Zhu Xiaomin was just hesitating when Huang Xiaojuan and Uncle Huang Liu came in hurriedly. They opened their mouths and said, "Xiaomin, what should I do? Something might have happened to my aunt."

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "What's going on?"

Uncle Huang Liu looked grim: "Meihua didn't come home yesterday. Her in-laws thought she was at the brigade for some reason. We asked the children to ask about her at noon today, and found out that the brigade hadn't seen her for two days. We asked the school, and they said they hadn't seen her either."

Xie Chengzhi and Chen Xudong were both startled and stood up. They looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.

Zhu Xiaomin's expression also changed, and she asked hurriedly, "Have you asked the brigade headquarters where Director Huang was last seen?"

Uncle Huang nodded and said, "When everyone was getting their assignments and going to work yesterday, I was still talking to her, but I didn't see her afterwards. When I asked the people at the brigade, they all said that she went out in the morning and never came back."

"Going out in the morning? When? Did you tell anyone where you were going?" Zhu Xiaomin asked hurriedly.

Uncle Huang said: "I told Chunhua that he went to school, but no one at school said they saw him."

"No one saw it after that?" Zhu Xiaomin asked.

Uncle Huang shook his head, looked at Huang Xiaojuan and said, "Xiaojuan has been coming back these past few days, whispering to her aunt. We wondered if she knew something, so we came to ask her."

Huang Xiaojuan's face had already turned pale. She grabbed Zhu Xiaomin and asked in a trembling voice, "Xiao...Xiaomin, could it be...could it be that the Qian family knew about this?"

Uncle Huang was surprised: "Qian family? What happened to the Qian family?"

Zhu Xiaomin's heart was pounding. She held her hand and tried to calm herself down. She asked Uncle Huang Liu, "I heard that the wife that Aunt Qian found for Qian Zhuzi wanted to cancel the engagement a few days ago. How is she doing now?"

Uncle Huang shook his head: "Yesterday, Aunt Qian brought people to the girl's house, and I heard there was a commotion."

In other words, the withdrawal has not yet been successful.

Huang Xiaojuan was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead: "Xiaomin, will they...will they find out and harm my aunt? We...we should find a way to look for her..."

"Don't worry!" Zhu Xiaomin consoled Chen Xudong, "Go find Guihua and tell her that we are looking for someone in the mountains. Ask her to call the Jin family as well."

Chen Xudong nodded and immediately rushed out the door.

Zhu Xiaomin said to Xie Chengzhi again: "Chengzhi, tell Wen Ze to get the tractor and we'll be back soon."

Xie Chengzhi didn't have time to say more and hurried out.

Huang Xiaojuan asked nervously, "If so many of us go back, will the Qian family do anything if they see us?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "Director Huang has not been seen for two days. I guess everyone in the village knows about it now. It is only natural for us to go back with Uncle Huang to look for him. It also reminds them not to act rashly."

Uncle Huang asked again: "What happened to the Qian family?"

Huang Xiaojuan looked at Zhu Xiaomin and saw her nod. Then she said, "We suspect that Uncle Qian and Aunt Qian killed Grandma Li's son more than 20 years ago."

"What?" Uncle Huang was shocked, but when he thought of Grandma Li's stroke, he fell silent again. He clenched his fist and thought for a while, then asked slowly, "You mean, the Qian family found out about your investigation into Li Changzheng, so they murdered your aunt?"

Huang Xiaojuan's face turned pale, she nodded, thought for a moment and immediately shook her head, saying in a hoarse voice: "Aunt will be fine."

Uncle Huang was furious and gritted his teeth and scolded: "Xiaojuan, do you have a brain? You are doing so many things for an old matter. What if something happens to your aunt?"

Huang Xiaojuan's face turned pale and tears were almost falling.

Zhu Xiaomin felt extremely regretful and whispered, "They may not know about the investigation into Li Changzheng, but Director Huang was afraid that the girl would get into trouble, so he went over to remind her. The girl wanted to cancel the engagement, so she might have told her about it."

Huang Xiaojuan was anxious: "The girl wants to break off the engagement, what's the point of them arresting my aunt?"

Zhu Xiaomin sighed: "You forgot that Director Huang is in charge of women's work."

Huang Xiaojuan's eyes showed some hope: "You mean, they arrested my aunt and threatened her to do that girl's job?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "I think this is the most likely possibility."

Uncle Huang's eyes turned red. "If...if the person was captured by them, and we go back with so many people, will...will..." He couldn't sit still at this point. "No, you can't go with so many people. I'll go back and talk to the Qian family. We don't care about their affairs. Let them release the person."

"Sixth Uncle!" Huang Xiaojuan held him back. "That girl is already breaking off the engagement. We don't know where my aunt is. We also don't know what they know. If we talk to them now, they won't admit that they arrested my aunt."

Uncle Huang was angry: "What should we do? It's such a big mountain, and we are just looking for him without a beginning or an end? What if they know we are looking for him and they harm him? If we throw him into the mountain like we did to Li Changzheng, who can find him?"

Huang Xiaojuan was anxious: "They are reasonable and would not do such a thing."

The two were arguing when Bai Guihua followed Chen Xudong in.

Uncle Huang Liu's expression changed and he waved his hand: "Go away, we don't need you anymore, we'll find it ourselves."

Bai Guihua looked at him and said to Zhu Xiaomin, "Langya went to call for help. I came to ask what happened first."

Zhu Xiaomin simply said, "Director Huang is missing. Yesterday morning on the way from the brigade headquarters to the school, we suspect he was kidnapped. You are used to running in the mountains, so we want you to help find him."

Uncle Huang was anxious: "I said no need."

"Sixth Uncle, listen to Xiaomin first." Huang Xiaojuan pulled him.

Zhu Xiaomin said, "Uncle Huang, Director Huang is missing. You asked the villagers this morning, and they must be looking for him now. This matter can no longer be hidden. How can the Qian family admit to arresting him? If you go to talk to them, and they deny it and quietly take him away, what will you do?"

Uncle Huang had an unpleasant expression on his face, and he looked at Bai Guihua with a face full of distrust.

Zhu Xiaomin said to Bai Guihua, "It's just a short distance from the brigade headquarters to the school. The most likely place for accidents is the natural forest at the bottom of the slope. I guess someone is already looking for it."

"I just thought that although the left side of the natural forest is large, it is connected to our team's wheat field and there is no other place. On the right side, there are valleys and cliffs, or there may be Tibetans."

Bai Guihua understood immediately: "I'll take people to look for it over there."

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a moment and asked, "Among the widows of the Qian family, are there any reliable ones who are not on the side of the Qian family?"

Bai Guihua nodded: "In order to recruit a son-in-law, most of them have had trouble with the Qian family. Even if they are okay now for the sake of face, they will not side with the Qian family."

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a while and said, "Those of you working here should stay. Go back later and find a way to have the people who stayed in the village to help keep an eye on the Qian family. If they have any abnormalities, notify us immediately."

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