Xu Fu's incident happened in the afternoon. It was in the evening that Ding Man, one of the five little guys, found Shen Yi.
The main reason is that among the five people, only Xu Fu is working in Huangshi Zhai, and the other people are not working in Huangshi Zhai. The shopkeeper of Huangshi Zhai thought that his boss had gone out to discuss business. Until the evening, Ding Man went to Huangshi Zhai. When I was looking for Xu Fu, I realized something was wrong.
Ding Man is considered honest among several people, and he works very hard on weekdays. He spends the longest time with Xu Fu. After knowing that something happened to his boss, he almost ran all the way to the Shen family. After entering the Shen family, Already tired and paralyzed on the ground, this young man who was only fourteen or fifteen years old gritted his teeth and climbed up, kneeling in the front yard of Shen's house.
"Sir, save the boss!"
Shen Yi had gotten off work now, but he was not at home, but at Zhao Shangshu's house. Two maids from the Shen family quickly stepped forward and helped Ding Man up. Qing'er saw that his face was covered with sweat, so he asked Ping I brought a bowl of water over.
"Timon, what happened?"
Among Xu Fu's five friends, except for the fourth who is still in Jiangdu because he accidentally betrayed Shen Yi, the other four all live in Jiankang and often come to Shen Yi's house for gatherings. The two maids naturally know them. of.
Not only that, Ping'er also has a very good relationship with Xu Xiaomei, and they have almost become good sisters.
Ding Man knelt on the ground, his face pale. He raised his head and looked at Qing'er.
"Sister Qing'er, something might have happened to my boss. Is the young master at home?"
"Something happened?"
Qing'er was shocked and asked, "What happened to Brother Xu?"
Several people were familiar with each other. Qing'er Ping'er was a little older than Xu Fu, but Xu Fu had a higher status, so he couldn't call her by name, so the two maids figured out this title on their own.
"Just now I went to the Pen Holder Alley to find the boss. The shopkeeper there said that in the afternoon, the boss was taken away to discuss business and he has not come back yet. The boss is very cautious..."
"If we are really talking about business, he will at least inform us, or inform the young master..."
Ding Man was so anxious that he almost cried, and asked again: "Sister Qing'er, is the young master at home?"
"Not here."
Qing'er looked solemn and said: "I haven't come back after work. The young master has been busy these days. I don't know what he is busy with..."
She thought for a while and said, "That's it, you rest at home for a while, and Ping'er and I will go out and look for it."
Ding Man stood up directly, breathing heavily: "I'll go with you."
Qing'er sighed and said softly: "Okay, the three of us will go to one of the places that the young master usually goes to."
She said softly: "No matter whether you can find it or not, come home and meet me immediately to avoid running away in vain. Do you understand?"
Ding Man nodded quickly: "Yes, I listen to sister Qing'er."
At this moment, Ping'er also came over with water. Qing'er waved to her and said: "Ding Man has something urgent to find the young master. There is no time to delay. You go to Liquan Tower and look for him. No matter whether the young master is there or not. , you will come back immediately."
Although Ping'er has a lively personality, she didn't dare to neglect him at this time. She glanced at Timon and then responded.
"Hey, I'll go right away."
Qing'er looked at Ding Man again.
"Ding Man, you go to Mr. Gu's private school in Dayifang. Do you know the way?"
Ding Man nodded quickly: "I recognize Dayifang, I can find it!"
"Go quickly, it will get dark soon, and it will be difficult to move around."
Ding Man responded and ran to Dayifang without even drinking water.
Qing'er, on the other hand, left and went to Zhao Changping's house.
This eldest maid of the Shen family is quite methodical in her work.
Because among the three places Shen Yi often goes to, only Mr. Gu's private school in Dayifang can be entered by Ding Man. It is probably difficult for him to enter the other two places.
The three of them acted separately. Among them, Zhao Changping's mansion was closest to the Shen family, so Qing'er met Shen Yi at the Zhao family smoothly.
At this moment, Shen Yi was discussing with Uncle Zhao how to deal with this matter. When he saw his maid coming to the door, he vaguely realized that something was wrong. He quickly pulled Qing'er to the Zhao family's yard and asked, "What happened? "
Qing'er nodded and said: "Sir, Ding Man came to our house in a hurry just now and said..."
"It said that Brother Xu was taken away by three men in the afternoon and never came back. Maybe something happened..."
When Shen Yi heard this, his expression couldn't help but change.
He looked at Qing'er, and then said slowly: "I understand, you go back and tell Ding Man now, let him go home and wait, don't worry."
Qing'er looked at Shen Yi, lowered his head and said, "Master, aren't you going back?"
Shen Yi shook his head. He looked back at Zhao Changping's study and said silently: "I can solve the problem here. You can go back first. Don't worry."
"Xiao Xu..."
Shen Yi didn't know for sure, so he could only comfort himself by saying, "Nothing will happen."
After saying that, without waiting for Qing'er to speak, he turned around and walked into Zhao Changping's study.
At this time, Zhao Shangshu was sitting in the study, waiting for Shen Yi to come back. Seeing that Shen Yi's face looked a little strange, he frowned slightly and asked, "What happened?"
"A little brother of my nephew was taken away by unknown people this afternoon."
He slowly exhaled a breath and said, "My nephew is probably from the Ministry of Punishment, otherwise he wouldn't be so blatant..."
He looked at Zhao Changping and said, "Uncle, they have already taken action..."
"Ministry of Punishment..."
Zhao Changping frowned and said, "Did your friend commit a crime?"
"Even if a crime is committed, it should be handled by the Jiankang Prefecture. The Ministry of Punishment is responsible for investigating cases across the country. Why should they take the person?"
Shen Yi shook his head and said: "Xiao Xu has never committed any crime."
He lowered his head slightly and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, Xiao Xu doesn't have a title or title on his body. Even the yamen can take him. When the time comes, he will be tortured to death and then released. How about a misunderstanding because no one can take against the Ministry of Punishment... "
After all, Zhao Changping's position was too high.
He was already a little vague about the scandal at the lower level yamen.
To put it more accurately, it is already a bit out of touch.
The Lord Shangshu stood up silently and said, "I recognize Xie Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. That's all. I'll go to his house and ask him if this is the case."
Shen Yi quickly waved his hand and said: "Uncle, there is no need for you to step forward in this matter, and there is no need to spend so much time on it. My nephew just wants you to understand that those people have already started to take action."
Zhao Changping thought for a while and sat back in his seat. He looked at Shen Yi and said, "How are you going to deal with it?"
Shen Yi bowed his hands to Zhao Changping.
"If the Punishment Department takes someone else, my nephew really has nothing to do, but if the Punishment Department takes Xiao Xu, my nephew really has some connections..."
He said goodbye to Zhao Changping, and then went straight to the palace without saying a word.
At this time, the sky was completely dark. Not only the palace, but also the imperial city was closed. Shen Yi could not enter the imperial city, so he could only shout to the inner guard guarding the door: "Please inform me, Chief of Staff, Shen Yi, there is something urgent." Please see Mr. Gao, the Minister of Internal Affairs!"
"What a big emergency!"
Shen Yi shouted several times, but the imperial guards still refused to let him in, but someone still came out to verify his identity and then reported him.
In this way, Shen Yi waited at the gate of the imperial city for nearly an hour. When the autumn wind made him shiver, he finally saw Gao Ming.
After seeing Gao Ming, Shen Yi immediately stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Father-in-law, something serious has happened. Can someone take Xu Fu?"
"Xu Fu..."
Eunuch Gao frowned, apparently forgetting who Xu Fu was.
Shen Yi lowered his voice again.
"It's Xu Fu who used the money from the inner treasury to redeem Gu's family..."
After hearing these words, Eunuch Gao's expression changed.
He pulled Shen Yi aside, with a serious face and even a sharp voice: "Who took him? What did you do with him?"
"What do you want to do?!"
Shen Yi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Eunuch, I don't know..."
"That's why I hurriedly came to see my father-in-law..."
