Chapter 437: Speculate

Bai Xiaowen didn't leave Yahan either. He knew that the main task of this disappearance case was to rely on himself to complete the puzzle-solving work.
Throughout the morning, Bai Xiaowen was nesting in the archives room, looking through the information carefully. The contents of the materials he browsed were not limited to the information of the missing 13 residents, but all the information in the archives of Hodge Town.
The residents of Hodge Town have more than 30,000 registered legal residents, and it is obviously impossible to read them one by one. When Bai Xiaowen was browsing, he also had some details. Some wealthier and noble families were listed as the focus of the more influential families in Hodge Town. In addition, families that had major changes in the past two months were included in the browsing. range.
"Did you find anything?" Li Shuyi was not idle, she had been acting as Bai Xiaowen's assistant. When she saw Bai Xiaowen's browsing finished, she frowned and asked immediately.
Bai Xiaowen squinted and said, "There are indeed some unexpected discoveries. I now suspect that ... the case of missing persons is related to Her Majesty's patrols."
"Ah?" Li Shuyi had a good impression on the sheriff Yahan. After listening to Bai Xiaowen's words, she was taken aback. "You say that Yahan is a thief calling and catching a thief? Yahan ... doesn't look like this person."
Bai Xiaowen said: "Yahan himself should be unaware. I mean, there should be inner ghosts in the patrol."
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen pointed to the 13 residents of the disappearance case and said: "After the curfew system was implemented in Hodge Town, the patrol will conduct inspections at night, but there are still new disappearances of residents, and every time they occur on patrols It can be said that the team's patrol blind spots perfectly avoided the patrol, which is strange. "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen said: "This alone may not explain anything. However, from the data of missing residents, the missing people have some common characteristics. First, they are healthy and free of diseases. Second, age Moderate, it is a young age. Third, most men. From these common characteristics, we can speculate the motive of the black hand behind the scenes ... "
Li Shuyi thought for a while and said, "Human experiment?"
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "Do n’t mislead your thinking because of the Norton incident. Human experiments require samples of various ages and genders. Therefore, the black hands behind the scenes should not be for human experiments. In my opinion, it looks like Slavery. "
Li Shuyi: "Slave? When I was studying earth history in the era of AD, I learned about the slave trade and sent black Africans to the newly developed Militia as a serf ..."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "Yes, I think there must be a slave trade hidden behind the scenes in Hodge Town. The abducted residents must be impossible to stay in Hodge Town. They must be transported to other places, otherwise it will be too easy. To be exposed. To support such a slave trade without being discovered, it must be in the possession of the public powers of Hodge Town. Only those with strong influence can do so. "
"So you think there is a problem with the patrol team?" Li Shuyi followed Bai Xiaowen's thinking. "The chief of the patrol team is Yahan, and his governing force should be strong. The following people perform such a large movement in the back, he should not Will they know nothing about it ... Do we say that our main task is to deal with Yahan in the end? "
Bai Xiaowen shook his head again and denied: "It cannot be Yahan."
Li Shuyi blinked.
"Do you remember the prefix of this 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, the 50% The reduced difficulty is reflected in the area where we live. It is the same neighborhood as Yahan. He himself has some impressions of us and is highly accepted. This is why we can live in Yahan's house. "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued: "So, Yahan is an important npc in the main task. The spirit rule determines that possessing Yahan's implicit trust is equivalent to 50% of the main task being completed. It can be seen that his status It is important and powerful. If the main task is to deal with Yahan, then what is the 50% reduction in the difficulty of speculative prefixes? "
With this "off-site" information, Bai Xiaowen concluded that Yahan had nothing to do with the black hands behind the disappearances, and Li Shuyi was convinced. After ruling out this possibility, she thought along the line: "So you just checked the status and influential family files of Hodge Town, and you just want to find the dealer who traded in slaves? Did you find one?"
Bai Xiaowen's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's a pity that most of the statusful families in Hodge Township have not reached the level of supporting the slave trade. After many exclusions, only one remains, which is also the most difficult for Han to accept. It's possible ... "
"Don't sell off ..." Li Shuyi grabbed Bai Xiaowen's hand and shook it. "Come on."
"The mayor of Hodge, the family of Highham David."
Li Shuyi said in surprise: "Isn't this just Ginny's maiden's home? Mayor Hailem is Yahan's father-in-law."
"Yes."
"But ... why did the Davids do this? From a common sense, they are the rulers of Hodge Town, a stable Hodge Town, which should be more in their interests. Now people are worried, the market is depressed after the curfew, What is lost is also the interests of the David family. "Li Shuyi could see this clearly.
"Don't worry, I am just skeptical. There is no firm evidence yet. The logical fulcrum of all this is based on the hypothesis of" slave trade "," Bai Xiaowen said. Investigate yourself first. "
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This time looking up the data, Bai Xiaowen found some clues. He and Li Shuyi passed through the bread mill on Windmill Street to the north of the town, the David family house.
In front of the gate of the David family house, UU reads www.uukanshu. Com stands with two militiamen.
Bai Xiaowen tried to enter, but was stopped by the militia: "Stop, you have not obtained the permission to enter."
Bai Xiaowen blinked and pulled out the "patrol militia nameplate".
"This is not a valid proof of passage," the militia said solemnly, "if you have a private matter to see Mayor Highham, please make an appointment in advance. But I would like to remind you that Mayor Highham is rarely willing to meet guests, Especially a dumb kid like you. "
Bai Xiaowen: "Hey, the two helmets are so handsome. Can you borrow me? I tell you, I also want to be a sentry."
The two sentry guards looked at Bai Xiaowen with stupid eyes, then shoved Bai Xiaowen out of the gate ten meters: "Go and go, don't hinder us."
"Well, I'll go." Bai Xiaowen shrugged.
When turning around and leaving, Bai Xiaowen summoned the Shadow Assassin directly, carefully avoiding the two sentries, and touched the door.