After leaving the gate of Gongyuan, I saw Jizi standing under the wooden pillar at the door, looking around, as if he was waiting for someone.
Su Jin was very curious about this person. Seeing that he had a calm demeanor and was unhurried before the exam, and even helped him explain some questions with his gentle words, he had a good impression of him and wanted to make friends with him. So he stepped forward
He cupped his hands and said, "This brother invites you."
The man turned around to see Su Jin, raised his hands and said in return: "Hello, brother."
Su Jin smiled and said: "I have taken the liberty of interrupting you. I sincerely thank you for your kindness in helping me in the examination room."
The man raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Some small things are of great importance. It is my honor to serve the people of Sushe." [
Su Jin was surprised and said: "Do you recognize me?"
The man smiled and said: "Who in the capital doesn't know Mr. Su? He handles grain affairs, regulates officials, and wisely withdraws envoys from the Liao Dynasty. If Mr. Su doesn't know him, wouldn't he be blind?"
Su Jin cupped his hands and said, "But my brother is also from the capital? May I ask my brother's name?"
The man smiled and said, "I am Han Jiang, a small official from the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Although he is a lowly official, I am still familiar with Mr. Su."
Su Jin hurriedly smiled and said: "It turns out that he was an official in the same dynasty. Although I don't know what kind of official he is, the prime minister must have the same kind of sinecure as me, someone like me. Brother, I think it's because he can't be promoted without taking the imperial examination.
That’s why I took part in the undergraduate imperial examination.”
Han Jiang smiled and said: "That's not true. I was ordered by my father to take part in the Enke exam. My father returned home this year with great honors, so he ordered me to take the Enke exam..."
Su Jin said with a smile: "I see, your Majesty asked you to come out and honor the Han family. The father will be honored and the son will take your place. The father and the son will relay allegiance to the Song Dynasty. It is really a good story."
Han Jiang said with a smile: "Thank you for your praise. I just followed my father's orders. My brother is the most talented person in the Song Dynasty. I have seen that my brother has not looked nervous at all these past two days. He must have come out on top in the test. I would like to congratulate you first."
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Su Jin waved his hand and said: "You are not the same. I thought I was the first to submit the paper, but I didn't expect that Brother Han was earlier than me. Brother Han is the leader."
Han Jiang smiled and said: "We'll see, Mr. Su, my carriage is here and I'm leaving. Let's talk about it another day."
Su Jin hurriedly handed him off and saw a carriage coming from the street. Han Jiang bent down and got into the carriage and waved away.
Su Jin secretly clicked his tongue. This guy seemed to have been prepared for a long time. He even called the family's carriage to pick him up at this time. It was obvious that he had no intention of staying until tomorrow, but knew from the beginning that the third game would not take too long.
, this self-confidence cannot be built up.
In the carriage, young Han Jiang thought to himself with a smile on his lips: "I thought that the famous Su Jin was just smart and lucky, but now it seems that he is quite talented and learned. I hope you are indeed a high school student."
Fight, instead of pretending to be a fat person; I have a good idea when I hand in the paper early, but it is not the mentality of you when you hand in the paper early; but calling you the leader is a compliment. I, Han Jiang, will not come out to take the exam, but I will take the scientific examination.
, how can we let the leader fall by the wayside..."
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Su Jin strolled from Gongyuan Square to the street. Wind lanterns were specially hung on the wooden pillars on both sides of the street, which illuminated the street brightly. During the trial period, there were many soldiers patrolling the street. After a while, they
A small group of soldiers passed by in a hurry.
Su Jin went straight to the Yan Family and Feng Building across the street. He vaguely felt that Yan Biyun must be lingering here these days, and tomorrow is the end of the day. There is no reason for Yan Biyun not to be in the building.
But when I arrived at Hefeng Tower and asked about it, the shopkeeper said that my boss was indeed here in the afternoon, but he left in the evening. He heard that there was something urgent at home.
Su Jin knew and couldn't ask anything. Yan Biyun wouldn't tell the shopkeeper too much, so he asked the shopkeeper for a carriage to take him back to Desheng Bridge. The shopkeeper didn't know Su Jin at all, but Yan Biyun had confessed before leaving.
If someone claims to be from the Su family, they should not be ignored. Therefore, even though I don’t know who the young man in front of me is, I don’t dare to be ignored if I ask if his surname is Su. Besides, this person paid double the fare, which is even more unreasonable.
He refused, and hurriedly ordered a young man to drive Su Jin back to Desheng Bridge in a carriage.
Su Jin sat in the car and thought about it and was very puzzled. It didn't matter that Yan Biyun was not here. Xiaosui'er, Rou Niang and Huan Niang had agreed to wait at He Feng Tower in advance. They also said they would wait at He Feng Tower after the exam.
There was a table set up for a banquet, but why is there not even one person there now?[
As the second watch was approaching, Su Jin returned to his house in Deshengqiao. After sending off the carriage, Su Jin came to the door, but heard a commotion inside, and could hear Ma Han's loud voice saying something.
Look for it...turn it upside down or something.
Then a woman's voice seemed to be saying something. Su Jin felt more and more uncomfortable and hurriedly stepped forward to knock on the door. It suddenly became quiet inside. After a while, the small door opened, and Wang Chao's vigilant face was revealed, and he shouted in a low voice: "Who is it?"
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Su Jin said: "Who else can be there? Open the door quickly!"
Wang Chao was overjoyed when he heard Su Jin's voice. He hurriedly opened the door and shouted loudly: "The young master is back!"
Everyone in the hall was stunned. They didn't know why Su Jin rushed back at this time, and they all rushed out to greet him.
Su Jin saw that Yan Biyun, Xiao Xian'er, the four big foodies, Xiao Sui'er, and Huan Niang were all present. He felt very strange and asked: "What's wrong today? It's not August 15th. Everyone gathered together."
Are you admiring the moon everywhere?"
Everyone was silent and stood blankly. Su Jin frowned and said, "I finished my work and handed in my papers early, and there was no one to unload the test basket. What's going on?"
Zhao Hu hurriedly stepped forward to help Su Jin unload the test basket. Su Jin relaxed the muscles on his shoulders and asked, "What's wrong? They all have dark faces. Aren't you happy when I come back?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally their eyes focused on Yan Biyun. Yan Biyun sighed and said, "Let's talk after we go inside. Your young master is very tired. Xian'er is going to make a cup of tea."
Su Jin said: "Who can tell me more honestly what happened at home? Do you want to scare me to death?"
Xiao Sui'er suddenly couldn't help but burst into tears and sobbed: "Master, Sister Rou Niang is lost!"
"What? Lost it?" Su Jin could hardly believe his ears, and the excitement of successfully taking the exam suddenly disappeared: "How could a good living person be lost?"
Huan Niang said softly with red eyes: "My sister, Xiao Sui'er and I went to Gongyuan together in the evening. We planned to stay one night at Sister Yan's Hefeng Tower and pick up the young master together tomorrow. But on the way, my sister saw me on the roadside.
The sugar-roasted chestnuts at the snack stall were very fragrant, so we stopped to buy some to eat. We each packed a bag, and Sui'er and I headed out, but when we returned to the carriage, we didn't see my sister after waiting for a long time.
When I came up and looked back, my sister seemed to have suddenly disappeared and was never found again."
As Huan Niang spoke, her tears fell down.
Su Jin's brows furrowed into a knot: "Stop the car, buy some candied roasted chestnuts and then disappear? Why does it sound a little unreliable to me?"
Chao Chao whispered: "Master, it's all my fault for not taking good care of me. I should have followed them..."
Su Jin waved his hand and said, "It's none of your business. Who would have thought that something like this would happen in broad daylight. Besides, you've been busy training the brothers brought in by Settlement recently, so you can't possibly follow and protect them every day."
"But... Master, this is a dereliction of duty on my part."
Su Jin said: "Now is not the time to blame yourself. We must find the person quickly."
Wang Chao said: "I immediately organized people to go out to search again. We looked at the terrain and found that the place happened to be the intersection of a street and two alleys, but the alley was a dead end. I guess someone kidnapped Rou Niang and climbed over the wall of the dead end.
Escape; I was afraid that something would happen at home at night, so I rushed back to take a look. It would be best if the master is back. Let Ma Han lead a few people to guard the house, while Zhao Hu, Zhang Long, and I lead people to continue looking."
Su Jin said: "You are right. Don't go out in a hurry. Let's find out the situation first. You have searched all night and found it. Such a random collision is inevitable. Let's go inside first and let's do a good job of summing up.
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As Su Jin's face returned to calmness, everyone felt calmer. As long as the young master didn't panic, they wouldn't be too panicked.[
After entering the house, Su Jin ordered Xiao Sui'er and Rou Niang to tell the story of the evening again. Su Jinzai listened carefully and kept thinking in his mind.
The three of them went out at the same time. Only Rouniang was missing, but nothing happened to Huanniang and Xiaosui'er. This was indeed strange. The Dynasty said that there were footprints on the high wall of the dead end, which seemed a bit like a kidnapping.
However, it was not necessarily an escape from the wall. It was indeed nonsense to tie up a person and then escape over the wall in broad daylight. Su Jin did not believe much in the judgment of the dynasty.
Since three people went out together, all of them were weak women, and it was only Rou Niang who was kidnapped, Su Jin naturally thought of one thing, that is, when Liu Binhua was trapped and killed, it was Rou Niang who acted as the bait.
Rou Niang suddenly disappeared again. Is there any connection between the two?
If it is true that Rou Niang disappeared because of this, then it is most likely Xia Song's hand. There is only one possibility, and that is that Rou Niang showed up in the car that day, and her appearance was clearly seen by the companions following Liu Binhua.
Then he was kidnapped.
But Rou Niang was obviously wearing makeup that day, and even Su Jin felt that she looked different. How did the companions recognize her?
And even if they recognized Rou Niang's face, how would they know where Rou Niang was? Rou Niang had been living in seclusion most of the time. In the past few days, they had only taken part in the exam and they had gone out in the car. How could others know about Rou Niang?
He was going to Gongyuan and took the opportunity to kidnap someone on the way?
Summarizing all the questions one by one, Su Jin came to two conclusions: First, Rou Niang must have been kidnapped, and it was impossible for her to disappear out of thin air. Second, the person who kidnapped was most likely instigated by Xia Song, which was extremely important.
It's possible that there was a flaw in Rou Niang's appearance that day, which was recognized by Liu Binhua's companion, so she was kidnapped to ask for a confession.
The reason why Rou Niang was discovered by them was probably because Xia Song was suspicious of him and ordered people to secretly monitor his activities, so he recognized Rou Niang and kidnapped Rou Niang at the right time.
As soon as these two conclusions were drawn, Su Jin couldn't help but break out in hot sweat. This matter was in trouble!