Hou Qinglan saw that the business of her fat powder shop had improved, and felt that this was the credit for her and Zhen Jian to go to the Qinglou to promote perfume, so she was even more happy, and every evening, she went to find Zhen Jian, and then went to the Qinglou together.
If it was placed in the past, Hou Chongwen would definitely not have been able to let Hou Qinglan go out every day to show his face, but now he has a ghost in his heart, he deliberately avoided Hou Qinglan, wanted to care about her, but he didn't dare to face her, and he was a little relieved to learn that Hou Qinglan was going to play with Zhen Jian, after all, Zhen Jian is an acquaintance now, and from the current point of view, he thinks Zhen Jian is still quite reliable.
But if he knew that Zhen Jian took Hou Qinglan to the Qinglou, I don't know if he would be furious.
I went to the Qinglou for many days in a row, Zhen Jian also felt bored, and had already lost the freshness of the original, just today came the good news, Zeng Liang Qiuqiu was selected, won the lift, and he was going to the capital in two days to prepare for the trial, Zhen Jian decided to put wine to celebrate Zeng Liang, the time was set for tonight, and today I will not go to the Qinglou to promote perfume, just tonight I invited some rich businessmen who knew in the city to come over, meet the new master of Juren (Zeng Ling), and at the same time give them some perfume, which is also a good promotion effect, among these rich merchants, Which one is not three wives and four concubines, and the wives and concubines of these wealthy businessmen buy perfume, and it must be called a generous shot, and he feels that the promotion effect is definitely better than going to the Qinglou to promote.
Hou Qinglan came happily, but Zhen Jian said that she would not go to the Qinglou, Hou Qinglan couldn't help but be disappointed, she hadn't had enough fun, so she asked Zhen Jian for more than a dozen bottles of perfume and decided to go to the Qinglou alone.
Zhen Laosi, who was secretly watching, found this excellent opportunity, and immediately dispatched, knocked Hou Qinglan unconscious with a stick when he passed by an alley, stuffed her mouth with a cloth, blindfolded, and put her in a sack, and then Zhen Laosi began to give orders: "I'll send a letter, Zhang Hu, Chen Dahei, you two send her out of the city quickly, and wait for us in the mountain temple on Heisongpo ten miles west of the city, Zhang Li, you go to the vicinity of the official mansion to keep an eye on, if Zhen Jian and they go to report to the official, you immediately ride to Heisongpo to inform us." ” "Yes!"
The three of them responded in unison, Chen Dahei and Zhang Hu immediately rushed out of the alley with sacks, while Zhang Zhang ran in the direction of the official mansion.
After Zhen Laosi walked out of the alley, he found a toy stall and bought a mask for a child to play with, and bought a string of sugar gourds, and then walked all the way to Zhen Jian's house.
When he arrived near Zhen Jian's house, he saw a few seven or eight-year-old children playing there, Zhen Laosi stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Little babies, which of you want to eat sugar gourds?"
” "I ......" several children shouted in unison, the children liked these grimace toys and sugar gourds the most, and Zhen Laosi had a grimace toy and a sugar gourd, of course these children came over.
Zhen Laosi found a child who looked the most clever, squatted down, and said, "Xiaowa, you help me send a letter to that house, and when I come back, I will give you a sugar gourd."
He said and shook the sugar gourd in front of him.
The child was very happy when he heard this, and hurriedly nodded vigorously: "Hmm." ” Zhen Laosi handed the letter to the child and said, "You send it over, hand it over to the gatekeeper, and tell him that this is a letter to your master, it's okay, remember." ” The child nodded: "Remember, this is a letter to your master." ” "That's smart."
Zhen Laosi praised with a smile, handed the letter to him, and said, "Go and send it, I'm watching you here, and when you come back, I'll give you a sugar gourd." ” "Okay."
The child hurriedly ran towards the door of Zhen Jian's house.
Zhen Jianjia held a wine today to celebrate Zeng Liangzhongju, because it was not too late, only two or three guests came, and the banquet was also being prepared, and the door was open, ready to wait for guests at any time.
The child came to the door with the letter, and the porter Lao Li quickly stopped him and asked, "Where did the little doll come from?"
Don't mess around. ” The child held up the letter and said, "This is a letter to the master of your house." ” "A letter to our master?"
Lao Li took the letter suspiciously, and the envelope was blank, but considering that it was a letter to Zhen Jian, he didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly asked a newly recruited porter, Xiao Zhou, to send it to Zhen Jian.
After the child delivered the letter, he came back happily, Zhen Laosi gave him the sugar gourd, and turned to leave, but he didn't go far, but took off his mask and hid in the corner to observe secretly to see how Zhen Jian would react.
Zhen Jian is chatting with two wealthy businessmen in the living room, Zeng Liang is also present, although Zeng Liang was once extremely down-and-out, but now he is already a man, in this world, although he is not very into the eyes of the government, but in the eyes of those rich businessmen, it is an existence that cannot be lazy, maybe one day the master will become an official.
While chatting, the porter Xiao Zhou suddenly sent him a letter, although Zhen Jian was puzzled, he still took the letter, opened the envelope and looked at it.
As soon as he saw the content of the letter, Zhen Jian was shocked, and exclaimed: "Hou Qinglan was kidnapped?
” Zeng Liang was also shocked when he heard this, and said in a lost voice: "There is such a thing?
” The two wealthy businessmen were also moved when they heard this, and asked in surprise: "Shopkeeper Zhen, who was kidnapped?"
Do you want to report to the police?
” "Don't report to the official!"
Zhen Jian raised his hand and frowned, "The letter said that if it was reported to the official, they would tear up the ticket and kill the hostages." ” "How's that for good?"
Zeng Liang exclaimed anxiously when he heard this.
Zhen Jian frowned and groaned for a moment, arched his hand towards the two wealthy businessmen, and said, "Two, I'm sorry, if something happens suddenly, the juniors may have to lose their company." ” "Shopkeeper Zhen, just go."
The two wealthy businessmen stood up and bowed their hands and said, "Human life is a matter of heaven, and you must not be careless." ” Zeng Liang got up and said, "I'll go with you." ” Zhen Jian waved his hand and said: "Mr.
Zeng, you stay to help entertain the guests, today you are the protagonist, you can't be there if you are not there, wait for other guests to come, please help me explain to them." ” "Good!"
Zeng shook his head.
Zhen Jian didn't say much, turned around and left the living room, rushed to the fat powder shop next door, and asked them, "Where is your young lady?"
” The man replied, "I'm out, and I haven't come back yet." ” "And what about your shopkeeper?"
Zhen Jian asked anxiously.
"I've gone out too, and I haven't come back yet!"
The guy replied.
Zhen Jian frowned now, and took the ransom note and looked at it carefully, this ransom note was made of multiple pieces of paper patchwork and paste, he didn't know why the other party did this, maybe it was to hide his handwriting?
But there was one thing that made him even more puzzled, Hou Qinglan was Hou Chongwen's daughter, why the blackmail letter was delivered to his house, and his name Zhen Jian was written on the letter, which was obviously not a mistake.
The letter asked for five hundred taels of gold, saying that he would not receive the money at the third watch tonight, so he was waiting to collect Hou Qinglan's body, and now there was still more than half an hour before the city gate was closed, and time was running out.
Zhen Jian hurriedly rushed back to the house, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked the porter Lao Li: "Lao Li, who sent this letter." ” Lao Li replied truthfully: "It was sent by a seven or eight-year-old child." ” Zhen Jian frowned when he heard this, the kidnapper did it very carefully, leaving no traces at all, he stood there and thought for a moment with a gloomy face, and finally decided to ransom Hou Qinglan, you can't see death without saving it, although everyone usually hurts each other, but in the past few days, they have gotten along quite well, she is just a little skinny, and everything else is fine.
Zhen Jian returned to his room, moved the desk, below was a wooden plank, uncovered the wooden board, and at the bottom was a small cellar he dug himself, only one person came to the depth, this is where he hid the money, because this small cellar was too small, all the money was exchanged for gold and silver, he took five hundred taels of gold, loaded three burdens, and then covered the wooden board, the desk returned to its place, and then walked out with three burdens.
Zhen Jian went to the stable and led the horse, went out, came to the rouge shop next door, handed the letter to a guy in the store, and said: "This letter is very important, as soon as you Hou shopkeeper comes back, you will hand over this letter to him, do you know!"
” "Good!"
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Seeing his solemn expression, the fellow did not dare to slack off, and took the letter with both hands.
Time was urgent, and it was inconvenient for Zhen Jian to stay longer, so he got out of the rouge shop and led the horse to the west.
Zhen Laosi has been secretly watching from beginning to end, except for the part where Zhen Jian went home to get the money, he couldn't stare at it, he heard the other words, and when he learned that Zhen Jian did not report to the official, he was extremely happy, and immediately ran towards the yamen, and Zhang Zhang went out of the city from the south gate, and the two rode to Heisongpo.
Wangyun Xiao's temper is too stinky, and he doesn't let people ride it easily, and Zhen Jian has not had time to surrender it recently, so he rode an ordinary horse this time, plus he doesn't know the road, it's dark again, fortunately, the moonlight is good tonight, and he groped all the way to Heisongpo, and Zhen Laosi had already arrived at the mountain temple in Heisongpo with Zhang Li, where he was waiting for Zhen Jian.
Just when Zhen Jian was still groping all the way, Hou Chongwen finally went home, this time, he went to Xinghualou to meet Cuiyu girl, he found that he was a little addicted to her, although he tried his best to restrain himself, and constantly persuaded himself in his heart, he couldn't go to that kind of place, he also persuaded himself in his heart, it was not his dead wife at all, it was another person, but he still couldn't help but go.
When he came back, he found that the shop had not yet closed, and when he went in, he found that a fellow had not left and was dozing off here, so he went up and woke him up, and said, "Go to sleep in the back room, it's cool in autumn, beware of the cold." ” "Ah, sir, you're back!"
The guy rubbed his eyes, shouted happily, and hurriedly handed the letter to Hou Chongwen, saying, "The shopkeeper Zhen next door asked the little one to hand over this letter to you." ” "Letter?"
Hou Chongwen was stunned when he heard this, took the letter, found that the letter had been opened, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, and suddenly his eyes widened, and his whole body was violently shaken.
"What about Zhen Jian's others?"
Hou Chongwen asked suddenly.
The young man was startled by his sudden fierce appearance, and hurriedly said, "He......
He seemed to have gone far away, and he was leading the horse, and he was still carrying a burden, two or three burdens!
” "He went!"
Hou Chongwen felt a little relieved when he heard this, his right hand suddenly grabbed the corner of the counter, and he actually broke a piece of the counter, gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see who ate the bear's heart leopard gall!"
Dare to touch my Hou Chongwen's daughter!
Go get ready for the horses!
” "Huh?
Oh!
The young man was frightened by Hou Chongwen's sudden change, but he quickly turned around and hurried to prepare the horse.
Hou Chongwen rode straight to the West City Gate.
Although there is no curfew now, the gates are closed as soon as it gets dark, and they are not to be opened at night unless there is a special order.
Hou Chongwen rode his horse to the city gate, and was noticed by the guards at the head of the city, who blocked the road with guns one after another, blocking Hou Chongwen's way, and the leader shouted: "Who is coming, quickly retreat!"
Otherwise, there will be no mercy!
” Hou Chongwen shouted coldly: "Who of you here has the final say?"
” "Me!"
A general in armor at the head of the city shouted when he heard the voice, and said, "I am the deputy envoy of the Shaoxing Military Supervisor, Lu Shou, who are you, why did you break into the city gate at night, can you know that this is a big crime?"
” Hou Chongwen said proudly: "Come here, I have something to say to you!"
” Lu Shou frowned when he heard this, he didn't know why this person was so bold and dared to talk to him like this, but he thought that this was Shaoxing, not far from the capital, and it could be regarded as half a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, for fear of offending people, so he planned to step forward and ask the other party about the details, he quickly walked down the city tower, came to Hou Chongwen, and asked, "What do you have to say?"
” Hou Chongwen took out a token from his arms and said coldly: "I am the son of the current Qingguo Gong, Hou Chongwen, my daughter was kidnapped out of the city by gangsters, I need to go to the rescue immediately, it will change later!"
Please open the city gate quickly, and it will be convenient!
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