After arriving at the outskirts of the ancient town, a special car was already waiting for them. Everyone got on the car in silence. No one spoke a word along the way, and the atmosphere was terrifyingly depressing.
ten minutes later.
Long Yutian, Xingan and others arrived at the scene of the incident.
Xiao Lingye, Lin Wanwan, Xiao Rui and others have arrived. It has been six hours since Xiaoxingxing disappeared. Xiao Lingye and Lin Wanwan mobilized all available connections, and Xiao Rui immediately contacted the local people.
After communicating with the government, the local government temporarily closed the ancient town.
In the car, after Long Yutian called Xiao Rui to confirm the address, the car arrived at the entrance of an antique courtyard without any hindrance.
The courtyard gate is made of two vermilion red-painted wooden doors. There are no tourists and the gate is open. At a glance, Xingan can see Xiao Rui and his parents walking back and forth in the yard looking for something.
Xingan got out of the car and ran all the way into the small courtyard, "Mom, have you found it?"
Lin Wanwan shook her head.
"Did you call the police?"
"No."
Lin Wanwan leaned against an osmanthus tree as wide as a bowl in the middle of the yard, shaking her head tiredly. Her voice was hoarse, "We were worried that calling the police would anger the kidnappers."
Lin Wanwan held onto Xin Gu's hand tightly, "How is the situation over there? Does the disappearance of little Xingxing have anything to do with Zhang Yang?"
Before Xingan could speak, Long Yutian, who was pushing a wheelchair into the yard, said in a deep voice, "It's not him."
"..." The faint light in Lin Wanwan's eyes dimmed instantly, and she smiled bitterly, "Before you came, Xiao Lingye, Ruirui, and I had a premonition.
Zhang Zhao might have been able to do this, but we all know how much Zhang Yang weighed. How could he take away Xingan and Mo Yu in full view of the public, without leaving any trace behind? He doesn't have this ability."
Everyone fell silent.
After a while, Xie Yan couldn't help but ask, "Auntie, did you and uncle receive any strange calls today?"
Lin Wanwan shook her head.
It would be nice to receive a phone call, which means that the kidnappers have an agenda. As long as they have an agenda, they can get Little Xingxing back at all costs. However, since Little Xingxing disappeared, they have not received even a single strange phone call or text message.
It is because of this that they become even more panicked.
Everyone fell silent again.
Long Yutian squeezed the armrests of his wheelchair, his eyes filled with dark storms. At times like this, he became calmer. He asked Lin Wanwan, "Have you checked all the surveillance videos?"
"checked."
Lin Wanwan rubbed her stiff cheeks, "Before we came, the archaeological team had checked the surveillance video. The surveillance video showed that after having breakfast next door, Xiao Xingxing and Mo Yu turned into the alley at the door.
After entering the alley, they never came out again.
This is the only courtyard in the alley. When we came, the archaeological team had already been here once. According to them, they also suspected that Xiao Xingxing and Mo Yu disappeared here, so they came here as soon as possible.
When they came here, they found that the gate of the yard was open, and they also found their footprints at the door."
"..." "We learned that this small courtyard has a history of hundreds of years. Usually, the door of this small courtyard is closed and not open to the public. Tourists are only allowed in at specific times. Normally, next to the gate
There are always signs prohibiting entry. Little Xingxing is not an impolite child. They should not go in when they see the sign, but the fact is that they just go in."
Long Yutian pursed his lips, "Are there any other clues?"
at this time.
Xiao Rui and Xiao Lingye also saw a few people. They were striding from a short distance away. When they heard Long Yutian's question, Xiao Rui said in a deep voice, "Yes!"
"What?"
"There were no signs of any fighting in the yard."
"..." Long Yutian's face changed slightly.
In other words, either Xiao Xingxing and Mo Yu were sneak attacked and hit with one hit, or they were subdued with one move.
But these two possibilities are not feasible in his opinion.
He had watched Mo Yu and Xiao Xingxing grow up. He used to take Mo Yu and Xiao Xingxing to the virgin forest to identify and collect herbs. The two children had experienced all kinds of dangers since they were young, and their vigilance was second to none.
The possibility of sneak attacking them and hitting them with one move is very small, and it is completely impossible to subdue them both with one move.
"Uncle, what I said is... there are no traces."
Long Yutian suddenly raised his head, "What do you mean?"
"This small courtyard has not been cleaned for a long time. There are two people's footprints on the bluestone in the courtyard, but..." He pointed to a dry well next to the osmanthus tree, "The footprints disappeared when they got there.
If the two of them were attacked by someone, they would have fallen to the ground, but there was no trace of their fall on the ground.
And... after comparison, except for the instructor who came in from the archaeological team, there were no footprints of a fourth person in the yard.
We all know Little Xingxing’s mentor, it can’t be her.”
then.
When Little Xingxing was about to join the archaeological team, they found out all three generations of her mentor's ancestors. Moreover, Little Xingxing's mentor was a female professor in her fifties who was not in good health.
She prescribes medicine to regulate the body.
Little Xingxing spends a lot of time with her professor. If there is a problem with the professor, it is impossible for her not to discover it. Little Xingxing also trusts the old professor very much. If the old professor really lies dormant for so many years just to harm her, she has this ability. Little Xingxing
He has disappeared many times in extreme archaeological environments.
"More importantly, the old professor has always been with the archaeological team. She was not present when Little Xingxing disappeared."
"..." Hearing this, Xin Gan and Xie Yan looked at each other, and the coldness in their hearts went straight to their foreheads.
Long Yutian also understood, "You mean...the two of them disappeared out of thin air?"
Xiao Rui was silent.
This sounds nonsense, but according to the clues and evidence they have obtained so far, it is indeed the case. He even asked countless people to check all the surveillance videos around the small courtyard, but they did not see the two people leaving.
Long Yutian's eyes fell on the dry well.
The dry well is huge.
The diameter was estimated to be about one meter in diameter. There was a cement manhole cover placed next to the dry well. Long Yutian pushed his wheelchair closer and found that there were fingerprints on the dust of the manhole cover.
"Have you looked in the well?"
"I've looked for it."
When Xiao Rui entered the courtyard, he found the manhole cover that had been lifted. He immediately went to the bottom of the well to check, "The well is very deep, but there is no water. It has dried up. The well is covered with moss. I looked carefully and found that there is no water."
Find mechanisms and stuff like that.”
So...two people really disappeared out of thin air?
Long Yutian didn't believe it.
He suddenly slapped the wheelchair, and the wheelchair flew into the air. The next second, he and the wheelchair went into the bottom of the well.