Village Chief Wang swallowed his saliva and wrapped the remaining two meat buns in oil paper and stuffed them into his arms. He had several little grandchildren at home, so he wanted them to have a taste of these delicious buns.
After about a quarter of an hour, the carriage arrived at the county government office.
County Magistrate Zhou and his five guards were already waiting in the yamen, and two carriages were ready.
County Magistrate Zhou and several of his guards were all in casual clothes. They looked like wealthy businessmen on a trip, and there was no trace of officialdom at all.
County Magistrate Zhou made some arrangements last night. He did not plan to use the young couple's carriage. Who knew if his accomplices would find out and alert them?
Therefore, County Magistrate Zhou planned to take only a few trusted people with him on the journey, so as not to alarm even Prince Yongning.
Both carriages were rented by County Magistrate Zhou from a horse-drawn carriage company. Magistrate Zhou and his guards rode in one, while Qian Chunhua and Dong Cong rode in the other.
There are five guards, two of whom are needed to drive, and everyone is taking turns.
After Qian Chunhua arrived, County Magistrate Zhou told Village Chief Wang, "You Huanghualing have done a great deed in this matter, but we don't know whether the kidnapper has any accomplices. When you return to the village, remember to tell those who participated yesterday to keep it a secret."
Village Chief Wang broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. He only thought about the merits yesterday and completely forgot about the risks. With County Magistrate Zhou's reminder, Village Chief Wang nodded quickly and said, "Please rest assured, County Magistrate. I will tell everyone as soon as I return."
County Magistrate Zhou nodded, got on the carriage, and ordered them to set off immediately.
It is about 300 kilometers from Nanzhou County to Yongning Prefecture. County Magistrate Zhou plans to travel day and night and try to reach the prefecture in one day and one night, and he can just change horses on the way.
Firstly, the Dong family who had lost their child must be anxious. Secondly, County Magistrate Zhou was worried about the origins of the bandits. If they were people who wanted to rebel and kidnapped the child and dragged the Dong family into the water, the Min Dynasty would be in trouble.
What County Magistrate Zhou was more worried about was that King Yongning was behind this matter.
The carriage left Nanzhou County and headed straight for Yongning Prefecture.
At the same time, in Tugang Village, Nanzhou County, the butcher, after having breakfast, took his eldest son and second son, packed a few clothes, and planned to take Qingsong back to Huanghualing.
Taking the opportunity of sending Qingyun back to Tang, I would first find out the situation.
Last night, while Qingyun was asleep, the butcher called his four sons and told them about the situation of their sister's family.
The butcher's sons didn't feel anything about their sister's family splitting up. It was like that in all villages, splitting up a family was a very common thing.
When they learned that Qian Chunhua, the second wife of the Zhao family, had extorted a total of 400 taels of silver from the Zhao family twice, their eyes turned red. So much silver? The key is that the Zhao family actually has such a fortune?
"Dad, what do you want to...?" Dazhu, the butcher's eldest son, looked at his father tentatively. As the eldest son, Dazhu knew exactly what kind of person the butcher was.
The butcher nodded and said, "My idea is to get back the four hundred taels of silver."
The second oldest son of the family, Erzhu, was extremely happy, but he had no idea what to do. "Dad, what are you going to do?"
The butcher looked at his second son with a smile. The child was smart, thoughtful and prudent since he was young. Once he brought up a topic, he would help consider all aspects.
Butcher: "This matter should not be made public, not even your sister's family should know about it."
Erzhu nodded. He also planned this. "Then let's go to Huanghualing to find out the situation first, and then discuss what to do. My opinion is that we can pretend to be thieves and steal, or pretend to be bandits and go into the village to rob."
The butcher was very satisfied, he thought so too.
The five men discussed and decided that the butcher would take Dazhu and Erzhu to send Qingyun home early tomorrow morning, and take the opportunity to stay at Cuihong's house for two more days to find out the situation before deciding what to do.
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