Fang Mingdao: "There are dozens of families living in Peach Blossom Mountain. They make a living by hunting and picking medicinal materials and delicacies in the mountains. A woman disappeared three days ago. Later, she came back with a message. She was arguing with her parents at home and went to a relative's house in Beijing.
Went for a short stay. Today, another woman disappeared..."
When Jian Yu heard this, something was wrong: "The woman who said three days ago that she was staying at a relative's house, is she sure?"
Fang Ming said solemnly: "No one had any doubts at first, because the woman gave her a token and asked her neighbors in the village to come back and tell her. But today another woman disappeared, which made people think more. How could it be such a coincidence?
matter."
Bai Yue couldn't help but said: "What about the neighbor? Can it be trusted?"
"That's what's bad." Fang Ming said: "The man left for a long trip the day before yesterday and won't be back for a while. Moreover, he has been gone for two days. Even if he chases him, he doesn't know where to go."
One is an accident, two are coincidences, and too many coincidences are just man-made.
Bai Yue said: "Why do you think the woman today was kidnapped? It's freezing cold and it's all white. Could it be that she got lost in the mountains?"
Fang Ming shook his head: "I'm not sure, but the girl's parents came to the temple just now, saying that their daughter was kidnapped, because their children were born and raised here, and they are familiar with the images in the mountains.
It’s my home, so the possibility of getting lost is very small.”
The horse still stumbled its front hoof. Bai Yue didn't agree with it, but it was right to think of the worst in everything. If a girl's family really fell into the hands of the wrong people, it would be fine if they were rescued in time. If they were not found for a while, even if
He was saved later, but his life was ruined.
Jian Yu said: "Can you send someone to the capital to verify? If the first girl is really in the capital, the second girl may have been lost. If the first girl is missing, it is most likely the same group of people.
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"We have already sent someone, and we have told you that if you find her missing, report it to the official immediately." Fang Ming was not confused about the matter: "But it will take two or three days at the fastest to get back to the capital, so the temple has sent all the monks out first.
Searching in the mountains, when it is so cold, if you are really injured and trapped, you will freeze to death overnight."
Jian Yu looked at Fang Ming carefully. Although he had a lot to hide about Bai Yue, he was not lying about it.
"Liang Meng." Jian Yu said, "You ask our people to follow you and help us find people together."
There are only a limited number of monks in Peach Blossom Temple, and there are also a limited number of villagers in Peach Blossom Mountain. If you want to find people in the mountains, it is really not enough.
Liang Meng responded, and Jian Yu said, "Lin Yi should go too, as long as I'm here."
Although Lin Yi was loyal, she did not deal with Bai Yue. When the two met, they would sarcastically pinch each other, which gave him a headache.
Everyone dispersed, and Bai Yue suddenly said: "Master, why did you come to me tonight for something?"
"Ah." Fang Ming then recovered his thoughts: "Donor Bai, it's like this. I originally planned to perform a ritual tonight to dispel the haze from Donor Bai. But I'm afraid it's inconvenient now."
Bai Yue nodded, thinking that Fang Ming probably meant that the whole play must be acted out to be true.
While everyone was having their own thoughts, suddenly a monk came flying from a distance.
"Abbot, Abbot." The monk ran with sweat on his face.
Fang Ming asked anxiously: "What did you find?"
"Yes." The monk gasped, "I found half of the girl's sleeve on a cliff, and there were traces of slipping... I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the girl slipped in the snow and fell off the cliff."
Sure enough, the monk took a piece of clothing in his hand. The girl in the mountain wore coarse cotton clothes in winter, which were dusty and dirty.
The monk added: "Although the cliff is not high, there are steep and strange peaks under the cliff, as well as countless underground rivers and lakes. If a person falls from the cliff, it will be difficult to find it, let alone life or death."
Fang Ming nodded silently: "But we always have to find it, but it's dark now and it's too dangerous to go down the cliff, so we can only wait for dawn."
The monk sighed and felt pity for everyone. It was really uncomfortable for a living life to disappear like this.
The atmosphere was a little heavy for a moment, and Bai Yue suddenly exclaimed: "Master Fang Ming, can you show me this sleeve?"
Fang Ming was puzzled, but still handed over half of his sleeve.
Bai Yue held his sleeve and asked Peggy to hold the torch closer and look at it carefully.
Jian Yu couldn't help but asked: "What's wrong with these sleeves?"
Bai Yue turned his sleeve over and over, looked at the front and back, and then put it on his arm. This was the left sleeve, which was now torn off.
"No." Bai Yue said, "I don't know if this girl fell under the cliff, but she is not alone."
Everyone was shocked by this statement, and Fang Ming hurriedly asked: "What do you mean by this, girl?"
"Look here." Bai Yue pointed to the place where the sleeve was torn out: "Judging from the torn marks, this is the effect of another person standing on the opposite side and exerting force. Unless she takes off her clothes
Tear it apart, otherwise it would never be such a tear."
Everyone was silent for a while. The monk next to him was still a little confused. Bai Yue simply asked the two of them to stretch out their hands.
I randomly pulled a piece of fabric and tore one piece by myself, while the other piece was torn by the person on the other side.
"It's really different." The monk was shocked.
"It's naturally different." Bai Yue said: "The cloth is made of threads that are crisscrossed horizontally and vertically. If you tear it from different places, the places where the force is applied to the cloth will be different, and the resulting tear will naturally be different."
Bai Yue made an understatement, and everyone suddenly realized, and then Fang Ming said: "In other words, the girl was not separated, but was kidnapped?"
This matter is serious. Being separated is just an occasional phenomenon. If someone kidnapped someone, it might be a gang from Taohuashan that specializes in abducting young girls. She is not the first victim, and she will not be the last victim.
Fang Ming took a deep breath and was about to say report to the official immediately when he suddenly thought of Jian Yu.
"Master Jian, you are the Minister of Dali Temple, may you be in charge of this matter?"
It's too slow to report to the official. There are ready-made ones at the moment, which are not just right.
Jian Yu said solemnly: "Although I am not in the capital, since I have encountered it, there is no reason to ignore it. However, I do not bring many people with me on this trip, so I still have to ask the master to go to the government office to report the case and let them send people to help."
Fang Ming responded repeatedly.
Jian Yu said: "I found where the girl's sleeves are. I want to take a look."
The monk hurriedly said: "The young monk will take the adults."
Although I don't know which family it is, the abbot calls me "sir", so there is nothing wrong with calling him "sir".
Bai Yue had a bitter look on her face. It was dark, windy and snowy. She really didn't want to go into the mountain at this time, but if this was a matter related to Taohua Temple, that would be fine. She would help if she could. But now she has become Jian Yu
Jian Yu was the one who just saved her life, so it would be unjustifiable if he just stood by and watched.