Cheng Maoming shook Hu Da's portrait: "You have to eat and stay when you go out of the city. If you know what the maid looks like in disguise, you can hope to get her back."

In the past year, a lot of troubles have occurred due to Emperor Pingle's side trying to stir up trouble. The management of unfamiliar faces in the areas around the capital has become more and more strict, unless the maid does not go into the city or stay overnight, and only chooses to travel through the barren mountains and wild ridges. In fact,

, Even if the missing maid has the ability to survive in the wilderness, she cannot completely avoid officialdom.

"I will arrange it now. Thank you so much, Your Majesty today." Cheng Maoming cupped his hands to Qi Shuo, thanked him sincerely, and hurriedly left Honglu Temple.

"Master Ouyang, we are also going back."

"Your Majesty, Miss Lin, it's time to leave." Honglu Temple Minister personally sent Qi Shuo and Lin Hao outside. After watching them go away, he did not return to the Yamen, but rushed to the guest house.

If the missing Yuliu maid cannot be found, he, the minister of Honglu Temple, will not be able to get her back.

On their way back, Lin Hao was a little worried: "Do you think the missing maid can be found?"

"This depends on Jinlinwei's ability. We have done what we can."

A vendor selling candied haws on a stick happened to be shouting as he passed by. Qi Shuo bought a candied haws on a stick and handed it to Lin Hao.

Lin Hao ate a sugar-coated red fruit. The sweet and sour taste made her stop thinking about heavy things: "A Shuo, have you noticed that Governor Cheng's attitude towards you is a little strange?"

"I helped him a few times. He may be grateful." Qi Shuo guessed casually and didn't care too much.

For him, giving credit to Cheng Maoming was just a matter of mutual benefit, and he did not expect the other party to appreciate it. However, after several dealings with him, the commander of the Jinlin Guard was not as ruthless as he imagined.

"Maybe." Lin Hao still felt that something was wrong, but her intuition told her that it was not a bad thing, so she stopped delving into it.

On the contrary, Qi Shuo saw that she had finished chatting and concentrated on eating candied haws, and felt a little uneasy: "Those three maids——"

Lin Hao was startled, then smiled and handed the candied haws to him: "Ah Shuo, let's eat the candied haws."

He is so honest, but he doesn't look like a young prince at all. No wonder in her previous life, she always remembered him as the sick son next door.

Under the girl's full smile, Qi Shuo took the candied haws and took a bite.

"Brother?" came a shocked voice.

Qi Shuo held up the candied haws and looked over, and saw his younger brother who had forgotten to close his mouth.

"What?" Qi Shuo asked lightly, as if the fleeting embarrassment had never appeared.

"Oh, it's nothing. I'll go in first." Qi Huan pointed to Prince Jing's Mansion not far away, said hello to Lin Hao and walked away quickly.

Looking back, he couldn't help but talk to Qi Qiong about his brother's embarrassment: "Little sister, you didn't see that my eldest brother was eating candied haws while walking on the street!"

Qi Qiong was also shocked: "A person?"

"No, Miss Lin Er is still here."

The little princess regained her composure, and even felt a little moved: "I said so."

Qi Huan blinked: "No, didn't you hear clearly? Brother, a grown man is eating candied haws on the street."

Qi Qiong rolled her eyes at him: "Brother must be accompanying Ah Hao to make Ah Hao happy. You think it's you, and you only want to make the flower girl on the Jinshui River happy."

Qi Huan: "..." How can this even compare to him!

Hu Da's portrait played a great role. Three days later, Cheng Maoming received a secret report that "Hu Da" had been found.

Cheng Maoming was overjoyed and soon met the missing maid Yu Liu.

The maid Yu Liu who was hurriedly escorted was still wearing men's clothes, and her face had returned to its original appearance.

"How did she disguise herself?"

A Jinlin guard presented a small box, Cheng Maoming took it and opened it, pinched it with his fingers and pulled out a soft and elastic mask.

"What is this made of?" He rubbed the mask and couldn't tell the material, so he put the mask back into the box and looked at Maid Yu Liu carefully.

Maybe there is a preconceived reason. The more I look at it, the more I feel that Maid Yu Liu looks like Hu Da.

"Your name is Bai Ling, right?"

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Maid Yu Liu stared at Cheng Maoming and said in a dumb voice: "I want to see our Lord."

Cheng Maoming smiled: "You should explain the problem first and then talk about it."

Maid Yu Liu pursed her lips tightly and stopped talking.

"Torture." Cheng Maoming ordered expressionlessly and sat down on the chair.

Maid Yu Liu's eyes widened a bit, showing disbelief.

Just ask her a question and start torturing her?

Soon, a Jinlin guard picked up a long whip and hit the Yuliu maid hard, causing the Yuliu maid to scream in agony.

This scream did not affect the speed of the whip falling.

The burning pain swept through her whole body, making her look pale and break out in a cold sweat.

"I am from Yuliu, why do you use torture on me? We adults will look for you, we will definitely look for you -" the maid Yuliu hissed.

Cheng Maoming rubbed his chin and his eyes flashed.

Judging from the reaction of this Yu Liu maid, it would be easy to handle if she is not a specially trained death warrior.

"Continue the torture." He spat out these words coldly.

There are not so many strong bones in this world, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people without special training to withstand severe punishment. As for how to explain to the Yuliu envoy later? Haha, who said that the Yuliu maid has been found.

Jin Linwei dipped his whip into the salt water and whipped the maid Yu Liu with a beautiful whip.

Maid Yu Liu's skin was torn open, and the salt water seeped into the fresh flesh and blood. The pain was so painful that her soul was trembling.

Seeing that there was no possibility of the flogging stopping, she finally collapsed and shouted: "I said, I said!"

Jin Linwei glanced at Cheng Maoming and received the signal to step aside with his whip in hand.

Cheng Maoming looked at the pale maid Yu Liu and sighed: "If you cooperate earlier, you won't have to endure the hardship."

Maid Yu Liu's eyelids moved, and she burst into tears from the pain.

"Tell me, what is your purpose of quietly leaving the capital?"

The maid Yu Liu resisted with silence for a moment, then met Cheng Maoming's cold eyes and spoke with a choked sob: "My lord asked me to send the news of the princess's death back to Yu Liu..."

"Where's the letter?"

"No... no letter."

"Um?"

Maid Yu Liu trembled subconsciously: "It's really not true. I am the princess's personal maid. I will believe the news I bring back..."

Cheng Maoming raised his eyebrows: "Tell me how you got this mask. Did you make it?"

Intercepting the Yu Liu maid who reported the message has completed the task for the Jinlin Guards, but the origin of the mask must also be clarified, otherwise it will be difficult to prevent someone from sneaking out in disguise.

"No, not me."

"Who is that?"

Maid Yu Liu was silent again.

Cheng Maoming chuckled: "It seems that torture is not enough. Come here and exchange torture."

"I told you!" Maid Yu Liu shouted in horror, "The mask was... a man who trimmed flowers and trees quietly stuffed it into me, and he also told me how to use it..."

People who prune flowers and trees?
Chapter completed!