Chapter 322: First Day of the New Year
As soon as Lao Hu opened the door, someone rushed in. Scared, Lao Hu quickly tried to stop him: "Who are you? Why are you just barging in?"
Xiaowu took off his hat, his face full of anxiety: "It's me, is Hongyu awake? I have something urgent to talk to him about."
When Old Hu saw that it was Xiao Wu, he lowered his hand and said hesitantly, "Everyone went to bed late last night. They should not be awake at this time."
"Go wake up Hongyu and tell him I have something to talk to him about."
Xiaowu frowned, it was obvious that the matter was serious.
Old Hu originally wanted to say that it was inconvenient for him to go to the backyard, but Xiaowu looked so serious that he didn't dare to say it. He asked Xiaowu to go to the flower hall and sit for a while while he went to call someone.
Xiao Wu waved his hand and said, "I know where the flower hall is. I'll go there myself. You go get someone."
Old Hu had no choice but to retreat. He went to call Yunniang and asked her to go to the backyard to call for help.
Yunniang put on her coat and yawned, "Didn't they say the master family didn't have many relatives here? How come someone's coming so early?"
Old Hu couldn't explain it clearly, he only knew that it was Mr. Cui who had visited some time ago.
"I see Master Cui is quite anxious. Hurry up and put on your clothes and go to the backyard to look for someone. Don't delay the master's business."
Yunniang had already put on her clothes. Upon hearing this, she glanced at Lao Hu and said, "Do you even need to tell me that? When have I ever delayed my master's business?"
After saying that, he went straight to the backyard without waiting for Lao Hu to react.
Lao Hu went to prepare hot water and the meat patties he had made yesterday, and prepared to serve them to Xiao Wu first.
It was obvious from Xiaowu's appearance that he had come from the county town overnight. I don't know if he had eaten breakfast or not. It would not be wrong for him to prepare in advance.
As it turned out, he was well prepared.
When Xiaowu saw the meat pie, he took a bite without saying a word, then picked up the hot tea and drank it in one gulp. Fortunately, the water was not boiling hot, otherwise his throat would have been burned.
"Have you called Hongyu?" Even so, Xiaowu did not forget to ask.
"I've already called the young master." Old Hu responded and went to the kitchen to get a charcoal brazier and placed it in the hall.
When Jiang Hongyu arrived, Xiaowu had already eaten and drunk his fill, and was staring at the door of the flower hall with an anxious look on his face.
"You're finally here." Xiao Wu immediately grabbed Jiang Hongyu's arm as soon as he saw him.
"We need your help with something, so we'll be away for a while." Xiao Wu said this with a mixture of anxiety and embarrassment.
"Going out? When?" Jiang Hongyu looked at the sky outside. "You don't want me to go out now, do you?"
Xiao Wu swallowed, stared at Jiang Hongyu's unhappy eyes and nodded: "Something happened, I want your help."
"No." Jiang Hongyu refused directly. "I've been on the island for a while and just got back. It's not convenient for me to go out. Besides, I have a job to do now, so it's not easy for me to leave."
"Hongyu, this is a big deal. If you do this well, it will only take a word for the Jiang family to return to the capital." Xiaowu lowered his head and spoke in a voice that only Jiang Hongyu could hear.
Jiang Hongyu just sat down on the chair calmly, without the emotion he had imagined.
"There's only my mother and I left in the Jiang family. What difference does it make where we are?" He said this calmly and heartlessly. "We're living a good life here. It doesn't matter whether we return to the capital or not."
Xiaowu looked at him suspiciously. He didn't believe that Jiang Hongyu didn't want to return to the capital.
"This is a remote area. Even if you don't mind, Mingzhu doesn't mind either. Besides, if you have children one day, you will want them to live like this." He continued regardless of Jiang Hongyu's expression.
"Even if you don't have to worry about food and drink now, there isn't even a decent school or teacher here. Do you want your children to live like this in the future?"
Jiang Hongyu wanted to say what was wrong with such a day.
Xiao Wu said what he was about to say: "You may say that there is nothing wrong with living like this, but there is nothing wrong with having more choices."
Jiang Hongyu fell silent. Although his life was okay now and he had enough food and drink, he was trapped here and could not go out.
Not wanting to go out and not being able to go out are two different concepts.
Seeing that he was silent, Xiao Wu continued, "This matter is not dangerous. I just want you to help find out some things. You have been here for so many years, this shouldn't be difficult."
Jiang Hongyu lowered his eyes, making it impossible to see his expression.
"What do you want to know?" he said after a while.
"You promised, right?" Xiao Wu asked back, "If you know what you're asking about, you have to do it."
Jiang Hongyu looked up at Xiaowu and said, "This is a big deal."
Xiao Wu nodded: "It's not small, but it won't affect you."
"Okay, tell me what it is. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it."
Xiao Wu said word by word, "I want to find two people in the city: a man and a child. The man is about twenty years old, and the child is six or seven years old. They appeared in the city a month ago."
Jiang Hongyu frowned: "Is there any other news?"
“No more.”
"Is there a portrait?"
"……No."
"Are you kidding me?"
Xiao Wu had a bitter smile on his face. He thought so when he first got the news, but in fact, this was all the information they had.
"With only this information, it will be very slow to find the two people you want. There are too many combinations of men in their twenties and children of six or seven years old." Jiang Hongyu shook his head. "You'd better give me more information, otherwise, I don't know when I can find the two people you want."
Xiao Wu's face was filled with worry. "That's all the information we have. You must find the two men as soon as possible. The child must live, and the man can live or die."
Jiang Hongyu didn't say anything. Such news was almost like an impossible task.
Xiaowu slowly took out a piece of paper from his lapel and handed it to Jiang Hongyu.
Jiang Hongyu only took a glance and his expression changed drastically: "What do you mean?"
"Here are five hundred taels as payment for asking Ah Fei to find the children. Once you find two, I'll give you another five hundred taels to save only one person's life."
Jiang Hongyu narrowed his eyes, murderous intent spreading across his face: "What do you mean by this?"
Xiao Wu resisted the pressure and forced a smile: "I really didn't expect you to be Ah Fei, the famous bounty hunter in the capital."
Jiang Hongyu didn't say anything, just stared at him, his hand moving slightly.
"Given our friendship, you don't have to worry about me telling anyone."
"Only the dead can keep secrets."
Jiang Hongyu's eyes moved slightly, and Xiaowu didn't know whether what he said was true or false.
"This time we're looking for Prince Jing's legitimate grandson. Once you find him, you'll gain the support of Prince Jing and the Dou family."
Xiaowu quickly told what he knew.
"As far as I know, Prince Jing's only son has passed away, leaving only one legitimate grandson. How did he end up here?"
Jiang Hongyu didn't quite believe what Xiaowu said.
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