The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

After all, the only son of a second-rank official was missing, and the matter was serious, so people from the Jingzhao Yin Yamen arrived quickly.

The only thing they said to the outside world was that valuable treasures were stolen from the temple and they needed to cooperate with the inspection.

With the help of people from the government, the investigation went much more smoothly and the monks in the temple also breathed a sigh of relief.

But as time passed, there was no result. We carefully surveyed the inside and outside of the city gate, and the same result was found.

When the second brother-in-law Qian Jie received the news, he was still welcoming guests at home. Since it was related to his nephew, he went out without any hesitation to help inquire about the news.

However, there was no result on the road either.

In fact, most beggars will not kidnap children who are dressed too luxuriously. Such children usually come from good families, and there will be too many troubles later, and they may get into trouble if they are not careful.

There are thousands of children in Beijing, many of whom are cute and good-looking. There is no need to take this risk.

Therefore, Qian Jie suspected that this was a deliberate revenge or a conspiracy.

After all, this brother-in-law had just sworn in front of Your Majesty that he would never marry again. If his only son is really lost, he will be in a dilemma.

He went to Daxiangguo Temple and told Zhang Pingan about his guess.

It was only half a morning, but Zhang Ping'an was already extremely anxious, and his heart felt like it had been fried in a frying pan countless times.

Hearing this, his suspicions became even more serious, and he felt as if he was about to collapse.

"Well, don't be too anxious. With so many people involved, there will always be a result. I also went to the scene. The window is usually repaired and is very sturdy. To be able to remove the window frame silently, it must have been prepared in advance. This person has been in the temple for a long time. Now the people from the yamen are interrogating the novice monks in the temple one by one. There should be some clues," Qian Jie sighed and comforted.

As I was talking, I felt a little weak. How could it be that easy?

This was obviously well prepared.

Zhang Pingan had seen it all before, so he understood it all. He suddenly stopped and said with a firm face, "No, I can't wait any longer. I want to go to the palace to see the emperor!"

"Enter the palace?" Qian Jie was surprised, then understood and hesitated, "Are you asking His Majesty to mobilize the Dragon Guards and Imperial Guards for help?"

"Yes, we still have too few people now. With His Majesty's order, things will go much more smoothly. You also know that cases like human trafficking are all about racing against time. If they are not resolved as soon as possible, it will be even more difficult later. Xiaoyuer is my only child, how can I not do my best to save him!" Zhang Ping'an's expression was still calm, but the anxiety and grief in his eyes were about to overflow.

With half white hair, he looks very pitiful.

"The Dragon God Guard and the Yulin Guard are the royal guards. It is rare for them to set such a precedent to help ministers find their children. This... However, you are in the emperor's favor now, so you can give it a try," Qian Jie said thoughtfully, touching his chin.

Such examples are not few, they can be counted on one hand.

But Zhang Ping'an has made up his mind that no matter what the cost, he will ask His Majesty for help.

When Zhang Ping'an entered the palace, Zhou Ziming actually already knew what had happened.

There are shadow guards in the palace, and all kinds of information, big or small, will be presented on Zhou Ziming's desk after being screened by them.

Especially for officials above the third rank, it can be said that they had no secrets in front of the emperor, including eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

Therefore, Zhou Ziming already knew what Zhang Pingan wanted.

"Liang Fu, do you think I should help him?" Zhou Ziming suddenly asked while knocking on the table.

"This... naturally depends on what Your Majesty wants?" Liang Fu, as a senior eunuch, was very knowledgeable about the art of language and could also guess people's hearts. He knew that when the emperor asked him this, he was not really waiting for an answer from him.

"He has sworn before me that he will never marry again. If he loses his only son, he will be truly alone in the future with no one to succeed him. How pitiful. Well, I will help him this time!" Zhou Ziming finally shook his head, as if sighing.

"Then how should we deal with the mastermind? Should we kill him directly, or... should we interrogate him and force out the mastermind behind the scenes?" Liang Fu asked carefully.

"Deal with him however you want. As for the person behind the scenes, don't worry about him. He won't be able to jump around for much longer," Zhou Ziming said coldly, with arrogance and coldness in his eyes that showed that he was in control of everything.

After Zhang Ping'an went to the palace to report the whole story, Zhou Ziming quickly granted his approval and even offered some words of comfort.

When he came out of the palace, Zhang Ping'an actually had a trance-like feeling that everything was going too smoothly.

One of the leading generals of the Dragon God Guard was my eldest brother-in-law Liu Sanlang. He only found out at this time that Xiao Yuer was missing. Without caring about anything else, he immediately took people to search for him.

With the help of people arranged by Liang Fu, Xiao Yuer was found quickly.

He was fed some knockout drugs and locked up near the second prince's residence in the temple. Apart from being a little bored, he didn't suffer any hardship.

When Zhang Ping'an arrived, he had already washed his face with cold water, regained consciousness, and remembered what had happened.

"I was using the toilet there, and suddenly I felt dizzy and passed out. When I passed out, I felt someone tying my hands and feet with ropes, and I didn't know anything after that."

After saying this, Xiao Yuer looked at his surroundings and the stains on his clothes, then realized, "How dare someone kidnap me! I'm tired of living!"

Liu Sanlang comforted him clumsily, "Alright, alright, it's okay. Everything is over now. I'll arrange for more servants to follow you in the future. Nothing will happen again!"

"Uncle, are these the people who tied me up?" Xiao Yuer pointed at the people who were tied up on the ground.

"Yes, they are beggars who have come from other places to commit crimes. I don't know how they found you. My uncle will send them to jail and make them spend a lot of time in prison."

In fact, Liu Sanlang also guessed that this was most likely intentional.

But you can't say that to children.

Xiao Yu'er was not satisfied with what he heard and frowned, "They kidnapped me, is it just a simple matter of imprisonment? Shouldn't they be beheaded? Chop off their heads!"

"Well... we'll have to wait until the Jingzhao Yin Yamen hears the case to find out the result," Liu Sanlang replied after a moment of choking.

"Hmph, it's better to behead them all. Keeping them alive is a waste of food and they are doing bad things," Xiao Yuer snorted coldly, without a trace of fear in his eyes when he mentioned beheading.

"Stop talking and go home first!" Zhang Ping'an hugged his son tightly in his arms, almost crying, with a sour feeling in his heart as if he had lost and regained his son.