The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 859 - 185: Feint to the East, Strike in the West_3

Chapter 859: Chapter 185: Feint to the East, Strike in the West_3

As soon as the reward was announced, many people responded, saying that if they saw anything or anyone suspicious, they would go tell her!

Pei Qian looked coldly at Lady Zhu, Old Pei, and a few others from Kong’s, then led her people away from there.

Elsewhere, Pei Qin was leading a search through the town, going from house to house.

Many people actively cooperated, overturning their cellars and stacks of firewood and straw to check, and some even searched inside their wells.

Sun Lizheng mobilized many people to help, not only villagers from the town but also those from nearby villages. They were all informed of the situation and set up blockades at various passages, organizing groups to search the mountains.

At this time of the year, the corn and beans had just sprouted and were not tall enough to hide anyone. If someone was hiding, they must be in somebody’s house or up in the mountains.

Huang Qiu had rushed out after Jiujiu to retrieve something and then disappeared. It was very likely that she was still in town and had not left.

Pei Qin dared not be careless, overseeing the search outside while keeping a close watch on the town—every cellar or cabinet big enough to hide a person was searched.

Pei Yuan, heavily pregnant and anxious, had been forbidden by Pei Qin to run around. She stayed at home looking after Xixi, unable to stop her tears of worry.

Xiao Yi also had his men join the search. Even though he did not care for Jiujiu and might not take her as his consort in the future, her disappearance was a concern. Seeing Pei Qin’s state, if word got to Mo Heng, he might place the blame on his father’s shoulders, so Xiao Yi lent a hand.

As night grew darker and the person was still unfound, Pei Qin’s expression became even more severe. Standing in the darkness, with a torch illuminating her cold face—half in light, half in shadow—it sent shivers down the spines of those who saw her. Pei Qin was easy to deal with when she was in a good mood, but with her naturally fierce and overbearing nature, she was not someone to provoke. Who had kidnapped Jiujiu?

"Continue searching!" Pei Qin commanded her people with a cold voice.

Without a word, everyone resumed their search.

Zhang Gengshan was wiping his tears while instructing his people to carefully scour every nook and cranny, "If Miss Jiujiu isn’t found, I won’t want to live either!"

Most of the people in town were mobilized, starting from the town and spreading outwards in a carpet-style search.

After searching for most of the night, not a single clue was found.

Li Baolian, limping, came out to see what was happening and, hearing that people were searching outside the town, turned back to her courtyard.

Xixi, crying from hunger, was held by Pei Yuan as she came out looking for Pei Qin.

Pei Qin asked her people to continue the search and came back to hold Xixi and feed her.

Seeing her grim and troubled face, Pei Yuan sobbed, trying to console her, "Elder sister, don’t worry, we will find Jiujiu for sure! Taiping Town isn’t that big; we will definitely find her!"

Taiping Town wasn’t large, and Pei Qin had already scoured it twice, while Pei Qian had done so once—everything had been turned upside down, yet no trace was found.

After feeding Xixi, Pei Qin suddenly stood up and asked loudly, "Where’s Xiao Yi?"

Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly went out to ask.

With everyone out searching for Jiujiu, except for the cook woman and Lv Chun, who were down with a cold staying with Pei Yuan to exchange messages.

"Xiao Yi... also went out... to search for Jiujiu, right?" Pei Yuan was a bit uncertain, her face growing paler the more she thought about it.

Pei Qin left Xixi at home and immediately went out to search for him.

However, after searching the whole of Taiping Town, Xiao Yi was nowhere to be found.

Without finding Jiujiu and now with Xiao Yi missing as well, Pei Qin’s face was dark with anger, almost dripping water.

Pei Yuan had not seen such fierce anger from her since the time of their mother’s death, "Elder sister..."

Pei Qin’s face was ferocious as she kicked a wooden bucket near her foot.

The bucket split apart with a crackling sound.

Liu Feng and Cao Li were called back to put full effort into finding Xiao Yi, along with his guards.

Someone discovered Manager Liao in the grass at the edge of town, knocked unconscious.

"Wake him up!" Pei Qin ordered.

The doctor immediately went to him, using acupuncture to force him awake.

Pei Qin pushed aside the doctor and grabbed Manager Liao by his clothes, "Where is Xiao Yi?"

With a pale face and trembling all over, Manager Liao burst into tears, "The young master... Someone has kidnapped the young master! We must chase them! Quick!"

"Who kidnapped him? How many of them? Where did they go?" Pei Qin urgently asked.

"I didn’t see clearly!" Manager Liao cried in agony. With the young master missing, not even death could atone for his sin!

Pei Qin kicked him aside, "Search!" She jumped on her horse, leading Liu Feng and the Government Officers to search further away from town.

The disappearance of Jiujiu was a diversion, their actual target was Xiao Yi. It hadn’t been long since Xiao Guangbi had brought Xiao Yi over, but someone had gotten hold of this information and kidnapped him. Pei Qin was furious beyond measure. She could not be sure who it was, but it definitely was someone coming for her! With Xiao Yi disappearing on her watch, Xiao Guangbi wouldn’t be the only one not to let her off the hook—not even Mo Heng would let her escape blame!

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