A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 391 Si Yao was kidnapped in the county government office

"What? Have you seen that flower thief?"

In the county government office of Jing'an City, the county magistrate looked at Si Yao in front of him with a look of surprise and then with a questioning look, and asked seriously.

The chief clerk and the captain of the police looked at each other with sympathy in their eyes.

Xiaolu and Caiyi behind Si Yao were also stunned. They had never been separated from Sister Si Yao in the city, so when had they ever seen a flower thief?

"Could it be that the young lady is also a victim?" Before Si Yao could speak, the county police chief couldn't help but frowned and asked with concern.

"No, I met a scholar on the street at noon. Later, someone told me about the flower thief. After thinking about it carefully, I felt that this person was a suspect. That's why I wanted to come to the yamen to inform the adults about this matter. Maybe it will be helpful to the case." Si Yao shook his head at the captain of the police and then continued to reply to the Jing'an County Magistrate.

Upon hearing this, Caiyi looked at Si Yao with her eyes widened again, feeling even more confused. She had also seen the scholar that Sister Si Yao mentioned, but in her eyes, he was just a scholar with a handsome appearance. How could he be a flower thief?

"A scholar is a suspect? How can you conclude that someone is a flower thief just because you saw him in a hurry on the street?" The Jing'an County Magistrate couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and then waved his hand impatiently and said: "A girl, don't make trouble here. Since you are passing by Jing'an City, hurry up and leave the city while it's not too late!"

"Yes, Miss Si Yao, you can't solve this case based on intuition. How could a flower thief who is so skilled be a weak scholar?" The county police chief also smiled disapprovingly, and then advised: "Our master is right. Since you are not from Jing'an City, you should leave quickly. If you are targeted by the flower thief, it will be troublesome."

"My Lord County Magistrate, this flower thief has been committing crimes in Jing'an City for nearly half a month. If he is not captured soon, more innocent people may be harmed. Right now, no one knows what this flower thief looks like. Why not give it a try and let the painter draw the scholar's appearance and then investigate him? What's wrong with that?" Si Yao bowed gratefully to the captain of the police for his kind advice, but she still stood there calmly, with no intention of leaving. Instead, she wanted to continue persuading the Jing'an County Magistrate.

As long as the flower thief is not arrested and brought to justice, all the girls in the city will feel insecure. As a woman and a doctor, she cannot stand idly by when she has seen the thief committing suicide.

"Tell me what basis you have for suspecting that scholar?" Seeing Si Yao being so stubborn, the magistrate of Jing'an County felt that her next words made some sense, so he had to patiently ask again.

"Sir, Si Yao is a doctor. He can tell whether a person is healthy or not by looking at his face. According to Si Yao, the flower thief has been touching a girl almost every night for the past ten days. He must not look good after such excessive indulgence. A normal man doing sexual intercourse..."

Si Yao's blunt words instantly made everyone present blush, but Xiaolu was the only one who was used to such words because he was a medicine boy.

"Ahem, how can a girl like you say such things?" The magistrate of Jing'an County's face turned red and white. He coughed twice and then lowered his voice to scold Si Yao.

In his forty-plus years of life, he had never seen a girl dare to be so brazen as to talk about such obscure things in front of a man, let alone a beautiful young girl. Naturally, this made the Jing'an County Magistrate somewhat furious.

"Sir, I am a doctor..." Si Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard this. She was about to explain but was interrupted by the magistrate of Jing'an County:

"Even though you are a doctor, you are also a woman. How can you be so outspoken in front of a man in broad daylight?"

"Si Yao is a doctor, but I was only analyzing the case with Your Excellency regarding the suspect's pathology. I really don't understand why I was considered as outspoken in Your Excellency's eyes?" Seeing that the Jing'an County Magistrate was making things more difficult for him, Si Yao's eyes turned cold and he argued.

"You..." Si Yao's tough retort further annoyed the Jing'an County Magistrate. He was about to lose his temper but was stopped in time by the head of the police station beside him:

"Calm down, sir. You are a magnanimous person, so why bother with a little girl like her? Let's just listen to her and see if she can give us a clear answer."

After whispering his advice, the head constable breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the county magistrate still had a stern face but did not say anything. He then turned to Si Yao and said, "Miss Si Yao, continue to say what you want to say."

"Yes." Si Yao was annoyed that she had just impulsively contradicted the county magistrate. At the same time, she was grateful to the head constable for helping her out. So she bowed respectfully and also bowed to the Jing'an County Magistrate and replied, "My Lord County Magistrate, what I want to say is that the flower thief has been indulging in sex every night for nearly half a month. Obviously, his yin fluid has been seriously depleted, resulting in kidney yin deficiency. Si Yao also saw that the scholar's eyes were dull and erratic, his lips were dull, and his deep eye sockets were faintly dark and blue. These were all caused by lust and lack of restraint. And at that time, the scholar accidentally bumped into me. Although he looked weak, I could feel that he was very strong. He was definitely not an ordinary scholar. These two points are the basis for my suspicion of that person."

After hearing Si Yao's words, the magistrate of Jing'an County calmly asked someone to find the painter. According to the description of Si Yao and Caiyi, the portrait of the scholar in white soon appeared in front of everyone.

"It's him. I didn't expect the painting to be so similar!" Caiyi nodded repeatedly when she saw it, and at the same time praised the painter with admiration.

"Sir, I have never seen this scholar in the city before?" The captain looked at the portrait in front of him, thought hard, and asked in confusion.

"Even you haven't seen him? It seems that this scholar is indeed strange." The county magistrate also stared at the portrait and muttered to himself, then ordered the head constable: "Immediately take people to search the whole city!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Just as the captain left, Si Yao suddenly realized something and exclaimed, which naturally attracted everyone's attention. The first to speak was the Magistrate of Jing'an County:

"what happened again?"

"Sir, why not have someone take the portraits to the girls who were victims to identify them? This flower thief is very likely to disguise himself as a scholar to look for his targets during the day and then commit crimes at night." Si Yao replied seriously with a cold expression.

After Si Yao's reminder, the Jing'an County Magistrate nodded in agreement and immediately sent someone to take the portraits to question the victims.

"Sister Si Yao, that flower thief met you today, you may have become his target?" At this time, Xiaolu also reacted quickly and said with a worried look on his face.

"It's okay. You can stay in the county government office tonight. This flower thief who dares to come will be walking into a trap!" The magistrate of Jing'an County also immediately frowned and snorted coldly.

"Thank you, sir!" Si Yao and the other three were delighted when they heard it, and then they bowed to the Jing'an County Magistrate to express their gratitude.

"You have also helped me a lot, so we can offset that." The Jing'an County Magistrate still had a serious face and waved his hand.

The chief clerk at the side arranged Si Yao and the other three to live in the backyard of the county government office according to the order of the county magistrate.

As dusk approached, Constable Peng hurried back to the county office and reported to the Jing'an County Magistrate:

"Sir, we searched the city thoroughly but could not find him. However, Miss Si Yao was right. The victims all pointed out that they had seen the scholar in the portrait before they were killed. However, because he had a handsome appearance and was dressed like a scholar, no one associated him with the flower thief."

"Humph, this thief is really cunning!" The Jing'an County Magistrate couldn't help but grit his teeth after hearing this.

"Sir, do you think this flower thief will come to the yamen tonight? What if he doesn't dare to come and goes to target other girls?" Captain Peng asked worriedly.

"Oh no, sir. Miss Si Yao has been kidnapped by a flower thief!" Just as Captain Peng finished speaking, a bailiff ran out from the backyard in a hurry and reported to the Jing'an County Magistrate.

"What? That flower thief is here before it gets dark? Didn't I tell you to watch over them? What are you doing?" The magistrate of Jing'an County and Captain Peng were extremely shocked when they heard this. They all went to the backyard. The magistrate of Jing'an County even cursed at the runner along the way.

"I don't know when the thief put knockout drugs in the food of Miss Si Yao and three others, and then took Miss Si Yao away quietly. When we entered the room to check, we saw Miss Si Yao's other two companions fainted at the table." The yamen runner who followed had to answer honestly after being scolded.

"Sir, I'm afraid that this flower thief had planned to follow Miss Si Yao all the way and lurk near the county government office. We just didn't expect that he planned it in advance and caught us off guard!" Captain Peng was also worried about Si Yao, so he slapped his thigh and said in grief.

"This thief is really despicable. He actually dared to commit a crime right under my nose!"

The magistrate of Jing'an County was even more furious, his fists clenched so hard that they made a creaking sound. He never thought that the county government of Jing'an City could not even protect a woman. If this were to get out, he, as the county magistrate, would not know where to put his face!