The magistrate of Yuanzhou, Huguang Town, and the magistrate Geng Fenggang are working in the office.

There were two types of prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, namely the state and the Zhili prefecture. The treatment of prefectures was the same as that of counties, and the treatment of prefectures was the same as that of prefectures, but the rank was lower than that of prefectures. The prefect was the fourth rank, while the prefect only came from the fifth rank.

At this time, the gatekeeper ran in in a panic and knelt down and reported: "Master, it's amazing!"

Geng Zhizhou was slowly reviewing a file. He raised his eyelids and looked at the doorman unhappily: "Why are you panic? Let's talk about it slowly."

The concierge took a few breaths and said, "Little... the young master is gone!"

"What?" Geng Zhizhou threw away the file and stood up suddenly and asked. The concierge said anxiously: "Master, the nurse asked someone to bring a letter to say that the young master is gone. The nurse and the others are looking for it around Qinglong Cave!"

Geng Zhizhou had a wife and four concubines, and had a lot of children, but his favorite was the youngest concubine who had just given birth to him, who was only three years old. The weather was very hot today. The nurse Luo carried the child, Mr. Geng, and took a male servant named Liu Shuangxi to the Taoist Stork Qinglong Cave by the Wuyang River in Zhenyuanzhou to cool off. Unexpectedly, he lost the young master. He searched all the Qinglong Cave but couldn't find it. Then he was anxious. While searching everywhere, he asked someone to bring a letter back.

Geng Zhizhou was panicked and hurriedly took the sedan chair to the Taoist Stork Qinglong Cave. As soon as he got off the sedan chair, he saw the nurse Luo sitting on the stone steps in front of the stork crying loudly. The male servant Liu Shuangxi stood beside him with a bitter face and rubbed his hands.

Geng Zhizhou rushed forward and asked, "What's going on? Where has the young master gone?"

Luo and Liu Shuangxi knelt down on the ground with a gurgle and kowtowed repeatedly. Luo said, "Young Master, the young master is gone."

"Why didn't you see?"

Luo said, "Just just now, Liu Shuangxi and I were holding the young master in the stork and enjoying the cool air. We were sitting on the rockery above Laojun Hall, and the young master was playing on the big stone slab next to us. We...we visited the scenery below, and when we turned around, the young master disappeared. We thought the young master just ran to some cave to play, but unexpectedly, we searched everywhere but couldn't find it. Wuwuwuwu..."

The male servant Liu Shuangxi said, "We searched the entire rockery with the little man and the nurse, and only found one of the young master's shoes. There was a note in the shoes." After that, he took out a child's tiger-headed children's shoes from his arms, took out a piece of paper from it, and handed it to Geng Zhizhou with both hands.

Geng Zhizhou took it and saw four words written on it: "Father's debt is paid back" was stunned.

The father pays off the debts and sons? Does the person who hijacked the child have a grudge against him? Geng Zhizhou searched in his head and said that this was an official, and he would definitely offend some people more or less. But the hatred was so deep that he kidnapped his son, Geng Zhizhou really couldn't remember who it was.

The nurse was still kneeling on the ground and cried loudly. Geng Zhizhou was even more upset. He stepped forward and kicked Luo to the ground. He scolded in anger: "You bitch! You lost the young master and still had the shame of howling! If you can't find the young master, I will take your life!"

Mrs. Luo quickly got up and knelt down, crying while begging for mercy. The male servant also begged hard.

Geng Zhizhou turned around and looked at the servants, servants and maids following behind him, and shouted: "What are you still standing there? Why don't you go to find the young master for me? I can't find the young master, I want you all to look good!"

The servants agreed repeatedly and searched everywhere.

Geng Zhizhou returned to the yamen in a sedan chair, and had no intention of working, so he went back to the inner yamen directly.

His wives and concubines had already received news. The inner yamen cried and became a group of people. Especially the youngest concubine, Wang Yufei, the youngest concubine, was already crying to death.

This young master is Wang's treasure and is the guarantee of her favor. She is now in the Geng family, and it all comes from this child. Once the child is gone, her status will be gone. In addition, the mother and son are in love with each other and the child is lost, so why don't she cry and the sky and the earth be so popular?

Geng Zhizhou sat in the living room of the inner yamen and sighed. Such a big thing happened in the yamen, and almost everyone helped to go out to search the city, but the waves of people who came back brought disappointing news.

After searching for the whole day, there was no trace of the young master.

It was late at night, and the living room of the inner yamen was still full of people. The young master of the chief chief magistrate of Zhenyuan Prefecture was kidnapped. The news had swept across the entire Zhenyuan City like a plague. The judges of the yamen, the officials, the officials of the sixth house and the good gentry in the city came to visit. Everyone in the room sighed, cursed the robbers and deserved death, or comforted the magistrate to be mourned and obeyed changes, and wanted to rescue the young master as soon as possible.

Speaking of rescue, Geng Zhizhou Geng sighed: "How to rescue? The robber did not ask for money and did not mention conditions. Alas! Judging from the notes left by the robbers, the child may... be unable to escape the disaster."

Zhenyuan slapped his thigh at the Hou judge Zhao Linyuan, "What does this robber say on the note that the father and son pay the debt, everyone knows that our magistrate is honest and loves the people as good as his son. How could he owe a little bit of human debt? And how could he have such a deep hatred with others? According to me, it is clear that the robbers make a name out of nothing and want to confuse the public."

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Judge Zhao was very proud and said, "So, the kidnapper kidnapped the child for money after all! According to me, he will put forward the conditions sooner or later. Let's wait patiently. No matter how much money he wants, for the safety of the young master, we promise that everyone will redeem the young master even if they sell money!"

After hearing Judge Zhao's generous speech, everyone thought he was very righteous. No wonder the magistrate regarded him as his confidant and nodded in agreement.

Geng Zhizhou sighed again: "Yes, I have been thinking about who I have offended and want to steal my son. But after thinking about it all day, I have no idea. It seems that it is very likely that according to what the official said, this person is still for money."

Li Bin said, "I am humble in my opinion. Since this person has left a note, I am afraid that the possibility of money is relatively small, and the purpose is likely to be to take revenge. Therefore, one day later, the young master's life will be more dangerous. Therefore, instead of waiting for news like this, it is better to take the initiative to find a way to catch the robber."

When Judge Zhao heard Li Limu refute his point of view, he was already unhappy. When he heard that he wanted to take the initiative to arrest people, he sneered and said, "You still want to say this? Who doesn't want to solve the case? Who can tolerate this tone?"

"Yes, I'm so humble and wronged." Li Li was frightened.

Limu only talks about wine, and is the last in the ranks. Even an official can bully him. This judge is from the seventh rank, so although he is very rude to him, Limu can only swallow his anger.

Geng Zhizhou heard something in Li Limu's words. He was worried about his son. From the notes left by the robber, he could guess that his son was probably in danger. He was not afraid of ten thousand, but was afraid of one. If he wanted to kill the child to take revenge, it would be a little more dangerous. If he had hope to solve the case and find the child, even if there was only a glimmer of hope, he would never let him go. He asked hurriedly: "Mr. Li, what are your opinions? You might as well say it and you will refer to it for details."

"Yes, yes," Li Limu agreed and looked at Judge Zhao.

Judge Zhao glared: "What do you think I'm doing? The magistrate told you, why don't you say it!"

"Yes, yes," Li Limu was a little embarrassed, but he seemed to have been used to this anger, and said, "I thought of someone who might be able to solve this case and rescue the young master."

"Oh? Who is it?" Geng Zhizhou seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

"Does Geng still remember Wang Dianshi's case some time ago?"

How could Geng Zhizhou remember this case? Because of this wrong case, he was beaten to eighty feet and was fined for one year. The injury on his butt was just right now, and he asked, "Mr. Li means..." Suddenly, Geng Zhizhou remembered someone and immediately reacted, "Are you talking about the magistrate of Qingxi County who solved the wrong case in Wang Dianshi last time, and now Mr. Yang Qiuchi, who is also the magistrate of our prefecture, is asking him to help solve this case?"

"That's right!" Li Li said, "This Lord Yang is not simple. As soon as he arrived in Qingxi County, he cracked down on the case of Wang Dianshi rape and killing the young master of Miao Village, Yun Lang, and killed his wife and brother-in-law, and framed Yun Lang, and successfully resolved the conflict between Han and Miao. I heard that the Miao Village now worships this Lord Yang as a Bodhisattva for this matter, praises everyone, and tells everyone that the two have become friendships from the knife and fire."

"The Miao people in Qingxi County are not convinced by the royal education and causing trouble in the capital. This has always been the biggest headache for the adults. Now they are managed by Lord Yang in an orderly manner, and Han Miao gets along well. It seems that Lord Yang is really extraordinary."

Judge Zhao laughed again: "What are you saying? Who are you praising him like a flower? Don't forget that it is because of him that our magistrate was beaten to 80 thrones in vain and was fined a year for a year! Save enough money for your whole family to eat for five years!"

Li Li nodded repeatedly and said yes, but did not dare to say anything.
Chapter completed!