Three snatches Tanhualang

Chapter 23 The Missing Tanhualang

Qin Shang's eyelids twitched, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

Returning to Beijing from outside the city yesterday with Shen Tao, on the way they met the guards and the bookboy of the Song Mansion, the two were walking around anxiously on the street, the bookboy looked like he was about to cry.When they stepped forward and asked, Mr. Song who went out with them had disappeared for no reason!After asking about the details before and after Mr. Song's disappearance, Qin Shang obviously felt that something was wrong with his keen intuition!That Mr. Song is not ignorant, he will never walk away by himself!

Qin Shang asked Shen Tao to call the guards in the middle of the capital to search closely, and until nighttime, there was no trace of Mr. Song, not even a single clue.The heaven and earth are clear, at the feet of the emperor, the majestic official of the imperial court has disappeared out of thin air! ! !

Qin Shang went to the palace overnight to report to the emperor, and sent more people to investigate. He was busy all night without closing his eyes.

"General, Mr. Zhou is asking to see you!"

"Young Master Zhou? Which Young Master Zhou?" Qin Shang rubbed his eyebrows with a very bored expression.He never liked to socialize with these young masters, let alone at such a time, he scolded: "How can this general have this spare time to meet Mr. Zhou? I don't have any vision at all!"

"Return to General, Mr. Zhou is the son of Taifu Zhou..."

"No one's son is missing! Can't you understand me?"

"General...Zhou Nan, Mr. Zhou is a good friend of Mr. Song, it seems...he came here for Mr. Song's affairs."

"Mr. Song's friend?...Then invite him in."

Zhou Nan learned of Song Yu's accident early in the morning, and rushed to see the prince. The prince only told him that the emperor had given the matter to General Qin to handle it, and now he could only wait for news from General Qin.Zhou Nan only had the intention of the emperor and the prince, and wanted to use this matter to eliminate the gap between Song Yu and General Qin, so as to eliminate the dissatisfaction of the officials in the court with General Qin.

Although he knew that General Qin was not the one who reported his personal grievances, he would definitely try his best to track down Song Yu's whereabouts, but in the end he was worried, so he went directly to the Qin residence after leaving the palace.

"Meet General Qin!"

"You don't need to be too polite. I heard that Mr. Zhou and Mr. Song are good friends. Are you here for Mr. Song's business?"

"Exactly. Zhou Nan came here because he was really worried about Ziyan's comfort. I heard that the matter is now under the full authority of General Qin to investigate. Please take care of the general!" After speaking, Zhou Nan raised his hand and bowed to Qin Shang: "Zhou Nan is here Let me thank the general on Ziyan's behalf."

For some reason, Qin Shang didn't like Zhou Nan very much in his heart, and he wasn't used to talking politely to him, so he said, "Mr. Zhou is too polite. It is Qin's responsibility to investigate this matter."

Just as Zhou Nan wanted to ask about the current situation, Shen Tao and Sun Hu came back together.Sun Hu has been running around with Shen Tao since last night, looking for clues.Since the little Liu'er learned last night that the young master was not separated, but that something might happen, she has been blaming herself. If she hadn't been playful and couldn't move her eyes when she saw the kite, how could she not even notice that the young master was lost? His crying eyes were red and swollen, and he insisted on going out with Sun Hu and the others until early in the morning when he was exhausted and couldn't bear it, so he went back to the mansion with the person Sun Hu assigned to take him home.

Qin Shang heard Xiao Liuer blame himself dozens of times last night, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, thinking that the street is not lively, and the corner where Mr. Song disappeared is rarely passed by, so it is not a good place to do business. Why did the kite seller choose that position?The more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, so he asked Shen Tao to personally track down the information about the kite vendor.

It is not too difficult to do this matter. Early this morning, it was found that the peddler was indeed a kite craftsman. Because of his good craftsmanship, all the nearby peddlers recognized him. He had been setting up a stall on the busy street, but I heard that he recently picked up a kite craftsman. It's a big business, and I haven't seen the stall for several days.Following the clues, I quickly found the vendor's home. The vendor was still sleeping soundly with his wife in his arms.When he was taken away, he thought in a daze that a thief had entered the house.

Shen Tao and Sun Hu brought them back, Qin Shang didn't waste much time, and asked directly: "Who told you what happened yesterday? Do you know that plotting to kidnap a court official is a crime of beheading? Hurry up and tell the truth!" "

At the beginning, the vendor refused to recognize him. Song Yu's safety was unknown, and he had no time to spend with him. Qin Shang waved his hand and let the twelve torture instruments come up. Before he got to the third stage, the vendor recruited everything.

According to the vendor, the person who came to him was one of the bandit leaders in the Jiming Mountain Village outside the city. The man gave him 50 taels of silver, and only asked him to set up a stall on the corner of the street yesterday afternoon and hold Song Liu back. Just with Sun Hu.Although I was a little afraid of doing business with the bandits, I couldn't resist the temptation of the 50 taels, and all I asked him to do was set up a stall and say a few words. It didn't seem like a big deal, so I agreed: "Please forgive me Grassroots! Zaomin really didn’t know that they were going to kidnap someone, let alone that the person they were going to kidnap was the official! Please, my lord!”

Qin Shang kicked the vendor away, ordered someone to take him down and imprison him first, and fell into deep thought.

Qin Shang has also heard of the Jiming Village, where a group of bandits gathered and hijacked wealthy businessmen in the name of robbing the rich and helping the poor. The momentum became very large in the past two years.The imperial court has always tried to exterminate them, but the Jiming Mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and these bandits have some real skills. The imperial court has sent people to exterminate them many times without success.That place is not far from Beijing, and it is not suitable for sending large-scale troops there, so it has been delayed until now.Moreover, this group of bandits has calmed down a little in recent years, and they have not done any serious crimes, and they have never harassed the people around them, so the court gradually forgot about them.

What I can't figure out is that this Mr. Song is just a Tanhua, and he is not from the capital. His status is not considered noble at the foot of the imperial city.Even though his family is rich, Mr. Song has always kept a low profile. How could this bandit notice him?Moreover, after taking so much time to tie him up, no one has contacted the Song Mansion to ask for a ransom so far.

Qin Shang felt that this matter was no small matter, it was definitely not as simple as seeing the money!Since they don't want to make money, isn't Mr. Song even more dangerous!Song Gongzi is not like a person who has a grudge against others, and Sun Hu also said that he has never had any entanglements with Jiming Mountain, so how could they target Song Gongzi?Thinking of this, Qin Shang immediately made a decision in his mind.

"It's not too late, I'll go to the palace and report to the Emperor Ming, please take me to attack Jiming Mountain, Shen Tao, you immediately take my token and go to the team first!"

"Wait!" Zhou Nan listened to the ins and outs of the matter, and felt very strange, but now that Song Yu was in their hands, he was afraid that Song Yu would be in danger if he acted rashly, so he discussed: "Is it appropriate to lead troops to attack directly? Yan is in their hands, if they take Ziyan as a hostage, wouldn't Ziyan's situation be more dangerous?"

"Then, is there any better way, Mr. Zhou?"

"This... we can discuss it first, maybe..."

"Mr. Zhou has no better way. If you delay for a moment, Mr. Song will be more dangerous! Qin has his own plans in his mind, and please Mr. Zhou not to interfere!"

After saying that, Qin Shang flicked his sleeves, strode out the door, mounted his horse and ran towards the palace.