Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 114 Huang Ye's Strategy

After breakfast the next day, Huang Ye and Hong Douwo did not leave the inn. They originally wanted to inquire about Mr. Lu, but Xiao Zhao felt that it would be too conspicuous for the two girls to go out to inquire about the news, so he asked them to wait in the inn while he went out to inquire.

Xiao Zhao didn't come back until almost noon and told them the news he had heard.

It is said that it happened more than ten years ago. There was a Mr. Lu in the town. His family opened a grain and oil shop in the town, specializing in grain business. Due to his honest management and Mr. Lu's kindness, people here liked to buy grain and oil from his shop, so the business was very good. After running the business for many years, the family had a lot of wealth and was a wealthy family known far and wide.

Although Mr. Lu was rich, he had few children. It was not until he was forty years old that his old wife gave birth to a son. His family loved this late-born son like a treasure. He was so much like the stars in the sky that they wished they could pick them down for him.

On the Lantern Festival when the child was five years old, the family took the child to the county town to watch the lanterns. There were many people around the child, but for some reason, the child was kidnapped. The kidnappers sent a letter demanding five hundred taels of silver, asking them to send them to a designated place and threatening not to report to the police, otherwise they would kill the child.

Mr. Lu's family didn't dare to report the child to the police, so they obediently put the money in the place specified by the kidnappers, hoping that the kidnappers would keep their promise and send the child back. However, the child never came back. The kidnappers also disappeared, and Mr. Lu's wife missed her son so much that she cried day and night. She died within a year.

Mr. Lu reported the case to the authorities, who also offered a reward for clues, but the matter never came to light, and no news was heard at all.

Over the years, people have forgotten about this incident. Only the parties involved, Mr. Lu's family and her daughters, have never given up the search. They are lucky enough to think that maybe the child is still alive, and as long as he is alive, they will find him one day.

Huang Ye was 100% sure that it was his third uncle who did this, and his third aunt knew the inside story. The key issue now was, even if this matter was made public, what if those two people refused to admit it? After all, it was a capital crime. And where the cave where the child's body was hidden was was still unknown.

Huang Ye was a little depressed. She knew the murderer but could not bring him to justice. It was more uncomfortable than eating a fly. She was so worried that she ate half a bowl less at lunch.

Hongdou and Xiao Zhao couldn't think of a good idea either. After discussing it, the three of them decided to go and climb the house at night. Maybe they would hear something useful.

As a result, the two men waited until they fell asleep that night, but did not hear them say anything about the matter. The two men came back dejectedly, and their faces did not look very good.

the next day.

Huang Ye called the two people together to analyze the situation. The child must have known his third uncle, so he could have taken the child away quietly under the eyes of others. The words "he would release the child after seeing the money" in his blackmail letter were a trick to deceive people. His purpose was to make Mr. Lu's family believe that the child could go back, so that they would be willing to pay the money. He didn't want the child to go back at all, because the child knew him. Maybe the child had been killed when Mr. Lu's family received the blackmail letter.

"Let's go find Mr. Lu." Huang Ye decided to take a risk. This matter had been shelved for too long. They had to muddy the water first. Only when the water was muddy would the fish jump up.

It was on this night that two uninvited guests came to Mr. Lu's house. They went straight to Mr. Lu and no one knew what they talked about. Anyway, Mr. Lu went to the county town the next day. He had a son-in-law who was a legal advisor in the yamen. He went to his daughter's house and asked someone to call his son-in-law back. Several people discussed in the house for a long time, and then returned to the town at night.

The next day, a rumor spread that a herbalist accidentally found a cave while collecting herbs on a mountain. He walked in curiously to see how big the cave was. As a result, he saw the body of a child who had been dead for many years. The herbalist was so frightened that he went home and fell seriously ill. It took him almost half a year to recover.

It is said that after hearing about this, Mr. Lu's family suspected that the child was their child many years ago, and they are looking for the herbalist, hoping that he can take them to the cave to see if it is their child.

The story became more and more plausible. It was said that their family had found the man and was preparing to go into the mountains.

That night, the children had already gone to bed, but my third uncle and aunt were still awake very late, and both of them were very anxious.

"Tell me, will they suspect you? After all, you also went to the county town that day, and someone might have seen you..." Third aunt's voice was trembling. She had been in a state of panic these past few days. This matter had been weighing on her mind for so many years, and she was afraid whenever she thought about it.

"Even if someone saw me, you can't say that I did it. You'd better watch your mouth. If you say something wrong and someone finds out and becomes suspicious, be careful or I'll kill you." The third uncle said viciously.