Bai Xiaowen didn't leave Yahan behind, he knew that the main task of this missing person case still had to rely on himself to complete the work of solving the puzzle.

All morning, Bai Xiaowen nested in the archives, carefully flipping through the materials. The content of the materials he looked through was not limited to the information of the thirteen missing residents, but browsed through all the information 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 browsed, he was also detailed, some wealthy, noble, and influential families in Hodge Town were listed as the focus, and families that had major changes in the past two months were also included in the scope of browsing.

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

Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes and said, "There are indeed some unexpected discoveries. I doubt it now...... The case of missing persons is related to the patrol under the command of Ahan. ”

"Huh?" Li Shuyi had a good impression of Sheriff Yahan, and after listening to Bai Xiaowen's words, she was taken aback, "You say that Yahan is a thief and shouts to catch a thief?" Yahan ...... It doesn't look like that. ”

Bai Xiaowen said: "Yahan himself should not know. I mean, in the patrol, there should be internal ghosts. ”

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen pointed to the information of the thirteen residents of the disappearance case and said: "After the implementation of the curfew system in Hodge Town, the patrol team will patrol at night, but there are still new cases of missing residents, and every time it occurs in the patrol team's patrol blind spot, it can be said that it perfectly avoids the patrol, which is quite strange." ”

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said again: "This alone may not mean anything. However, according to the data of the missing residents, the missing persons have some common characteristics. First of all, good health and no diseases. Second, the age is moderate, and he is in the prime of life. Third, there is a predominance of men. From these common characteristics, we can speculate about the motives of the people behind the scenes......"

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

Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "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 any human experiments, in my opinion, it looks like a slave. ”

When I was studying the history of the earth in the Common Era, I learned about the slave trade, and I sent African blacks to the newly developed country of Millican to become serfs......

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "That's right, I think there must be a slave trade hidden behind the scenes in Hodge Town, and it is definitely impossible for the kidnapped residents to stay in Hodge Town, and they must be transported to other places, otherwise it will be too easy to be exposed." And to support such a slave trade without being discovered, it must be someone who has the public power in Hodge Town and has strong influence. ”

"So you think there's something wrong with the patrol?" Li Shuyi followed Bai Xiaowen's train of thought, "The commander of the patrol is Yahan, and his ability to govern the army should be very strong." The people below are making such a big move behind his back, he shouldn't be ignorant...... Could it be that our main quest is ultimately to deal with Ahan?"

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 quest? In my understanding, this 50% reduction in difficulty is reflected in the area where we live, and the neighborhood who is on the same street as Yahan, he has some impressions of us, and he has a high degree of acceptance." That's why we were able to live in Ahan's house. ”

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued: "Therefore, Yahan is an important NPC in the main quest, and the rules of the spirit world determine that having Yahan's implicit trust is equivalent to completing 50% of the main quest, which can be seen how important his status is and how strong his strength is. If the main quest is ultimately to deal with Ahan, then where is the 50% difficulty reduction of the speculative prefix?"

Through this kind of "off-the-field" information, Bai Xiaowen deduced that Yahan had nothing to do with the mastermind behind the disappearance case, and Li Shuyi was still very convinced. After ruling out this possibility, she thought about it: "So you just focused on looking through the family archives of Hodge Town's status and influence, just to find out the dealer of the slave trade?

Bai Xiaowen's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's a pity that most of the families with status in Hodge Town have not reached the level of supporting the slave trade. After many exclusions, there is only one left, and it is also the most difficult for Yahan to accept, there is such a possibility......"

"Don't sell it...... Li Shuyi grabbed Bai Xiaowen's hand and shook it, "Say it quickly." ”

"Mayor of Hodgetown, Hiram David's family. ”

Li Shuyi was surprised and said, "Isn't this Ginny's maiden family? Mayor Hiram is Ahan's father-in-law." ”

"That's right. ”

"Yes...... Why did the Davids do this? Logically speaking, they are the rulers of Hodge Town, and a stable Hodge Town should be more in their interest. Now people are panicking, and the market is depressed after the curfew, and the interests of the David family are also lost. 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 reveal this to Yahan for the time being...... Let's do your own research first. ”

......

After checking the information this time, Bai Xiaowen found a clue. He and Lee walked through the bread mill on Windmill Street to the north of town, the David's mansion.

In front of the gates of the Davy family mansion, two militiamen stood.

Bai Xiaowen tried to enter, but was stopped by the militia: "Stop, you didn't get an entry permit." ”

Bai Xiaowen blinked and took out the "Patrol Militia Nameplate".

"This is not a valid pass," the militia said solemnly, "if you have personal matters to see Mayor Hiram on, please make an appointment in advance." But I want to warn you that Mayor Hiram rarely wants to see guests, especially a hairy boy like you. ”

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

The two sentries standing guard looked at Bai Xiaowen with stupid eyes, and then pushed and drove Bai Xiaowen ten meters away from the gate: "Go, go, don't come and hinder us." ”

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

When he turned to leave, Bai Xiaowen directly summoned the shadow assassin, carefully avoided the two sentinels, and touched the gate.