For the next two days, the little master took Zhong Nan to watch the performance of "Cloud Ladder", and then played near the overpass before returning home, but every time he returned, the feeling of being watched by someone has always haunted Zhong Nan's heart.

On the third day, the two came to the flyover early to watch the performance, and today's "Cloud Ladder" has one more highlight: the young woman randomly selected a seven or eight-year-old child from the crowd of onlookers before getting on the rope, and after obtaining the consent of the other party's parents, she used a cloth strip to wrap the child around the back to climb the rope together. Because of carrying people, the young woman's speed was much slower than before, and there were two pauses in the middle, and the onlookers on the ground did not dare to come out. Fortunately, at last he made it to the top, and the boy was still excitedly learning the movements of the young woman, and when everything was done, the young woman was still a beautiful somersault, so the two big living people disappeared together in the air.

There was a burst of exclamation from everyone on the ground, followed by their own discussions and various speculations, the child's father was a little anxious, and the middle-aged man stepped forward to comfort him, but he did not show any excess. After only five or six minutes of waiting, the young woman returned to the performance venue with the child, and immediately thundered with joy, and the melodious sound of metal sounded on the plate held by the middle-aged man.

"Zhong Nan, this is amazing!" The little young master sitting on Zhong Nan's shoulders was very excited, and after jumping down, he took a silver ingot of ten taels and rewarded it to the middle-aged man, and the other party thanked him again and again, but the expression on his face flashed a trace of hideousness. Zhong Nan didn't notice this scene, he was complaining about his master in his heart: the bold young master has rewarded a total of twenty taels of silver in three days today, and if he were his brother, he would have to cut it. However, this slander can only rot in the stomach, after all, the identity of the little master is there!

When he returned home, he happened to meet Qiu Xiang, so Zhong Nan broke away from the little master, but fortunately, the young man stood up, and after making a grimace, he went to play with his companions. Zhong Nan naturally didn't care about the little young master's ridicule, he himself was thick-skinned, and modern people's positioning of the relationship between men and women was not as rigid as in ancient times, but Qiu Xiang blushed and didn't speak for a long time.

In fact, the entire Ma family knows the little ambiguity between the two, some maids often make fun of Qiu Xiang about the two of them, and the family members occasionally joke about Zhong Nan's "peach blossom luck", but Zhong Nan didn't take it seriously, although he is interested in Qiu Xiang, but he is not sure about Qiu Xiang's attitude, after all, he doesn't know much about ancient women, in case it is his own passion, it will affect the reputation of the woman - this is regarded as an existence higher than life by ancient women, maybe there will be a big incident.

The two of them didn't speak for a while, and seeing that the atmosphere was about to stiffen, Zhong Nan took the lead in speaking: "How is Miss Qiuxiang lately?" ”

"I'm fine!" Qiu Xiang replied in a low voice, "How is Childe doing?" ”

"I'm fine too!" Zhong Nan touched his nose, the question and answer between the two was neither salty nor light, he estimated that Qiu Xiang had something to do with him, so he then asked: "I don't know ...... Miss Qiu Xiang"

"That's right, I saw your clothes take off the thread yesterday, if you don't dislike my female red skills, you can let me sew it for you!" Qiu Xiang lowered her head when she first spoke, her voice was not loud, and she was still a little trembling, but after speaking, her tone calmed down, and finally raised her head, staring at Zhong Nan with both eyes. Seeing this scene, Zhong Nan somewhat understood Qiu Xiang's intentions, he pulled his coat to check, and really saw that the position of the left armpit had taken off a piece of thread, but it was not long, so he didn't notice it, how did he know that it was discovered by Qiu Xiang, it seems that it is not "King Xiang has affection, and the goddess has no intention"!

Zhong Nan took off his clothes awkwardly, and Qiu Xiang turned around immediately in shame, only then did he remember that this was not the 21st century, and he took off his clothes in front of a woman, which was a proper hooliganism - even if he was still wearing a layer inside, even if he took off his outer clothes, he was not naked. Zhong Nan sneered, then quickly ran back to his dormitory, changed out of the coat that took off the thread, and ran to Qiu Xiang in three steps and two steps, and handed the clothes to the other party.

Qiu Xiang took the clothes, said "I'll give it to you tomorrow" and turned around and ran away, but the red clouds rising on his face were all seen by Zhong Nan, he was happy in his heart, it really felt good to be cared for, not to mention the care of his favorite woman. Looking at Qiu Xiang's distant figure, Zhong Nan shouted "yes" in a low voice, and then slowly returned to his dormitory.

At the beginning of the morning class the next day, the little master pulled Zhong Nan away from the class, he seemed to never get tired of looking at the "Cloud Ladder", and he had to go to see it again with him. Along the way, the little young master also said that he wanted to climb into the air with the young woman and experience the thrill, but Zhong Nan didn't take it seriously, thinking that it would be so easy to choose him. After arriving at the flyover, the show just began, and the young woman was on the stage, she still first made a gesture to the onlookers, and then began to choose people, the candidates must be children or something, after all, the weight is light, and it will not affect the climbing too much. The young woman looked around, and finally her eyes stayed on the little young master, who took the initiative to walk towards each other when he saw this, and said happily: "Sister, do you choose me to be with you?" ”

The young woman smiled and nodded, but then a vague glance made Zhong Nan feel that something was wrong, and he felt that something was wrong, he pulled the little young master to oppose it and dissuade the young man, saying that it was too dangerous and he couldn't explain what was wrong. Who knew that the little young master didn't listen at all, and jumped on the young woman's back after breaking free, and then the middle-aged man wrapped it with strips of cloth as usual.

The subsequent process was the same as yesterday, Zhong Nan could only watch the young woman and the little master climb quickly in the air, but the uneasiness in his heart became heavier and heavier. The figures of the two grew farther and farther away, and finally stopped at the top of the rope. The little young master shouted loudly, very excited, but Zhong Nan couldn't hear it clearly, and then he jumped into a fright, and the young woman disappeared with the little young master.

After waiting for five or six minutes, the two who disappeared did not return like yesterday, and the middle-aged man bluntly said that he might have been delayed on the road, but the surrounding spectators were still in high spirits, applauding, discussing and discussing, and rewarding, but Zhong Nan was flustered. After waiting for more than ten minutes, still no one came back, Zhong Nan went to the middle-aged man to theorize, the middle-aged man still said that there might be something delayed on the road, and there would be no accident, and then said that they went to look for it, and in an instant, they and their accomplices walked cleanly, and they didn't even take away the trips and supplies of the juggling team.

Looking at the empty backstage, Zhong Nan regretted it a lot, he had been with the little young master for a few months, and he had already treated this naughty young man as a younger brother, and now because of his own negligence, he lost people, how can this be good?

He had always felt that someone was following them, and the appearance of this juggling team was also suspicious, so he asked other performing arts teams nearby, but no one knew the origin of this juggling team. After careful consideration, Zhong Nan returned to the Ma family first, reported the disappearance of the little young master to the big housekeeper, and then alarmed the old lady and his wife. In front of the two old men and the parents of the little master, Zhong Nan talked about the causes and consequences of the incident one by one, and finally expressed his judgment: The little master was probably kidnapped, and all he could do at present was to wait for news from the kidnappers. Although the old ladies and ladies of the Ma family were very angry, they also agreed with Zhong Nan's well-founded analysis, so they asked people to go around to find out the news, while waiting for the kidnappers to come or write letters.

It wasn't until around dinner in the evening that a little beggar in the neighborhood sent a note to the Ma family, saying that a beautiful young lady asked her to send a letter and reward a sugar gourd, as for other useful information, I don't know. When I opened the note, there were only a few numbers: Tomorrow, there will be a mass grave outside the city, 5,000 taels of silver will be ransomed, and the official will tear up the ticket. The old lady thought about it again and again, but decided to scrape together the money. Five thousand taels of sons were exchanged for two or three million now, which is not a small amount, and the Ma family only made it ready in the afternoon of the next day. Then it was to determine the person to pay the money, and the old lady designated Ding Youwei, the head of the nursing home, to go out, Zhong Nan pleaded many times, and the old lady agreed that he and Ding Youwei would go to redeem people together, saying that they would atone for their sins.

Ding Youwei is a middle-aged man in his thirties, it is said that he has good martial arts, has worked in the Ma family for more than ten years, and has won the trust of the old lady and his wife, and has long served as the head of the nursing home. This time, the old lady's request is to bring back the little master unharmed, as for the ransom, it is of course best to bring it back together, if there is no chance, then there is only money to avoid disaster.

After dinner, Ding Youwei and Zhong Nan came to the agreed place with silver tickets and the moonlight like water. Before leaving, the old lady repeatedly told Zhong Nan that he should obey Ding Youwei's arrangement, not act without authorization, and as long as he could save the little master safely, he would not be guilty of his past. Along the way, Ding Youwei only emphasized that all actions were under his command, and he didn't say much about the rest, just improvised.