When Xu Mingsu was waving his whip and showing off his power over Linghu Xi, Young Master Jian didn't even know that the glorious cuckold had been slapped on his head.
Ever since it was confirmed that his wife had been kidnapped, Mr. Jian seemed to have gone crazy and wanted to release everyone around him and promised a heavy reward. Whoever could find Linghu Xi would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.
Fortunately, Uncle De, the owner of Semicolon, and the guard leader surnamed Zhu were relatively calm. They sent out most of the guards and servants while comforting Young Master Jian. At the moment, Linghu Xi was nowhere to be found and was in Jiangning City in Ruoda.
Finding a person is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It has already passed Chen hour, and the gates of Jiangning City have long been opened. It is possible that the person has been smuggled out of the city.
Second Young Master Jian roared for more than half an hour before he slowly calmed down and said in a deep voice, "What do you think we should do?"
Uncle De said, "With our strength, it is difficult to trace the young lady. Now there are only two ways to go, one is to report to the official, and the other is to find someone to help." [
"Report to the official?" Er Shao Jian's heart twitched. Reporting to the official means that the whole matter has spread. A young and beautiful woman was robbed, and everyone knows what it means. Linghu Xi's reputation will be
It was all destroyed.
Uncle De obviously knew what Second Young Master Jian was worried about, and said with a wry smile, "If you don't report it to the official, I have to ask the young master to step in and ask friends for help. I heard that the imperial court has a Zuo Si and a You Si who are responsible for inquiring about information and are well-informed.
If the young master has friends in this field, he can ask them for help."
Second Young Master Jian immediately thought of Lian Yu and secretly made up his mind. If Pang Ting of the Duke's Mansion could be asked to come forward, Lian Yu would definitely be able to help.
At this time, the leader surnamed Zhu said, "Young Master, I also know that Zuo Si and You Si are now under the command of the Holy Spirit. It is hard to say whether they can be invited. But at this time, the young master can only report to the official first, and then go
Ask friends for help. After all, if you delay for a while, the young lady will be in more danger. If the building is destroyed, we can rebuild it, but if the people are gone, we will never find them again."
Uncle De's expression changed. Compared to others, Uncle De knew Linghu Xi's role in Kaibao Bank better than anyone else, even better than Master Jian. He immediately echoed, "Judging from the scene last night, arson is
The person who kidnapped the young lady must be an accomplice. This group of people is very cunning. Young master, you can’t think about it that much now."
His wife's voice and smile were right in front of him. Second Young Master Jian gritted his teeth and immediately ordered, "Uncle De, take the two thousand taels of silver notes and go to the Jiangning Mansion Office and ask them to mobilize all their hands to find the young lady.
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Uncle De responded and was about to go out to make arrangements. Suddenly, a maid ran in with a letter and a handkerchief in her hand. Half of the hairpin was exposed in the center of the handkerchief. As soon as the maid entered the room, she shouted, "
Master, Master, letter! Young Madam!"
The maid was panting and couldn't speak smoothly. However, the thing in her hand made Mr. Jian's eyes fixed on her. The hairpin looked familiar, as if it belonged to Linghu Xi. Then she heard the maid calling her young lady, Mr. Jian.
He stepped forward and took the things from the maid's hands.
The hairpin is correct, it is Linghu Xi’s gold-encrusted jasper hairpin. It was made by Mr. Jian himself at the jewelry store last year and was given to his wife as a birthday gift.
The thing was correct. Second Young Master Jian quickly tore the letter open, and a line of crooked words came into view, "Second Young Master Jian, I am entrusted by someone to do something loyal. Someone has offered me five thousand taels of silver. Please give me a letter."
Hui. Although Yu and Zhuo Jing wander around the world and make a living on the knife's edge, they can't bear the cruelty of that person. If the second young master prepares ten thousand taels of silver, I will tell Madam Ling the news."
There is also a line below the letter, "Also: Prepare the money and send it to the second stone arch under the Youzhou Bridge. Don't sue the officials, don't send people to monitor, otherwise my wife's life will be at risk."
Second Young Master Jian's head was buzzing. It turned out that someone had taken a fancy to his wife. The fire that night was just a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Xiang Zhuang danced with the sword, aiming at Pei Gong, and his wife was his target.
Second Young Master Jian, who was anxious and in pain, immediately turned his attention to the maid, glared and shouted, "Where did this letter come from?"
The maid trembled and quickly reported that she went out to look for the wife everywhere but found nothing. When she returned, she met a strong man dressed as a servant at the door and asked her if she owned a treasure bank, and then asked her to deliver the letter.
Give it to Mr. Jian.
At this time, Uncle De and the leader surnamed Zhu came over and inquired again.
The leader surnamed Zhu knew about the affairs of the Jianghu and immediately said, "Master, it is now clear that someone hired a person from the Jianghu to kidnap the young lady. But now, I just prepare the banknotes and go to Youzhou Bridge."
"Yes," Uncle De agreed, "We can also use large-value banknotes from our bank."
Second Young Master Jian nodded. Uncle De is indeed prudent. Large banknotes have fixed numbers. As long as these numbers are sent to each branch, when someone redeems them, the person who redeemed them can be traced. Even if the other party let him go this time
Pigeons can also trace some clues based on banknotes.
Immediately, Second Young Master Jian led Uncle De, the leader surnamed Zhu and a large number of guards and went straight to Youzhou Bridge. Of course, Second Young Master Jian also made some detailed arrangements, which guards were responsible for surveillance and which guards were responsible for containment. Second Young Master Jian
I hated the robbers so much that I naturally would not follow the instructions in the letter honestly.[
The result was destined to disappoint Second Young Master Jian. As expected, another letter was found under the second stone arch of Youzhou Bridge. However, the letter did not tell Second Young Master Jian the exact news, but directly criticized Second Young Master Jian for his cooperation.
The attitude was dishonest, and a strand of black hair was attached as a warning.
Another line appeared at the end of the letter, telling Mr. Jian that if he still wanted to save people, he should send the money to the big stone in the alley behind the Confucius Temple. The letter also warned that if Mr. Jian was not honest, he would
This time, the other body parts of Linghu Xi will be sent.
The robbers knew that the enemy had the upper hand, and Young Master Jian was shocked. After discussing with Uncle De and others, he did not dare to make another mistake. He had to arrange for a few capable people to follow him to the back alley of the Confucius Temple.
This time, they still failed. The robbers seemed to have predicted the reaction of Master Jian. In the end, Master Jian had no choice but to follow the instructions in the letter and took only the leader surnamed Zhu to the location mentioned in the letter, "Wanli".
Home" inn.
When Young Master Jian was being mobilized by the robbers, at the "Wanlijia" Inn located in Lixu, north of the Qinhuai River, a young man in gorgeous clothes came down from the No. 2 Superior Room upstairs and came to the counter in a majestic manner.
"Waiter, what are your orders?" the old shopkeeper standing at the counter asked respectfully.
The old shopkeeper is not an ordinary person. His cousin is the eldest wife of Pang Bai, the third son of the Duke of Guo. Although this cousin has died long ago, Pang Bai still handed over the property to the old shopkeeper. In the past six months
Later, since the old Duke became the Taiwei, everything related to the Duke's mansion has increased, and the old shopkeeper also feels that his waist has become much stronger.
Even so, the old shopkeeper was very respectful to the wealthy young man in front of him. Nothing else, this young man is too rich. Since he entered the door half an hour ago, he has directly occupied the best room in the inn, and
He also threw out one hundred and fifty taels of silver and paid it for half a month. He gave the reward to the clerk casually, which was two taels of silver.
Business people never have trouble with money. Although he privately called the young man a prodigal, the old shopkeeper still expressed his respect.
The young man was also unambiguous. He took out a letter and threw out a five-tael silver coin, "Shopkeeper, I have to go out to meet friends in a hurry. In a while, a friend sent me a box of things. You first
Just keep it for me and give this letter to him."
"Don't worry, Mr. Xu, I will definitely put the things away for you!" The old shopkeeper happily put the five taels of silver into his sleeves and solemnly locked the letter into the cabinet.
"Okay! I'll leave this matter to you." The young man opened the picture fan and shook it. There was a beautiful erotic painting on it, which made the old shopkeeper stare.
The young man turned around, took two steps, then turned back and took out a card, waved it towards the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, if I can't come back soon, I will ask a servant to pick up the box of things.
If you see this name clearly, it is the proof of taking the thing."
The old shopkeeper quickly took the teacup and looked at it carefully. The name on the teacup was "Xu Mingsu", which was nothing. What shocked the shopkeeper was that the teacup was extremely exquisite and made of gold foil.
After a while, the young man put away his name and staggered out of the door, followed by two servants, an old man and a young man.
After walking for about a mile, the three of them reached a remote place. The young man quickly turned around and handed over his hands, "Sir!"
"Well done, a bit like a wealthy young man." The older servant smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder, then turned around and said, "Xiao Lang, what do you think we should do next?"
"Of course I will send Mingla back to Yan San'er and let him act according to the plan. This time I must turn Jiangning City into a pot of porridge."
It turned out that the people pretending to be house servants were Mu Yu and Song Zheng. As for the Kuo Shao whose pseudonym was "Xu Mingsu", he was one of Mu Yu's confidants. The reason why the three of them went to the "Wanlijia" inn was because the young man
The pseudonym is Xu Mingsu, so he is naturally setting up a trap, and it is a very exciting one.
Next to Wang Er's house, Yan San'er's two subordinates, one tall and one thin, were sitting in the shade of the tree, looking at a car going away.
Just now, they were sent back to the place where they were taken away yesterday.
They were a little overwhelmed by the changes in things. They were first captured in a mysterious place (naturally they didn't know it was Youji's stronghold) and were interrogated. Neither of them were hard-core, and they all vomited soon after.
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Not long after, something unexpected happened to them. The attitude of those who captured them changed drastically. One of the leaders said, "The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, and one family did not recognize the other." Soon, Yan San'er also
Show up in person and explain that these people are friends of the young master.
Later, the two of them were sent back to the place where they came from. Although they were sent back blindfolded, they were given twenty taels of silver. As for Yan San'er, he took these friends to see his young master, saying that he would be there soon.
Will come back.
Things were confusing, and the tall man didn't quite understand: "Fat man, tell me, what do these people do? Are they really friends of the young master?"
"Yan Sanye said yes, we just obey the orders honestly. Why do you care so much? As long as you can make money." The fat servant waved his hands impatiently. After a while, the fat man whispered again, "
Who is our young master? It’s not surprising what kind of friends he has made. These people may have been sent by the young master to monitor us to see if we are doing our jobs honestly."
The tall man thought for a while, and it seemed to make sense, so he nodded.
Although the two people had random suspicions, they were still very happy after being given ten taels of silver each. Soon, the topic of the two turned to wondering which girl to spend the ten taels of silver on.
After burning the incense, Yan San'er came back. The two of them immediately came forward, and the third master and the third master said hello briefly. However, Yan San'er ignored this, waved his hand, and took out a gold foil name card from his arms...