As soon as Zhao Yanping came in, Miss Jiang immediately came over to close the door panel. Then she took Xia Zhu and Dong Zhu to the embroidered shoe counter in the southeast corner, leaving Jiao and Zhao Yanping to talk to the other end of the account room.

The one who stood far away, Xia Zhu and Dong Zhu were both honest, but Miss Jiang narrowed her eyes slightly and squinted, trying to help the boss to see if this official Zhao was thinking about the boss as she guessed.

As soon as Gillian stood up, she looked up and noticed Miss Jiang's peeping.

Gillian immediately remembered Zhao Yanping's two bags of Biluochun, and couldn't help feeling guilty.

Zhao Yanping moved his steps slightly, turned around, and hugged Ah Jiao in front of him. No matter how many people there looked, they could only see his tall back.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yanping asked in a low voice, staring at her beautiful face with black eyes.

Speaking of the serious matter, Gillian instantly pressed a ripple in her heart, frowned and explained: "I'm fine. It's an embroiderer in my shop who disappeared. I went to Shuntian Mansion to report the case in the morning. The prefect found that she had fled with my goods and did not investigate it with all her strength. But I think there are many strange things in it. After thinking about it, I can only ask Mr. Zhao to come and ask him to check it out. I wonder if it is convenient for you?"

Zhao Yanping endured the discomfort of her respectful praise and said seriously: "Start from the beginning and try not to miss any details."

He was willing to listen, but did not refuse immediately. Gillian sighed relieved and waved to Miss Jiang and Dongzhu over. The three of them got together and told Cui Zhen about it from beginning to end.

Cui Zhen disappeared, and the Cui family, who made money from her, was not in a hurry to find a daughter. This is the biggest abnormality.

Zhao Yanping did not understand Cui Zhen's character, but based on this abnormality, he also thought that Gillian's suspicion was reasonable.

"I will go to the official office tomorrow to be on duty and start investigating this matter in the evening. I will come over if there are any clues. If I don't come, you just think that you have already recognized Cui Zhen's private escape. Don't inquire about it anymore." Zhao Yanping instructed the four girls.

Miss Jiang nodded all three, and Gillian was a little worried about him: "You, you first came to the capital, you are not familiar with the place, you can find it best. If you can't find it, don't force it, don't delay your business. If you encounter any danger, come back immediately and tell me, I will ask my uncle for help, and you must not take risks."

Because there were others present, Gillian tried to pretend to be like an ordinary neighbor and looked at him and said.

But Gillian was not good at disguise. She was worried about him, and she was afraid that he would forget him if he said less. After saying too much, she was afraid that he would see it. Her fair little face gradually showed a little redness.

Gillian felt it herself, she covered her face and lowered her head and said, "Look at me, Mr. Zhao has taken such a trouble for you just as soon as he came to the capital. I'm sorry."

Zhao Yanping looked at the familiar shameful attitude. Because outsiders were present, he said: "No problem, you and my fellow countrymen should have taken care of each other. It's not too early, so I'll say goodbye first."

Gillian hurriedly wanted to send him off.

Zhao Yanping asked her to stay and pushed the door open and went out.

Gillian looked at his back and couldn't hide her worries.

Miss Jiang saw the performance of the two. It was important to find Cui Zhen at this time, so she didn't say anything to tease her for the time being.

Zhao Yanping walked out of the embroidery shop and returned to the incident of Cui Zhen's disappearance.

The past of the Cui family that A Jiao and the others knew was all told by Cui Zhen, and Cui Zhen did not say it too much. For example, the wealthy family that once killed Cui Jin, Cui Zhen did not name it. These may not be related to Cui Zhen's disappearance, but Zhao Yanping could not miss any clues. When he returned to Lion Lane, Zhao Yanping called Guo Xing to his side and asked him to set out tomorrow morning, go to Nantang Town first, and secretly inquire about the Cui family.

Guo Xing agreed first, and then said strangely: "Is the official who just went out for the Cui family? Is there a case in Dali Temple handed over to the official for trial?"

Zhao Yanping said: "Well, but this matter should not be made public. Don't mention it to anyone, including the Third Master."

When it comes to the matter of the official, how dare Guo Xing talk too much? On the first day of the third day of the lunar month, Zhao Yanping went to Dali Temple. Guo Xing locked the door and followed the people who left the city to leave the city gate. Nantang Town is only ten miles away from the capital. Guo Xing is young and strong, with a fast journey. He inquire about the good road and walks all the way. He arrives in the town in two quarters of an hour.

There are teahouses and gambling houses in the town. Guo Xing stayed around like a loach for a while, and even pretended to be a peddler and went around the Cui family street for a few turns, and he gained a lot.

After Zhao Yanping came out of Dali Temple, he first returned to the mansion to change into a common clothes and clothes, and then walked away from the city gate.

Guo Xing walked quickly to the town, and Zhao Yanping was not in a hurry and carefully observed the road conditions along the way.

At sunset, Zhao Yanping and Guo Xing met in a small teahouse in the town.

Zhao Yanping booked a room in the inn in the town, and the master and servant closed the door and talked.

Guo Xing reported in a low voice like a bean.

The Cui family is quite famous in Nantang Town. Old Mrs. Cui worked as an embroiderer in the palace, saved a lot of money, and went home to marry again. His life was really prosperous. Even if Old Mrs. Cui was just an embroiderer, no one dared to provoke the Cui family. Later, Old Mrs. Cui passed away and did not see anyone in the palace to pay tribute. The Cui family regained its ordinary status in the eyes of the neighbors.

Mr. Cui left early, and Mrs. Cui's eyes were not good at using it. The money alone caused Cui's father to develop a idle temperament since childhood. He couldn't do anything and spent money quickly. The family left by Mrs. Cui was ruined by him, so he sent his eldest daughter Cui Jin to the Changxing Marquis Mansion to be an embroiderer. Later, he spent all the money for his eldest daughter's burial. He heard that the Changxing Marquis Mansion was recruiting embroiderer again, so he wanted to send his younger daughter Cui Zhen to the Changxing Marquis Mansion.

Cui Zhen was very arrogant and disagreed with anything she said, and would rather do embroidery work at home than go to Changxing Marquis' Mansion. Cui's father and Cui's mother kept her.

Rather than saying that Cui Zhen is the daughter of the Cui family, it is better to say that she is a worker of the Cui family. All the money earned by the embroidery work was plundered by the family. Her parents didn't care about her, and her brother and sister-in-law didn't protect her. Guo Xing asked around the town and had no other choice but to have a miserable relationship with Cui Zhen.

This time Cui Zhen disappeared, and the neighbors all speculated that it was Cui's father and Cui's mother sold her daughter. Because of Gu Xi's reputation, she said that her daughter had escaped. If the embroidery shop had not sent someone to find her, the Cui family would not have reported to the official.

This is all Guo Xing found out, and there are some indecent words and deeds of the Cui family.

Zhao Yanping asked Guo Xing: "Is it true that Cui Zhen quarreled with her family over the marriage?"

Guo Xing nodded: "I've had a quarrel, but the last time the big quarrel was in February. I haven't heard of it recently."

Zhao Yanping fell into silence.

The next day, Zhao Yanping asked Guo Xing to return to the city first, and a small town had two extra faces at the same time, which was easy to arouse suspicion.

Zhao Yanping stood at the intersection of the town leading to the capital. He saw that many families had already started harvesting wheat in the wheat fields on both sides. Adults were harvesting wheat, and children were playing in the field.

Zhao Yanping walked to a wheat field that had been harvested most of the harvest. There were three generations and five hundred and six people busy. There was an old lady with gray hair and two children sitting on the ground.

Zhao Yanping squatted down and talked to the old lady about the harvest this year. He learned that the old lady's family had started harvesting wheat since April 29. At first, they helped collect the relatives' houses, but now they only collected their own houses. However, the wheat fields of both families were on both sides of the road. The old lady was responsible for watching the children on the ground because of her poor waist.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Yanping asked Cui's daughter-in-law Sun and Cui Zhen: "Does the old lady recognize them?"

The old lady nodded and looked at Zhao Yanping with her eyes narrowed: "What are you asking about this?"

Zhao Yanping smiled and said, "I read the government notice. If I could catch Cui Zhen, the government would give me a reward, so I came over to inquire and try my luck. I heard that Cui Zhen and her sister-in-law Sun entered the city on the 30th day. Sun came back from the middle of the road with a stomachache. You have been sitting here all the time, but have you seen them pass by?"

The old lady doesn't want to say it very much.

Zhao Yanping stuffed her two cents.

The old lady smiled and said, "I've seen it, but it's strange. In the past, Zhen Yatou was happy when she entered the city. Her mother or her sister-in-law accompanied her to get the money, and this time, both sister-in-law and sister-in-law were flirting with her face, as if someone owed them. Later, Sun came back with her stomach covered and hurriedly went home to the cottage. Later, she heard that Zhen Yatou was missing."

Zhao Yanping: "Everyone said that the Cui family secretly sold their daughter, but Cui Zhenxiu was good at working, and the Cui family could make money even if they kept her. Why should they sell it?"

The old lady snorted: "The buyer gave a lot of money. Zhen Yatou is pretty. Before, a rich man was willing to pay thirty or fifty taels of silver to buy her as a concubine. No matter how much money Zhen Yatou can earn, it would be better to sell dozens of taels at once."

Zhao Yanping thought that if the children were just selling to become concubines, why bother to sneak into it? The Cui family did not even investigate the death of their eldest daughter, and they openly treated their younger daughter as a long-term worker. The whole town talked about them and they didn't care about gossip.

"Do you know who wants to buy her as a concubine?"

The old lady was about to answer, but suddenly glanced behind Zhao Yanping, and then said nervously: "Hey, their family is here, I won't tell you anymore! I want to inquire and ask someone else!" After that, the old lady went to her own field with her legs and feet. The speed was so fast that she could not tell that the old lady had a sore waist.

Zhao Yanping sat on the ground without moving. When the five figures of Yu Guangzhong passed, Zhao Yanping looked at them. Cui's father, Cui's mother, Cui's brother, Cui's wife, and Cui's wife were all dressed up in ordinary clothes, holding farm tools in their hands, followed by a girl of four or five years old. The girl was also a cloth robes, but she had two hairbands tied to her head, the color was very beautiful, and the material was like silk.

Zhao Yanping glanced at the girl's hairband a few more times.

Confirm that Cui Zhen had indeed disappeared on the way to the city, Zhao Yanping walked along this road toward the capital again, and walked five or six miles away. There was a forest on the side of the road, which was also the only place on this road that was convenient for doing evil things.

Zhao Yanping entered the woods.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhao Yanping found a messy footprint on one side in the middle of the woods. A small tree half a person tall had obviously been caught. He rubbed all the leaves on a branch, and the top section was too tender and cut off. Zhao Yanping walked in along the footprints, and found the broken leaf tips more than ten steps away. He continued forward, and the footprints continued to the other side of the woods, and were eventually replaced by two rows of wheels.

Fortunately, this area is relatively remote, with footprints and newer ruts. Zhao Yanping followed the wheels and reached the official road. The marks of the car gradually increased, covering the two wheels. The only clue was that the car was heading towards the direction of the capital.

Zhao Yanping looked at the capital in the distance and looked more and more serious.

Cui Zhen is not an ordinary beautiful woman, and the Cui family will not sell her to an ordinary person who only costs more than a dozen taels of dollars.

If you can afford Cui Zhen, you are willing to buy it so secretly. When the government wants Cui Zhen as a prisoner, you are still unwilling to hand over Cui Zhen. You may even know that there is a fourth-rank general behind Gillian behind her but is still not afraid of being involved in this. This is a buyer, and he is definitely not an ordinary rich businessman.
Chapter completed!