The records made by the Jinyi guards are generally very brief, only saying that on the evening of the 21st of the previous day, the official Wang Chaozong specially went to visit Nie Xiaoman's mansion, but he did not see anyone. According to Xiaoman's servant Wei Pu, after going out early in the morning of the 20th, Master Nie has not returned to the house yet, and there has been no news.

This can be said to be very strange. Because usually, if Nie Xiaoman is outside, he always has to send a message home. As a result, there was a lot of talk outside, and it was rumored that this brilliant imperial historian might have disappeared.

This record gave Su Jingmo quite a serious irritation. He began to be stunned, worried about the speculation about the record.

After all, if Nie Xiaoman has any official business or other actions, he must always bring a message to himself, at least he must leave a letter for himself, right? Now Jingmo doesn't know anything about it, so it can be seen that the speculation of the disappearance is very likely to become a fact.

Where did Nie Xiaoman go? Could it be that he has been plotted by "flying in the sky"? Or has he fallen into the wrong hands of some traitor?

Jing Mo thought for a while, and finally threw aside the report of the Criminal Department, and personally went to ask Xiaoman's servant Wei Pu, but Wei Pu's answer was not very clear.

Wei Pu said: "My lord went out the morning before yesterday, and he didn't say where he was going when he left. I thought he was going out to buy ingredients as usual, just feeding the cat in the patio and waiting for him to come back. Who knows he won't come back. ”

Jing Mo asked, "Did he take his luggage with him?" ”

"Nope. But I didn't see it when the master went out. ”

"What? Don't see it? Did he slip away on purpose? ”

"Uh-uh-I don't know, sir, I was feeding the cats."

"Well, what else did you notice that day, anything."

"Let me think about it, my lord, well, there is a case, the old man was busy in the room for half the night."

"Busy with what?"

"I don't know, my lord—one—well, yesterday I saw a few boxes that looked like they had been opened and rummaged through."

"You don't know what he's doing with the box?"

"I don't know, sir."

"Is there anything else?"

Wei Pu thought for a long time before he said, "Master Su, last night, I—I seem to have heard one or two calls!" ”

Jing Mo asked in surprise, "Oh, did you hear clearly?" Whose call is it? ”

"I-I don't know, I'm asleep, uncle, I don't know."

Jing Mo felt that Wei Pu's answer was a bit slurred, and "I don't know" was too much, but at this time, Jing Mo couldn't delay any longer, and now he had to go to the division to order first, so he had to leave first.

This point is the roll call, but all the brocade guards who are under the control of the Zhenfu Division must be ordered regularly.

Even the high position of the Lord of the Pacification Envoy and the Lord of the Thousand Households did not dare to reach it, not to mention that Su Jingmo was just a small flag officer, how could he dare to make a mistake. I had no choice but to go back to the division first, but along the way, I felt that this matter was becoming more and more difficult.

Although this Jinling is also known as the capital, it is by no means comparable to Beijing, and most Jinling officials do not have much practical political affairs to deal with. Many of them just came here to spend the rest of their lives because they were frustrated in Beijing, or lost in political battles, or because they no longer had official luck. The atmosphere is like this, so there is a cat like Nie Xiaoman at home, and Su Jingmo wanders around after such a point, which is not unusual in Jinling officialdom.

When Jing Mo came out after finishing his yamen's affairs, it was almost time at this time. Peach Leaf Crossing is listed in the vegetable market, surrounded by mountains and seas, and the noise is abnormal.

When Jing Mo passed through the crowd, a pair of vegetables suddenly hooked the sleeve of his flying fish suit, but fortunately Jing Mo quickly stood up and did not hook his sleeve. Jing Mo hid a short sword in his sleeve, and if it fell out, it would alarm the people.

Because of Nie Xiaoman's advice, Jing Mo often wears weapons when he goes out, just in case of accidents. It is said that Jin Yiwei was originally a saber, but Jing Mo did not wear it at this time.

In the cases that Xiaoman has solved over the years, there are all kinds of giant thieves and all kinds of evil people, and it is inevitable that there are no enemies who hate Xiaoman. However, although Jing Mo and Nie Xiaoman joined forces to handle the case, they did not occupy the main position, and ordinary people's eyes did not pay attention to Jing Mo's body, and another point was that no one would casually provoke the people of Jinyiwei, even if it was just a small flag officer.

Therefore, Su Jingmo walked around Jinling City and never experienced any unexpected dangers.

Jingmo walked out of Taoyedu, turned north, and reached the three-step and two-bridge, stopped just now, and wanted to greet a parked sedan chair, but suddenly heard someone behind him calling himself.

"Master Su, where are you here?"

Jingmo then turned around, wondering who it was. Then he saw a man with a sturdy and short body, wearing an inky troll, but the trouser legs exposed underneath were dark. The man wore a blue-brimmed drum hat on his head, the brim of which covered the upper part of his face.

Jing Mo took a closer look and didn't know this person. This person was waving to Jingmo. Jing Mo then stood and waited for him to approach, but suddenly felt another figure on his right side approaching his body.

Jing Mo was startled in his heart, and immediately became alert, turned his head, and before he could see clearly what kind of person this second person was, he felt that the figure behind him ran a few steps towards him and approached him.

Jing Mo felt more and more that something was wrong at this time, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to his self-defense short sword, and suddenly something had resisted Jing Mo's weakness. Jing Mo's right hand was also held by the person on the right at the same time.

"What does that mean, friend?" Jing Mo still asked calmly, in fact, his heart was already beating a ball.

The man wearing the drum-hat whispered from behind: "Master Su, you are a person who understands and knows each other, otherwise you will take off your scoop handle!" ”

Picking a scoop is a black word in the rivers and lakes, which means that it will ask for someone's head.

The person on the right also said, "Master Su, you don't have to spend your own money to hire a sedan chair?" We have spacious big black mule carts waiting for us, and we can save a few dollars. ”

This person was dressed in a half-earthy dress, wearing a big black-collared robe, a filthy Liuhe hat on his head, and his black face was full of coarse pockmarks, and the shape was terrifying.

Then the sound of horses' hooves was heard behind him, and a mule cart came from far and near. When the mule cart approached, it stopped in front of Jingmo. Kuro Mazi immediately opened the car door. Jing Mo's back against the weakness still didn't move.

Jing Mo's heart is very clear, this is a case of eating raw rice, it seems that these thieves are not small, dare to tie up the ticket of Jinyi Wei in Jinling City, this is properly to play with life.

In the past, Jingmo had helped Nie Xiaoman solve several kidnapping cases, but he didn't expect to taste this in person today.

Jing Mo originally had a cross dagger hidden in his sleeve pocket, but at this moment, he could take a risk, break free from the thief's grasp, take out the cross dagger, and fight with these two people? However, in this situation, if he acts rashly, I am afraid that there is no other hope for luck except that the sharp blade that holds against his waist will immediately stab into his body.

As an expedient measure, Jingmo could only cooperate temporarily and wait for the situation to change. Otherwise, if he made a senseless sacrifice, not only would he not be considered a hero, but if Nie Xiaoman knew about it, I am afraid that he would also feel that he only relied on the courage of blood and gas, lacked comprehensive thinking, and the conclusion was just "stupid and innocent".

The time that passed through this thought in Jing Mo's mind was only a moment. The idea was set, Jing Mo did not resist and followed the two people into the mule cart. When getting into the car, the two people were still surrounded by one left and one right, and they didn't dare to be careless at all.