Huguang Town, Yuanzhou Zhizhou Yamen, Zhizhou Geng Fenggang Geng is in the signing room office.

There were two types of states in the Ming Dynasty, namely subordinate states and Zhili prefectures. The treatment of the prefecture is the same as that of the county, and the treatment of the prefecture is the same as that of the prefecture, but the rank is lower than that of the prefect, and the prefect is the fourth grade, while the prefect is only from the fifth grade.

At this time, the porter ran in in a panic and knelt down to report: "Master, it's terrible!" ”

Geng Zhizhou was slowly reviewing a dossier, and when he heard this, he raised his eyelids and looked at the concierge unhappily: "What's the alarm?" Take your time. ”

The porter took a few breaths and said, "Little ...... The little master is gone! ”

"What?" Geng Zhizhou threw away the dossier, stood up abruptly and asked.

The porter said urgently: "Master, just now the nurse asked someone to bring a letter to say that the little master is missing, and the nurse is looking around the Qinglong Cave!" ”

Geng Zhizhou has a wife and four concubines, and he has given birth to a lot of children, but what he loves the most is the son that the youngest concubine just gave birth to him, who is only three years old. Today's weather is very hot, the nurse Luo Shi held the child Young Master Geng, and brought a manservant named Liu Shuangxi to the Dao Stork Qinglong Cave by the Wuyang River in Zhenyuanzhou City to enjoy the coolness. I didn't expect to lose the little master, and I searched for the entire Qinglong Cave, but I didn't find it, so I was in a hurry, and while looking around, I asked someone to bring the letter back.

Geng Zhizhou panicked at this time, and hurriedly took people to the Dao Stork Qinglong Cave in a sedan chair, and when he got off the sedan chair, he saw the nurse Luo Shi sitting on the stone steps in front of the stork and crying. The male servant Liu Shuangxi stood beside him with a bitter face and rubbed his hands.

Geng Zhizhou hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" Where is the little master? ”

Luo and Liu Shuangxi fell to their knees with a grunt, kowtowed again and again, and Luo said, "Little master, little master is gone." ”

"Why is it missing?"

Luo said: "Just now, Liu Shuangxi and I hugged the young master in the stork to enjoy the coolness. Sitting on the rockery above the Laojun Palace, the little young master is playing on the big stone slab next to him, we ...... We patronized and looked at the scenery below, and when we looked back, the little master was gone. We thought that the little master just ran to some cave to play, but we didn't expect that we couldn't find it after searching everywhere. Woowoowoo......"

The manservant Liu Shuangxi said: "The villain and the wet nurse we searched the entire rockery in detail, and only found one of the little master's shoes, and there was a note stuffed in the shoe. With that, he took out a child's tiger head children's shoes from his arms, took out a piece of paper from them, and handed them to Geng Zhizhou with both hands.

Geng Zhizhou took a look, and saw four words written on it: "Father and son repay debts" and was immediately stunned.

Father's debt to the son? Could it be that the kidnapper has an enmity against him? Geng Zhizhou searched in his head, this is the official side, and he will definitely offend some people more or less, but the hatred is so deep that he kidnaps his own son, Geng Zhizhou really can't remember who it will be for a while.

The nurse was still kneeling on the ground and crying, Geng Zhizhou was even more upset, stepped forward and kicked Luo to the ground, and scolded angrily: "You slut! I lost the little master, and I still have a fucking face! If you can't find the little master, I want your life! ”

Roche hurriedly got up and fell to his knees, crying and begging for mercy. The manservant also pleaded bitterly.

Geng Zhizhou turned to look at the family, servants, and maids who followed behind him, and shouted, "What the fuck are you still doing in a daze? Don't let Lao Tzu go to the little master! I can't find the little master, I want you to look good! ”

The family members agreed again and again, and they were busy looking around.

Geng Zhizhou returned to the yamen in a sedan chair, and he had no intention of working, so he went back to the inner yamen directly.

His wives and concubines had already received the news, and the inner office was crying. Especially the youngest concubine, Wang Yufei Wang, that is, the mother of the little master, has cried to death.

This little young master is the heart and liver of the Wang family, it is the guarantee of her favor, she is now in the Geng family, she wants to be windy and rainy, all from this child, once the child is gone, her status is gone, plus the mother and son are connected, the child is lost, how not to let her cry and grab the ground.

Geng Zhizhou sat in the living room of the inner government and sighed. There was such a big event in the yamen, and almost all the people helped to go out all over the city to look for it, but the people who came back brought disappointing news.

After looking for a whole day, there was no trace of the young master.

It was late at night, and the living room of the inner government was still full of people, and the little son of the chief governor of Zhenyuan Prefecture, Lord Zhizhou, was kidnapped, and the news had swept through the entire Zhenyuan City like a plague. The judges of the yamen, the officials, the officials of the six houses, and the good squires of the city came to visit. A room full of people sighed for a long time, or cursed the robbers for their crimes and deserved death, or comforted Zhizhou for robbing and mourning, and wanted to rescue the son as soon as possible.

Speaking of rescue, Governor Geng Zhi sighed: "How to rescue?" This robber did not ask for money, nor did he mention conditions, alas~! Judging by the note left by the robbers, the child is afraid of ...... I'm afraid it's going to be a big disaster. ”

Zhao Linyuan, the judge of Zhenyuan Prefecture, slapped his thigh: "What does this robber's note say'Father's debt is repaid', everyone knows that our Lord Zhizhou is an honest official and loves the people like a son, how can he ever owe a debt of favor?" How could he have formed such a deep hatred with others? According to me, it is clear that the robber made something out of nothing and wanted to confuse the public. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Judge Zhao was very proud and said: "So, this kidnapper kidnaps the child, in the final analysis, it's still for money!" In my opinion, sooner or later he will put forward the conditions, let's wait patiently, and when he puts forward the conditions, no matter how much it costs, for the safety of the little master, we promise that everyone will redeem the little master by smashing the pot and selling iron to make money! ”

After listening to Judge Zhao's generous statement, everyone felt that he was very righteous, no wonder Lord Zhizhou regarded him as a confidant, so they all nodded in agreement.

Geng Zhizhou sighed again: "Yes, this official has been thinking about who he offended all day and wanted to snatch my son." But after thinking about it all day, I don't have a clue. It seems that it is very likely that as Judge Zhao said, this person is still in it for money. ”

The official Li Bin said: "Humble and foolish, this person left a note Since he said so, I am afraid that the possible surname for money is relatively small, and his purpose is likely to be revenge, so if he is one day late, the life of the little young master will be more dangerous." Therefore, instead of waiting for news, we should take the initiative and find a way to catch this robber. ”

Judge Zhao was already unhappy when he heard Li Yanmu refute his point of view, and when he heard him say that he wanted to take the initiative to arrest people, he sneered: "You still need to talk about this?" Who doesn't want to solve a case? Who can bear this breath? ”

"Yes, yes, it's a gaffe." Li Yan's eyes were terrified.

The official is only from the ninth grade, and he is the last rank in the ranks, and he can be bullied by an official, and this judge is from the seventh grade, so although he is very polite to speak, the official can only swallow his anger.

Geng Zhizhou heard that there was something in Li Yan's words, he was worried about his son, and from the note left by the robber, he could guess that his son was afraid that his son would be more auspicious, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if he wanted to kill the child to take revenge, it would really be more dangerous if he wanted to kill the child. If there is hope to solve the case and find the child, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he must not let go, and hurriedly asked: "Lord Li, what do you think?" You might as well say it, and let's take a closer look. ”

"Yes, yes," Li Yanmu agreed, and peeked at Judge Zhao.

Judge Zhao's eyes widened: "What do you think I'm doing?" Lord Zhizhou told you to say that you don't say it quickly! ”

"Yes, yes," Li Yanmu was a little embarrassed, but it seemed that he was used to this kind of anger, and said: "I thought of a person who might be able to crack this case and rescue the little young master." ”

"Oh? Who is it? Geng Zhizhou seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

"Lord Geng, do you remember the case of Wang Dianshi some time ago?"

How could Geng Zhizhou not remember this case, just because of this wrong case, he was given eighty rods and fined for one year, and the injury on his buttocks was just right now, and asked, "......What does Master Li mean?" Suddenly, Geng Zhizhou remembered someone and immediately reacted, "Are you talking about the magistrate of Qingxi County, who cracked the wrong case of Wang Dianshi last time, and now also serves as Lord Yang Qiuchi Yang of our state?" Ask him to help solve this case? ”

"Exactly!" Li Yimu said, "This Lord Yang is not simple, just arrived in Qingxi County, he cracked Wang Dianshi's annihilation of the Miao Village Shaozhai Lord Yun Stunned Niangzi and killed his wife and brother, framed Yun Stunned case, successfully resolved the Han and Miao conflict, I heard that now the Miao Village owner for this matter to this Yang Lord as a Bodhisattva worship, meet people to praise, meet people to say, the two have become a knife in the fire of friendship. ”

"The Miao people of Qingxi County do not accept the king's Taoism, often make trouble, and have always been the most headache county for adults, and now they are governed by Lord Yang in an orderly manner, and Han and Miao get along well, it seems that this Lord Yang's ability is really extraordinary."

Judge Zhao sneered again: "What are you talking about? To whom will you praise him like a flower? Don't forget, it's because of him that our Zhizhou adults have been punished for nothing, and they have been fined for one year, one year! Save enough money to feed your family for five years! ”

Li Yimu nodded again and again and said yes, not daring to say anything.

Judge Zhao was even more proud, and sneered: "How capable can he be with a small county order?" I think this Yang Qiuchi is just a blind cat who has touched a dead mouse, what can he do. What are you doing blowing all this air for him? Do you want to see the jokes of Lord Zhishu? Don't you know that Lord Zhizhou is looking for him to be unlucky? ”

(To be continued)