Liu Tou waved his hand and turned to leave, and when he arrived at the door, he stopped again, turned back to Dou Xiao and said: "Recently, let your subordinates settle down a little, Lord Fu Yin spoke, if there were people who were tied up before, let them go quickly, our adults are not to blame for the past, if they are found and have not been released, they will be severely punished." Also, recently Jingcha, don't do anything that violates the law and discipline recently, otherwise it will affect the future of adults, I'm afraid it won't be able to hand over one or two people to settle it, and the cage fighting in your field has also been tightened recently, it's almost enough, don't hurt people's lives anymore, even if there is life and death, you can't do it. ”

"Thank you Liu Tou for reminding me, I will explain it according to Liu Tou's words."

After a few officials left, Dou Xiao suddenly stretched out his hands and closed the door, turned around and leaned his back against the door, tilted his head and let out a sigh, after a while, Dou Xiao calmed down and said to the subordinates next to him: "Go, tell everyone to settle down recently, nothing out of the ordinary is allowed, and no more killings are allowed in cage fighting." ”

The subordinate hesitated for a moment and said, "But the helper, if you don't fight in the cage a little harder, will it affect the business?" Those gamblers are crazy, and the more ruthless they are, the more they like them. ”

Dou Xiao stretched out his hand and patted him on the head and scolded: "Is it important to make money or life?" Besides, if you don't die, can't you see more blood? What's so nice about people dying there? When fighting, getting more blood out can stimulate their wildness, so that they can be happier when they scatter money. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

……

The entire capital has been looking for Fang Shihong for two days in a row, but there is still no trace, Fang Congzhe has not even taken care of his hair in the past two days, and the whole person seems to be much older, since Fang An came back from Beijing on that day Fang An said that he had not found anyone, Fang Congzhe had a bad premonition in his heart, and at this time this bad premonition became deeper and deeper.

Fang An came to Fang Congzhe's room with a bowl of porridge and a few side dishes and said, "Master, you better eat something first, right?" Maybe the young master really just went out of the city to play? ”

As soon as he heard Fang An talk about outside the city, Fang Congzhe immediately asked as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Yes, yes, yes, outside the city, have you looked for it outside the city?" ”

Fang An put the porridge on the small table next to Fang Congzhe's chair and replied, "I'm already looking for it outside the city, but there is no news yet." ”

Fang Congzhe slapped the table anxiously, and even the dishes containing porridge and vegetables on the small table jumped, and he said with a smile: "No news, no news, no news, there has always been no news, what are you guys eating?" Is there such a bunch of waste in my house? Even the gang of people in Shuntianfu are a bunch of waste, and the imperial court has raised them for so long that they can't even find a single person. ”

Fang An hurriedly stepped forward and stroked Fang Congzhe's back to help him smooth his breath and said, "Master, you dissipate your anger, be careful of getting angry." ”

Fang Congzhe pushed Fang An away, and said angrily: "You know let me dissipate my anger, how can I not be angry, a porter can't even look at a person, I don't know if the young master has gone out, and I don't know if everyone has been taken away." Fang Congzhe seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to Fang An, who was pushed away by him a few steps: "Yes, yes, the porter, go and call the porter and ask who has seen the young master that day." ”

Fang An listened to Fang Congzhe's words and felt a burst of chagrin in his heart, he only cared about finding someone in the past few days, and he didn't even inquire about the situation, at this time he couldn't help but even complain about Yin Yaoshun of Shuntian Mansion, and he didn't know how to come to ask about the case after reporting the case for a few days, but he forgot that the officials of Shuntian Mansion were all sent by him to find someone like a grandson.

Soon, the porter followed Fang An to Fang Congzhe.

Without waiting for Fang Congzhe to ask, the porter explained: "Master, there was indeed a scholar who came to the young master at noon that day, claiming to be the young master's classmate and friend, saying that it was the master of the Guozijian who asked the young master to go to the Guozijian, but was rejected by the villain, and then the scholar said that he wanted to go in and bring a few words to the young master, and the villain was afraid that if he refused again, he would make a mistake, so he led him into the house to see the young master." ”

Fang Congzhe was so angry that he stretched out his finger and pointed at the porter, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, and then suddenly stood up with the armrest of the chair, and kicked on the doorman's face, "I've been looking up and down the entire capital for two days, why didn't you say it earlier?" If no one asks you, are you going to put this in a coffin? ”

The porter saw Fang Congzhe so angry for the first time, even if he was kicked by Fang Congzhe and lay on the ground, he didn't dare to get up, he said aggrievedly: "The old man is angry, the villain knows that he is wrong, but although the scholar chatted with the young master for a long time that day, after the man left, the villain also went to the young master's room to see it, and the young master was still studying in the room." ”

As soon as he heard the porter's words, Fang Congzhe became even more angry, he pointed at the porter and scolded: "You waste, brainless moth, when have you ever seen the young master read a book?" If your young master could read, would this kind of thing happen? Fang Congzhe scolded tired, bent over to support his legs, and then took a breath and said to Fang An: "You first send someone to Shuntianfu to find Yao Shun to ask about the case, and then you personally take this waste to Guozijian, and ask them if Mr. has sent someone to find Shihong, if there is, let this waste recognize the person, and then bring that person to me, if not, if there is no ......", as he spoke, Fang Congzhe's two lines of old tears fell, and he didn't go on, waved his hand at Fang An, and then sat back in the chair without saying a word.

Fang An pulled up the concierge who was slumped on the ground and walked outside.

Shen Yicong also heard about the disappearance of Fang Shihong in the capital in the past few days, but he didn't expect that the steward of the Fang Mansion would bring someone to find the Guozi Eunuch.

The porter who followed Fang An told Shen Yicong about the day when Guozijian sent someone to Fang Mansion to invite Fang Shihong, the porter at this time was not as scared as he was when he saw Fang Congzhe, this time the porter spoke in much detail, even the person's clothing, behavior, and what he said.

Shen Yicong said a little dazed after listening: "Although Shihong is a student of my country's Zijian, he hasn't been here for at least half a year, and the old man hasn't heard of any gentleman who has sent someone to invite Shihong in the past few days." ”

Fang An had already prepared for the worst in his heart after listening to Shen Yicong's words, but he was still unwilling to give up and said, "Could it be that which gentleman sent someone to find my young master and Lord Shen didn't know?" ”

Although Shen Yicong felt that Fang An, a steward of the Fang Mansion, questioned him and made him feel uncomfortable, after all, Fang Shihong was the only son of the first assistant of the dynasty, and he didn't dare to be imprudent, so he nodded and said: "What Steward Fang said is not unreasonable, then I will call all the gentlemen over and let Steward Fang confirm it." ”

Fang An arched his hand and said, "Thank you Lord Shen for your understanding." ”

After a while, Guozijian and all the gentlemen who were lecturing were called.

Among these gentlemen, only Zhao Siye Fang An knew him, he first said hello to Zhao Siye, and then said: "Gentlemen, I'm really sorry to disturb you out of helplessness, but my young master has been missing for many days, and the day before he disappeared, someone came to my house and said that a certain gentleman in Guozijian invited my young master to Guozijian to see him, I don't know if you gentlemen know about it." ”

These gentlemen looked at each other, and then they all shook their heads blankly, and Zhao Siye spoke: "Shihong is my student, and I am also anxious to hear that he is missing, but is there any misunderstanding in the matter of someone from Guozijian inviting Shihong over?" If someone from the Guozijian Association went to the mansion to invite Shihong over, then it was possible that only me and Lord Shen would be the only ones, but neither of us had ever done it, and even if we sent someone to invite Shihong, we would inevitably find people who were familiar with Shihong, and you must know these people. Will someone go in the name of Guozijian? ”

In fact, Fang An had already thought in his heart that someone had gone to Fang Mansion to deceive him in the name of Guozijian, but he didn't want to admit it, until he had seen all the masters of Guozijian at this time, he dared to be sure.

Fang An didn't answer Zhao Siye's words directly, he arched his hand towards the gentlemen: "Thank you gentlemen for coming, this matter should be a misunderstanding, since the gentlemen have not sent someone to invite my young master, I will not delay the time of the gentlemen, Fang Mou said goodbye." ”

After speaking, Fang An turned around and left with the porter.

When Fang An returned to the mansion, Yin of the Shuntian Mansion had already brought people to the Fang Mansion, and in order to show his attention, Yao Shun brought the Shuntian Mansion Cheng, the general judge, and the magistrate, and even brought a head catcher and a servant.

It's just that Yao Shun didn't dare to introduce Fang Congzhe to him when he saw that.

Fang Congzhe and Yao Shun exchanged a few polite words, and then saw Fang An and the porter walk in, he put aside Yao Shun and looked at Fang An with a hopeful face and asked, "How is it?" What did Guozijian say. ”

Fang An didn't speak, just shook his head with a regretful expression.

Although he didn't speak, Fang Congzhe had already understood the meaning on Fang An's face, and at this time, he didn't even have the strength to be polite with Yao Shun, and said to Fang An again: "You take Lord Yao to Shihong's room to have a look, and let the porter also record a confession with Lord Yao." ”

"Yes." , Fang An responded, and then said to Yao Shun and the others: "Adults, please come with me, please come here." ”

When he came to Fang Shihong's room, Yao Shun did not rush to investigate the scene, but first asked Fu Cheng to record a confession for the porter, and the porter said what the other party had said from Congzhe and Shen Yicong and others.

Fang An added: "We have already gone to the Guozijian to confirm that the events of that day were impersonated by someone in the name of the Guozijian. ”

Yao Shun nodded, motioned to Fu Cheng a few times, and then said to the official who brought him: "You first survey this room and see if there are any clues." ”

Not only the magistrate, but in addition to the Fu Cheng who was recording the confession, even Yao Shun, the general judge, as well as the head catcher and the prefectural work were all checked in the house.

"There were two cups of tea in the house, and there was no sign of fighting, indicating that the two were in harmony, and all the furnishings in the house had not been touched, and there was no sign of rummaging, indicating that the man was not for money. And the porter said before that the person was probably leaving in Youzheng, and after the man left, he came over to see if your young master was still there. ”

After saying this, the pusher held his arm in the room and carefully pondered the connection between these clues, and after a long time, he spoke again: "There are only two possibilities for this matter, the first possibility is that your young master secretly left the back door or left over the wall after seeing it in the gatehouse." ”

Fang An said: "It is impossible for the young master to leave through the back door, the back door was locked many days ago, and the key has always been in my hand and has never left my body." As for the impossibility of climbing over the wall, with the skills of my young master, unless he is given a ladder, he will definitely not be able to climb up, even if he can climb up, the movement is enough to wake up the people in the yard, and with the courage of our young master, he will not dare to jump out even if he is on the wall. ”

"Then there is only the second possibility......"