Song Yi

Chapter 656 The Rat Hole

Here, Stone led Mingsen to the backyard.

Mingsen whispered, "Have you decided?"

Shi Shi nodded solemnly and said, "I'll leave them to you."

Ming Sen said: "Don't worry, it's just that I'm worried about the Fifth Madam and the Sixth Madam..."

Shi Shi smiled slightly, and said: "They just want to test you, they are actually very good people, don't worry."

Suddenly, Mingsen jumped up to the roof, shouted, and said, "Who is it?"

Shitou said: "Forget it, come down, don't chase after."

Mingsen jumped down and looked around, but he couldn't see anyone.

"Could it be Madam Six?" Ming Sen asked.

Shi Shi smiled and said: "No, the sixth lady's lightness kung fu is not so good, it should be the fifth lady."

Mingsen said: "Then what is she doing with us, is she trying to eavesdrop on your conversation with me?"

Shitou said: "Don't worry about her, she is not something we should guard against, let's go, I still have a lot of things to explain to you."

"Yes."

Du Wenhao saw that Shitou led Mingsen away, so he asked everyone to disperse, and went for a walk in the back garden with Lin Qingdai.

"Did Stone find out that we were following him?" Lin Qingdai asked worriedly.

Du Wenhao said: "It's not impossible."

Lin Qingdai said: "Wen Hao, why did you agree to keep that Mingsen?"

Du Wenhao glanced at Lin Qingdai and said, "Do you think his skill is above yours or below yours?"

Lin Qingdai shook her head and said, "It's hard to say, but it must be above Ke Yao, and it's effortless."

Du Wenhao said: "I left Na Mingsen because I didn't want Shi Shi to be suspicious. Besides, it's not clear whether it's an enemy or a friend. Shi Shi hasn't made any trouble in the past few days. He wants to leave suddenly. action?"

Lin Qingdai: "Well, let me go with him and see who he associates with and what kind of activities he is going to do?"

Du Wenhao said: "Forget it, if he really guessed that we suspected him, then it would be futile to follow him. Either you will return without success, or you will scare the snake after being exposed, so there is no need."

Lin Qingdai was not convinced, and said: "I saw that Mingsen was really arrogant. When Ke Yao stepped forward, he didn't even move his fingers. I don't like that kind of self-righteous big man the most."

Du Wenhao smiled, and comforted him: "Okay, don't be angry anymore, now Wang Shiba's son is at least under our control, and we can't control so much about other things."

Lin Qingdai smiled slyly, and said: "I have a good idea." After speaking, she leaned into Du Wenhao's ear and whispered a few words, Du Wenhao burst out laughing.

Lin Qingdai was puzzled and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Du Wenhao waved his hand and said, "You think it's a child playing house, don't think about anything, just stay at home with peace of mind."

Lin Qingdai pursed her mouth, with a reluctant expression on her face, Du Wenhao held her in his arms, and coaxed her in a loud voice: "Okay, what to do if we think so much, we are too busy, if we don't Thinking, how could so many things happen? No matter who the stone is, he didn't harm us, don't you think?"

Lin Qingdai sighed and was about to speak when suddenly she saw Yingzi running over crying.

"Master, it's not good, it's not good!"

Du Wenhao frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

Yingzi said: "The young master is gone!"

Du Wenhao's mind buzzed, and he said, "What did you say?"

Yingzi glanced at Du Wenhao timidly, took a step back, and said in a low voice, "It's all because of the servant girl."

Lin Qingdai said eagerly: "Wen Hao, don't worry, wait for Yingzi to finish."

Yingzi cried and said: "After dinner, the young master thought the house was too hot and refused to enter the house. Cuilian's family had something to do and came home. The eldest lady asked me to take the young master to play at the door for a while, and I took the young master to sit at the gate. Suddenly, there was a man who bought wild fruits, and the young master wanted to eat them. I didn’t bring any money, so I asked Zisu to wait at the door with the young master in his arms. When I came out, both Zisu and the young master were gone.”

Du Wenhao walked out the door and asked, "Did you tell Shishi?"

Yingzi said: "I told you, butler and steward Ming have already sent people out to look for it."

Du Wenhao said: "Does Qin'er know?"

Yingzi nodded, and said with difficulty: "Just let the master go and see, he has passed out."

Du Wenhao said angrily: "Confused!" As he spoke, he walked directly towards Pang Yuqin's yard.

Lin Qingdai chased after her and said, "Wen Hao, go to Da Furen's place, I'll go out and look for it first."

Du Wenhao nodded, and Lin Qingdai walked out quickly.

When Du Wenhao came to Pang Yuqin's room, her two maids, Zisu and Ling Xiao, were kneeling on the ground, trembling with fright, Xue Fei'er and Lian'er were watching by, and Pang Yuqin was lying on the bed with a pale face. woke up.

Du Wenhao hurried forward and held Pang Yuqin's hand. He wanted to smile, but found that tears had already come out, so he just grinned and said, "Don't worry, we've already gone out to look for it."

Pang Yuqin pointed at the perilla, trembling and speechless.

Du Wenhao looked at Zisu and said, "Where are you taking the young master?"

Zisu whimpered and said, "Master, the servant should die. The young master wants to eat fruit. I saw that sister Yingzi went in to get the money. The young master was in a hurry, so I took him to choose the fruit and let him stand beside the servant. Who wants to choose well?" fruit, but the young master is nowhere to be seen."

Pang Yuqin was in a hurry and passed out again. Du Wenhao pinched her, and Pang Yuqin burst into tears after a while.

Du Wenhao said: "Then where have you been? Why did Yingzi say that you and the young master were gone when he went out?"

Zisu said: "I was concentrating on picking fruits, when suddenly someone hit me in the back, and I didn't know anything. When I woke up, I found Ling Xiao was by my side."

Ling Xiao said: "Ruoyun and I found Zisu in the back alley, his head was broken and bleeding."

Du Wenhao said to Lian'er and Xue Fei'er: "You are so good at taking care of the eldest lady, I will go out and look for it." After speaking, he stood up, but was suddenly grabbed by Pang Yuqin.

Du Wenhao held back his sadness, forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Pang Yuqin sobbed, "Master, no matter what, you must bring Tianqi back to me, otherwise I won't survive."

Du Wenhao nodded, just as he was leaving, Ke Yao ran over.

Du Wenhao was worried that Pang Yuqin would hear it, so he pulled Ke Yao out of the hospital before asking, "How is it?"

Ke Yao said: "In our place, there are no people at least one mile away, except for Hantou and Qian. So just now Shitou suspected that the fruit seller was a human trafficker, that is, abducted and sold children. Sister Qingdai and Mingsen together Riding a horse, I headed towards the county seat. Shitou took twenty or so guards to the west. Shito asked me to stay at home. I was really anxious. What’s the use of staying at home? Go out and look for it?"

Du Wenhao tried to calm himself down, cleared his mind, and said, "Why did Qingdai go with Mingsen?"

Ke Yao said: "Shitou originally asked Mingsen to go alone, but sister Qingdai insisted on going with him."

Du Wenhao now understood that Lin Qingdai probably followed Mingsen because she was worried about Mingsen, but why Shitou had to let Ke Yao stay at home?
Du Wenhao was helpless, and suddenly the concierge Xiaosi hurried over with a letter and said, "Master, look at the chicken feather letter!"

Du Wenhao saw that there was indeed a chicken feather sticking to the envelope, and Xiaosi explained: "This is a blackmail letter asking for money. Most likely, the young master has been tied up."

Upon hearing this, Ke Yao quickly said, "Wen Hao, quickly open the letter to see how much money you want? I'll send someone to send it right away."

Du Wenhao opened the letter and took a look, only to see a few words written crookedly on it: "Let Du Yunfan prepare 5000 taels of silver, bring the silver with him at Zishi, and hand over the money to the person in Mouse Cave."

Ke Yao was in a hurry, and said: "The time is so short, where can I find 5000 taels of silver, and besides, where is Mouse Cave?"

Xiao Si said: "It's at a place about five miles away. It's not really a cave, it's just a small hillside."

Du Wenhao said: "Little Si, do you know this place?"

Xiao Si quickly said: "Of course the slave knows about it."

Du Wenhao said: "That's good, how much time does Ke Yao have?"

Ke Yao said: "There is still more than an hour."

Du Wenhao said: "Okay, then you stay at home and don't go out, I will take the silver and Xiaosi to exchange for Tianqi."

Ke Yao said: "How can I let you go alone? What if those people go back on their promises?"

Xiao Si said: "Madam Six, don't worry, generally the people who write the chicken hair letters are bandits and road tyrants, but they just want money, and they won't hurt people's lives."

Ke Yao said unhappily: "You are not a bandit road tyrant, how do you know?"

Xiao Si was at a loss for words and didn't know what to answer.

Du Wenhao said to Xiaosi: "Go and prepare two fast horses, and wait for me at the door later."

Xiaosi smiled and backed away.

Du Wenhao looked at Xiaosi's back, wondering what he was thinking, and after a while he said to Ke Yao, "Is Yulan here?"

Ke Yao said: "Yes, look at Tianci from my place."

Du Wenhao said: "Okay, let's go find Yulan now."

Ke Yao was puzzled, and said, "Why are you looking for Yulan?"

Du Wenhao said: "You will know when you go."

The two were about to leave when the stone came back.

Du Wenhao said: "It's just in time for you to come back. I received such a letter, please take a look."

Shi Shi's clothes were wet with sweat, he took the letter and looked at it, frowned and said, "Only the black hair of the mouse hole can write chicken feather letters, why? Could it be that he has started this kind of business too?" ?”

Du Wenhao said: "Why, do you know the person who wrote the letter?"

Shi Shi said: "There is a rat hole five miles away, and there is a man named Hei Mao who does black market business over there. Everyone in the world knows that if he wants to find someone, he will naturally use this kind of chicken hair letter, but this man is already in the golden basin. Washing hands for decades, how could...?"

Du Wenhao said: "I don't have time to think about it, I'll take Xiao Si and go quickly."

Shi Shi said: "Master, I think it's better to let me go with you. If it is really black hair, then things will be easy."

Du Wenhao thought for a while and said, "That's fine, but you can't go with me like this."

Shi Shi didn't understand, Du Wenhao said: "Go, let's talk as we walk."

Shitou said: "This person is so strange, he seems to have calculated the time so that we don't let us think about it, why did he snatch him away at this time, and then really wanted to know that we all took him out, so he sent the letter to In the hands of the master, fortunately, I was worried that the sixth lady would not be at ease and insisted on going out, and no one in the family would come back, and it would be even more troublesome if someone made a fuss, so I came back first."

Only then did Du Wenhao understand that Shitou asked Ke Yao to stay at home because he was worried that someone who was not the real kid would make a fuss, so Shitou should not be an accomplice.

The three of them hurried towards Ke Yao's yard.

An hour later, Xiaosi led two horses and stood outside the door anxiously waiting. Seeing Du Wenhao and Lian'er came out, he said: "Master, hurry up, or it will be too late."

Du Wenhao said: "Didn't you say that Bandit Road Bully is only greedy for money and won't hurt people's lives?"

Xiaosi said awkwardly: "The servant is only worried about the safety of the young master." Then seeing Du Wenhao's hands were empty, he said: "Master, where is your money?"

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "With so much money, I naturally took the money."

Xiao Si breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That's the best, that's the best."

Du Wenhao said: "Go and lead another horse, the sixth lady will go with us."

Xiaosi heard it and said: "Ah, don't go, the third lady, you don't know kung fu, son, you are a woman, and it's a night trip, and before the housekeeper left, didn't the housekeeper tell you not to let the sixth lady go? "

Lian'er didn't say a word, and got on the horse directly, Xiaosi had no choice but to go to the backyard to bring another horse, and the three of them galloped away, when a person came out from the door, this person was Ke Yao .

Ke Yao called the servant at the porter and asked, "Who is in charge tonight?"

The servant replied: "It's a slave."

Ke Yao said, "Then what is Xiao Si doing here?"

The servant said: "The slave doesn't know either, it's not his class today, he should go back after noon, who knows, he probably has no money to gamble, he's just bored."

Ke Yao said: "What? Little Four has the habit of gambling?"

The servants dare not speak.

Seeing this, Ke Yao said softly, "You can rest assured to tell me, I will naturally not ask him, nor will I tell Butler Ming."

After hearing this, the servant whispered: "Xiaosi is a veritable gambler, yesterday he was yelling in front of the servants that he owed a lot of money to the casino, and if he still fails to pay, the casino will chop his hands and feet." gone."

Ke Yao showed a smile, and said: "A few days ago, I heard Shitou said that he borrowed a new gown for Xiao Si. Before the young master lost it, he also asked Xiao Si to bring it back. He will bring it back before dawn tomorrow. I'm afraid I don't have time to get it now, do you know where Xiao Si lives?"

The servant said: "The slave and Xiao Si are not far away, if the sixth lady wants the slave to help with the gown, the slave will go right here."

Ke Yao said: "Then you go, isn't it far away?"

The servant said: "Don't worry, aren't there two concierges every night? I'll ask the other person to watch carefully, and the kung fu servant who can burn an incense stick at most will come back."

Ke Yao said: "Okay, then you go and come back quickly."

After listening, the servants went out.

Ke Yao watched the man walk out the door, and followed him when he was not prepared.

rat hole.

It was really the same as what Xiao Si said, but it was just a small hillside, you can see it after walking a little while away from the official road.

Xiaosi walked in the front, Du Wenhao and Shitou followed closely behind, but Xiaosi didn't know that the person behind was Shitou, and thought it was the third lady who was powerless.

Arriving in front of a ruined temple, Xiaosi got off his horse, lit a torch, and said, "Master, Third Madam, we're here."

The moonlight is not very good, as if covered with a layer of veil, the earth is gray.

Du Wenhao said: "Haha, this person is going to choose a date. It's best to do some stealthy things in this kind of night."

Xiao Si said: "Master, the time is up soon, I'll go see if there is anyone nearby."

Du Wenhao hummed, and Xiao Si quickly got into the ruined temple, and came out again soon, saying: "These people are not lying, are they? Why haven't you seen anyone yet? Come on, master, you and the third lady first Drink some water, you must be thirsty after running so far."

"Lian'er" didn't speak, just shook his head, Du Wenhao said: "Drink, since we are here, we will wait in peace." After speaking, he walked to the side of the stone, and said in a low voice : "Take it with water." Immediately afterwards, there was something like a pill in Shi Shi's hand.

Du Wenhao said to Xiaosi: "You go and have a look again, the third lady is convenient, you go farther away."

Xiao Si listened: "Master, you drink the water first, I just saw a river not far away, I will fetch some more."

Du Wenhao glanced at Shi Shi, saw that he took the pill and water together, then drank it himself, handed the water bottle to Xiao Si, who smiled and left.

Du Wenhao saw that Xiao Si had left, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what kind of medicine this is?"

Shi Shi said: "Mongolian medicine, this kid really has a problem, I don't know what's going on with Mrs. Six."

Du Wenhao said: "Since it's sweat medicine, shouldn't we..." After finishing speaking, he lay straight on the ground for a long time, approached the stone and pretended to be a woman, and fell to the side.

After a while, I heard footsteps, walked in front of Du Wenhao, groaned twice, squatted down and groped on Du Wenhao's body, and said proudly while groping: "Hmph, with your Mr. It's my ability, but it can't match my Sun Xiaosi, who am I, hmph, when you and this little beauty wake up, I will have already gone far away, haha, as for your son, if you are smart enough to guess If it's me, then your son can still be saved, if you can't guess, then you can only let him freeze to death in my dilapidated house."

"Damn, where's the bank note?" Xiaosi touched the side up and down, but found nothing, and started to worry, saying: "This Mr. Du, wouldn't he be so stingy that he didn't bring a word when he came out to save his son?" Humph, since this is the case, I can’t come in vain, but fortunately there is still a beautiful woman who is beautiful, hehehehe..." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the stone.

Just when Xiao Si's stinky mouth was about to touch Shi Shi's cheek, Shi Shi finally couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up with a loud drink, and was about to get angry when he heard a thud, but Xiao Sihai didn't realize what was going on, He had already fallen down, and behind him was Du Wenhao holding the water hyacinth and looking at the stone with a smile.

Shi Shi ruthlessly kicked Xiao Si's body, and said, "You shameless person, be careful I'll bite you to death."

Du Wenhao laughed and said, "Let's go, let's take him back to the city quickly."

After finishing speaking, Shitou threw Xiao Si behind his horse, then got on the horse and took the rein of the horse, and followed Du Wenhao and the two of them quickly on the way back to the city.

Walking halfway, he heard the sound of horseshoes approaching from a distance, Shitou said, "It's Mingsen."

Du Wenhao didn't speak, but thought in his heart, you are not so familiar that you can even hear the sound of a person riding a horse, right?
Sure enough, Mingsen came galloping alone on a horse.

Du Wenhao said: "Where is the fifth lady?"

Mingsen said: "The little one and the fifth lady didn't find it when they entered the city, and asked a few dealers who often sell people in the black market, and they all said no, so we had no choice but to come back, go home, and listen to the servants saying that you, my lord, After receiving the Chicken Feather Letter, I took Xiaosi and the third wife to the Mouse Cave, the little one was worried, so he rushed over without stopping, why Xiaosi..."

Du Wenhao knew that Mingsen didn't recognize the stone. Originally, the stone was so much taller and burly than Lian'er. Except for Yirong, if an acquaintance looked carefully, he could still see the clue, but the sky was too dark, and everyone They were all in a hurry, so even Xiao Si didn't find out.

Shi Shi didn't speak, so Du Wenhao said: "The thief is Xiao Si, let's go back to the city to save the child, the child is at their home."

Mingsen said: "How about this, you and the third lady take your time, and Mingsen will rush to have a look first."

Du Wenhao agreed without saying anything, and Mingsen quickly disappeared into the night.

Du Wenhao asked, "Why didn't you tell your brother Mingsen?"

Shitou said: "Why bother? Besides, I promised you not to let one more person know about this matter, which naturally includes Mingsen."

Du Wenhao tentatively asked, "Isn't it even a brother?"

Shitou nodded and said, "That's natural."

Du Wenhao believed more and more that the person in front of him was the mighty general Shi Chi that Lin Qingdai had mentioned.

The two still followed Mingsen all the way into the city, and found Xiaosi's house, but found that no one was there, and Mingsen was waiting there anxiously.

"Master, what should we do?"

Du Wenhao entered the room to have a look, and suddenly found a Juanpa nailed with a dagger to the pillar in the center of the room. When he got closer, he smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry, let's go home, the young master has already returned." home."

Mingsen was puzzled and said, "Why?"

Du Wenhao pointed to the Juanpa on the pillar, and said: "The sixth lady has already taken the young master away first."

Only then did Ming Sen understand, and said, "Oh, that's good, I really frightened the little one, I wonder if Big Brother Shishi has gone back?"

Du Wenhao glanced at Shi Shi, Shi Shi didn't speak, stood in the dark, saw them coming out, and got on his horse first, Du Wenhao knew that he had to go back to find Murong Yulan, so he said: "Lian'er, you go back first Look, Mingsen and I will come back with Xiao Si."

Shitou nodded, rode his horse and swung his whip away.

Ming Sen said: "Master, I heard from Big Brother Shitou that only the Fifth Madam and the Sixth Madam are good at fisting and kicking. If you didn't bring the Sixth Madam with you, why did you bring the Third Madam out?"

Du Wenhao said: "Didn't you want to deceive Xiaosi on purpose? Let him know that I will bring someone who can't punch, and he will be at ease." After speaking, he secretly laughed in his heart, this stone is really cute, and he forgot to show it in front of others at critical times. Saying that he doesn't know kung fu anymore, and rushing to go with him, isn't he worried that he will find out that he knows kung fu, maybe even better than this Mingsen.

(End of this chapter)