???Po Lang directly asked Mark Face, who did he offend whom?
When Bai Banxia returned home, her parents were already packing up to set up a stall. She said she had something to do in Qi Town and went to the county government office, so she helped her parents go to town first.
People were still coming and going in the town, and they seemed not to be affected by the flood last night.
In the secret of ordinary people, it was just an accident. The weather was dry and the lantern festival easily caught fire. No one thought it was a conspiracy, so they lived their lives as they should, eating and drinking as they should.
The business of Bai's pancake stall was very good. Bai Banxia helped for a while and then told his parents that he was going to the Zhou Mansion to see Mr. Zhou.
"Didn't you just have a follow-up checkup last night? The old man is not in good health?" Bai Tian asked worriedly.
"It seems that the lantern festival had a flash of light last night. It's not a big deal." Bai Banxia couldn't elaborate and hurriedly put it off.
Bai Tian said warmly: "Then wait a minute. I'll spread out some pancakes for you to bring over. Let the old man, Xiao Mei'er, the county magistrate and his wife all have a try."
"good."
Mentioning Xiao Mei'er, Bai Banxia felt a little uncomfortable. Zhou Mei was arrested all night, and she didn't know what the situation was. Luomei Pavilion probably wouldn't treat her badly, but she must have been frightened.
If the other party's letter mentioned the Shuangzi Temple outside the town, then Xiaomei'er must not be there now.
Bai Banxia has never been to the Songzi Temple, but I have heard about it. It used to be said that it was very effective in praying for a child, but then the years were not good and it was not always effective. It gradually fell into disuse and is now a deserted place.
The management is in ruins.
Bai Banxia took the pancakes wrapped in oil paper and went to the Zhou Mansion. The atmosphere in the Zhou Mansion was very depressed. Zhou Hai was not at home, so the servants took her directly to see Mr. Zhou.
"Do you know everything?" Master Zhou asked.
Seeing that there were servants inside and outside his house, Bai Banxia was afraid that there were spies arousing suspicion, so he pretended to be surprised and said: "What do you know? You came in a hurry yesterday, and my father scolded me and didn't give you any pancakes."
I specially made some hot ones today, and I want to give them to you to try."
Mr. Zhou thought about the other party's threat and hesitated to say it.
"Did you fall?" Bai Banxia deliberately showed a stern look, "Mr. Zhou, I have told you many times that you must be careful with your heart disease. Why are you still not at ease? You do this again.
If you don’t follow the doctor’s advice, I won’t come here again.”
"No, no." Mr. Zhou waved his hands hurriedly, "I was pushed last night, and..."
He paused and then told the story of Zhou Mei being kidnapped.
"What?" Bai Banxia almost jumped up, "This is too arrogant. Where is Mr. Zhou now? I will go with him to save Xiaomei'er."
"No, no, no, the other party threatened Xiaomei'er's life and said he couldn't take anyone with him." Mr. Zhou shook his head hurriedly.
Bai Banxia was silent for a moment, sighed heavily, and then felt Mr. Zhou's pulse and said, "It seems like they have something to ask Mr. Zhou to do, and it won't threaten the safety of their father and daughter."
"It's just that what we have to do is definitely not a good thing." Mr. Zhou sighed.
"We can only take one step at a time. Don't worry about getting angry. If you fall ill again, Mr. Zhou will really be in trouble." Bai Banxia advised.
Mr. Zhou has been taking good care of his body these days. He didn't have another heart attack last night. He only had a little skin injury and some bruises on his right arm. He is also not in good spirits. He obviously suffered from insomnia.
Bai Banxia gave him some soothing medicine and gave him an injection to make him fall asleep.
By the time she finished her work, Mrs. Zhou had been waiting outside the house for a long time.
"I gave the old man an injection to put him to sleep, otherwise he would be so hurtful to his body and mind," Bai Banxia said.
"It's too much trouble for you. You already know, right? Is there any way to help us?" Mrs. Zhou's tone sounded like pleading.
Bai Banxia took her hand, "I just heard that the other party wrote a threatening letter. It's better not to take any action now and see what they want Mr. Zhou to do. I heard that the Jianghu organization is ruthless, so it's better not to do anything yet.
It's safer to piss them off."
Mrs. Zhou's eyes were all red and she had not slept all night. She blamed herself and said: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have allowed Mei'er to go to the lantern festival. Otherwise, if I had arranged for a few more people to protect me, maybe this wouldn't have happened."
Already."
"Don't blame yourself like this. Even if it hadn't been for last night, they would have looked for another opportunity to kidnap someone." Bai Banxia advised.
Bai Banxia was persuading Mrs. Zhou to stay in the Zhou Mansion and wait for news. At the same time, she was also secretly observing any of the servants in the Zhou Mansion who looked suspicious.
On the other side, Zhou Hai changed into casual clothes, rode out of the town alone, and went to the Shuangzi Temple mentioned in the letter.
The Shuangzi Temple is too dilapidated. When you push the door, dust is everywhere. It seems that no one has opened the door for a long time. Is the other party really here?
He choked and coughed twice, walked into Shuangzi Temple and asked, "I came alone as promised, where is my daughter?"
No one answered him, only the chirping of birds could be heard outside.
Zhou Hai frowned. The other party probably hadn't arrived yet. He had to wait patiently, but he didn't dare to relax. He walked around the temple and checked, but found nothing suspicious.
In the distance, Qi Zhen and Po Lang hid themselves, observing the situation at Shuangzi Temple, but they waited for nearly half an hour, but there was no movement.
Fortunately, both of them could keep their composure, and after another quarter of an hour, two people finally appeared.
"If you want to see your daughter, just follow us." A masked man in black said.
"Okay." Zhou Hai knew that he had no right to refuse, so he allowed the two of them to manipulate him. They not only tied his hands behind his back, but also put a black cloth bag over his head to block his sight.
The two took Zhou Hai into the carriage and left, with Qi Zhen and Po Lang following far behind.
The carriage turned around and around and finally entered the backyard of a flower house in Ping'an Town.
Zhou Hai was taken off the carriage and disappeared into the backyard. Qi Zhen and Po Lang glanced at each other and guessed that he was being taken into a secret room. If they tried to follow him again, they might alert him.
In the secret room, Zhou Hai's hood was removed. He looked around secretly. It was airtight, there was no sunlight, and candles were lit. It was most likely a dark room.
"Lord Zhou, are you wondering where this is?" A lazy voice sounded, and a veiled woman Shi Shiran came over.
She was dressed in light clothes, as if she was not afraid of the cold, but because her skin was exposed through the gauzy clothes, her curves were vaguely visible, making her extremely sexy and somewhat mysterious in the candlelight.
Zhou Hai was not pedantic, but he was a little awkward. He looked away a little and asked, "Where is my daughter?"
The woman giggled, "Mr. Zhou is indeed a good father."
After she finished speaking, she clapped her hands, and there was a sound from the wall not far away. A door opened, and two maids came out with Zhou Mei.
"Dad! Daddy, save me!" Zhou Mei shouted as soon as she saw her father, tears streaming down her face. She wanted to rush to Zhou Hai, but was held back by two maids.
