Returning to his old house, Jia Lian immediately asked the general to be brought over to see him.
After a while, I saw Wang Sheng and others escorting a thin man over. He looked panicked, and before he saw the real owner, he had already started begging for mercy.
"Masters, have mercy on me. I'm just a runt in the yamen. Just tell me what you want me to say. I won't dare to refuse..."
Sun Zairen felt very regretful.
He is a servant under Yingtianfu Yamen, but he is not the kind to arrest people. He is only responsible for standing guard inside the Yamen.
A few days ago, he discovered that a group of people were looking for a "little monk from Suzhou". At that time, he guessed that they wouldn't be looking for him?
But he used to be a young monk in a small temple, and later wandered around the south of the Yangtze River. He finally settled in Nanjing City, and even found a job as a servant in Yingtian Mansion. How could such a humble person be worthy of anyone asking about him? Where is his whereabouts?
He thought to himself that he had done a lot of sneaky things in the past few years in order to survive. He was so afraid that he didn't dare to let people know that he was from Suzhou and that he had really been a monk.
It's just that that group of people seems to have a good background. Even the yamen has to give them some slack. They come looking for people several times, but he doesn't dare to show up.
Later, he heard from other guys that those people came to him under the order of "Lord Amemura", and he immediately couldn't sit still.
Of course he knew this person in Jia Yu Village. When he was still a poor man, he stayed in their temple.
Although he became a monk, he was somewhat smart and insightful. He knew that the decline of scholars and scholars like Jia Yucun was temporary, so he respected him very much and volunteered to serve as a handyman, serving and caring for Jia Yucun. .
Later, their temple was burned down by a fire, and the monks no longer had a place to stay, so they had to find their own way.
I had also heard that Jia Yucun had indeed won the gold medal, and he had intended to serve, but he didn't know his whereabouts, and he was humble, fearing that the other party would not accept him, so he gave up.
Now, after many years, I suddenly heard that the noble man was looking for me, and it was naturally difficult to think about it patiently. Could it be that Mr. Jia recalled the friendship back then and wanted to repay it?
Therefore, after repeated observations and feeling that those people did not have any malicious intentions, they finally took the initiative to expose their identities.
Unexpectedly, when he learned that he was the young monk from Suzhou, the originally friendly strong man suddenly changed his color and shouted, "He's your boy, make it easy for us to find him!"
Then he was restrained, tied to a horse and taken away.
It's so pitiful that in the past I only saw guys going out to arrest people. How could I have thought that as an official, I would be kidnapped in broad daylight?
Later, he saw that the group of people who kidnapped him actually came to the rumored Gonghou Street. He lay on his horse and looked up at the big words "Rongguo Mansion". He saw that they took him in through the corner gate, and he felt It suddenly became cold for half the sky.
It's over, it's over, I thought someone would see me when I was kidnapped and the government would come to rescue him, but now I'm completely hopeless...
After being locked up in that dark room and thinking about it for a long time, he didn't even figure out what virtues and abilities he had that could offend the people in the dignified government and make the other party try every possible means to arrest him!
"be honest!"
He was roughly pushed into a hall that was much more luxurious than the lobby of their government office. He knelt on the ground and looked up. Sure enough, sitting at the top, a rich, handsome and noble man with extraordinary manners was looking at him with a frown.
"My lord, please forgive me. I really don't know where I offended my lord. I beg you to forgive me..."
With his hands tied, he could only keep banging his head and begging for mercy.
Seeing him like this, Jia Lian shook his head, knowing that Wang Sheng and others had misunderstood and frightened people.
"Let him go."
Jia Lian ordered.
The reason why he frowned was not because he was dissatisfied, but the person in front of him was different from what he imagined.
This is not a young novice monk. He is clearly a lean, middle-aged cadre, and looks nothing like a monk.
In order to verify whether he had found the wrong person, Jia Lian asked directly: "Do you know the Calabash Temple?"
After hearing Jia Lian's question, Sun Zairen, who had just had his hands untied and was thanking him nonstop, immediately lost any thought of adapting to the situation.
The other party even knew about the Calabash Temple, so it was obvious that they had thoroughly investigated him!
"Reporting to the master, I know that the Calabash Temple was originally located on Shili Street in Suzhou. I dare not deceive the master. I used to be a member of the Calabash Temple. Later, the Calabash Temple was destroyed by a fire. I had no choice but to continue. I did this for my hair..."
Hearing this, Jia Lian immediately felt relieved that he finally found the person.
He also wanted to send Daiyu back to Beijing. He couldn't stay in Nanjing for too long because of Xiangling's matter. If Wang Sheng and others couldn't find anyone again, he couldn't help but go to Yingtian Magistrate himself and ask him to transfer the files. Checking people...
It's just that this would make it easier for the truth to be established. After all, he came from a noble family and it was difficult for him to have much contact with the local administrative office.
"Get up now."
"Thank you sir..."
From Jia Lian's attitude, Sun Zairen realized that the situation didn't seem that bad. He became timid and did not dare to look directly at Jia Lian. He just said, "I wonder why the great master summoned the little man here? Even if the great master orders, A villain goes through fire and water without hesitation..."
Jia Lian waved his hand to interrupt him and asked, "Do you know Zhen Yinglian?"
When Jia Lian asked this question, his eyes became stern and he stared straight at the person in front of him.
Sun Zairen was so frightened that he took a step back and said tremblingly: "Young man...Young man knows that Miss Yinglian is the daughter of Mr. Zhen next to the Calabash Temple. I heard that she was abducted by a kidnapper..."
Seeing that he still had something to say, Jia Lian felt even happier and took advantage of the situation: "Then do you know where she is now? I was entrusted by a friend to find her whereabouts. If you know her information, tell me carefully. There are rewards for high officials!"
He has the title of Tongzhi and can call himself an official. He knows that this is also the most intimidating status to these low-level officers.
Sun Zairen immediately knelt on the ground with a plop: "Reporting to the eldest master, it seems that I really know the whereabouts of Miss Yinglian..."
"Since you know, why don't you tell me quickly? What are you talking about?" Wang Sheng next to him couldn't help but interjected. When the Second Master asks you a question, you just answer it obediently. Why are you hesitating?
Sun Zairen did not dare to hesitate anymore and stammered: "Last month, a man came to my house and wanted to rent my house. I didn't want to rent it to him at first, but then I rented it to him... The reason Yes, I saw his daughter with a rouge mark on her forehead...
You don't know, but when I was at Calabash Temple, I saw Miss Yinglian. On Miss Yinglian's forehead, there was a rouge mark the size of a grain of rice. I heard that it was brought from the mother's womb, and it was very rare for other people to see it. This one!
So I was suspicious, maybe it was just a coincidence that that person was Miss Yinglian..."
Sun Zairen said, he also felt that things were a bit too coincidental, so coincidental that they were a bit weird!
Wherever someone is looking for Miss Zhen, they find him on his head? How could it be that last month, he happened to have information about Miss Zhen's family?
If that daughter is really Miss Yinglian, then the man who took her must be a kidnapper. How could he be so lucky to come to rent a house from me? How did you know that I happened to recognize Miss Yinglian?
There were a series of questions in his heart but he didn't dare to ask them casually. He had already experienced a lot of unreasonable things today.
For example, it was very unreasonable for him to be caught here. After he decided to return to secular life, he rarely mentioned his past affairs to others, and even gave himself the name "Zai Ren", which means reincarnation!
In this way, the young master of Rongguo Mansion was able to find him out. I don't know why he was looking for him, and how he was able to find him by such a coincidence.
Jia Lian took a long breath, Xiang Ling really let this little novice meet, and things would be easier to handle.
He was previously worried that even if he found the young monk, if he hadn't met Xiang Ling yet, there would be nothing he could do.
At this moment, there was no need to ask any more questions, Jia Lian stood up directly.
"Come on, take me to meet someone!"
