The portrait was drawn and revised.

The lieutenant nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, yes, that's what he looks like." ”

Song Ning handed the portrait to Shen Wenyu, who had walked around outside and came back.

"He's a very handsome boy." Song Ning asked the lieutenant chief, "How tall is he and how old is he this year?" ”

The lieutenant replied, "I should be eighteen years old this year. He's shorter than this guy and taller than you. ”

Zhong Qing's appearance is very sunny, with big eyes and a high nose, he is tall, and he is very good at working with his hands and feet, and he is grateful and sensible......

"Looks like a very likable person."

The lieutenant chief really nodded: "He and Miss Zhujia met in the back mountain of the temple." ”

"It's not good for Miss Zhu, but now you don't have to scruple. The two of them chatted behind the temple for an afternoon that day, and within ten days, the young lady came to Xintai again, invited Zhong Qing to the street, and sent a lot of things to Zhong Qing. ”

Song Ning was surprised: "When did it happen?" ”

"On the third day of March, we have a month-old temple in front of us, and it is very effective to ask for marriage."

"A few days later, Zhu Zhaogui came to our village in person, and I was also invited at that time, and the matchmaker asked Zhong Qing if he could join the family."

When I saw Zhong Qing nodding, I knew that they had discussed it, and I agreed with Uncle Zhong Qing. Zhu Zhaogui left one hundred taels for Zhong Qing on the spot, asking him to repay his debts and favors. I'll set a date or something later, and I'll have a big gift......"

"I thought it was a good marriage, no matter whether it was to marry in or out, as long as Zhong Qing finished reading the book, who knows...... Alas! ”

Song Ning put the portrait away.

"Give him a hundred taels, has he still paid off his debts?"

"Returned. He also paid for the restraints that Mr. gave him for four consecutive years, or he said that this child is sensible and grateful. ”

Song Ning looked at Shen Wenyu: "What do you want to know?" ”

"Does he have any other relatives?" Shen Wenyu asked the chief.

The lieutenant shook his head: "it...... I'm not afraid of you saying that his mother was sold by a kidnapper, and his father spent two taels of silver."

"It may be that he suffered a loss on the road, and his health has been bad, so he finally gave birth to him, so he can almost lie down, and he went without surviving for a year."

"His father was working in the fields, and he didn't know what insects had bitten, and his legs were swollen at first, then rotten, and there were no people."

Such a family really makes people have no way to evaluate it, Song Ning and Shen Wenyu asked the lieutenant chief, if Zhong Qing comes back, please tell them.

The two rode horses and walked along the official road without hurrying.

"Do you think Zhong Qing is dead or alive?" Shen Wenyu asked.

Song Ning shook his head: "I don't know." When we got back, we did two separate things. ”

"Zhu Zhaogui has a concubine room and has a son, go check the origin of this concubine room to see if she has a close mother's family."

"Also, in the courtyard of Zhufu at that time, there were not only three-room house slaves, but also some people who came in temporarily to do things, and he didn't take these people away, but dismissed them."

Shen Wen bowed his head.

Song Ning was going to go to the Zhu family's old house in person.

The two walked to the intersection, and Song Ning asked, "Is the Yuelao Temple that the chief said the one with the spire on the mountain in front?" ”

"It looks like. Are you going up? ”

Song Ning patted the horse and said with a smile: "Let's go, ask for a marriage sign for you." ”

"I don't ask for it, I have no plans to get married." Shen Wenyu muttered.

Song Ning glanced at him: "Are you thinking a little too much, just asking for a signature for you, and not sending you a daughter-in-law on the spot?" ”

"You!" Shen Wenyu was speechless, waved his hand and said, "Whatever you want, I can't talk about you." ”

The two tied their horses to the stables at the foot of the mountain and hiked up.

Walking a cup of tea is the Yuelao Temple, a treasure hall, which is a very small temple gate.

But the incense was very strong, and the incense ashes were all piled up in the three huge incense burners at the door.

The two of them walked around the treasure hall and stopped in a pavilion in the back mountain, where they could see men and women talking.

"No wonder Zhong Qing and Zhu Linlang are talking here, it turns out that it is not an exception." Song Ning asked, "Go over and take a look?" ”

Shen Wenyu shook his head.

"Forget it, let's go ask for a signature." When the two of them arrived at the treasure hall, Song Ning took the lottery holder and gave it to him, he shook it casually, and dropped a lot.

Signed.

Shen Wenyu: "......"

Song Ning laughed and asked the old monk to sign the lot, and she donated three taels.

Shen Wenyu looked at her in surprise and whispered, "To ask for a signature for me, donate so much?" ”

"Shen Zhutou, your marriage is worth three taels."

Shen Wenyu didn't want to talk anymore.

The old monk raised his hand to congratulate and said, "This gentleman is good-looking and upright, and he has to get such a signature." Although Mr.'s marriage was a little tormented, he finally got a beautiful woman, and the husband and wife were happy for a lifetime. ”

"Where's the beauty? What a direction, a little more information. Song Ning couldn't wait.

Shen Wen looked at Song Ning with no love for the rest of his life.

The old monk smiled and said, "I don't know, I can only see these from the sign." But the marriage is destined, and the gentleman just has to wait for it to come. ”

Song Ning raised his eyebrows ambiguously at Shen Wenyu: "Brother Shen, your son remembers to recognize his relatives." ”

Shen Wenyu didn't want to pay attention to her.

"It's much more powerful than the horse tee." Song Ning said.

Shen Wenyu chuckled.

"Thank you for the great thing. I want to ask the master, do you know Zhong Qing? ”

The old monk nodded: "I know, since he was ten years old, he has been doing chores in the temple every day after school, and we will give him one hundred yuan a month for a meal." ”

Shen Wenyu was stunned for a moment and looked at Song Ning in surprise.

He thought she was just playing with him, came to ask for a signature, and donated a lot of incense money.

I didn't expect her real purpose to be this.

"How is he?" Song Ning asked.

"This kid has a good temper, but he is easy to do things in a biased way, which is also related to his life experience." The old monk said.

"Do you have any specific examples of how to go off the beaten track?"

"Once he cleaned the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and read a scripture book that he didn't understand very well, he slept in it for three days and didn't go home until he understood it." The old monk said, "The old man persuaded and persuaded him, but he couldn't persuade him." ”

"Seeing that you two seem to be members of the official family, is something wrong with this child? He left home in June last year and has not returned, and the old man has been worried, if you have any news about him, please let me know. ”

Song Ning told him about the divorce.

The old monk was full of astonishment, and Song Ning asked, "What do you think a person like him will do if he is divorced for no reason?" ”

"Come to the door to reason, and you won't let go until you get the answer he wants." The old monk didn't dare to say it later, because Song Ning said that the Zhufu family was missing.

Song Ning thanked him, chatted for a while, and left the Yuelao Temple with Shen Wenyu.

Shen Wenyu asked, "Why do you know that he will be doing things here?" ”

The two of them heard that Zhong Qing and Zhu Linlang met here, but they didn't think about it elsewhere, at least he didn't.

"A person like him who is tired of making ends meet, how can he have the leisure and elegance to come to the old temple of the moon to ask for a marriage sign, it can only be that he is doing things here and met Zhu Linlang who came to ask for a sign." Song Ning said.

Shen Wenyu felt that it made sense.

"You think more than I do." Shen Wenyu couldn't cry or laugh.

"I do think more than you, and I have to think more about it now, the lifelong events of your brothers." Song Ning turned over and got on the horse, and Shen Wenyu looked at her helplessly, "You don't need to think about my business." ”

As he spoke, he rode away.

"Hey, wait."

When the two arrived in Jinan, it was already dark, so they went home to rest, and the next morning, the last thing they wanted to check was also checked.

Ten people gathered around the table, with peanuts, melon seeds and dried fruits in the middle, and talked about the results of the investigation on both sides while eating.

After listening to Qiao Si and Lao Tong's respective returns, Song Ning bowed his head and said, "I'll summarize." All his family's properties are sold urgently, and there is a Zhuangzi with 60 acres, which is ten taels lower than the market price. ”

"Zhu Zhaogui was very anxious, and when Yaxing saw him like this, he immediately paid for it himself."

"Wu Yingfa's house was also dozens of taels lower, and it happened to be bumped into by Wu Yingfa and picked up a bargain. It is said that Wu Yingfa originally planned to rent a house. ”

Song Ning bowed his head: "Through these details, it is basically certain that Zhu Zhaogui has encountered a life-threatening event, and it is very likely that he was held hostage and had to sell his property and take his family to hide." ”

"It's a good idea, but it's not good that he was kidnapped and left and died somewhere."

Everyone's faces are not good-looking.

Lao Tong said, "Then my lord, what are we going to do next?" ”

"Find someone. One is to find Zhong Qing, at least for now, Zhong Qing is very suspicious. ”

Song Yuanshi asked: "He is alone, looking for him is like looking for a needle in a haystack, I am afraid it is not easy." ”

"Don't go far, just look for a temple in the nearby state capital." Song Ning said, "He is such a stubborn and not an active person, if he is still alive but has to beg for a stable place to live, the temple that has been doing things for eight years is his first choice." ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they nodded: "It makes sense, then send a search order to find him." ”

Song Ning bowed his head and said, "Secondly, find out the family members of Zhu Zhaogui's concubine's room, as well as the other servants who used to serve at home. ”

"This is Zhong Qing's portrait." Song Ning spread Zhong Qing's portrait on the table for everyone to see, "If you meet him, go back and forth to me, and I will go in person." ”

She felt that Zhong Qing's character needed to be gentle, so as not to hurt his self-esteem and make him do radical things.

Everyone went to find someone.

Song Ning went to visit Sun Weili, and Sun Weili had to pull her to prove that there was a woman in the room who was burned that day, and An Fu knew about it.

Anfu burned very hard, and now he can walk around on the ground, and nodded vigorously when he heard the words: "...... I stabbed one person to death with scissors, and the other kicked over the stove and oil lamp and started burning. ”

"Could your sister not be dead?"

Song Ning was grateful: "Thank you two for reminding me, the official will send someone to find it again." ”

After thinking about it, he added: "If my sister really didn't die and didn't show up, most likely ...... It's hiding from the enemy. ”

She made up a story and told it to Sun Weili.

When he was done, there was a thunderclap in the sky.

In the sight of Sun Weili and An Fu's pity, they fled.

Amitabha, if a lie comes out, it must be made up for with countless lies.

There was a muffled thunder in the sky, and a light rain began to fall, and the pedestrians on the road greeted her happily, saying that it was timely rain and that there would be a good harvest this year.

Song Ning is in a good mood, at least one trip to Yangxin, she has done a great thing.

She was happily heading to Zhufu, and when she saw Grandpa Chang with a few young beauties coming here, Song Ning waved his hand and said, "Grandpa Chang, what a coincidence." ”

"It's not a coincidence." Grandpa Chang looked at her and snorted, "Let's go." ”

The words fell, and he left.

Song Ning looked at Chang Gonggong's back in disdain.