Xiang Yuanjie went to the backyard for almost two teas, and when he came back, he said to Tong Shi and Wan Lin: "Don't worry, the old man has instructed the ladies of the family to wait in the garden of the inner courtyard, and the servants can search their residences without scruples." ”

Tong Shi and Wan Lin nodded, and took the officials to the inner courtyard.

There are at least twenty or thirty female dependents in Xiangfu, both young and old, and Wan Lin and Tong Shi are a little embarrassed to see them.

But the officials still had to search every room according to the rules.

Wan Lin and Tong Shi were also waiting in the garden, and Zou Yi said to the two of them: "Two adults, we have searched the Xiang Mansion almost, according to the lower officials, Lord Yan's family will not be here." This matter has little to do with the two of them, so let the subordinate go and apologize to Xiang Yuanwai later. ”

Tong Shi stiffened his face and didn't make a sound, Wan Lin said a few polite words to him, and he was no longer humble, if he really couldn't find Yan Yongde's family in Xiang's mansion, let Zou Yi go to Xiang Yuanjie to compensate him.

The officials had already searched several rooms, and there were still seven or eight rooms that were about to be searched, but there was still no whereabouts of Lord Yan's family.

Wan Lin and Tong Shi were in a very low mood, and they began to doubt whether Old Man Huang's words were reliable.

Wan Lin even came up with an even more terrifying idea, could Old Man Huang collude with them?

Zou Yi saw that the two of them were depressed, so he took the opportunity to say: "Don't worry, two adults, although we haven't found Lord Yan's family here, as long as you still suspect Lord Yan's family in Xinqu County, even if we search door to door, we will not find Lord Yan's family until we find it." However, please don't delay your work in this matter, let the officials search, let's go back to the state capital as soon as possible. ”

When Tong Shi heard Zou Yi's words, his face became more and more ugly.

Wan Lin's mood was not much better than Tong Shi's, but Wan Lin could only continue to sing with a white face, and said to Zou Yi with anger: "If you don't find Lord Yan's family in Xiang Yuan's house, I and Lord Tong really can't continue to spend here any longer, so let's bother the servants to continue to look for Lord Yan." ”

Zou Yi was very satisfied with Wan Lin's answer, and said with a relaxed expression: "The two adults can rest assured, the lower officials will definitely urge them to find the whereabouts of Lord Yan's family as soon as possible, if they really can't find them, the lower officials are willing to accept the guilt!" ”

Tong Shi pulled his face and said in a deep voice: "Lord Zou has worked hard. ”

After speaking, Tong Shi glanced at the officials who were still searching, and said reluctantly: "I think they can't find anyone either, let's leave later." ”

As soon as Tong Shi's voice fell, he suddenly heard someone outside the wall shouting: "Lord Qiqi, we have found something!" ”

"What?"

Wan Lin, Tong Shi and Zou Yi opened their mouths in astonishment at the same time and looked in the direction of the courtyard wall.

"Did they find someone? Check it out! ”

Wan Lin immediately ran towards the gate of the nearest backyard, Tong Shi followed, but Zou Yi followed after showing a complicated look, and Ruan Xiang, who had been standing on the side, also hurriedly followed.

Wan Lin came to the courtyard quickly, and saw seven or eight officials carrying knives surrounding four people pushing two large wooden boxes.

At this time, Jing Wanlin, Tong Shi and Tan Su are so familiar, they heard from Old Man Huang that Yan Yongde's family was suspected of being kidnapped in a wooden box, and such a picture flashed in their minds countless times.

The guard said excitedly: "Lord Wan! Master Tong! Come on, these two wooden boxes are very suspicious, and my subordinates suspect that they contain people! ”

"Oh, this is a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding! It's not a human being, it's an ore! ”

Xiang Yuanjie followed last, ran over out of breath, directly rushed through the encirclement of the officials, and protected in front of the two large wooden boxes.

Tong Shi couldn't help but sneer when he saw his reaction, "Heh, Xiang Yuanwai, you can run so fast at your age, it can be seen that you are really old and strong!" However, the official didn't understand why these two wooden crates were secretly transported out of the secret door in the backyard if they were only ores. Could it be that this is filled with sky-high treasures, and you dare not show it to us? ”

Tong Shi's words stunned Xiang Yuanjie for a moment before he gave a weak explanation.

"It's not that these ores are valuable, it's because your lords and officials are searching the whereabouts of Lord Yan in the grass people's house, and the grass people are afraid that you will misunderstand, so they asked someone to transport these two boxes of ore out of the secret door."

Xiang Yuanjie is not only weak-hearted now, but also obviously lowers his posture compared to just now, no longer calls himself an "old man", and calls himself a "grass man" very humbly.

Wan Lin asked with a cold face: "If you only walked through the secret door for this reason, then let me ask you, if these two boxes of ore really arouse our suspicions, wouldn't it be better to open them directly for us to see?" Why go out through the secret door? Outside of the Xiang Yuan, are you doing this a bit too much? ”

Wan Lin said and took a few steps forward, and when he was about to touch the box, Xiang Yuanjie blocked the box with his body very unnaturally.

Wan Lin glanced at him sharply, and said in a cold tone: "Outside of Xiang, don't you mind opening these two wooden boxes and letting us take a look at the ordinary ore inside, right?" ”

Wan Lin deliberately accentuated the word "ordinary", and as soon as he finished speaking, Tong Shi also walked over.

"Why, what you just said is just ordinary ore, aren't we qualified to see these ordinary ores?"

Tong Shi's eyes obviously had a threatening look, Xiang Yuanjie was shocked, and hurriedly peeked at Zou Yi.

Zou Yi saw his eyes, and hurriedly turned his head in disgust to avoid his eyes.

Tong Shi urged again: "Outside the Xiang, you haven't opened the box yet, is it possible that this box is not hiding ore but something else?" Or do you think that you have a large family and can compete with the officials, and you want to openly confront the imperial court? ”

Xiang Yuanjie hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, how dare the grass people confront the imperial court?" It's just that these ores are really nothing to look at......"

Wan Lin suddenly said sharply: "If you don't open these boxes again, then the official will do it himself!" ”

Wan Lin was not trying to scare him, but he took the knife from one of the guards and was about to slash at the lock that trapped the box.

"Don't!"

Xiang Yuanjie wanted to stop him, Wan Lin glanced at him and directly slashed the knife.

"Whoa!"

The chains and locks were split, and Tong Shi was startled by Wan Lin's brave move, but he quickly regained his composure and walked to the box.

"This official is here to open the box!"

Tong Shili lifted the lid of the heavy box, and as soon as he saw the "thing" inside, Tong Shi immediately exclaimed: "It's really Lord Yan!" ”

Wan Lin also saw Yan Yongde curled up in the wooden box for the first time, and suddenly had a feeling of trance.

"Lord Yan!"

Wan Lin immediately put down the knife in his hand and took a quick step forward to help Yan Yongde up.

"Wait!"

Tong Shi stopped Wan Lin, but he stretched out his hand to Yan Yongde.

Tong Shi worriedly put his hand under Yan Yongde's nose, and when he noticed that he still had breath, Tong Shi closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Great, he's alive!"

However, at this time, Xiang Yuanjie's face was like ashes, his legs were weak and he almost sat on the ground.

Zou Yi's face was also ugly to death, and he couldn't wait that everything that happened in front of him was just a dream!

He obviously saw that all the officials had poured into Xiang's mansion, but where did these people who found the two big wooden boxes come from?

And how could they find out that the family of the Xiang Mansion would secretly go out through the secret door?

This is something that no one else knows except for the people of Xiangfu!

While the two of them were dumbfounded, the guards had already opened another wooden box.

In this wooden box are Mrs. Yan and her son, who has just turned two, and they are also in a coma like Yan Yongde.

This time, Wan Lin and the others no longer doubted Old Man Huang, and they all admired him.

And Tong Shi and Wan Lin also got a news at this time that made them admire Old Man Huang even more.

Originally, Wan Lin kept an eye on it, and asked the guards from the capital to disguise themselves as ordinary people and guard around the Xiang Mansion to prevent anyone from sneaking out.

But the guards received a secret letter during the ambush, saying that if they were willing to believe the contents of the letter, they would be surprised if they waited fifty paces south from the back door of the Xiang Mansion.

The guards were skeptical of the letter, but they believed it for the sake of the show.

This letter was a divine assist and gave the guards a big surprise.

"Where's that secret letter?" Tong Shi hurriedly asked after listening.

The leading guard handed him the secret letter, and Tong Shi laughed happily when he saw the handwriting on the secret letter.

"This secret letter was written by Uncle Huang, I have seen the account book written by him in his store, and the words on it are exactly the same as the words on the letter!"

Wan Lin said with admiration and puzzlement: "Uncle Huang is simply clever! How did he know that the family members of the Xiang Mansion would smuggle Lord Yan's family out of the secret door? ”

Tong Shi said anxiously: "Let's leave these things alone, just ask him then!" The top priority is to let Lang Zhong see if Lord Yan's family is in danger of life, and then bring the kidnappers of Lord Yan's family to justice! ”

"That's right! Then let's not wait, now it's 'everyone has stolen goods'! ”

Wan Lin said that he immediately walked in front of Xiang Yuanjie.

"What else do you have to explain? Don't tell me this box is a trick you've prepared for us to change people! ”

Where did Xiang Yuanjie still have a chance to explain, as soon as he wanted to open his mouth, Zou Yi pointed at him indignantly and reprimanded.

"Okay, you Xiang Yuanjie! You look like a dog on weekdays, and you also pay for the county to build roads, so that the official thinks that you are a kind and good person! But I didn't expect you to dare to murder the court officials! Come on, take down this traitor and seize all the properties of the Xiang Mansion and the Xiang family! ”

Ruan Xiang slipped aside for a long time, and finally had a chance to make a move, he was about to take the officials to arrest Xiang Yuanjie, and Xiang Yuanjie called Qu.

"Lord Zou, the grass people are wronged! Unjust! You can't just condemn the grass people! ”