Chapter 7 Disappearance
"Let's go, keep an eye on it!" The remaining two officials winked at each other, pretending to be passers-by far behind. The two did not walk together, but one after the other, with a gap of dozens of feet.
This is a set of extremely practical tracking methods that they have figured out over the past few years in handling cases, one is that the two big men walking side by side are too big and easy to be discovered, and the other is to keep up with the people sent by the yamen as soon as possible, otherwise it will be easy to get separated if they go too far.
In addition, the latter one will be marked with their special dyed pebbles scattered on the road.
In the county office, the county commander and the two masters were sitting in the lobby waiting for news. The little nail ran in with a snort, clutched his chest and breathlessly said, "Big, my lord! Pudong Sheng has already started to act! ”
The county commander was overjoyed, bounced up directly from the seat, and commanded: "Okay! Bring the three classes of officials to keep up, quick! Don't lose it! ”
"Yes!"
"Wait!" When the little nail turned around and left, he was stopped by Wang Huizu.
"What does Master Wang command?" The little nail stopped.
"How many sedan chairs are brought out?" Wang Huizu asked.
"One top." Little Nail replied.
"Are you sure?" Wang Huizu's brows furrowed slightly.
"Xiao is sure, at that time, they carried the sedan chair out and closed the door directly." Little Nail said.
"My lord, it's only a sedan chair, why bother to send so many people to work, look down, only five or six people can go." Wang Huizu said.
When he said this, the muscles on Qin Xiong's face moved slightly, but soon, he returned to normal.
"Master Wang, in such a big case, you actually let the adults only send five or six people, in case you lose it or encounter an emergency on the way or even have a conflict with the other party, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to us! In my opinion, adults should send more people to compare insurance. If you want to catch it, catch a sturdy one, otherwise you will startle the snake by hitting the grass, and it will be difficult to catch it in the future! ”
Qin Xiong expressed his opinion.
"Shhh What Master Qin said is extremely true! Master Wang, what do you think? The county magistrate set his sights on Wang Huizu.
"My lord, we already have two servants watching outside, and there are nine more people sent with six people plus small nails, and there are only five people with them plus the sedan chair driver and the leader of the way, are the brothers in our yamen not as good as the five of them?" Wang Huizu said.
"This ......" the county order was speechless for a while.
"Who said that? Not to mention nine people against five people, our brothers are all good at it, and it's no problem to fight two by one! Little Nail couldn't help but interject.
The little nail is a rough man, and he doesn't know that the two masters with their own thoughts are fighting at this time, not with their mouths, but with scheming.
"Since that's the case, then listen to Master Wang, don't rub it off, hurry up and bring someone to follow!" The prefectural order commanded.
"Yes!" Little Nail led six officials and quickly followed the footsteps of the two brothers.
"My lord, I wonder if the brothers sent out have found Wu Niang's biological father and mother?" Qin Xiong, who has never paid much attention to the "adultery case", suddenly cared about it.
"The official has already sent two people to look for it, and I don't know what the situation is!" The county magistrate sighed and said.
Wang Huizu took advantage of the conversation between the two to walk out of the door and whispered a few words in Xiao Zhuozi's ear. After Xiao Zhuozi was ordered to leave, he returned to his seat and picked up the teaglass.
"Wu Niang's hometown is so big, it's really not easy to find two people, why don't you send a few more people to find it? If Pudong Sheng is the first to start, wouldn't it be a waste of all his efforts? Qin Xiong said.
"It's too late!" Wang Huizu smiled slightly.
"What do you mean?" Qin Xiong's face sank.
"Oh, that's right, I've already asked Xiao Zhuozi to transfer people out!" Wang Huizu explained unhurriedly.
"Master Wang, you are a new deputy, you dare to deploy troops and send generals to make your own decisions! Do you still have a county master in your eyes? What did you send? Qin Xiong asked.
"My lord, Hui Zu will ask you for the crime in a while about sending officials privately, as for what to do, Master Qin will know in a while!" Wang Huizu is confident.
"Master Wang, you really did something wrong in this matter, how could you send out the people in the yamen without telling the official?" Regarding Wang Huizu's behavior of surpassing the court, the county order was quite dissatisfied.
"Master Wang, don't do too much in everything, it's easy to be disgraced if it's too much. Our curtain guest is to solve problems for adults, not to give orders on behalf of the county magistrate, do you really regard this county government as your own? Qin Xiong lost no time in saying.
"Wang never thought of replacing the adult, but the matter was urgent, and Wang was afraid that it would be too late to tell the adult to send troops again, so he made his own opinion, but Wang Mou was not for himself, but to help the adult - Master Qin thought too much!" Wang Huizu said.
"My lord, if this kind of person continues to stay in the house, it is estimated that you will become an ornament in the future." Qin Xiong continued to fan the flames on the sidelines.
"Master Wang, the official trusts you so much, but you don't take the official in your eyes at all, you say, where did you send all my people?" The county order was provoked by Qin Xiong, and his face suddenly changed.
"Adults will know where people have gone in a while, but it is inconvenient to say for the time being." Wang Huizu said.
"Bold Wang Huizu!" The county magistrate slapped his big hand on the table and roared, "You actually ignore this official, come here!" Drag him out of here! ”
"My lord, everyone has been transferred out by him!" Qin Xiong whispered.
The county commander was embarrassed for a few seconds and said: "Wang Huizu, this official orders you to leave the county office immediately and leave quickly!" ”
"Farewell!" Wang Huizu did not defend and got up to leave. As soon as he walked out of the gate of the county government, he was full of arms with a small nail.
"I'm sorry Master Wang!" The little nail bowed and made a loss, and appeared in front of the county magistrate like a whirlwind.
"Little Nail, why did you come back so soon? Did anyone catch it? The prefectural order was quite puzzled.
"Lord Hui, we were tricked by that old fox in Pudong Sheng!" Little Nail said.
"What's going on?" The prefectural order asked.
"The little one and his brothers have been following the sedan chair that came out of the Pu family, sir, guess where he carried the sedan chair in the end?" Little Nail asked.
"Didn't you carry it to the Qinglou?" The prefectural magistrate asked rhetorically.
"What a green building! They carried the sedan chair to a fat powder shop, and the young and beautiful little women rushed into it, and they didn't come out for a long time looking inside and looking at it! Little Nail said.
"The girls are going to the Qinglou, it's understandable to buy some rouge gouache to dress up, just wait patiently!" The prefectural order said.
"At first, the little ones thought the same way, but as a result, they carried the sedan chair back to the Pu family compound directly after buying it!" Little Nail said dejectedly.
"What? Did you accidentally catch up on your stalking, so they changed their plans on the fly? The prefectural commander was startled and bounced off his seat.
"The little ones are well disguised, the nine brothers are all walking separately in civilian clothes, they can't find it at all, my lord, are we mistaken? Perhaps, the Pu family didn't plan to send those girls to the Qinglou at all? Or, the day is not right? ”
Little Nail, who had been sleeping outside for two days, was really unwilling to do this errand and began to retreat.
"Could it be that Master Wang is really wrong? However, Wu Niang's confession ...... "The county commander frowned slightly.
"My lord, Wu Niang is a prisoner who has committed adultery! How can a little slut who can't hold her legs when she sees a man easily believe it? Maybe she just wants to take revenge on the Pu family who sent her to prison! Qin Xiong fanned the flames beside him.
"Then what does Master Qin think next?" The prefectural order was a little overwhelmed.
"In my opinion, the brothers are tossed enough, withdraw them all to rest, and stop tossing the brothers because of the words of a prisoner!" Qin Xiong said.
"Master Qin is right!" Little Nail hurriedly chimed in.
"Okay, okay, let's all withdraw!" The county order was originally an unassertive one, but now that Wang Huizu is gone, he has completely lost his mind, and Qin Xiong can only make the decision in everything.
Although Qin Xiong didn't speak, it was difficult to hide the smug look between his eyebrows.
Wang Huizu walked out of the county ya, went directly to a restaurant opposite, sat down on the window seat, asked for a pot of wine and two side dishes, drank the wine and chewed peanuts with relish, and looked down at every move at the entrance of the yamen from time to time.
"Guest, do you have anything else?" Two hours later, seeing that Wang Huizu had no intention of getting up, the shopkeeper came over and urged:
"Oh, go get me another pot of wine and a plate of peanuts!" Wang Huizu said with a smile.
"Okay!" The shopkeeper shook his head helplessly and walked away.
"Guest, do you want anything else?" After a few more hours, Xiao Er came over again to ask.
"Go and give me another plate of peanuts, come, get the money." Wang Huizu gently put a bit of broken silver on the table.
When it was approaching evening, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in front of the yamen, Wang Huizu leaned down and looked down, making sure that the officials had returned from completing their tasks, so he got up contentedly, asked for a guest room with Xiao Er, and went upstairs to sleep.