Wan Xueying was shocked when she heard Qiuying, Xue Lingyue's maidservant, say that Xue Lingyue had been abducted. However, she still asked patiently, "Don't be so anxious. Speak slowly and explain what happened clearly."

Qiuying swallowed her saliva and said, "Just now, when I was shopping with my wife, a pregnant woman almost fell. My wife happened to be right next to her and kindly helped her up. The woman then said she had a stomachache and might be about to give birth, so she begged my wife to take her to the clinic."

"What happened next?" Wan Xueying asked.

"Later, my wife helped her walk towards the clinic. Just as they reached a corner, the pregnant woman somehow managed to make my wife faint. I realized something was wrong and quickly called for the guards to come forward, but several women holding children emerged from the alley and blocked my way. By the time I and the guards had gotten rid of the women and went looking for them, my wife and the pregnant woman had vanished. Now that the guards are searching for my wife, I've come to you for help."

A woman holding a child?

Why does it sound so similar to the method used last time when Xue Lingyue and the others were kidnapped?

Unable to care about so many things at the moment, Wan Xueying hurriedly called the guards and asked one of them to take Shen Yu's visiting card to the county magistrate's office to find someone for help, and asked another to go to the reserve camp to find Shen Yu.

She took the remaining guards and went to the scene of the incident under the guidance of Qiuying.

On the same street, Wan Xueying left quickly, while Xue Lingyue's guards were searching for her from house to house nearby.

"Have you found anything?" Wan Xueying asked one of Xue Lingyue's guards.

"No." The guard shook his head.

"Did you catch one or two of those women holding children?" Wan Xueying asked again.

"We originally caught one, but the woman made a scene and many people accused us of bullying women and children, so we had no choice but to release her and the child."

"Release him?" Wan Xueying almost laughed out of anger. "You're going to let someone as important as him go? Aren't you afraid that something might happen to your wife and your lives will be in danger?"

"We're not really letting them go," the guard said in a low voice. "Two of our brothers have been following them, trying to find their lair."

"Yeah," Wan Xueying nodded. But she was worried that the other party was well prepared and they wouldn't be able to keep up.

Sure enough, when Wan Xueying used her mental power to look around, the two guards ran back.

"Where are the people?" their guard captain asked the two of them.

"We lost him." One of them replied with his head down.

"Lost?" the captain of the guards was furious. "How could you, two grown men, lose a woman, especially one holding a child?"

"It's because we weren't familiar with this place, and the woman had chosen a winding alley to run down. When we found ourselves in a dead end, the woman holding the child had disappeared."

After hearing this, Wan Xueying hurriedly asked, "Where is that? Take me there quickly." There was nothing to find here, and she wanted to try her luck in the place where they lost them.

"Mrs. Shen, please follow us." The two guards were also anxious, and even more angry after they embarrassed themselves.

Before leaving, Wan Xueying said to the guard captain, "Don't just search here. It's best to send two people to guard outside the city. I'm afraid there's a secret passage leading out." She looked around again and said, "If there is a secret passage, it should lead towards the west gate." Of course, it's not ruled out that the secret passage is not that long. However, if the thieves want to avoid the search, they will definitely leave the city as soon as possible.

"Yes, Mrs. Shen." They now regarded Wan Xueying as their life-saving straw and obeyed her orders.

Time waits for no one, so Wan Xueying hurriedly took her men and the two guards to the alley where they had lost them.

Fearing to alert the enemy, she didn't rush in with her men, but instead used her mental energy to explore the area. Soon she located a den.

It was a three-story house that looked like a wealthy family's residence. But if you looked closely, you would find that there was a two-story observation deck in each of the four corners of the house, where you could take in the surroundings.

The house she currently lived in had this design, but this design was only allowed for the houses of officials of the seventh rank and above. As far as she knew, no officials lived here, so this house was obviously in violation of the regulations.

But their cleverness lies in choosing such an inconspicuous alley. The four observation decks are not so much as two stories high, but if you really measure them, they are actually not even two stories high. Furthermore, the inns and restaurants on the main street are relatively high, which just blocks this area, so it is not conspicuous from the outside.

The reason why we judge this to be a hideout is that there are several people hiding behind the four pillars of the observation deck. They are secretly observing the surrounding situation. Their every move has probably been under surveillance for a long time.

In addition, there are some people hiding behind the wall next to them, who may do something bad to them at any time.

"I don't think there's anything here. Let's go back to where we were and continue looking." Wan Xueying deliberately raised her voice to let the other party relax their vigilance, and then led her people back.

This time she once again judged the other party's intention in advance, but the other party did not give them a chance to escape.

Wan Xueying, who knew how to make and use poison, was actually poisoned by a group of thieves.

When Shen Yu rushed over, he heard that not only Xue Lingyue was not found, but Wan Xueying and a group of guards were also missing.

He hurriedly took people to search the alley where Wan Xueying and the others disappeared, and soon discovered that the house was different.

He didn't care about that and took his men into the yard of the house to continue searching.

"Who are you? How dare you break into a private house?" Several people dressed as guards rushed forward to stop them after discovering someone entering the house.

"We are from the reserve camp," Wan Hesu, who came with Shen Yu to search for someone, took out the token on his body, "A spy just broke into this house, and we have been ordered to find that person."

"Even if you are in the military, you cannot search private homes casually." The leader of the other party still refused to give in.

Shen Yu sneered after hearing this, "Then if the spy escapes and you can afford it, we can choose not to search."

"This..." The leader hesitated.

The coldness in Shen Yu's eyes grew even stronger, and he ordered the people he had brought with him, "Come here!"

"Here!" the subordinates responded.

"Capture these people for this garrison!"

"Sir, why is this happening?" the man said, puzzled. "I wonder what crime we have committed?"

"First, it's delaying our search. Second, the construction here exceeds regulations. You must go back with us to investigate."

"Sir, you are deliberately wronging us!"

"Whether it's an injustice or not can only be known after the interrogation." Shen Yu waved his hand, "Continue to search for me. Don't leave any corner untouched!"

"yes!"

But after so much time, how could Wan Xueying and the others still be here?