Bai Yanzhang's expression changed.

He had heard some rumors about the heir of the Marquis of Guangyang, who was fond of male prostitutes, especially young children.

Now, going to such lengths to abduct children, it seems...

He immediately ordered the constables, "Go to the Marquis of Guangyang's residence."

All yamen runners, listen to my command.

Qin Wenjun and the embroidery shop owner also went along.

Upon arriving at the Guangyang Marquis's residence, Bai Yanzhang led his constables inside without waiting for the gatekeeper to announce his arrival.

The gatekeeper was terrified and rushed to the east courtyard to find Jiang Qinshou.

Jiang Qinshou slept until late morning before getting up. He learned that his servant had brought back the little fellow he had his eye on a few days ago, and he was about to go over and enjoy him.

Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper barged in.

It is said that an official led a group of constables into the mansion and headed towards the east courtyard.

Jiang Qinshou was furious.

"Which blind fool dares to trespass on our Guangyang Marquis's residence? Does he have a death wish?"

His sister became pregnant shortly after entering the palace and was recently bestowed the title of Consort Li.

In the capital, among all the noble families, no one dared to fail to show deference to the people of their marquis's residence.

Someone actually came to our door to kill us?

This is absolutely outrageous.

He immediately ordered the gatekeeper: "Summon the servants and stop them. I want to see who has the guts to do this."

The doorman immediately went out to find someone.

Jiang Qinshou also walked out, intending to meet the other party.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the east courtyard, he saw a tall and slender figure leading a group of constables toward him.

He recognized Bai Yanzhang, and his anger flared even more.

They were both prospective sons-in-law of the Meng family, but because Bai Yanzhang was more handsome and more educated than him, he was often ridiculed.

It is said that apart from having a higher status than the second son-in-law, the eldest son-in-law of the Meng family is far inferior in every other aspect.

Meng Licheng, that arrogant old man, treated Bai Yanzhang better than he treated him.

Every time he went to the Meng residence, he was left feeling very angry.

After Bai Yanzhang fell into misfortune, he conspired with others to kick him while he was down.

Unexpectedly, this person is resilient; even in such a dire situation, he managed to turn things around.

He became a person praised by everyone as having a promising future.

Now, you've swaggered into the Marquis's residence with your men, are you trying to humiliate him?

Just as he thought of this, he saw Qin Wenjun trailing behind, and his face immediately froze.

This woman just lost her child and immediately went to Bai Yanzhang?

It seems that even after many years of being annulled, their old feelings remain.

No wonder Meng Qi was furious.

He leaned against the courtyard gate, whistled, and said in a nonchalant tone, "Lord Bai, what brings you here? Did you go to the wrong courtyard and end up at my residence?"

Bai Yanzhang stopped and looked at him sharply.

He had only been to the brothel once in his life, and that was because he was tricked into going there.

How did Jiang Qinshou know about this?

Could it be that he was also behind what happened back then?

But now is not the time to dwell on that; the most urgent task is to find the child.

He then said in a deep voice, "Let's ask Prince Jiang for a child."

Jiang Qinshou laughed heartily.

"Is Lord Bai blind? I am not a woman, how could I give you a child? You should ask the woman behind you."

Bai Yanzhang calmly said, "If the young master is unwilling to hand it over voluntarily, I will have no choice but to search it myself."

"You dare!"

Jiang Qinshou glared angrily.

"What do you think our Guangyang Marquis's mansion is? Even if your Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices came, you would still have to be very polite to him."

You've accused me of hiding a child without any evidence. Believe me or not, I'll go to the palace and file a formal complaint right now.

I advise Lord Bai to be more pragmatic, otherwise his hard-earned official hat might be taken away.

If he were exiled again, he might not come back.

Bai Yanzhang didn't want to waste his breath arguing with him, so he waved his hand, and the constables behind him rushed forward.

Jiang Qinshou's expression changed slightly.

Just as he was about to raise his hand to stop them, the servants arrived.

He immediately felt relieved.

“Lord Bai,” he said sarcastically, standing in front of the servants, “you want to search our Marquis’s residence without the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices’ warrant? Are you trying to rebel? This young master is not afraid of you if we confront each other head-on.”

While the two were locked in a stalemate, Tianci quietly opened his eyes in the innermost room of the east courtyard.

He sat on a small stool watching his mother pay her bill at the embroidery shop.

I want to figure out how they calculate the accounts.

Unexpectedly, a large hand suddenly reached out from behind and covered his mouth.

Then a large hand swept him up around the waist.

They were quickly led out of the embroidery workshop.

They boarded a carriage outside the embroidery workshop and sped away.

He struggled for a moment, but when he realized he couldn't break free, he pretended to be unconscious.

The other party didn't suspect anything and just brought him here.

He didn't know where he was. After the man put him on the bed, he closed and locked the door and left.

Fearing that the other person might be watching from outside the window, he dared not get up immediately.

He waited until the other person had left for a while and he was sure there was no one outside before he dared to open his eyes.

The room was stuffy. It had several windows, but the window shutters were all welded shut and couldn't be opened.

He searched around but couldn't find any exit.

We can only place our hopes on those few windows.

All those windows were fitted with glass.

He used to be naughty and broke someone's window, which made his mother embroider flowers day and night for several days to save up enough money to pay the other party.

Since then, he has become much more restrained.

That incident taught him two things:

One is that glass, unlike stone, is very easy to break.

Another issue is that shattered glass is very sharp and can cut your fingers.

He went to the window, observed for a while, and seeing that no one was outside, he picked up an iron object that looked like shackles and smashed it against the glass window with all his might.

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