Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 660: Chapter 660: Life and Death in Two Days and Two Nights (Part 17)
 

If this continues, someone is definitely going to get killed!

“Let go! Let go of me, you bastard! Where’s YingEr? Where have you hidden YingEr? Spit it out!”

Di Yelei struggled violently, being held down by Zhang Peng and the others, unable to break free no matter how hard he tried.

“Ye Lei, calm down, leave this Old Man Li to Zuo Xingyu! He knows how to make him tell the truth!”

Zhang Peng strained to restrain Di Yelei as he yelled out loud.

Di Yelei currently held an official position from the imperial court; it would be a huge injustice if his hands were soiled with blood because of some scum like this!

“Leave it to Constable Zuo?”

Di Yelei finally stopped struggling, and turned to look at Zuo Xingyu.

Zuo Xingyu nodded, maintaining a poker face, and walked up to Old Man Li, glaring at him as if he were a dead man.

“Don’t worry! Give me the time it takes to brew a pot of tea, and I’ll give you a satisfying answer.”

As he spoke, Zuo Xingyu stretched out his hand, lifting up Old Man Li and disappearing into the shrubs on the other side with a leap.

“Let go!”

This time, when Di Yelei struggled, everyone let him go.

He paced around anxiously, his eyes bloodshot, his emotions pushed to the brink!

Soon, a chilling scream came from behind the bushes. However, no one showed any sympathy.

This Old Man Li deserved to die!

On the other side.

Liu Sisi, leading Di Xuan and holding Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua, had already entered the cave. The entrance had been covered by collapsed rocks but someone had dug a hole through. Upon entering the cave, everyone saw the tattered, blood-stained hemp bag, which brought tears to their eyes.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Mom! YingEr must be in the cave, let’s go search quickly, they’ll definitely be inside.” Di Xuan couldn’t wait any longer, eager to chase after them.

“Wait! Xuan’er, this cave is too dangerous, we still don’t know if your father and the others have caught the kidnappers yet. If we rashly enter now and happen to run into the kidnappers, what then?”

Liu Sisi hurriedly stopped him, not letting him enter the cave: “How about this, you go down the mountain and wait. Wait for your father’s message before taking the next step. How’s that?”

“No! I don’t want to! YingEr got lost with me, I have to find her myself. If you’re afraid of death, you can wait at the foot of the mountain!”

After Di Xuan finished speaking, he promptly ran into the cave.

“Xuan’er! Xuan’er! This child, really…”

Liu Sisi couldn’t keep up with Di Xuan’s pace. She turned back to look at the few people that had followed her and hurriedly sent one person back to relay the message.

“You go back and tell them that we’ve entered the cave. If we can’t find anyone in the cave, we’ll come out on our own, they mustn’t come in to look for us. Understand?”

“Understood.”

“Good, let’s hurry and catch up. If we wait too long, Xuan’er might have gone far.”

Liu Sisi didn’t delay and quickly followed into the cave.

Right now, the hound she was leading was Ah-Hua, while Ah-Huang had been taken by Di Xuan. Fortunately, Ah-Hua seemed to understand Liu Sisi’s intentions, so she didn’t need to guide him. Ah-Hua was quickly running along what seemed to be a set path.

Its mouth was still producing a kind of heavy panting sound.

Maybe it was due to previous hunting, Ah-Hua was extremely excited and running at an incredible speed. Liu Sisi nearly fell several times because of it. Fortunately, she scolded it in time, which slowed down its running speed.

With Ah-Hua leading the way, they hadn’t gone far before they saw Di Xuan in front of them. The two hounds came together once again, low barks mixed with tail wagging in greeting to each other.

“Di Xuan, how could you just run off like that? You could’ve waited for me,” Liu Sisi complained, barely able to take another step.

Di Xuan kept his head bowed and didn’t say a word.

After catching her breath, Liu Sisi tapped Di Xuan on the head saying, “Let’s go! Let’s go find your sister. We’re already here, so we might as well check it out.”

This assurance made Di Xuan feel relieved, he nodded his head earnestly, “Mom, sister will definitely be okay!”

“Yes, she definitely will be. Let’s go!”

In the cave, the group followed the two hounds without knowing where they were heading.

In this group of people, nobody had any experience of exploring caves. They just followed the two young hounds, running.

However, this relaxed attitude surprisingly led to unexpected discoveries.

While Liu Sisi and others were running in the cave, outside the cave, Di Yelei’s gaze was firmly fixed in the direction of the scream.

Hearing Old Man Li’s scream gradually weakens to a heavy panting, Zuo Xingyu finally carried Old Man Li out of the cave.

He casually threw Old Man Li on the ground, noticing no new wounds on his body. Instead, Li’s whole body was convulsing, and none of his muscles were still.

“He confessed. He killed Jiang Xiaocai, and he thought that Jiang Xiaocai was already dead. He also used the poisonous snake to kill Jiang Dacai. As for YingEr, she ran away while he was killing Jiang Xiaocai. He doesn’t know where YingEr ran off to in the cave,” Zuo Xingyu said.

Did Old Man Li confess to these crimes on purpose?

“YingEr ran away on her own? Did he confess that himself?” Di Yelei asked instinctively, filled with joy but then quickly replaced by worry.

“Exactly.”

“So you said that Old Man Li has confessed already, is there still a bandit in the cave?” Di Yelei asked.

The news was both good and bad. However, he soon calmed down. Di Yelei knew well how complex the situation inside the cave was. How could YingEr, a child not even six years old, possibly escape from the cave? Moreover, with another bandit in the karst cave, no one knew what was happening inside.

Zuo Xingyu casually lifted an eyebrow: “Don’t you trust my capabilities?”

Zuo Xingyu’s interrogation skills have proven essential in crucial times in the past.

Having realized he spoke inappropriately, Di Yelei quickly apologized, “I’m truly sorry. I asked because I was worried about my child. I have full faith in your abilities, Brother Zuo.”

Zuo Xingyu understood what Di Yelei meant and casually nodded his head.

However, he was suppressing a certain frustration that came out involuntarily when he was talking to Di Yelei, which added an inexplicable sense of discomfort to his tone.

“Alright, since YingEr is still in the cave, let’s go back there and find her as soon as possible. The child is still young. Any delay might lead to an accident. It’s always better to take action sooner rather than later.”

As he raised his head to look towards the cave in front of him, Zuo Xingyu casually spoke. A silhouette of someone laughing joyfully flashed in front of his eyes.