The Jia family was quiet, Chu Yunfei's arrival broke the tranquility here, and after explaining the intention to Mrs. Jia, she enthusiastically took Chu Yunfei to the account room where Jia Yuanwai had stayed before he disappeared.

The account room is built close to the front yard, facing east and west, and leaning against the east courtyard wall. To the south of the account room is a small door connecting the front and back yards, to the north is a small flower bed, and to the north of the flower bed is a verandah, which connects Mrs. Jia's bedroom. According to Mrs. Jia, Jia Yuanwai disappeared at night. Mrs. Jia, as usual, fell asleep shortly after dinner. On the second watch, Ruyi sent supper to Jia Yuan. According to her own account, when she left, Jia Yuanwai got up and slammed the door shut. The cook also confirmed Ruyi's statement, because she fell asleep after Ruyi took the supper. When Ruyi went to sleep, almost everyone up and down the family slept. For the whole night, no one heard any movement, not even on the streets. Unexpectedly, the door was opened the next day, but Jia Yuanwai was nowhere to be seen. What is even more strange is that the gate is inserted from the inside, and there is no trace of climbing on the courtyard wall. In other words, Jia Yuanwai disappeared from his home.

Pushing open the door of the account room, the foul air came to him, and Chu Yunfei subconsciously blocked his nose. Seeing this, Mrs. Jia hurriedly explained: "There are all account books here, and my father-in-law takes a few days every month to check all the accounts, and sometimes he is busy until late. In order to refresh himself, I asked Ruyi to prepare spices for him every time. I used ice chips that night, which was a refreshing thing. If the spices are used for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be a smell of incense in the house. ”

The room is small, with tall bookshelves on all sides taking up a large part of the space. In the middle of the room was a table with an incense burner in the corner on the left hand side of the table, and half of the ashes were in it. There is an inkstone on the right hand, and the ink inside has already solidified. In the middle of the table, in the middle of the table, there are two account books. Chu Yunfei deliberately paid attention to the account book and found that there were creases on the paper. There was a thick cloak on the chair, which, according to Mrs. Jia, was sent by Ruyi, for fear that Jia would catch a cold outside.

Mrs. Jia deliberately pointed to the side of the account book on the table, "The ransom letter was placed there. I regret it when I think about it, if I hadn't slept so dead that night, I would have heard the movement, and I wouldn't have ......."

"You said you slept dead that night? Didn't anyone hear anything strange? Chu Yunfei frowned.

In fact, Chu Yunfei had long suspected this! This doesn't make sense! Let's not talk about how much movement it will make if a big living person is kidnapped, and no one will notice if a stranger suddenly breaks in? Isn't it surprising that Jia Yuanwai appears to outsiders? Besides, there are dogs on almost every street here, and as long as there is the slightest movement, they will bark non-stop, could it be that Jia Yuanwai really disappeared out of thin air that night?

Mrs. Jia nodded, "It stands to reason that I sleep very lightly on weekdays, and I will wake up as long as there is the slightest movement." But that day, I slept until dawn, and I didn't get up until Ruyi came to knock on my door and said that the prime minister was gone. ”

Mrs. Jia's personal maid interjected: "Actually, it's not just Madame, I also slept very hard that day, and it was Madame who woke me up after she got up." ”

Someone has done something to their meals! This was Chu Yunfei's first reaction, and the facts seemed to confirm his inference, because although the courtyard of the Jia family was not big, after all, there were nearly twenty people with masters and servants, and it was impossible for all of them to sleep so dead! There's definitely something strange about that. A bad feeling made Chu Yunfei frown.

According to Ruyi, she woke up later than usual that day. According to the old days, she got up and cleaned up the house, and almost everyone got up and went about their jobs. But when she combed her hair and came out, the yard was still quiet. She thought she had slept and was about to go back to her room, when she suddenly found that the candle in the account room was still on. She thought that the old man was asleep in the account room, but when she got closer, she found that there was no one inside, and she felt that something was not right, and she found that there was no Jia Yuanwai in the lady's room, so she panicked! After Mrs. Jia received the letter, she went to the account office to check it carefully, and after discovering the blackmail letter, she finally understood what had happened, so she sent someone to the government to report the case.

"Childe might as well go sit in the living room for a while and see what else we can do. Since my father-in-law disappeared, I have no master of the six gods, in case my father-in-law comes to ...... something" When Mrs. Jia spoke, her eyes turned red and tears came out.

"Wait!" This is Chu Yunfei's advice to Mrs. Jia after hesitating for a long time, "The most anxious thing at the moment is the kidnappers, before they get the money, they will definitely not act rashly, let alone hurt Jia Yuanwai." So, be patient and wait for news. Also, if possible, be prepared for the kidnappers to extort money, just in case. ”

Chu Yunfei didn't plan to tell Mrs. Jia about Green Peony, so as not to cause her unnecessary panic. Just as he was about to leave, the janitor rushed in with a bag of things, saying that someone had just delivered it. Mrs. Jia was stunned for a moment, stopped Chu Yunfei, and asked him to help see what it was.

Chu Yunfei carefully opened the tightly wrapped baggage layer by layer, only to see that in addition to a piece of white paper on which the words were written, there was also a lock of hair. Chu Yunfei took the piece of paper and read it out in a low voice, "Report to the government, the ransom will rise by one thousand taels." Tomorrow at noon will be sent to Kaibao Temple in the north of the city, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable! ”

"It's ...... This is...... Xiang Gong's handwriting. Mrs. Jia exclaimed, looked at it carefully, and handed the letter to Ruyi casually.

Ruyi glanced at it a few times and nodded solemnly.

"Why? Why is this happening? Will my father-in-law be in danger of him? I really blame me, if I hadn't reported the crime, things wouldn't have turned out like this. What's next? What about the messenger? Mrs. Jia was so disheartened that she didn't care about Chu Yunfei anymore, and turned her head to stare at the janitor and shouted.

"No, the messenger must have left a long time ago, and it is absolutely impossible to wait there to receive the reward. Even if he found that person, he would definitely not know anything. It's kidnappers playing tricks. Chu Yunfei stopped Mrs. Jia.

Mrs. Jia stomped her foot a few times in a faux puff: "What can I do about this?" What can I do? Do you want to notify the government immediately, Gongzi Chu, you have an idea? ”

Chu Yunfei did two things, first, no one in the Jia family was allowed to go out of the door, if he had to go out, he had to be followed by a trustworthy person sent by Mrs. Jia; Second, draw out the people who may know that the Jia family reported the crime to see if you can find some clues. The reason why he made the second decision was because Chu Yunfei felt that the kidnappers seemed to be hiding in the shadows to observe the Jia family's every move.

Suddenly receiving a letter made Chu Yunfei feel very strange, he only learned about this case after meeting Mrs. Jia yesterday, and the government has always kept it a secret. In accordance with the government's requirements, Mrs. Jia ordered no one to make a noise, and even their relatives didn't know what was going on, so why did the kidnappers know that Mrs. Jia had reported the crime?

"Does that work? Madam, why don't we send the ransom over as we asked above? As long as he is public, he ......" Ruyi timidly spoke.

"Shut up!" Mrs. Jia scolded loudly, and only after noticing her gaffe did she sigh: "You don't have to meddle in this matter, just do your part." At the moment, Chu Gongzi has an idea, what he says, we will do it. ”

Just for a moment, Chu Yunfei noticed a trace of hatred flashing on Ruyi's face, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Ruyi nodding meekly.