xiao Mei, from Wutan Village, 19 years old, disappeared seven days ago, the location of disappearance is unclear at the moment, and her whereabouts remain unknown."
"Li Qingqing, from Qingqiu Village, 18 years old, disappeared five days ago, the location of disappearance is unclear at the moment, and her whereabouts remain unknown."
"Wang Yuehong, from Hongzhen, 19 years old, disappeared two days ago in Hongzhen, whereabouts unknown to date."
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"Liu..., her whereabouts are still unknown,"
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The list lists the general situation of women who have gone missing in the past half month.
Even during the day, Ning Changge had already learned from Mayor Wang that the number of missing people reached over a hundred.
But when he actually saw the list with his own eyes, he still couldn't suppress the strong shock and deep anger that surged in his heart.
A name is a living being. At a glance, it is filled with densely packed names close together.
"This Wang Baoguo is really... ah!"
Ning Changge now really wanted to scold this old guy like Bai Xianer did during the day, but what came out of his mouth in the end was a helpless sigh.
Because he knew that there was no point in doing so. In the eyes of this old man, women were really not as good as a cow or a horse in the family. If there were not so many missing people, he might not have been in a hurry.
His eyes moved slowly along the words on the list. This list was handed to him by Wang Baoguo's son Wang Weiguo after he arrived at the palace during the day.
Through this list and a brief exchange with Wang Weiguo, Ning Changge had a general understanding of the town.
Similar to the urban-rural integration on Blue Star, Hong Town is the main urban area, where city dwellers live. There are seven villages around it, namely:
Lotus Village, Dawang Village, Xiaowang Village, Muye Village, Wutan Village, Qingqiu Village, and a very special village in Ning Changge's opinion:
Caomiao Village.
Yes, this village called Caomiao Village is very special. He has read the missing persons list to the end, but he has not seen any record of missing women from Caomiao Village.
This is obviously... No, there is definitely something wrong with this village.
If we calculate based on the average number, if the number is shared among a hundred women, there would be at least ten missing women in this village, but in the end, there was none!
It seems...
I have to go to this village myself tomorrow to see it.
Ning Changge narrowed his eyes slightly.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Bang, bang, bang! Senior Brother Ning, it's me, Feiyu."
Ning Changge said: "Come in."
Upon hearing this, Han Feiyu opened the door, walked quickly to the desk, bowed to Ning Changge, and reported:
"Brother Ning, you asked me to investigate the matter of the old lady Malanhua going crazy this afternoon. Although everyone in the town is trying to avoid talking about it, and it seems that Wang Baoguo gave the order, there are always a few who can't keep their mouths shut. There is indeed a hidden story behind the matter of old lady Ma going crazy."
Ning Changge put the list in his hand on the desk, looked at Han Feiyu, and said, "What's the secret?"
When Malanhua was going crazy and swearing in the afternoon, Dabaoshu actually turned the page and started writing. But Ning Changge knew that the old lady would definitely not be one of the heroines in the original novel.
Sure enough, the dozen or so words I had just written disappeared inexplicably, as if they had been erased by someone.
He didn't know why she disappeared, but Ning Changge knew that based on the nature of Dabaoshu, this Grandma Ma was probably related to a female protagonist in the original novel.
So, this is why Han Feiyu came to his room to report late at night. Since he didn't want him to know, he would send someone to investigate and then tell him.
Han Feiyu thought for a moment and replied to Ning Changge: "Well...the people in the town each had their own opinions. I sorted out what they said and got some important information."
"The first one is that Granny Ma said she wanted to avenge her grandson, but in fact, she killed herself."
"He wanted to do something indecent to the woman, but a monster appeared from nowhere and he was swallowed alive by the monster before he could even touch the woman's clothes."
"However, there were indeed many people around who witnessed the bloody scene, but Granny Ma insisted that it was the witch who cast a spell and killed her grandson."
"Oh, you're asking for trouble." Ning Changge sneered, and then asked Han Feiyu: "What race is the evil beast, and what village is the woman from? What's her name?"
Han Feiyu said: "According to the description of the villagers who were present at the time, it seemed to be a big frog. And the woman, she was from Cao Miao Village. As for her last name, I'm sorry, Brother Ning, I didn't ask. To be precise, no one in this town knows."
"Hmm?" Ning Changge frowned slightly, as if something serious had happened, and said in surprise:
"You said that the woman is from Caomiao Village? Does anyone know her name?"
"Yes, really no one knows." Han Feiyu nodded helplessly, and then he was a little curious about Ning Changge's strange question: "Why, Senior Brother Ning, is there something wrong with this person from Caomiao Village?"
"I don't know if there is a problem yet, but I think there is a problem. You can take a look at it too."
As he spoke, Ning Changge picked up the missing persons list on the desk and handed it to Han Feiyu.
Han Feiyu took it, then lowered his head and scanned the information of the missing women on the list one by one.
After a while, Han Feiyu suddenly raised his head and looked at Ning Changge, his voice seemed a little unconfident:
"Brother Ning, it seems that there is no missing woman from Caomiao Village."
Ning Changge nodded slightly: "Let's go to this village together tomorrow. All the villages have women missing except this one. If you say there is nothing wrong with it, only a fool would believe it."
"Are we the only two? Do you want to bring your fellow disciples along?" Han Feiyu returned the missing list to Ning Changge. "Oh, by the way, Senior Brother Ning, it's already the second day of the trial, and several disciples in the team have come to ask me what the trial mission is."
The implication is, Senior Brother Ning, please release the trial tasks as soon as possible. My fellow junior brothers and sisters don’t dare to urge you, so they come to urge me instead.