Order of Heaven

Chapter 48 Chapter 48

In Qianzhou, the night is dark and windy, and the wind is bleak.

Several coughs came from inside the house: "Cough, cough, Dongzi, don't go, mother can handle it, I'll go tomorrow morning."

Dongzi raised the door curtain and turned to look at the pale and coughing Auntie who was lying on the bed and comforted her: "Auntie, I went to invite the old doctor to come back immediately. It's okay." After speaking, he got out of the door curtain and took the Wrapped in a thick cotton coat and headed for the door.

"Dongzi, come back! Cough, cough, cough—" The old woman leaned out of the bed and shouted out, but she didn't hear Dongzi's reply, only the sound of closing the door, "Ah——Dongzi! You want What can I do if something goes wrong, mother—”

After Dongzi closed the door tightly, he turned around and headed towards the old doctor's clinic. The wind was blowing hard tonight, and the cold wind was blowing straight into Dongzi's collar and sleeves. Crossbow got into his sleeves and trotted on his way.

When it got dark, Dongzi noticed that his aunt's face was a little strange, and she started coughing again and again. It was probably because of the severe cold during the day and the wind chill.Originally, the old woman insisted that drinking a bowl of hot ginger water would be good, but she didn’t want Dongzi to go out to see a doctor when it was late, but after drinking the hot ginger water, it didn’t work at all. Instead, the cough became worse and worse. When A Niang had an accident, she insisted on going to ask the old doctor.

Now it's freezing cold, the moon is dark and the wind is high, every house has closed their doors tightly, and there is not even half a person on the road except Dongzi.Since Qianzhou started missing middle-aged men for no reason three years ago, Dongzi has never been out on the street so late, because his mother would never let him go out once it was dark.If it wasn't for his mother falling ill on the bed and unable to stop him, he would never have come out this time. He also understood her worry, but how could he see her seriously ill and dare not invite her because of fear? What about the doctor?

Dongzi quickened his pace, and after turning this alley corner, he could reach the old doctor's clinic. As long as he could invite the old doctor there, his aunt's illness would be cured soon, Dongzi thought.But before Dongzi could think about it, he felt a pain in the back of his neck, and then he lost consciousness and collapsed on the ground.

"Take it away!" the person behind Dongzi whispered.

"Yes!" In response, the man carried Dongzi on his shoulders, "But I finally caught one."

Then these people headed out of the city with the unconscious Dongzi.

Early the next morning, Gong Que and Yue Yin walked from the Tianfu Inn to the gate of the government office together with Yue Yin, intending to go to the magistrate Yang Chong to learn about the situation in Qianzhou.

As a result, as soon as he reached the gate of the palace, Yueyin ran up quickly and stopped beside an old woman who was lying on the ground.

Yue Yin raised his hand and slowly helped the old woman on the ground up: "Auntie, what's wrong?"

The old woman's face was full of tears, and with Yue Yin's support, she managed to stand still: "It's you, my lord."

"It's me, Auntie, what happened? Where's Dongzi?" Yue Yin saw that the old woman was obviously still sick, how could she be sitting alone at the gate of the government office crying but Dongzi couldn't be seen.

The old woman choked up when she heard Yueyin talking about Dongzi, "Dongzi, he went to ask for a doctor for me last night, but he hasn't come back yet. Something must have happened to Dongzi."

Gong Que also came to the front, although he didn't understand the situation, but the wind was strong at the door, looking at the old woman with an obviously sick face, he still said: "Yin, let's help her in to avoid the wind first."

"Yes, Auntie, you go in with me first, and explain things slowly." Yue Yin said while helping the old woman to walk in.

The old woman felt that Yue Yin really wanted to help her, so she followed obediently, but the guard at the gate saw that Yue Yin was about to enter while supporting him, so he immediately stepped forward and pointed his gun across: "Stop!"

After Gong Que saw it from behind, he took a step forward: "Get out of the way."

When the guard saw that this was the servant who had just arrived a few days ago, he immediately retracted his gun and apologized: "Yes, please come in, sir."

Yue Yin didn't care about the two guards anymore, he helped the old woman and went in, Gong Que followed behind and gave the two guards a cold look, the two guards immediately lowered their heads, their legs began to tremble a little.

The magistrate Yang Chong learned that Gong Que had brought the old woman in at the door, and immediately went to the hall in a panic and bowed his waist to greet him: "Master Shi Lang is back."

Gong Que glanced at Yang Chong expressionlessly, and went to help Yue Yin help the old woman to sit on the chair, then turned her head and said, "Why don't you get someone to pour a cup of hot water?"

"Hey, yes." Yang Chong responded repeatedly, turned around and ordered his servants: "Quickly, pour a cup of hot water and watch tea."

Gong Que sat down on the main seat, looked at Yang Chong and said, "What's going on?"

Yang Chong's heart trembled, he knew that Gong Que was asking about the old woman, and this old woman yelled at the door early this morning, wanting to let herself decide for her, saying that her son went out last night and has not come back until now , something must have happened.After hearing the notification, he understood what was going on, told the old lady to go back first, and told her that someone would be sent to find it.As a result, the old woman refused to listen to the persuasion and insisted on staying at the door, saying that she died at the door before her son was found.He also wanted to help her get her son back, but if he could get her son back, would the court send some servant of the Ministry of Punishment to come down?I had no choice but to let her go, but who would have known that this happened to happen to Mr. Shi Lang?

Yang Chong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "She said that her son was lost, and she wanted the lower official to make decisions for her. The lower official has already said that she will send someone to look for it, but she can't do anything if she doesn't listen to the lower official."

Yue Yin took the hot water brought by the servants and handed it to the old lady: "Auntie, drink some hot water to warm up first, and then tell us about the matter."

The old woman took the hot water in Yueyin's hand, her eyes were a little moist, on the one hand, she was worried about Dongzi, and on the other hand, she was grateful to Yueyin for treating her so well: "Thank you, my lord, I have no one to ask for. Please help me, young master, I can't live without Dongzi, cough cough." After speaking, she coughed and shed tears.

Yue Yin sat down beside her, and comforted him: "Don't worry, Auntie, let me tell you what's going on first?"

Yang Chong wanted to speak, but was stopped by Gong Que with a wave of his hand, so he had no choice but to give up, but if he let the old woman say anything, he was afraid that he could not escape the blame, and his face turned pale immediately.

The old woman took a sip of hot water from the cup, stopped coughing a bit and said, "It's all my fault, the old woman! I don't get sick sooner or later, but I get sick after dark, cough cough." The old woman became emotional. Excited, I couldn't help coughing, and after calming down for a while, I continued: "Dongzi saw that I was sick and insisted on going to see a doctor. It was so late that I wouldn't let him go, but he didn't listen. As a result, I still haven't heard of it until now." I didn’t come back, so I went to the clinic and said I didn’t see my Dongzi at all last night. Didn’t something happen? Cough, cough—I wanted to ask the magistrate to send someone to help me find Dongzi, but Who knows that the prefect master doesn't care about the life and death of my old lady and my Dongzi!"

After hearing this, Yue Yin knew that this was another case in Qianzhou. He really didn't expect that Gong Que had already come down to investigate and they dared to commit crimes against the wind. "Don't worry, Auntie. We are investigating this case now. Dongzi will be fine. We will definitely bring him back safely. Auntie will go home and recuperate first. I will tell Auntie immediately if there is any news." The more he chanted.

"Dongzi hasn't been found, how can I recover from my illness with peace of mind." The old woman gradually calmed down after hearing Yueyin's words, but she was still worried.

At this time, Gong Que came down from the main seat, stood beside Yue Yin and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, Yin and I will help you find your son."

"That's right, don't be stubborn. Your servant has already spoken. Your Dongzi will be fine. I'll send you back first, and then I'll hire you a doctor. You can stay at home and wait for the news." Yang Chong Seeing that Gong Que had spoken, he immediately seized the opportunity to show himself.

As soon as the old woman heard Yang Chong's words, she understood that the young and handsome young man standing in front of her was a senior official, and immediately wanted to get up and kneel down, but Yue Yin quickly restrained him.

In the end, the old lady was sent back by Yang Chong, leaving only Yue Yin, Gong Que and Yang Chong in the hall.

Gong Que sat down beside Yue Yin, and Yang Chong saw that Yue Yin was able to sit on an equal footing with Lord Minister, and the Lord Minister seemed to know him very well just now, so he immediately understood that the young man in front of him was not something he could easily offend He didn't dare to sit down, just stood and waited for the palace to speak.

Yue Yin knew that Yang Chong was useless, but making him stand like this was not a big deal, so he made a gesture: "My lord, please sit down."

Yang Chong saw that although Yueyin called himself his lord, he didn't see him at all in his eyes. Normally, he would have called someone to come up, but he looked at the palace sitting next to him and dared not say a word. I didn't even dare to sit down.

Gong Que waved his hand to signal Yang Chong to sit down, and then he sat down on the opposite side tremblingly.

"Tell me, what do you know." Gong Que said.

As soon as Yang Chong heard it, his heart began to beat, and he almost couldn't help but want to stand up again: "It's the lower officials who are incompetent, unable to share the worries of the people, and let the people of Qianzhou fall into deep water and fire, and the lower officials apologize to the adults." He still stood up and apologized.

Looking at him like this, Gong Que knew that he was unreliable, why did he ask himself for guilt, this was clearly because he was afraid that he would blame him, so he took it first.

Yue Yin turned his head and gave Gong Que a look, Gong Que immediately understood: "Let me ask you, why are there so few strong men in this city?"

"Well, this is because many strong men in the city have gone to work in the mines on the mountains outside the city to support their families, not because of the mysterious disappearance." Yang Chong immediately explained.

"Is there a mine outside the city?" Gong Que asked.

"Yes, it's on the side of the mountain where the accident happened. There is ample ore on that mountain, and there is a mine. The people in the city have gone to work there to make a living." Yang Chong replied.

"How many years have you been driving?" Yue Yin suddenly asked.

"About three and a half years." Yang Chong said.

Hearing this sentence, Yue Yin and Gong Yu looked at each other and saw the same thought in each other's eyes.

Yang Chong watched the eyes of the two meet, lowered his eyelids halfway, and slowly grasped them tightly.

"Have you visited? Is there a problem with the mine?" Gong Que asked.

Yang Chong knew that it was time for Gong Que to ask this question, and his eyes flickered: "I have seen that the mine has a large amount of mining, recruits a lot of workers, and pays enough wages."

Gong Que could see that Yang Chong was talking about him, but his performance was enough to prove that the mine was not simple, since Yang Chong didn't want to talk about him, he didn't force him. "Tomorrow I'll go to the mine to have a look, you can arrange it." Gong Que ordered.

"Yes, I will definitely arrange it properly." Yang Chong said respectfully.

"You send someone to look for Dongzi who disappeared last night. If you can't find anyone, give me some clues." Gong Que signaled Yang Chong to leave.

"Yes, I'll go right away." Yang Chong bowed and withdrew.

"There is definitely something wrong with the mine." Yue Yin said after waiting for Yang Chong to go far away.

"In Qianzhou, a lot of labor is required, which coincides with the role of the missing person, and it is absolutely inseparable." Gong Que affirmed.

"Looking at Yang Chong's appearance, he obviously also understands this truth. What made him turn a blind eye to that extremely suspicious mine? Or was he also involved in it." Yue Yin frowned with stern eyes.

"Didn't you just check on him and it's okay?" Gong Que said.

Yue Yin smiled: "What if he pretended to show me? What if he deliberately acted useless?"

"It's possible, we'll know what kind of medicine is sold in Yang Chong's gourd when we go to see it tomorrow," Gong Que said.

"We have to hurry up on this case, they dare to do it under your nose." Yue Yin said.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it can be considered that those missing people were used as laborers, and their lives should not be in danger." Gong Que analyzed.

"But it's also possible that we were wrong. Let's get Dongzi back as soon as possible." Yue Yin sighed.

"Yeah." Gong Que was silent for a while, and then asked, "How did you know Dongzi?"

"When I first arrived in Qianzhou City, I took a rest in his small teahouse. Dongzi told me the story of the white fox." Yue Yin explained.

"So that's how it is." Gong Que understood.

Chenzhou, Lanyue Tower.

The fourth prince stood in a gold black robe with his back facing Quan Zhenduo: "The Gong family and the Yue family have gone to Qianzhou, do you know?"

"I know." Quan Zhenduo bowed his waist.

"You tell the people under you to be careful, don't let them catch the pigtails." The fourth prince said.

"I have already ordered them to stop." Quan Zhenduo replied.

"That's good, there must be no problems there." The fourth prince turned to look at Quan Zhenduo and said.

"Understood." Quan Zhenduo said, paused and then asked cautiously: "Is the New Year's goods going well? Is there anything I can do for you?"

"You don't have to worry about this matter, the palace will take care of it." The fourth prince smiled wickedly.

"Yes."

"By the way, your son is not bad, you can give him more things in the future." The fourth prince said.

"Yes, thank you Fourth Prince for your appreciation of Gouzi." Quan Zhenduo cupped his hands.

"As long as you work hard, this palace will never treat you badly." The fourth prince gave Quan Zhenduo a hand.

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