Chapter 1647 Li Gongfu Made Great Contributions

Jiang Hao searched the snake cave and found all the income space that caught his eye. It was an exaggeration to say that the floor was scraped three feet, but it was probably more than two feet.

After walking out of the snake cave, I came to the tree hole where the girl was hidden. I opened the package and took a look at the child. The little girl was breathing evenly and was fine. She was chubby and pink, which made people really like her.

Such a beautiful child must be eaten, the black snake spirit is hateful.

He took out the purple gold gourd and activated the formation.

"Yinfire burning!"

The snake demon, which had just breathed for less than half an hour, was tortured again. The snake's body and soul were burning with green fire, and it was writhing and struggling on the ground in pain.

The man in black next to him was trembling with fear, fearing that he would be next.

Just then a voice sounded.

"Where did you steal this child?" Jiang Hao asked.

The man in black knew that he was asking himself. Seeing the fate of the black snake, he didn't dare to hesitate at all. He knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "Hui Xianren, she is the daughter of the Cui family in the east of Qiantang City."

At this moment, the Cui family in Qiantang County was brightly lit, and all the maids and servants were up, looking for someone in a hurry. The hall of the Cui family was indeed gloomy.

The Cui family is a large family in Qiantang, running a silk and satin factory, with its own silk and satin weaving workshop and several front shops. Mr. Cui is 47 years old and has a son and a daughter. His son Cui Wang was admitted as a scholar, married and had a son. The granddaughter, whose nickname is Yingying, is very cute because of her pink and jade carvings, and the whole family loves her very much.

Now that the young lady is pregnant again, she is already seven months old. The doctor diagnosed her pulse and said it is a boy. The Cui family can be said to be happy.

But I never imagined that the child was lost tonight!

Master Cui sighed, Mrs. Cui wiped her tears silently, Master Cui loudly ordered the servants to go out to find the child, and the young mistress sat beside him and cried.

The maid next to her was serving her carefully and whispering comfort, saying that Madam was pregnant, and it would be easy to cause fetal distress if she was too sad.

At the back house, a group of government officials were surveying the scene.

"The head catcher came in over the wall. There are traces of climbing and stepping on the wall, but they are only very small, which shows that the man is very good at qinggong."

"The roof also has traces of being stepped on, and it looks extremely light."

"The window was broken open and there were dagger marks."

"The nanny was taking care of the child. The nanny said that she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and found that the child was missing. She immediately searched for it but couldn't find it. Then she told the host that it was the beginning of the child's hour."

Li Gongfu frowned deeply as he listened to the report.

The deputy team leader said: "Previously, the provincial government office also reported the case of children missing in the middle of the night in Renhe County. There were more than one case. It has not stopped in the past few years. Children will disappear every few months. The method is the same as this time. "

"The Provincial Police Department once asked the chief police officers of the thirteen provinces to come over to investigate, but in the end they were unable to find any clues. It happened again this time."

The deputy squad leader whispered: "Captain, what should we do now?"

Li Gongfu thought for a while, "Send all the brothers out and search with all their strength to see if they can find any trace of the child on the street. File the paperwork. If they can't find it, report the case to the provincial government."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." The deputy squad leader took the order.

Seeing the Cui family crying, Li Gongfu felt uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do now.

He came to the courtyard wall alone, preparing to observe the scene carefully again, hoping to find any useful clues.

Just as he climbed up the ladder to the roof, a paper crane suddenly flew up and landed next to him, with its wings fluttering in front of him.

Li Gongfu was stunned immediately.

Paper crane?

What's going on?

Too scared to move.

At this moment, the paper crane suddenly opened its mouth and spoke, "But Li Gongfu and Li Captou?"

Oops, this paper crane can talk and even knows its name.

Li Gongfu's heart suddenly boiled like boiling water.

This time I encountered something strange.

"Oh~ yes, I am Li Gongfu." Li Gongfu said tremblingly.

"Don't be nervous. This is a message crane. I am a monk. I accidentally saw someone kidnapping a child tonight, so I rescued the child. The child is at the gate of the City God's Temple. Please bring someone to pick him up quickly. Come back." Zhihe said.

Li Gongfu was shocked when he heard it. It turned out to be related to the Cui family's children.

"At the door of the City God's Temple, okay, I'll take someone to pick you up right now." Li Gongfu responded hurriedly.

He was just about to get off the roof when something suddenly occurred to him. He cupped his hands in front of the paper crane and said, "I was in a panic. Haven't you asked for the name of the immortal?"

"My surname is Jiang, please call me Mr. Jiang." Zhihe said.

"Thank you Mr. Jiang, I'll go pick him up right now."

As he spoke, Li Gongfu bowed to the paper crane and hurriedly came down from the roof to the hall. At this moment, the Cui family looked sad. Li Gongfu said, "Master Cui, there may be some clues about the matter. I will go and take a look now."

The Cui family had given up all hope, but when they heard what Li Gongfu said, they were all shocked. Mr. Cui immediately stood up and said, "What's the clue? Have you found your granddaughter?"

"Where is my daughter?" Cui Xiucai asked anxiously.

"I'm not sure yet. Let's wait and see. I'll go now." Although the paper crane is magical, Li Gongfu is experienced in doing things and he doesn't dare to guarantee it now.

"I'll go with you." Cui Xiucai said urgently.

Li Gongfu led a group of police officers and Cui Xiucai, and hurried all the way to the gate of the City God's Temple. At this moment, the surroundings were dark, and the gate of the City God's Temple was tall and majestic. Everyone took torches and took pictures of the surroundings. Some people immediately shouted in surprise.

"Captain, the child is here!"

Everyone stepped forward and opened the package. It was none other than Cui Yingying, the Miss Cui family. When Cui Xiucheng saw that his daughter had been lost and found, he picked her up and held her tightly in his arms.

If his daughter was lost, he would probably be troubled for the rest of his life.

At this moment, the child woke up, opened his big eyes and saw his father. He asked in a babyish voice, "Daddy, why are you holding me? Do you want daddy to sleep with Yingying tonight?"

"Yeah! Daddy will accompany Yingying tonight." Cui Xiucheng nodded vigorously.

The child felt so sleepy that he closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Cui Xiucheng looked at Li Gongfu and said gratefully, "Captain Li, how did you know that the child is here?"

Li Gongfu is actually still a little confused now.

Zhihe summons, monks and masters, these are all fairy legends that I only saw in storytelling books. I didn't expect to encounter them tonight.

"To tell you the truth, I was surveying the scene at your house just now, and suddenly a paper crane flew over and told me that he was a monk. When he saw someone stealing a child, he saved it and placed it at the door of the City God's Temple. I will inform you all now. come over."

Cui Xiucheng and a kind of policeman were both surprised when they heard this.

However, people in this era believed that ghosts and gods really existed, so no one refuted it.

Just as Cui Xiucai was about to leave with the child in his arms, he suddenly thought of something. He knelt down in front of the Chenghuang Temple door, held the child in his arms and kowtowed three times together.

"I don't know who the immortal is who saved my daughter, but since the child was placed at the gate of the City God's Temple, it must be related to the City God. Tomorrow the Cui family will put up three sacrifices to thank her."

After finding the child, everyone returned to the Cui family. The Cui family members all cried with joy when they saw the child was lost and found. The young lady hugged her daughter and never let go.

Everyone talked about this incident again, and Li Gongfu told the whole thing in detail. The main reason was that he himself felt that the matter was too strange, and to be honest, he was afraid that he could not explain it clearly.

Mr. Cui first bowed his hands to the sky to thank him.

"There is a spirit in the sky to protect my granddaughter back. Thank you to God and Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Mr. Cui thanked Li Gongfu again, "Thank you also to Mr. Li for saving your granddaughter. The immortal is trusting you when he communicates with you."

Li Gongfu chuckled when he was told, "I haven't gotten over this matter yet."

Mr. Cui looked at his son again, "We can't thank the immortal who saved Yingying enough. You are right. Since the child was placed at the gate of the City God's Temple, there must be some connection between the immortal and the City God. You will prepare a gift of three sacrifices tomorrow for all the Cui family. Let’s go together to pay homage to the City God.”

The City God was originally the God of the city. Regardless of whether it was the City God who saved his granddaughter or not, it would be right to pay more homage to her. The Cui family would not be short of that little money.

"Bang bang~bang!"

There was a faint banging sound in the distance.

It's already Yin time.

Li Gongfu cupped his hands and said: "Executive member Cui, since the matter is over, let's take our leave. It's already Yin hour, and it will be dawn soon."

But Cui Yuanwai grabbed Li Gongfu's hand and took him to the back room. He took out a bag of silver from his arms and said, "After a hard night's work, I will buy some food and wine for the class leaders."

The money was put into Li Gongfu's hands.

As soon as Li Gongfu got it, he knew that there were two silver ingots, one worth ten taels, for a total of twenty taels.

Li Gongfu made no excuses. He did not take the money alone. He also had to consider his subordinates. Dozens of people had been busy all night, so a few coins per person would be considered as compensation.

"Then I will thank Mr. Cui on behalf of the brothers." Li Gongfu smiled and put the money into his arms.

"Don't rush, don't rush."

Cui Yuanwai took out another bag from his sleeve and said, "This is a separate portion for Capt. Li. Please accept it."

Another ten taels of silver.

Li Gongfu took it with a smile.

When he said goodbye and returned to the Yamen, the sky was already whitening. After a hard night, Li Gongfu took out the bag of 20 taels of silver from his arms, threw it to the deputy leader, and said with a smile: "This is what Cui Yuanwai bought everyone to drink and eat. Brothers, let’s split it up.”

The brothers had actually been waiting eagerly for a long time. When they saw the money, they all smiled.

"You keep an eye on things in the yamen. I'll go home and take a nap." Li Gongfu said and left.

"Captain, you can rest assured, we are here." The deputy squad leader patted his chest and said.

Li Gongfu went home to sleep. The sky was bright and people got up early in the morning in Qiantang County. What happened to the Cui family last night gradually spread and became the focus of people's discussion.

"Did you hear that a thief entered the Cui family last night? He didn't steal the gold and silver, but he stole Miss Cui's family."

"A thief?"

"What? Miss Cui is only four or five years old."

"Ah, it's a child thief again. I remember that many children in Hangzhou were stolen in the past two years."

"Yeah, damn thief, he didn't steal gold and silver, but he stole children."

"It's back. Capt. Li led people to look for him all night. I heard that the child was found. There's something strange going on here."

Someone knew the inside story and started showing off.

"What's the strange thing? Tell me quickly?"

People like to hear anecdotes, someone urged.

"I heard that the case was solved last night. The Cui family's baby was stolen by thieves. He was found by an immortal and saved. Then he placed it at the gate of the City God's Temple. He also used paper cranes to summon Capt. Li, who then took people to pick up the girl. When the baby was rescued, the baby girl was sleeping soundly at the gate of the Chenghuang Temple. "

"Oh, is there such a thing?"

"Of course it's true. This is what the servants of the Cui family said personally this morning. The Cui family is now purchasing three animal sacrifices and preparing to worship at the City God's Temple."

Not long after, a team appeared on the street, beating gongs and drums, carrying three sacrificial animals all the way to the City God Temple. When people heard that it was the Cui family, many people followed to see.

Li Gongfu was still sleeping at home at this moment, and he didn't know that it was so lively outside.

This matter soon spread to the ears of those who were interested. After hearing about it, Yang Yue, the chief constable of Hangzhou Prefecture, secretly pondered it.

There have been many cases of children being stolen in the past two years, and in the end, there was no news. As the chief constable of the prefecture, he had a great responsibility and had reported it to the chief constables of thirteen provinces. In the end, he could only confirm that it might be done by monks or monsters, and nothing else was known.

The situation of the Cui family's child being stolen this time was similar to the previous situation, but there was a turn for the better. The child was rescued, and there was also a rumor that "immortals saved people and paper cranes sent messages."

He immediately called a subordinate,

"Go, call Qiantang Li Gongfu, I have something to ask him!"