"The young lady said that she would go to the beach today to buy some fish to make soup for you." The maidservant knelt in front of the city lord and cried while saying: "Usually, the young lady goes to the beach to buy it in person, but today on the way to the beach, she suddenly jumped out A few thieves kidnapped the young lady."
"Taken away?" The city lord's eyes widened and he stared at the maid and asked, "Do you know where she was kidnapped?"
The maid didn't dare to speak anymore and just shook her head vigorously.
"Look for me!" The city lord stamped his feet angrily, pointed at the government officials and yelled: "Go and look for me! If you can't find Rumiko, don't come back!"
Tang Ping heard from Shanbei's eldest brother, King, about what he had just seen. He was still not sure that the city lord was the person they were looking for, but he was almost certain.
Although I don’t know why one of his servants became the city lord, nor do I know why he had a daughter.
But now is not a good time to ask him. Judging from his appearance, he is really nervous about his daughter. Now he can only help him find her daughter before we can talk about the rest.
"Lord City Lord." Tang Ping stepped forward, but was glared at by the City Lord.
He was now blaming himself for not having come to Tang Ping to take a bath, which led to his daughter being kidnapped. He was venting his anger on Tang Ping.
Tang Ping didn't feel dissatisfied, and said: "One more person will bring more strength, and there are people under me who are quite good at tracking traces, so why not let us help too."
The city lord thought about it. If he could, he would like to mobilize the whole city to help find someone. Now that Tang Ping has stepped forward, he agreed: "If you can find Rumiko, I will be very grateful."
After saying that, he hurriedly mounted his horse and planned to leave, and Tang Ping and the others followed directly.
First, we came to the place where the maid said Rumiko was kidnapped, which was a fork in the road to the seaside.
Tang Ping and the others also knew that one of the roads was a place where many fishermen traded their catches, where they could buy the freshest catches. A few days ago, Shanbei's elder brother Wang even went to buy shrimps.
This place was originally a main road with people coming and going. The footprints on the ground were messy and nothing could be seen. The maid sobbed and only said that she and the guard were knocked down, the young lady was kidnapped, and the guard was knocked unconscious on the roadside. She could only run back quickly to report the news.
I can't get any useful information from this maid.
But at least it's much easier to find someone now than it is to find that chambermaid in the entire Aichi Prefecture.
Tang Ping touched the little fat man's head, and then said to the maid: "Do you have anything that your lady usually carries?"
The maid didn't know what Tang Ping meant, so she looked at the city lord. The city lord just looked gloomily, pointed at an inverted slider on the side of the road and said, "That's what Rumiko usually rides when she goes out."
The sliding pole is a chair carried by two bamboo poles, which is a simplified version of the sedan chair.
Tang Ping said to Xiaopang: "Go and smell it and see if you can find its owner."
You must know that the visual acuity index of giant pandas is only about 0.32. According to human standards, they all have 800 degrees of myopia.
Their sense of smell is more sensitive than that of hounds, so in the wild they rely on their sense of smell and hearing to find food and judge risks.
At this time, the little fat boy was still very obedient. He ran to the sliding pole and sniffed it. Then he jumped around and sniffed around to identify it. Finally, he whined in one direction.
"This way!" Tang Ping pointed to a forest on the roadside. Those people held Rumiko hostage. They probably chose a roadless place to avoid the public's sight.
"Hurry! Follow!" At this time, the Lord of Aichi City could only choose to believe Tang Ping, and everyone who called him followed Tang Ping and Xiaopang.
After walking not far, the maid screamed: "The skirt the lady is wearing today is made of such fabric."
There was a small piece of green cloth hanging on a bush on the side of the road. The maid confirmed that they had found the right route.
Everyone continued to follow Xiaopang. After passing through the woods, they found that there was a cave, and the other end of the cave was connected to the sea.
I searched the area and found two more small strips of cloth, but there was still no trace of Rumiko.
Tang Ping and Xiaopang had a spiritual connection and knew that it had lost track of Rumiko here. Based on the environment here, he judged: "It seems that it went to the sea."
They chased them here in a short time, but could not find anyone, and the only way left was to take a boat to the sea.
"Damn it, bring me a boat and go to sea to look for it! Find it for me!" the city lord yelled angrily at his men.
"Lord City Lord." Tang Ping thought for a moment and stepped forward and said, "These thieves knocked out the guards, kidnapped the young lady, and let the maid go."
"What do you want to say? Hurry up!" He was still very grateful that Tang Ping was able to lead him to this place, but he was anxious and his tone was a bit off.
"It means that those thieves must have an agenda, either to extort money or for other purposes, but for the time being, Miss Rumiko should be safe."
When the city lord thought about it, it was really possible. His daughter knew that she was definitely not a great beauty. She had the same ordinary appearance as her maid, so the possibility of being raped was really low.
Then those thieves must be looking for money.
"But...then don't we just have to wait now?" If those thieves are seeking money, they must come to negotiate.
But this feeling of powerlessness still annoyed him.
The search was fruitless, so they had no choice but to return to the city. Tang Ping and the others were also invited to the city lord's mansion. After all, the city lord still saw the little fat man's role today.
"Did pirates do this today? Otherwise, why would they run back to Haishan?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang asked Tang Ping.
Tang Ping shook his head and said: "On the East China Sea, the pirates have been basically wiped out by the Tang Dynasty's East China Sea Fleet. Those people who come from the sea are not necessarily pirates."
"But isn't the timing too coincidental? We just found out that the city lord may be the person we are looking for, and his daughter was kidnapped."
Shanbei's eldest brother Wang said with some annoyance.
The few people had just talked for a few words when a servant came to report that someone had sent a letter to the city lord's mansion.
Tang Ping and the others hurried to the hall and found a half-year-old child down there, being held down by several government officials with a dazed look on his face.
"Sir, even if someone gave me two copper coins and asked me to deliver a message, they and I are really not the same group."
The city lord waved his hand and asked his men to let go of the child. He thought that since the other party had a thorough plan, he would not be so stupid as to send it to his door.
Frowning, he read the letter he received and then sat in silence.
Tang Ping thought for a while and stepped forward and said, "City Lord, can you show me?"
