Fu Yin was not panicked. Although he didn't know why these people were looking for those beautiful girls, they had to cooperate with him if they wanted to achieve this goal.
"If I lose those showgirls, I will be impeached. The lightest sentence will be an exile!"
"I want to find those showgirls as soon as possible more than you do!"
The governor's expression was stern, but he seemed to have an aura of calmness: "After the incident, I sealed off the city and arranged for close followers to guard the city gates."
"If a group of women hide in the city, it's impossible not to be discovered!"
This time Fu Yin went into a rage and arrested all the bosses of the city foxes and social rats. After a beating, many people chose to cooperate.
These people obtained information through many and complex channels, but they found no clues.
After Fu Yin finished explaining these situations, Gu Qingqiu frowned slightly, and then ordered: "Untie Mr. Fu Yin!"
Xia Hongyao swung his short knife and the hemp rope tied to Fu Yin's body was broken.
"Did you send anyone to monitor the homes of Shen Caishen and the executioner during this period?"
Lin Baici asked.
"have!"
Master Fu Yin glanced at Lin Baici and said to himself that anyone who is not stupid would do such a thing.
"Fetch the people you sent here, I want to question you!"
Gu Qingqiu urged.
"Now?"
Master Fu Yin saw Gu Qingqiu nodding, thought about it, and suggested: "Why don't you go back to Fu Yamen with me? It's more convenient to work there!"
"good!"
Gu Qingqiu did not refuse. She was not afraid of the sheep entering the tiger's den. With the fighting power of Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao, they were enough to kill the entire county.
At dawn, the group returned to the government office, and then the governor called back all the cronies he had sent out.
In the side hall, Gu Qingqiu looked at these domestic slaves and began to ask questions.
The biggest suspects are definitely Shen Caishen and Ti Xingguan.
Xia Hongyao listened carefully, but the house slave said that except for Shen Caishen getting sick due to excessive worry, he just closed the door to thank guests, and nothing unusual happened during this period.
On the other hand, the criminal officer would go out early and come back late, trying his best to pursue the case.
"Has the executioner been to Shen Caishen's house?"
Gu Qingqiu asked.
“Been there once!”
The house slave bowed and answered.
"It seems that the suspect is more suspicious!"
Xiahongyao inference.
"Wrong, I can confirm that Shen Caishen must be involved in this matter!"
Gu Qingqiu's expression was dull.
"ah?"
Xia Hongyao was startled: "What's the reason?"
"Alumni?"
Gu Qingqiu looked at Lin Baici, wanting him to answer.
"We have inquired about it. Shen Caishen is famous for his love for his daughter. Once such a person loses his daughter, even if there is a chance to prove that she is not dead, he will definitely go all out to find her!"
Lin Baici reasoned: "Even if I am ill, I have to look for all the connections I can find, but Shen Caishen didn't go!"
"Didn't he say that? Shen Caishen sent his servants out to look for him!"
Xia Hongyao objection.
"That's right, I saw it with my own eyes!"
Domestic slave certificate.
"Where can we find a group of servants? With Shen Caishen's wisdom in making a fortune, you don't understand this, right?"
Lin Baici chuckled: "The direction is wrong, no matter how much effort and money you spend, it will be useless!"
"So this proves that there is something wrong with Shen Caishen?"
Xia Hongyao frowned.
"The biggest reason why Shen Caishen didn't go out to find connections is that he knew that his daughter was not dead and he was not sick. If he was looking for connections like this, others would see it!"
Lin Baici explained: "So he used the excuse of illness to close the door and thank guests!"
"I think I understand a little bit!"
Xia Hongyao nodded and smoothed out the cause and effect.
"What should we do now? Capture that Shen Caishen and continue to torture him?"
Jin Yingzhen felt that this plan would not work.
"I will send people to capture Shen Caishen right now!"
Fu Yin was furious. Generally speaking, touching a local snake like this would be very troublesome, but for the sake of his future, Fu Yin didn't care about the consequences.
"Shen Caishen loves his daughter so much that even if he is tortured, he will not tell her!"
Gu Qingqiu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea: "We can only do it ourselves!"
"What's the plan?"
Fu Yin couldn't wait to ask, and his attitude was very respectful. He felt that these strangers might really be able to solve the case.
Gu Qingqiu did not answer in a hurry, but looked at the slave responsible for monitoring Shen Caishen's family: "Are the expenses of Shen Caishen's family normal?"
"For example, I bought more rice and noodles? Are there more trucks than usual?"
"No, everything is business as usual!"
The house slave shook his head.
"That means those missing beautiful ladies are not hiding in Shen Caishen's house!"
If there is an extra group of people eating, drinking, and having sex, their flaws will be revealed: "Who are Shen Caishen's confidants? Are they all at home?"
The house slave said several names in succession, and then confirmed: "They are all at home!"
"What about these close family members?"
Gu Qingqiu asked again.
The house slave was silent and sweating profusely, but he didn't pay attention.
"Idiot, go check it out!"
The governor yelled.
The servant immediately resigned and called his entourage back. After asking around, he found out and quickly came back to report: "The son of the second housekeeper has returned to his hometown to visit relatives!"
When the governor heard this, he immediately slapped the table: "Come here, go and catch this man!"
"Lord Fu Yin, please be patient!"
Lin Baici comforted him.
"No matter whether he has any problems or not, he must be captured, right?"
The governor didn't understand why Lin Baici stopped him.
"My companion hasn't finished asking yet, and I feel that this person may have been deliberately thrown out by the other party to mislead us!"
Lin Baici was questioning: "We can think of the family members of Cha's confidants, there is no reason why the other party can't think of them!"
"That's right!"
Gu Qingqiu recognized Lin Baici's judgment.
"..."
Lord Fu Yin looked dejected.
"Then according to this statement, wouldn't it be a waste of our efforts for a long time?"
Xia Hongyao couldn't figure it out.
"No, these are all evidence that there is something wrong with Shen Caishen!"
Gu Qingqiu smiled slightly and looked at the slave: "Who found out that the second housekeeper's son returned to his hometown to visit relatives?"
The slave said that he was a distant cousin of his and worked with him as a helper.
Gu Qingqiu asked his slave to bring the cousin in.
This kind of person is generally as careful as his hair.
When a young man came in with the slave, he was far away and knelt down on the ground.
"Get up and talk!"
Gu Qingqiu looked at the young man: "What happened to Shen Caishen's family recently? Tell us!"
The young domestic slave began to narrate.
After the only daughter died, some people in the back house were thinking of getting another concubine for Mr. Shen and giving birth to a son, while others wanted to celebrate her. In short, the family was short-lived and quite chaotic.
For this reason, there was also a son who offended Mr. Shen. After being beaten, he was kicked out of the house.
When Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu heard this, they immediately raised their eyebrows and looked at each other.
"Tell me about the birth of a child in this family!"
Gu Qingqiu made a request.
"It was just nonsense, talking about the death of the eldest lady, and Mr. Shen heard it."
The young domestic slave took the opportunity to show his loyalty: "A person like this who talks about his master's family behind his back should be beaten to death on the spot. He is just kicked out of the house. It is really easy for him!"
"Where did this family's children go?"
Hua Yueyu asked.
"Where else can we go? Let's go back to the countryside!"
The young domestic slave thought this beauty's question was childish.
"Which country?"
Xia Hongyao asked.
"I have no idea!"
The young domestic slave shook his head.
"Then you said he went back to the countryside?"
Xia Hongyao questioned.
"..."
The young domestic slave was depressed: "Where can I go if I don't go back to the countryside?"
As the saying goes, people are humbled when they leave their hometown. In ancient times, if there were no roads, you would be arrested by the government if you went out. Moreover, the public security in ancient times was not good. If a person left his hometown to seek a living, the probability of death was very high.
"You guys get out!"
After Gu Qingqiu asked these slaves to leave, he looked at the governor: "Sir, this afternoon, when you issued an order for the soldiers to prepare, you said that you would go out of the city tomorrow to search Shen Caishen's farms."
"Among them, the farm where the family gave birth to their children is a key target!"
"Are you trying to alert the snakes? Let them reveal themselves?"
Mr. Fu Yin was worried that Gu Qingqiu and the others would not be able to handle it: "The risk is too great. Soldiers need to be quick. Why don't I order my troops and horses now to raid that village!"
"What if no one is hiding in Zhuangzi?"
Lin Baici asked back.
"..."
Lord Fu Yin was speechless.
"Lord Fu Yin, I leave the matters here to you!"
Gu Qingqiu stood up: "Prepare some fast horses, we are going to that Zhuangzi now!"
"good!"
Master Fu Yin agreed, because this female stranger and the young man were calm and composed, and they looked like masters at first glance.
Worthy of the heavy responsibility entrusted to you.
"The wealth and life of a certain family can only be entrusted to you two!"
Lord Fu Yin stood up and bowed to Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu.
…
With the servants and locals arranged by Lord Fu Yin as guides, Lin Baici and his party arrived at the small village called Shenjia'ao in the afternoon.
Lin Bai resigned from being a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, and entered the village. When he saw a young woman hoeing a vegetable garden in the yard, he politely handed her over.
"I went to Beijing to take the exam. When I passed by here, I was so hungry and thirsty that I asked for a bowl of water!"
As Lin Baici spoke, he took out a dozen copper coins and handed them over.
"You're welcome, sir. It's just a bowl of water. No money is needed."
The little woman lowered her head and saluted Lin Bai: "My lord, please wait a moment!"
After saying that, the little woman went back to the house and quickly came out with a bowl of water and even two pancakes in her hand.
"If you don't mind me, sir, you can give me some support."
The little woman did not let Lin Baici enter the courtyard. After all, in these days, men and women were on guard against each other.
"Thank you, little lady!"
Lin Baici put away the copper coins, exchanged them for one or two pieces of silver, and placed them by the fence.
When the little woman saw this scene, she had a good impression of the young man and became less wary.
Lin Baici took the opportunity to strike up a conversation, and before he knew it, he started asking about Zhuangzi's recent situation.
…
Outside the village, Xia Hongyao hid behind a tree and watched Lin Baici chatting with the little woman from a distance.
"Xiao Linzi is really a weapon for women!"
Xia Hongyao laughed loudly.
"Oppa is so handsome. When foreigners see him, they think he is a handsome guy. What's more, it would be strange for a little woman like this who has never traveled far since she was a child not to be stunned!"
Jin Yingzhen thought that she might as well stop alerting the enemy. As soon as Oppa came up with the handsome man trick, the woman would use all his tricks.
Lin Baici did not come back immediately. Instead, he had a meal at the little woman's house and walked around the village before he came back.
"How about it?"
Gu Qingqiu joked: "Is the farm food delicious?"
"It should be right here!"
Lin Baici ignored Gu Qingqiu's teasing: "The ancestral hall in the village has been under renovation recently, and many people have come. During this process, some women can be brought in quietly."
"Of course, the most important point is that the threshing floor is similar to the painting painted by Shen Caishen, so he must know that his daughter is hiding here!"
When everyone heard this, their spirits perked up.
"The question now is, where are those show girls hiding?"
Xia Hongyao is gearing up to dig up the village.
"Why don't we arrest the whole village and torture them?"
Jin Yingzhen likes things that are simple and rough.
"Catch that family's son, he must be sent by Shen Caishen to take charge of the overall situation."
Fishball Guy is not stupid.
It may seem like you are being kicked out of your home, but in fact, only in this way can you reduce other people's attention and suspicion.
"No rush!"
Lin Baici looked at the sky: "Waiting for the follow-up plan!"
Gu Qingqiu and Xia Hongyao stayed behind to wait, while the others searched around the villages and towns.
In the evening, a fast horse rushed into the village and entered a farmhouse.
"Coming!"
This time, even Xia Hongyao knew that he had found the right one.
That was the home where the child was born.
About ten minutes later, the messenger left. When it got dark, the family went out, knocked on several houses, gathered seven or eight strong men, and left the village quietly.
…
Houshan Ancestral Hall.
cellar.
As soon as the family gave birth to a baby, they smelled a mixture of sweat and makeup.
After so many days, everyone didn't wash up carefully, so they were naturally sloppy.
"Ladies, Mr. Fu Yin is going to search Shenjia'ao tomorrow. Let's go first and hide in the mountains!"
Although the tone of having a baby at home was a discussion, there was no need to question the attitude. After speaking, he began to urge everyone to leave quickly.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. My master has already considered this and has a hiding place in the mountains!"
Soon, more than twenty girls emerged from the cellar and walked out of the ancestral hall.
They didn't see that in the distant fields, Lin Baici and the others were lying beside the ridges, watching them quietly, like predators hunting.
"Haha, I finally found these women!"
Yudan Guy was so happy that he couldn't help but patted Lin Baici on the shoulder.
If it were him, I don't know how much time it would take, but as soon as Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu arrived, it would be done.
So strong!
"What now?"
Xia Hongyao asked: "Are they going to be arrested and brought to justice?"
"If we catch them, will they be sent to the palace?"
Hua Yueyu frowned: "I think they look very cooperative with that family to have children. Do they not want to enter the palace?"
"Why do you care what they think?"
Yudanlao felt that Hua Yueyu was too sentimental: "This is rule pollution, put away your kindness!"
"Rule pollution does not occur for no reason. The content depicted in that antique calligraphy and painting may be what actually happened in history!"
Xia Hongyao looked at the girls: "In history, I don't know what their final outcome was?"
"Follow me, wait for my command, and then take action!"