He was from Tuzhai, so of course he did not dare to offend the court officials. Although his officials were much older than Qiu Wuhen, he still bowed and saluted respectfully. And because they were here to help, this matter had nothing to do with him.

It had nothing to do with him, and he was introduced to me as saying that this Ming Dynasty official was quite capable of solving crimes.

After the two parties met, Qiu Wuhen asked Tubazhong: "Tell me what happened, the circumstances of the crime, and the location. Where did you find that the six beautiful girls were missing?"

"Four days ago, when we walked here, the six showgirls disappeared."

Qiu Wuhen took a breath of cold air. Where were these six women trapped for four days? If they didn't eat or drink, they would die.

I couldn't help but tighten my heart, and immediately said: "Then we have to find these people as soon as possible without any delay."

"Of course, it was raining heavily when we were walking to the house above Luoshuozhai, so we went to his house to take shelter from the rain. His family dug a house on a hillside to build a foundation, but the rain was too heavy

, I found that the foundation at the back was loose, so I wondered if a landslide would come down and wash away the house, so I reminded everyone to pay attention. But before I could finish my words, I heard a rumbling sound, and the hillside slid down, washing down the house.

Halfway there, everyone was so scared that they ran away, and I also ran to the flat ground in the woods outside."

"When the rumbling stopped, I brought people back to the scene. Most of the house had collapsed. I immediately counted the people and found that six of them were missing. I was worried that they had been buried under the soil. I immediately

We asked everyone to dig together, and called Muramasa to bring many people over to help. After digging for a long time, we finally dug up all the collapsed soil and dumped it to the other side."

"But we found some crushed pots and pans, and we also found the family's 80-year-old man. He was lying on the bed because his hands and feet were too slow to move, so he was buried under it. He died.

But the others were all still alive, and they were all there after counting. And after all the earth and stone were excavated, the six show girls were not found, so I asked everyone to search around quickly, thinking that they had just run into the woods in confusion.

be lost."

"Because there is a dense forest not far away, we searched the forest for a whole day but could not find any traces. We felt very puzzled and immediately expanded the search area. Over the past few days, we have searched everything nearby, and they seemed to disappear out of thin air.

It's normal, everyone is missing, and no clues have been found."

Qiu Wuhen said: "Take us to the place where the house collapsed."

When the next group of people came to the collapsed house near the hillside at the top of Luoshuo Village, a small half of the house was crushed, and the other half was still standing. In order to find the six beautiful girls, all the collapsed earth and stone had been cleared out.

In fact, it has been restored to its original appearance.

Qiu Wuhen took a look. The house was halfway up the mountain. The terrain was relatively steep. A small half of the mountain had been washed down by a landslide, exposing the earthy yellow soil. There were also some trees that fell on the mountain, but they collapsed.

The area has been cleared, and the owner of the house is holding a funeral for the old man who was crushed to death. Many people from the village came to help, crying and crying.

Qiu Wuhen turned around and didn't find anything different. He thought it would be great if there was a police dog or something at this time. He could follow their scent and look for it, because at that time, except for an old man, there were no other people buried.

Everything was fine. Because they had been warned in advance, everyone took precautions and ran away immediately. The six show girls were young women, so there was a high possibility that they also ran away. But at that time, everyone was in a panic and went their own way.

Everyone was on their own, and no one paid attention to where the others had gone. It was pouring rain again, and the visibility was not good.

Therefore, Qiu Wuhen initially judged that the person must have run into the woods and disappeared, and must search for their possible location as soon as possible.

Qiu Wuhen called Cun Zheng over and asked, "How far is the nearby village from here?"

"There are other villages two or three kilometers away from our Luoshuo Village. However, we have checked all the villages and found no trace of these six beautiful girls. No one has seen them. Not only the nearby villages,

We have also inquired about the villages further away, so no one has seen these six women. Such young and beautiful women can easily attract attention when walking on the mountain road, but no one has noticed them, which is very strange.

.”

Qiu Wuhen asked: "Could it be that the six of them didn't want to participate in the show and took the opportunity to escape?"

Tubazhong immediately shook his head and said: "Impossible. All the show girls participating this time are voluntary. We will not force them. Because the show girls who are forced to go will get into trouble, and participating in the show girls can enter the palace and enjoy the glory and wealth. It is

The dream in the heart of every young and beautiful woman. If one day she is favored by the Ming Emperor, she will be able to climb a high tree and become a master. She will wake up with a smile even in her dreams. How could she not be willing to go?"

"So the idea of ​​​​escaping is completely nonsense. If they don't want to go, just tell them immediately and they will be sent back immediately. This is the rule. We are only escorting them to safety on the road. The draft must be voluntary, and there is no any

Forced.”

Qiu Wuhen actually didn't know much about the rules of the draft, so he asked casually. After listening to what he said, he realized that he was speaking in a pornographic tone. He said: "In this case, they are probably lost. You have searched carefully.

No trace of them was found in the nearby areas or nearby villages, which shows that they are probably near the accident site."

"After all, there are other villages two or three miles away, so now it is most likely to focus on searching in the circle formed by connecting the nearest villages to the outermost village, radiating from the center of the Sushuo Village. It needs to be a blanket search.

, especially to find any suspicious traces and mobilize more people to search."

They had conducted detailed searches before, but this so-called blanket search had not yet been carried out. So Tubazhong also felt that this was an effective method for now. More citizens were immediately recruited.

Zhuang participated in the search, looking for every possible trace left as Qiu Wuhen said.

He also asked Tubazhong to send some of the things used by the six beautiful women. Qiu Wuhen wanted to get as much personal information about these six people as possible for investigation.

Qiu Wuhen extracted their fingerprints and DNA from the items used by these six women, because hair, epithelial cells, saliva, sweat stains and the like can be extracted from the combs, cosmetics, face towels, and underwear they used.

DNA can be extracted from above.

Soon the DNA of these six beautiful women and their fingerprints Qiu Wuhen had been extracted. Because it continued to rain for days, the rain washed away many traces, making it even more difficult to search for relevant traces. Therefore, this

There was basically no harvest in one night. After marking, I rested and waited for dawn the next day before searching. Because it continued to rain that night, and the rain was relatively heavy. In this case, there was nothing we could do even with a lantern and a torch.

We worked all night, so we had to go back and rest.

Qiu Wuhen and the others were arranged to live in Cunzheng's house. Cunzheng was also considered a relatively wealthy family among the dozen or so households, but this wealth could only be relative. In terms of the house, it was relatively large, but the furnishings

The food and drinks were simple and incomparable to those of Balu's family. Fortunately, they all brought dry food, and after eating, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Qiu Wuhen was arranged to live in a small room upstairs. This small room was the boudoir of the village's daughter, and it was also the cleanest of all the rooms. Of course, the daughter lived with her mother and kept the room.

It was vacated for Qiu Wuhen to live in. The other guest room was given to Qian Jinzhi. Balu and the others lived downstairs. Qiu Wuhen and Qian Jinzhi lived upstairs. The three detectives were arranged in another room.

Accommodation in villagers’ homes.

Qiu Wuhen entered this room. It was said to be a boudoir, but in fact it was just an ordinary room. It was just sprayed with some incense and hung with some women's objects. The room was very dim, with only a large oil lamp burning.

It just illuminates the area near the table, and even the walls are dimly illuminated, making it difficult to see clearly.

It was raining heavily outside the window, and the window paper was torn in some places, and cold wind was pouring inside.

The bedding was moist to the touch, and it was relatively humid that day. After Qiu Wuhen lay down, he blew out the lamp. He didn't put down the mosquito net, feeling stuffy. Because the mosquito nets in the Ming Dynasty were different from the current ones. In fact, they were

Once some thick cloth is put down, the whole bed will look suffocating. After lifting the mosquito net, it will be ventilated and feel more comfortable.

When he was falling asleep, suddenly he felt as if someone was touching his head. He woke up and quickly touched it with his hand. There was a mosquito net on top of his head, but there was nothing there. He immediately sat up.

Is there someone in the room? He shouted: "Who is it?"

But no sound was heard. Instead, Qian Jinzhi from next door ran over and knocked on the door: "What's wrong?"

Qiu Wuhen put on his clothes and opened the door. Qian Jinzhi came in holding a lamp and said, "I heard you talking here and asked who it was. What did I think happened?"

"Something really happened. I just felt someone touching my head."

Qian Jinzhi took a breath of cold air and said, "It's dark and it's raining. Can you please stop scaring people?"

"Who wants to scare you? I am telling the truth. I was lying on the bed just now and just closed my eyes to sleep for a while. When I was about to fall asleep, I felt someone touching my head. It was true, so I quickly got up.

I asked who it was and you came."
Chapter completed!