Homer, who had just been promoted to the head of the hunt for less than two days, was obviously not used to suddenly facing such a lot of pressure. Chu Yunfei waited for him to finish complaining before he took out the blackmail letter and let the peony flower and those words appear again. To his surprise, Homer's reaction was very large, "'Green Peony'? How can it be? Isn't that just a legendary organization? How did it appear in ...... Is this blackmail on the letter? ”

'What did you say?' Green peony'? He Ma's words were like a heavy punch to Chu Yunfei's heart.

"Green Peony" is a mysterious organization that disturbed the entire Kaifeng Mansion more than ten years ago, and no one knows who the members in it are, but it is rumored that most of them may be women. Kidnapping, extorting money and then releasing people, they used this way to make the whole city panic. Among the almost 20 or so people kidnapped by them, they were basically rich people who were unkind and had a bad reputation, and these people were eventually redeemed by their families for thousands of taels or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. The blame is that those who were redeemed did not know that they had been kidnapped. When they returned, they said something very similar: they were taken to a safe haven with good wine and beautiful women, and any request they made would be fulfilled. They even fell in love when they left. It wasn't until they heard the truth that they regretted it. According to these statements, some ordinary people even consider them heroes to be chivalrous and righteous. More than ten years ago, the green peony suddenly disappeared, and there was no kidnapping case in the capital, why did it suddenly appear now? Are they resurrecting again?

Hu Ji looked thoughtfully at Chu Yunfei, who was deep in thought, and left with interest.

"Have you ever paid attention to the old archives in Kaifeng Mansion? Such a sensational case will definitely leave some clues. Also, these people are definitely for money. Now that the ransom letter has reached us, regardless of whether the kidnapped person has reported the crime or not, the kidnappers will definitely take action, at least notify the hostage's family to pay the ransom. I'm going to Jia's house now to see if there's anything I find. Chu Yunfei made a decision and left Meixiang Xiaozhu at the same time as He Ma.

Mei Yingxue sighed heavily after the two of them left. He vaguely felt that the place where the people he said in Homer's mouth had stayed was very similar to Baihualou. Will these people who have been kidnapped again now be taken to that kind of place?

"Childe has something on his mind? Can you tell the little girl? Orchid's voice rang in his ears.

Mei Yingxue didn't pay attention to the orchid. Hu Ji walked up to him generously and looked him in the eyes, "What is Childe thinking?" Can't you tell the little girl? Now it's just the two of us here, and if we don't find something to do, isn't it too hard to pass the time? ”

Mei Yingxue frowned slightly. There seemed to be something else in the orchid's watery eyes. He didn't understand why Chu Yunfei wanted to take her out and leave her here. He consciously kept his distance from the orchid, "Yingchun said that he would send a little girl to serve the girl in two days. Also, it's not appropriate for you to live in the front yard, I'll ask them to clean up the courtyard, and the girl will move there tonight." ”

"Is Childe giving an eviction order?" Hu Ji smiled, turned around and sat down on the couch, that was where Chu Yunfei had sit, "Is Childe afraid of me?" Or do you think I'm annoying and not likable at all? ”

Mei Yingxue didn't answer, turned around and went out. Orchid's originally smiling face froze, and the expression on her face slowly became complicated, and she sighed.

Mei Yingxue came out of the hall and went to the backyard, and he had a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart. He ordered the scholar to guard the door of his bedroom and not to let anyone in disturb him. After that, he entered the bedroom and opened the secret door to the basement. This basement was designed by himself on a whim, and no one else knew about it except him. However, he planned to take Chu Yunfei to visit at the right time, thinking about the surprise that Chu Yunfei might show at that time, Mei Yingxue had indescribable excitement in her heart.

There are many things hidden in the basement, most of which were left by Mei Yingxue's father. Mei Yingxue has always felt that his father is too nosy, and the huge Mei family industry needs him to take care of it, but these don't seem to be enough for him to be busy, he even became a supernumerary officer in Kaifeng Mansion to investigate cases, as long as it is a case that has happened, especially a strange and difficult case, he has to intervene, and he will write it down every time. As a child, he used to look through those notebooks, and his father often took the trouble to tell them to him. When he saw the peony in Chu Yunfei's hand, he vaguely felt familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and it wasn't until He Ma said the three words "green peony" that he was startled, because he felt as if he had seen it in his father's notebook.

Sure enough, after a long time of flipping through the pages, he finally found a record of the Green Peony case in one of the books, and his father named the case "The Green Peony Case". There don't seem to be many valuable things recorded in it, except for the names of the kidnapped people, the specific facts of the case are very vague, Mei Yingxue feels that her father doesn't seem to know the specific circumstances of the case, and there are many "supposed", "maybe", "according to rumors" and "rumors" in it...... Words like that. It was only at the end of the record that my father left a few strange comments: this may have been arranged by God, and as the case gradually became forgotten, no one would mention these sad old stories except for the occasional scene that the person concerned could recall. Is it just a few years from now, will the same case be played out again?

Mei Yingxue stared at the last line of words in surprise, could it be that her father had already noticed something at that time? He shook his head again, he had the impression that his father was like a big boy who loved to play pranks, how could he have foreseen what would happen later?

After leaving Meixiang Xiaozhu, Homer has been talking about the green peony. Because more than ten years ago, his uncle happened to be on an errand in the Yamen, and he was also overwhelmed by the legendary green peony. According to his recollection, his uncle had mentioned that only one of the people who had been kidnapped seemed to have reported the crime. The government originally thought it was just an ordinary kidnapping case, but after sending people to seriously investigate, they found that the case was much more serious than they imagined. Later, the government and the family of that family set up an ambush to catch the kidnapper, but they still let the kidnapper escape. Because of that siege, the hostages' families were afraid of angering the kidnappers, so they had to promise to give 1,000 taels of silver in exchange for the hostages. Because no one was killed, and the reputation of the kidnapped person was not very good, the case was finally closed. Now that the old things are brought up again, who knows if the original file is still there?

"If it's still the legendary green peony from before, they're just for money, and they won't kill people, right?" The expression on Homer's face was complicated, "But now it looks like something isn't quite right." Didn't you say that the people kidnapped by Green Peony were all rich and unkind? But these people, either honest businessmen, or philanthropy, how can they be targeted by green peony? Could it be that the world has gone down, and they have also changed? ”

Chu Yunfei sighed, "It's too early to say anything. Now you go back and try to find those files. Also, by the way, let's check out the people who were involved in that case back then, and see if they can recall anything. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )