When he came to the main hall, the front yard was already surrounded by soldiers of the Zhenwu Army with bright armor and bright helmets.

He smiled slightly, a trace of imperceptible contempt flashed over the old face, and walked slowly, his eyes already falling on Zhi Zhao and Cui Wenqing.

For a moment, the atmosphere was silent, and no one spoke.

Seeing that Zhi Weiben was dressed in black cloth, his beard was gray, and his old face was full of ravines, as if he was more than ten years old, Zhi Zhao hesitated slightly, raised his hand and said, "Uncle......"

Cui Wenqing didn't salute at all, he looked at Zhen Weiben with his hands, and sneered at the corner of his mouth.

Zhi Wei snorted lightly with an expressionless face, and said lightly: "Ah Zhao led the army to come to the old man's place today, I don't know what to learn?" ”

Zhi Zhaozheng said: "Yesterday, a maid was missing in the Governor's Mansion of the Zhenwu Army, and the Zhenwu Army is searching all over the city. ”

Zhi Weiben sneered and said: "Just a little girl, if she disappears, she will disappear, what a way!" As the governor of the dignified Zhenwu Army, he is actually running around for this little thing, Ah Zhao, you have nothing to do all day, it's too insignificant. ”

Looking at Zhi Weiben's face covered with ridicule ripples, Zhi Zhao was still unmoved, and said lightly: "Human life is at stake, which is more important and which is more important to the handsome, and there is no need for my uncle to meddle in things." ”

Cui Wenqing snorted coldly and said, "Lady, what are you doing so much with him, let's search directly." ”

Zhi Zhao bowed slightly, and ordered to Huang Yao: "General Huang, quickly search the entire mansion to see if there is a lotus leaf's whereabouts." ”

"No!" Huang Yao clenched his fists to receive the order, waved his hand at the soldiers in the courtyard and ordered, "The whole army listens to the order and will search the mansion with the general." ”

More than 100 soldiers responded with a bang and poured into the mansion, and a moment later, a sound of overturning boxes and cabinets followed.

At this time, the old housekeeper came to the main hall with a teacup, and when he saw the slightly tense atmosphere inside, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, so he put the teacup on the desk and walked out quickly.

Zhi Weiben sneered: "Ah Zhao's niece came to the old man's place, is she going to stand all the time?" Let's sit down and drink tea. ”

Zhen Zhao sat down, but did not touch the teacup, and waited silently without saying a word.

After half an hour, Huang Yao strode into the main hall, and said to Zhi Zhao: "Governor, my subordinates have searched the entire mansion, and they have not found the whereabouts of the lotus leaf girl. ”

Before Zhi Zhao could speak, Cui Wenqing was already impatient to say: "General Huang, I don't know if you have searched carefully?" ”

Huang Yao nodded and said, "The last general personally led the team to search, every house has been searched, and there is indeed no whereabouts of the lotus leaf girl." ”

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing's heart sank straight down, if the lotus leaf could not be found in the mansion, it would mean that the lotus leaf had been taken hostage and left Fugu County, and he didn't know where to go.

Seeing Cui Wenqing's increasingly heavy face, Zhi Zhao couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Uncle, I have been disturbed, please forgive me for the offense." ”

Zhen Wei said with a smile: "The governor of the capital is busy with official business, and he personally led the army to find a little maid, how can the old man not be considerate?" If nothing else, the old man will be sent off. ”

Zhe Zhao smiled indifferently, turned around and strode away.

Leaving the mansion in a depressed manner, Cui Wenqing thought for a while, suddenly stood still, and said, "Lady, there is something I want you to help." ”

Zhi Zhao nodded and said, "Husband, it doesn't hurt to say anything. ”

Cui Wenqing said: "It seems that the lotus leaf is no longer in Fugu County, but I believe that the person who held her away should not have left the prefecture yet, and asked the lady to order a strict investigation of all the key passes leading to the outside world in Fuzhou to find the whereabouts of the lotus leaf." ”

Zhi Zhao sighed lightly: "Okay, I will order Zhenwu Army to carefully investigate, but ......" Speaking of this, she hesitated, it seemed a little difficult to speak, but she still said solemnly, "You also have to plan for the worst." ”

Cui Wenqing nodded silently, looking at the bright morning sun in the sky, but felt that his whole heart fell into darkness.

The words were divided into two ends, and when Cui Wenqing and Zhi Zhao led the army to leave, Zhi Wei couldn't help but show a cold smile on his face that the treacherous plan had succeeded.

He walked back and forth in the main hall, thinking for a while, suddenly stood still, clapped his hands lightly, and turned to walk out of the hall.

Skirting the winding corridor, he walked lightly into the backyard.

The pond in the courtyard is phosphorus, the rockery is craggy, the willows are breezing, and the tireless cicadas are already noisy.

Coming to the edge of the pool, he boarded a small boat moored on the shore, sat in the boat and paddled hard with a short oar in his hand, and the boat had sailed out briskly and floated in the pool.

As they walked farther and farther away, the boat approached the rockery that stood in the middle of the pond and stopped in front of an imperceptible stone staircase.

Zhi Weiben stood up, tied the boat tightly to the protruding cylindrical stone next to it, jumped lightly on the steps, stretched out his hand to the rockery stone wall and pressed it slightly, only to hear a "creak" sound, the originally thick stone wall suddenly bounced slightly to the left, revealing a gap for people to enter.

He was obviously very familiar with this place, and he didn't think much of it, and walked through the gap into the rockery.

After walking about five or six zhang along the pitch-black road, he turned the road and climbed a staircase, and pushed open an iron door with his hands, and his eyes suddenly brightened, and his vision suddenly opened up.

This is a secret room located in the belly of the rockery, covering an area of about half an acre, the stone wall stone house is solid and quiet, and the hidden part of the stone wall is also open for ventilation and observation of the outside situation.

Probably because of the lack of sunlight all year round, the temperature inside is obviously much lower than outside, and there is a sense of coldness.

In front of the stone pier in the middle of the secret room, a man in black was sitting cross-legged.

He is about in his early thirties, thin, moderately tall, and although he is not handsome with a Chinese face, he has a terrifying demeanor in his anticipation.

"General Qin......" folded his fists and arched, and his attitude was very polite.

The man named General Qin bowed slightly, and a ray of fine light flashed quietly with his eyes half-closed: "There seems to be an official and military search outside just now, could it be that Zhezhao has come?" ”

"Yes, Zhi Zhao led the soldiers, together with his husband Cui Wenqing, to search for the whereabouts of Lotus Ye."

"I didn't expect this lotus leaf to be just a little girl, and it was really unexpected that the governor of the Zhenwu Army, Zhizhao, could actually let the governor of the Zhenwu Army go out in person."

After saying this, General Qin involuntarily turned his gaze to the secret room not far away, through the iron fence, it could be seen that a petite figure was curled up in the straw pile, his eyes were closed, his breath was long, and he was obviously sleeping deeply.

(End of chapter)