Plum Rain Chapter 099 A Strange Smile
More and more people gathered outside the gates of Wanjia, and the whole street became congested.
At first, it was only the parents of those missing children, and then more and more good people also gathered around to watch the excitement, and in less than half a day, the news of the disappearance of Wanjia Feizhou and the loss of more than 300 children spread throughout the entire Que Jingcheng.
In some remote places, a family with a master of the Law Realm in charge, not to mention losing hundreds of children from ordinary people's families, even if it is blatantly killed, most of them will not be able to make too big waves.
But after all, this is Que Jingcheng, and he is acting so wildly, this matter is not just as simple as bullying the people in the fish and meat town, but slapping the emperor in the face.
In the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, there are people who dare to commit murder and chaos at the feet of the Son of Heaven, doesn't this make it clear that our Majesty has no way to rule?
Don't say that you are just a family in the Law Realm, even the Heavenly Pattern Realm, the Divine Elephant Realm, and the dynasty will also be traced to the end.
Soon, Jing Zhaoyin had a headhunter come to Wanjia to inquire.
The housekeeper of Wanfu finally made the parents who came to ask for help a little quieter when they blocked the door, and as soon as Jing Zhaoyin's head catcher came, there was a lot of noise again.
Lu Sheng is a fourth-layer Yuan Dan, and it is not a problem to be a Taishou outside, but he is willing to stay in this imperial city to be a small head catcher, because he is not a native of Que Jing, mixed with the title of 'Gongren' who catches heads, and he does not need to pay the fee of staying in Que Jing if he stays in the imperial city to cultivate. Moreover, Taishou is not something that anyone can do, and if he can't get the fame of the dynasty, he can't just cultivate enough. He doesn't have much talent in doing academics, and he knows that he is not enough, so he doesn't think about it.
motioned for everyone to calm down first, and then said: "Your Majesty has already known about the disappearance of the flying boat and the ginseng team, and has ordered my family to deal with it with full authority, and will naturally give everyone justice. ”
Jiang Ning in the crowd frowned, what is not fair is there to deal with, what is tight is the more than 300 lives, temporarily suppress this matter, let those people go home, drink to quench their thirst, but it still takes time to solve the case or find those missing children, and the head catcher named Lu Sheng can't be regarded as wrong, but it makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
Wan Qing, who was in charge of managing the ginseng collection in the Wan family, was the nephew of the head of the family, Wan Lingshan, and his cultivation was in the Star Pole Realm, but at this time, he obediently came out and asked Lu Sheng of the Yuan Dan Realm to put on shackles made of black heart stones, and was escorted away by a pair of catchers behind him. You don't have to think about it to know that you have been ordered by the head of the house.
Jiang Ning nodded secretly. The court came to take people, if it dragged mud and water or even resisted, it would only increase its suspicion in vain, Wanfu's move to abandon the car to protect the handsome, on the one hand, temporarily calmed the people's anger, and it can be regarded as an explanation to those people, and secondly, it can be regarded as giving the court face, reciprocating the peach, Wanjia is so cooperative, when the case is solved, Jing Zhaoyin must not deliberately make things difficult.
Looking at it this way, the Wan family really didn't know. Jiang Ning said in his heart.
If there is a ghost in the heart of the Wan family, even if they dare not resist, they will most likely delay some time.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Wanjia was well prepared in advance and was not worried about the possibility of Jingzhao Yin Mansion investigating.
It's just that judging from the current situation, Wan Jia obviously has no reason to direct and act by himself, let his own team disappear, and then make a fuss for himself.
On the way back, Jiang Ning asked Liu San'er in a low voice, "Are there any hostile families in this family in Que Jingcheng, or have you offended any powerful people?"
Liu Guangzong said: "Wanjia has always acted cautiously, and has not offended any big people in Que Jingcheng, but the Li family three streets away is doing the same business as Wanjia in Linggu and Elixirs, although there is no grudge, but the relationship between the two families has never been very harmonious. The team of Wuye Mountain was originally the head of the Wanjia family, and later the Li family also intervened, so there were two groups of clear teams in the morning and evening. ”
Jiang Ning nodded slightly, his peers are natural enemies, and it is possible to make a stumbling block in secret.
Liu San'er is a clever person, he can understand it at one point, and his face immediately changed, and he said in a low voice: "You mean that this matter was done by the Li family to attack the Wan family?"
"It's just a possibility, yes or no, it's too early to tell. ”
Liu Guangzong was silent, Jiang Ning was right, there was no evidence, and neither they nor Jing Zhaoyin could touch the Li family casually based on speculation. But every day your child stays out is in danger for one more day. How can he put his mind at ease.
The Li Mansion three blocks away was not as calm as expected.
The streets are much more crowded today than they were in the past. There were many faces walking back and forth from the street to the end of the alley, and back from the other side of the street, and from time to time there were eyes on the gate of their Li house, even the back door.
Most of these people are relatives of the missing children. Their minds turned faster, and it didn't take long for them to think of the suspicion on the Li family's side, and they couldn't enter the mansion to question, so they could only stare outside.
Li Chongxi sat on top of the main hall, and a black robe stood at the bottom.
"The head of the family, those people are still waiting outside, and the people of the Wan family and Jing Zhaoyin are also mixed in, and the dry food is ready, it seems that they don't plan to leave. ”
Li Chongxi frowned and didn't speak, and the man in black waited quietly below.
After a long time, a voice came from above the main hall: "Tell me to go down, let the people below have snacks, don't talk nonsense, do what else should be done, everything is as usual, as for those people in the dark, let them keep an eye on the outside, and don't pay attention to it." ”
"Yes!"
For three days in a row, there were people outside the mansions of the Wan family and the Li family staring at them all the time, and the practices of the two families were also surprisingly consistent, they all bowed their heads and kept silent, but Jing Zhaoyin was very cooperative when there were questions. It's just that this case is still clueless, and the slightest clue can't be found.
Jing Zhaoyin's side failed to interrogate the reason, so he temporarily detained Wan Qing and sent someone to Wuye Mountain to investigate.
"The disappearance of three hundred children, Feizhou and the owner of the team, Wan Jia, are the first to bear it, but the next most suspicious is their Li family. At this time, if there was some rumors of schadenfreude coming from the door of the Li family, it would inevitably increase Jing Zhaoyin's suspicion of him, and Li Chongxi's move could not be described as imprudent. Master Qi Fang shook a carp fan and said to his prefect Gao Ling.
Gao Ling said: "The more cautious he is, the more I suspect that this matter has something to do with the Li family." ”
Qi Fang nodded and said, "After all, if something happens to the Wanjia team, the Li family will benefit the most." Affected by this incident, the business of those medicinal herb shops in Wanjia has been much worse in the past few days, but it is the Li family, the team that went out to collect ginseng has no constraints from Wanjia, and the time for collecting ginseng has changed from the second half of the day to a whole day, and the business of the medicinal material shops has become more and more popular, and most of the new arrivals are old customers of the original Wanjia. ”
"What's the situation on the other side of Mt. Murye?"
Lu Sheng, who looked down, said directly: "The people of the Li family have been picking ginseng every day, and they have not encountered any danger, and the disappearance of the flying boat of the Wan family is very abrupt, and our people have not found any traces of fighting in the Wuye Mountain." ”
Qi Fang said: "The leader of the team sent out by the Wan family to collect ginseng is also a cultivator of the Yuan Dan Realm, any master of the Star Pole Realm can subdue the people in the entire flying boat in an instant, and the fact that he can't find traces doesn't explain the problem." ”
Gao Ling nodded and said: "Then what should we do now? Today is the first day of October, and there are exactly two months to go until the end of the year, and the selection of the next year will begin. ”
Gao Ling didn't say what would happen if he couldn't do it, but everyone knew it. If it was in normal times, it would be useless to scold him for two sentences, and at most he would deduct some money, and let him continue to check. But now that he has caught up with such a special period, if he is not good enough for the envoys of other countries, especially the Great Wu, the Great Sui and the Great Jin Kingdoms, then he doesn't want to wear such an official hat as Jing Zhaoyin.
Qi Fang shook the folding fan and chuckled: "It's hard to find people, but the goal of the flying boat is so big, it should be easier to find." After all, the flying boat is the property of ten thousand families, and if they lose it, they should always have some means to find it!"
Gao Ling's eyes lit up, "After all, the flying boat is a large-scale manned spiritual weapon, and the price is expensive. It is impossible for the ginseng picking team of the Wanjia family to really send only a small Yuan Dan Realm to sit in charge. Wanjia must have something to hide from us!"
The corners of Qi Fang's mouth hooked up a strange smile.