Chapter 281 A ransom letter.

As the night deepened, the lively city of Yangzhou fell into silence, and one or two drunken men could be seen on the street, as well as a black cat running fast.

The weather became hot and dry, and Hua Lang and the others lived in the post house and lay in bed for a long time before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, the officials sent by Lord Luo Qingluo came, they were all elites in the government, and they were rationed to Bao Zheng, and they didn't want Bao Zheng and a few of them to gossip, and then there was Fang Bronze's request, and the reason was very simple, he didn't want to take advantage of Hualang, Hualang and others were not familiar with Yangzhou, and if they bullied them in this regard, it would be disgraceful to win.

For this, Hua Lang felt that Fang Bronze, like his eldest brother Fang Baiyu, was a man of temperament.

Now that they have the Centaurs, all they have to do is investigate.

Bao Zheng advocated finding Lingling first, so they had to go to Tong Yuanwai's house first.

The Tong Mansion is a big household in Yangzhou, and Hua Lang and a few of them can feel it when they enter the Tong Mansion, and the water pavilion gardens in the mansion and the wide area of the mansion are all proof.

Tong Yuanwai and Mrs. Tong's eyes were red, thinking about the few days when their daughter disappeared, they cried a lot, and now when they saw Bao Zheng coming, they seemed to see hope, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Can you find our daughter?" ”

Bao Zheng was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this time, Hua Lang stood up and said, "Please relax, we will definitely be able to find your daughter, but when we are investigating, there are some things that require the cooperation of the two of you." ”

Tong Yuanwai nodded: "You can say whatever we need to do, as long as our daughter can come back safely." ”

Hua Lang was very satisfied with this, so he asked, "Miss Tong's maid Lingling, has there been no news all this time?" ”

Tong Yuanwai was a little surprised and puzzled by this question, because now they only care about their daughter, and they have considered the news of a maid there, but now that Hualang asked, he must also think about it carefully.

After thinking about it, Tong Yuanwai nodded: "There has been no news of Lingling, I think she was also kidnapped by someone, how can this be good, if she was really kidnapped, why don't you send us a letter." ”

Hua Lang pondered for a long time and said, "Please also ask the child general to tell us about the ring." ”

Tong Yuanwai nodded, how to say in a sad and compulsive calm tone: "Lingling is our subordinate recruited in the countryside, because she is diligent, and she looks pretty good, so I let her wait for our daughter, she has been in our house for more than a year, and has always been very responsible, but every month or two, she has to go home to visit her mother, and she will go for five or six days, which makes us a little disliked." ”

Hua Lang disagrees with what Tong Yuanwai said, Ling Ling went to visit her mother, is there anything wrong, the people of Tong Mansion want to control her all the time, which is difficult to accept.

However, because this matter had nothing to do with the case, Hua Lang didn't say much, and after inquiring about Lingling's hometown from Tong Yuanwai, they left.

Lingling's hometown is in a small village outside Yangzhou, and Hanalang decides to pay a visit.

There are a lot of shades outside the city of Yangzhou, so it is much cooler than in the city, and there are more small bridges and flowing water in the suburbs, which interprets the style of the south of the Yangtze River to the fullest.

Walking through the rice fields, walking through the small bridge and stream, they finally arrived at Lingling's home.

It was a very small village, with only a dozen families in it, and after some inquiry, they came to a place with a fenced courtyard.

Inside, an old woman was tending to the weeds in the vegetable garden, her face was serene, as if she didn't know that her daughter had long since disappeared.

After seeing this situation, Hua Lang and Wen Meng felt that things were a little difficult to do, if they asked directly, wouldn't it be too exciting for this old woman?

After some deliberation, they decided to conduct a roundabout investigation.

Hanaro knocked on the door a few times, and then shouted inside, "Is there anyone?" ”

The old woman looked up and saw so many people, a little nervous, but still smiled and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Hua Lang smiled lightly and said, "We are from Yangzhou City, passing through here, under the pretext of drinking water!" ”

When she heard that she was thirsty, the old woman relaxed and hurriedly invited them in.

After sitting down in the small courtyard, Hua Lang asked the old woman, "The old man lives here alone?" ”

The woman nodded: "Yes, I live alone, but I also have a daughter who works in a large family's house, and she will come back to see me for two days every month or two." ”

When the woman said this, her face was proud, which reminded her that in the 21st century, some neighbors in her hometown always liked to boast about their sons and daughters, saying where their sons and daughters worked, and how much money they earned a month.

Just listening to the old woman's words, Hua Lang noticed that something was wrong, the child said that Ling Ling would go home for six or seven days, but why did the old woman only say that it was two days, if it was an error, it was too much worse, in terms of time, Hua Lang believed that these two people could not make mistakes, then, there must be an explanation for this.

Putting this question aside for the time being, Hua Lang continued: "Have your daughters been home these days? ”

The old woman shook her head: "It's not true, but it's almost there, it's been more than half a month since she last went home." ”

After listening, Hua Lang said with some regret: "Our master wants a maid, and he is willing to pay a high salary, but unfortunately the old man's daughter already has a master." ”

The woman didn't react to Hua Lang's words, anyway, her daughter had a job, so she didn't think about other things.

After drinking tea, Hua Lang and the others left Ling Ling's house, and after leaving, Hua Lang hurriedly said: "I used a high salary as a temptation, and the old woman was not moved at all, it seems that Ling Ling really never came back." ”

Everyone nodded, but although Lingling had not returned, there was an error in the number of days that the child and the old woman had returned, so where did Lingling go in the remaining days? Who did she see again?

If they can't find Lingling, they can't know about it.

So they had to go back to Yangzhou City first.

When they returned to Yangzhou City, they received news from the Yangzhou Mansion that the thieves had finally sent a ransom letter to the children.

Hearing this news, Hua Lang and the others were excited, but they were also disappointed, because if there was really a blackmail letter, then it would indirectly prove that Fang Bronze was correct, and he Hua Lang lost this competition between Hua Lang and Fang Bronze.