Chapter Twenty-Six: Zhan Xinglan Disappears
"Yuan Mingzhe is looking for trouble with Zhan Niangzi, I have to take a look."
When he heard that he was about to leave, Qin Dai stopped him.
"Don't worry, King Ling has already taken care of her before you. With the presence of the prince of the dynasty, Yuan Mingzhe did not dare to be presumptuous. I heard that Yuan Mingzhe and the dozen or so troublemakers he brought with him were all seriously injured, presumably from the hands of King Ling. The night is getting darker, and it's useless for Zhuo Langjun to go, so let's go back to the inn quickly. β
Qin Dai's words were like a needle piercing Wen Renzhuo's heart.
King Ling is the prince of the cold country.
Here, King Ling was far more capable of protecting Zhan Xinglan than him.
"I hit it off at first sight, even as friends, I have to visit it in person."
"Does Lang Jun really only regard her as a friend?"
Qin Dai asked with some excitement and jealousy.
She has been by Wen Renzhuo's side for more than ten years and knows him best.
Wen Zhu is casual and free when he is a child, unrestrained, and never stops chasing freedom for anyone or anything.
It turned out that he would only stay in the capital for two or three days, and then go shopping.
But since he met Zhan Xinglan in Xiaochunfeng, he refused to leave under various excuses.
Qin Dai could see that he had different feelings about Zhan Xinglan.
"As you said, she is a citizen of the cold country, and I can only be friends with her."
It seems to be saying it to Qin Dai, and it seems to be saying it to yourself.
He took a deep breath and continued, "Anyway, let me see her one last time." As long as I see that she is safe and sound, I will leave the capital with you, and never set foot in it. β
Qin Dai looked at his clear eyes and let go of his arm.
"Okay."
Wen Renzhuo's figure disappeared into the vast night.
Qin Dai had an extremely strong premonition that His Royal Highness the Seventh would probably not leave so easily.
The Ming Mansion closed the door, and after thinking about it again and again, he still felt that it was better to go through the back door.
His identity is embarrassing, and if Ming Guogong knows about it, he must be on guard against him.
Anyway, I'm leaving, so it's okay to be the villain who just climbed over the wall and entered the house this time.
He slipped along the courtyard wall to the back door of the Ming State Mansion.
Just as he was about to flip in, he heard a squeak.
He turned his head to see that the back door was open.
If you look closer, you can see that the latch has been pried off.
Apparently someone had forced their way in from the outside.
Wen Renzhuo immediately raised his vigilance and crept in through the back door.
But the Ming Mansion was so big that he didn't know where Zhan Xinglan lived.
At this time, a pair of little maids came under the porch.
The two whispered as they walked.
Wen Renzhuo immediately jumped under the porch, he was dressed in black, and it was at night, no one would find him if he didn't look carefully.
"The third lady is really pitiful, she was scratched by a blind bear a while ago, and today she was hit with a stick, and the good daughter is already scarred before she leaves the cabinet."
"It's not, but the third lady is really powerful, and one person beat more than a dozen men to the ground and couldn't stand up. If only I could be as powerful as the third lady. β
"You, just think about it. We're going to deliver supper to the third lady, let's go quickly. β
The two little maids walked farther and farther, and they couldn't hear what was said behind them.
Wen Renzhuo immediately followed them from a distance.
The Ming Mansion was tortuous, and he almost lost it several times.
Finally arrived in front of Wangshu Pavilion, and the two maids had already entered with food.
Wen Renzhuo planned to wait for them to come out and then quietly go in.
But before he could stand still, he heard a piercing and shrill scream from the attic.
After a while, the two maids ran out in horror.
They shouted in panic, "Come on! The three ladies are missing! β
What!
Zhan Xinglan is missing!
Wen Renzhuo remembered the door latch that had been pried, and had a bad guess in his heart.
He took advantage of the darkness of the night and the chaos of the Ming Kingdom Mansion to escape out.
The top priority at the moment is to find Zhan Xinglan as soon as possible, who knows what the gangsters are planning.
But looking at such a wide street, he could only go back and forth like a headless fly.
The capital is so big, and I don't know where the gangsters tied Zhan Xinglan.
He was a newcomer and was not familiar with the terrain of the capital at all.
With his strength alone, I am afraid that when he finds Zhan Xinglan, the daylily will be cold.
Suddenly, a man's face flashed through his mind.
Maybe that person can help find it together.
He made up his mind and ran wildly.
Fortunately, the Mingguo Mansion and the Lingwang Mansion are not very far away, and a cup of tea will arrive.
"King Ling!"
Wen Renzhuo rushed forward regardless of it, but was stopped by two guards at the door with swords in his chest.
"Who are you? What a crime should you be guilty of daring to break into the Lingwang Mansion! β
The guards were dressed in armor and fierce spirits, and their two swords stood crossed, with a tough attitude and no concessions.
"Human life is at stake, I'm sorry!"
Hearing this, he went crazy and threw his fists at the two guards.
After two or three blows, the guards fell to the ground.
He didn't dare to delay for a moment, and was about to push the door in, but who knew that the door opened by itself.
In the next second, Bailimo's sword had already pressed against Wen Renzhuo's Adam's apple.
The guards behind Baili Mo immediately rushed out and tied up Wen Ren and escorted him to Fu Xuanlin.
In the front hall, Bai Limo arched his hand towards Fu Xuanlin and said, "Lord Wang, this person injured the guard guarding the door, and threatened to see you." β
Fu Xuanlin recognized Wen Renzhuo at a glance.
"Takoro-kun?"
Wen Renzhuo was not angry at tying him up, and he didn't talk too much nonsense, so he hurriedly said: "King Ling, Zhan Niangzi is missing." β
"What did you say!"
Fu Xuanlin was not calm immediately, and immediately ordered Baili Mo to loosen the tie for Wen Ren.
After a while, Wen Renzhuo told Fu Xuanlin about tonight's events as it was, and then bowed to Fu Xuanlin with the etiquette of the Central Plains.
"King Ling, the life and death of Zhan Niangzi is uncertain, I am a civilian, my civilian ability is meager, if King Ling can rescue Zhan Niangzi, people will be grateful."
Fu Xuanlin knew the identity of Wen Renzhuo.
He is the seventh highness of the Dun Li Kingdom, and his status is also extremely noble, but he can salute himself for Zhan Xinglan.
Could it be that Wen Renzhuo fell in love with Zhan Xinglan?
"Don't talk about that, go find someone!"
After that, he put on his robe and ordered a hundred miles of ink to prepare a horse.
By the way, he also asked Baili Mo to prepare a horse for Wen Renzhuo.
Almost all the people and horses of the entire Lingwang Mansion were dispatched.
The two teams headed east and west to track down the suspicious figures.
The rest of the people followed Fu Xuanlin to the Ming State Mansion.
At this moment, the Ming Mansion was already in chaos, and Zhan Bofeng sent the entire Ming Mansion Guard.
Zhan Nanjing and Zhan Mobei also hurried back after Guozi heard that Zhan Xinglan was missing.
Deng Bo hurriedly came to report: "Grandpa Guo, His Royal Highness King Ling has come down." β
As soon as the words fell, Fu Xuanlin and Wen Renzhuo walked into the front hall.
"His Royal Highness King Ling."
The two brothers from the north and south gave a salute to Fu Xuanlin.
"Please. Grandpa Guo, I already know about the disappearance of the third lady, I don't know who has been to Wangshu Pavilion after I left your mansion today? β
Zhan Bofeng seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and his face was sad.
"Since His Royal Highness King Ling left, only the lady of the Qiu family has come to see Lan'er, and there is no one else."
"I wonder if it's convenient for this king to go to the backyard of the house to have a look?"
Zhan Bofeng trembled his hands and made a gesture of please.
The sudden disappearance of his baby daughter hit him really hard, and even his sideburns suddenly grew several gray hairs.
Fu Xuanlin bowed slightly, and walked towards the back door.
The latch of the back door was really pried open as someone said.
He leaned over to check the ground with the fire fold in his hand, and found a sparkling lilac crystal.
Crystals are extremely rare, let alone lilac.
Generally, this kind of luxury is only used by princes, nobles or important ministers of the court.
Ming Guogong is a minister of the humerus, and it is not uncommon to buy a few crystal stones.
But Fu Xuanlin had never seen Zhan Xinglan wearing this kind of crystal jewelry, let alone the three big men of the Zhan family.
If this crystal stone is not Zhan Xinglan's, then it is a gangster's.
He put the crystal away and walked towards the alley that stretched out through the back door.
There are not many people coming to this small alley on weekdays, and the gangsters must have left along this road.
He looked around carefully, and sure enough, he found a clue.
There are footprints of a pair of twine shoes under the wall.
This was because the gangsters stepped on the wet mud after the snow melted and it was preserved.
"The gangster is a man, the footprints are deep and shallow, he may be lame, and he shouldn't be able to go far."
Fu Xuanlin led Wen Renzhuo and a small team of men and horses along the footprints and began to pursue.
It is feasible to go to the big street, but you find that the street is full of mud footprints.
And Zhan Xinglan, who all of them had gone crazy and searched all over the city, was sleeping in a pile of dry grass at the moment.
She twisted her curled up, feeling that the sleeping position was still uncomfortable.
Wrong!
Curled up?
"Am I not lying on my stomach?"
She snapped her eyes open, a bright light stinging her eyes slightly.
I wanted to reach out to cover the light, but I found that my hands were behind my back and firmly tied.
What's going on?
Her eyes gradually adjusted to the brightness of her surroundings.
Looking around, I saw that the floor was covered with dead grass and firewood, and in addition to that, there was a simple wooden table and two wooden chairs.
The air smells of damp earth.
In this case, she must have been kidnapped.
She wondered who had kidnapped her, and her slender fingers were not idle behind her, tinkering with the knots on her wrists for a long time.
But no matter how much she twisted or pulled, the knot did not move.
On the contrary, the back injury was more painful because of her movements.
How many enemies does she have, she has been attacked twice this day.
She lay on her side on the haystack in a dejected manner to ease the wound on her back.
I don't know if anyone has noticed that she's gone.
If she disappeared in the original world, I'm afraid no one cares except her only best friend.
She closed her eyes and thought wildly.
faintly hoped that someone would come to save her, but she didn't dare to speculate.
If, before she died, they still did not find her, then she would have died blindly.
It's better to ask for others than for yourself, or to escape by yourself.
"Big brother, the one in it is the daughter of the Ming family, if the East Window incident happens, the two of us will have a life to earn and spend it."
A man outside the door said timidly.
"Afraid of what? Do you still want to pay off your gambling debts? β
Another man growled.
Zhan Xinglan listened to what the two said.
It turned out that there were two people who kidnapped her, and one of them was a bad gambler.
"But, the employer let us break her body, how can this be done?"
"If you can't make it, you'll find out if you try it."
The man kicked the chair away as he spoke, and walked towards the door menacingly.