Liu Xingzuo also glanced at him, and said coldly: "If you want to say that this matter is instructed by your helper, then there is no need." Your Majesty has only pardoned you, not your money gang. If you dare to kidnap the families of officials so blatantly, you will definitely pay the price! ”

The middle-aged man listened and was not surprised. At this time, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen, who had fallen to the ground softly, but had become kneeling there, and said again: "Your Majesty, the grass people kidnapped the Chen family's junior two, and it was indeed assigned by the gang leader, but according to the grass people's observation, this is not just as simple as blackmail. ”

Those who mix the rivers and lakes are all for money. What kind of righteousness in the rivers and lakes is used to sell, it is nothing more than whether the profits are enough. Now there is an opportunity to show himself in front of the most powerful people in the world, this kind of person in the rivers and lakes, let alone the helper, even the biological parents are useless.

Hearing his words, Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised, and there was something else going on. He immediately remembered what this person had said before, as if he had the support of officialdom behind him. originally thought that what he was talking about was just used to scare people like he moved out of the Taihu Gang. If he says he's in love, that's what it should be, right?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said lightly: "Speak!" ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "This matter was explained by the helper, let us hide after tying up the Chen family's children." However, our helper did not dare to have this courage before, because ...... Because they are entrusted by men. ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen became a little interested, and asked again: "Who is it entrusted by?" ”

"The grass people don't know." The middle-aged man replied, and when he saw that Emperor Chongzhen's face seemed to sink a little, he hurriedly added and explained: "The grass people really don't know. The leader of my family often meets with a mysterious person, who is always avoiding us, and does not say anything afterwards. This time, it was only after meeting the mysterious person again that we were asked to tie up the Chen family's children. The grass people estimated that this matter must not be as simple as extorting money! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but remember that Wu Ergou had confessed before, saying that they had forged paper money at the beginning, and they were also instructed by a mysterious person. After the Axe Gang was taken, the mysterious man did not show up, and the clue was broken. This time, a similar situation was encountered.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen asked in a deep voice: "How do you know that kidnapping the children of the Chen family is not extorting money?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, Township Chief Chen is very strong, and no one will sell it. Many of his clansmen worked for him. On the side of the government, there are ...... has a relationship with the emperor, and it is also very hard. The middle-aged man replied quickly, "Therefore, most of us in the rivers and lakes are just begging for food, and we dare not offend Township Chief Chen, let alone kidnap his only son!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly and glanced at Liu Xingzuo.

When Liu Xingzuo saw it, he immediately asked: "Your Majesty, no matter what the conspiracy is, the last general will go and take this money gang and even bring people to the nest, and he will definitely be able to find out the inside story!" ”

He knew that since this matter was not an ordinary extortion of money, there must be some conspiracy against Township Chief Chen. And the emperor cares about Township Chief Chen very much, and sees that Nanxun Town under his rule is good, and he appreciates Township Chief Chen. Since this matter has been bumped into, with the emperor's temper, he must figure it out. Therefore, he took the initiative to take the matter.

Who knew that Emperor Chongzhen heard this, but he shook his head and said: "Don't startle the snake for the time being, since the other party avoids others every time and sees them as the leader, he definitely doesn't want people to know his identity." Now that I've seen this, I'm going to have to find out who is behind the scenes this time. ”

Anyway, this time the micro-service patrol has plenty of time, and you can stay in Nanxun Town for a few more days.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man and asked, "I want to find out, who wants to deal with Township Chief Chen, do you have a way?" ”

Hearing the emperor ask himself, the middle-aged man was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to show joy on the surface, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty was right just now, and the grass people also think that this matter can't be shocked. The grass people went back to tell the helper, and said that the Chen family's children had been kidnapped. In this way, the gang leader will definitely go to the person to contact. If the villain pays attention, he will definitely know the identity of that person. ”

Speaking of this, he thought of something, and hurriedly added: "There have been many times, but in fact, the mysterious man didn't care about us as much as he did at the beginning. And the villain is good at tracking and stepping on the field, so the villain is sure, and the villain is willing to atone for the crime and find out this person. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment. It's not as simple as kidnapping for ransom, so according to what this man said, maybe he can really catch the mysterious man. Even if he can't be caught, looking at his next move, he should be able to know the purpose of instructing the people in the rivers and lakes to kidnap the Chen family's child.

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen stared at the middle-aged man, and said in a tone that was no longer so cold: "Okay, I will believe you once, and I hope you will behave well." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and instructed Liu Xingzuo: "Follow up on this matter." I'm not going to see Township Chief Chen first. Just wait here and see how it goes! ”

"Yes!" When Liu Xingzuo heard this, he hurriedly agreed.

The middle-aged man was happy to hear it, as long as he behaved well this time, the emperor would definitely be able to hang up. Even if the emperor doesn't reward him for anything, just by virtue of this matter, Township Chief Chen can also set up a relationship.

So, he obediently listened to the arrangement of the captain of the brocade guard and was taken out of the house.

Only at this time did Emperor Chongzhen squat down, looked at the Chen family child who had become clean, and said, "You can't go home for the time being, I didn't help you fight last time, so I'll help you find out the bad guys this time, okay?" ”

Hearing this, the child of the Chen family nodded vigorously and said, "Okay!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen touched his head, turned his head to the two concubines beside him and said, "In the past few days, let's take a break here for a while, I want to see who is engaged in what conspiracy?" ”

For Hai Lanzhu and Tian Guifei, this kind of thing is also rare, and now that they were bumped into in their private interview, they thought it was very funny, and it was proposed by the emperor again, so naturally there would be no opinion.

After talking here, Liu Xingzuo came in after arranging things outside, and roughly reported the situation to Emperor Chongzhen: "The last general has sent someone to secretly control his family, and in addition, he has also sent someone to secretly monitor Township Chief Chen's side." Any move will surely be mastered by the general. ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded, remembered what he had just thought of, and then ordered: "What's going on with that Taihu Gang?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this Taihu Gang relies on Taihu Lake, and every time they deal with the government, they can't be exterminated." Liu Xingzuo replied with a serious face, "The last general thinks that in this case, first, the local army is not effective in suppression, and second, there are those thieves in the locality, so it is difficult to exterminate!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, and after a slight silence for a moment, he ordered: "The guards who don't go out to fight can't eat all the dry food. I will issue an order for the armies of the guards to take action and defeat the powerful gangs in various places. However, before that, Jinyiwei must also take action to obtain information for the army's attack. Isn't that Wu Ergou in Yingtianfu? Increase support for him and let the Jianghu people deal with the Jianghu people. ”

"The last will obey!" When Liu Xingzuo heard this, he immediately responded.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his thoughts turned back to the present, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said with a smile: "Chen Youming is afraid that he will be worried, and after the thief contacts him, he will quietly tell him to let him feel at ease." I just watched coldly, but I wanted to see what the bull ghosts and snake gods were trying to do. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" When Liu Xingzuo heard this, he also replied with a smile, "You can't tell Township Chief Chen in advance, lest he be seen as flawed." ”

In fact, in his heart, if he had followed his thoughts, he would have not told Chen Youming until the truth came out. In his opinion, the emperor's heart is still a little softer, and he is afraid that Township Chief Chen is too worried.

On this point, he actually misunderstood Emperor Chongzhen. For Emperor Chongzhen, he was already satisfied with what Chen Youming was doing so far. He didn't want to test his humanity anymore, otherwise if he didn't tell Chen Youming all the time, as a result, he was threatened by the bull ghost, snake god, and finally did something bad, so how to deal with it? Rather than that, it is better to cut off this possibility in advance.

As Emperor Chongzhen expected, when the sun was about to set, and his son had not returned, Chen Youming's daughter-in-law was in a hurry and rushed to Chen Youming's official office.

Generally speaking, the official office is divided into front and back, and the back office is the residence of the chief official. However, Chen Youming is an official in his own town and has his own house.

And the most meaningful thing is that in this house, the emperor and the concubine once lived. To put it in layman's terms, this is a dragon's spirit, and if you don't live in such a good place, it's strange to live in the official office.

As far as the official system of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, there is a significant feature, that is, there are few officials. Even if Emperor Chongzhen is now promoting the transformation of the officials of the yamen into officials, in general, there are still too few officials.

Against such a background, it is even more impossible for many officials to be officials in the lowest-level administrative system set up. Chen Youming is the head of the township, but Nanxun Town, which can be managed, is mixed with dragons and snakes, and the transaction volume of the lake silk is amazing, so he is naturally busy every day, not to mention, it is now the time for the first batch of lake silk to be listed.

In the midst of his real busy schedule, Chen Youming heard his daughter-in-law coming, and when he heard her say worriedly, he didn't care at first: "Madam, I'm busy like this, don't make a mess." It's not dark yet, I can't help it, Zhong'er is fascinated by what kind of excitement! When it got dark, Uncle Chen naturally took him home. ”

"Master, but the concubine is very panicked in her heart." When his daughter-in-law heard this, she said worriedly, "Although Zhong'er said that there was a time to return late, it was dark this day, and she never came home so late!" ”

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Youming said disapprerovingly, "In my own Nanxun Town, what else can happen?" ”

After finishing speaking, seeing that his daughter-in-law still wanted to say, he took the lead and said, "Besides, Zhong'er is a blessed person." Look at the world, whose child can have the luck of Zhong'er, in this life, he met the emperor's concubine at a young age, and he can chat together. Right? ”

"Okay, I'll go back when I'm done with the business at hand, that kid actually made his mother so worried, see if I don't spank him!" After Chen Youming finished speaking, he hurriedly transferred to the front office to deal with official business.

When her daughter-in-law saw it, she was helpless, her husband was really busy, or was she really attracted by the excitement as her husband said?

When it got dark, Chen Youming remembered his son's affairs and hurried home.

His house has been expanded on the original foundation. The newly built houses, about three times as many as before, surround the old houses. Among them, the house where Emperor Chongzhen lived was solemnly offered, or fenced, and idle people were not allowed to enter. Even if Shangguan came to visit, he could only look at it at the door.

When he arrived at the door, Chen Youming took the first step to ask the porter who greeted him: "When did Zhong'er go home?" ”

In his opinion, Madame's worries were unnecessary. However, he decided that in order not to worry his wife, he had to train his son well.

"Master, the young master hasn't come back yet. Madame is dying, and she is about to go to you! ”

The porter's answer made Chen Youming stunned for a moment, and then he became anxious, and while striding inside, he said loudly: "What's the matter, why hasn't this little rabbit cub come back yet?" What about Uncle Chen? ”

At this moment, when she heard the movement, her wife came out at once, and when she saw her like that, she was about to cry. Holding his daughter with one hand, he seemed to be afraid that his daughter would disappear, so he asked Chen Youming to quickly send more people out to find out.

It's all dark, and I haven't come back yet. If it's just a child, maybe it's fun or something. But the children's school said that if Uncle Chen picked him up, it would be impossible to have no concept of time. That said, something is likely to have happened.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Youming also panicked, and immediately mobilized people to find it.

As a result, Nanxun Town, which was originally quiet because of darkness, became lively again. Everywhere there were people with lanterns and torches, shouting everywhere to find them.

"Chen Jingzhong, go home!"

"Has anyone seen Chen Jingzhong?"

“……”

When the other people in Nanxun Town heard that the township chief's son was missing, they immediately helped to find it. All of a sudden, inside and outside the town, there were all people looking for Chen Jingzhong.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the shouting in the house, he couldn't help but feel a little strange and asked, "Why did you change your name?" ”

This name always reminded him of Geng Jingzhong, and it was a little awkward. However, on this plane, Geng Jingzhong is still working well under the command of the Dongjiang Army and Lu Xiangsheng, and there is no fault at all.

"My father changed it, saying that I will be loyal to the country when I grow up in the future!" The little kid replied heartlessly, not at all worried about outsiders calling him by name, eating a delicious pastry.

Naturally, it is impossible for people to find it. Nanxun Town, noisy all night, after dawn the next day, the matter quickly spread all around.