"What did you say!"

Xu Huaiyuan stepped forward and grabbed the general's collar and said, "Say it again!" ”

"Young master, the young lady is gone. I slept for a while, and when I got up, I saw that the young lady was gone. ”

The family general said with a sad face.

"Waste, what a waste. What do you want! ”

Xu Huaiyuan kicked the general's ass and scolded, "Find it for me." If you can't find a young lady, you can apologize to yourself! ”

Seeing Xu Huaiyuan's frantic appearance, Ning Xiu couldn't help but gasp. It seems that the status of this pomelo Lingxue in the mind of Grandpa Xu is indeed not ordinary.

He took a few steps forward and whispered to Xu Huaiyuan, "Little Grandpa Xu, take a step to speak." ”

Xu Huai's vision was Ning Xiu, and he suppressed the anger in his heart a little.

He followed Ning Xiu out a few steps and sighed, "Xiao Ke asked Friend Ning to see a joke." ”

"Does Grandpa Xu really think this is an accident?"

"What do you mean?"

"We just left the city with our front foot, and Ling Mei disappeared on our back foot, which is too coincidental."

Belch...... Xu Huaiyuan thought about it carefully and felt that what Ning Xiu said was very reasonable, so he asked urgently: "Could it be that the gangster who kidnapped his cousin!" ”

Ning Xiu nodded and said, "Now it seems that this is very likely. The Assassin was not only vigilant, but also adept at taking advantage of the situation. He must have seen the trap, and when he saw that he couldn't attack Grandpa Xu, he stretched out his claws to Ling Mei. ”

Xu Huaiyuan waved an empty fist angrily: "How can this be reasonable, it is really unreasonable." How dare he do it to my cousin! ”

Xu Huaiyuan is now even more convinced that Gao Sheng's villain did this. He has always coveted his cousin, and when he saw that he couldn't get revenge, he wanted to rob his cousin! I can't imagine what will happen to my cousin when she falls into his hands.

"If I get the evidence of this kidnapping of my cousin, I'll have to skin and cramp it myself!"

Xu Huaiyuan clenched his fists, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes.

Ning Xiu secretly sighed, in the end, Young Grandpa Xu is Xu Da's descendant, and he is still a little bloody!

"Little Grandpa Xu is a little restless, now we need to mobilize enough people to track down, and it is obviously not enough to rely on these generals brought by Grandpa Xu."

"Well, that's what Friend Ning said."

Xu Huaiyuan suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to Ning Xiu: "Please also ask Friend Ning to help Xiao Ke." ”

"Well, there is no room for delay. How about we split our troops into two ways? I went to find the county lord, and the little grandfather Xu went to Jingzhou to command the envoy. ”

The Assassins plundered Yumezu and had two options. One is to stay in the city, and the other is to flee immediately.

The first is to fight psychological warfare, taking advantage of the psychology of darkness under the lights.

The second one is more in line with normal logic.

If the Assassins had chosen the first option, it would have been fine. As long as the people are still in the city, sooner or later they can be found.

The second option is a bit bad. If you don't block him in time and let him leave Jingzhou, it will be troublesome to chase him again.

That's why Ning Xiu was so anxious to let Xu Huaiyuan go to the commander of the guard. Only in this way can we control every water and land point as much as possible, and block the whereabouts of the Assassins.

As for the government's notices, it is natural that there should be no less. The officers can also assist the soldiers in some of the search work.

But there is no doubt that the main force of this search is the soldiers.

Therefore, Xu Huaiyuan needs to go to command the Yamen, and as the son of the Duke of Wei, he has to sell his face.

Xu Huaiyuan nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll go!" ”

But it was said that the two acted separately. Ning Xiu first went to the county government to inform Yao of the county order.

Yao Chen was surprised to learn that Ning Xiu had returned: "Xiansheng, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

Ning Xiu slightly modified the details and said: "Back to the county honor, the carriage traveled dozens of miles on the official road, and suddenly encountered a towering giant tree that was struck by lightning and fell in the middle of the road. The giant tree was too big for dozens of people to lift. In normal times, we would have abandoned the carriage and switched to riding. But Grandpa Xu is infected with tuberculosis and his body is extremely weak, so he will definitely not be able to take a carriage. In desperation, we had to return to the city. ”

Yao Chen was secretly bitter in his heart, and said in his heart that this great god would have to worry about it for a day if he was here.

"Oh, do you need to send an official to see off the giant tree?"

Yao Chen now just wants to send Xu Huaiyuan away, so he naturally holds a grudge against this "roadblocker".

Ning Xiu pushed his hand and said, "This is not necessary for the time being." The students came to see the prefectural lord for another thing. ”

"Oh?"

Yao Chen was even more surprised now, stroked his beard and said, "Xiansheng said to listen to it." ”

After the student and Grandpa Xu returned to the city, they learned that Grandpa Xu's cousin had suddenly disappeared. Young Master Xu was very anxious and asked the students to come to the county government for help, hoping that the county would send some officials to search. ”

Yes!

Yao Chen only felt that his brain was buzzing, and he almost fainted.

What are you afraid of?

He was afraid that Xu Huaiyuan and his cousin would have an accident. Fortunately now, Xu Huaiyuan has tuberculosis, and his sister has disappeared directly. Why did all the bad luck catch up with him? The prestige of this parent's official position has not succeeded a few times, but the grievances have not been less, it is really aggrieved!

Ning Xiu saw that Yao Xianling had a loveless look on his face, so he had to comfort him: "Now it is very likely that someone will be sent to search and find Grandpa Xu's cousin." At that time, the county will have a great merit. ”

Yao Chen smiled bitterly: "Where does this official dare to think about any credit, I just hope to find Grandpa Xu's cousin." Xiansheng rest assured, the official will send all three classes of officials to look for people. ”

"Thank you, county!"

Ning Xiu bowed his hand to Yao County, and then left.

After coming out of the county office, Ning Xiu went straight to the government office.

The two official offices are adjacent to each other, and it is convenient to enter and exit.

Compared with Yao County's order, Ning Xiu was obviously more familiar with the prefect Li Rui.

It's just that Governor Li hasn't received much of Grandpa Xu, so Ning Xiu's first thought was to ask Yao Xianling for help.

However, this did not prevent Ning Xiu from asking for help from Governor Li.

After all, the prefect is higher than the rank of the county order, and there are more resources that can be mobilized, so there is more hope for one more person to find.

Ning Xiu told Governor Li about the cause and effect of the matter, and although Li Rui was a little confused, he also understood a general idea.

He secretly sighed in his heart, fortunately, after Grandpa Xu arrived in Jingzhou, he only attended the next reception banquet, and then arranged all the reception matters to Yao County.

Otherwise, if there is such a thing now, it will be him Li Rui who should be in a hurry.

"Ning Xiansheng and rest assured, this mansion will pass on the order, and order all the soap officials in the mansion to look for people, I believe that people will definitely be found."

Li Rui stroked his beard and said with a full temperament.

Although he has no direct involvement in this matter, after all, the person disappeared within the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Prefecture, and the posture still has to be put on a show. Otherwise, if Wei Guogong was really annoyed and even took him to participate in a copy, it would not be cost-effective.

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The government office, the county government, the inspection department, and the guard army used their forces to search for a person at the same time, which was the first time in Jingzhou's territory.

The people of Jingzhou Mansion can be regarded as an eye-opener. What is a nobleman, a noble person like Grandpa Xu is a nobleman.

As long as he said a word, no matter whether it was a civilian official or a military general, he had to nod and smile. To be a man to do this, it is worth it!

But Xu Huaiyuan couldn't be happy.

The sudden disappearance of his cousin Yuzu disrupts all his plans. He and Ning Xiu originally wanted to lure the man out by pretending to be sick, but they saw through it and hit the weakness......

If his cousin had a mistake, Xu Huaiyuan couldn't explain it to the Yu family, and he couldn't forgive himself.

Of course, he believed that the gangsters who kidnapped his cousin did not go far, at least not out of the territory of Jingzhou Mansion. As long as they haven't left Jingzhou Mansion, everything has room to turn around.

Jingzhou is a key point of land and water, with Bashu in the west and Wuyue in the east, and there are many roads to choose from.

Xu Huaiyuan concluded that the man would go in the direction of Jiangnan, because he was sure that it was Gao Sheng's guy who was making trouble behind his back.

Therefore, the road to the west is basically not considered.

But even if you only consider the possibility of going to Jiangnan, it is not easy to win the bet on which way to go.

And Xu Huaiyuan didn't dare to gamble at all, because once he lost the bet, his cousin would face the price of having his reputation tarnished.

Therefore, he 'dispatched troops', set up cards everywhere, and blocked all the roads from Jingzhou to Jiangnan.

In Ning Xiu's opinion, the road was blocked, and the gangsters were trapped in Jingzhou, and the next thing to do was to catch the turtle in the urn.

Governments at all levels have painted the portrait of Yuling Xue and posted notices ordering the governors to cooperate with the search.

Although the government of the Ming Dynasty is powerful, it is not easy to dig three feet into the ground to find a person. But with the cooperation of the lieutenant, it will be much easier to do this.

The so-called lieutenant chief is not an official position, but a person in charge of the people, who plays the role of a bridge between the government and the villagers. The lieutenant governor was not only responsible for collecting grain taxes, but also supervising agricultural production, and had great prestige in the countryside.

The so-called imperial power does not go down to the county, which refers to this. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to convey government decrees at the county level, and the next ones are the chiefs, patriarchs, and landlords to maintain them.

Of course, these lieutenants also have a lot of oil and water to be fished, and they will do their best to help and assist the government in managing the grassroots villages.

On this day, there was good news, a lieutenant found that a carriage carrying a female dependant appeared in Futaba Village, and the female dependent's appearance was seven points similar to the pomelo on the portrait.

Although Ning Xiu didn't trust the accuracy of the portraits of this era, since he had clues, he still had to track them down.

Otherwise, what if the person who appeared in Futaba Village was really the one who kidnapped Yuzu Lemon Snow?

The little grandfather Xu Huaiyuan was even more overjoyed, and hurriedly took the county government officials and the seconded 500 officers and soldiers of the guard to kill Futaba Village.

Yao County Ling, Li Zhifu, Ning Xiu and Sun Wufan were naturally among them, but he felt that since the matter had become a big problem, it was better to bring in some local Jinyi guards, so that the momentum would be more sufficient.

But he said that the group came to Shuangye Village, and the chief Hou Ergou came over with a smiling face and said: "This nobleman, the little old man saw that group of people resting in the village, the female dependents and the people in the portrait are exactly the same, there can be no mistake!" ”

Xu Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "You'd better not be mistaken, otherwise I'll gouge out your eyes." ”

Hou Ergou was stunned for a moment, then swallowed and spitted at the mouth and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the little old man will not dare to deceive the prince no matter what." ”

Xu Huaiyuan snorted coldly and said, "Where are they now?" ”

Hou Ergou rolled his eyelids and said, "Go north." ”

Xu Huaiyuan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

"What do you say? They're not here now? ”

Hou Ergou nodded again and again: "Yes, Xiao Lao'er just saw them in Shuangye Village, but he didn't say that they were here." ”

Xu Huaiyuan kicked Hou Ergou's ass and scolded, "Then what are you talking about?" Don't you want to cheat the government out of the reward? ”

It turned out that in order to find Yuyue Xue in the fastest time, the government at all levels promised to reward the person who provided the clue. Depending on the importance of the lead, the person who provided the lead can receive a different share of the bounty. The person who helps the government find the pomelo snow directly can get a rich reward.

It is not unreasonable for Xu Huaiyuan to suspect that Hou Ergou 'made up' this clue in order to cheat the reward. After all, Hou Ergou said that, Xu Huaiyuan led people to look for it, and it was a matter of whether he could find someone.

Hou Ergou said with a look of grievance: "How can the prince kick people if he is so dignified." What the little old man said is the truth, if he says half a lie, he will ask God to kill me! ”

He stiffened his neck and looked stubborn, which really had a bit of a strong order, but this guy didn't know that the little grandfather of the Wei Mansion in front of him was the little grandfather of the Wei State Mansion, otherwise he would be scared to pee his pants on the spot.

Ning Xiu stepped forward and persuaded: "Little Grandpa doesn't need to be angry, I don't think Captain Hou is telling a lie, why don't we follow the direction he said." ”

The prefect Li Rui also helped: "Yes, little grandfather." Ling Mei's safety now is the most important thing, even if there is only a glimmer of opportunity, we can't give up. ”

This sentence can be regarded as speaking to Xu Huaiyuan's heart, he took a deep breath and waved his hand; "Okay, let's go north and look for it."

Then he turned to Hou Ergou and said in a cold tone: "If I can't find my cousin, you can't run away with the crime of lying about clues and defrauding the government of rewarding silver!" ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Li Zhifu, Yao County Ling and other bigwigs also turned around and followed. Ning Xiu smiled bitterly and shook his head and said to the fat man beside him: "Brother Sun, this candidate is really miserable. ”

Sun Wufan rolled his eyes and said, "I can only say that this guy's brain is not good." Is Grandpa Xu's bamboo pole so easy to knock? I think he's probably going to be here this time. ”

Ning Xiu scolded with a smile: "Brother Sun doesn't think about the good either. Could it be that you really hope that the gangster will take Miss Yujia to Jiangnan? ”

"I didn't say that."

Sun Wufan spread his hands and followed with a stupid step.

Futaba Village is a small fishing village, and from here you naturally have to take a boat by water.

According to Hou Ergou's words, the group did go north by boat after staying in Futaba Village for a while.

Xu Huaiyuan and Xu Xiaogong played their true colors at this moment, requisitioned all the fishing boats in Shuangye Village, and a group of hundreds of people formed a fleet in dozens of small boats, rowing along the narrow waterway along the north.

The Jinghu Lake has a longitudinal and horizontal water system, and there are many waterways like this. Soon the fleet sailed out of this body of water and into the vast Yangtze River.

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