The guards who turned around didn't see the smug smile on the corner of their lord's mouth.

If he knew that the prefect he had always admired was actually the real culprit behind this matter, I don't know how he would feel.

Presumably, it will be difficult to accept.

After the prefect watched the guards retreat, a trace of smile on the corner of his mouth slowly disappeared, and a touch of coldness was dyed between his eyebrows.

Hmph, anyone who tries to escape from the palm of his hand will not succeed. What he wants to do, he never fails.

The prefect also did not allow such a person to appear.

Since Li Wenyuan suppressed this matter, it at least shows that the two people he sent out were successful, as for why Li Qinghuan was saved later, whether Li Wenyuan exchanged the silver taels, and what happened after that, he does not know.

If it weren't for the lack of manpower now, he wouldn't need to go to the rivers and lakes to invite two people to do things, and he would have to spend a sum of money on his own, not to mention, and now he doesn't know whether those two people are dead or alive. It's really, I lost my wife and lost my soldiers!

When the prefect thought of this, there was a burst of anger in his heart. If he knew where those two people were, he would definitely let those two people walk around without food!

Now, the prefect is only waiting for his right-hand man to find out the whereabouts of those two people as soon as possible under such circumstances. After all, now, no one knows better than the prefect himself how much he needs this silver tael.

If there were no silver taels, the prefect wouldn't know what to do for a while. After all, this was what he did secretly, and he couldn't put it on the surface at all. Originally, he didn't want to take this risky move, after all, it was not a simple matter to kidnap the richest man's daughter.

What's more, if you don't succeed, you will be exposed to some of the risks.

Now the prefect doesn't feel that what he did has been exposed, he only thinks that he has been deceived by those two Jianghu people. At first, he didn't approve of using outsiders, but his right-hand men had already arranged other things, and he really didn't have anyone in his hands.

Now it seems that the people who can really be trusted are themselves, and there are also people who have been trained by themselves. originally thought that those people in the rivers and lakes would probably cherish their feathers and would not do such a thing.

But now it seems that he was too naïve.

The prefect thought that the two people in the rivers and lakes must have forgotten the agreement with him after seeing the silver taels, and they forgot the agreement with him.

What is hateful is that at that time, I didn't even think about what measures to do. Now it seems that it was too careless. Although the prefect was so angry that he beat his chest, there was nothing he could do at this time. He can only hope that his subordinates will find these two charlatans as soon as possible.

The prefect didn't think about Li Wenyuan at all, he didn't think that this man who was full of business would know all this. In the final analysis, the prefect is still very confident in himself.

Although he felt that Li Wenyuan, a man, was simply a tendon and could only do business, but now, he needed the silver taels in this man's hand very much. He couldn't think of a better way than that.

After all, although he didn't have much contact with Li Wenyuan, he knew very well that Li Wenyuan's most precious thing was his frail and sickly daughter. Once, before he became a prefect, when he went to visit the Li Mansion, he saw Li Qinghuan, who was still young at that time, once, and probably remembered her appearance.

The little girl's face was pale, and she looked like a fragile catkins, and when the wind blew, it would go away with the wind. But her eyes are shining, and there is a hint of stubbornness that only girls have, which is not at all consistent with the daughter of that age.

You must know that the eldest lady, who is wealthy in her family and has no worries in her life, is arrogant and fearless in her eyes, thinking that she is everything. But this Li Qinghuan, at a young age, showed a maturity that was completely inconsistent with her age, which made the prefect at that time remember her deeply.

It is only now, after such a thing happens, that the prefect will think of using this method. He didn't know what the girl with stubborn eyes had become now.

However, Li Wenyuan has calculated everything, but I am afraid that he will not be able to calculate, he will start with the personal maid beside Li Qinghuan. As long as it is a person, there will be weaknesses, as long as the shortcomings of this person are grasped, then everything will be solved, and it will not be a problem at all.

The prefect just sent someone to check casually, and he found out that Lan Xin's life experience. Ask her out for a chat again, and things will be very simple.

The prefect didn't know at this time, in fact, what he did had already been noticed, and there was no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that such a confident prefect had also appeared in front of these people.

If it were a normal time, I'm afraid the prefect would not have made such a low-level mistake at all. But the problem is that this time his losses are indeed very heavy, and he is facing an unprecedented crisis, nervous and anxious, unable to sleep for several days and nights, and the prefect is already physically and mentally exhausted.

partial, in front of outsiders, he can't show a single bit. After a long period of mental tension, coupled with what happened in the gambling stone shop, the prefect's spirit was already exhausted, and whatever happened was enough to make him crazy.

Because of this, he didn't think about anything, and when the thought came to him, he couldn't wait to take it personally. He hopes to be able to complete this matter as soon as possible and get his hands on the silver two. When the time comes, there will be no problem that will stump him. After the normal turnover of funds, he has a way to make up for the previous losses.

But now all this has not settled at all, and what he wants has not been able to get what he wants. What's more, at this time, there were rumors outside that he was not good, which made the prefect's brain hurt, although he was embarrassed in his heart, but reason still told him that the more important thing at the moment was to divert everyone's attention.

Now it seems that this has indeed worked. After all, at this time, there are basically no rumors about yourself outside.

Although the prefect didn't know who wanted to deal with him, after all, there were not a few unclean things he had done secretly over the years. If someone wants to investigate, it's hard to guarantee that they won't know anything.

It is very likely that someone from the back then came to seek revenge on himself.

The prefect couldn't imagine that after all, there were too many people he cleaned up. In the face of those who disobeyed him, those who stood in front of his bright road, and those who were not interested, he cleaned them all up.

So when such a thing happens at this time, the prefect himself is not sure who did it.

But no matter who it is, after he has dealt with more important matters on his side, he has a way to find out the person behind it. When the time comes, if you don't give that person a little color, he won't be the prefect.

The prefect stood at the desk with his hands behind his back and looked at a pair of calligraphy and paintings in front of him. He narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the landscape painting with inexplicable meaning.

After the dust settles, he is still the prefect who is trusted by the people, he has never done anything, he thinks about the people wholeheartedly, and will never do anything to harm the interests of the people.

The prefect thinks very well, but the reality is far from what he imagined.

What's more, the person he is facing now is not the person he met before who was vulnerable in front of him, but the famous Xie Gongzi.

Before the prefect could be happy, the guards soon knocked on the door again, this time knocking more fiercely than the last time.

"Bang bang bang-"

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

The prefect was frowning and thinking about whether he should have fun tonight and relax, when Leng Buding was startled by the violent knock on the door.

Hearing the voice of the guard, the prefect was a little unhappy, and only after a while did he speak, "Come in." ”

When the guards outside heard this, they immediately opened the door and stepped in, their faces covered with sweat.

The prefect recognized it, this was the guard guarding the gate, not the one just now.

Seeing him in such a hurry, the prefect suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart for some reason.

"What's wrong?"

When the guard saw the prefect, he immediately remembered his identity, knelt down with a "poof", and saluted the prefect.

"My lord, there are bad rumors outside, and they are coming for you, my lord!"

The prefect thought that the guard was talking about the bad rumors about him before, waved his hand, and said: "It's okay, those are just nonsense, after a long time, after other rumors appear, this matter will pass, don't worry." ”

The guard saw the prefect's indifferent appearance, but the worry in his eyes did not disappear, he was quiet for a long time, and then said cautiously: "My lord, this time it's not about the previous rumors. Yes, there are some new ones. ”

The prefect still didn't care.

"Isn't it involved in the affairs of the Li Mansion outside? The eldest lady of Old Man Li's family was taken away some time ago, wasn't she? Hey, someone just reported to Lord Ben, this little girl, Lord Ben saw her when she was a child, it's pitiful. ”

The guard nodded slightly, and the expression on his face stopped talking.

"My lord, the rumors about you today are indeed related to this Miss Li."

The prefect looked into the guard's eyes, and for some reason a sense of uneasiness welled up in his heart.

"What's the matter?"

"There are rumors outside that Miss Li will be taken captive. It's—it's all because of you, my lord—"

The guard lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and still mustered up the courage to speak.