Chapter 14: Searching for the Person
An older doorman added: "I remember a whining sound in a carriage with a blue cloth curtain, yes! The driver also wore a hat, which covered his face tightly. ”
"What hour?" Yun Jiuji hurriedly asked.
The old doorman looked at the doorman next to him and asked, "Li Shan, do you remember this person?" It was about three o'clock in the hour, and there was a brand new pair of lights on the carriage. ”
The doorman Li Shan nodded, "Remember, I also have an impression." ”
The guard guarding the lookout interjected: "Lord Wang, Miss Yun, I stood up and looked far away, and in the evening I faintly saw a person running into the reeds at the end of the reeds, I don't know what to do in there, he was dressed in black clothes, and I couldn't see clearly, I thought it was a passer-by who was in a hurry, and I didn't pay attention to when he came out." ”
Yun Jiuji's heart was shocked, Yun Jiuzhe was wearing a light blue moire dress today, Xiao Man was wearing a gray cardigan, and the black-clothed man said by the lookout guard was very suspicious!
"When the man in black entered, there was no carriage or anything like that?" Yun Jiuji asked again.
The guard at the lookout shook his head.
Yun Jiuji frowned slightly, Yun Ze Mansion must have been targeted a long time ago! Yun Jiuzhe has always stayed in the mansion honestly, why did he disappear as soon as he left the mansion? It seems that this is a long-planned conspiracy!
Who did Yunze Mansion offend?
Shang Qi's hand was still tapping on the sandalwood incense case, and the sound was in his ears, as if he was beating on Yun Jiuji's heart, and an unknown danger hit his heart.
Yun Jiuji said: "Your Highness, the little girl has an uninvited invitation, Your Highness's hand..."
After hearing this, Shang Qi's hand froze slightly, his thin lips were slightly raised, and he retracted his hand for the first time, looking at her with an unfathomable expression.
Quickly combing through the words of these doormen in his mind, Yun Jiuji pressed his temples.
"If you think about it carefully, have you ever repeated the car that passed through the Qi King's Mansion? It is the most suspicious vehicle today, especially between Shen Shi and Youshi! Yun Jiuji asked.
Several doormen lowered their heads, carefully thinking about the people and carriages that passed by today.
Yun Jiuji stared at them, for fear of missing any clues.
Xiaoman's nervous feet trembled, eager to find a place to die, if the master can't find it, what face does he have to live in the world?
"By the way, I remembered, there was a carriage that came at noon, and it left at three o'clock, and the driver was changed, at first it was a middle-aged man with a long beard, and then it was replaced by a man wearing a hat, by the way, it was all blue curtains, that's right!" Li Shan patted his head and said.
Yun Jiuji nodded, stood up and said: "Your Highness, thank you, the little girl will send someone to focus on tracking down the car, I suspect that this car is tired, and I am tired of His Highness's doorman to describe the appearance of the middle-aged man, and the little girl wants to draw it." ”
Shang Qi said: "Come on, put pen and ink on paper and inkstone." ”
Yun Jiuji quickly drew the portrait of the suspect according to the appearance described by the doorman.
Shang Qi saw her head down, the strength and stubbornness in her eyes, and there was a touch in her heart, this orphan girl is not easy, her parents died early, and her younger brother was stupid and lost her ......
"Don't worry, it's going to be fine." Shang Qi calmly rolled up his sleeves, his personal guard Lu Yi had already gone to investigate, and he believed that he had an eyebrow.
Yun Jiuji nodded in thanks, and hurriedly left the Qi Wangfu to look for someone.
With the portrait, I inquired about the identity of the person in the portrait, and it turned out that the person was a gambler who lived on the outskirts of the city all the year round and did not do his job.
Yun Jiuji questioned the gambler strictly, and the investigation revealed that Jiuzhe was not caught by him.
The gambler won the daughter-in-law of the Xu family in the East Village, and the young daughter-in-law was tied in the car, and she was unwilling to obey them because of her death, so she was forcibly tied up.
After some investigation, he finally locked on the target person-Zhang Zhuo.
Zhang Zhuo is a native of Peijia Village, and he is a resident insect of the underground industry in the imperial capital, and he acts viciously, and he still likes to accept some shady business, such as kidnapping, thugs and other jobs.
As long as all the money that passes through his hands is black-hearted, I don't know who he was instructed to do this undesirable thing!
Late at night, when the child was in the morning, Yun Jiuji followed Yun Erye's side, already tired and out of breath.
"Let's go to Qili Ridge to surround Zhang Zhuo, Ji'er, you go and rest." Second Master Bai's eyes were bloodshot, and he said to the little guy next to him: "You send Miss Biao back, and I and the chief guard of the Qiwang Mansion will go to Zhang Zhuo to settle accounts." ”
Yun Jiuji shook her head, her younger brother was missing, how could she rest in peace?
"Well, let's go together!"
Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded to move, Bai Erye simply asked her to sit on her fast horse, and wanted to ride a horse to catch up, after all, her niece was not very good at riding, and he was not at ease after tossing all night!
At this time, the guards who delivered the letter from the Qiwang Mansion had already ridden a fast horse to report the news, saying that the little prince had been found and was thrown on the official road, and was sent to Yunze Mansion by Lu Yi's guards, and Zhang Zhuo had been taken to the county Chengfu prison.
Yun Jiuji's heart that had been held all night was put down in vain, the tears on her face could no longer stop flowing, and the group galloped towards Yunze Mansion quickly.
Yun Jiuzhe was covered in mud, standing haggard at the gate of the mansion looking into the distance, a few blood marks on his tender white hands were shocking! Chun Tao pulled him, "Childe, go in and wait for Miss, go in and eat something in the mansion." ”
Yun Jiuzhe shook his head, tears wetting his face.
Chun Tao called the little guy in the house to find something to eat, and the millet porridge and buns made by the cook were sent over, and Yun Jiuzhe, who had always been greedy, actually knocked over directly to the ground and kept looking into the distance.
It wasn't until he saw Yun Jiuji jumping off his horse that he rushed up and hugged Yun Jiuji and cried.
Seeing his haggard appearance and the shocking scars on his hands, Yun Jiuji blamed herself! hugged Yun Jiuzhe and cried bitterly, until the two of them were tired of crying, and then they entered Yunze Mansion.
Everyone hastily ate their meals, and after a tired night, they were exhausted, and when they woke up from a sleep, it was already dawn.
In Yunyutang, several elders of the Bai family sat on their chairs indignantly, thinking of the great suffering that Yun Jiuzhe suffered this time, and hated to immediately beat that Zhang Zhuo to death.
Yun Jiuji touched Yun Jiuzhe's face distressedly and asked, "Jiuzhe, you tell your sister and uncles what happened yesterday, and we will tell the county lord when we go to the yamen." ”
Yun Jiuzhe heard Yun Jiuji ask him, raised his hand and beat his head hard, and said with a crying voice: "Sister, I'm ...... I don't know, I just know that I went with Xiaoman to catch crickets, and I got to ...... I got deep in the grass, and then there was a guy behind me covering my mouth, and after a while I didn't know anything. ”
Yun Jiuji hugged him and comforted: "It's okay, you can say as much as you can remember, you can tell your sister quickly." ”
Yun Jiuzhe tugged at his hair with extreme effort and muttered, "Jiuzhe...... It's stupid, I don't know anything......"
Hearing such words, Yun Jiuji's heart was about to break, and she hated herself for not protecting him well, but fortunately he came back safely, otherwise, how could she explain to her dead parents! In the future, she will accompany him every day and will not let her leave her for half a step.
Second Master Bai said: "Okay, Jiuzhe can't think about it slowly." ”
Uncle Bai also nodded.
After a long time, Yun Jiuzhe stumbled and said, "That...... The person who covered my mouth seemed to have his hands ... There's white on it, and it's here...... White, his sleeves are black. ”
Yun Jiuzhe pointed to the big fish in his palm, and made a laborious gesture.
White? Is it a spot, or is it a scar? Yun Jiuzhe couldn't say it clearly for a long time, after all, it was really good that the idiot could remember these details, and this was also an important clue.
Uncle Bai was busy taking Yun Jiuzhe and others to the official mansion to report this important clue.
"Presumably, these people have been staring at Yunze Mansion for a long time, and they will see the opportunity to attack Zhe'er, and this time they must find out the messenger behind the scenes!" Bai Yuanxiu said hatefully.
He only learned the news of Jiuzhe's disappearance this morning, he was invited to drink by the little prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion last night, and stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion when he was drunk, and the next day he listened to the discussion of the imperial capital before he rushed to Yunze Mansion, and just happened to meet them halfway to the county Mansion, so he got into Yun Jiuji's carriage and went together.
Yun Jiuji nodded, looked at Yun Jiuzhe who was asleep on her lap, turned her head sideways and lifted the curtain of the car and stopped talking, just looking at the bustling street, not knowing what she was thinking.
Bai Yuanxiu saw that she was in a bad mood, and he didn't want to say more, so he kept silent and looked at her side face.
The carriage moved slowly down the street, and only the sound of breathing could be heard in the silence of the carriage.
After a long time, Yun Jiuji put down the curtain, looked at Yun Jiuzhe with a guilty face, blamed herself and shed tears, and secretly swore that she would never lose her brother again!
Looking at Yun Jiuji's tears, Bai Yuanxiu felt distressed, stretched out his hand to wipe her tears, and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but choked in his throat.
Yun Jiuji felt the warmth between his fingers, saw the worry in his eyes, and said with a smile that was more ugly than crying: "I'm fine!"
"You still have me, I will protect you and Jiuzhe in the future." Bai Yuanxiu's black jewel-like pupils looked at her fixedly, as if to let her know that he was absolutely loyal to her!
Yun Jiuji nodded and smiled, it was enough to have his words, he had always been the closest cousin, and she could enjoy his love for her unscrupulously.
Yamen Prison.
Several jailers escorted the tall Zhang Zhuo into the torture room, hung him on a pillar, and waited for the family members of the Yun family and the county lord to come and interrogate him.
An hour later, Yun Jiuji and Yun Jiuzhe had already arrived at the torture room, and the two uncles of the Bai family and several uncles of the Yun family also arrived one after another.
The county lord sat on a Nanmu carved chair in his official uniform, slightly fat in his fifties, with a goatee, and his eyes sharply examined the prisoner Zhang Zhuo, "Tell me, why did you kidnap Yun Xiaogongzi?" ”
Zhang Zhuo's body has been beaten all over the body, Xu was arrested when he forced a confession and was punished, he panted slightly, trembling and replied: "I originally wanted to kidnap Yun Xiaogongzi in exchange for wealth, but I thought that General Yun is a big hero, and the saint values General Yun's children, Yun Gongzi has an accident for fear that the saint will be angry, I regretted it after I kidnapped him, and the more I think about it, the more afraid I become!" Only then did he quietly throw his son on the official road that attracted people's attention, and begged the adult to spare his life! Ask the little boy to spare his life! ”
Yun Jiuji sneered, he was afraid that he would do this unseemly deed?
Lord Xiancheng glanced at the jailer next to him, and the jailer picked up the whip and walked forward, and said viciously: "So you are the only one involved in the kidnapping operation?" ”
Zhang Zhuo nodded, and the jailer lashed at him fiercely, "Lie!" ”