Xia Dezhang and his family lived in this ordinary house in the suburbs for nearly ten years. During such a long period of time, he not only did not find the opportunity to move out, but instead adapted to the life here with his family, and gradually His desire to move away from here died.
Zhou Yiming soon came to the suburbs where Xia Dezhang's home was located. It was far away from the most prosperous place in Huijing City. If ordinary people wanted to come here on foot, it would take half a day even if they didn't eat or drink.
While Zhou Yiming was looking for Xia Dezhang's home, he thought to himself that his family lived in such a remote place and was so far away from the inspection office in the south of the city. It seemed that Xia Dezhang was having a hard time. Just commuting every day, if he didn't take the bus As for the carriage, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.
The land and housing prices in the place where Xia Dezhang's family is located are very cheap, so the people who come to live here are generally ordinary people. Anyone with some spare money can't stand the living environment here.
Because it is too far away from the city, local residents do not consider the overall plan when building houses. They just build randomly. As a result, the roads here are narrow and winding, and the buildings are uneven. If you want to live in such a chaotic place, It is not an easy task to successfully find Xia Dezhang's home.
According to the information given by the housekeeper of Deng's house, Zhou Yiming spent a long time to finally find the specific location of Xia Dezhang's house.
Xia Dezhang's home is not much different from the surrounding houses. From the outside, his house only has five or six rooms, and they are all made of wooden structures. There is a small yard outside the house.
Zhou Yiming walked to the gate and found that it was open. He looked inside from the gate and found that the yard was quiet, as if no one lived there.
The scene in front of him couldn't help but make Zhou Ming very confused. Xia Dezhang, like himself, didn't come home all night last night. Why wasn't his family in a hurry? Could it be that this kid's family status is so low that his family doesn't care about his life or death at all?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yiming thought of how his family was worried about him after he disappeared, and suddenly felt very happy.
Zhou Yiming reached out and knocked on the door, then asked loudly: "Is there anyone here?"
"Who is it?" After a long time, a voice inside finally agreed. This voice sounded like it should be a little girl of eleven or twelve years old.
After the sound, a little maid lazily walked out of the house soon.
The financial situation of Xia Dezhang's family was very tight and he could not afford to take care of so many servants and maids. There was only this little maid in the family for Xia Dezhang's wife.
After seeing Zhou Yiming's dress, the little maid immediately frowned. She thought that Zhou Yiming was a gigolo who couldn't find a way to earn a living, so he came here to pretend to be pitiful and beg for food.
"Hey, where do you think you can go to find food? You have to come to my house. You really have no sense at all." The little maid looked unhappy and said with great disgust, "To tell you the truth, my wife is making trouble right now. As for my temper, I am not in the mood to eat at all. If you know better, leave quickly, otherwise if my wife takes out her anger on you, you will be in trouble!"
Zhou Ming was puzzled for a while, what was going on? Why do these servants who are on errands in the mansion think that they are here to beg for food when they see me dressed like this?
It seems that when you go out to do business in the future, you must pay attention to your image.
Zhou Yiming did not know this little maid, but smiled politely and said: "Little girl, you misunderstood, I am not here to beg for food. I would like to ask, is this the home of Xia Dezhang, Capt. Xia?"
Upon hearing that Yi Ming was not here to beg for food, the little maid's attitude did not change. After all, she lived in a civilian area, and the people who usually came to her door for no reason were either beggars or vendors selling things.
Just as the little maid was looking at Zhou Ming carefully, trying to find where the things he wanted to sell were hidden, Yi Ming suddenly said Xia Dezhang's name, which surprised the little maid.
Although Xia Dezhang's family lives here, they have no contact with the people around them. Therefore, although they have lived here for nearly ten years, the neighbors do not know the details of Xia Zezhang, or even what he does for a living. , no one knows.
The little maid knew in her heart that the man in front of her knew the details of her master and must have some background. If he really had a relationship with her master and was a good friend, she would definitely cause trouble if she treated him so rudely just now.
Thinking of this, the little maid felt regretful, regretting that she shouldn't have looked down on others so much. She immediately changed her attitude and enthusiastically stepped forward and asked: "How do you know that my master is a head catcher? Do you know my master?"
Seeing that he had found the right place, Zhou Yiming was very happy. He smiled and said: "Not only do we know each other, we are also working in the same yamen. I suddenly took the liberty of visiting you today because I wanted to discuss something with your master. I don't know. Is he at home?"
When she heard that Zhou Yiming was a colleague of her master, the little maid's attitude became even more respectful. She smiled and asked Zhou Ming to enter the yard: "It turns out that he is a colleague of the master. I'm sorry, please come in. Just now, I was blind and didn't recognize Taishan." , please forgive me."
"I won't go in. Has your master come back yet?" Zhou Ming asked directly after rejecting the little maid's invitation.
The little maid sighed and said helplessly: "My master has not come back since he went on a business trip yesterday morning. Originally, my wife planned to go out with me to find someone, but a shady woman came just now. , seeing that the door of my house was open, she barged in directly, and without saying a word, asked my master if he was back..."
Without waiting for the little maid to finish speaking, Zhou Yiming walked up to the little maid in two steps, grabbed her shoulders with both hands, and asked excitedly: "Is this woman wearing gorgeous clothes? Is she very beautiful?"
The little maid was so frightened by Yi Ming's sudden move that she almost fainted because she thought Yi Ming was going to do something wrong to her. When she realized that it was the mysterious woman who excited Yi Ming, her mood changed. Slowly calmed down.
She stared at Zhou Ming with wide eyes, and said tremblingly: "Sir, how do you know? That woman is really very good-looking, and the clothes she wears are also very expensive, so when my wife saw her, When I saw her, I guessed that she had an unusual relationship with my master, and I was just about to teach her a lesson, but when she saw that my master was not at home, the woman turned around and left without even saying a word."
After hearing what the little maid said, Zhou Yiming felt angry. He thought to himself, my wife is pure and pure, pure and pure. How come she is such a bad woman in the eyes of these people?
If I were not in a hurry to find my wife and had no time to argue with you, I would definitely settle this account with you.
Without saying a word, Zhou Yiming directly picked up the little maid, walked to the outside of the gate, and asked the little maid with a solemn face: "Tell me, where did that woman go?"
The little maid's hand was painful from being held, and she could feel it. Zhou Yiming was very angry now, so he didn't dare to show any signs of neglect. He pointed directly in one direction and said timidly: "This is the way to go."
Zhou Ming's eyes widened and he asked again: "Are you sure?"
The little maid almost cried out of fright: "I'm sure, my wife tried to chase the woman at that time, but the woman walked too fast and she couldn't catch up."
Zhou Yiming didn't ask any more questions, let go of his hand, and chased directly in the direction where Lin Ajiao left. After running a few steps, he suddenly turned around and said loudly to the little maid who was still standing outside the gate: "That one just now A woman is not an ordinary person, she is my wife!
If you dare to slander my wife again, I will expose you carefully! "
After listening to Yi Ming's words, the little maid was so frightened that she thought that the situation here was getting more and more complicated. The woman who had an unusual relationship with her master was actually this man's wife. Looking at this man's temper, she also He is not someone to be bullied. If the conflict between the two sides breaks out in the future, he will definitely not be able to reap the benefits of his master.
In addition to being frightened, the little maid hurriedly hid in the yard and closed the door tightly. At the same time, she felt in her heart that even if her master suffered a loss because of this matter in the future, he deserved it. How could he not know how to respect himself at such an old age? , My wife is so kind, but she wants to go out and mess around with women, she is simply worse than a pig or a dog.
When you look for your husband-in-law in the future, you must not look for this kind of person. Even if you are poor, you can do it, but you must have a conscience.
Zhou Yiming followed the direction Lin Ajiao left and chased her all the way, but found nothing.
I chased her all the way to the prosperous area of the city, but I still didn't see half of Lin Ajiao's figure.
At this time, Zhou Yiming was really anxious. Although he guessed Lin Ajiao's route to find her own, he was still a step too late, and finally missed Lin Ajiao perfectly.
And he also knew in his heart that Xia Dezhang's family was his last hope to find Lin Ajiao, because Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang were two key figures. If he didn't meet Lin Ajiao in their home, he wanted to find Lin Ajiao in the remaining yamen. Finding Gillian Lin at home was simply a dream.
On the one hand, because of the large number of these government servants, even if Lin Ajiao did go to the homes of these government servants to find him, the probability of him running into her was very low. And more importantly, he did not know the homes of these government servants at all. No matter where they live, even if they want to try their luck, there is no way to start.
The hope of finding Lin Ajiao was completely shattered. This made the sigh that Zhou Ming had been holding in his heart disappear in an instant, and the fatigue engulfed him again.
He put his hands on his waist and stood on the road, looking at the pedestrians on the road with a confused expression, not knowing what to do next.
Just when he was discouraged and wanted to go home for a visit, he suddenly saw a familiar figure through the bustling pedestrians.
This figure is slender and graceful, and her walking steps are graceful and dignified.
"Madam!" Zhou Ming shouted, rushing towards the figure like crazy.
