Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

After confirmation by the maids in Wen Qiong's room, that dress was indeed worn by Wen Qiong when she went out.

Along with the clothes, there was another blackmail letter, which stated that 2000 taels of silver must be prepared to redeem Wen Qiong.

Xu Jing and Wen Yu studied it carefully, and there were two main scratches on the clothes, one on the arm and one on the back.After confirming that the wounds were shallow and not fatal, Wen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Others were hesitating whether this was directed and acted by Wen Qiong again, but Wen Yu and Xu Jing felt that it didn't look like it.

Because Wen Yu had already decided to send the money there, and Nongfu had no time to report to Wen Qiong along the way, the only explanation was that Wen Qiong was really kidnapped.

After going through what happened last time, Wen Yu is much calmer now, and he is not as anxious as last time.After discussing with Xu Jing, people from the county government and inspection department searched around the cave where Wen Qiong was hiding.

Everyone found an inconspicuous footprint behind the forest. The footprint showed that there was only one person, and the person who left the footprint was obviously much taller than Wen Qiong. take away.

But Wen Yu felt very strange, it was only one day since Wen Qiong disappeared and they went up the mountain.Wen Qiong's hiding place is so hidden, even if someone finds out by accident, how did that person know that he is the county magistrate's younger brother and decide to kidnap him?As I said before, how many people in this world dare to kidnap the family of the county magistrate?

But Wen Qiong was indeed taken away.The letter clearly stated that Wen Yu was required to bury 2000 taels of silver in the outskirts of the city, and no one was allowed to ambush around. When they dug up the silver and reached a safe place, they would naturally release Wen Qiong.

This kidnapper's plan is much more detailed than that silly boy Wen Qiong... Wen Yu thought happily.The vision is also much higher, and the lion asked for 2000 taels of silver?

However, it can be seen from this that the kidnapper must not be alone. In the Ming Dynasty, a catty was 16 taels, and one tael is equivalent to more than 30 grams in modern times. 2000 taels of silver will be nearly 150 catties, and the goal of moving 150 catties of silver by one person is very big.So Wen Yu was even more sure that this was a gang committing the crime, and there should be at least three or four people.

At night, Wen Yu and Xu Jing were still studying how to rescue Wen Qiong, and they discussed for a long time without any result.Wen Yu sighed deeply, and sat down on the chair slumped.Xu Jing had never experienced such a thing, and he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only quietly accompany him.

"To be honest, Mr. Xu, I had a serious illness before I came to Mengyang. After recovering from the illness, I decided to give up my career. During that time, I was always confused and didn't know what I could do until I realized that the youngest children in my family needed someone to take care of them. , I feel that I have found a direction. I have always wanted to raise them up and see them start a family and start a business, which can be regarded as an explanation for myself, but now it seems that I am being passionate..." Wen Yu laughed at himself.

The orange candlelight hit him, as if adding a thin halo to his whole body. Seeing his gloomy expression, Xu Jing suddenly felt pity in her heart.He walked forward involuntarily, put his hand on Wen Yu's shoulder, and was about to say something, when Qian's mother knocked on the door suddenly: "Master, I just found something in the second master's room, I'm here to tell you Tell me."

Xu Jing withdrew his hand, stood up and opened the door calmly against Wen Yu's confused gaze.Wen Yu was puzzled, what is Master Xu doing?How come you can walk smoothly?

Mother Qian didn't notice the weird atmosphere in the room, and walked up to Wen Yu anxiously: "Look, master, I found this in the second master's room." She said and handed Wen Yu a stack of waste paper.

At this time, out of awe of characters, many people would collect them, whether they were written by themselves or left by others on the way, and they would collect enough to burn them at the Zizi Pavilion.Wen Qiong, as a typical Ming Dynasty literati who is arty and elegant, must of course follow this tradition, so the waste paper in his room is often piled up like a mountain.

Mother Qian turned out a few sheets and pointed them to Wen Yu, only to see that it was scrawled on them, "Countermeasures after returning home: Bribe Brother Fu and Yulan to help them speak good words; listen to elder brother's words and make amends to Yang Suan Xiucai..." There was a lot of eloquence, and Wen Yu didn't understand what it meant at first, but felt that brat Wen Qiong was going crazy again.

Watching and gradually reacting, this is obviously Wen Qiong talking to himself, thinking about what to do after returning, Wen Qiong planned to come back from the beginning?What happened to the 500 taels?Why was he still robbed on the mountain?

"Footprints..." Wen Yu muttered to himself.

Mother Qian felt strange, "What is the master talking about?"

"I mean that footprint!" Wen Yu seemed to be awakened suddenly, and quickly said: "Don't you think it's wrong? Why are the footprints so shallow? According to our guess, the man knocked Wen Qiong unconscious in the cave, and then carried Wen Qiong went down the mountain, so the footprints should be very deep, but what we saw was very unclear."

Xu Jing pondered for a while, and agreed: "In retrospect, the wind was very small that day, and the footprints really looked like they were deliberately exposed for others to see."

Wen Yu went to look up the blackmail letter that Wen Qiong sent them at the beginning: "I didn't think much about it before, but now it seems that this letter is also very wrong. After reading it carefully, you will find that there are several words that do not convey the meaning of the sentence. Where things are smooth, would Wen Qiong make such a mistake?"

Everyone was silent. Although Wen Qiong was a low-key person, he was indeed a literary talent. He dismissed the imperial examination career, but he had the capital.He may not use some gorgeous rhetoric in order to conceal his identity, but it is absolutely impossible that the written language cannot be fluent. It is more like a person with a low level of education put together.

Wen Yu's face darkened: "Think about it again, from the very beginning when Wen Qiong disappeared, who gave us all our information."

"Nong Fu!" Mother Qian gritted her teeth, "I'll grab that little hoof and force her to tell where Second Master is!"

Wen Yu stopped her, "Mother Qian must not act rashly, and now I am not sure whether she must be related to this matter, and there are only two days left before the date set by the kidnappers, we might as well try her first."

Even though he said that, Wen Yu was pretty sure that Nong Fu must be related to this matter, this time try to lure out the people behind it, and then catch them all.

At the same time, on the other side, Wen Qiong was curled up in the vegetable cellar of a farmer's family.When he resisted before, his back and arms were injured, and his coat was taken away as a token. Now his whole body is cold and painful, as if he has a high fever, and he is in a very bad state of confusion.

But the pain in his heart hurt him more than his body, and he couldn't figure out why Nongfu treated him like this.

A long time ago, when he secretly went to meet Nong Fu, he complained that his elder brother didn't care about him at all, and compared to Fu Geer and Wen Yulan, he seemed to be picked from outside.He suspected that his elder brother wanted to get rid of him to monopolize the family property, but he didn't have the courage to leave early.

So Nongfu advised him, why not give Wen Yu a try, and hide for two days to see how Wen Yu behaves.If he doesn't care, it means that he is indeed plotting against the family property, and he will make another plan at that time.

Wen Qiong was a little hesitant at first, but she couldn't stand Nongfu's persuasion every day. Here, I have to admit that the Wen family does have the problem of soft ears.Coupled with being reprimanded by Wen Yu some time ago, Wen Qiong agreed to Nongfu's proposal in a flash of thought.

Nong Fu said that her brother lived outside the city, and Wen Qiong could live with him for a while.Wen Qiong didn't suspect him, so he ran out of the city by himself. Two tall men warmly received him, and Wen Qiong stayed.

But he couldn't bear it after only two days. In his thirteen or fourteen years of life, he didn't talk about fine clothes and fine food, but anyway, his food and clothing were the standards of the children of rich families.The house I live in now is dirty and smelly, and there are snakes, insects, rats and ants, which makes it very difficult for the fastidious Wen Qiong to accept.

Just when he proposed to stop acting and go home, two people showed their true colors, beat him up, tied him up and locked him in the vegetable cellar, one of them seemed to dislike him, and after a few It's about an hour to come in and torture.

Through the dialogue between the two, I learned that these two and Nongfu are childhood sweethearts, and neither of them are natives of Mengyang. After Nongfu was sold by the family, they followed them and settled down in Mengyang. The kidnapping was planned by several people together. .

Using Nongfu's identity to lure people over, and then deal with Wen Qiong after getting the money, and the few of them left directly.

"Get up! Are you fucking dead again?" One of the kidnappers came in and saw that Wen Qiong was furious, so he kicked him hard.

His name is A Li, and he had always been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Nongfu. After learning that Wen Qiong had taken over Nongfu's body, he naturally looked down on him in every possible way.

Ali wanted to make a move, but was stopped by Wang Deng on the other side. He was the oldest among several people, and he was relatively calm. He pretended that Wen Qiong first asked for money by himself, and then sent a kidnapping letter to the government. It was what he came up with, the purpose was to remove Nongfu completely, otherwise, with the relationship between the two of them, whenever Wen Qiong disappeared, Nongfu would be the first person to be questioned.

"Brother, it's useless to keep this kid now. It's better to kill him and bury him in the yard, so we won't be afraid of him running out." Ali gritted his teeth beside him and Wen Qiong shrank into a ball in fear.

Wang Deng thought for a while, then shook his head: "Let's save his life for the time being. If it really fails in the end, hold him in your hand so you can escape."

Ali was not reconciled, so he wanted to say something. Wang Deng saw what was going on in his heart, ignored him, and changed the subject to ask Ali: "The eldest sister is still in the county magistrate's mansion, and I don't know what's going on there."

Ali said confidently: "Don't worry, big brother, big sister is so smart, even her own contract of selling herself has been tricked out of this kid's hand. Once we get the money, we can enjoy the glory and wealth in this life!" I fell into a fantasy. In the Ming Dynasty, people living in the city now can live with more than one tael of silver a month, and 2000 taels of silver is a number that few villagers dare not even think about!Wang Deng was distracted by what he said, so he also laughed.

On the other hand, Wen Yu and others decided to release a fake news about Nongfu, saying that they had received a report that a place outside the city seemed very suspicious, and they had sent someone to check carefully.Then on the surface, he relaxed the monitoring of the servants in the mansion to see how Nongfu reacted.

To Wen Yu's and others' surprise, Nong Fu did not show any abnormalities, she continued to work in the mansion, and the only time she went out was to inquire about Wen Qiong in a few nearby inns.

"Could it be that she was wronged?" Xu Jing and the others expressed their confusion.

With a serious face, Wen Yu asked Deng Wu who came to report the news: "Say it again, after Nongfu went to those inns, who has been there again?"

Deng Wu glanced at the records and replied: "According to the inn's records, after Nongfu left, no one stayed there. We also checked all the people who lived in the inn before. They are all innocent businessmen. There is also a brother from our yamen who also went to those inns for spot checks."

"Hmm..." Wen Yu pondered.

Deng Wu asked, "Is there any problem with this record, my lord?"

"The problem is serious..." Wen Yu slowly glanced at the people around him, "There must be a ghost in our county government this time."

"!!" Deng Wu said that it was impossible, most of the county government offices were his subordinates, if something went wrong, he would not be able to escape the blame.

Wen Yu explained: "In fact, there has always been a big doubt in this kidnapping case, that is, the thieves asked us to prepare the silver and put it in the forest. How could they be sure that there was no ambush around when they took it out? No matter what That being said, the risk is too high."

Xu Jing agreed: "Actually, I was thinking about this matter, and I feel that the person who can plan this case should not make such a mistake, unless..."

"Unless someone can tell them! But this person can't be Nongfu, he must be familiar with the government's action plan, and Nongfu, a maidservant, doesn't have such a great ability. The only possibility is that someone among us will pass the news to him .”

After finishing speaking, Wen Yu pointed to the name of the policeman who went to the inn alone to conduct a spot check today, "Ma Chong, this is the man, go and check him, if I'm not wrong, he and Nong Fu should have known each other a long time ago."

Deng Wu went to check the personnel records in the yamen, and after a while, he ran back out of breath, "Your Excellency is wise, this Ma Chong is from the same village as that maidservant."

Everyone gasped, and Wen Yu added: "I asked the people in Wen Qiong's room. After Nongfu came, Wen Qiong gave her the task of shopping in the courtyard. There are still many opportunities for the two of them to meet. That is to say, this time it is likely that Nong Fu went to the inn and left some marks, and then Ma Chong received the news along the marks... Hurry up! Send someone to monitor Ma Chong now, he must run to the kidnappers to hide The local report has gone!"

Wen Yu suddenly came to his senses. After hearing what he said, everyone hurriedly followed what he said.

Sure enough, someone saw Ma Chong sneaking out of the city.

In order to prevent too many people from overwhelming, this time only Xu Jing, Deng Wu, and two experts from the inspection department went out to follow up, because they were worried that someone would be in charge of the overall situation if there was an accident, so Wen Yu followed.

Xu Jing himself is a master of tracking, and he found Ma Chong not long after leaving the city.

A few people sneaked behind along the traces, Wen Yu tried hard not to hold back, gritted his teeth and persisted, Xu Jing saw his strangeness, and offered half of his body to him to rely on. Although Wen Yu felt ashamed, it was also worth it. When it's not time to be strong, honestly ask Xu Jing for help.

Soon, several people found that Ma Chong walked outside a farmer's yard. The place was backed by a deep mountain and the surrounding area was deserted. This place is usually a temporary resting place for hunters, and the government seldom searched here.

I saw Ma Chong imitating a few dog barks and a few rooster barks outside. After a while, a stout man came to open the door for him.

After opening the door, the two went straight into the room. For a long time, there seemed to be arguing in the room. Wen Yu felt that he could not wait any longer. Maybe these people were discussing whether Wen Qiong would stay or stay.

He glanced at Xu Jing, indicating that Xu Jing can do it now.

Xu Jing... Ever since Xu Jing found this courtyard and was sure that Wen Qiong was inside, he has been somewhat absent-minded.

In Wen Yu's eyes, he had the same number of people as the opponent, and the opponent still had hostages in hand, so this rescue should be very difficult.But Xu Jing came from the inspection department, and came all the way here in a bloody storm. These farmers are no different from other fish.

At this time, Wen Yu was leaning on his arms with most of his body, and the figures of the two were cuddling together under the moonlight. Xu Jing couldn't help thinking of the time before, when he put his hand on Wen Yu's shoulder in a daze. What?

Receiving Wen Yu's wet eyes asking for help, (Wen Yu: No...) Xu Jing only felt his blood surge, and immediately adjusted from the state of self-doubt.He gestured to two subordinates, both of whom had worked under Xu Jing for several years, and they immediately acted as soon as Xu Jing made a gesture.

One of them lay in ambush in the shadow under the window, while the other flitted over the courtyard wall, and then jumped onto the roof in two steps at a time.

Wen Yu was dumbfounded. This is an ancient adobe house. He had only seen such operations in some parkour masters in his previous life. The inspection department was indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Xu Jing picked up a stone and slapped it at the gate. , the room was shocked by the sound and fell silent for a while,

Immediately, someone inside shouted, "Who is it!" Ma Chong and the others hurriedly went to the vegetable cellar to drag out the dying Wen Qiong when they heard the voice, and Ali pressed a knife against Wen Qiong's throat.

Wang Deng walked in the front, and as soon as he opened the door, he was stopped by the inspector hidden by the window.

Before Ma Chong could react, Xu Jing continued to walk forward with inertia, and another stone hit the center of Xu Jing's face directly, causing his nose to bleed, and he knelt on the ground with his knees bent.

Ali was the only one left. Seeing that his two older brothers were restrained, he moved the knife a little further into Wen Qiong's neck with a ferocious face, and Wen Qiong immediately bled.Ali stood at the door and yelled at the crowd: "Stand back! Let go of my elder brother! Otherwise, I will kill this bastard!"

As soon as the words fell, the man who had just climbed to the roof bent his legs and hung upside down on the beam. Then he grabbed Ali's jaw with both hands and twisted it hard. There was a click, and Ali went limp. It directly broke Ali's neck!

It was too late to admire the skills of the few people. Seeing that the thieves were subdued, Wen Yu immediately stepped forward to rescue Wen Qiong.Although in just a few days, Wen Qiong had already lost a lot of weight due to the torture. When she saw her eldest brother, she finally couldn't bear it, threw herself into Wen Yu's arms and cried loudly.

In this way, this matter finally came to an end.

After Wen Qiong returned home, a doctor immediately came to treat his illness and recuperate his body.There were only two serious injuries on his body, and the rest were traces of punches and kicks. After taking a few doses of medicine to subside the fever, nothing serious happened.

Wen Yulan, Fu Geer and Qian Mama all surrounded him to take care of him.Seeing her brother crying like this, Wen Yulan almost couldn't hold back her breath, and Brother Fu also had tears in her eyes.Wen Qiong sighed deeply, feeling that she really didn't cherish her family too much before, but now that something happened, the only ones who cared about her were her relatives.

Since then, the relationship between the Wen family has gradually improved, which can be considered a blessing.

Mama Qian also came to plead guilty to Wen Yu this time. She bought only a few people in Mengyang, but one of them killed three people and was reported to the imperial court. She was ashamed to do it, so she came here to ask Wen Yu to resign.

Wen Yu was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then she couldn't laugh or cry. If it was said that Nongfu climbed on the bed, it could be said that Qian's mother was negligent, but the other things were all due to the Wen family's own bad luck.To be honest, this time Wen Qiong was kidnapped and he himself had to pay half of the responsibility. How could it be Mama Qian?

But since Mama Qian came to plead guilty, no matter what, she had to show something, otherwise Mama Qian might not be able to convince the public in the future.

Wen Yu did not deprive Mama Qian of her right to be a housekeeper, but ordered Wen Yulan and Mama Qian to take care of the affairs in the backyard of the Wen residence from now on, so that the little girl Wen Yulan would gain more knowledge, and Mama Qian was fined for another year. Use money to scare others.

Wen Qiong just recovered from her injuries, so she proposed to visit Nongfu in the prison, despite Wen Yulan and the others trying to stop her. "It's not that I have any remaining feelings for her, but I just want to ask for clarification. I want to have an explanation to myself." Looking at his firm gaze, Wen Yu finally nodded in agreement.

Nongfu had just gone through an interrogation at this time, and kidnapping parents, officials and relatives was also a major crime. Although Wen Yu was not used to torture prisoners, there were always people who wanted to show one or two in front of the superior, so it was inevitable that Nongfu would still Some scars.

When Wen Qiong saw her, she was wolfing down others' leftover corn buns from the bowl.

Seeing Wen Qiong, she was stunned for a moment, then put down the food in her hands, and straightened her hair: "Yo! Isn't this the second master of the Wen family, come to see me joking?"

A trace of pain flashed across Wen Qiong's eyes: "Fu'er, why on earth did you do this?"

Nong Fu sneered: "What? Do you think I shouldn't betray you for 2000 taels? Wen Qiong, Wen Qiong, what do you think you are!"

Nong Fu yelled, at this time, she no longer had the graceful and graceful Xie Yuhua appearance before, her voice was as hoarse as a village woman: "I'm following you, I'm just my aunt's life, after a few years You young master is tired of playing, maybe you can leave me somewhere, when I was kicked out of the yard and laughed at by others, you didn't dare to fart! With money, what kind of man can I not find? "

Wen Qiong smiled bitterly and said: "It turns out that you have always thought this way... I dare not look for you because I am worried that other people will find you if they see it. I promised you before that I will marry you after I leave the house." You live a good life...it's all true, I, Wen Qiong, asked myself that I met you, and I never betrayed you. From then on, please take care of yourself, girl. "

After saying that, Wen Qiong turned and left, leaving Nongfu crying silently.

Since the case did not involve human life, Wen Yu only sentenced a few people to exile in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty.

Before leaving, Wen Qiong gave the guards some silver taels and asked them to take care of some nonsense on the way. "After all, we just met each other once, I just want to pass this level." Wen Qiong explained.

Wen Yu glanced at him, but said nothing, the word love...

The author has something to say: I failed the third exam, and was sprayed by the coach so that my mentality collapsed and I doubted my life. I don’t want to take the exam again in a short time... The update time will be stable in the future, at least 3K+ per day

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