Chapter 224 Don't Regret
"Mother, is this true?"
Ma Ruxun is the eldest son of Mrs. Ma and the second elder in the Ma family.
He was shocked when Madam Ma told him about the deal with the dark house.
Would the Dark House have a deal with her mother?
Why does this sound a bit mysterious?
This secret room might be fake, right?
As far as he knew, the Dark House only issued missions and never participated in them personally.
How could he make a deal with his mother on behalf of the person behind the scenes?
"Of course you are serious. Even you know the rules of the Dark Tower. Who else dares to pretend to be a Dark Tower?"
Mrs. Ma went to great lengths to find a way to rescue her grandson.
Of course, I refuted my son's questions.
"Mother is right. I will send someone to find out the whereabouts of that little bastard."
Seeing his mother's firm attitude, Ma Ruxun no longer had any doubts.
My son has been missing for more than half a month, and there is no hope of rescuing him.
Not only did my father not try to find a way to negotiate with the secret office, he was also busy finding a new bride for his illegitimate son.
Is this something a man who has lost his legitimate grandson could do?
The brothers had long since stopped trusting their father.
"No one in the mansion can be used. We need to find some new faces."
Mrs. Ma was anxious, and seeing that her sons believed her, she gave them some instructions and asked them to go out and look for the person.
With the participation of several sons, Mrs. Ma felt more confident.
He hurriedly told the old nanny to go to the human traffickers again and remind them to keep a close eye on the remaining people.
Matthew Li was kept in the dark about everything that happened in the Ma Mansion.
Apart from arranging matters regarding preserving the bloodline of the Ma family, he has recently been busy transferring property.
Add to that the investigation into the Lantern Festival sacrificial arrangements, and he was already extremely busy.
The three-day deadline has arrived, and Matthew Li presented the "real murderer" he had found as well as the witnesses and evidence to Emperor Yongping.
The "real murderer" committed suicide out of fear of crime, and his confession, evidence and physical evidence are all complete.
Even when the Minister of Justice Su Peng sent a letter, he could not find any flaws.
Emperor Yongping ultimately judged that Ma Xiuli was negligent and fined him one year's salary as a warning to others.
Chu Chengyi did not raise any objection to this conclusion.
There is no point in saying more about things that are expected.
He only hoped that when the truth came to light one day, Emperor Yongping would not regret it.
The matter was settled, and both Matthew and King Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
However, there has been no progress in Mrs. Ma's search for the person.
No matter how much money she spent or how many people she hired, Ma Ruyu's eldest son seemed to have disappeared from Sheng'an Kingdom, and not even a trace of him could be found.
"Madam, the man said..."
Just when Mrs. Ma was getting anxious and angry, the old nanny who was in contact with the secret house and human traffickers came back.
"What? Are you trying to drive me crazy?"
Mrs. Ma's heart beat in her throat when she saw that the old nanny who had been with her for most of her life was hesitant to speak.
"That person said that when the transaction time comes, they will not show up if one person is missing."
The person the old lady was talking about was the person in the dark room who was responsible for connecting with her.
It was agreed that five would be exchanged for five, but now they only have four people.
This obviously does not meet the conditions for doing business with the dark room.
Moreover, the agreed time is tonight at 11:00 p.m., and it is already noon...
"Have you told them to change someone else another day?"
Mrs. Ma said anxiously.
"I did say so, but the man refused. He also said that the secret room has its own rules and regulations, and those who are not punctual will never be given a second chance."
The old nanny's voice became lower and lower. Things had gone wrong, and she didn't know if the old lady would show leniency to her.
"This secret shop really has no regard for the law. They dare to act so rampantly in the capital. Aren't they afraid that I will sue them?"
Mrs. Ma was so angry that she smashed another set of teacups to calm her anger.
The old nanny didn't dare to respond. How could the dark house be able to operate in the capital for so many years? Would it be afraid of such threats?
The answer is obviously no.
My own lady didn't even dare to mention this matter to the old lady, so how could she dare to report the secret room?
"What about the human teeth? Have you found any trace of that little bastard?"
Mrs. Ma already knew that there was no progress with her sons, so she could only place her hope on the human traffickers.
"Madam, the human traffickers haven't been out looking for the eldest master in the past few days."
The old nanny said hesitantly.
Not only did the human trafficker not go out to look for the eldest son, he also didn't even let her take a look at the remaining three children.
She said she wanted to see it, and the human trafficker said he would take the person away after she had seen it.
How could she dare to take the person away? Who among the Madam and her children didn't know her?
As soon as she shows up, won't her true colors be exposed?
But she didn't dare tell the old lady this.
Since she can't change the person, the old lady will find a way to place the mother and her children. It's better for her to avoid getting into trouble.
"They didn't even look for me? How dare they take my money?"
Madam Ma wanted to smash the teacup again, but when she saw that the teacup on the table was made of new porcelain and cost three thousand taels a set, she held back.
The old lady didn't dare to answer.
Human traffickers take money from the captors and caretakers.
The other person was not looking for anyone, nor did he mention collecting money, so my old lady has wrongly accused him.
"Go tell Xun'er and the others, and don't come back if you can't find them."
Apart from this, Mrs. Ma had no other choice but to try her best.
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As the hour of Hai was approaching, Ma Ruxun and others gradually arrived at Mrs. Ma's yard.
Sadly, they all had droopy brows and eyes, as if they had lost their parents.
When Mrs. Ma saw this situation, she knew what was going on.
This means there is no hope of rescuing the legitimate grandson.
The old lady had no choice but to go to the dark room with a smile on her face and pay them a large sum of money before they agreed to drop the matter.
As for the human traffickers, Mrs. Ma originally wanted to give them some money so that they could continue to look after the mother and her children.
But the traffickers said that their business was to buy and sell slaves and they had no staff to look after decent women and children.
If we sell this mother and her children to them, they can keep them under their care for a few more days.
But if they meet a main customer, they will take action.
Madam Ma still wanted to exchange these people for her grandson, so how could she agree to the human trafficker's proposal?
"Boss, have the thugs take them to your wife's farm in the mountains outside Beijing and have them kept under guard."
Ma Ruyu and his wife have both been to Mrs. Ma's own estate.
She didn't dare hide the mother and her children in the Ma family's manor, for fear of being discovered by Ma Xiuli.
Only Ma Ruxun's wife had a manor as a dowry. Because it was far away from the capital and located in a remote area, no one in the Ma Mansion had ever been there, so it would be most appropriate to keep it in the Tibetan area.
"Yes, son, I will write down the address and then write a letter to inform the owner of the farm there."
As Ma Ruxun said this, he was about to turn around and look for pen and ink.
"You said, let the servant write it, and send a stranger to take your wife's token and wait at the manor in advance."
Mrs. Ma protects her sons very closely and would never let them take the lead unless she could push someone else to the front.
Everything was arranged and it was already curfew time.
It is impossible to leave the house, and we can only wait until daybreak.
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