Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Xiao Yan hurried into the Qianqing Palace and kowtowed to Emperor Shengzhi. Meng Kui was also there.

"Your Majesty, what is the urgent matter for summoning me here?"

Emperor Shengzhi put his hands behind his back, his expression solemn, "Princess Xining has been abducted and is missing."

"What?" Xiao Yan asked in surprise, "When did it happen?"

Emperor Shengzhi paced in the hall with his eyes lowered, not saying a word. Meng Kui glanced at him and took over the conversation.

"Just an hour ago, the princess's maid Su Xin came to the Northern Pacification Office to report the case."

Xiao Yan asked: "Where did he disappear?"

Meng Kui: "Jin Gu Street is a busy place. I have sent people to investigate the scene."

Xiao Yan turned his head and looked at Emperor Shengzhi's gloomy face, "Your Majesty..."

"The Prince of Jin left the capital not long ago, and the princess has disappeared. The security in the capital is so poor. What are the people in the military and patrol camp doing?"

Emperor Shengzhi suddenly spoke and angrily slammed the imperial desk, startling Meng Kui so much that he quickly lowered his head.

"You must unite with Shuntian Prefecture and find the princess before dawn tomorrow. Otherwise, don't come back to see me."

"According to the order!"

Jingu Street was wet and shrouded in mist and rain.

The Jinyiwei visited every household along the streets and in every narrow alley.

"Old man, have you seen a child with a sloping foot these days?"

"Didn't see it."

"Auntie, have you seen a child with a sloping foot and a scar on his face?"

"Uh... I think I saw him once a few days ago, but I didn't pay much attention to him afterwards. I wonder if he's the person you're looking for."

"Oh?" He Yizhou asked, "Have you seen it anywhere else?"

The old lady thought for a moment and shook her head, "No, I saw it once near here."

"........."

Lang Si searched the residents' houses carefully but found no secret passages. There was only a back door leading to a narrow alley.

When I walked out of the house, I happened to meet Xiao Yan.

"Why are you here? Where's Meng Kui? Did the Emperor summon you?"

"He went to West Street." Xiao Yan's eyebrows and hair were covered with mist, and he squinted his eyes to glance at the inner room.

"Before tomorrow morning, we must find them, or we will all be held accountable."

"What?" Lang Si asked in surprise.

"Such a short time? Oh, the Emperor is so quick to speak, and we've been running around like crazy. How can we find them in just one night? We still don't have any clues. Where should I go to hand them over to him tomorrow?"

"It's no use saying anything now." Xiao Yan walked towards the entrance of another alley.

"We have half the afternoon to find a clue. Do you know how the princess was abducted?"

Lang Si looked around.

"According to Su Xin's description, they encountered a boy about seven or eight years old, lame, with a brown scar on his face. He was blocking the road and asking for help for his seriously ill father. By the time Su Xin finished buying food and went over, the princess had disappeared."

Xiao Yan said, "It's likely that they encountered human traffickers. That child is specifically designed to deceive people."

Langji: "Now we can only search house to house to find the boy."

It was already past noon when Lu Ziqing came out of the Duke's Mansion after acupuncture, so he just ate a bowl of noodles on the street.

It was cold and rainy, and there were not many people on the street. He walked back in the rain and fog.

When passing by Chengfu Temple, I caught a glimpse of a person lying in a narrow alley on the side of the temple.

I turned around and took a closer look. It was a woman.

There were two cuts on his shoulder and leg, and a bruise on his cheek.

Lu Ziqing squatted down and patted her face, "Girl, wake up, girl?"

The woman slowly opened her eyes, stunned and frightened, and put her hands in front of her face and waved them continuously.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, no, don't."

"Girl, I'm not a bad person." Lu Ziqing grabbed her wrist.

"Don't be afraid, I'm a doctor and can save you. Trust me, no one here wants to kill you."

"doctor?"

The woman seemed to calm down a bit, and after a split second of reaction, she immediately grabbed Lu Ziqing's arm.

"Doctor, please save me, take me away from here quickly. Someone wants to kill me. I'm scared."

"I'll take you to find a place to shelter from the rain." Lu Ziqing helped the man up, "But you have injuries, so you need to bandage them first."

Not far from the temple, in a dilapidated house facing the street, Lu Ziqing bandaged the woman's wound and went out to buy her some food, which took him a long time.

The drizzle hit the roof with a rustling sound.

The woman finished her meal before speaking.

"Thank you, doctor, for saving me."

Although the woman was dressed in ordinary clothes, she was pretty.

"You're welcome, young lady." Lu Ziqing looked at her and asked questioningly.

"The girl looks like a child. Why did she faint in the temple? What happened?"

The woman looked at Lu Ziqing and told the story.

"My name is Murong Wei, and I'm from Zhongzhou. Because my family was poor, my father sold me to a wealthy businessman as a concubine. Although it wasn't what I wanted, it was enough for me to survive."

She wiped her tears and said, "I thought that after arriving in the capital, I would be able to settle down after getting married. I didn't expect that they didn't take me to that rich family's house at all. Instead, they took me to a house in an unknown place and wouldn't let me out."

"They kept lying to me, saying the rich man was too busy with business to marry me. I was locked up in that room for three days, until another woman was also locked up there. Only then did they realize something was wrong. I managed to escape, but the other woman couldn't and was recaptured."

Lu Ziqing lowered his eyes and thought for a moment.

"There were other women brought from Zhongzhou to the capital. Did they encounter human traffickers?"

"Yes." Murong Wei said.

"They are human traffickers. Besides, there must be more than just the two of us trapped there. When I was escaping, I saw them carrying back another cloth bag, which must have contained women."

"then you……"

"boom--"

Just as Lu Ziqing was about to ask something, he heard the door behind him being kicked open. Immediately, several Jinyiwei armed with swords rushed in, reeking of rain.

The woman was so frightened that she stood up and hid behind Lu Ziqing.

A man who looked like the leader of the Jinyiwei came over, kicked away the wooden stool on the ground, and looked the two of them up and down.

"Who are you? Why are you here in official uniform with a woman?"

He shifted his gaze to the woman, "She's still injured? What's your relationship?"

Lu Ziqing explained, "I am the imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital. I passed by Chengfu Temple and saw this girl injured, so I brought her here to bandage her wound."

"Imperial Physician?" The Jinyiwei leader pointed at the woman, half believing and half doubting her. "You said you were the Imperial Physician, so you're the Imperial Physician? Did you cause her injury?"

"No, no." Murong Wei immediately replied, "He really is a doctor. He just saved me."

Lu Ziqing turned around and picked up the medicine box in the corner.

"Look, this is my medicine box. It proves that I am an imperial physician."

The leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guards glanced at him and raised his hand.

"We're searching for criminals in the city right now. You two are acting suspiciously. Come with us back to the Northern Pacification Division. We'll interrogate you thoroughly before we can leave. Let's go."