"Mei'er..." Zhou Hai wanted to go over, but was stopped by the enchanting woman.
The woman smiled coquettishly and said, "Don't be anxious, Master Zhou. Isn't it enough to see that your daughter is safe and sound? It's time for us to talk about business."
"Mei'er, have you suffered?" Zhou Hai asked, staring at Zhou Mei without paying attention to her.
"No, daddy, but I'm so scared and I want to go home." Zhou Mei cried.
Zhou Hai's heart felt like a knife, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, daddy will take you home soon."
The woman's delicate laughter interrupted the conversation between father and daughter, "I'm afraid Mr. Zhou won't be able to do what he wants, so take him down."
As soon as she finished speaking, the two maids picked up Zhou Mei and entered the secret door again. With a click, the secret door closed without leaving even a gap.
"What exactly do you want me to do?" Zhou Hai's face turned livid with anger, which meant that they would not let go of Xiaomei'er until he agreed, or even before he completed the matter as required.
The woman was not impatient, she picked up a piece of paper on the table next to her and handed it to Zhou Hai.
Zhou Hai took the paper, his face changed when he saw the content on it, and he threw the paper on the ground angrily, "This is a major crime against the nine tribes, are you crazy?"
The woman's eyes shed a strange light. She glanced at the paper thrown down by Zhou Hai, but the corners of her lips raised slightly.
"It's not a crime if no one knows. When you finish what you have done, your daughter will return to you unscathed. We at Luomei Pavilion have always said that. What's more, this is to do justice for heaven. What are you afraid of, Mr. Zhou?" The woman's voice was frivolous.
said.
"No! How can I trust you? My daughter must go back with me, otherwise I won't worry." Zhou Hai said firmly.
The woman sneered, "Do you think you are qualified to negotiate terms? You don't have to cooperate. We will send you something in three days, probably something from your daughter..."
She lengthened her voice and said, "It could be a finger, it could be an ear, or it could be a little foot."
She giggled, her smile was charming and innocent, as if she was just joking, but it made Zhou Hai's scalp numb, knowing that she couldn't be just joking.
"If you had done it earlier, we would naturally return your daughter. If you keep delaying, then just collect one thing every three days."
After the woman finished speaking, she waved her gauze towards Zhou Hai. Before Zhou Hai could say anything else, he rolled his eyes and fell down.
After a while, someone carried the unconscious Zhou Hai out of the backyard and onto a carriage. The carriage drove out of Pingan Town and headed towards Shuangzi Temple. Who would have thought that there was an unconscious county magistrate hidden in the carriage?
?
Qi Zhen and Po Lang followed and were relieved to see them sending the unconscious Zhou Hai to Shuangzi Temple.
"Follow the carriage and check the flower building secretly first. It should be a dark spot in Luomei Pavilion." Qi Zhen whispered to Po Lang.
"yes."
Not long after Po Lang left, Zhou Hai woke up and returned home in disgrace.
Qi Zhen secretly escorted him all the way, but did not show up. Instead, he waited nearby for Bai Banxia to come out.
"Ms. sir, where is Mei'er?" Mrs. Zhou didn't see her daughter and cried anxiously.
Zhou Hai did not dare to copy what the other party said to his wife, and said hurriedly: "I saw Mei'er. She is fine. It's just that the other party asked me to do something. I won't return Mei'er until I finish it."
"What's the matter? What if they break their promise?" Mrs. Zhou was anxious and angry, "How can you trust them?"
Zhou Hai held his breath in his chest and shouted: "Do you think I am willing to believe them? They let me meet Mei'er, told me the conditions, and knocked me out. I don't know how long it took when I woke up. I can
what to do?"
Mrs. Zhou was frightened and did not dare to complain anymore. She began to sob softly.
"Mr. Zhou, don't be impatient. Take a sip of tea and tell me all the details about the past. Be sure to be careful." Bai Banxia said.
Zhou Hai didn't even drink a sip of water when he went out, and he was so anxious that smoke was almost coming out of his throat. He didn't react until he heard Bai Banxia's words and hurriedly drank some tea.
After his throat felt better and he calmed down, he told the story of the journey.
"What does the paper she gave you look like? Does it have the mark of Luomei Pavilion?" Bai Banxia asked, grabbing the details.
Zhou Hai shook his head, "It's just an ordinary piece of paper, and the ink is ordinary."
"What did you write?" Bai Banxia asked again.
Zhou Hai paused, not knowing how to speak for a moment.
Bai Banxia knew in her heart that he was going to do it, but it was definitely not a glorious thing and he didn't want to say it out loud.
"It's okay if you don't tell me, sir. The top priority is to rescue Xiaomei'er. I'll take my leave first. I'll go home and ask Qi Zhen if there's anything I can do." Bai Banxia stood up to leave.
"Doctor Bai, it's not that I want to hide it from you. In fact, this matter is a serious crime of implication. If you know it, it will harm you." Zhou Hai said apologetically.
Bai Banxia nodded, "Master Zhou, don't worry too much, I understand."
Zhou Hai was not in the mood to see her off, so he arranged for the steward to see her off to the door.
As soon as Bai Banxia turned the corner out of Zhou Mansion, Qi Zhen appeared from behind her.
"How's it going?" Bai Banxia knew it was him without even turning around. He had a familiar smell on his body.
"Zhou Hai was taken to a flower building in Ping'an Town, but later he was taken into a darkroom. I asked Po Lang to continue investigating there," Qi Zhen said.
Bai Banxia nodded, and then told him Zhou Hai's description. After the two of them pieced it together, the information was complete.
"Do you suspect that there was manipulation on that piece of paper?" Qi Zhen immediately guessed what Bai Banxia was thinking.
"Yes, Luomei Pavilion is almost certain that Zhou Hai will do it. In addition to Zhou Hai's love for his daughter, the other thing is that they must have let Zhou Hai fall into the trap without knowing it, and then do it without knowing it." Bai
Banxia said.
It is understandable that there is no Luomei mark on the letter paper. She has said before that other drugs should be used to react with the Luomei mark to achieve the final control effect.
"What do you think they want Zhou Hai to do?" Bai Banxia looked at Qi Zhen and asked.
Qi Zhen showed contempt, "I'm afraid it has something to do with Du Kangcheng and what Du Kangcheng is doing. It should be aimed at the current new emperor."
"It's true that the royal fight has come to this corner of the mountain. Why bother?" Bai Banxia was helpless. The mountain was high and the emperor was far away, so why did they all come here.
"In three days, we need to find Xiaomei'er, rescue him, and then control Zhou Hai and find a way to release him." Qi Zhen said, "They didn't directly control Du Kangcheng, fearing that it might not be just Zhou Hai.
Easy to control, it is more likely that they arranged Du Kangcheng to do other things."
Bai Banxia bit her lip, "Luomei Pavilion's hallucinogenic control is certainly not absolute, otherwise the world would have been in chaos."
Qi Zhen nodded, "It is possible that people with strong willpower cannot control it."
The two talked for a while, and when they went to the stall again, their parents had already closed up the stall and went home, so they also returned to Baoshan Village.
