Chapter 253 Missing Woman Monthly Pass)
When Jiayin and others first entered the territory of Songyuan County, they went to several towns to supply supplies and found that the atmosphere in the counties and towns here was unusual.
Because they could carry more luggage with the donkey cart, Jiayin and the others bought enough tarps to pitch two tents.
Except for those who live in inns in larger counties, people in small towns rarely go to inns to rest, and they just sleep in the wild.
When you arrive in a larger county, you will go to an inn to rest, take a hot bath, etc. If the town is too small, staying in an inn will not be comfortable, so it is better to set up a tent in the wild.
The climate here is much more comfortable than that in Dongshan County. It is not as humid as Dongshan County. It is like spring here, neither hot nor cold, very pleasant.
Together with Chubby and Nao Nao, they have more freedom in the wild. Let them go at night and the two guys go exploring on their own in the mountains.
Anyway, they still have Qingzhu to help them keep watch, so they are not afraid of any danger.
But when they entered Songyuan County, they discovered a strange phenomenon. Especially when they went to a county called Yulong County to supply food, they found that the phenomenon was even more obvious.
They had discovered in the previous towns that there was not even a young woman to be seen on the streets, only old people and men walking around.
After hearing the good news, some of those people hesitated to speak, while others looked pitiful and didn't know what was going on. Some of them were confused.
And it is even more obvious in this county. Not only are there no young women, but also old ladies and little girls! Only men can be seen in the entire county!
A group of people came to the largest grain store in the county to buy grain. Fang Zhiqiang chatted with the owner of the grain store for a few words and then started asking the boss.
After hearing their questions and their accents, I also knew that these people were not locals and did not know the situation here.
The owner of the grain store quickly walked outside the store and looked around. When he saw that there was no one outside, he whispered to them: "Go where you want to go quickly. It's best not to stay here.
Especially your girl, she must be hidden in the car and not exposed outside, otherwise she may be arrested."
Fang Zhiyuan and others were shocked when they heard this. What happened when they were arrested? Is there some bully here who bullies men and women? Or is it some faint official who is so rampant?
Fang Zhiqiang asked directly: "What do you think the shopkeeper said?"
The owner of the grain store lowered his voice and said to them: "You have just come to our area. You don't know that for more than a year, young girls have often disappeared in the entire Yulong County, including the towns and villages below.
Especially young and beautiful ones.
Later, younger female dolls would also disappear, and even two old ladies disappeared.
Those people were all working outside in public, or just went out for a trip, and no one knew who was watching them. They would disappear inexplicably within a few days, and no one came back.
Later, no women in the county dared to go out, even the elderly ladies did not dare to go out for fear of being arrested, so they had to do some work at home.
Everything that goes out is left to the men at home. Even if there are no men at home, they will dress up as men when they go out."
Fang Zhiyuan frowned tightly and said, "Then you didn't report it to the officials? Didn't the officials even investigate?"
The owner of the grain store sighed and said: "Why didn't you report it to the government? When someone disappeared, you reported it to the government at the beginning. It's not just one or two people, there were five people missing in the county at the beginning!
However, the officials searched here and there but could not find any results. On the contrary, more and more people were missing.
Just three months ago, even the niece of the county magistrate went missing. There was such a big fuss at that time that the entire county was sealed off, and even door-to-door searches failed to find out.
Many people are spreading rumors whether the evil god on Snow Dragon Mountain is doing evil.
There is a legend here that on the mountain in the northeast, one day many years ago, a big crack suddenly opened in the mountain, and burned red rock slurry spewed out from the ground!
Seeing that the rolling rock slurry was about to flow down the mountain, a white dragon descended from the sky and landed directly on the mountain, blocking the crack. Then heavy snow fell from the sky, extinguishing the gushing rock slurry.
He killed countless people at the foot of the mountain...
The people nearby were very grateful, and the originally hot mountain became covered with snow all year round, so the people called that mountain Snow Dragon Mountain.
Originally, everyone called the white dragon the Jade Dragon God, and they would go to the foot of the mountain to worship from January to September 20th every year. This is how our Yulong County got its name.
Unexpectedly, more than ten years ago, it was suddenly reported that the Jade Dragon God on the Snow Dragon Mountain had issued an oracle, asking the counties, towns and villages below the mountain to donate a young and beautiful woman every year to become the bride of the Jade Dragon God.
At first no one believed it and no one took it seriously. Soon a beautiful young woman disappeared without any reason.
At first, the government tried their best to investigate, but they never found any clues. Later, they found two human traffickers who took girls or children to other places for trafficking.
But no matter how they interrogated the traffickers, they would not admit that they had taken away the previous people.
The whereabouts of those previous women have never been found, and it is still an unsolved case.
Later, several young women disappeared every year, so everyone remembered the oracle of the Jade Dragon God.
Everyone thought that it might be the Jade Dragon God who was looking for a bride for himself. They were angry but dared not speak out, but their previous gratitude was gone, and they all secretly called him the Evil Dragon God.
It was the same at that time. Young women, especially beautiful young women, were insecure and did not dare to go out.
After six years of turmoil, suddenly no woman disappeared anymore, and everyone gradually forgot about it and returned to normal life.
I just didn't expect that ten years later, this thing would happen again, and it would be even more serious than before.
In the past, one or two women would go missing in a town every year. Now, as long as good-looking women go out and find themselves alone, they will disappear for no reason.
Even if your family members are with you, they will disappear in various ways within a few days, making it difficult for people to guard against you.
Everyone has not found any useful clues, so they have to rely on the Evil Dragon God in Snow Dragon Mountain, although this time they have not heard of an oracle coming down.
They all think that the evil dragon is causing trouble. It is not only an evil dragon but also a lustful dragon. Otherwise, why would they specifically capture some young and beautiful women..."
Jiayin frowned tightly, it was really unreasonable to do evil in the name of Dragon God!
The real Dragon God is here, let’s see how she deals with them!
The few people chatted with the grain shop owner for a while, bought the grain, and left. They also went to another shop to buy some seasonings.
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