Dusk falls and the aroma of rice fills the air.
Su Ning'an sniffed the faint aroma of rice in the air, pressed his temples and sat up from the ground.
Looking at the dim room in confusion, not knowing where I am for a moment?
His eyes quickly noticed Su Xingyi lying not far ahead.
"Huh? Isn't that Dad? Why is he lying on the ground?"
The next second, he regained consciousness, jumped up from the ground, ran to the inner room, and picked up Su Xingyi from the ground.
"Dad! Wake up! Mom is missing."
Su Xingyi opened his eyes and saw that the inner room was empty, and there was not a single maid or servant in the front yard of Fushou Hall.
"Anger, we've been drugged!"
Su Xingyi turned around and pulled Su Ningan towards Cui Zhehan's yard.
Cui Zhehan's yard was also empty.
Su Ningan cried anxiously: "Daddy, we lost mom."
"Don't worry, there are soldiers everywhere outside. They can't get out. Cui Zhehan must have hidden your mother."
Su Xingyi was coaxing Su Ning'an, but he was already feeling anxious inside.
"Then let's quickly get the officers and soldiers in to search!"
"Sir!" Lin Yu hurried into Qi Lianli's study.
"Cui Zhehan, the head of the Cui family's main house is missing, and Madam Su is nowhere to be found either!"
Qi Lianli was confused. "Didn't the Cui family have Commander He's men and yours taking turns guarding the place? Why is Cui Zhehan missing? And what happened to Madam Su?"
Lin Yu sorted out his words, "Sir, didn't you say that Cui Zhehan couldn't die yet? Cui Zhehan was dying. They sent people to Lu Mansion to ask Madam Su for a consultation. We didn't stop them, but this afternoon, Master Su, Madam Su, and the eldest son Su entered the Cui Mansion and never came out. They said they were going to have dinner at the Cui Mansion and give Cui Zhehan acupuncture. Who knew that Master Su and the eldest son Su were drugged and fainted. When they woke up, Madam Su, Cui Zhehan, Old Lady Cui, and the master of the Cui family's main house disappeared. They disappeared out of thin air!"
"What?!"
Qi Lianli stood up from the armchair in a hurry. The princess must not have any accidents!
"People can't just disappear out of thin air. Immediately send more people to search Cui's mansion thoroughly. Don't leave any corner untouched, especially pay attention to any secret passages or traps!"
"yes!"
"Send another group of people out of the city and head north to search for him! Quickly!"
Qi Lianli was worried that Cui Zhehan would become desperate and threaten Xiao Lingyu's life!
Lin Yu responded and left quickly. Qi Lianli didn't even bother to have dinner and hurried to Cui's house.
At this time, except for Cui Runyu, the third master of the Cui family, the rest were women and children.
Cui Runyu took the reputation of the female relatives into consideration and personally led the officers and soldiers to search, but even so, many of the female relatives were frightened.
From time to time, the sound of children crying could be heard from the backyard.
Xiao Lingyu couldn't be found for a long time. Su Ning'an listened to the crying of these children and a layer of restlessness appeared between his brows. He was very upset!
"Stop crying!"
Su Ning'an found a wide beating board and broke it in front of them fiercely.
"If you cry again, I'll be a stick!"
The Cui family's children were so frightened that they stopped crying immediately.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers behind Su Ning'an were so shocked that their jaws were almost dislocated.
Suningan turned around and looked at them, and the officers and soldiers quickly shut up and went to look for someone.
The higher-ups have told us not to mess with the Su family!
They must not mess with the eldest son of the Su family.
"Dad, what should we do? If we can't find Mom, we'll have to go back to the Meng Mansion to pick up my younger brothers and sisters. They'll be worried! It's all my fault for being greedy. If I weren't greedy, I wouldn't have fallen into the Cui family's trap."
"Ang'er, the more anxious you are, the more calm you need to be. There are soldiers guarding the Cui Mansion. Cui Zhehan and the others can't escape with your mother. They are either hiding in the mansion or escaping through a secret passage."
"We just checked every room carefully. Except for Cui Zhehan's study, there is no secret room in other courtyards. The second, third, and fourth branches of the Cui family are unaware of Cui Zhehan and his men's disappearance."
Su Xingyi lowered his eyes and recalled the details before he fainted. "Let's go! Let's go to the inner room of Fushou Hall and take a closer look."
"Master Su!"
Qi Lianli, Si Chuyu, and Si Chujin came to Cui's house with their respective people.
Qi Lianli immediately ordered that all branches of the Cui family be strictly guarded.
"Master Su, it was my negligence that I only arranged for people to guard the outer perimeter of Cui's mansion."
Su Xingyi said, "Master Qi, we have searched the Cui Mansion several times, but found nothing. The only secret room is in Cui Zhehan's study. Now we need to go to Fushou Hall again and look carefully for a secret room."
Then the group rushed to Fushou Hall.
Qi Lianli ordered the yamen runners to conduct a "carpet-style" search of Fushou Hall.
He pulled out every blade of grass and tree in the yard to see if he could find a secret passage.
Su Ning'an entered the inner room and quickly noticed a corner of the veil exposed under the dressing table.
"Dad, it's Mom's veil!"
Su Xingyi glanced at the veil in Su Ning'an's hand, hurriedly walked to the bronze mirror, moved the dressing table to the side, and did not find the expected secret compartment.
Si Chujin walked into the inner room, took a look around, and quickly noticed scratches on the beauty chair.
Si Chujin picked up a piece of rope from the back of the chair.
"Uncle Jin, what is this?"
"This is hemp rope. Your mother's hands and feet must have been tied with it."
Su Ning'an felt distressed when he thought of his mother being tied up with hemp ropes.
Mother must be very scared.
The hatred towards Cui Zhehan in my heart increased a little more!
"Xingyi, Ajin, come and help move this bed."
"let me!"
Su Ning'an strode over, pulled hard with both hands, and pulled open the heavy bed.
Su Ning'an looked at the smooth and flat ground and felt very disappointed.
Just as Su Ning'an was about to push the bed back, Si Chuyu hurriedly said, "Wait."
Si Chuyu walked over, squatted down, and knocked on the stone slab on the ground. The sound didn't sound like there was nothing empty underneath.
I knocked in several other places, and the sound remained the same.
"Okay, Angel, you can push the bed back now."
Su Ning'an was in no mood to push the big bed back to the Cui family. His mother couldn't be found for a long time, and he even wanted to destroy the Cui family.
He kicked the big bed back.
Due to excessive force, the bed hit the wall and created a crack, which quickly extended to the junction of the wall and the stone slabs on the ground. With a creaking sound, the bed slowly moved to one side.
"Dad, Mom must be down there." Su Ning'an said as he had already gone down the secret passage.
Su Xingyi carried the oil lamp and went down the secret passage without hesitation.
The Si brothers followed closely behind.
The secret passage was very long and wide, and it took the group three quarters of an hour to run out of it.
There is a bamboo forest in front of you, and through the bamboo forest is the Beichuan Grand Canal.
"Master Su, Cui Zhehan must have taken a boat north to the capital!" Qi Lianli said.
"Dad, they can't go far, let's chase them."
Su Xingyi was not sure whether they were going by land or water, so he and Si Chujin and Lin Yu's men split into two groups and headed north to chase them.
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