"So my daughter came to beg her father late at night. In addition to worrying that things would change, she also had some selfish motives. She wanted her father to find out the matter as soon as possible so that her mother would know. It's really not that I didn't take good care of my sisters. I didn't want to Mother misunderstood me like this."
Shen Zhonglei reached out and put the hood on Shen Tianshu, forgetting that he wanted to send her back before, and took her directly to the Yamen Prison.
The two of them were approaching the door of the prison when they heard a familiar yet unfamiliar hoarse voice.
"Are the two prisoners captured today being held here?"
Xu's voice was hoarse due to illness, and the anxiety in her tone could not be concealed.
"If you reply to Madam, they are all locked up in the dungeon."
"I have something to ask them, please let me in." Mrs. Xu said, taking out a purse full of small silver ingots, stuffing it into the doorkeeper and saying, "Take this little money and treat it as my invitation." You brothers have been drinking, and it’s not easy for you to guard in the dungeon in such a cold weather.”
Before Xu finished her words, she heard a familiar voice coming from behind her.
"You dragged your sick body to the dungeon in the middle of the night to question the prisoners. I think it's more difficult for you than them!"
As soon as Shen Zhonglei made a sound, the yamen servant was so frightened that his hands shook, his purse fell to the ground, and a dozen small silver ingots rolled out.
"You are very generous!" Shen Zhonglei continued to ask, "If you are willing to spend so much money, you probably don't just want to ask a few questions, right?"
Mrs. Xu was shaken like chaff by the question. She only relied on the support of the two maids behind her to keep herself from falling to the ground.
"Master, please listen to my explanation." Mrs. Xu racked her brains to find an excuse, "Yes, it was Yun Yao who said that in addition to these two people, there was a third person. I acted on impulse and the person ran over. In fact, I just want to ask if they have any accomplices."
"That's just right. I'm here to ask about this too." Shen Zhonglei said, "Then let's go in together."
"Ah? There is a master interrogating me. Isn't that much better than me asking? I will just go back and wait for the master's good news."
Could it be that Shen Zhonglei already knew that this matter was related to Xu Yihao?
Mrs. Xu's heart was like tender tofu just out of the pot, trembling and trembling, and it would break into pieces if she was not careful.
Shen Zhonglei said meaningfully: "I think it is necessary for you to follow me in and listen."
After removing several locks, the cell door was finally opened, and Shen Zhonglei took the lead and walked in directly.
Xu looked at the entrance of the dungeon, and then at Shen Tianshu who asked her to leave first. Her expression was twisted unconsciously, but she had to brace herself up and follow Shen Zhonglei.
When Shen Tianshu entered the dungeon, the black-faced man had been lifted out of the cell and knelt in front of Shen Zhonglei.
The dark-faced man caught a glimpse of a familiar skirt and trembled with fright. He suddenly looked up to find the owner of the skirt and saw Shen Tianshu looking at him.
Shen Tianshu showed no expression, but the dark-faced man was so frightened that his whole body twitched, and all the places where he had been stabbed began to hurt.
He really didn't want to experience this again, it was even more terrifying than being tortured in the government office.
"Master Magistrate, we will recruit all the younger ones, all of them!" The black-faced man expressed his stance towards Shen Zhonglei, "The younger ones must tell you everything they know and say everything they say."
"Then tell me, why did you tie up my two daughters today?"
When the black-faced man heard this, he was furious and said: "Master Magistrate, I really don't know that those two girls are your daughters. I was also deceived!"
"Even if she is not my daughter, can other people's daughters be taken away at will?"
"Sir, this kidnapping and asking for money are all fake." The black-faced man simply didn't wait for Shen Zhonglei to ask, and started to explain everything by himself.
"A few days ago, a man came to me, gave me twenty taels of silver, and told me to drive my car and wait in the alley outside the northwest corner gate of Mingshui Garden to pick him up. Then he also asked me to pick him up. I tied up a few people and found a place to hide them until he came and told me to let them go. He also said that when the leading girl tied them up, just show off and she would not cause trouble. All the other people had to be tied up. It’s solid.”
After hearing these words, Mrs. Xu's head was buzzing and her temples ached with pain. She wished she could plug her ears, but it did not affect the black-faced man's words that penetrated her ears one by one.
In a daze, she heard Shen Zhonglei say: "I didn't expect that it was exactly what the madam said. There really was a third person."
Shen Zhonglei turned to the black-faced man and asked: "Tell me the truth, since you didn't know that the person you took away was my daughter, why did you come to the government office to deliver a letter asking for ransom?"
The black-faced man looked confused when he heard this and said: "Sir, I really don't know that the two girls are the daughters of the magistrate. Otherwise, I would not dare to take this job if I gave him 10,000 courage. And the younger one would never do it." I haven’t gone to the Yamen Gate to deliver the letter, and if I cause something like this, it’s too late to escape, so how dare I hang around at the Yamen Gate!”
Shen Zhonglei took out two silk handkerchiefs from his arms and asked, "Have you seen these two handkerchiefs? Did you give them to another person?"
The dark-faced man shook his head like a rattle.
"The little one has never seen a silk handkerchief. He has never left the northwest corner today. When Xiao Liuzi drove the car to pick up the person, when he arrived at the northwest corner, I picked a place with few people to wait for him and put a few people in the car. The girl tied her hands and feet, covered her with a quilt and carried her to Xiao Liuzi's house..."
Shen Zhonglei's hand had been clutching the armrest of the chair tightly. When he suddenly heard these words, he tightened it suddenly, and the veins on the back of his hand stretched out.
The daughter I raised at home, who was so pampered, was dragged from the car into that dilapidated adobe house by such a person.
As long as Shen Zhonglei imagined the scene at that time, he wanted to cut the black-faced man in front of him into pieces to vent his hatred.
When Xu heard this, she almost fainted. She was wrapped in a quilt and dragged into a broken house in the slums. If this kind of thing spread, Shen Yunyao's reputation would be completely ruined. Even if she was still intact, I'm afraid No good family would be willing to marry such a wife.
Shen Zhonglei took a deep breath and asked, "How did you get in touch with that person? Do you still remember what he looks like? Can you recognize him if you see him again?"
Mrs. Xu stared at the dark-faced man with wide eyes, her whole body tensed, for fear of hearing Xu Yihao's name directly from the other man's mouth.
"If I reply to the adults, the younger one can't contact him, so it's him who contacts the younger one."
Before Xu could breathe a sigh of relief, the black-faced man continued: "But there is a mole on the left side of that man's neck. If I see him again, I will definitely recognize it!"
"Clang-"
Xu fell to the ground with his chair and passed out.
