Chapter 422 Looking for someone in the middle of the night

"Are you kidding me? Madam Xu never came to our house."

"Isn't this too much for you guys in the middle of the night?"

Mu Xiang hurriedly took out the invitation and said, "Master Zeng, please check to see if this is an invitation from the mansion. Our wife and Nanny Qin Qing are coming to the banquet today. The driver is a servant from the farm in Loujia Village. We don't know what's going on. Maybe - what your family has done!"

Madam Zeng sneered, "You better be careful with your words, girl. You slander our family without any evidence. Do you really think we're easy to bully? The invitation is indeed ours, but we decided it wasn't appropriate to hold a banquet today, so we didn't. Your wife hasn't been here either. If you don't believe me, just ask our servants or the neighbors in this alley."

"snort!"

Muxiang choked.

Zeng Xiaojuan: "Since the invitation is genuine, and Madam Xu is indeed going out for the banquet today, why didn't she come? The banquet was canceled at the last minute. Did Mother send someone to inform Madam Xu?"

Madam Zeng said lazily, "I don't know about that. You can ask Mrs. Wen. It was Mrs. Wen who sent the invitation to Madam Xu."

Master Zeng: "Go and invite the eldest young lady."

After Madam Zeng and his wife came over, Madam Zeng was also dumbfounded.

"What? You said Madam Xu went out today? That's impossible. Madam Xu didn't come."

"Really? I swear! If you don't believe me, ask around yourself!"

Mrs. Zeng took the opportunity to angrily scold her displeased daughter-in-law and vent her anger: "How dare you say that? Look at how you do things!"

Madam Zeng Dashao endured her anger silently and dared not speak out.

Where can I find out at this hour of night? I can't knock on the doors of every household in this alley, can I?

Liang Lizheng and his men could only wait patiently for dawn.

Liang Lizheng: "We will inquire about it. If Madam Xu is really missing, we have no other choice but to report it to the authorities. County Magistrate Lu is wise, I believe there must be a way."

Mrs. Zeng sneered: "That would be great!"

Mrs. Zeng was shocked and confused. She subconsciously felt that this matter was related to her mother-in-law, but she didn't dare to say it, let alone ask her mother-in-law.

She has no evidence.

Now we can only pray that Mrs. Xu will be found as soon as possible and safe and sound, otherwise the Zeng family may not be able to get rid of it completely.

Everyone waited anxiously for dawn.

After daybreak, Liang Lizheng and others hurried to inquire.

Residents on the same street all said that the Zeng family did not hold a banquet yesterday and did not see any guests coming and going.

Madam Xu? What Madam Xu? I didn't see her.

We went to Loujia Village again, and the driver really didn't go back either.

In other words, Xu Zhichun, Nanny Qin Qing, and the coachman were all missing.

Something is definitely wrong.

Liang Lizheng did not dare to delay and reported the matter to the police immediately.

Lord Lu was also shocked.

Nothing can happen to Madam Shanci.

Lord Lu ordered Captain Yu to lead a search and make sure to find Madam Shanci.

Captain Yu's men soon discovered the abandoned mule cart and the dead mule that had sunk in the water.

The mule was killed by a puncture in the carotid artery. The wound was fatal and clean, as if it had been done by a skilled practitioner.

It's not that he underestimates the Zeng family, but the Zeng family definitely can't find such a person.

My sister-in-law really got into trouble.

Fortunately, nothing else was discovered, so he deduced that the other party must have kidnapped the person.

Although his whereabouts have not been traced yet, it is basically certain that he is still alive.

Captain Yu didn't quite believe that this matter had nothing to do with the Zeng family.

Without the post from the Zeng family, my sister-in-law would not have gone out and would not have disappeared.

But the Zeng family said they would host a banquet but they didn't do it, nor did they inform my sister-in-law. This is a big problem, and this alone is enough to send greetings to them.

Mr. and Mrs. Zeng, the eldest son and his wife were all captured by Captain Yu and taken back to the yamen. Police were sent to guard the gate of the Zeng Mansion, and the other people in the Zeng Mansion were ordered to stay in the mansion and not go out. Until the truth was revealed, two people were allowed to go out every three days to buy groceries for a limited time.

Captain Yu also sent people to check the carriages and sedans that left the city yesterday and today to look for suspicious people.

After hearing the report from Captain Yu, Lord Lu was also very worried. He told Captain Yu to just investigate but to keep the matter confidential and remember to keep it secret if possible.

After all, if the matter gets out of hand, it will be bad for Mrs. Xu's reputation.

Captain Yu obeyed the order.

Lord Lu then instructed, "Find two or three skilled and intelligent individuals to be stationed in the county school to secretly protect Liang Mingxuan."

"Yes, sir."

"You go and interrogate the Zeng family. Please be careful and prudent. I will not be interrogating this matter."

"yes."

After all, the Zeng family had just donated grain. If County Magistrate Lu interrogated them personally, there would be more constraints, so it would be better to avoid it.

Captain Yu didn't have so many concerns about the Zeng family.

Except for the eldest young master Zeng's wife, the other three members of the Zeng family were very angry, angrily accusing, complaining, and crying out for injustice.

"Unjust?" Captain Yu sneered, "It's not unfair. If it weren't for the notice from your family, this wouldn't have happened. How can you say you're wronged?"

"But the banquet didn't take place, and Madam Xu never came to our house."

"Since the banquet is cancelled, why don't you send someone to tell Madam Xu?"

"We just happened to forget it at the time. It was our negligence. We admit our mistake, but the rest has nothing to do with us."

"We want to see Lord Lu."

"Yes, we want to see Lord Lu and ask Lord Lu to deal with it impartially."

Captain Yu sneered, "To see Lord Lu? You're not worthy. I've had people investigate, and the so-called banquet that day was a complete lie. You didn't send invitations to any other ladies, and none of the families you interact with received an invitation. Yet, your young mistress came to personally invite Madam Xu. Why is that?"

Mr. Zeng and his son changed their expressions and looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Madam Zeng laughed bitterly, "It was Mother who ordered me to deliver the invitation to Madam Xu. The rest was arranged by Mother herself, I don't know."

Madam Zeng turned her face and refused to acknowledge her, glaring at her fiercely: "You are so good, Wen, you are pushing everything onto me? Everyone in the mansion knows that you are the head of the family, so when did it become my arrangement? I know nothing at all!"

"Mother!"

"If you have anything to confess, tell Captain Yu yourself. Tell the truth honestly to avoid bringing trouble to your family."

"Mother."

Mrs. Zeng never expected this.

Young Master Zeng was already getting irritated: "Enough, Wen, how do you do things? Look at what a mess you've made! It's already this late and you're still hiding it? Do you want to kill our whole family? Come on, tell me."

Grandpa Zeng looked at his daughter-in-law doubtfully, "Ms. Wen, tell the truth."

"I've said everything I need to say, I've said it all!"

Mrs. Zeng did not expect that she would be attacked by her entire family. Before the government said anything, her own family members blamed her first.

Madam Zeng broke down and burst into tears.