Chapter 40: Hide
"Could it be that they have already gone back?" When Pei Min was talking with Gongsun Youye, he heard the other party mention the purpose of coming to Jicheng this time, and they were entrusted by someone to send a woman here to join his uncle. The www.biquge.info two of them are orphans and have no relatives here, so it is natural for them to return to their hometowns after completing their tasks. This bag and everything are packed, and the possibility of returning to the hometown is even greater. With their sisters' swordsmanship and martial arts, Pei Min really couldn't think of anyone who could make them disappear without warning.
Wu Xuan muttered: "The shopkeeper also thought so at first, their sisters didn't check out, but the deposit was enough to deliver their food and lodging, and they didn't plan to make a noise. It's just that it didn't take long for a group of people to come to the door and ask where the Gongsun sisters were. The shopkeeper felt that something was wrong, so he mentioned it to me again, and he didn't report it to the official. This morning, I went to Simen to investigate whether there was a record of their sisters going out of the city, and my sister Gongsun You had been out of the city in the morning and returning in the evening for five or six consecutive days some time ago. Until entering the city the night before, there was no more news. There is no record of them leaving the city. It was only a little more than a month before the Xi invasion and retreat, and the Metropolitan Governor had recently been cleaning up the remnants of Li Wuyi's party, and the instructions for strict prohibition had not been removed, but had been aggravated. The Gongsun sisters want to leave the city without a trace, which is unlikely. ”
At this time, the disappearance system was a bit similar to that of later generations, and they all disappeared for a certain period of time before they started to start an investigation, and the time for the Gongsun sisters to disappear was not enough to file a case, but the magistrate at this time was far more dedicated than later generations. A good magistrate will even call the people a parent magistrate, like a father and a mother, which can be seen.
The shopkeeper of the Sanying Inn and Wu Xuan are old neighbors, and the shopkeeper only mentioned this matter to Wu Xuan, and Wu Xuan, as the local county lieutenant, has already launched an investigation.
Pei Min groaned: "Sister Gongsun You more than ten days ago, I and her have not been in contact since they separated from the inn, and my sister Gongsun Xi is similar, a few days ago she came to me to learn, we tried to meet friends with martial arts, and we also broke off contact. Where exactly I'm going, I don't know. He frowned slightly, whether it was Gongsun You's gentleness and wisdom or Gongsun Xi's enthusiasm and simplicity, he had a good impression, thinking about what accidents might happen to them, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
When Wu Xuan saw Pei Min's appearance, he couldn't ask anything, there was too little information about the Gongsun sisters in his hands, he only knew that his sister went out of the city all night long, and his sister was looking for someone to fight all day long, and he didn't know anything else, so he couldn't check it at all. The only news that can be used is that Pei Min and Gongsun You talked happily for most of the night. Pei Min didn't have any clues here, he really didn't know where to start.
"That's right!" Pei Min suddenly thought of something and said, "Sister Gongsun, they once offended Jiang Bo, maybe this matter has something to do with Jiang Bo?" ”
Wu Xuan's face changed slightly, and he glanced at Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao's expression was also stiff when he heard this name.
The identity of Jiang Bo's smuggler is almost universally known, Zhang Chao, as an orthodox local official, opposes smuggling, an unscrupulous and law-defying way of doing business, and has tried to investigate many times, but finally pressed down on the top, until now he doesn't even know who is protecting Jiang Bo. There is only one explanation, the power of the people behind Jiang Bo is not ordinary, and he can't hook up with the big ones. Jiang Bo is also intellectual, he has not had any bad deeds in the past five or six years of his rise, and he has not relied on backstage misconduct, so Zhang Chao let it go.
Zhang Chao understood what Wu Xuan meant, and said in a deep voice: "Don't clash with Jiang Bo head-on, send someone to monitor him, you personally come to investigate and put pressure on him." If it is related to him, it can also bind their hands and feet to prevent them from messing around...... According to the official's estimation, the Gongsun sisters should have discovered the danger and hid themselves, rather than falling into the hands of some people. Without any evidence, there's only so much the official can do. The words behind him were obviously said to Pei Min!
Pei Min agreed with Zhang Chao's judgment, linked to last night's experience, and suddenly said: "Two adults, what you said last night, will it be related to Sister Gongsun?" The Gongsun sisters have no relatives and no reason in Youzhou, and the only person who has contact with them in the Ming is the only one besides the girl they escorted. Someone tried to deal with them, but they were the first to notice and run. The other party suspected that I had hidden them, so I sneaked into the Yuan Mansion to check room by room, even the locked room. They came to find someone, just to make sure there was someone hiding in the room, and they didn't care about money or anything, and they didn't lose anything. ”
Wu Xuan said in a deep voice: "But it makes sense, there are thieves in the Yuan Mansion who have broken in, not for wealth or for things, I have been a county lieutenant for many years, and I have never encountered such strange things." Connect up and down, everything is explained. ”
Zhang Chao clasped his palms together and snapped: "The meat is in the wolf's mouth, and it is not easy to let them spit it out." This fat didn't go into their mouths, forcing them to give up, but it was much easier. Xiao Wu, you go to Jiang Bo immediately and let him understand our attitude. Let him know that there is someone above him, and I can't help him. But he doesn't want to do anything wrong under my rule and ignore the law. ”
Wu Xuan took the order and left.
Pei Min bowed to Zhang Chao to show his respect: Zhang Chao is indeed a good official worthy of respect, people should not be good-looking, and the ancients did not deceive me.
Zhang Chao shook his fat palm, so that Pei Min didn't have to be polite.
Pei Min left the mansion, still thinking about the Gongsun sisters, Jiang Bo had been pressured by Zhang Chao and Wu Xuan, he was white, he couldn't intervene, and if he wanted to really help them, the only way was to find them: It's just that Jicheng is a thousand-year-old city, maybe not as good as Chang'an Luoyang, but it is also a grand city. It is not easy to find two people who are hiding in Jicheng.
No, now that Jicheng is under martial law, the neighborhoods should be particularly sensitive to unfamiliar outsiders. If there is a pair of outsiders in the neighborhood who are sneaking around and hiding, how can they not report to the official. And the Gongsun sisters are beautiful, even if they are dressed as men, it is difficult to resist the outstanding demeanor, and it is really not easy to hide it without being discovered.
Is there a place where there will be no Li Zheng to control it, and it can be inhabited by Tibetans?
Is there a place in Jicheng?
Pei Min thought all the way, suddenly paused, and thought of a place, which really met the conditions.
Thinking of this, he quickly returned to Yuan's mansion and told Yuan Luqian and Yan Gaoqing that the matter had been resolved, so that they didn't need to worry, and had dinner with them and chatted for a while. Pei Min went back to the room to rest first, he lit the lamp in the house and read a book, and around the early hours of the morning, listening to the silence around him, he quietly walked out of Yuan's mansion and rushed to the south.