Ouyang Che was shocked when he heard this and looked at Li Qi in disbelief.
Li Qi didn't have much confidence in his heart, and sighed: "But apart from the Lei family, I really can't think of anyone who would risk their lives and deliberately kidnap his wife. Moreover, I suspect that the gangster wanted to capture Li Qingzhao."
, but by some strange combination of circumstances, the lady was captured."
Ouyang Che still couldn't believe it and said, "But after careful investigation, Lei Laoshi and his son have no accomplices."
The drunkard suddenly said: "That's not necessarily true, Lei Laoshi still has his family here."
Ouyang Che shook his head and said: "Lei Laoshi's wife is almost fifty years old, and it is said that she is kind-hearted, so it is impossible for her to do such a thing. And Lei Ming's wife already knows that she is not Lei Laoshi's biological child, and Lei Ming is also with
Liu Qin had an affair. Both mother and daughter should hate Lei Laoshi and his son. It is unreasonable for them to help Lei Laoshi avenge him. As for Lei Laoshi's grandson, it is even more impossible. He is not yet ten years old."
The drunkard said indifferently: "Prefect Ouyang, you are still too young, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Didn't you say that Lei was honest and kind before? But what happened to the result?"
I believe that anyone who has dealt with a weird drunkard, no matter how weird the person or the weird thing, cannot create a single ripple in their heart.
Ouyang Che was really speechless by the words "drunkard".
Li Qi nodded and said, "I agree with what the drunkard said. Everyone who has anything to do with the Lei family is suspect."
The boss has already spoken, what else can Ouyang Che say. He said: "I will send someone to the Lei family immediately."
"No need, I've already sent someone."
Li Qi waved his hand and rubbed his forehead again, thinking to himself, it would be great if Yue Fei and the others were here. With tens of thousands of people, even if it was a needle in a haystack, I would have to fish it out for them. After pondering for a while, he filtered the whole thing through his mind.
Suddenly said: "But there is one thing that makes me very curious. Let's assume that the murderer is really Lei Laoshi's accomplice, why did they arrest Madam, or Li Qingzhao? Li Qingzhao is the victim. If he wants revenge, he should come to you Ouyang Che, even if he is Gao
Yanei, I can understand that it would be too unreasonable to arrest Li Qingzhao."
The drunkard said: "If it is really what you said, then the most appropriate thing to do is to come to you for revenge."
"But even Lei Laoshi doesn't know I exist."
Ouyang Che pondered for a moment and said, "I think there is only one possibility."
Li Qidao: "That means the other party just wants to capture Li Qingzhao as a hostage, and the other party's goal may be one of us. If that's true, then I might feel relieved. At least if their goal is not achieved, they won't hurt Madam.
I'm just afraid---."
At this point, he really didn't dare to say any more.
If it were anyone else, Li Qi might be full of confidence after deducing this point, but because the target is Mrs. Qin, this kind of emotion with strong subjective color makes him live in fear and lack of confidence at this moment.
. He also lost his previous calmness, even though he has tried his best to calm down now.
"Report!"
I saw a guard running in, cupping his fists and saying, "Sir, the Lei family has moved out of Hangzhou two days ago."
Li Qi frowned deeply, looked at Ouyang Che, and asked, "What do you think?"
Ouyang Che said: "With so many things happening, it is actually reasonable for the Lei family to move away. However, with their departure, our only clues have been cut off. I am afraid we will have to find a needle in a haystack."
Ma Qiao asked: "Bu Shuai, what should we do now?"
"Look! Wait!"
From these two simple words, we can also see how helpless Li Qi was. He sighed heavily and said: "Now I just hope that the other party's goal is one of us." But when he said this, he
His heart was already half cold, because this also meant that he had completely lost the initiative. This was the situation he hated the most. Whether it was doing business, court disputes, or fighting, he wanted to take the initiative, and this time,
He had completely lost the initiative, not even Wanyan Zongwang made him feel so passive.
But finding a needle in a haystack is better than just sitting there and waiting for death.
Li Qi sent almost everyone out, leaving only Ma Qiao and Jiugui around. Anyway, they were not very familiar with the terrain of West Lake, so they couldn't be of much help if they went there.
Unknowingly, an hour passed, but there was no news from Mrs. Qin.
Every minute and every second of this was undoubtedly tormenting Li Qi. The fear in his heart caused his hands to tremble slightly, but he kept warning himself not to show any panic.
Because now everyone is pinning their hopes on him.
Another half an hour passed, and Li Qi couldn't sit still any longer, and was about to go and search for him personally. But just as he stood up, a guard suddenly walked in and said, "Sir, there is news." As he said this,
He handed over a piece of paper and said: "This was sent by a little boy just now. She said that an elder brother asked her to give it to Mrs. Zhao."
Li Qi took the piece of paper and took a look, only to see two lines of words written on it - if it hadn't been a moment, the Golden Knife Chef King hadn't arrived under the big locust tree five miles east of Lingyin Temple.
, then just wait to collect Wang Yao’s body.
What a good guy, you actually played this trick on me. Li Qi snorted and said, "It seems that he is coming for me." There was a certain degree of joy in his voice, because this indicated that Mrs. Qin would not be here for the time being.
What dangers would there be?
Ouyang Che asked curiously: "But how did the other party know that you were coming?"
"Now is not the time to think about this. What time is it now?"
"It's almost time."
Li Qi rushed out without saying a word.
"Li Qi, wait for me."
Li Qingzhao also followed out, and Ma Qiao and Jiugui also ran out in a hurry.
Li Qi galloped all the way down the mountain and reached the foot of the mountain. A fast horse was already waiting for him. He got on the horse and galloped towards the east. Li Qingzhao, Ma Qiao, Drunkard, and Ouyang Che also got on the horse.
Chased him.
A quarter of an hour later.
"Big locust tree, big locust tree."
Li Qi felt that it was almost done. He couldn't help but slow down and looked left and right.
Ma Qiao and others also caught up.
"Bu Shuai. Big locust tree."
Ma Qiao suddenly pointed toward the lake.
Li Qi glanced at it and immediately rushed forward on horseback. However, when he arrived under the big locust tree, there was no one around. There was only a small boat parked on the shore, and there was a boatman sitting on the boat, about forty years old.
, the boatman was so frightened when he saw so many people rushing towards him. One of them was even wearing official clothes.
Li Qi observed the environment and saw that this place seemed to be very remote, with overgrown weeds and flowers and plants on the roads. Obviously few people came here, so he couldn't help but turn his eyes to the boatman. He was curious and strange, this was not a dock, and
It’s not a scenic spot. Why is this boat parked here? I walked over and asked, “Uncle, why are you parked here?”
The boatman was so frightened that he didn't seem to hear Li Qi's words.
One of the guards shouted angrily: "How dare you, sir, why don't you answer my question?"
The boatman was suddenly startled, and he saluted hurriedly: "My lord, please spare my life. My lord, spare your life, I - I am here waiting for a high-ranking official named Li."
Li Qidao: "Speak more clearly."
The boatman said: "It's like this. An hour ago, a young man gave the villain a lot of money and an hourglass, and asked the villain to wait here. If a high-ranking official named Li comes here, let him wait here.
He went to the other side, oh, the little brother also said that only Li Daguan was allowed to go alone, and if there was not enough time to reach the other side before the hourglass finished dripping, he should not cross. The villain had been waiting for so long, and now he saw this
The hourglass is almost there. After a while, even if the official comes, I'm afraid there won't be enough time to reach the other side. The villain is just---"
While the boatman was talking, Li Qi jumped on the boat and said, "I am the high-ranking official named Li. Let's go quickly."
"Sir (Li Qi)!"
Ma Qiao followed quickly and said, "Bu Shuai, I'll go with you."
The boatman said: "This little brother, it's not that I don't want to take you. Firstly, the guest officer has repeatedly ordered that only Li Daguan can go alone. Secondly, if I take two people, I won't be able to make it."
The drunkard said: "Xiaoqiao, don't join in the fun. In the water, I'm afraid you can't beat Xiaoliuzi." Then he waved to the boatman and said: "You have nothing to do here, come down.
Come down."
Li Qi knew that the other party had calculated the time, and he also knew that Drunkard was going to pretend to be a boatman to send him there, so he asked: "Drunkard, are you familiar with this water area?"
The drunkard was stunned immediately, shook his head and said: "I'm not familiar with it."
"Then stop talking nonsense." Li Qi waved his hand and said, "Let's go quickly."
"Wait a minute." Ouyang Che and others hurriedly stretched out their hands to signal the boatman not to sail, and said: "Sir, please don't be impulsive. You have a heavy responsibility now, so you can't put yourself in danger!"
Li Qingzhao also said: "Li Qi, what Magistrate Ouyang said makes sense, just let me go."
"Sister Qingzhao, it's useless. The other party is obviously coming for me. If you go, it will only increase the danger for Madam." Li Qi said and looked at Ouyang Che again and said: "Ouyang Che, you have to remember that here
Who is the boss? Hurry up and sail the boat. If you delay my important event, I will kill you." He glared at the boatman.
The boatman was shocked when he saw that all the officials on the boat were being scolded by this man. Hearing what Li Qi said, how could he dare to say anything? He hurriedly set off the boat.
"Li Qi---."
With tears in her eyes, Li Qingzhao took one step into the water and almost fell. Fortunately, Ma Qiao had quick eyesight and quick hands to help her.
"Sister Qingzhao, don't worry, nothing will happen." Li Qi nodded and added in his mind that if something happened, it would be like this.
While he was talking, the boat had already sailed away from the shore.
Ouyang Che stamped his feet anxiously. If something happened to Li Qi, he would not be almost done, but definitely dead. He turned to the guards beside him and said, "Do you know the way to the other side?"
One person said: "Master Magistrate, if you want to go around from here to the other side, I'm afraid it will take more than half an hour."
Ma Qiao got on his horse and said, "Take me there quickly."
"yes."
Ouyang Che roared at the others again: "Why don't you hurry up and find a boat?"
"As commanded."
Li Qingzhao looked at Li Qi who was walking away, and suddenly he collapsed to the ground, closed his eyes, leaving two lines of tears, and murmured: "You blame me for this, blame me, Li Qi, Sanniang, you must
Nothing can happen!"
PS: Today is Monday again and the beginning of the month again. Please give me a monthly ticket and recommendation ticket...