"It must have been specially left by Brother Zhong!" Qiu Xiang said excitedly to Hu Huanshan and the others.

Without further ado, Hu Huanshan immediately reported the discovery to Xu Wenbi and Zhang Yuangong. As the commander-in-chief of the rescue operation, after the two learned about it, they quickly made arrangements: all the personnel of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Shuntian Mansion took the place where the hand beads were found as the central point, and used a carpet search method to spread out of the city in a radial manner, so as to find more clues.

At the same time, Jinyiwei and the fans of Dongchang also made a discovery: late last night, two carriages passed in the west of the city, and they didn't know how to get out of the city gate, and their whereabouts after that could not be found for the time being.

All kinds of news were summarized to the rescue command center in Zhongfu, and the latest instructions of Xu and Zhang also came out from here. Just after noon, the focus of the search team had shifted to the west of the city, and some people continued to visit and investigate, while others left the west gate and searched for the suburbs.

With the rediscovery of several hand beads, the search and rescue team got closer and closer to the kidnapper's base camp. Just when everyone thought that they would soon find the four ministers and rescue them, the rescue work was once again bottlenecked.

In the evening, two hours had passed since the last hand was found, and after that, nothing new had been found. Qiu Xiang followed Hu Huanshan and other members of the pro-soldier team to the place where the last hand bead was found, and she looked at the depressed search and rescue personnel, and her mood also fell into a trough.

After counting the number of hand beads, Qiu Xiang was sure that there were no more missing parts, but still no suspicious place of detention was found, which only meant that they had to search further away. It's just that the further you go, the more difficult it is to search, because the environment in the suburbs is very empty, and if you are not careful, you will miss any useful information.

"Brother Zhong, where are you?" Autumn fragrance called in the bottom of her heart.

……

Then draw your gaze back to the four people who were kidnapped.

For a whole day, Zhong Nan and the others really didn't eat a little food, but just fed a few sips of water to drink. It seems that the kidnappers really intend to use this method to force the four to comply.

"Hmph, do these bandits really think that hunger can make me wait for me to give in, no way!" Xu Guo's voice was a little weak.

"Don't worry, they won't dare to really starve us." Shen Shixing spoke his own judgment.

"Shen Ge old ...... That's right. Zhao Zhigao didn't have much strength to speak.

Looking at the state of the three old men, Zhong Nan was really worried that they would be starved. After all, they are all sixty or seventy years old, and they are usually pampered, where has he suffered this kind of crime, if he accidentally causes a death, the kidnapper will naturally not be able to get out of it, but he will feel a little guilty in his heart. Thinking of this, Zhong Nan opened his mouth and shouted, "Hey, you don't really want to kill someone, do you?" The three of them are all first-class members of the imperial court, and if something goes wrong, you will have no way out! ”

After a few moments, the woman came outside the room with the two men from before. The house was temporarily converted into a cell, separated by a fence-like door to make it easier for the kidnappers to check on the situation and to ensure that the four would not escape.

The woman looked at the situation of the four of them and asked slowly, "How is it, have you thought it through?" ”

"Don't talk about anything else, you loosen the ropes of the three of them first." Zhong Nan reprimanded harshly, "Look at what they have become, where do they have the strength to escape, and if they continue to be tied up like this, there will definitely be problems!" ”

The woman took a closer look at the condition of the three old men, and then signaled to the two men, and the two of them opened the lock and went in to untie the three old men. The three of Shen Shixing, who no longer bound their hands and feet, let out a long sigh, and Xindao could finally sit a little more comfortably.

"I've made it convenient for you, should you let me explain it to the higher-ups?" The woman took the opportunity to make a request.

"Get them something to eat. I don't care, how old they are, where can they bear this kind of sin! "Zhong Nan has to inch in.

"As long as you write that letter, let alone food, I will have people bring you delicacies from the mountains and seas." The woman bewitched.

"Actually, you can write that letter, why do you have to write it?"

"Didn't I say it, what you wrote is more credible!" The woman was a little impatient.

"The news of our disappearance must be known to the emperor now, at this time you wrote a letter, where can you not believe it." Zhong Nam dragged his feet.

"Then I'll ask the above." The woman also felt reasonable, and turned to leave.

"Man, let's get us something to eat, you see we haven't eaten for a day!" Zhong Nanchong said to one of the men.

The man looked at the other man, then said, "Wait a minute, we can't be the master." ”

"Who is that woman, is she the daughter of your great chief?" Zhong Nam wanted to talk.

"She is just Miss Liao's sister, and our big leader has no daughter." The man who spoke denied Zhong Nan's speculation and was about to continue talking, when another man stopped him.

Seeing that his intentions were discovered by the other party, Zhong Nan didn't feel embarrassed, but muttered: "It's not a secret, I can't say it!" ”

A short time later, the woman returned to her room, and she said to one of the men, "Get them something to eat." ”

Then he said to the four, "Since you don't want to write letters, then we'll do it for you." However, you must give me something as a token so that your emperor will not suspect it. ”

"Okay, wait until we have something to eat, where do you have the energy to think about things when you're hungry." Zhong Nan prevaricated.

After a while, the man who had gone out earlier came in with a large plate of food and placed it in front of the four of them.

"You have to let go of Zhong Shilang's hand, otherwise he will not eat." Xu Guo saw that Zhong Nan was still tied up by five flowers, so he reminded the other party with words.

"Just let go of his hands!" The woman gave the order.

"Don't worry, I won't run; Even if you want to run, you have to take the three of them with you. Zhong Nanman didn't care.

The woman ignored it and stood aside watching the four of them eat with relish. Although they are in prison, the three old men still eat slowly, not slowly, and quite gracefully; On the other hand, Zhong Nan was like a storm, and he completed the task of eating in a few minutes.

While the four of them were eating, the rescue work finally made a breakthrough again - after investigation, the fans of the East Factory found that more than half a month ago, a group of suspicious outsiders haunted the area not far away, and their rented house was less than three kilometers away from the place where the hand beads were finally found.

In line with the idea of "there are dates and no dates", Xu Wenbi asked Ma to go quietly to investigate, and finally found that something was wrong. First of all, there is only this one building within a radius of two or three miles nearby, which is a courtyard house with one entrance; Secondly, except for the first two or three days when the house was rented, there was no movement in this courtyard after that; The third is that someone saw the courtyard briefly lit up last night. There are all kinds of indications: this house is extremely suspicious, and it is very likely that it is the base camp of the kidnappers.

Qiu Xiang hadn't closed her eyes for a day and a night, but she still refused to go back to the house to rest. At the last place where the hand beads were found, the search and rescue team set up a temporary command point, and Qiu Xiang was listening to Xu Wenbi and Zhang Yuangong deploy rescue work.

"Two grandfathers, get rid of you!" Qiu Xiang bowed very solemnly.

"Madam Zhong is too polite, as long as Lord Squire and they are indeed locked up there, we will definitely bring him back unharmed!" Xu Wenbi is making promises, but also his own hopes.

When the time came to the middle of the night on the second day, Zhong Nan seemed to have become the "leading brother" of the four, he shirked not resting well, his head hurt, and he didn't think of what was more suitable as a token. Although the woman knew that this was delaying time, she just didn't have a suitable way to deal with it, so she left with two men hatefully after a few cruel words.

"Lord Squire, is it useless for us to delay time like this?" Zhao Zhigao asked.

"Three, it's been more than a day since we went missing, and it stands to reason that the rescue team must be looking around, and if we're lucky, maybe we've found this neighborhood. What we have to do now is to conserve our strength, eat and drink if we have something to eat, and wait for them to find this place as soon as possible. Zhong Nan's tone was calm and powerful.

"Zhong Shilang, are you so confident?" Shen Shixing asked.

"Elder Shen Ge, you have to believe that the rescue team must be more anxious than us, and they will definitely spare no effort." Zhong Nan's words were categorical, "No matter how cunning the bandit is, there will always be flaws, and there are countless capable people in the court, and there will always be people who will notice!" ”

"I'm afraid that they won't be able to work!" Xu Guo's worries were not unreasonable, and after hearing this, Shen and Zhao also frowned.

"Don't worry, three. Even if someone really thinks so, they will not choose to act at this time. Zhong Nan comforted.

"I hope so!" The three old men sighed.

Time passed minute by minute, and the three old men finally couldn't stay up and fell asleep. After Zhong Nan ate, he was tied up again by the kidnappers, which made him have no choice but to choose a slightly more comfortable position and sit against the wall.

In the early hours of the morning, Zhong Nan, who gradually became sleepy, was awakened by a noisy sound, and he listened carefully for a while, as if there was the sound of fire. Waking up the three people who were still sleeping, Zhong Nan said loudly: "Most of the people from the imperial court have arrived, and they are fighting with the bandits!" ”

Shen Shixing and the three of them immediately fell asleep, stood up and waited anxiously. Zhao Zhigao was still careful, and saw that Zhong Nan was still tied, so he planned to step forward to help untie the rope. As soon as they untied the ropes on their feet, the two men who had been guarding them rushed over, and the other party opened the lock and pushed the four people out.