Coming to the dungeon in the middle of the night, Mrs. Xu was already feeling upset.
Suddenly hearing Shen Zhonglei's voice, I was scared to death.
Cao Lenan was also shocked. He didn't expect that he would be caught by Shen Zhonglei after accepting Xu's money and secretly doing things for her.
"My lord, this subordinate..."
Hearing this, Shen Zhonglei turned to look at Cao Lenan, and asked with a sneer: "Why don't you keep walking? Just take me in to see who are your people in the yamen? Otherwise, I would have thought they were all mine!"
Cao Lenan fought with each other and knelt down in front of Shen Zhonglei with a plop: "I forgive you, sir. Madam asked someone to come out to deliver the message. I dare not disobey!"
"Go away, I'll take care of you later!" After Shen Zhonglei finished speaking, he pulled Xu and said, "Come on, let's go in. I will also listen to what questions you want to ask the two prisoners."
"Master..." Mrs. Xu's body slumped uncontrollably, "Master, please listen to my explanation, I..."
Several people in the Yamen had been arranged by Cao Lenan. When they saw Shen Zhonglei dragging Xu in, they were all stunned.
Shen Zhonglei looked around, remembered these people, ignored them for the time being, and took Mrs. Xu directly to the interrogation room.
Soon, the black-faced man was taken out of the cell and brought to the interrogation room, where he knelt in front of Shen Zhonglei and Xu.
"Madam, if you want to ask anything, please do it!"
Xu asked with a trembling voice: "You, why did you tie up my two daughters today?"
When the black-faced man heard this, he was furious and said: "Madam, I really don't know that those two girls are your daughters. I was also deceived!"
When Shen Zhonglei heard this, he became very angry and said angrily: "Even if she is not my daughter, can other people's daughters be taken away at will?"
"Sir, actually kidnapping people and asking for money are all fake." The black-faced man was frightened by Shen Tianshu's acupuncture before. He didn't wait for the person above to ask, and went out to recruit people all by himself, "There was someone there a few days ago.
A man came to me, gave me twenty taels of silver, and told me to drive my car and wait in the alley outside the northwest corner gate of Mingshui Garden to pick up people today. He also asked me to tie up the few people I picked up.
, find a place to hide, and can’t release the person until he tells me to let him go. The man also said that when the leading girl is tying up, just show off, she won’t cause trouble, and the others should all be tied up to avoid bad things.
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After hearing this, Mrs. Xu's head immediately started buzzing, and her temples ached with pain. The person who gave the money must be Xu Yihao, and the one who needed to be tied up loosely was undoubtedly Shen Yunyao.
She really wanted to plug her ears, but it didn't affect the black-faced man's explanation of what he had gotten into her ears.
Shen Zhonglei asked: "Since you didn't know that the person you took away was my daughter, why did you come to the government office to deliver a letter asking for ransom?"
The black-faced man was even more confused when he heard this, and said: "Sir, the younger one really doesn't know that the two girls are the prefect's daughters, otherwise the younger one wouldn't dare to take this job if I had given him 10,000 courage. And the younger one wouldn't dare to take this job."
I have never gone to the yamen gate to deliver a letter. If I cause something like this, it will be too late to escape. How can I dare to hang out at the yamen gate!"
Shen Zhonglei took out two silk handkerchiefs from his arms and asked, "Have you seen these two handkerchiefs? Did you give them to others?"
The dark-faced man glanced at his head, and his head suddenly shook like a rattle.
"I've never seen a silk handkerchief before. I haven't left the northwest corner today. Xiao Liuzi drove the car to pick up the people I met. After arriving at the northwest corner, I picked a place with few people to wait for him and took the car. A few girls tied up their hands and feet, wrapped them tightly in sheets, and then carried them to Xiao Liuzi's house..."
Shen Zhonglei's hands suddenly clenched the armrests of the chair, and the veins on the back of his hands stretched out.
My daughter, who I had raised with so much love and care at home, was actually carried from the car to that dilapidated adobe house by such a person.
As long as Shen Zhonglei imagined the scene at that time, he wanted to cut the black-faced man in front of him into pieces to vent his hatred.
When Xu heard this, she almost fainted. She was wrapped in a quilt and carried into a broken house in the slums. If this kind of thing spread, Shen Yunyao's reputation would be completely ruined. Even if she was still intact, I'm afraid No good family would be willing to marry such a wife.
Shen Zhonglei took a deep breath and asked: "How did you get in touch with that person? Do you still remember what he looks like? Can you recognize him if you see him again?"
Mrs. Xu stared at the dark-faced man with wide eyes, and her whole body tensed up, fearing that she would hear Xu Yihao's name directly from the other man's mouth.
"When I reply to the adults, I can't contact him, so it's him who contacts me."
Before Xu could breathe a sigh of relief, the black-faced man continued: "But there is a mole on the left side of that man's neck. If he sees him again, he will definitely recognize it!"
"Clang-"
Mrs. Xu fell to the ground with her chair and passed out.
Shen Zhonglei had basically figured out the general context of the matter in his heart, and he had no sympathy for Mrs. Xu's fainting. He only said lightly: "Come here, send the lady back to the inner house, and then bring the young master Biao here."
Not long after, the yamen servants brought in some women, carried Mrs. Xu out of the dungeon, and went to Xikuoyuan to find Xu Yihao.
Xu Yihao drank medicine in the evening and felt hot and uncomfortable for most of an hour. He finally waited for the medicine to wear off and just fell asleep when he was suddenly woken up by Lingxue.
"Who is it? Looking for death?" Xu Yihao was very angry.
"Master, I'm looking for you." Lianxue said cautiously, "It's something important, so I should go over there quickly, otherwise I'll borrow ten thousand courages from you, and I won't dare to disturb you from my rest."
Xu Yihao felt a little guilty when he heard that Shen Zhonglei was looking for him.
Although he dared to challenge Mr. Xu, he never dared to do anything wrong in front of Shen Zhonglei.
He wanted to put the matter away on the pretext that he felt uncomfortable, but the two government officials who came to call for help were waiting at the door and refused to leave.
Xu Yihao had no choice but to get up, get dressed, and follow the yamen servant to see Shen Zhonglei.
Who would have known that the yamen servant led the way, not to the main courtyard nor to Shen Zhonglei's study, but all the way to the yamen in front.
"Where are we going?" Xu Yihao became more and more unsure as he walked and couldn't help but ask.
"Young Master, I'm at the Yamen now. Just come with me. I won't lead you astray."
The further he walked, the more unsure he became, and he didn't know how long he had been walking. He only heard the officer who led the way say: "Master Ciao, we are here, please come in."
When Xu Yihao heard this, he looked up and saw that it was the prison door of the government office. He immediately stopped and his legs couldn't help but feel a little weak.
"What are you doing here at night? Are you kidding me?" Xu Yihao hurried to where he was, wanting to run away immediately.