The little guy in the Baoding palace demonstrated what he saw.

Song Ning stood on the side of the road and looked into the distance.

This is the official road, and the gate of the peony garden is set on the side of the road, but the actual carriage should go directly into the courtyard, because after entering this gate, you have to walk a section to the main courtyard.

With Song Ning's understanding of Bai Jiaojiao, she doesn't look like someone who is willing to walk a few more steps.

"How many people did your county lord bring, and what about the maids and daughters around you now?" Song Ning asked the little guy.

The little servant replied: "It's all detained in the firewood room." ”

"On the premise of not finding out that there should be a ghost inside and outside, we have to detain all the people involved."

Song Ning glanced at the little guy who spoke appreciatively, he was a little younger than the one who was babbling just now, and he shouldn't be in charge, but he was obviously calmer in his speech and deeds.

"How many people are there?" Song Ning said as he walked towards the courtyard.

The little servants didn't dare to refute anymore, and accompanied Song Ning in, and said to her as they walked: "There are four big maids, two mothers-in-law and two rough mothers-in-law who drive the car." ”

Song Ning went to the firewood room, and when the little servant opened the door, he saw a woman sitting on the ground inside.

Seeing them, everyone was like a fried pot, and they asked Bai Jiaojiao about her situation.

"Shut up." Song Ning scolded and asked Forsythia, "You said, the situation at that time." ”

Forsythia swollen his eyes, came forward to salute, and told him all the way out: "...... When she left the city gate, the county lord actually regretted it a little, thinking that she had let the old woman succeed if she left. ”

After speaking, she found that she had scolded Mrs. Song, so she glanced at Song Ning carefully, and found that the other party had no reaction, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The uncle really protected the county lord and did not face the old woman.

"The slave and maid persuaded the county lord to talk about the peony garden for a night, and when you get off the palace, you will definitely come to pick her up."

"The county lord thinks it makes sense, so we came to the peony garden, who knew that the car was parked at the door......" Song Ning interrupted her, "Is the county lord's carriage usually parked at the door?" ”

Forsythia was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No, I usually go directly into the yard, but today is ......"

She thought for a moment and said, "Oh, today is a nest of rabbits running at the gate of the garden, and we saw that we wanted to make the county lord happy, so we let her get out of the car." ”

Song Ning looked at the little guy who had just explained to her.

"We don't know about it." The little guy was also confused.

Forsythia said, "The two horses ran fast, and the rabbits ran away in fright." ”

"What the two people look like, how they look, how they dress, even their language and characteristics, tell me everything they can remember."

"All wearing masks, big tall men, one of them with triangular eyes, half white hair." Forsythia recalled, and a mother-in-law next to her said, "The person who threw the torch in front had gray hair, and the person who caught the county lord in the back was younger, wearing a black shirt and trousers." ”

"Pull up your trouser legs?" Song Ning repeated.

The mother-in-law nodded, and the other mother-in-law also followed: "Yes, wearing black cloth shoes, single pants, and holding the trouser legs." ”

"He still has a hole in his shoes, his clothes are also tattered, and there is a sour and moldy smell on his body, and when he rushed over to grab the county lord, he beat and slapped me, and I smelled it." The little maid said, covering her face, the right side of her face was swollen.

A little maid leaning against the corner of the wall said angrily: "...... When he rushed over, I、I saw that he was missing a finger in his right hand. ”

The little maid spoke with great difficulty, and coughed violently.

"Hurt?" Song Ning walked over, the maid's face was pale, and she was angry, Song Ning frowned and listened to her back, and heard her breath leaking, she got up and said to the little girl, "Don't rush to close it first, send people to the hospital, otherwise you won't survive." ”

"Was it kicked by a horse's hooves?" Song Ning asked.

The little girl was delirious, and the other mother-in-law answered: "She was going up to stop her, but she was kicked by the man's horse." ”

Song Ning lifted her shirt and pressed it lightly, and the maid fainted after a cry of pain.

"The ribs are broken, and hopefully they don't puncture the lungs." Song Ning urged the little guy, "Send it quickly." ”

The little maid should be, a few people unloaded the door and carried the little maid out, Song Ning asked others: "Who else is injured." ”

Everyone said no.

"Then go on." Song Ning said.

Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they couldn't remember.

"Then I'll summarize." She paused and said, "There are two men, one with triangular eyes and gray hair, the other is left-handed, with a broken index finger in his right hand, a sour musty smell on his body, wearing a single shirt and pulling his trouser legs, both of them are sloppy?" ”

Several maids looked at each other and nodded.

"They didn't speak?"

Liang Qiao shook his head, and everyone shook their heads too.

"When you went out of the city gate, did you find anything abnormal, who is responsible for driving the car?" Song Ning asked.

Two rough envoys of about forty came forward and replied, "I don't know what the adults said is abnormal. ”

At this time, Lei Song came in with his brother and shook his head with Song Ning: "There is no problem. ”

"Hmm." Song Ning bowed his head and said to his mother-in-law, "For example, when you leave the house, is there anyone squatting at the door of my house?" Is there anyone following you when you leave, and is there anyone squatting at the gate of the city when you go out of the city, at least two men, squatting on the side of the road, looking like looking for work or basking in the sun. ”

"When you were on the official road, did any horses overtake you?"

The two mothers-in-law looked at each other, and suddenly one of them said: "When I went out of the alley, there was a squatting man at the mouth of the alley asking for food, and he suddenly rushed out and startled the slave maid." ”

"I also scolded him." Forsythia Road.

"Are you in front or behind?"

Forsythia said: "The back car." ”

Song Ning looked at Lei Song, Lei Song understood the meaning and said, "My subordinates know." He asked Forsythia again, "What kind of beggar?" ”

"A child, about ten years old, unkempt with a broken bowl, nothing else special, just an ordinary beggar." Forsythia Road.

As for the information about the ten-year-old beggar, he can look it up: "Find him, can you recognize him?" ”

Forsythia thought for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

"After you get out of the city gates?" Song Ning then asked.

The two mothers-in-law and everyone didn't pay attention, and the mother-in-law who was driving the car said: "There are horses that have overtaken the past, and I still scolded, raised the ashes all the way, and reincarnated." ”

"Did the other party hear it, did you turn back?"

The mother-in-law instantly understood what Song Ning meant, and she and the mother-in-law on the side asked in a low voice: "When we crossed the big poplar tree, was there a person under the tree leading the horse to rest?" ”

"Yes. A man was pulling at the hem of his trousers, and I glanced at it and didn't care. ”

"Now that I think about it, it feels weird, what did he rest when he left the capital? Do you think that man doesn't look like robbing the county lord? ”

"Like, really like."

As soon as the two of them combined, they told Song Ning about it.

Song Ning was thoughtful.

The guy on one side asked, "I can't find anyone, what's the use of asking about this?" ”

"Don't tell you to be crooked." Without waiting for Song Ning to speak, a small catcher behind him pointed at the little guy and said, "Girl, you can fucking talk?" ”

The little guy muttered and hung his head.

"No matter what you do, you must first find out the intention and purpose of the other party, like this kidnapping case, the process of his occurrence can reveal a lot of information." Song Ning said.

Everyone looked curious, and Lei Song also asked, "My lord, what is the message?" ”

"The county lord returned to the capital from Baoding yesterday, lived in the Song Mansion, quarreled with the old lady and went out of the house to return to Baoding...... This series of events is unpredictable and unawaited by outsiders. Song Ning said, "The only explanation is that the kidnappers intended to kidnap, but they did not determine the time of the kidnapping." ”

"This can also be proved from the behavior of the other party squatting at the door, following on the road, and rushing to rob."

"I see." Lei Song shouted, "That lord, why do you think the other party is sour and mildewy, and he is wearing a single coat and rolling up his trouser legs?" ”

It was late October, and all of them were wearing padded jackets, especially on horseback, and the wind cut their faces like knives.

The man was still wearing a single coat, as if he had come from summer.

"I think you can find some underground gambling houses, or places like this that are very warm in front of people." Song Ning said.

The little guy's eyes lit up, and he said: "I know, there is a dark gambling house in Zaotouzhuang outside the city gate, and I have been there, there are many gamblers living there for many years, and when they have money, they will gamble all night, and when they don't have money, they will go out to steal." ”

"As long as they have the money, they eat and live in it, and they don't take a bath. The time I went in, I was almost smoked to death. ”

Lei Song bowed his head and said, "I also know that I have been killed a few times." They all have people who have the wind, and it's hard to check clean. ”

"Then take it and check it out." Song Ning instructed Lei Song, "Your soldiers will divide into two routes, one way to find the little beggar, and the other way to find this gambling house." The appearance of these two people is very recognizable, and if you meet someone, you will definitely have an impression. ”

The little guy in Baoding Wangfu also said: "We will go too." ”

"It's fine, but follow the arrangement." Song Ning paused as he spoke, and then said, "Where did you chase and the other party's people rushed out?" ”

The little guy said: "Chased more than ten miles of road, in front of Yangzhuang, where there were many rows of birch trees on both sides of the official road, those people rushed out of the woods. ”

"Yang Zhuang, I'll take a look." Song Ning said to Lei Song, "I'll see you at the yamen after I check it." ”

Lei Song should be: "My lord, do you want to leave a few people for you?" ”

"No, you don't."

Song Ning came out and stood in the courtyard and looked at the entire peony garden.

On both sides of the main courtyard are greenhouses with flowers, and there is a tiled house at intervals on a large area of land in front of it, which should have been inhabited by the caretaker.

There are no flowers at this time, and when the spring and summer flowers are grown up and valuable, they must be guarded.

Song Ning walked ten miles quickly, and arrived at the birch forest that the little guy said.

There are birch trees planted on both sides, and the forest is very dense, and there are seven or eight people hidden, and it should be difficult for passers-by to find out.

"But how did they stay here?" Song Ning felt strange.

In other words, how do they exchange messages?

If today the kidnapping was done suddenly, then ...... The person who answered was a message of short notice, so it is very difficult to explain the ambush person here.

Song Ning tied the horse to the side of the road and walked into the woods, just after walking a few steps, suddenly someone behind him shouted: "Uncle? ”

Song Ning snorted, and when she turned around, she saw three young people standing on the official road with sticks, looking at her in surprise.

"Who are you?"