The wife of the power minister's family

Chapter 268 The so-called waiting for the rabbit (second update)

At this time, Xu Jing suddenly said: "I heard that in the early hours of this morning, the people sent by Duke Qiao lost him at a fork in the official road. I wonder where the fork is?"

Duke Qiao was startled and looked at Xu Jing. After calming down, he said: "It's to the west of Xijing City, near Xiaobeipo. Madam Xu wants to see if there are any clues? It's no use. I've already sent someone there. I checked it several times and found that the official road was very solid and beautiful, with almost no rut marks left on it."

Xu Jing said, "I'm not looking for clues from that road. I have an idea that I want to confirm. Jiang Zhaoyin, I want to go to that official road to see it."

Jiang Shaobai glanced at Xu Jing, nodded and said: "There is not much time left before the ransom is paid. Go back quickly and ask Yao Shaoyin to accompany you."

Xu Jing responded and hurried out of Wang's house with Yao Shaoyin.

On the way, Yao Shaoyin couldn't help but ask: "What does Madam Xu want to confirm?"

Xu Jing was silent for a moment and said: "Although the people sent by Duke Qiao lost the kidnapper last time, one thing is certain, that road must lead to his hiding place.

We send people to follow him, and the possibility of success is low, but what if we know his destination in advance? "

Yao Shaoyin was stunned and subconsciously said: "That is the best! In this case, we can send people to investigate in advance. Even if we can't find the two children, we can also send people to ambush nearby and wait for the rabbit...

No, Madam Xu, you... do you have a way to know where he is going? ! "

Yao Shaoyin was dumbfounded.

Is the information they received the same? Why does he have the feeling that Madam Xu secretly knows many things from him? !

Xu Jing raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "So, don't I want to verify it?"

Soon, it was time for the kidnappers to demand a ransom.

The sky was completely dark in Xushi, and almost no one could be seen near Qiulin Mountain. Near the forest where the kidnappers demanded the ransom, Jiang Shaobai and all the government officials were ready.

Beside him, the servant of the Wang family who was responsible for taking the ransom money counted all the gold bars, then lifted them up with difficulty, saluted Duke Qiao, and walked to the delivery place.

A total of one hundred and sixty-eight gold bars, even if four grown men carried them separately, it seemed a bit difficult.

Although their current location was near the ransom delivery location, it was still quite far away, and it would take about a cup of tea to walk there.

But Sheng was on a small hillside with a wide view. They could see the forest where the ransom was paid, but under the cover of the dense trees, they couldn't see much.

Jiang Shaobai glanced at Duke Qiao and said, "Gong Qiao has already arranged the person responsible for tracking."

In terms of connections, the Xijing government office was still far inferior to Qiao Guogong, so Jiang Shaobai still left this matter to Qiao Guogong.

Duke Qiao nodded and said in a deep voice: "I sent two people this time, both of them are first-class experts. I have already told them to leave signs along the way."

Then they followed the signs and chased after them.

After saying that, Duke Qiao suddenly looked around and said, "Where's Madam Xu? Could it be that she went to check the road and hasn't come back yet?"

Hearing this, Jiang Shaobai paused slightly and said, "Ms. Xu has other tasks."

Duke Qiao was startled, but seeing that Jiang Shaobai obviously didn't want to elaborate, he didn't have much thought at the moment, so he didn't ask in detail.

After the royal servants handed over the ransom, they waited for more than two-quarters of an hour before using the faint moonlight and the shade of the dense trees to see the place where the ransom was handed over. A carriage slowly drove up.

The carriage was not big. It looked like a very simple and light carriage. There was a man sitting at the shaft of the carriage, but because it was too far away, they couldn't see the man's appearance at all.

After the man got off the carriage, he quickly got on the carriage again and drove away. After everyone waited for a while, Jiang Shaobai waved silently, quickly got on his horse and rushed out with a small group of people.

The sign left by Duke Qiao was a green ribbon tied to a tree. They followed those signs to a forked official road. Duke Qiao immediately gritted his teeth and said, "That bandit actually left and followed me." The same road!”    This is where his people lost the kidnappers the first time!

Although he was not sure whether the kidnappers would leave here again, Duke Qiao still sent people to ambush nearby. I don’t know if it was because of this. This time, their people did not get lost. They successfully passed by the road on the left. On a tree, I saw a ribbon tied by their people.

The group of people immediately pulled the reins of their horses and quickly walked onto the road on the left.

There were many twists and turns along the way, and there were many forks in the road. To be honest, they were not surprised at all that the kidnapper was able to throw away the people who were following him.

When they reached the fourth fork in the road, they saw two familiar figures standing restlessly on the roadside.

Duke Qiao immediately got off his horse, took a deep breath and said, "Did you lose someone again?!"

But it was the two men sent by Duke Qiao to track the kidnappers!

The two men immediately knelt down on one knee and said with great shame: "This villain is not capable enough, please punish me!"

However, everyone also knows that they cannot be blamed.

Under such harsh conditions, it is not easy for them to follow here.

However, they lost someone here, which meant that they lost a precious opportunity again!

No one knows whether there will be such an opportunity in the future!

Even Duke Qiao couldn't help but kicked one of the men away in anger and roared: "Get out!"

Xu Guangyi suddenly collapsed on the horse next to him, his face full of despair.

Could it be that his Guang'er, his only son, really couldn't come back? !

That Yang Quanfu obviously hates their Xu family, there is no way he will let Guang'er go!

Just when everyone was angry and desperate, Jiang Shaobai's slightly tight voice suddenly sounded from the side, "Go to the right."

Duke Qiao immediately looked at Jiang Shaobai, his eyes suddenly widened, "How do you know?!"

But he saw Jiang Shaobai standing on the road on the right, bent down, picked up a small palm-sized scarecrow from the bushes nearby, looked at Qiao Guogong and said: "This is the secret code Mrs. Xu left for us. "

Duke Qiao was startled, and quickly strode over, snatched away the scarecrow, and said through gritted teeth, "What's going on! Did Madam Xu also send someone to follow the kidnapper?!"

However, he believed that the two men he hired to follow the kidnappers were already the best people in Kung Fu that could be found in Xijing.

How could such a little lady find someone more powerful than them in such a short period of time? !

Jiang Shaobai took a breath. To be honest, he was also surprised when he saw this scarecrow.

When Xu Jing sent someone to tell him about her plan during the day, he actually didn't believe it.

But now it seems that what she said is actually true!

"Actually, this afternoon, Mrs. Xu sent someone to tell me that she had found the destination where the kidnappers might be going, so she asked me to hire someone to ambush along the way.

And she herself should have gone to that place now.

Because... I was also a little unbelievable about Madam Xu's words, so I didn't tell everyone just now. "

Everyone around was shocked.

How did the woman know in advance where the kidnapper was going? !

However, they had no intention of looking into it now. Duke Qiao immediately got on his horse and said with a wave of his hand: "No matter what, the top priority is to rescue Jun'er first! Everyone, hurry up and follow!"

After saying that, he rushed out immediately.

(End of this chapter)