Chapter 108: Scheming to Save Oneself (1)_1
The news that thirty young girls and children had gone missing during the Upper Yuan Festival had not spread widely, and the ignorant commoners, seeing the great commotion at the Government, all thought it was a hunt for assassins.
But in the blink of an eye, three days had passed. Despite a dragnet search, no "assassin" was found. Instead, they caught a good number of petty thieves, and for a time, the public order in Jing City had improved considerably.
Families who had lost children were so desperate they were almost insane. In a large mansion in the north of the city, Fat Brother, Shouzi, and the rest were no better off.
"Fat Brother, the situation is very bad. If we keep going like this, we will eventually be discovered by the government officers," Shouzi said.
After managing to send away the government officers who had come to search, Shouzi rushed into the backyard, his whole body exuding impatience.
"Damn assassin, coming neither early nor late, just had to show up now and block our way to fortune!" Fat Brother’s face darkened as he fiercely smashed the chair to the ground: "You go and call Yanniang and the others!"
Upon hearing this, Shouzi immediately ran out to summon others.
Once everyone had arrived, Fat Brother, sitting at the head of the table, said, "As long as the assassin isn’t caught, the searches won’t end, but we can’t afford to drag this out. We must take the Human Trafficking Victims to Yancheng before the delivery deadline. Otherwise, all our efforts will have been for nothing. Does anyone have a plan? Let’s hear it!"
The twenty people sitting on both sides of the small hall looked at each other. Finally, the only woman among them, Yanniang, stood up and said, "Fat Brother, how about we each take people out one by one? Drug the kids so we can carry them out. As for the young ladies, we use knives to threaten them. They’re all delicate and most likely won’t dare to resist. Once we’re out of the city, it will be much easier to manage."