Zhou Zheng made a gesture, the three guards dismounted, and swept quickly in the direction of the sound, and the rest of the people held the hilt of the knife to surround Zhou Zheng.

Moments later, the three guards returned, carrying an emaciated teenager on their backs.

The boy had seven or eight scars on his body, red, swollen and bruised, as well as knife wounds, and his legs were hanging in a strange position, which should have been broken. He was unconscious, sometimes hysterically shouting for help, sometimes holding his shoulders and shivering.

"There was a dry ditch in front of him, and this man was lying in the ditch, and we searched all around, and found nothing suspicious except for a few footprints that were deep in the mud, and the footprints belonged to two people, who had been compared with him, and the length was different, not his, but the one who threw him there."

Zhou Zheng walked over and wanted to see the young man's appearance, and several guards hurriedly followed, for fear that the young man would suddenly attack and hurt Zhou Zheng.

Although the young man's face was covered with mud, he could still see that his facial features were beautiful, his fingers were covered with thin calluses left by writing, although he was wearing cloth clothes, but the socks were muslin cloth with a price higher than silk, and the shoes on his feet were from Fuyunji, which was a time-honored brand in Baoding Mansion, and the price was not cheap. This should be a well-off scholar.

Zhou Zheng said: "Take it to Xiuhe Hutong and find a doctor to show him." ”

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, Xiao Ren is not only in three places in Baoding Mansion, but also in Xiuhe Hutong's house.

Xiao Ren has never been there, and Zhou Zheng has never been there, and that house is placed on the table for people to see.

The guards should be, and two men galloped away with the boy.

Zhou Zheng also lost the interest in walking the horse, so he paid attention to whether there was a notice posted on the street to find the person, and went back to his residence.

Since he is a scholar, it will not be nameless and surnameless, and eight or nine times out of ten the young master of which family was robbed by thieves and thrown into the dry ditch in the north of the city, where few people come.

Zhou Zheng didn't take this matter to heart, and threw it out of the clouds in an instant.

Three days later, news came from Xiuhe Hutong that the boy's injury was no longer serious, but his legs were fractured, and he had to recuperate after the bones.

Zhou Zheng asked, "Is that person conscious?" Did you tell me what your surname was, and where was your hometown? ”

"No, I'm very timid, I huddle in the quilt all day, if it weren't for the injury on my leg, I'm afraid I would have hidden under the bed a long time ago."

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Before I find his family, let him live in Xiuhe Hutong, what medicinal materials you need to buy, and it will be a life to save it." ”

The subordinates knew that the third prince had always been lenient, and there was a living bodhisattva's sister in the family, the county lord of Yining, and he did not dare to slack off on that unknown young man.

Two days later, one of the attendants saw a notice on the street that he was looking for, and the notice was posted by the official of the government, and it was posted all over the city, and at a glance it was that the lord's family had made money.

The person looking for on the notice matched the young man's age, physical appearance, and clothing.

Hearing the news, Zhou Zheng smiled and said: "Then report to the official, let people see and recognize their relatives, if they meet, let people take him away, and you don't have to tell me again." ”

The attendant handed over the notice that had been quietly torn down from the street and said, "The villain just felt that this person's name was a little familiar, so he didn't take the liberty to report to the official." ”

Zhou Zheng took the notice, saw the name on it, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't act rashly first, let people check." ”

The entourage was ordered to leave, and Zhou Zheng read the notice carefully again.

Scorched.

The name of the person looking for on the notice is Jiao Meng.

Although the surname Jiao is not a cold surname, there is only one family surnamed Jiao that Zhou Zheng has encountered in his life.

Luoyang Wei commanded Jiao Shengqi, his eldest son Jiao Wei who followed him, and Jiao Meiren in the palace was his niece.

In other words, these three surnamed Jiao are actually a family.

In addition to these three people, Zhou Zheng has only seen the surname Jiao in books and dramas.

When he was trapped in Luoyang, Zhou Zheng had already found out Jiao Shengqi's life, not only did he know, but his subordinates also knew.

Therefore, when the attendant saw the notice, he would immediately bring it to him.

Jiao Shengqi has two sons, the eldest son Jiao Wei, and the youngest son Jiao Meng.

As the commander of Zheng Sanpin, the family must stay in the capital, or the eldest son, or wife, or parents.

Jiao Shengqi's eldest son followed him in office, and his wife lived in the capital with her young son.

Jiao Shengqi's youngest son Jiao Meng is not learned and has no skills, and has been a follower to several gentlemen, Mrs. Jiao dotes on her young son, and Jiao Shengqi is far away in office, and there is nothing he can do.

Zhou Zheng carefully recalled the appearance and characteristics of the young man, no matter how he looked at it, this was a scholar.

And Jiao Shengqi's son Jiao Meng will not be a scholar anyway.

Anyway, if it's just a coincidence of the name, it's fine, but if this matter is really related to Jiao Shengqi, then it's a big deal.

Henan is reversed, but Jiao Shengqi is not opposed, Jiao Shengqi has a heavy army, whether it is the King of Qin, Yang Jincheng, or Xiao Changdun in the capital, he will not ignore him.

Soon, Zhou Zheng's people found the person who reported the case and searched for him.

It's actually a young maid named Bicao.

"The maid went to the government to report the case? The folk customs of Baoding Mansion are even more civilized than those in the northwest. Zhou Zheng said with a smile.

"The folk customs of Baoding Mansion are not civilized, but the person who reported the case is indeed a maid, so the villain doesn't have to go to the master in the yamen, just find a servant and ask, but they haven't seen any maid to report to the official, this is the first time."

Zhou Zheng became interested and said, "Oh, let's hear it, what's going on?" ”

Entourage came one by one, it turned out that two days ago, the maid named Bicao came to report, saying that Jiao Gongzi, who followed them to Baoding, had not shown up for a few days, that Jiao Gongzi had no relatives in Baoding, and had money on him, and he was worried that Jiao Gongzi would be targeted by gangsters and encounter accidents, but there were only two female relatives in the family, Mrs. and Miss were sick, and Miss was in the boudoir, and they couldn't come to the yamen, so they sent the maid to report to the official.

"This Jiao Gongzi followed their family to Baoding? So where did they come from? Zhou Zheng asked.

"The little one went to check, the family lived in Maohuai Hutong, a big house in Sanjin, and the people nearby knew that this house was not rented, but their own. I bought it as early as a few years ago, three years ago, the wife and the lady of the house moved in, a year later the wife was sick, the lady accompanied the wife to the capital to seek medical treatment, until two months ago, they did not come back, although the neighbors near did not know who Jiao Meng was, but they had seen a young scholar, who would come every day, and there were gossips about it, and I really had not seen the scholar in recent days. ”