bookrandom Chapter 239 A Female-Dominated World (11)
Chapter 239 A Female-Dominated World (11)
There are many narrow alleys here, so the kidnappers are very familiar with the terrain, and it must be an organized trafficking operation.
Wangyou smelled the lingering scent of sleeping potion in the air.
If her family couldn't find her, they would definitely go back on their own, since she had given instructions before leaving home. So Wangyou wasn't worried and simply followed the scent of the sleeping potion. After all, human traffickers deserve to be punished by everyone!
"Wangyou, where are you going?" Wenrou ran over and saw Wangyou heading into an alley.
"We're going to catch human traffickers, do you want to come along?"
"Sure, but do you know where the human traffickers are?"
"I don't know, but there's a lingering smell of sleeping potion in the air," Wangyou said as she walked into the alley.
"I can't smell anything, only gunpowder," Wenrou said, sniffing hard.
"My five senses are a bit more acute than the average person's." Wangyou smiled gently as she walked through the winding alleyways.
"This must be the slums in the west. There are so many alleys here, and the smells are so mixed. Wangyou, can you still smell the sleeping potion?" Wenrou asked curiously as she saw Wangyou stop.
"It's not very clear anymore, the smells here are too mixed." Wangyou felt a slight pain in her nose.
"So, where do we go now?"
"This way!" Wangyou scanned the area with her divine sense and then slowly walked towards the courtyard where the people were being held.
Seeing Wangyou slow down, Wenrou subconsciously followed suit, after all, she had practiced martial arts for several years.
"Damn it, we were discovered so quickly!"
"Luckily, I caught another one. This one has delicate skin and tender flesh; it would be good to sell it in the building!"
"Let's go quickly, I wonder how the others fared tonight."
Two burly women walked over, cursing and swearing. Wangyou and Wenrou quickly hid.
"It seems we've arrived at our destination," Wenrou said, listening to the two of them.
"This is indeed the place, but judging from what they said, they have quite a few accomplices. Let's wait a bit longer and then wipe them all out in one fell swoop!"
"I guess the Dali Temple has also started taking action, but I don't know when they'll be able to find this place." Wenrou was not impressed with the Dali Temple's speed in handling cases.
"We definitely won't be able to find them in a short time. I estimate that we'll be conducting thorough checks at the city gates tomorrow."
"That's probably unlikely. People are abducted every year, but only a handful are ever found."
Wangyou used her divine sense to scan the surrounding area and discovered that there were actually three dens in this slum. Moreover, these three dens were far apart, and there were quite a few people from Xiaxia Pass, who were probably all abducted during the New Year period.
Moreover, these three hideouts were equipped with smoke signals; if one hideout was raided, the smoke signal would be lit, and the people in the remaining two locations would quickly relocate.
Moreover, there are secret passages beneath these slums. You can't find anything at the city gate. If no one was watching over them, they wouldn't be this big.
“Wenrou, I just discovered that this human trafficking den isn’t just in one place. Based on the remaining sleeping pills, there are at least two other locations. This means they’ve trafficked a lot of people. I suspect this is a whole industry chain, and that they’re being protected by higher-ups,” Wangyou suddenly said.
What do you need me to do?
“Go back now and find your mother and my mother. Ask my mother to send out all my guards. Also, ask your mother to send out some skilled guards. I will stay here and watch over them.”
"Are you sure you can manage on your own?"
"Don't worry, you know how good I am!"
"That's right, then I'm off. Be careful." Wenrou didn't dawdle. Luckily, she had a good memory and ran back the way she came, then took off running home.
After Wangyou and Wenrou left, she flicked a few pills into the rooms where the human traffickers lived. No matter how many came later, they would all faint as soon as they entered, the kind that even an earthquake couldn't wake them up.
After doing all that, Wangyou went to two other hideouts and threw in a few pills in the same way. Then she returned to the place where she had parted ways with Wenrou and waited quietly for Wenrou to bring people over.
Wenrou ran into Liu Xiang on the road. They were good friends, so Wenrou told Liu Xiang about it. Liu Xiang went directly to Wangyou's house to tell Xie Sanniang to prepare the people, and then waited for Wenrou to arrive with Xie Sanniang.
As for going back to tell her mother, Liu Xiang thought about it and decided against it. Telling her mother would involve weighing the pros and cons and analyzing the gains and losses. She decided to wait until the person was caught before making a decision.
Wenrou arrived quickly with her entourage. Unexpectedly, Wenrou's mother also came. Without further ado, everyone followed Wenrou to the slums in the west of the city.
"Wangyou, we're here!" Wenrou and Liu Xiang greeted Wangyou as soon as they saw her.
"Mother, Minister Wen, what brings you here too?"
"How can such a big thing be left for you kids to handle? It's good that I'm here to help out," Minister Wen said with a smile.
“Okay, everyone inside has been taken care of. The traffickers arrived half an hour ago, and I drugged them. We can just go in and find them.” Wangyou said, then took the lead, jumped over the wall, and opened the door.
"Tie up these human traffickers first!" Minister Wen said with a wave of his hand.
The rest of the people were searching for the abducted individuals.
"There's no one here, and we didn't find a cellar or anything!"
“There’s a secret room here.” Wangyou walked through several rooms and carefully observed them. Finally, she found the entrance to the basement on the kitchen stove.
"This human trafficker is quite good at digging tunnels!" Xie Sanniang couldn't help but exclaim.
"Let's go down first!" Wangyou said, and jumped down first. A few of the others stayed up to keep watch, and the rest of them came down.
The underground passage was exceptionally spacious, but the smell inside was truly unpleasant, so Wangyou rubbed her nose.
The place was divided into rooms like a prison, some of which were empty, and there were still traces of blood on the floor, but judging from the appearance, a long time had passed.
"Found them! There's someone here!" Liu Xiang and Wenrou led their men to search quickly and soon found the trafficked person who was being held captive.
There were both boys and girls, ranging in age from three to fifteen, but without exception, all of them had very good bone structure.
"They must have been drugged, and the effects haven't worn off yet," said Xuan San, one of Wang You's subordinates, after checking them over.
Wangyou took out a bottle. "Put the bottle under their noses and shake it. They should wake up soon. Let the men handle the men's side."
Xuan San nodded and acted together with Xuan Wu. The sleeping person soon woke up, and then a loud cry shook the heavens.
Forgetful facepalm, I was too hasty; I forgot that children cry easily.
"Who among you knows how to soothe a child? Try it!" Wangyou walked out, looking somewhat exasperated. "Minister Wen, leave a few people here to keep watch. There are still two hideouts; let's hurry!"
"Alright, I'll send someone to the Dali Temple to let them know. After all, it's best for the Dali Temple to handle the matter of finding the child's parents," Minister Wen said gently.
"Alright, you can arrange it!" Wangyou had no objections. Even if someone was protecting her, once the people from the Dali Temple arrived, everyone would know what was going to happen. After all, a child's crying could only attract attention.
Wangyou and the others didn't go up. Instead, they started walking along the underground passage. After a while, they found two other places where children were being held, but it seemed there was still some trouble inside.