When the time came to the beginning of the year, the two county officials took Shen Lao to identify the identity of the monk.

Xu Zhen did not follow, but found the housekeeper Lao Wang and asked in detail about the details of the Song family's son-in-law and young lady being tied up.

"That's the problem!" Steward Wang said excitedly, "I have already told my lord that I will send Cheng to arrest the shopkeeper and the clerk for interrogation, but I am afraid that I will ...... I'm afraid they'll run away long ago......"

It turned out that Mrs. Song and her entourage had left her sister's house in Daguancheng three days ago and returned to Yanping County.

As before, they chose to set off early in the morning, so that they could travel for a day and return to the county office before the sun set.

At noon that day, they passed by a small town called Skinny Willow, and found a restaurant in the town to make a point, and ordered a few bowls of noodles and some side dishes.

But when they had eaten enough, they had just left the town, and they all felt inexplicably dizzy, and then they were all unconscious!

When they woke up again, they found themselves tied up in an abandoned ruined temple, unable to move, and their mouths were blocked and they could barely speak.

According to the housekeeper, there was a stone platform in the center of the ruined temple, and the men and women were tied on both sides of the stone platform, so they didn't know if there was anyone missing at that time.

They struggled there for two days and two nights before a strong servant broke free from the ropes and freed them all.

As a result, after checking the number of people, they found that the young master and the young lady were missing, and Mrs. Song was frightened on the spot, and she didn't care about the cold and hunger, so she hurriedly asked everyone to look around.

Everyone soon found out that their carriage, luggage, and belongings were all there, but there were three more pieces of parchment with blood written on them!

Although the parchment was not a ransom letter, Steward Wang still realized that the young master and young lady might have been kidnapped.

So, he took the blood book and hurried back to the county government to report, while Mrs. Song continued to search the nearby area with other maids and servants.

In the end, they did not find the whereabouts of Childe and Miss, and Mrs. Song had to give up the search and return in vain......

"There is no doubt about it," said Steward Wang, "they must have poisoned the noodle soup, for all of us have eaten the noodles there, but only Madame Song is eating them." ”

It's useless.

Xu Zhen said in his heart that it must have nothing to do with the hotel, because it was impossible for them to know which restaurant Mrs. Song and her party were going to eat.

What if they carry dry food with them and don't eat in the town at all?

Therefore, the kidnappers must have followed them a long time ago, and when they saw them eating in a restaurant, they secretly drugged them.

"Steward Wang," Xu Zhen asked, "How many people are there in Mrs. Song's party?" ”

"Nine," replied the butler, "Mrs. Song, her son, her young lady, two maids, a coachman, and then me and two housekeepers." ”

"How many carriages, how many horses?" Xu Zhen asked again.

"One carriage, four horses," replied the butler, "the carriage is two horses, and I sit with the coachman, and in the carriage are the ladies and the Song son, and the two family members each ride one." ”

Oh......

Xu Zhen secretly analyzed, estimating that the number of kidnappers would not be too much, maybe two people could complete it.

The means of transportation that transported the nine unconscious people to the ruined temple should have been Mrs. Song's own carriage and horses.

"Then ......," Xu Zhen said, "the broken temple won't be too far from where you're unconscious, right?" ”

"Yes," Steward Wang nodded, "it's less than a mile from the road, it's a wild forest, and there is no one at all." ”

"One last thing," Xu Zhen said, "who is the family member who broke the rope?" ”

"Little Tiger." The butler replied.

"Alright," Xu Zhen gestured, "I don't have a problem." ”

"Huh?" Steward Wang wondered, "This is the end?" You...... Aren't you going to send someone to arrest the people from that restaurant? ”

"I'm just in charge of the investigation," Xu Zhen said, "but I don't have the right to order ......."

"No, you have the right!"

Who knows, Song Zhili's voice came from outside the door, and he looked back, but saw that the two county officials and Shen Lao had already returned.

Xu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Xu Zhenna," Chen Houlu said: "Shen Lao has confirmed that the monk is Qi Erlang Qi Yunzheng!" The whole case is exactly what we think. ”

"Oh......" Xu Zhen realized.

"Xu Zhen," Song Zhili came to Xu Zhen and said, "I'm afraid that Cheng Zhutou is not competent now, I have decided, this case will be handed over to you to handle with full authority!" There is a text and tolerance, but I will leave it all to you......"

When he spoke, Song Zhili almost brought out a crying voice, which was moving.

"This ......" Xu Zhen quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and then said, "Lord Song, do your best!" ”

"Okay," Song Zhili said excitedly, "As long as you can help me rescue Youwen Yourong, in the future, you can do whatever you want me Song Zhili to do......"

"Adults are serious, words ......are serious" Xu Zhen hurriedly said politely, but he felt inexplicably ironic in his heart, because he remembered the Dongyousan who came to assassinate him.

Next, several people sat down in the inner hall again and began to discuss countermeasures.

The world is mysterious.

For some reason, although he hated Xu Zhen before, when Xu Zhen joined, Song Zhili felt an unprecedented sense of security.

Sure enough, Xu Zhen was thoughtful and logical, and soon simplified the complex events and divided them into several tasks, so that everyone could take their own responsibilities.

First of all, the most important point is to do our best to find the whereabouts of the son and the young lady, and to send people to secretly search, inquire in many ways, and not relax for a moment.

Secondly, Song Zhili must stabilize Sima Xin and Cai Jin, continue to deal with Qiu Batian's case, and close the case as soon as possible. The Ghost Face Killer must not be known to these two people, otherwise if they intervene, they will inevitably disrupt the plan and do more harm than good.

Then, Chen Houlu was in charge of secrecy, and from now on, he summoned all the personnel of the county government and asked them not to mention anything about the ghost face killer and keep it absolutely confidential.

And the last item is to concentrate on finding the monk's accomplices and investigating the truth of the ghost face murder case......

In this way, the entire yamen was finally mobilized, and Chen Houlu first held a confidential meeting for all the personnel.

Then Song Zhili announced in public that Xu Zhen would temporarily take over the arrest house instead of Cheng Xiao, and had full authority to command the case, requiring everyone to obey Xu Zhen's command, and violators would be severely punished.

As soon as this news was announced, all the people were dumbfounded, only the tiger girl Shen Yu applauded excitedly.

After the meeting ended, all the catchers returned to the capture room to gather, and Xu Zhen began to assign tasks.

Song Zhili was worried that the catchers would not buy Xu Zhen's account, so he deliberately came over to listen.

In this way, which of the fast catchers dared to slack off, they all stood upright and accepted the tasks happily.

Xu Zhen was also prepared, the task was assigned in an orderly manner, and he had to convince the crowd, and Song Zhili also nodded again and again.

After the distribution, the catchers immediately got busy.

Xu Zhen only left two people by his side, one was the tiger girl Shen Yu, and the other was the little catcher Fu Bin.

Shen Yu is a proper person, although Fu Bin is not, he can make up for some of the shortcomings of the tiger girl a little.

After the catchers broke up the meeting, Xu Zhengang wanted to take Shen Yu and Fu Bin to transfer the file, but was suddenly pulled aside by Shen Lao's catcher.

Broken!

Seeing the gloomy and majestic face of Shen Lao's catcher, Xu Zhen seemed to have a premonition that what he was going to talk about next might have nothing to do with the case......

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