kvmb Chapter 818 Liao Shenming
Chapter 818 Liao Shenming
"But the truth is, not only have those missing children completely disappeared, but the identity of the murderer is also unknown."
Jing Yu gritted his teeth and said, word by word, "In the entire Youzhou, apart from the Lu family, no other force could have done something so flawless!"
The Lu family?
Chen Dao, Yang Zheng, and Chen Cheng all frowned.
The main reason why human traffickers in Xia Kingdom kidnap children is to profit from them.
After kidnapping the children, they would raise them for a period of time. Once the children were a little older, the girls would be sold to brothels, and the boys would be sold to wealthy families to serve as servants, thus making a profit.
The Lu family occupies the entire land of Youzhou. Logically speaking, they should not lack servants, let alone maids to sleep with. What is their purpose in kidnapping children?
Chen Dao and the other two were very puzzled, but Li Qiao seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed!
However, because Jing Yu and Meng Jie were present, Li Qiao didn't say anything, but the disgust on his face was clearly visible.
"It's laughable."
Jing Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Although I suspect it was the Lu family who did it, I have no evidence. Even if I did have evidence, there's nothing I can do about the Lu family!"
What kind of behemoth is the Lu family?
Even though Jingyu believed that the children's disappearances were the work of the Lu family, he was just an ordinary citizen who, despite being somewhat educated, had no way to deal with the Lu family.
As for reporting to the authorities...
Putting aside whether he could produce evidence, even if he did, it would be useless, because the officials in Youzhou were all from the Lu family. To sue the Lu family in the government would be tantamount to courting death!
Looking at the pained expressions on Jing Yu and Meng Jie's faces, Chen Dao and the others suddenly felt an unusual heaviness in their hearts.
Whether in the past life on Earth or in present-day Kyushu, children are seen as hope, the continuation and inheritance of the bloodline of a family and a nation.
Targeting children is an unacceptable thing for people from both worlds.
Yet, on this land of Youzhou, countless children have mysteriously disappeared, but the government has turned a blind eye, and the Lu family, the prime suspects, has not been held accountable in the slightest. This is simply...heartbreaking!
"time to eat!"
Just then, a sound came from the kitchen. Jing Cong and Aunt Niu brought over several bowls of wheat porridge and said warmly to Chen Dao and the other three, "This is all the food we have at home. Please don't mind, guests!"
Chen Dao glanced at the wheat porridge in the bowl and found it hard to believe that this was food from a village chief's house.
However, after thinking about it, Chen Dao felt relieved!
Even though Jing Cong is the village chief, he is merely a tenant farmer of the Lu family. He may be able to rent more farmland, but his income is certainly not high.
In this situation, the food at home naturally won't be very good!
"Cheng-ge'er!"
Chen Dao instructed Chen Cheng, "Bring out some dry rations."
"it is good!"
Chen Cheng took off the package he was carrying, opened it, and took out a series of golden-yellow flatbreads. These were flatbreads baked from white flour. Although they couldn't compare to freshly made white flour steamed buns, they were definitely much tastier than the wheat rice at Jing Cong's house.
"What are you doing?"
Upon seeing Chen Cheng take out the flatbread, Jing Cong hurriedly said, "Guests from afar, how can we let you take things out yourselves!"
"Village Chief Jing, there's no need for that!"
Chen Dao smiled and said, "We are already very grateful that you let us stay for the night. Please consider this food as payment for our lodging!"
"No, no, take it back! We finally have guests, how can I let you help yourselves with the food!"
"village head……"
After several refusals, Jing Cong finally couldn't resist Chen Dao's insistence and accepted the food Chen Cheng brought out.
So, the dinner for everyone in the house changed from wheat rice to golden-brown baked flatbread.
Jing Cong took a bite of the flatbread and said with some emotion, "This is a flatbread made from wheat flour, isn't it? I haven't tasted the flavor of wheat flour in a long time!"
In good years, Jingcong's family lived a decent standard of living because he was the village head and had rented a lot of land. Although they couldn't eat refined grains every day, they could occasionally have a meal of white flour porridge.
However, as the cold weather worsened, crop yields decreased, and the family's standard of living plummeted. They couldn't even get enough wheat porridge and bran, let alone refined grains like wheat flour.
To this day, Jing Cong's family of four has not eaten refined grains like wheat flour for about three years.
"If Village Chief Jing likes it, please eat more. We brought quite a lot."
"Then we won't stand on ceremony!"
Although Jing Cong said he wouldn't be polite, he didn't eat much of the flatbread. He only ate one flatbread before stopping, and then ate all the wheat rice in front of him.
Jingyu, Mengjie, and Aunt Niu did the same. They only ate one pancake to taste it, and then were too embarrassed to eat any more, so they filled their stomachs with the wheat porridge on the table.
Seeing this, Chen Dao and the others didn't say anything. After filling their stomachs with flatbread, the sun had completely set.
The group went into the room that Aunt Niu had prepared, ready to rest for the night.
Chen Cheng and Chen Dao shared a room, while Yang Zheng and Li Qiao lived in the room next to them.
Lying on the straw-covered bed, Chen Dao didn't fall asleep immediately. Instead, he lowered his voice and said to Li Qiao next door, "When we were talking about the Lu family kidnapping the children, Senior Li's expression was strange. It seemed like you knew something."
Martial artists have extremely keen hearing, so even though Chen Dao's voice was very soft and there was a thin wooden wall between them, Li Qiao still heard Chen Dao's voice.
Li Qiao, who was also lying on the bed, remained silent for a moment before slowly saying, "If I'm not mistaken, the Lu family kidnapped these children to prolong their lives!"
"Prolonging life?"
Chen Dao, Yang Zheng, and Chen Cheng looked puzzled. What was the connection between children and prolonging life?
Although he couldn't see Chen Dao and the others' expressions, Li Qiao seemed to know what they were thinking and explained, "About five hundred years ago, there was a martial artist on the land of Kyushu named Liao Shenming."
"Liao Shenming began practicing martial arts at the age of ten, reached the sixth rank at twenty, and the third rank at forty. He was one of the most talented martial artists in the Nine Provinces at that time!"
"After reaching the third rank, perhaps due to limitations in talent or insufficient cultivation resources, his martial arts path came to a complete halt, with no further progress!"
"For nearly a hundred years afterward, this almost became Liao Shenming's inner demon. The aging Liao Shenming could not accept the fact that he had stopped at the third rank, nor could he face death. In order to break through the realm and prolong his life, Liao Shenming went almost crazy!"
"He once ventured deep into the vast mountains and even entered the grasslands inhabited by barbarians, hoping to find herbs that could help him break through his cultivation level or prolong his life!"