The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In the dead of night, most of the night markets have already closed in the middle of the night, and the noisy Bianliang City can only get real peace in the two hours of the second half of the night.

But at this time, there are still a few figures moving slowly at the intersection of Maxing Street leading to Gongyuan and Xijier Hutong.

Su Jin led Wang Chao Ma Han and others to walk along the intersection of two streets and carefully inspect them. They stopped under a big elm tree.

"My lord, according to Sui'er and the others, the candied chestnut stand is under this big tree, and Rou Niang bought the candied chestnuts here and never disappeared again." Whispered in the ear.

Su Jin looked at the terrain and asked in a low voice, "Where is the carriage parked?" [

Wang Chao pointed to a place not far away and said, "That's where it is. The distance is less than twenty steps away. I think it was called to stop temporarily. The carriage passed the stall for twenty steps before stopping."

Su Jin nodded lightly, walked towards the place where the carriage was parked in a small walking posture, and walked back in the same posture, touched his chin and asked: "It takes only fifteen breaths to make a person disappear , who of you can do it?"

Wang Chao shook his head and said, "Who can do this? Unless you have wings and can fly."

Su Jin said: "It only takes about fifteen breaths to get back to the carriage from the sugar-fried chestnut stand. I just imitated Xiao Sui'er and the others' footsteps. The time difference should be less than one or two breaths. In such a short period of time, I was able to move Rou Mother kidnapped and disappeared, who has such a great ability."

Wang Chao frowned and said, "When we came to check earlier, we found a dead end not far ahead. Could it be that the group of people tied up Rou Niang and jumped over the wall in the dead end?"

Su Jin asked, "How far is it from here?"

Wang Chao scratched his head and said, "It's fifty or sixty steps away. It's just at the entrance of the alley. There is a pile of rocks at the entrance of the alley."

Su Jin squinted and saw that there was indeed a pile of rocks piled up at the entrance of a dark alley, about fifty or sixty steps away.

"Would you like to take a look?" Dynasty suggested.

Su Jin waved his hand: "No, it's absolutely possible. How can we reach within [-] or [-] steps and within [-] breaths? Besides, there were people coming and going on the street at that time, and the small merchants said that they didn't see anyone forcibly kidnapping or bringing anyone with them." Let's go, are these people lying? Rou Niang was dragged by them to the entrance of the alley, she couldn't obey, she would definitely yell and kick to attract attention, and she could get Rou Niang so far away without a sound, only Only gods can do it."

Wang Chao said: "It's true, according to what the young master said, it is absolutely possible that he kidnapped and hid in the shop next to the street."

Su Jin said: "Of course it's impossible. Rou Niang and the others just got out of the car to buy snacks temporarily. No one knows which stall they will stop at in front of the shop, let alone pre-arranged snacks to lure them. If we figure it out, what else do we check? We will never find out."

Everyone was confused, it was like seeing a ghost. After Su Jin ruled out all possibilities, this matter became more and more unbelievable.

"Master, could Rou Niang go away by herself?" Zhang Long asked suddenly.

Wang Chao slapped Zhang Long with a slap, "What are you talking about? How could Miss Rou Niang leave without saying goodbye?"

Su Jin rolled her eyes and said: "It's not impossible, maybe Rou Niang thinks that she is unhappy in my Su's house, and wants to go out for a walk by herself, just go in the opposite direction with Xiao Sui'er and the others, and it will be difficult to blend in with the crowd I found it, there must be a lot of people on this street, and the intersection of the two streets has always been a very bustling place."

Wang Chao scratched his head and said, "Definitely not, my lord, please don't listen to Zhang Long's nonsense. This kid is just like Ma Han, a stick-headed fellow."

Ma Han was lying on the side and was shot, rolling his eyes in regret.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Of course I don't believe it. Rou Niang is determined not to leave in this way. She can leave whenever she wants to. There is no need to be so sneaky. I'm just joking."

Su Jin walked along the route between the vendor and the carriage again, but this time he was staring at the ground carefully looking for something. Suddenly he stopped, squatted down, and reached out to grab a handful on the ground. What is coming.

Wang Chao and others hurriedly followed to see that Su Jin was holding a handful of sugar-fried chestnuts scattered on the ground that had cooled down.

"Rou Niang was kidnapped here, and this is the scene." Su Jin said softly.

"It's less than ten steps away from the carriage, and it's impossible not to escape the eyes of Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang," Wang Chao said.

Su Jin got up, patted the dust on his hands and said: "Now there is only one possibility left. Obviously, after Rou Niang was kidnapped, the group took her away quickly. There is only one way to achieve this goal." Maybe, it was dragged directly into the prepared carriage with her mouth covered, and then quickly left here; even if Rou Niang yelled again and again, the outsiders would not know about it after the curtain was lowered."

Everyone suddenly realized that it must be like this to be able to take people away without anyone noticing.

Su Jin sighed: "Actually, I should have thought of this a long time ago. This group of people followed Rou Niang and the others. Rou Niang and the others were walking in a carriage. Those who followed could only follow by driving, and they couldn't catch up with their footsteps. Hey! I was confused for a while, I didn't think of this, and I wasted my time in vain, so I don't need to come this trip."

"However, isn't it even more troublesome now, knowing that Rou Niang was kidnapped in a carriage, where can I find her in the huge Bianliang City?" Wang Chao asked.

Su Jin frowned and said: "This is indeed a headache, but only by understanding how Rou Niang was kidnapped can we rule out other reasons for the kidnapping. These people followed the kidnapping, which shows that it was planned for a long time, only to rob Rou Niang But Huanniang and Xiaosuier are safe and sound, which means that they are not robbing sex or wealth, but because there is something related to Rouniang..."

Wang Chao said in a low voice: "My lord, are you talking about... about Liu Binhua?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "It must be this matter. I can almost conclude that Xia Song sent someone to do it. I think there must be a flaw in Rou Niang's dress that day and they recognized it, so it is almost certain that Rou Niang is now It's in Xia Song's hands."

Wang Chao nodded silently, Su Jin looked around, waved his hands and said: "Let's go, let's talk about it when we go home. There are important clues to check here. This matter needs to be settled after we go back."

When everyone returned to the house, Yan Biyun, Xiaosuier Huanniang and others who were waiting anxiously in the house rushed up to meet them. Su Jin stated his judgment, and even if Huanniang was about to collapse, she knelt down in front of Su Jin and wept. Said: "My lord, since I know who has kidnapped my sister, I beg you to think of a way to save her quickly, my family is only such a relative in this world..."

Su Jin quickly helped her up and said, "Why not save her? Don't worry, we will definitely save her."

Seeing that the women were crying and crying, it was not easy to discuss, so Su Jin asked Yan Biyun to take them to the inner hall to rest. After Yan Biyun comforted her in every possible way, Huanniang was helped by Xiao Sui'er and Xiao Xian'er.

Ma Han couldn't help asking: "Master, since we know that Xia Song is in the hands, we have to act quickly. If Rou Niang can't bear the punishment and tells what happened that day, it will be terrible, sir. Can't escape the relationship."

Su Jindao: "The only way now is to save people secretly. Xia Song's methods are vicious, and Rou Niang, a weak woman, will definitely not be able to survive the torture."

Wang Chao said: "Master, please tell me, how should we do it?"

Su Jin shook his head and said: "Now Xia Song will definitely watch Rou Niang strictly, maybe he will set a trap for us to sneak in; this matter can't be rushed, we have to think of a perfect plan; it's best if someone can find out Find out where Rou Niang is detained, then you can prescribe the right medicine; I judge that Yuzhang Tower is the most suspicious point, but someone needs to be able to explore the way first. It's just that this person must have high martial arts skills and good light-weight skills. Go high and high, even if you are discovered, you can get away, otherwise you will be thrown into a trap."

Ma Han patted his chest and said, "I'll go, I'm a master of martial arts."

Chao Chao stretched out his hand to pull him aside and said: "What's the trouble, with your body, it's as heavy as a weight, let alone touch it, even if you walk two steps outside someone's house, the vibration of your footsteps will tell people that someone is coming. "

Ma Han muttered: "Could it be that you are good at lightening your body?"

Wang Chao said: "I can't do it either, but someone can."

Su Jin hurriedly asked: "Who? Could you please move?"

Wang Chao said: "Master, have you forgotten my uncle? If he is willing to go, it will definitely not be a problem."

Su Jin slapped his head, and actually forgot about the master martial uncle brought by Dynasty, but he didn't know how good this man's kung fu was. He was pressed down with a chopstick that day, and he couldn't move.

"Where is Uncle Ling now?"

Chao Chao hurriedly said: "The villain arranged the uncle to live with me in my room. The uncle has been traveling in the capital for the past few days. He came back every day after dinner and fell asleep. He went out at dawn. Today the house is messy. I haven't seen him yet, let me go and see if my uncle is sleeping soundly in the room."

Su Jin said: "I'll go with you. If you want to ask someone, how can you not be polite."

Everyone went out of the flower hall and went straight to Wang Chao's residence in the second wing room. From a distance, they heard the sound of thunder in the room, Wang Chao said happily: "Uncle Master is inside."

Su Jin secretly felt sad for Wang Chao, the old man's snoring could lift half the roof, it was hard for Wang Chao to sleep in the same room with him at night, and he didn't know how to get over it.