After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 254 Being treated with a disloyal heart

"I'll go right away." Lin Jiu responded, and he and Chongxi hurriedly took the people and went to look for her separately, but they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts that Young Master Xiahou had really hidden Miss Lian in the Golden House.

Now that the person is gone, his anxious look, tut, tut, doesn't look like the Mr. Xiahou he knew.

After the others dispersed, Lu Xingzhi turned his attention to Xia Houxi again.

Why are you trying to escape? This guy is clearly seeking public benefit for his own benefit.

Just at this time, all the people who entered Zhaoyue Tower to search came out.

When Lu Xingzhi saw their dejected looks, he knew that his search was fruitless.

He paused and saw that among the people helping to search for them, in addition to Dali Temple and government officials, some of them were military officers. Although they were wearing casual clothes, he recognized them at a glance.

At that moment, he said to Xia Houxi with disapproval: "Dismiss those people."

Xia Houxi frowned, "No, he hasn't been found yet."

"You transferred these people without authorization and mobilized troops. The emperor will know about it soon. How are you going to explain it to the emperor?

Are you saying that in order to find a woman, you took advantage of your position and used it for personal gain?
The people at Yushitai are always waiting to catch you! "Lu Xingzhi's voice became a little darker.

Xia Houxi usually acts in a high-profile and eye-catching manner. Once someone catches him, he will definitely be impeached.

Forget it, if someone has a disloyal heart, it will be troublesome.

How could Xia Houxi not know this, but he couldn't care about that much.

At first, he thought Lian Qimeng had escaped on his own, but when he asked Cuixiang later, he found out that Lian Qimeng had really been kidnapped.

Thinking of her past experience and good looks, she might be sold into a brothel again.

There were countless brothels in the capital, so in a hurry, he invited generals with whom he had personal connections to help find people.

And each general has many soldiers and subordinates under him.

So they gathered in one place at this time, and it was very noisy.

"Old Lu, I understand what you mean, but I can't care about that now." After Xia Houxi said that, he turned his horse's head and rushed towards the next brothel.

Lu Xingzhi scolded the horse for standing in front of him, and said with a serious face: "Xia Houxi, I know you are anxious, but if you search like this, not only will you not find the person, but you may even harm Miss Lian.

If Miss Lian was kidnapped, do you think those people wouldn't be afraid if you mobilized troops like this?
If pressed too hard, the other party may definitely kill someone and silence them directly. If you believe me, leave this matter to me, but send those people away as soon as possible. "

Xia Houxi worked as an errand at Dali Temple and had seen all kinds of prisoners, so he naturally understood that what Lu Xingzhi said was not alarmist.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about it, but the worry in his heart made him ignore everything and just wanted to find the person as soon as possible.

When Lu Xingzhi saw that he had stopped speaking, he knew that he had listened to his words, so he turned to one of them and said, "General Xu, today's matters will end here. Please take the people back first."

When General Xu heard this, he glanced at Xia Houxi and saw that he was silent. He cupped his hands towards Lu Xingzhi and left quickly with the generals and soldiers.

Xia Houxi had a wide network of contacts and had people who were close to him in various ministries, so as soon as he opened his mouth, people immediately came to help him.

Most of these people are loyal and can help their friends regardless of the consequences.

As soon as those generals left, the originally mighty team was immediately reduced by half.

Lu Xingzhi rode forward and rearranged the people.

A team of five people was arranged to go to various brothels to find people.

After arranging all the people, he said to Chen Fei: "Where is the place where Miss Lian disappeared?"

"Master Hui Lu, we are at the market." Chen Fei said immediately.

"Since it's a market and Miss Lian was taken away, someone should have seen it. Can anyone ask about it?" Lu Xingzhi asked. Chen Fei nodded, "Yes, it's just that there were too many people in the market, and the vendors said they didn't see it."

Lu Xing knew: "Did Miss Lian go out alone?"

"There is also a maid accompanying me." Chen Fei said, then repeated what Cuixiang said.

"So, they were going to the needle money stall, but they were knocked unconscious from behind, but no one in the market saw Miss Lian being taken away." Lu Xing knew that this happened , revealing something strange.

If it was in a secluded place and no one saw it, it would be okay, but there were so many people in the market, and those people knocked out two girls at the same time, so it was impossible that there wouldn't be any noise.

There is only one possibility, and those vendors dare not say it.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Go to the market again."

After hearing what he said, Xia Houxi calmed down a lot and realized that things were not that simple.

At that moment, without any further hesitation, he took the lead in riding towards the market.

It gets dark early in winter and the weather is cold. When the three of them rushed to the market, there was no one there, only some vendors were packing up and preparing to close their stalls.

The three of them went to the sewing stall first.

"I ask you again, have you seen this girl near noon?" Xia Houxi unfolded the portrait in his hand and stared at the vendor with cold eyes.

The vendor who was packing up his things shook his hands and felt fear in his heart.

Why is this person here again?
He shook his head quickly, "I haven't seen it. Young Master, you can ask others. Maybe others have seen it."

"Chen Fei, this person refuses to cooperate with Dali Temple on errands, so he will be taken into custody first." Xia Houxi took a step back and said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Chen Fei responded, immediately stepped forward and put his hand on the vendor's shoulder, "Come with me."

When the vendor heard that he was from Dali Temple and wanted to arrest him, his expression suddenly changed and he cried out, "Young man didn't do anything bad, you can't..."

"A girl is missing here today. I suspect that you and the gangsters kidnapped the girl. Come back to Dali Temple with us now." Xia Houxi interrupted him coldly.

When the vendor heard this, he fell to his knees on the ground, "Sir, it's unjust. It was not the young ones who did it..."

"Who did that?"

"He's from the Duke of Qin's palace," the vendor blurted out.

Hearing this, Xia Houxi looked extremely ugly and kicked him, "Since you know, why don't you hide it?"

The vendor said with a sad face: "We are just ordinary people and we cannot afford to offend the Duke of Qin..."

Xia Houxi was furious and wanted to say something, but Lu Xingzhi stopped him.

He looked at the vendor and said, "How do you know that the person who kidnapped the girl was someone from the Duke of Qin's palace?"

Now that the matter has come to a head, the vendor no longer hides it.

He couldn't afford to offend the Duke of Qin, nor could he offend Dali Temple.

Immediately he said: "Because the servants of the Duke of Qin have been wandering around the market in the past few days, and they are acting arrogantly and domineering. They have no regard for the king's laws. They just take whatever they like without paying any money at all, and they have the air of a street vendor." However, when I argued with them, I was beaten by them.

They also threatened that they were from the Duke of Qin's palace and they were just taking something to compliment everyone. Everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out. " At this point, the vendor paused, obviously very angry, "Seeing that we didn't dare to say anything, they became even more arrogant and didn't take us seriously at all, so they didn't shy away from kidnapping people today. That girl was He was kidnapped by people from the Duke of Qin's mansion! "

After saying that, the vendor looked at the three of them in fear, "Sir, please spare me. I really didn't mean to hide it..."

Xia Houxi couldn't stay any longer at this time. He immediately jumped on his horse and galloped towards Qin's palace.

After Lu Xingzhi helped the vendor up, he followed him with Chen Fei.