Chapter 34

Li Fu.

It was close to noon, and the servants in the house also found that Wu Sanhe, who should have returned long ago, had not returned. It was almost time for dinner. It would be inappropriate to let the old man wait.

Several servants who knew something quickly went out to look for it, thinking that Wu Sanhe was delayed by something unexpected. But I went back and forth along the street from Li Fu to Dongshi market, and I didn't see the shadow of Wu Sanhe at all.

"Steward Wu is missing!"

The servant reported the news that Wu Sanhe had not been found. Soon, the old man of the Li family, who was sitting in the dining room to enjoy Wu Sanhe's craft, got the news.

Li's grandfather is Li Bing's grandfather. His name is Li canglie. He is 89 years old and is a Viscount of eight grades.

At the same time, Li Bing's father Li Longcheng, 67 years old, viscount Wupin, got the news.

The father and son are different from Li Bing. They both came down from the battlefield, experienced repeated life and death scenes, and formed a stubborn habit of being cautious in everything.

"Let all the bodyguards and servants go out to find people. At the same time, contact Licheng Yamen and ask them to send servants to help find people."

After another steward got the master's order to leave in a hurry, Li canglie and Li Longcheng's father and son looked at each other and walked into the secluded study together.

Li Longcheng opened his mouth first: "father, why don't people call Li Bing back? I always feel uneasy. It seems that something bad is going to happen."

"Do you feel the same way? Oh, I do too. For many years, I haven't felt so close to danger for more than 30 years since I retired from the clumsy fire pass. Tut Tut, I still have some nostalgia.

As for bing'er, there's no need to call him back before it's over. "

"..." Li Longcheng was speechless when he heard that his father was getting old, but the older he was, the more unpredictable he became. But his father's words also made Li Longcheng remember that his father was known as a "mad dog" when he was young. It seems that it is reasonable for mad dogs to like danger?

After a moment of silence, Li canglie suddenly said, "it seems that Wu Sanhe has been in our house for more than 20 years?"

"Well, yes, almost twenty-three years?"

"Yes, he has been loyal for so many years. Although he is only a cook, he can handle things steadily and has a lively mind. So I promoted him to be the steward, and then you promoted him to be the steward, right?"

"Yes, father, Wu Sanhe is still a very good man. I have never worried about him since I promoted him to be the chief steward. Everything has been arranged well by him, and his external affairs have been handled well."

Speaking of this, Li Longcheng's face was a little gloomy.

Li canglie shook his head and said, "did you think of it? Wu Sanhe has won our trust over the years, participated in and even handled a lot of confidential affairs, and even took charge of the accounts. Now he is not just a big steward in the Li family. However, we were careless. We didn't think of configuring him with some bodyguards."

"Father, do you mean that Wu Sanhe was kidnapped?"

"Can there be any other reason? How far is it from our house to the East market? It's broad daylight again. Wu Sanhe can't be lost or have an accident. The only explanation is that he was abducted."

"If you are really taken away..." Li Longcheng didn't say anything, but the meaning is already obvious. Once Wu Sanhe is taken away, the other party's purpose will never be just Wu Sanhe himself.

The Li family is in big trouble.

Until the evening, all the people looking for Wu Sanhe returned in vain.

"The only thing we can be sure of is that steward Wu was kidnapped in a rice wine shop. At the same time, the waiter and the boss of the rice wine shop disappeared."

"The carriage out of the city today was not suspicious, so the Yamen still thought that steward Wu was most likely to be still in the city."

Li Longcheng glanced at his father sitting in the master's chair and said in secret: he really guessed it.

"Call Li Bing back."

......

Li Bing was called back from Jinxiu Pavilion by his old servant. If it weren't for the old servant who followed his father, Li Bing didn't just come back. It would have been his constant pastime to go to the splendid pavilion after he was sent off.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Li Bing felt something different. There were obviously more bodyguards in the mansion than usual. It was obvious that he had been assigned more duty density.

On the way, the old servant was told that he didn't talk to Li Bing about Wu Sanhe, so Li Bing went into his study and heard his father Li Longcheng tell him about Wu Sanhe's disappearance.

Bang!

Li Bing smashed the table hard and said fiercely, "Tang Qingyuan must be playing tricks!"

"Why him?" Li canglie took a sip of tea and asked casually.

Li Bingli said of course: "before the establishment of the black flag camp, Tang Qingyuan personally appointed a rootless scum as the chief flag officer and connived at the bastard to check my file. It was clear that Tang Qingyuan was instructing behind it."

Li Longcheng also nodded and said, "Li Bing told me before that he asked me to combine many honourable officials from Licheng and fengri city to send a letter to the thousands of families of Xuanqing Wei in fengri city. Maybe Tang Qingyuan is going to have a hard knock with our Li family?"

Li canglie shook his head and said, "don't you know what Tang Qingyuan's temperament is? It seems that the city government is calm, but he is actually a timid person. He can become a hundred officials in Licheng by the support of Jiang Cheng, otherwise he deserves it?

So even if Tang Qingyuan was annoyed by the letter you sent to the thousands of families in fengri city last time, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to fight with our Li family. "

"Do you mean that it was not xuanqingwei who took Wu Sanhe captive?"

"I'm not sure. Just from the analysis of Tang Qingyuan's character, he is unlikely to have such courage."

"But if someone else did it to us, there's no need to abduct Wu Sanhe? Besides, this is Licheng. It's hard for anyone except xuanqingwei to hide someone from us?"

On the side, Li Bing patted his chest and said, "why guess? I'll go to the guard station right away. It's easy to find out if new people come in. It won't be long before you sit at home. I'll go back!"

Li Bingfeng angrily went out of the door, but he came back after a full hour. His face was dark and his chest fluctuated badly. He was obviously angry.

"The dungeon is under strict control. It's not allowed to go in without Tang Qingyuan's warrant. It's useless even to try the approval of hundreds of officials. Moreover, all torture files are temporarily stored in the hands of hundreds of relatives' guard camp. How many people are newly detained today and who will be unable to find out for a while and a half. We can only ask when the gang of torture in the guard station is bad tomorrow."

Li Longcheng and Li canglie have heard something different from Li Bing's words.

Li Longcheng immediately asked, "has there ever been such strict control in dungeons before?"

"Yes, but that was many years ago. At that time, it was strictly controlled because four evil friars were locked in the dungeon at the same time. There has been no such case recently. It's very strange."