Chen Qing stood up, and Qingge quickly took the cloak and put it on her.
When the guard saw Shen Qing, he quickly told her what had just happened.
"Miss, Miss Bai's maid Chuntao came to see you just now. She said that Miss Bai had something urgent to discuss with you. Seeing how anxious she was, I wanted to bring her to see you, but we were stopped by Madam on the way." The guard looked aggrieved and his voice was filled with tears.
"Chun Tao was so anxious that tears were about to come out. She kept saying that Miss Bai had been kidnapped and begged you to save her.
But the lady stopped Chuntao without explanation and forbade her to tell you about this. "I just said a few good words for her, but the lady blamed me and even deducted my monthly salary!" The guard grew angrier and angrier, his face filled with indignation.
After Shen Qing heard this, the expression on his face suddenly turned cold.
"I felt that if I didn't tell the young lady, I might miss something important, so I took the risk of being discovered by the lady..."
"Qingge, give him twenty taels of silver." Chen Qing ordered, "Take the money and don't come back after the New Year."
"Yes! Thank you, Miss."
The guard understood that he had never intended to come back. However, he had only hoped that Shen Qing would take pity on him and make up for the deducted monthly salary, but this fairy lady actually gave him twenty taels!
Chen Qing hurried out of the side door and happened to run into Chun Tao, who had just been warned by Qiu Lu.
"Miss Shen!" Chuntao said in surprise.
"Take me to where Runyi disappeared."
"good!"
Without much nonsense, Chuntao immediately took Shen Qing to the place where Bai Runyi last disappeared, which was the entrance of an alley.
"The lady told me to buy some snacks from across the street, and she was waiting here. But the moment I turned around, she was gone."
Shen Qing looked around, and a breeze blew, and a scent of wine wafted out from the alley.
"Chun Tao, this place is not far from the Shangshu Mansion. Go to a crowded place and return home first to wait for news."
"Then be careful."
Shen Qing nodded.
After Chuntao left, she stood at the corner of the alley and observed for a long time. The market, which had been bustling with people a few days ago, now seemed unusually deserted.
Even if you occasionally see someone passing by, they are always in a hurry with a tense look on their faces.
Chuntao said that Bai Runyi disappeared in the blink of an eye, and it seemed that someone was targeting him.
If Bai Runyi was standing here, waiting for Chuntao opposite her, she would definitely not just stare at Chuntao, she would definitely look around.
If she was a kidnapper, they would have knocked her unconscious from behind and taken her away immediately. If she didn't struggle, they wouldn't have wasted too much time.
The kidnappers will not take people away immediately, nor will they go through the roof, as that would make them too conspicuous.
Then I will just hide nearby.
Shen Qing walked to the several straw baskets on both sides of the alley, turned them over, and there were indeed traces on the ground.
Shen Qing went in and covered the straw basket. From inside, he could clearly see what was happening outside.
The kidnapper must have seen Chuntao looking for people everywhere, and after Chuntao left, he would find an opportunity to take the people away.
When people panic, they will unconsciously seek external help and will not review their logic.
Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly saw a darkening outside the straw basket, as if someone was standing outside. As the figure moved, I could see that the person was wearing bright red clothes.
Who is it? Why is he as showy as Jiang Zhuo?
Shen Qing paused as he was about to open the straw basket. Would it scare irrelevant people if he went out now?
How about waiting for him to leave? But if he waited any longer, Bai Runyi would become even more afraid.
Just as I was struggling with this, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside, "Princess, please come out. It's not warmer inside than outside."
Fuck, Jiang Zhuo!
Shen Qing pushed open the straw basket and saw Jiang Zhuo's smiling eyes.
She should have thought of it earlier, who else but Jiang Zhuo would dress so ostentatiously!
"Why are you here?" Shen Qing patted the dust off his hands.
"Investigate the case."
"What a coincidence. Bai Runyi was kidnapped, and her maid Chuntao said this was the last place she disappeared."
Jiang Zhuo raised an eyebrow, "She's quite unlucky. She ended up shopping near someone's lair."
"Did you find out?"
"Thanks to Qingqing, your box of chess pieces." Jiang Zhuo took the dry grass off Shen Qing's head. "The chess pieces I collected from chess dealer Chen Yue's house were made of ordinary materials. I think he had already hidden the problematic chess pieces.
As for your box, I spent a long time studying it after returning home. Human bones alone wouldn't be enough to create such clear chess pieces; they would need to be soaked in highly concentrated icy salt water.
In this alley, there is an abandoned salt shop with salt-making tools inside. Because it was used to make and sell fake salt, the door is still sealed.
"The inspection in the capital is very strict, so they can only make salt themselves."
With this kind of spirit, can't you find a job?
"When I got here, I saw you crawling into the straw basket..."
"Don't talk about it for now, go save people first."
Shen Qing sighed, he saw everything.
The two of them walked around to the side of the salt shop and secretly observed on the wall.
If we act rashly, we're afraid they'll become desperate and harm Bai Runyi.
There were two people guarding the main house, and someone was constantly going in and out of the side room carrying buckets of water. There was something like oil paper pasted on the window.
"The windows are covered with Tiancan paper, which blocks light and prevents odors from escaping."
No wonder I can't smell the spices.
Suddenly, two men came out of the main house.
"Keep an eye on her. Let her take the medicine after an incense stick. Remember, the dosage cannot be too large! You need to keep her awake, but not so strong that she can escape."
"I understand, Master!"
That is Chen Yue.
Shen Qing looked towards the room he had just come out of. The person he was talking about should be Bai Runyi.
Jiang Zhuo looked around quietly and said, "They should have another passage to transport these things."
"Don't worry about the others, just catch Chen Yue and that pockmarked face first."
"Yeah." Jiang Zhuo nodded.
Chen Qing and Jiang Zhuo exchanged a glance. "I'll go rescue the young lady and create some noise to lure them out. You can catch them both in the yard. That shouldn't be a problem, right, Master Jiang?"
"certainly."
Shen Qing jumped down from the wall without any concealment, instantly attracting the attention of the two people guarding the door of the main house.
“Who is it?”
"Your father!"
Shen Qing's actions made Jiang Zhuo laugh. Seeing her knock the two men to the ground in just a few moves, there was undisguised admiration in his eyes.
Shen Qing kicked the broken door and saw Bai Runyi tied up and thrown on a tattered straw mat, with one cheek red and swollen and his whole body dirty.
Shen Qing walked over to untie the rope for her, took off his cloak and put it on her.
"Miss, wake up."
Bai Runyi opened his eyes, and when he saw Shen Qing, his eyes suddenly turned red.
“Woo woo, Shen Qing, you are finally here, they beat me!”
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