Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 203 Bean Paste Mariko (3)

  The pile of unowned masks left on the day of the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival was thrown in the warehouse of Jingzhao Mansion.

   "I haven't touched the mask since I brought it back." Said the Jingzhao Mansion officer who took Zhao You and Liu Yuan to the warehouse to get the mask.

   Don't worry, Zhao You came to get the mask by himself, and Liu Yuan also came with him.

  Since we are here...

   "Apart from the mask, do you want to take the other items with you?" the guard turned to Liu Yuan and asked.

  Liu Yuan thought for a while, nodded and said: "What else? Take it with you too!"

"There is only one stack of masks on the Lantern Festival," the guard said, leading the two into the warehouse, pointing to the letter next to the stack of masks, and said, "But the two young ladies who came to report to the officer before they disappeared did stay. thing."

  Liu Yuan stepped forward to pick up the two letters, tilted his head and asked the guard: "Is this the letter your lord is talking about?"

  The guard nodded: "It's the farewell letter left by those two young ladies who ran away from home!"

  The handwriting has been checked, no matter from the word habits or handwriting, it is believed to be written by the little lady herself.

Although the sentences are different, the content is almost the same. They both said that they met their destined lover. The lover is the son of a big family, and the sons of the family will not allow them to marry themselves, so the two decided to elope for love, and they married their lover. Run out for a future, so that parents and family members don't have to worry about it.

  Although the governor of Jingzhao had already told Lin Shaoqing about this matter during the Lantern Festival, and they knew about it, but after reading these two letters, Liu Yuan couldn't help scolding, "What a ghost!"

   Isn't it "what a ghost lover"? The middle-aged man guard on the side sighed: "My youngest daughter is now six years old, you have to teach her from a young age, teach her to be vigilant against such a messy lover!"

   I really read too many stories about elopement for love in the storybooks, but forgot to look at the end of elopement that I see in daily life, and those women are the worst.

  These women's families are not rich and powerful, but they are also loved and raised since they were young, so naive that they don't know the daily necessities are the most emotionally exhausting.

   Is it really the son of a big family, who can do such irresponsible things, and who can be responsible? It's just that the two of them are lucky, they have never met any bad guys on the road, and this money is enough for the two of them to live on. In the end, the son was retrieved by the clan and married another young lady who was well-matched, and the elopement girl would end up miserable.

   Not to mention looking at the situation, where are there so many rich sons? I'm afraid it's not a kidnapper who uses the name of a rich man to do unclean activities!

"One is a young lady from the Chen family in Zhengouyoufang, and the other is a young lady from Changji Rice Shop. Although she is not considered rich, she has no worries about food and clothing." The guard said, "They were all lost a few days ago. They are almost the same. When they go out, they send the maid who is with them to find an excuse to go shopping, and then take advantage of the maid’s absence, and disappear with the same letter that has already been packed.”

  Hearing this, Liu Yuan couldn't help but sneer: "This rich man who came out of nowhere is really 'charismatic'!"

"Isn't it?" The guard said while helping to organize the things and handed them over to Zhao You, "According to the memories of the two young ladies, the young master should not be the same one. One is that the handkerchief disappeared when the incense was offered. The predestined person who came to Pazi; one met a gangster while shopping, suddenly appeared, and reprimanded the gangster to 'save the beauty'!"

  The lady of the Chen family threw the handkerchief when offering incense, but the handkerchief is worthless on the one hand, and on the other hand, there are many people who throw handkerchiefs, hairpins, and even purses when offering incense. The temple has a special little novice standing at the door to take care of the lost things. There are piles of handkerchiefs, hairpins, and purses over there. If you lose something, just go there to find it.

  Not to mention a well-mannered rich man, even an ordinary person, if he picks up something, he just needs to send it to the little novice monk. Do you need to go around asking who threw it with that handkerchief?

   And the one that the little lady of the Chang family met was even more wrong! In broad daylight, a gangster who dares to molest a woman openly must be quite courageous. A few courageous gangsters would feel guilty or afraid of saying "sage words" to a powerless scholar, and then run away what? It would be nice if the gangsters they saw beat up the young master who ran out to "meddling his own business"!

   These two incidents were full of loopholes in the eyes of the people in Jingzhao Mansion and the elders of the Chen family and the Chang family. Naturally, they immediately reported to the officials as soon as they heard about this "beautiful man".

"According to the servant girl's description, the two look different, so they are not the same person, but this method makes people feel a little subtle." The guard sighed, "It seems that someone specially raised some 'gentlemen' with delicate skin and tender flesh, for The only thing is to trick these women into taking the bait!"

   Right now, the portraits of the two "sons" have been posted, and they haven't received any news for several days, so they must have been hidden.

  In this way, those "gentlemen" who can't show up after cheating a woman, must be short of manpower.

"The people behind it are extremely cunning, and they must know that kidnapping so many young ladies at the Lantern Festival will attract the attention of the government." Liu Yuan handed the things brought back from Jingzhao Mansion to Lin Fei, and said, "It has been rumored outside Open, on the way back with Zhao You, I have rarely seen young ladies traveling alone!"

  Suddenly losing so many people, parents with daughters at home must be careful not to go out unless absolutely necessary, and even if they go out, they must take others with them.

"So right now everyone's eyes are on the little lady. Those people may not take advantage of this time to do the opposite and attack those poor-looking poor scholars." Bai Zhu said, "Buy one or two Huapao, with two valuable jade pendants on his body, can transform those poor scholars into wealthy sons, coupled with a few gangsters, who can be easily deceived by the cooperation of the sons and gangsters. Wait for the innocent little lady to elope!"

  If they hadn't thought of this, they wouldn't have come to Xunzhou. Perhaps it is more likely to get clues from those poor scholars who are most likely to be disguised as "rich and noble sons".

"But why do they want so many young ladies?" Liu Yuan rubbed his chin, and said to Bai Zhu beside him, "On weekdays, innocent young ladies elope, and they simply kidnap people by force during lantern festivals. These people must be There are a lot of veterans who specialize in this way, and there are many professional thugs among them!"

  Bai Zhu nodded: "These people must have been doing business for many years. It is definitely impossible to start doing it right now. It's just that they haven't been noticed in the past."

  Yes, you can also look up the incidents of those little ladies who eloped and never came back. It should not have started with two little ladies, but it has already started for many years!

  These villains have been walking in the dark for many years, but they were not discovered until now. I don’t know how many little ladies have been murdered by these people!

  When Liu Yuan was talking to Bai Zhu, Lin Fei didn't speak. He just picked up the masks that Zhao You brought back one by one, and put them to his nose to smell them.

  After seeing every mask, Lin Fei got up and walked outside.

  (end of this chapter)