Wei Shuxuan counted the people and looked at Wei Wei in surprise. "Wei Wei, Yongheng is missing!"
".... Sorry, Miss. I don't know about this. Yongheng and I stayed in separate rooms."
"Huh? Didn't Yongheng say before that he was afraid of sleeping alone? Why is he staying in a separate room now?" Wei Shuxuan looked at Wei Wei in confusion.
"Yongheng said he wanted to change himself, so this time he wanted to sleep alone. That's why he has his own room."
"Maybe the kid is still asleep," Ge Long'an said calmly after taking a sip of tea. He actually slept very well last night without any dreams. Although he found it a bit strange, he attributed it to being too tired from traveling yesterday.
"You're right. Wei Wei, go up and check if he's sleeping in his room."
"Yes, Miss."
Wei Wei quickly went up to Sima Yongheng's room. He knocked on the door several times, but there was no response. Worried that something might have happened to Sima Yongheng, he immediately pushed the door open, only to find the room empty. Why wasn't he here? He said last night that he would go out to find someone with them this morning.
He was very puzzled because Sima Yongheng would usually have breakfast with them in the morning. He wouldn't leave without saying a word. He had to go downstairs quickly and report this to the Miss and the others.
"Miss, it's bad. Yongheng is missing!" Wei Wei ran downstairs in a hurry and reported to Wei Shuxuan.
"Are you sure?" Wei Shuxuan turned to look at Wei Wei.
"His luggage is still here, and he didn't leave us any message. I'm sure Yongheng is missing."
"Let's go up and take a look!" Wei Shuxuan didn't even have time to savor her breakfast. She just grabbed a bun and stuffed it into her mouth, then went upstairs.
Walking into Sima Yongheng's room, Wei Shuxuan saw that the room was very clean and tidy. There were no signs of any fight. Moreover, Sima Yongheng's luggage was still on the chair beside the bed, seemingly untouched. She quickly walked to the big bed. The bedding on the bed was only messed up on one side. Wei Shuxuan guessed that Sima Yongheng probably only pulled a corner of the quilt to cover himself.
After looking at the big bed, Wei Shuxuan continued to look around the room. She actually saw a small flame mark on the wall beside the window. It was those people again! They must have kidnapped Yongheng!
"Xuan'er, is it those people who did this?" Ge Zian also noticed the familiar flame mark on the wall.
"It must be them. Only they are so familiar with this silent way of doing things," Wei Shuxuan felt a bit self - reproachful. She was too careless. She was only focused on investigating the case and didn't realize that these three border towns were the territory of those people. But she found something strange. "I find it a bit strange..."
Xin Zizhao, who had been standing silently beside them, chimed in. "That kid is only fifteen years old. According to our long - term investigation data, the age range of the people those guys abduct is between eighteen and thirty - five. Suddenly abducting a fifteen - year - old boy makes their purpose even more unclear."
"Xin Zizhao is right. That's exactly what I thought. If they followed their usual modus operandi, they should have taken the person away when everyone was sleeping soundly last night. We just arrived in Baolan Town and are unfamiliar with the place. There's no way we can find Yongheng. We'll go to the local government office later to report the case and check out the situation of the missing persons cases here."
After a quick breakfast, Wei Shuxuan and the others went to the government office in Baolan Town. The official stationed in Baolan Town was County Magistrate Ou, a middle - aged man in his thirties or forties, looking quite handsome with a touch of maturity.
"Your humble official pays respects to General Ge and Young General Ge."
County Magistrate Ou had met Ge Long'an and Ge Zian, but he had never met Xin Zizhao and Wei Shuxuan, so he didn't salute them. But Xin Zizhao and the others didn't mind. Revealing their identities would actually be bad for him and Wei Shuxuan. It would be better for the Ge father - and - son, who were well - liked by the border people, to conduct the investigation.
"Don't bother with the formalities, County Magistrate Ou. We're here this time to investigate the missing persons cases that have occurred on the border in the past three months. Moreover, one of our companions went missing last night."
"So suddenly?" County Magistrate Ou was shocked. He didn't expect those people to dare to target the Ge father - and - son. "They're so bold. They dared to take the general's companion away right under his nose. It's simply outrageous! Why don't you two come here and register the name and appearance of your missing companion?"
"Wei Wei, you do the writing."
"Yes, General."
After inviting them to sit down, Ge Zian didn't want to beat around the bush and got straight to the point. "County Magistrate Ou, we don't want to waste any more words. Do you have any records regarding the recent missing persons cases in Baolan Town?"
"Of course we do! I'll immediately ask the clerk to bring them here for the young general to take a look!" County Magistrate Ou quickly replied, afraid of offending Ge Zian and Ge Long'an.
"Then we'll trouble you, County Magistrate Ou."
"Of course it's no trouble! Please wait a moment!"
Wei Shuxuan raised an eyebrow looking at County Magistrate Ou, who had a somewhat obsequious look on his face. It seemed that he was a die - hard fan, but as long as he could do his job, it didn't really matter.
A little while later, the clerk had already brought the record book. County Magistrate Ou delivered it to Ge Zian's hands. Ge Zian flipped through it casually and then gave it to Wei Shuxuan. "Xuan'er, take a look at this record book and see how the investigation is going."
"Okay."
Taking the record book from Ge Zian's hands, Wei Shuxuan opened it and looked at it carefully. Among the three towns, Baolan Town had the most missing persons cases. She roughly counted. The age range was still between eighteen and thirty - five. However, the records here were not as detailed as those in Lepu Town. After all, County Magistrate Tang could even record the time of the crime.
It wasn't that Baolan Town had no records of the time of the crime at all. Among the more than thirty cases, only about a dozen had the time of the crime recorded, and the rest didn't. Moreover, most of the cases happened at home or in inns.
"Can we take this record book back to look at?" Wei Shuxuan asked County Magistrate Ou.
"This..." A look of hesitation flashed across County Magistrate Ou's face. He glanced at Ge Zian and Ge Long'an. Wei Shuxuan immediately understood what he meant. She nudged Ge Zian's elbow.
"County Magistrate Ou, don't worry. I'll personally return it to you after we're done reading it."
"Of course, of course."