Xiao An continued, "Go back and find a few monks and Taoist priests to go to the river to do some rituals to get rid of this evil spirit. Then the rumors will naturally dissipate."
After saying this, Xiao An saw that Xiao Jingyun had no intention of leaving, and asked in a deep voice, "Jingyun, do you have anything else to do?"
Xiao Jingyun cupped his fists and saluted, "Father, there is one more thing that I don't know how to say."
"Okay, it doesn't matter if you say so."
Jamel Xiao suddenly lifted his clothes and knelt down respectfully
Seeing this scene, Xiao An was a little dumbfounded. He asked in surprise, "Jingyun, if you have anything to say, just tell me what's going on with you."
"Father, I beg you to spare the old prime minister. Even if he is at fault, he is avenging Lord Liu and apologizing for Feng Pengju, but his crime will not lead to death. Why do you..."
After hearing this, Xiao An's face darkened, "Your Majesty, I have told you before that I am here to help you ascend the throne."
Xiao Jingyun clasped his fists again, "But, father, even if you want to help me ascend the throne, I can just ask Fang Lao Aiqing to resign and return to his hometown. There is no need to kidnap him."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jamyun glared, "Nonsense, when did I kidnap him?"
After saying this sentence, he suddenly came back to his senses. He looked at Xiao Jingyun in surprise, "What did you say? He was kidnapped."
Xiao Jingyun nodded, looked at his father, and said solemnly, "The news came early this morning. Yesterday morning, the old prime minister was kidnapped at the ferry a hundred miles away. Fang Jun and the little girl searched for it for a whole day.
There was no progress, so I went back to report the news, and I had Zhou Quan rush over."
After hearing this, Xiao An's expression changed slightly.
"It's strange, this is really strange."
"I didn't send anyone to do anything to him again!"
After speaking, he looked at Bai Han beside him, who cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, my subordinates have not arranged for anyone to follow the old prime minister."
Xiao Jingyun believed in his father and Bai Han, and believed that what they said was true. Thinking of this, he apologized again and said, "Father, I dare you to issue an edict to inform the prefectures along the way to search carefully and be sure to find my father."
The whereabouts of the Prime Minister."
Xiao An nodded, "This is natural. Let alone Fang Lao Aiqing, even if an ordinary citizen suddenly disappears, I have to order someone to find out the truth about him."
Xiao Jingyun then stood up, said goodbye and left. Watching him walk away, Xiao An let out a long sigh, "This matter is very strange. It seems that more than one wave of people are working against us."
Bai Han was puzzled by his words, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"It's very simple. The trick of hiding books in the belly of a fish outside the city is actually to rescue Liu Xiangnan."
"But it is said that Fang Zheng holds important evidence for Feng Pengju's vindication, so someone took him away because he didn't want Feng Pengju to be vindicated."
"One is pushing and the other is blocking, so naturally there are two groups of people."
"It looks a bit interesting like this. The two waves of people started to exert their strength almost at the same time. Yesterday they kidnapped Fang Zheng, and today they made a fish belly book collection."
After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Bai Han, "Go down and get ready. Throw the things into the moat tonight, spread the rumors tomorrow, and go find a Taoist priest immediately to do it."
…
Today, Chen Xiaobei was immersed in a kind of joy.
Even Feng Xiaoyue, who was eager to save her father, felt much better when she heard that Liu Rumei was expected to be rescued. She even went to see Lardo for a drink with Chen Xiaobei and Huang Ying in the evening.
But the happiness was only temporary. Early the next morning, the wind direction changed.
Early the next morning, Chen Xiaobei took Feng Xiaoyue, Huangying, the Lotus Master and others to the noodle shop next to them to eat noodles. Before they finished the bowl of noodles, they heard a few new people next to them talking.
"What a hell. Yesterday, the big fish couldn't be driven away. Today, the river is full of dead chickens and ducks."
"Yes, I also heard from the older generation that it was a water ghost."
"Yes, yes, you see, there were so many fish just sitting on the surface of the water yesterday without running away. This is not normal at all."
After hearing these discussions, Chen Xiaobei's heart tightened.
Why did public opinion suddenly turn around? There seemed to be something wrong here. Before finishing his meal, Chen Xiaobei threw away his chopsticks and ran outside the west gate. When he arrived outside the west gate, he saw that the moat was already crowded with people.
The river was filled with dead chickens, ducks, fish, and even two dead sheep and a dead donkey.
Fortunately, it is already early winter and the temperature is very low, otherwise it would have stunk with so many dead things together.
"Oh, what a sin. Why did so many people die?"
"Look what's over there?"
Among the dead things, there was an old turtle, which was as big as a basin. On the back of the big turtle was carved a deep "willow" character, and a big cross mark in red leather.
"Oh, God has come again. This Liu character has been sentenced to red splits, and his head is about to be beheaded."
"Yes, the sky appears, please kowtow quickly."
"Oh, what are you waiting for? Kowtow to the water ghost and ask him to leave. Don't harm everyone here."
Some people took the lead and others followed. A large number of the people watching knelt down and kowtowed to the river. Some even started to go home, took cartons and burned them.
Looking at the busy people, Chen Xiaobei felt a chill in his heart.
He and Yang Zhi had been busy for so long and managed to create a little bit of buzz, but it was quickly overshadowed by this massive battle. It had to be said that the other party was also a master and was willing to spend a lot of money to buy so many chickens and ducks.
Fish and the like require a lot of silver.
Seeing the people burning incense and kowtowing in fear, Chen Xiaobei left sadly.
It was obvious that his plan had been targeted, and the little momentum he had managed to create was instantly drowned. At this time, who cared that Liu Xiangnan was wrongly accused.
This was exactly the result Xiao An wanted. After listening to the guard's report, Xiao An nodded with satisfaction.
He turned to Bai Han and said, "Tomorrow we will go to the river to build an altar, and quickly ask the Taoist priest to do it."
"Remember, it must be loud and powerful to let the people know that there are always water monsters causing trouble in these moats."
Xiao An is happy, but Xiao Jingyun is not happy.
Zhou Quan is back.
After staying up for two days and two nights, Fang Zheng still had no clues. Except for his abandoned carriage, no trace of Fang Zheng could be found.
If it was a kidnapping, then the kidnappers would have come out with a bid now, but there is no news. This means it is not for money.
Xiao Jingyun's heart became heavy, and there were only two kinds of kidnapping: to make money or to kill someone.
But the old prime minister has been magnanimous throughout his life, who will he offend?
Xiao Jingyun was puzzled, and equally depressed was Li Si Ma Zhu Ziming.
He personally promised Feng Xiaoyue that he would help his father clear his grievances, but he never expected that Fang Zheng would disappear at this critical moment.