Chapter 437 Speculation

Bai Xiaowen didn't leave Yahan behind either. He knew that the main task of this missing persons case still had to be solved by himself.

Throughout the morning, Bai Xiaowen stayed in the file room, carefully reviewing the materials. The content of the materials he read was not limited to the materials of the thirteen missing residents, but he browsed all the materials in the archives of Hodge Town.

There are more than 30,000 registered legal residents in Hodge Town, and it is obviously impossible to look at them one by one. When Bai Xiaowen was browsing, he was also very detailed. Some wealthy, noble, and influential families in Hodge Town were listed as the key points. In addition, families that had major changes in the past two months were included in the browsing. scope.

"Did you find anything?" Li Shuyi was not idle, she had been acting as Bai Xiaowen's assistant, and when she saw Bai Xiaowen finished browsing, she frowned and asked immediately.

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and said, "There are indeed some unexpected discoveries. I now suspect that...the case of missing persons is related to the patrol team under Yahan's command."

"Ah?" Li Shuyi had a good impression of Yahan, the magistrate. After hearing Bai Xiaowen's words, she was taken aback. "You said that Yahan is a thief calling for a thief? Yahan...doesn't look like such a person."

Bai Xiaowen said: "Yahan himself probably didn't know about it. I mean, there should be an insider in the patrol team."

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen pointed to the information on the thirteen residents of the disappearance case and said: "After the curfew system was implemented in Hodge Town, the patrol team will patrol at night, but there are still new disappearances of residents, and every time they happen on patrol It can be said that the team's patrol blind spot perfectly avoided the patrol team, which is quite strange."

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued: "From this alone, it may not be able to explain anything. However, from the information of the missing residents, it can be seen that the missing people have some common characteristics. First, they are in good health and have no diseases. Second, their age. Moderate, at the age of young and middle-aged. Third, most of them are men. From these common characteristics, we can infer the motive of the kidnapper behind the scenes..."

Li Shuyi thought for a while and said, "Human experiments?"

Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "Don't mislead your thinking because of the Norton incident. Human experiments require samples of various ages and genders. Therefore, the mastermind behind the scenes should not be doing human experiments. In my opinion, it is more like slavery."

Li Shuyi: "Slave keeping? When I was studying the history of the earth in the AD era, I learned about the black slave trade, and sent African blacks to the newly developed United Kingdom to be serfs..."

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "That's right, I think there must be a slave trade hidden behind the scenes in Hodge Town. It is definitely impossible for the kidnapped residents to stay in Hodge Town. They must be transported to other places.

Otherwise it is too easy to expose. And to support such a slave trade without being discovered, it must be someone who has public power in Hodge Town and has a strong influence. "

"So you think there is something wrong with the patrol team?" Li Shuyi followed Bai Xiaowen's train of thought, "The leader of the patrol team is Yahan, and his army management skills should be very strong. The people below are doing such a big move behind their backs, so he shouldn't worry about it." It’s only right that you don’t know anything about it... Could it be that our main mission is to deal with Yahan in the end?”

Bai Xiaowen shook his head again and denied: "It can't be Yahan."

Li Shuyi blinked.

"Do you remember the prefix of our ticket? Is one of them called 'speculation'?" Bai Xiaowen explained, "Where is the 50% reduction in the difficulty of the main task? In my understanding, this 50% The difficulty is reduced, which is reflected in the location where we live. We are neighbors on the same street as Yahan. He has a certain impression of us and has a high degree of acceptance. This is also the reason why we can live in Yahan's house."

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued: "So, Yahan is an important npc in the main quest. According to the rules of the spirit world, having Yahan's implicit trust is equivalent to completing 50% of the main quest. It can be seen that his status is very important. The important thing is how powerful it is. If the main mission is to deal with Yahan in the end, then where is the 50% difficulty reduction of the speculation prefix reflected?"

Bai Xiaowen used this "off-site" information to infer that Yahan had nothing to do with the mastermind behind the missing persons case, and Li Shuyi was still very convinced. After she ruled out this possibility, she continued to think: "So you just focused on looking through the files of prominent and influential families in Hodge Town, just to find out the dealers who traded slaves? Did you find them?"

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Unfortunately, most of the families with status in Hodge Town have not reached the level of supporting the slave trade. After many eliminations, there is only one family left, and it is also the most unacceptable family for Yahan. There is such a possibility..."

"Don't be a fool..." Li Shuyi grabbed Bai Xiaowen's hand and shook it, "Say it quickly."

"Mayor of Hodges, family of Hiram David."

Li Shuyi said in surprise, "Isn't this Ginny's natal family? Mayor Hiram is Yahan's father-in-law, right?"

"That's right."

"But... why did the David family do this? Commonly speaking, they are the rulers of Hodge Town, and a stable Hodge Town should be more in their interests. Now people are in panic, and the market is depressed after the curfew. The loss is also the interests of the David family." Li Shuyi can still see this clearly.

"Don't worry, I'm just skeptical. There is no conclusive evidence yet. The logical fulcrum of all this is based on the speculation of the 'slave trade'," Bai Xiaowen said, "We don't need to disclose this to Yahan for the time being... or Do your own research first."

...

Looking up the information this time, Bai Xiaowen found a clue. He and Li Shuyi walked through the bread mill on Windmill Street to the north of the town, the David family mansion.

In front of the gate of the David family mansion stood two militiamen.

Bai Xiaowen tried to enter, but was stopped by the militia: "Stop, you have not obtained a permit to enter."

Bai Xiaowen blinked and took out the "patrol militia nameplate".

"This is not a valid pass," the militiaman said solemnly. "If you have private matters to see the mayor of Hiram, please make an appointment in advance. But I must remind you that the mayor of Hiram rarely wants to see visitors. Especially a brat like you with no status."

Bai Xiaowen: "Hey, the helmets of the two of you are so handsome, can you lend me to wear them? Let me tell you, I also want to be a sentry."

The two sentry guards looked at Bai Xiaowen with stupid eyes, and then pushed and pushed Bai Xiaowen to ten meters away from the gate: "Go, go, don't hinder us."

"Okay, I'll go." Bai Xiaowen shrugged.

When he turned to leave, Bai Xiaowen called out the Shadow Assassin directly, avoided the two sentries carefully, and entered the gate.