Chapter fifty-six: too self-willed, into the money to kill the mother
As expected, the two groups sent out returned empty-handed.
Qin Shaobai went to Master Qian's house the next day, but he didn't know that the door of his house was locked. Then he went to his dyeing shop and said that his master had returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
It's not Qingming or Double Ninth Festival, so what's the point of celebrating it?
But Qin Shaobai couldn't force Master Qian and his family to come back for this reason, so he had to continue his search for Qian Jincai while waiting for Master Qian to come back.
Of course, he was not idle either. In the past few days, he asked Xiaolan to pretend to be a female customer who wanted to buy clothes and went to other dyeing shops to get some information.
After Mr. Qian's first wife gave birth to Qian Jincai, she doted on him so much that Qian Jincai developed an arrogant and domineering character.
Although he was only about ten years old, he was the overlord of his family. He often bullied other children. Sometimes he would kill other people's puppies and throw the dog's carcass into other people's yards.
Master Qian is a kind-hearted man, and he teaches his son in every possible way. Unfortunately, Mrs. Qian really dotes on his son too much. As long as Mr. Qian scolds Qian Jincai in a slightly louder voice, Mrs. Qian will cry, make trouble, and hang herself.
It makes money more secure.
On the day Mrs. Qian died, it seemed that Mr. Qian and her had another quarrel over the matter of Qian Jincai. It is said that Qian Jincai went too far this time and even deceived the daughter of one of their guests into the mountains.
If a firewood collector hadn't seen it, I don't know how many terrible things would have happened.
That night, Mr. Qian said that Mrs. Qian took Qian Jincai to the temple to fulfill her vow and thanked the Bodhisattva for his blessing. After the family received the money, they no longer pursued Qian Jincai.
The next day, Mr. Qian reported the case to the government, saying that his wife accidentally fell into the river on the way home.
"Brother Qin, what do you think?" Xiaolan asked while sharpening the ink for Qin Shaobai.
"I'm wondering, did Mrs. Qian really fall into the river accidentally?"
"I have thought about what Brother Qin was thinking, so I asked Qiu Ju, the girl who accompanied Mrs. Qian to offer incense that day. Qiu Ju said that when they came back from the temple that day, it was getting late, and Mrs. Qian asked her to
There was a lantern in front of her for lighting, and she was holding a small lantern herself, and holding the money in her other hand."
"Why don't they come back in a sedan?"
"Qiu Ju said that Qian Jincai didn't want to sit in a sedan chair and insisted on riding a horse. Mrs. Qian was afraid that something would happen when she rode back in the dark, so she returned the sedan chair and walked back with Qian Jincai."
Qin Shaobai smacked his lips and understood in his heart that Mrs. Qian was the real source of Qian Jincai's tragedy.
"Didn't anything unexpected happen along the way? Like a quarrel?"
Xiaolan raised her eyes and smiled slightly: "Brother Qin, are you the reincarnation of Kong Ming? How do you know that Qian Jincai was arguing with Mrs. Qian all the way?"
Do you still need to ask this? If a child who is unruly and does not meet his requirements will naturally be filled with resentment and quarrel endlessly.
"But Qiu Ju said that she was used to their young master and his wife quarreling, and every time the wife agreed to the young master's unreasonable request. But that night, her young master failed to fulfill his wish because during the quarrel
, Mrs. Qian accidentally stepped on the air and fell into the river."
Qin Shaobai sat upright, his mind spinning rapidly. After a long time, he asked: "Did Qiu Ju tell you in detail what happened when Mrs. Qian fell into the river?"
"She said it. She seemed to be very scared when she said it. She said that she was walking in front. When she reached the river at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, her young master suddenly asked Mrs. Qian to hold a lantern. Mrs. Qian refused and said
It was too late and it was not safe for the child to hold, so the two of them quarreled again.
Within a few minutes, she heard Mrs. Qian yelling, and then heard a splash. When she turned around and rushed over, she found that Mrs. Qian had fallen into the water and was screaming for help, but she
The young master actually held the lantern in his hand high and looked indifferently at the mother struggling in the water."
Qin Shaobai felt cold all over. Although he had a hypothesis in his mind, he really didn't want to believe it. He even dared to imagine the expression on the ten-year-old boy's face at that time.
Xiaolan seemed to have felt something too. She stopped there for a while and then sighed softly: "By the time someone hears Qiu Ju's cry for help and jumps into the river, it's already too late. Since ancient times, loving mothers have often failed."
Qin Shaobai inexplicably thought of Yue'er and Xiaowan, thought of Xiaolan's almost strict discipline of the two children, thought of the two children's increasingly sophisticated performance, and couldn't help but feel a little more fond of the woman in front of him.
gratitude.
"Sir." Xiao Shan rushed in and felt a little hesitant when he saw Xiaolan.
"Brother Qin, please remember to ask the brothers to go to the kitchen to drink chicken soup. We are all exhausted these days and need to take more supplements."
"Thank you Miss Xiaolan." Xiao Shan thanked Xiaolan, but his expression was urging Xiaolan to leave quickly. He had something important to report to his Master Qin.
"It's getting late. I'm going home to prepare dinner. There will be steamed seabass that you like to eat tonight. Yue'er and Xiaowan are waiting for you to come back for dinner."
After Xiaolan left, Xiao Shan immediately took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve, and there were a few words written in blood on it: "At noon on the 18th, at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, I will give you five thousand taels of silver in exchange for your son."
"A blackmail letter?" Qin Shaobai was startled. Now he had doubts about what he had just thought. If there was a blackmail letter, then Qian Jincai might have been kidnapped.
"Yes, Mr. Qian and the others just saw this letter when they got home today."
"The 18th? What day is today?" Qin Shaobai asked quickly.
"Sir, today is the seventeenth."
"That is tomorrow at noon?"
Xiao Shan nodded.
"Go quickly and find Wang Cheng, the first son, and the second son. Let's discuss what to do. We must catch the kidnapper tomorrow."
Xiao Shan was about to go out. Qin Shaobai called him to stop again: "Is there any news from Yonghe Village in the past few days?"
"Sir, there is no good news yet."
"Oh." Qin Shaobai frowned slightly, "Didn't you find a single child?"
Xiao Shan shook his head.
"You go find them all first, and let's settle things for tomorrow first."
Soon, all four people gathered in the hall.
"We are going to be divided into two teams. One team is going to catch the kidnapper, and the other team is going to find the kid Jincai and ensure his safety."
Qin Shaobai wrote quickly on the white paper and started to deploy.
"I guess that the kidnapper hid the money in Yanshan Mountain. So, Wang Cheng, Izi, you two will take some people to the mountain to conduct a secret search first. It would be best if you can find the child after paying the ransom money."
"Brother Xiao, Second Son, you pretend to be Mr. Qian's servants and go with Mr. Qian to pay the ransom. Remember, you must find a way to get the kidnappers to agree to send the ransom to their lair, and then you wait for an opportunity to find them.
Here’s the whereabouts of Qian Jincai.”
After Qin Shaobai finished speaking, he put down the pen in his hand: "Do you all understand?"
"Sir, how could the kidnappers agree to us sending the ransom to their hometown?" Xiao Shan asked puzzledly.