"Human traffickers? What human traffickers?" De'an didn't get it at first, but it dawned on him a moment later. "Dad, you're talking about those two rich merchants, aren't you? Weren't all the things in their carriage recovered?"
"They claim everything was recovered, but I'm sure plenty of things were hidden away. And as for whatever the villagers who passed by snatched up, who's going to know unless they confess?"
And the folks from the old house had run into that unlucky carriage late that night.
The three siblings from the Li family didn't have time to rummage through the carriage for goods, because they were busy trying to save people, hoping to earn an even bigger reward.
The folks at the old house came away with nothing. Knowing the third brother's "a thief never leaves empty-handed" philosophy, he definitely would have rummaged through the carriage for valuables before leaving.
When Chen Song brought it up, De'an nodded. "That must be it."
