Jiang Mansion. Jiang Zhangkun hugged Gangna's concubine Fenghuaxueyue, and his confidants hurriedly walked in and looked at him anxiously.
Jiang Zhangkun let go of the woman in his arms and said calmly: "You go down first."
After the concubine left, the subordinates reported truthfully: "Sir, all the goods in our 'Wanxiangtang' are gone."
"Why not?" Jiang Zhangkun said coldly.
"Someone sneaked into Wanxiang Hall, our people searched everywhere, and the result..."
"explain!"
"All dead."
Jiang Zhangkun stood up suddenly with sinister eyes: "Dead?"
"The thirty-five people guarding there are all dead," the subordinate said. "When the subordinates got the news, there was only ruins left on the scene, and no traces were left."
"Where are the women?"
"There was no body, but there were footprints at the scene. He must have been taken away."
"You said a few days ago that someone was checking us, didn't you find out who it was?"
"It seems to be from Hubei City."
"Hubei City?" Jiang Zhangkun thought about Lu Yi, whom he had met before.
He had met Lu Yi. After all, as a commander, he was also a local leader here. When Lu Yi first became the county magistrate, important officials from all over the country must visit him one by one, and they also came to see him at that time.
"That Lu Yi has the guts to go against me?" Jiang Zhangkun sneered, "I would like to know how to deal with him."
At night, a caravan passed through the mountains and forests and headed for Rongcheng, a few hundred kilometers away from Hubei City.
There were a dozen carriages in total, with ten women sitting in each carriage.
These women looked haggard and had empty eyes, as if they were walking corpses.
"Brother Hua, we have left the area where Jiang was commanding. It should be safe here. Why don't we stop and take a rest! It's not easy to walk at night. It's easy to end up in a ditch."
"Okay, rest here." Bailihua looked at the nearby terrain and said, "But there should be wild beasts coming and going here. Let's light a few more fires and get everyone some food."
"Okay."
When everyone was resting, the woman inside also came out.
The women had no sense of presence. There were more than a hundred people, but no one spoke. Not only that, they seemed to have received special training and did not even dare to speak out. There were only the voices of men in the entire forest.
"We will continue our journey tomorrow. You should eat something first and then take a rest." Bailihua said to the women.
One of the women walked towards Bailihua: "Master, can you take a step to speak?"
Seeing that the woman looked hesitant, as if she had some problem, Bailihua nodded in agreement.
"This way."
The woman followed Bailihua to a quiet corner.
"There's no one here anymore, let's say..." Bai Lihua turned around and swallowed the word 'ba' like this. He watched the woman take off her clothes skillfully and quickly turned back: "What are you doing?"
"Master, I am willing to serve you, please let me go!" The woman knelt on the ground.
Only then did Bailihua realize that their appearance did not reassure the women. On the contrary, they felt that they had jumped from a wolf's den into a tiger's den. No wonder there was no joy along the way.
"You get up first, and then put on your clothes." Bailihua said, "Don't worry, we are different from those people. We are here to save you. But our rescue of you cannot be exposed yet, so we can't
Let you go home, but send you to another safe place."
Two days later, Lu Yi had just finished hearing a case and was walking to the backyard of the Yamen when he saw Jiang Zhangkun sitting at his desk and looking at the official document he had just written, with an unkind look on his face.
"Master Jiang."
"Master Lu."
Jiang Zhangkun looked at Lu Yi.
"I don't know what kind of wind it was that brought Mr. Jiang here today." Lu Yi said with a smile, "I just happened to have a jar of fifty-year-old wine. Mr. Jiang will be rewarded."
"Of course, I have to have a few drinks with Mr. Lu." Jiang Zhangkun said lazily, "Just now Mr. Lu tried the case, and I saw a good show. Mr. Lu judged the case like a god, let me
It was an eye-opener for the officer.”
"This is a matter of duty, and it doesn't deserve such praise from adults."
When Lu Yi and Jiang Zhangkun appeared at the county government office, Gao Yamen saw him and looked at each other.
Did Jiang Zhangkun discover something when he appeared here? It stands to reason that they didn't leave any clues.
However, the case of the girl's disappearance caused quite an uproar in Hubei City. At one time, people were sent to investigate for a long time. Now Jiang Zhangkun suspected that they were normal.
He was not afraid of his suspicion. As the county magistrate of Hubeicheng, Jiang Zhangkun was not his top striker and had no way to deal with him directly. However, Lu Yi's top striker had long been brothers to Lu Yi and had accepted his favor.
He was tied to a rope. If Jiang Zhangkun wanted to do something to him, the prefect had to find a way to protect him, otherwise the 'good friendship' these days would be meaningless.
"Sir, Miss Shen is here." The servant reported to Lu Yi who was drinking.
Lu Yi said calmly: "Go and tell Miss Shen that I have guests and it's not convenient to entertain her today."
"Hey, is this Miss Shen your confidante? If so, just invite her in." Jiang Zhangkun said with a smile, "You are so nervous, are you worried that I will steal someone?"
"You are joking, sir. It's just that Miss Shen is a little girl who is timid and easily shy. I'm worried that she will feel uncomfortable when she suddenly meets a man she doesn't know." Lu Yi said, waving to the servant next to him, "You
Go tell Miss Shen..."
The servant listened to Lu Yi's instructions and quickly said yes.
"Precisely because she is timid and easily shy, she should be allowed to come out and see the world. How can you always protect him like this?" Jiang Zhangkun said.
Lu Yi showed a helpless smile.
Jiang Zhangkun was even more certain that this 'Miss Shen' was Lu Yi's woman.
At this time, if he had understood Lu Yi's situation, he would not have such a misunderstanding, and he would not be so self-righteous.
However, he didn't understand Lu Yi, but Lu Yi knew him very well.
In order to understand this person, Lu Yi knew everything about him.
"Are you still worried that I will steal your sweetheart?" Jiang Zhangkun seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Lu Yi reluctantly agreed: "Then please invite Miss Shen in!"
"Drink." Jiang Zhangkun raised his wine glass and continued talking about wine with Lu Yi. "Speaking of which, I haven't been to Shanghai North City for two years. Under your governance, Shanghai North City has become more and more prosperous. It seems that you love the people.
You are such a good official! I don’t know what Master Lu has to do as an official. Please tell me about it and let me learn from you."
"My lord, you are joking. Lu has only been the county magistrate for more than half a year. How did Mr. Qin do it? Lu just followed the example of a gourd. It cannot be called a great achievement."
Shen Sijun walked in wearing a plain dress.
This dress is very simple, not like her usual style.
Jiang Zhangkun looked at Shen Shenjun with surprise in his eyes.
