Shen Bai is missing.

Jing Zhaoyin sent a lot of people to search the whole city.

According to the eunuch who sent Shen Bai out of the palace and the Praetorian Guards who were guarding the palace gate at that time, Shen Bai did get into the carriage of the Taifu Mansion, but Emperor Hengde left the Taifu to talk for a while that day, and there were too many people when the hundred officials went down to the court, so the Praetorian Guards didn't take care of it.

The groom of the Taifu Mansion was very desperate, Shen Bai had never been a peaceful master, she got in the car and waited for the Taifu for a while before she felt bored, and wanted to go around the neighborhood, the groom was entangled by her and couldn't help it, so he took her to the side street.

Afraid that Shen Bai would make a mistake, he didn't dare to let Shen Bai get out of the car, but Shen Bai took a fancy to a noodle person, and if he had to eat, he could only get out of the car to help Shen Bai buy it.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Bai was no longer in the carriage.

This kind of thing happened before, Shen Bai quarreled with the Sun family, and ran away from home in a fit of anger, and Shen Ruxiu asked the people in the house to look for them in the city for most of the night before finding the people in the beggar's den.

This time, Jing Zhaoyin's people immediately lifted the beggar's nest to the sky, but they didn't even see Shen Bai's shadow.

But fortunately, Shen Bai usually mixes well with this group of little beggars, and as soon as he heard that she was missing, the little beggars also mobilized and asked for news everywhere to find someone.

Not to mention, in terms of news spread, beggars and Hualou girls are the most powerful.

In the evening, a beggar went to Taifu's mansion and said that someone saw Shen Bai being taken away by a butcher-like person, and he was afraid that he was going out of the city at this time.

There are a lot of kidnappers in the city, and there are cases of children being abducted from time to time.

In some places, you are poor and can't marry a daughter-in-law, so you can support the elderly by buying a boy, and you can be a child daughter-in-law by buying a girl.

No matter what, Shen Bai's fine skin and tender flesh are definitely not good when she arrives at someone else's house, and she is restless, if she escapes and is caught, she will definitely be beaten.

Most importantly, it would be a big deal if her secret was discovered.

Shen Ruxiu didn't sleep all night, and his head hurt so much that he felt ashamed of his deceased wife, and on the other hand, he was worried that Shen Bai would be starved and abused.

Zhao Che didn't sleep much, and early the next morning, he went to Taifu's mansion.

Shen Ruxiu was about to go to the court, Zhao Che stopped Shen Ruxiu and said: "Taifu's only son is missing, this matter is not trivial, my father Gu Nianfu is heartfelt, and he specially allows Taifu not to go to the court today, this case has been handled by the adults of the palace and Dali Temple, Taifu don't have to worry." ”

Shen Ruxiu nodded, his eyes were bloodshot, he was tired at this moment, and there was no point in going to the court.

Shen Ruxiu washed up briefly, cheered up and went to the front hall with Zhao Che to sit, the next person served tea, Zhao Che didn't drink it, stroked the rim of the cup and said lightly: "According to the horseman in the house, Shen Bai should be in the carriage or not far from the carriage when he disappeared, the palace knows that Taifu has always been low-key, and the people in the city may not recognize the carriage as Taifu's mansion, but it is not far from the palace, ordinary people should not dare to make trouble there, the palace and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple agree that the person who kidnapped Shen Bai was deliberate." ”

Shen Ruxiu's hand trembled, he didn't sleep all night last night, it wasn't that he didn't think about this possibility, he dared to pat his chest and say that he was honest and upright, worthy of the king and the people, but this kind of integrity is very likely to hurt the interests of some people, and it is normal for these people to take revenge on him in secret.

But at this time, if Shen Ruxiu wants to identify those people who disagree with his political views, he can't say it, the court is full of people with heads and faces, how can he attack a little doll?

And these people are powerful and powerful, if they really want to do something to Shen Bai, they will definitely be able to leave no traces, a day and a night have passed, what else can they find?

Shen Ruxiu was a little desperate, Zhao Che was quite calm, and asked, "I heard that Shen Bai and Mrs. Shen had a quarrel a few days ago, can you invite Mrs. Shen to come over and talk?" ”

Shen Bai is not the kind of person who will be manipulated, there is a considerable distance from the place where he was abducted to the place out of the city, if Shen Bai feels danger, he will definitely find a way to call for help, it is impossible that no one will find the abnormality, so Zhao Che first suspected that it was the Sun family.

Shen Ruxiu was a little surprised, the Sun family was the queen who placed the Shen family's eyeliner, Shen Ruxiu always thought that Zhao Che and the Sun family had a private connection, but he didn't expect Zhao Che to suspect her.

The subordinate informed that Sun would come over soon and respectfully salute Zhao Che.

Zhao Che briefly asked Sun a few questions, and Sun answered truthfully.

The relationship between her and Shen Bai is really not good, Shen Bai stayed in the palace until he was almost four years old before returning, he was unfamiliar with the Taifu Mansion, he was not close to Shen Ruxiu, and he was even more hostile to the Sun family.

Sun also wanted to be good to Shen Bai at the beginning, but Shen Bai was too skinny at this age, and often played pranks, either secretly twisted Sun's clothes, or put honey in her closet to attract ants and insects, Sun couldn't bear it, and taught Shen Bai a lesson, and at that time, Shen Bai ran away from home.

Sun is actually quite aggrieved, although she was carried into the Taifu Mansion in the name of the stepfamily, but Shen Ruxiu never touched her, that time she reprimanded Shen Bai, Shen Ruxiu made a big fire in front of her, and she apologized to Shen Bai angrily.

Sun didn't know that Zhao Che was suspicious of her, and he was expressing his grievances in and out of his words, and wanted Zhao Che to make decisions for her, but he didn't expect Zhao Che to come coldly: "Although you are in the name of Mrs. Shen, you must recognize your identity, she is the only young master of the Shen family, and she is the young master here, if it weren't for her, do you think you can have today?" ”

Zhao Che's words were full of knocking meaning, and Sun was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and said that he didn't dare.

Zhao Che didn't want to see her, let her go, and after a while, Shaoqing of Dali Temple came to the door, and he asked the Wu family and the Qian family who had a holiday with Shen Bai in Tai Academy.

The suspects have all been investigated, but they haven't found any valuable information, which is quite frustrating.

Zhao Che asked the people of Dali Temple to expand the search area, but if there was no one in the city, then go outside the city to find it, issue a notice, and let the officials of other states and counties also send people to find it.

Even if you can't find a living person, the body will always be recovered.

Zhao Che and Shen Ruxiu didn't have much appetite, but they still persuaded each other to eat something.

Zhao Che didn't return to the palace at night, Shen Ruxiu wanted to clean up the house for him, but he refused, and lived directly in Shen Bai's Shuyun Garden.

When Shen Bai was in the palace, he either lived in the queen's bedroom, or lived in Zhao Che's Yichen Palace or Wei Ruzhao's Lingzhao Palace, Shuyun Garden was much smaller than in the palace, and Zhao Che only glanced at it in a hurry last time, and only then did he slowly realize the gap when he was lying here.

Shen Baicai is so young, she had almost no contact with Shen Ruxiu before, she only regarded him and the queen as relatives, and she was suddenly sent out of the palace, living in such a house, and calling a stranger her father, she would definitely be very unaccustomed to it, but no one would explain so much to her.

She actually felt abandoned before he did.

Zhao Che was quite distressed.

Only those who have been abandoned will know what it is like.

I didn't sleep all night, and early the next morning, Zhao Che and Shen Ruxiu sat in the front hall and waited.

For three days in a row, Shen Bai was like evaporating from the world, and there was no news.

Emperor Hengde handed over the case to Zhao Che for disposal, but he and Shen Ruxiu couldn't keep it like this.

If people can't find it, they can't find it.

Just when Zhao Che was about to return to the palace, Gu Hengzhou came to the Taifu Mansion.

He was holding a bamboo tube in his hand, which was given to him by Shen Bai before, and it contained a few fireflies, the fireflies had already flown away, Gu Hengzhou originally planned to throw away the bamboo tube, but he didn't expect to find a letter from inside.

It was written by Shen Bai.

Her handwriting is extremely ugly, and the letter told Shen Ruxiu not to worry, she is leaving, to find her freedom, and she will not return to the sad place of Hanjing, she has obtained a lot of money because of the pressure on the village, which is enough for her to live without worry about food and clothing in any place.

After reading this letter with a suppressed temper, Shen Ruxiu almost died of anger.

This bastard thing, running away from home with him again, this time it's really a long job, and he knows how to make a sum of money before leaving.

"Rebel!"

Shen Ruxiu slapped the table and scolded angrily, if Shen Bai was in front of him now, he could immediately ask the monk to beat her and run all over the ground.

Is this the evil that he created in his previous life to seek revenge on him?

Shen Ruxiu was so angry, Zhao Che breathed a sigh of relief, comforted Shen Ruxiu and said: "It's okay if the person is fine, it's only a few days, even if it is a gambling house, it will take three days, according to her, the amount of money should not be small, send someone to the major gambling houses to inquire, you will soon be able to find the whereabouts, if there are clues, don't worry, Taifu, the palace will personally bring people back." "Ambiguous 43

The people sent out came back soon, Shen Bai did win a lot of money, a full five hundred taels, she knew that the silver money was not easy to take, so she directly exchanged it into a silver ticket of one hundred taels, discussed it with the people of the gambling house, and sent it to a place thirty miles north of the city.

Zhao Che took Gu Hengzhou and more than a dozen Praetorian Guards to follow the people of the gambling house to rush there, and when he saw the verdant mountains and forests, Zhao Che even wanted to praise Shen Bai for being smart.

This little bastard actually hid in Yunshan Temple.

The person who came to get the silver ticket was a big man in a coarse cloth and a short beat, who should have been the butcher in the mouth of those little beggars before.

The Praetorian Guards immediately took down the person, after interrogation, Dahan confessed, he was originally at the dock to carry the goods, Shen Bai saw that he was honest and honest, and Kong Wu was powerful and could scare people, so he paid him to be a personal bodyguard, he didn't know what Shen Bai's plan was, and he took the money to protect Shen Bai loyally and do things for Shen Bai.

I also know that hiring bodyguards is really well planned.

Zhao Che asked the big man to look at him and went up the mountain with Gu Hengzhou.

Yunshan Temple is located near the top of the mountain, the mountain is much cooler than the mountain, the weather is hot, there are not many pilgrims, Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou also sweated when they climbed up.

The monks in the temple were preparing for lunch, and when they saw that the two were dressed well, they immediately went to inform the host.

In the pure land of Buddhism, Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou did not make a big noise, and when the host came over, they immediately expressed their intentions.

The host liked Shen Bai very much, and when he heard Zhao Che speak, he smiled and said that there was indeed a clever and eccentric little benefactor in the temple in the past two days.

Zhao Che politely chatted with the host, and the host asked a little novice to lead them to the back meditation room.

Shen Bai came to defect to Wei Ruzhao, not long after he came to Yunshan Temple, his heart was not yet decided, and the host did not give him the Dharma name, and Xiao Shami still called him Wei Shizhu.

The meditation room where Wei Ruzhao lives is close to the back mountain, which is an independent small courtyard, the courtyard is not large, but it is better than the quiet environment and peculiar layout.

As soon as Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou walked outside the courtyard, they heard Shen Bai's cheerful laughter, because she was in a mess in the capital, they were about to issue notices in the whole Zhaoling Tomb, she was good, she hid here and ate and slept soundly, and she was very happy.

Zhao Che was angry, but he hesitated a little when he thought that Wei Ruzhao was here.

Uncle was very good to him at the beginning, and he was sent to Yunshan Temple for the queen mother, but now that the Wei family is in decline, his grandfather is so angry that he is sick, and he doesn't know if his uncle will complain about him.

Zhao Che stood at the gate of the courtyard and did not move, Gu Hengzhou asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with Your Highness?" ”

Zhao Che grabbed his sleeves and said to Gu Hengzhou: "It's inconvenient for me to go in, Xingyuan will go in and bring Shen Bai out on my behalf." ”

Zhao Che didn't dare to face Wei Ruzhao's disappointed expression, he was now walking on a road with no retreat and no companions, everyone could misunderstand him, but his uncle couldn't, he couldn't afford it.

Gu Hengzhou also guessed what Zhao Che was afraid of, so he didn't say much, nodded and entered the courtyard.

Xiao Shami accompanied Zhao Che to wait outside the hospital, and Zhao Che couldn't help but ask him a lot about Wei Ruzhao.

After Wei Ruzhao came here, he has been staying in the courtyard and living in a simple place, and he is not very familiar with the people in the temple, but the host will come to see him from time to time.

The people of the Wei family came twice, but Wei Ruzhao didn't see them, so the people of the Wei family didn't force it, and donated a lot of sesame oil money to the temple.

Xiao Shami saw that Zhao Che cared about Wei Ruzhao, and persuaded Zhao Che to go in and have a look, Zhao Che shook his head, took off a piece of jade pendant he had with him, and donated it as sesame oil money.

The two were talking in a whisper, and suddenly heard a muffled sound of "dong", Zhao Che practiced martial arts in the end, and immediately followed the sound.

Shen Bai jumped down from the courtyard wall, limping and running forward, Zhao Che walked a few steps quickly to catch her, Shen Bai fluttered up with his hands and feet, and shouted in his mouth: "Let go of me, I won't go back!" I earn the money myself, I can buy a house and settle down by myself, so I don't want to stay in that hellish place! ”

She was upright, struggled up and used all her strength, Zhao Che couldn't hold her down, seeing that she was about to run, Gu Hengzhou rushed over, afraid that she would find herself to suffer, Zhao Che reminded in a low voice: "She has an injury on her foot." ”

Gu Hengzhou neatly tied her hands and feet, and Shen Bai was on the ground like a little insect, still wriggling unwillingly.

Zhao Che was so tired that he was sweating, and when he turned around, he only saw a gray hem of the monk's robe passing through the air.

Wei Ruzhao glanced at the gate of the courtyard for a short time, and then left, without the intention of coming out to see him.

Zhao Che was a little disappointed, but at the same time a little lucky.

He didn't know what to say to his uncle.

Shen Bai was very noisy, Zhao Che gagged her mouth with a handkerchief, checked her feet, her ankles were a little swollen, it should have just been sprained.

The little bastard is also stupid, knowing that he can't escape and has to climb over the wall.

It was still early, Xiao Shami took them to an empty meditation room, Gu Hengzhou asked for trauma medicine from the Praetorian Guard, Zhao Che took the medicine, asked him to retreat first, walked to the side of the bed and said to Shen Bai: "Don't make noise, I'll let you talk, how about it?" ”

Shen Bai nodded, and Zhao Che took out the handkerchief from her mouth.

Shen Bai really didn't speak obediently, and Zhao Che took off her shoes and helped her rub the medicine.

I don't know if it's painful or wronged, Shen Bai's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and the rippling water floated, she sniffed, endured it and didn't cry, only stalked her neck and didn't look at Zhao Che.

Zhao Che kneaded the ointment in his hand, slowly rubbed it on her feet, and asked her, "If I don't come today, where are you going to go with the money?" ”

"You don't care." Shen Bai said sullenly, I'm afraid I haven't given up yet, I want to keep the plan, and then implement it when I have the opportunity in the future, Zhao Che knew that she had a lot of flowers and intestines in her stomach, and said deliberately: "You don't want to say it, Taifu thinks that you have been kidnapped, even the people of Dali Temple are alarmed, and turn the city and the outside of the city upside down, you must at least explain to the adults of Dali Temple after you go back, they have interrogated not one thousand but eight hundred, but not as good as me to speak." ”

Shen Bai's eyes widened, he looked at him in disbelief, and asked with great grief and indignation, "Are you going to hand me over to them?" ”

Before Zhao Che could speak, Shen Bai's emotions collapsed, and he cried aggrievedly: "I really misjudged you, I treat you as a brother, but you want to send me to Dali Temple, you might as well kill me here, you don't care about the queen's mother, uncle, Wei family, or me, you just want to be your prince!" ”

Shen Bai was so sad, his voice roared louder than the other, but he didn't know that every word of it stabbed into Zhao Che's heart like a knife.

He doesn't care about them, he doesn't have the power to manage.

Whenever he shows the slightest concern for these people, he is afraid that it will bring them death.

He doesn't just want to be a prince, he can only be a prince.

He has to sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince, and when he becomes the emperor and grasps the real power, he can slowly get back everything he has lost.

Shen Bai couldn't stop crying, and even boldly kicked Zhao Che with his foot, Zhao Che held down her injured foot, and when she was tired, she asked in a deep voice: "I don't care if you are angry with them, don't you just want to escape?" ”

"I'm just a kid." Shen Bai defended himself, "And when I go to other places, I will find ways to make a lot of money, haven't you heard a saying that money can make ghosts grind?" As long as I'm rich, I can do many, many things. ”

Shen Bai's eyes widened, her face was serious, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, and her little face was red from crying, ignorant and pitiful.

For a moment, Zhao Che wanted to pretend that nothing had happened here today, and just let her leave the land of right and wrong in Hanjing.

She is so smart, even if she doesn't have the protection of Taifufu, she should be able to live well.

But this road is too difficult to walk, if there is no her, how can he go on alone?

Zhao Che helped Shen Bai wipe away his tears, and said lightly: "There are many things in this world that cannot be solved with money, if you want to take revenge, if you want to let those bad people learn a lesson, you have to study hard and be a respected official like Taifu." ”

Shen Bai's eyes were watery, and he didn't know what kind of terrible path Zhao Che wanted her to take, so he asked sneeringly: "What kind of official position do you have to achieve?" ”

Zhao Che said: "At least you need to be afraid of my position." ”

But, she didn't need to be afraid of him.