The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Prime Minister Wu looked at Jia She in puzzlement, his throat moved slightly, he bowed his hands to Jia She politely, and said softly: "Master Jia, please explain clearly, I really don't understand what Master Jia means."

Prime Minister Wu, who is respected as the head of all officials, even called himself "my subordinate" to Jia She, which was obviously intended to discourage Jia She, ironic that Jia She was domineering and offended his superiors at will.

Jia Amnesty's first reaction was not to be angry, but to look at Prime Minister Wu seriously.Wu Cheng seemed to have expected Jia She to be like this, so he immediately turned his head towards him, ignored him, and only turned his face towards Jia She.

The emperor frowned suspiciously and rolled his eyes to look at the two of them.Jia Amnesty didn't seem like someone who raised doubts casually, and Prime Minister Wu's sarcasm was also somewhat uncharacteristic.This old man had always been shrewd in his work, with a gentle temper, and he didn't offend people very much in court.

The emperor decided to wait and see the next conversation between the two without disturbing.Song Xi's eyes stayed on Jia She, with a dignified expression.

"I'm worrying too much about what Prime Minister Wu means? You have not been threatened by anyone, and your youngest son is staying in the prime minister's mansion completely and safely at this moment?" Jia She asked back.

Prime Minister Wu frowned and stared at Jia She for a while, then suddenly rushed to Jia She and asked him, "How do you know?"

Before Jia She could observe his expression, Prime Minister Wu suddenly turned around and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the emperor to make amends, and explained with tears that his son had indeed been lost two days ago and had received a blackmail letter, but because the other party kept threatening He was not allowed to reveal it, so out of concern for his son's life, he never confessed it.

The emperor frowned: "There is such a thing?"

Prime Minister Wu nodded with red eyes, begging the emperor to make the decision for him, and then kowtowed at Jia Amnesty, "Since Mr. Jia knows about this, he must have found out some clues. Please, Mr. Jia, do your best to help me get my The poor little boy was found safe and sound."

"Aiqing, you have to explain this matter carefully." The emperor asked about Jia Amnesty.

Naturally, Jia Amnesty could not say that at the beginning, he suspected that the servants around Prime Minister Wu were wrong, so he took the initiative to monitor Prime Minister Wu's mansion. Such a statement would definitely arouse Prime Minister Wu's dissatisfaction, and the emperor would feel that it was ultra vires of authority for him to investigate important court officials without reporting.Jia Amnesty simply explained that the person who was talking about him noticed something unusual in the Ford Teahouse opposite Neighborhood Xuan, and later further confirmed that the child imprisoned in the teahouse might be the youngest son of Prime Minister Wu.

"It turns out that those thieves actually hid my son in that kind of place. No wonder I sent so many people to investigate secretly these days, but they didn't find out." Prime Minister Wu gritted his teeth resentfully.

It was the first time that the people in the room saw Prime Minister Wu's grim expression, and they were slightly shocked.But anyone whose son was taken away by bandits would be as angry as him.

Jia Amnesty looked at Prime Minister Wu's appearance, [-]% to [-]% of it was lies and falsehoods, and he couldn't even bring up any sympathy.

"The prime minister has no other explanations? For example, when did these people send you the letter, how did Youshi kidnap the noble son. And what did they say in the letter and what did they do to you? The dignified Prime Minister is so scared that he dare not report to the official." Jia Amnesty asked.

Prime Minister Wu avoided looking into Jia She's eyes, and then talked about how he received a threatening letter, "On the fifteenth day of this month, Zhuo Jing took this child to the temple to offer incense. This child loves to play and usually goes crazy everywhere." Running, it is hard to find the figure. This time I went to the temple as well, and after a short time, I ran away with his mother. At first I thought he was just playing for fun, but who knew that it was dark when he found it, but no one was found.

When it was dark, the janitor at home received a letter of unknown origin, asking me to prepare enough 10 taels of gold, divided into ten days, and send the gold to the place he designated one by one before releasing it. my son.If I report to the officials, or send someone to search for him, he will kill my son without saying a word.There is only this money, 1 taels of gold a day, if one day is missing, one of the child's fingers will be broken.If he finds out that my people are following and monitoring, he will chop off the child's hands and feet and give them to me. " After Prime Minister Wu finished speaking, he knelt down to the emperor without trembling with tears, and asked the emperor to issue a decree to punish him for concealing and failing to report.

The emperor is also a father, so he naturally understands Prime Minister Wu's difficulties.In addition, the gangster just used the child to threaten Prime Minister Wu to take money, and he didn't ask him to do anything outrageous, so he can be forgiven.

The emperor said a few words of pity to Prime Minister Wu, telling him to get up without such an apology.

After Prime Minister Wu got up, he turned to bow to Jia She, begging Jia She to help rescue his poor child.

The emperor realized that something was wrong at this time, and asked Jia She if he reminded him to dismiss his left and right at the beginning, and then said two meaningful words to make Prime Minister Wu confess, if there was another deep meaning.

Jia Amnesty glanced at Prime Minister Wu, but Prime Minister Wu kept his head down and avoided seeing him.

Song Xi waited for a while, and then said to the emperor: "Master Jia has always been considerate in his actions. He must have found out that Prime Minister Wu was threatened. He was very afraid that the person behind the scenes was powerful. He acted upon hearing the wind, so he acted cautiously. A little bit."

The emperor nodded, feeling that Jia Amnesty was not unreasonable at all.So he asked Jia Amnesty if he could send someone to arrest the thief who kidnapped the prime minister's son, "This capital city is getting more and more uneasy. What happened in the past few days is too outrageous. First, Jia Aiqing was besieged and chased by people at the foot of the emperor. Later, Wu Aiqing was threatened by thieves who snatched her beloved son! In my opinion, the city guards should be ordered to carry out thorough investigations from house to house, so that the traitors will have nowhere to hide! And from today, after dark, the whole city will be under curfew. If there is no reason to go out on patrol at night, it is understandable to be accidentally killed by the Harvest Guards!"

Seeing that the emperor was furious, the three spoke in unison and respectfully begged the emperor to calm down.

"How to appease my anger, how can I appease my anger. This is under my nose, and someone dares to be so rampant!" After the emperor said, he slammed the table heavily, full of indignation, followed by a series of violent coughing.Although there were eunuchs there to serve and help Shunqi, the emperor finally coughed and couldn't breathe, and his face turned liver-colored.

Seeing this, the three of them calmed down the emperor's anger and paid attention to the dragon's body.

The emperor paused for a while, then looked at Jia She: "Since you noticed that there was something wrong with the Ford Tea House, you quickly sent the Harvest Guards to find out the child. Look at old man Wu, how pitiful he is."

Jia Amnesty: "After getting the news, I immediately arranged for people to sneak in quietly, and try to avoid reckless actions before ensuring the safety of the child."

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Wu excitedly bowed his hands to Jia She, thanking him for his thoughtfulness.

"In this case, I will wait for your good news." The emperor rubbed his temples wearily, and then went back to the bedroom to rest with the support of the eunuch Dai Quan. By the way, he told Song Xi lazily that in the past two days, major events will be reported, and minor matters can be avoided, and he can handle it as he sees fit.

Song Xi agreed.

The emperor suddenly remembered something, stopped his feet, turned his head to Song Xi and said, "If you are too busy, it would be better if the eldest prince and Cai Feiping assist you."

Song Xi still agreed, nodded slightly, and politely sent the emperor away.

"This house-to-house search will inevitably make people panic." Prime Minister Wu sighed.

Jia Amnesty shot a sharp gaze, "Frequent accidents in the left and right capitals have already made people uneasy, and the housekeeper is so insecure that the people feel more at ease."

Song Xi responded with a smile, saying that what Jia She said was very reasonable.

Prime Minister Wu was stunned for a moment, and pointed at the two of them, "My son was arrested, and I really wish I could tear the thief into pieces. But why do you say these things? It's not for the sake of the people in the city. If an official can't Let the people live and work in peace and contentment, that is incompetence."

"It's just such a small matter, it's an exaggeration for the prime minister to talk about living and working in peace and contentment." Song Xi laughed, as if he couldn't see how ugly Prime Minister Wu's face was when he bumped back, and only asked him if he wanted to follow Jia. She went to find his son together.

"Of course!" Prime Minister Wu said anxiously, and he didn't care about other things with Song Xi now.

Jia Amnesty took Prime Minister Wu away, but Song Xi stood still, saying that there were too many things going on in the Wuying Hall, and he couldn't get out at the moment.Jia Amnesty also understood, and told him to eat well at noon, so he got into the carriage with Prime Minister Wu.

On the way to Fude Tea House, Jia She, who deliberately shared a carriage with Prime Minister Wu, asked Prime Minister Wu directly why he didn’t confess that he was restrained by his side and kept under surveillance. .

Prime Minister Wu looked at Jia She with a very strange look: "What's wrong with you, your head is hot? I am a dignified Prime Minister of Zhou, will I be restrained by a young man? My son was really just taken away by thieves. If I had known who it was , I’ve already given him a lot of money, and I can still let them bully me like this, that’s my own son.”

"After a while, the child is rescued, so tell me where you were in the golden place six days ago, and you must point out every place."

"It's not that I personally went to give away the money."

"Which boy in your family did it over there, you can send that one to explain and lead the way for me."

"Okay, okay, this is what it should be." Prime Minister Wu said so, but his eyes showed a little impatience, as if he really wanted to get rid of Jia She, a troublesome ghost.

When they arrived at the Ford Tea House, Liu Zhizhong and others had sealed off the Ford Tea House, and the front door was closed. It seemed that they were just not doing business today.When they got to the back door, they saw several men in plain clothes guarding there. They recognized Jia She at a glance, and hurriedly opened the door to invite Jia She to come in.On the ground in the backyard was a dead body covered with a straw mat, and its exposed hand was covered with blood.In front of the stables, there was a row of young and strong men kneeling, all of them tied up and gagged.

Liu Zhizhong came out of the house, saluted hurriedly and said to Jia She: "The child was rescued in time, but the shopkeeper resisted desperately. The subordinates should be damned for not being able to keep him alive."

Jia She asked the Yacha to look at the shopkeeper's back molars. After learning that there was a poison hidden in it, some people looked at the back of his head, and there was a strand of relatively short hair.Look at these people who are bound, but there is no such thing.After careful inquiry, I found out that they were teahouse thugs who were hired to help look after the children.These people also feel strange when they get jobs, but if they have money to make, they follow the rules of the world and don't ask too much.

Jia Amnesty looked at Prime Minister Wu.

Prime Minister Wu was a gentle man, at first he looked a little flustered about the corpse, but now he calmed down, he hurriedly asked Jia Amnesty where his son was.Liu Zhizhong hurriedly informed that his son had already been safely sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Wu nodded, then turned to leave.Jia Amnesty called him, "Don't forget what I asked the Prime Minister to do before. Although the person was saved, the case still needs to be investigated, and I have to ask the Prime Minister to take me to see the boy who gave you the money." .”

"It's him." Prime Minister Wu pointed to the little servant Gui Baibai beside him.

Gui Bainian looked at Prime Minister Wu and cupped his hands to express that he would continue to serve Prime Minister Wu and it was not appropriate to leave.

"If you don't go, who else will know." Prime Minister Wu glared at Gui Bainian, then called him to his side and muttered a few words.

Gui Bainian immediately looked relaxed, and came to salute Jia She with a smile, saying that he could take Jia She to the places where the money was paid.

Jia Amnesty immediately recognized this suspicious boy who had been a teacher for hundreds of years and had been Prime Minister Wu before, so he was naturally willing to have him to guide him.

Prime Minister Wu hurried back to visit his son.

After Jia Amnesty got into the car, Gui Bainian sat in front of the car and directed the driver which street to go.Before the carriage left, he was suddenly caught by two people.Gui Bainian was about to grit his teeth, but his cheeks were pinched, and then another ball of stinky rags was stuffed into his mouth.After that, Gui Bainian was dragged into the room of Fude Tea House, and Jia Amnesty also rushed there.

After the guard took the poison from Gui Baibai's mouth, he immediately loosened his hair, and there was also a relatively short strand of hair at the back of his head.

When Gui Baibai saw this, he struggled and screamed innocently, but when the evidence was discovered, he immediately lowered his eyes and remained silent, and was insulted by a few words,

"Who is your master?"

Gui Bainian looked at his arm imprisoned by the guards, and said to Lin Ruhai without fear: "My lord, let me have a cup of tea, so I will tell."

Jia Amnesty winked at the guard.

As soon as the guard let go, Gui Baibai slammed into Qiang quickly, unexpectedly one of his legs was caught by something, and then he fell head first.

The guard tugged at the rope, laughed and said, "Our lord has already seen through your cunning tricks, and really thought we would be fooled."

Gui Bainian glanced at Jia She in resentment, and then heard a small muffled biting sound, and saw him vomit blood, followed by a lump of red meat, which turned out to be half of his tongue.Gui Bainian grinned at Jia She with a mouth that was bleeding continuously, then closed his ears and eyes until the end, his mouth kept moving, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't tell.

Jia Amnesty went to the Prime Minister's Mansion again. When Prime Minister Wu heard that the turtle had died for a hundred years, his face was indifferent.

Prime Minister Wu stepped back and confessed to Jia She: "He should have died a long time ago. Your guess is true. That person was indeed sent by the mastermind behind the scenes to spy on me."

"Why don't you recognize it, Your Majesty the Supreme Harmony?"

"Because I can't let the emperor think that I am a person who sacrificed everything for his son, even betrayed him, and was not loyal to the Great Zhou." A sharp flash of sharpness flashed in Prime Minister Wu's eyes, and he smiled wryly at the corner of his mouth.

"Aren't you now?"

"There is no proof of death, how can you 'wrong' me."

Jia Amnesty: "You seem to be a different person."

"People are always changing, you haven't changed, it's just that you have experienced too little suffering." After that, Prime Minister Wu sent someone to see the guests off, and said that if Jia She wants to tell the emperor everything, go ahead and see if the emperor believes it or not. .

After Jia Amnesty left, the curtain leading to the inner room in the hall shook slightly.

Prime Minister Wu tilted his head and said to the curtain, "He's taken the bait."