Yun Yao said slowly, "There are girls who go missing in the capital every year. Most of them are secretly sold to brothels, and there is no way to track them down."
When Yun Yao said this, the girls who had laughed at her before were stunned, and their eyes showed expressions of fear that were even more terrifying than hearing a ghost story. For these official daughters, brothels were undoubtedly like hell. If a girl was sold into a brothel, it was like going to hell for them, and they would rather commit suicide.
In fact, Yun Yao hasn't mentioned the more horrible things, such as being eaten by the monsters in the dungeon.
Therefore, Yun Yao was somewhat skeptical about the fact that Yan Hui's disappearance was turned into a ghost story. She even doubted whether such a thing actually happened. As a special agent, her professional sensitivity made her pay more attention to the authenticity of such ghost stories. Moreover, would there be ghost stories in Beijing that she didn't know about
If it was true, it was impossible for Fu Mingrui from the Eight Gates to not know about it. She had never heard of anyone reporting a missing girl in the Nine Gates. She looked at the girl who told the ghost story and asked, "Is this true or false?"
"Of course it's true! It happened last year." The girl said seriously. After Yun Yao said that the girl might have been sold to a brothel after she disappeared, everyone suddenly became honest.
"I went there last year too, how come I didn't know?" another girl questioned.
"There were so many girls who went to the Lantern Festival last year. Just because you haven't heard about it doesn't mean it didn't happen."
"That's right. And if we don't know the person, we don't know his name. But if it's true, it's so scary. He disappeared for no reason. What you said makes me dare not go there anymore." Several girls looked terrified.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a ghost story." Some girls were not afraid at all.
"No, no, no, everyone listen to me. My father told me last year..." A girl lowered her voice quietly, "Last year, a girl did go missing in Yujing Lake. The girl's family reported it to the police the next day, but they never found her."
"Ah! Your father is the Minister of Personnel, what your father said must be right!" The girls were all surprised.
The daughter of the Minister of Personnel nodded seriously: "Because this case happened at the Lantern Festival, in order not to cause panic, it was handled in a low-key manner. The reason why my father told me was because he wanted me to not go to the Lantern Festival again to avoid any accidents. They suspected that someone used the Lantern Festival to abduct young girls. That girl was most likely..." She glanced at Yun Yao timidly, and her voice became even softer, "She was sold to a brothel somewhere."
"Ah~~~~Why didn't you say so earlier!"
"Could that Yanhui be the missing girl your father was talking about?!"
Now, the girls were really terrified and their whole bodies went numb. They had thought it was just a ghost story before, but now it was confirmed, how could they not be scared
"Is this true? Why is there no movement from the Eight Gates?" Yun Yao was not unconvinced at this moment, but was angry that a girl was missing and the higher-ups handled it in a low-key manner. In her eyes, this was no small case. A girl disappeared at the Lantern Festival, and the court had the responsibility to warn the girls who participated in the Lantern Festival this year.
They said they wanted to keep a low profile and not cause panic among the people. To put it bluntly, it was all an excuse for the court to save face and cover up its own incompetence! She couldn't help but think of how Fu Mingrui handled the case of Wang Yi's disappearance. He also kept a low profile at the beginning, but he eventually found the real culprit and the truth was revealed.
Although Wang Yi's disappearance was handled as a case of him slipping and falling into the water when he came back from a drunken brothel...
But this is understandable. Yun Yao believed that if the missing girl named Yan Hui was in Fu Mingrui's hands, Fu Mingrui would definitely investigate it thoroughly and find the person alive or dead!
"It's probably because this case hasn't reached the level of being reported to the Eight Gates." The daughter of the Minister of Personnel was indeed familiar with the rules of the Qian Dynasty. "Only if the missing girl is the daughter of a third-rank official or above can she be reported to the Eight Gates, such as the disappearance of Ma Yun, the son of the Minister of Revenue Ma Guanqun."
"Wow - you really know all this. My father never told me anything, and he even thought it was against the law for us to participate in politics."
"My dad is the same. As a result, when I came here today, I felt stupid and dumb and knew nothing." The girls began to feel sorry for themselves again.
"Sisters, please don't be like this. I asked too many questions. Because I also asked my father this question at that time. Mainly..." The daughter of the Minister of Personnel blushed slowly and lowered her head in embarrassment, "I want to ask Master Fu something..."
The girls were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Hahaha——"
Although the girls told Yanhui's disappearance as a ghost story, Yunyao took it to heart. It would have been fine if she didn't know that a girl had disappeared, but now that she knew, she always felt that she should do something. She believed that if Lian Youyou knew, she would agree with her approach.
"The girl's name is Yanhui? What's her last name?" Yun Yao asked amid the girls' laughter.
When everyone heard her mention Yanhui again, they were curious: "Why do you know so much?"
Yuchi Qianer, Lin Shiyue and others also looked at Yun Yao in confusion.
Yun Yao looked at them in confusion: "A girl went missing, and was handled in a low-key manner just because she was not the daughter of a third-rank Yuan official? The daughter of an ordinary citizen is not the daughter of the Qian Dynasty? How did the prefect of Beijing finally close the case? How could it be dealt with so hastily? First, no strict investigation was conducted, second, no report was made to the court, and third, no warning was given to the people of Beijing. What if the criminals abducted girls again during the Lantern Festival this year? This kind of thing will happen every year if it is not thoroughly investigated!" Yun Yao became more and more angry as she spoke, and the girls gradually became angry and blushed.
"Why are you telling us that? It's not like we made the girl disappear."
"How many people go missing in the capital every year? You are here to make comments. If you have the ability, go and investigate!"
"That's right, you talk so well, but it's just talk!"
"Hey!" When the girls from the Yuchi family saw these girls targeting Yun Yao, they immediately stood up.
Yuchi Qianer stood at the front, put her hands on her waist and said, "What? You want to bully us, right? Sisters!"
The girls from the Yuchi family came up, seven or eight of them...
It is said that having too many daughters will cause chaos in a family, because women are prone to intrigue and scheme against each other. But the Yuchi family is particularly united.
Those girls were a little scared at once, because the daughters of Yuchi family were all very heroic, with swords on their waists, and it was obvious that they were all good at martial arts.
"Do you know who she is?" Yuchi Qian'er pointed at Yun Yao arrogantly, "She lives next door to the Eight Gates, and she is very close to Fu Mingrui. Can you talk to Fu Mingrui?" Yuchi Qian'er's proud look immediately surprised and envied the girls. (To be continued)