Chapter 26: The Case of Marriage Destruction and Disappearance
"Master Pei, the little girl Fang Yingqiu has been missing for a year, and our husband and wife have been searching for a year, and we still can't see anyone alive or dead!" Fang Qingpei was in tears.
The wife also wiped her tears and couldn't cry, "My family is Yingqiu, where is my poor child......"
Pei Wuyi was puzzled: "Your brother is the prefect of Duanzhou, and the matter of finding people is his responsibility, right?" Why did you come to me? ”
"Master Pei doesn't know, when the little girl disappeared a year ago, my brother had already sent people to pursue it, that ...... Yuan Kun, who made a lifelong agreement with the little girl......"
"Private for life?" Yu Qingfeng smiled bitterly, there was no freedom of marriage in ancient times, and feudal parents all took pleasure in beating mandarin ducks?
Fang Qingpei didn't care about being embarrassed, and continued to tell:
"Indeed, Yingqiu had a marriage contract at that time, and it was his brother who made the matchmaker and married Yingqiu Xu to the son of General Cai, the leader of the Duanzhou garrison, Cai Shaoshuai. But my family Yingqiu loves piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and does not want to marry a military general. ”
"So this Yuan Kun is a talented scholar who reads poetry and books?" Yu Qingfeng remembered the fox fairy script, and guessed that this Fang Yingqiu was likely to have also gone to Canglian Mountain to find the fox fairy to make a wish.
"Alas, yes, this Yuan Kun is from Qianying County, and he is determined to gain fame, and I also went to the master to ask Yuan Kun how his homework is, and the master said bluntly that there is no hope at all. Ke Yingqiu was stubborn, and concluded that Yuan Kun was a talented man, and he would rather die than marry Cai Shaoshuai. ”
"Your brother Lord Fang is very embarrassed as a matchmaker, right?" Pei Wuyi asked knowingly.
"Embarrassed? My brother is busy with government affairs, and he has no time to care about these things, so he only pushes the problem to me, saying that Yingqiu is just a cloth cloth, and he pulls the line out of good intentions to find a future general for her to be a husband. ”
Yu Qingfeng snorted coldly and muttered in a low voice: "Good intentions? Is it the red line of the old matchmaker or the black line of the dark camp? ”
Pei Wuxian covered his mouth and coughed, suggesting that Yu Qingfeng should speak carefully.
Yu Qingfeng realized that she had made the old mistake of not vomiting and telling the truth again, so she bowed her head and said nothing.
Fang Qingpei also heard Yu Qingfeng's words and reacted violently.
"What this girl said is very true! This is exactly what our husband and wife dare not say when they dare to be angry! After my brother learned that Yingqiu was missing, he concluded that Yingqiu had eloped with Yuan Kun, and he had to press this matter and secretly look for someone, saying that he was afraid of ruining Yingqiu's reputation, but in fact, he was worried that General Cai would find out and offend someone who wanted to curry favor. ”
"Secretly looking for someone?" Pei Wuyi smiled helplessly, "Because you have to act in secret, it took a year of unsuccessful search for someone before you thought of coming to me for help?" ”
"Yes, my brother announced to the public that Yingqiu was ill and delayed the marriage, and only sent a few people to follow Yuan Kun outside. Ten months ago, they finally found Yuan Kun. Yuan Kun had already escaped from Duanzhou, and when he was caught, he was alone. Yuan Kun refused to admit that he eloped with Yingqiu, only saying that he escaped because he knew that Yingqiu was missing, and my brother thought that he had eloped and would not go all out to find someone, he would go to the capital to report to the official to find someone. In the end, the elder brother imprisoned Yuan Kun in a secret room and tortured Yingqiu's whereabouts, until Yuan Kun was tortured to death, but he couldn't say where Yingqiu was. ”
"If he can't say what he was tortured to death, he naturally doesn't know it. This Yuan Kun is also wronged. Pei Wuyi sighed and shook his head.
Where does Fang Qingpei have the kung fu to care whether Yuan Kun is wronged, he is full of his own daughter, and his wife kowtows three times in a row.
"Our husband and wife implore Master Pei to make the decision for us and look for Yingqiu."
If they make the decision for them, they will inevitably offend Fang Qingxuan, and it is no wonder that the couple wants to seek help from Pei Wuxian.
First, Pei Wuxian came to review the Yang family's extermination case, which had already offended Fang Qingxuan; Second, only Pei Wuyi dared to offend Fang Qingxuan.
"Okay, this official promises you, if you want to see people in life and corpses in death, you will definitely find Fang Yingqiu for you." Pei Wuxian almost didn't hesitate, and easily agreed.
Yu Qingfeng was surprised, this Pei Wuxian agreed so easily, is it because he is sure? Is it because he is already ahead of himself and has found the clues?
"Did Fang Yingqiu mention the legend of the fox fairy?" Yu Qingfeng was not to be left behind and wanted to collect as much information as possible.
Fang's wife suddenly thought of something, and was the first to answer: "Yingqiu didn't mention it, but a few months after Yingqiu disappeared, I learned that there is such a legend in Qianying County, so I guess that maybe Yingqiu really went to Canglian Mountain, so I asked Lord Fang to send someone up the mountain to find people." However, in order to prevent leakage of news, Master Fang only sent ten people to search the mountain for a day. ”
"At that time, it was already a few months, and even if it was a complete search of the mountain, I am afraid it would be too late." Pei Wuyi said thoughtfully.
Fang Qingpei and his wife kowtowed, and said a lot of words of gratitude.
Pei Wuyi handed over the couple to the Sun Mansion for reception, and retreated from the side hall.
"Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, their daughter has been lost for a year, and her life and death are uncertain," Yu Qingfeng muttered behind Pei Wunu, "This old couple instinctively believes that Fang Yingqiu is still alive, so they directly ignore your sentence of 'death to see the corpse'." ”
Pei Wuyi sighed: "I thought there was only one case of the Yang family's annihilation, but I didn't expect that there would be a complicated case, and there was another case of marriage destruction and disappearance, and these two cases are still Fang Qingxuan's responsibility." ”
"Both cases are related to the legend of the fox fairy, and they must be inseparable."
Yu Qingfeng always felt that she was separated from the truth by a layer of window paper, but no matter how she reached out and poked it, she poked the air.
"The case of destroying the door is not bad, it's only been half a month, this Fang Yingqiu has been missing for a year, I'm afraid it's really too late."
Pei Wuyi's meaning is very clear, and he is very unoptimistic about the question of whether Fang Yingqiu is still alive.
Yu Qingfeng would rather believe that Fang Yingqiu is still alive, she has changed her name and surname to start a new life, and she does not go home because she is afraid that she will be forced to marry Cai Shaoshuai after returning home. She didn't know that Yuan Kun was dead, and she was still secretly looking for a lover.
But on second thought, since you want to play missing, why not elope? Could it be that Fang Yingqiu has really encountered an accident? Is it really too late to save people at this time?
"It's too late, it's too late." Yu Qingfeng groaned.
Wait a minute, it's too late, it's too late, why would she care so much about the word?
One of the suspense drama routines: What inspires the protagonist to solve the case is often a casual word from the people around him.
Could it be that the phrase "it's too late" is the key inspiration?
The two returned to the room, but this time they no longer grabbed the only bed, but humbled each other.
"Yu Qingfeng, you go and rest for a while."
"No, Master Pei, you are an adult, and you should go to bed."
Both of them sat at the table, standing still, and everyone knew that no matter who slept alone in the bed at this time, they would fall asleep in seconds. If you fall asleep, you can't think, and you will let the other party explore the mystery first.
Between looking at each other, the two tacitly agreed: Fang Yingqiu disappeared a year ago, and a fox fairy script appeared a year ago, and the legend of the fox fairy began to prevail. This is definitely not a coincidence.
Fang Yingqiu's disappearance case is definitely an important clue, and it is already a sprint stage at this time, and every second counts.
Unconsciously, as the time approached, Lian Shurong and Lin Ming knocked on the door.
"Isn't it? You two just sit like this, until now? Lian Shurong saw that the two of them each had a pair of dark circles under their eyes, obviously tired, but they were still sitting upright, and his face was full of puzzlement.
Lin Ming breathed a sigh of relief and proposed, "I'll ask the housekeeper to prepare another room tonight." ”
The four of them sat around the table, waiting for the guards who were monitoring Yang Siwan to report on the movements of Yang Siwan and her cronies.
The bell and drum tower came to tell the time, and the unitary time had arrived.
Hurried footsteps were heard outside the open door, and the guards walked quickly to the door and bent down to salute.
"The three adults, since Miss Yu left until the time of You, the Yang family has been resting in the house, and the maid is guarding the door, and there is no movement."
The four looked at each other.