Chapter 218 Missing
There was noise outside the window and Lu Lingxuan frowned.
The girl hurried to the window, opened it and looked out. Not far away, a big man was chasing someone on the street, causing the crowd to become chaotic. People were jostling each other, and the old, weak, women and children were crying and screaming.
After watching for a while, the girl turned around and said, "Reporting to the county lady, it is estimated that the girl escaped and several big men are chasing her, causing passers-by to panic."
Lu Lingxuan was not in the mood to eat, so she simply put down her chopsticks and walked to the window. She immediately saw Su Ruojin who was squeezed by the crowd and could not move. "Is that Madam Su Er?"
The eldest girl quickly followed her master's gaze, but after scanning several times, she didn't see anything. "I didn't see it."
How could it be? Lu Lingxuan felt that she had just blinked. Where was Madam Su in the crowd? Was she dazzled? This time she really blinked hard. When she opened her eyes and looked carefully, she found that the servants following Madam Su were nervously looking for someone. Standing here, she could hear their anxious shouts.
The maids also heard it, and their faces lit up, "County Lady, the girl surnamed Su is pretty, has she been targeted by human traffickers?"
I guess so.
The eldest girl said happily, "It's time to see if she dares to provoke someone she shouldn't provoke again."
Lu Lingxuan glanced at the girl who stood up for her and stood in front of the window to look at the scenery.
Mao Ya, Ye Huaizhen and Mangzhong searched for him in the crowd but couldn't find him.
Mao Ya already felt it was strange, so when she helped Jin Niang up, she didn't dare to let go. But the young master saw that the crowd was so crowded that a little kid of three or four years old was squeezed and fell down, and was about to be stepped on.
The master and servant worked together to stop the crowd from pushing towards the little boy. In just a moment, Mao Ya could no longer see her little master.
Mao Ya was looking for someone like crazy.
After all, Ye Huaizhen had stayed in the Investigation Department for nearly ten years. While looking for people, he asked Mangzhong to release the information quickly and ask the young prince for help.
Zhao Lan is hosting a dinner party today. The guests include Prince Wei and Lu Youbai, the former Junior Minister of the Dali Temple and now the Minister of the Dali Temple.
None of them were the type to drink a lot, so they took a sip from their cups and chatted. Lu Youbai understood that Prince Zhao wanted him to tell his family not to get married.
But the little niece had long been fond of him and had hinted to the empress that she would not marry anyone else but him. Of course, as a girl born in an aristocratic family, the first priority was to arrange a marriage for the family and then choose the person of her choice within the scope of the marriage. This was the tacit rule of all upper-class societies. The person the little niece liked happened to be on the marriage list, and the emperor happened to want to win over his uncle, so of course he was willing to let his wife's niece marry his little cousin.
If nothing unexpected happens, the marriage between Zhao Lan and his niece Lu Lingxuan can be said to be a foregone conclusion, but he has also heard that Zhao Lan has had an extraordinary affection for the Su family over the years, so he is also close to the young lady of the Su family and can be considered childhood sweethearts.
Can childhood sweethearts defeat a marriage alliance? Lu Youbai was wondering whether he should help the boy on the other side. After all, he was also a young man and knew what it felt like to like someone.
When Prince Wei saw that Lu Youbai hadn't said anything for a long time, he teased him, "You don't understand Zijin's temper!"
This kid won't show any mercy to people he doesn't like. Prince Wei gave him a look and asked, "How can you bear to let your niece suffer this?"
Lu Youbai laughed, picked up the wine glass, and was about to say he would go home and try it, when Zhao Lan's servant came in with a heavy expression, bent down and whispered something in his ear. Zhao Lan's face changed drastically and he stood up suddenly.
After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, "Brother Wei, Brother Lu, please gather some people to help me find Ah Jin."
Ah Jin? They both knew instantly that this was the young lady from the Su family that Zi Jin admired.
Prince Wei asked first: "What happened?"
"Ajin went to Xiji to buy something and disappeared."
Lu Youbai frowned, "There are many people from the Western Regions and foreign races in Xiji, and it's a mixed crowd. If someone goes missing, it will be hard to find them."
Zhao Lan knew that now was not the time to argue with them. He bowed and asked for their help. "Thank you for your kindness."
The two nodded, stopped eating, and hurried to gather people to find someone.
Soon, the flow of people in the back streets of West Market returned to normal. It was as if the chaos half an hour ago had never happened. People were used to such things. However, there were more patrolling officers and soldiers on the streets today than on the day the riot was quelled. What was going on?
The three chiefs, the Imperial City Division, the Five Cities Military Division, and the Dali Temple, sent out their best troops to search the West Market, leaving no corner untouched.
Mao Ya was so distracted by the search that she came to her senses after being slapped a few times by Ye Huaizhen. "The young prince is asking you a question?"
Her eyes, which had been fixed on her head, finally turned around. When she saw Zhao Lan, she fell to her knees. She had clearly not shouted when she was looking for someone, but when she spoke at this moment, her voice was completely hoarse, and her words were so rough that they were almost inaudible.
"Please save my little master." Mao Ya knelt on the ground.
Zhao Lan raised his head without looking at her. "Tell me about what happened at that time."
Mao Ya looked up and suddenly became very excited. "When that little girl hid next to Jin Niang, I felt something was wrong and grabbed Jin Niang's sleeve tightly. But you know, little prince, Jin Niang is the kindest person. When I saw a little boy about to be stepped on and hurt not far away, I stared at Jin Niang without blinking when we pushed people away. I didn't dare to blink, for fear that something would happen in the chaos, but... but we were still squeezed away. A big man flashed in front of me and blocked my sight. In just a blink of an eye, after I pushed the big man away, Jin Niang disappeared. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find her."
"Where's that big guy?"
Mao Ya's mind was on the missing Su Ruojin, so she had no time to stare at him. "But I remember what he looks like."
Ye Huaizhen shook his head. "Even the people from the Three Divisions can't find the young master. This group of people must have been watching him for a long time. How could such a deliberate person show his true face?"
Mao Ya was so shocked that her eyes widened again. How could this happen... How could this happen...
Hua Ping was originally investigating Li Xiuzhu. When he heard about this, he came over. He stood next to Zhao Lan and asked, "Sir, could this be related to Yang Jingzi?"
Zhao Lan had someone bring Mr. Shen to Xishi, but Mr. Shen had a special identity and was allowed into their hidden base in Xishi.
Mr. Shen replied: "We have people keeping an eye on Yang Jingzi. At least we can confirm one thing: he did not show up directly." But if he is the leader of the Ula Grass, he has his own way of issuing orders.
Everyone was silent.
Ye Huaizhen couldn't help but ask, "Does the guy surnamed Yang know that we are watching him, and that it was the young master who saw through him?"
Zhao Lan's eyes tightened, and the look he gave Ye Huaizhen was enough to kill.
Ye Huaizhen pursed his lips and lowered his head.
Hua Ping felt guilty. Su Erniang felt guilty because she saw that he could not catch up with Ye Huaizhen, so... If he had not followed Yang Jingzi to the capital that day, maybe today...
If anything happened to Su Erniang, he would have no face to live on.
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