Enter the Room

Shao Qing frowned and asked the boy who was cleaning up the inner room: "Where is the young master?"

The boy shrank his shoulders uneasily: "I, I don't know either. I am the principal on duty. When I came, the young master was no longer in the house."

Shao Qing was frustrated, turned around and left the main room, stood in the middle of the yard and shouted, and all the maids and boys serving in the yard ran out.

He asked: "Does any of you know where the young master has gone? There is a big reward."

Everyone shook their heads.

There was also the one who said astutely: "Master Shao, the young master left not long after you left."

"Young Master is riding a horse out."

"It's the green horse that our adults brought from the capital. It ran very fast and disappeared in a flash."

No useful news at all.

Shao Qing went to the county government office in front of him and asked a few officials on duty. He only found out that Yuan Yunzhong left the county government office and went south.

He stamped his feet: "Young Master's illness is not cured yet, so don't stop him."

Several government officials said in a submissive manner: "Who is the young master? What are we? Even if we want to, we dare not stop him!"

Shao Qing could only be secretly angry.

I don’t know what kind of letter the young master received, but he actually put it out and ran away.

After returning home, he had to go to Mr. Jinghu to report the matter.

The thought flashed across his mind, and he was discouraged.

Now that Young Master Jian is in the emperor's heart, sometimes Mr. Jinghu wants to ask Young Master for advice, so he complains to Mr. Jinghu. Mr. Jinghu is afraid that Mr. Jinghu will not be able to do anything to the Young Master, but will make Mr. Jinghu worry. His grandfather would definitely scold him then.

But he was really worried about Yuan Yunzhong, fearing that he would get lost and encounter something dangerous.

If only I knew what was in that letter!

Shao Qing's heart moved.

Even if the emperor came to see the young master privately in disguise, the young master would pretend not to be there when he met Mu Xiu.

The only thing that would allow the young master to go out even though he is sick is a matter of life and death for the common people.

Magistrate Jiang is the parent official of Liang County. If such a big thing happened, he would definitely know about it.

As if seeing a bright light in the darkness, Shao Qing caught the yamen officer on duty and asked, "When will your county magistrate come back?"

The officer shook his head and said, "I don't know. It seems that there are no cases to be heard today, and there is no need to go to court."

Shao Qing suspected that Magistrate Jiang would stay with Xu Guangzeng and not come back because of his stuttering.

He went to the Inspection Department where the inspector temporarily stayed.

Magistrate Jiang was talking a lot and was eating spicy hotpot from Sichuan and Chongqing with Xu Guangzeng and Deng Chen.

With the wine in his ears, Deng Chen happily offered his seat to Shao Qing: "The soup base prepared by Mr. Xu's cook is the first time I have eaten such delicious spicy pot in my life. No wonder Wan Guifei's nephew Wan Guifei Shendu often comes to your house for dinner!"

Xu Guangzeng chuckled and ordered the waiter beside him: "Go and kill another cow and a pig, and serve Mr. Shao with a plate of hairy tripe, a plate of yellow throat, and a plate of liver flowers." He also told him: "Don't look at these. The food looks pickled, but as long as you eat it once, you will definitely think about it twice."

Shao Qing thought of Yuan Yunzhong who had disappeared, and then looked at the pile of big fish and meat. He was so angry that he said with a stern face: "The young master is gone!"

The deputy envoy of the Inspection Department was pouring wine for County Magistrate Jiang and said: "The best Jinhua wine was buried by my great-grandfather when my great-aunt was born. I specially picked it up to honor these adults..." Shao Qing's words fell on his ears, and he said in confusion: "Young Master, what Young Master? Whose Young Master is he?"

Magistrate Pianshengjiang and others all drank a little too much, and no one reacted when they heard this.

Deng Chen was still there and said: "Really, what Mr. Xu said is true. I have never eaten these pickled goods before, and now I am planning to try the pig brains recommended by Mr. Xu. There is only one pair in one head. Pig brains.”

Shao Qing dragged County Magistrate Jiang away from the pot with a straight face: "Young Master is gone, I'm so anxious. How can you still be in the mood to drink and eat? If Young Master has a bad thing, I don't see how you can make peace with Mr. Yuan." Mrs. Wang will explain. They treat you as their own son."

Magistrate Jiang was so frightened that he suddenly woke up and said, "What do you mean? Xiao Si is missing? What happened?"

Seeing him like this, Shao Qing felt a little better. He told what happened and said, "Has anything big happened in the court and Liang County these days?"

County Magistrate Jiang also felt that the letter was quite strange, but he believed in Yuan Yunzhong's judgment more, saying: "There is nothing important in the court or Liang County. After all, Xiaosi is also a third-rank official in the court. Don't always treat him like that." Just like a child. Although he doesn't know the road and is ill, his brain is worth several of yours. If he doesn't want to tell you, you won't know what he is going to do even if you are by his side."

Then he comforted him: "Don't worry, maybe he will come back when we go back."

Shao Qing couldn't be as open-minded as County Magistrate Jiang, and said, "Then when will we go back?"

Magistrate Jiang choked and said with a guilty conscience: "Why don't you just finish your dinner before going back!"

Shao Qing glared angrily.

Magistrate Jiang said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, okay. I'll go back with you right now. But you have to let me eat before I go back."

Shao Qing had no choice but to return to the table with County Magistrate Jiang. He didn't dare to eat hairy tripe or yellow throat, so he boiled some beef and pork. It's quite delicious. He was thinking about recommending it to Yuan Yunzhong next time. However, it is estimated that Yuan Yunzhong will not eat it. But Boss Song definitely likes it.

He waited patiently for almost an hour and finally pulled Magistrate Jiang back.

Yuan Yunzhong has not returned yet.

County Magistrate Jiang was full of wine and food. He was leaning on the Luohan couch and drinking Biluochun. He looked at Shao Qing who was restless and said lazily: "In the worst case, I will take the county government servants and policemen to find him. You can't sit down. Have a nice cup of tea?"

Shao Qing deeply felt that Magistrate Jiang was unreliable, and couldn't help but regret: "If I had known this, I shouldn't have listened to the young master and went to thank Boss Song."

County Magistrate Jiang picked out a piece of Wosi Candy in the box, and said to him casually: "What does this have to do with Boss Song? What did Xiaosi do after I left?"

Shao Qing was too lazy to pay attention to Magistrate Jiang and continued to mutter: "Everything is really not going well today. I went to thank Boss Song, but ended up traveling half of Jingdezhen to find Boss Song... A classmate appeared out of nowhere, and he I don’t know if it’s true or not… The young master was on patrol in Jiangxi, and all kinds of monsters and monsters came to him... Last time, someone said he was from the Bai family in Jingzhou, but the young master suppressed him and disappeared. He cried and shouted again that he was from Wuchang. people……"

Magistrate Jiang was stunned, and he didn't even drop the candy in his mouth for a long time.

"What did you say?" he asked Shao Qing, his eyebrows suddenly straightened up, showing a rare solemnity, "The letter was written by Xiaosi's classmate? And then the young master sent you to see Boss Song?"

Shao Qing nodded.

Magistrate Jiang fell into deep thought.

Shao Qing didn't notice anything strange about him: "Even if we are really classmates, why are you still avoiding me?"

Magistrate Jiang suddenly turned pale and hurriedly called Jiang Xiaosi in, saying: "Take my name card and go to Xu Guangzeng, no, go to Deng Chen. Xu Guangzeng is a loser. Ask him to transfer people to me at any time. Shao Qing, come with me to the Song Mansion."