vrcanaries Chapter 173 The Miss Has Disappeared
Chapter 173 The Miss Has Disappeared
I asked her several questions beforehand, and this old auntie should be telling the truth.
Yu Ningyao came today, perhaps because of her childlike nature, going wherever she wanted.
Jiang Chun searched Rong's room thoroughly but found nothing suspicious, so he had no choice but to leave in silence.
Until dawn, the sky was filled with the glow of sunrise.
He had just returned to his residence after entering the city and reported the matter to He Yunjin.
He Yunjin couldn't understand what Yu Ningyao's intention was in doing this.
But he always felt that things couldn't be that simple.
"Keep an eye on her," He Yunjin ordered in a deep voice.
"Yes."
Jiang Chun agreed.
The following day he continued to follow Yu Ningyao.
Yu Ningyao did not change any of her schedules, and the rest of the Yu family did the same, continuing their lives as usual.
Two more days passed.
Yu Ningyao didn't go to class again. Instead, she went out of the city to a temple in the mountains and met her second uncle, who had become a monk.
Her movements left the people He Yunjin sent completely baffled.
Until five days later.
Yu Ningyao neither went to Judge Zheng's place nor to the General's Mansion.
Jiang Chun was suspicious and decided to go to the Yu family to inquire.
So he disguised himself as someone from the general's mansion, knocked on the door and asked, "The old general sent me to ask why Miss Yu didn't go to martial arts practice today?"
The doorman looked at him with surprise.
"Madam already sent someone to tell the old general."
Jiang Chun said without changing his expression, "Is that so? Perhaps the servants didn't relay the message clearly, and the old general didn't receive it. Is Miss ill?"
The gatekeeper stared at him: "This concerns Miss, I cannot speak rashly. Master and Madam will be angry."
Jiang Chun took out a silver ingot from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.
"Young man, please have mercy. If I don't ask clearly, the old general will scold me later."
"Alright, alright. But don't tell anyone I told you." The servant took the silver and looked around.
Jiang Chun nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, I would never talk nonsense."
The servant leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Our young lady has gone missing."
"What?" Jiang Chun was startled.
Last night he watched Yu Ningyao enter the Yu family home, and he hasn't seen her come out since.
How did they just disappear?
"Should we report this to the authorities? I'll inform the old general and ask him to help find the person," Jiang Chun said urgently.
"No need. Master and Madam said this matter must not be made public, so you must not tell anyone." The servant covered his mouth after saying this.
"How could Miss have disappeared all of a sudden?" Jiang Chun continued to press.
“There was a thief last night…” the servant said, then realized he shouldn’t have said it and immediately shook his head.
"I can't say anything more, you should leave now and don't say anything out of the ordinary."
He then closed the door, shutting him out of the mansion.
Upon hearing such important news, Jiang Chun immediately ran back to report to his master.
He didn't expect that after he left, the servant would take the silver to Yu Ningyao.
"Miss, I have answered as you instructed. Here is the silver he gave me."
"Not bad, well done. Here's the money for you." Yu Ningyao smiled.
"Thank you for your generous gift, Miss." The servant left happily.
"Yaoyao, are you sure this will work?" Shen Jinzhu asked with great concern.
"Don't worry. We'll send our carriage out again later, and they'll definitely follow. If they try to kill us beforehand, they'll be walking into a trap. I've already spoken to Master about it," Yu Ningyao assured him, patting her chest.
The Hangzhou government doesn't know whether that constable's life can be saved.
If they can't protect them, they'll have to add more charges against the He family.
Murder, that's good.
"Alright. Then we'll do whatever our little general decides~" Shen Jinzhu gently pinched the tip of her nose.
……
When He Yunjin learned of Yu Ningyao's disappearance, his eyebrows furrowed in distress.
“There’s something strange about this. How could a perfectly healthy person just disappear? Yu Kangjing loves his daughter dearly, how could he not report her disappearance to the authorities?”
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Chun replied, "Perhaps they're afraid of affecting Yu Ningyao's reputation? If word gets out that she was kidnapped by bandits, her reputation won't be good in the future."
He Yunjin said coldly, "Keep an eye on it. I want to see what the Yu family is up to."
"Yes." Jiang Chun responded and withdrew.
He Yunjin then looked at Luo Mingdong.
"Where is the person in the portrait? Haven't they been found yet?"
"No." Luo Mingdong lowered his head, not daring to look at his furious boss.
"The brothers guarding the city said that those people left the capital, but we don't know which direction they went. We can only search for them one place at a time."
"Useless, all of you are useless." He Yunjin angrily kicked over the chair.
With no news coming from Hangzhou and the account books missing, and still no culprit to be found, he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night, and several blisters appeared on his lips.
If he still can't find it, he'll have no choice but to kill him to silence him.
The Yu family will never have an easy time.
As night fell and the city gates were about to close, his subordinates rushed back.
"My lord, a carriage from the Yu residence has left the city."
"It seems that Yu Kangjing is in the car, and he also brought dozens of guards with him."
Upon hearing this, He Yunjin suddenly stood up.
"Chase him. I want to see what he's up to."
He Yunjin sent her trusted confidant after him.
After much thought, he felt that this might be a good opportunity to take down the Yu family.
"Wait, come back, I'll send someone else."
He Yunjin summoned the five assassins she had secretly trained at home.
"After leaving the city, we will wait for an opportunity to act. If the time is right, we will kill Yu Kangjing and all of them."
Once Yu Kangjing is killed, all that's left is a woman and a few children, which will make things much easier.
"Yes," the five assassins answered in unison, and then followed his orders and gave chase.
Yu Kangjing sat in the carriage, still feeling somewhat uneasy.
My daughter's plan is far too risky.
Fortunately, with General Lu as his backer, he wasn't so panicked.
He specifically ordered the coachman to take the carriage to a secluded place.
Seeing this, the assassins stopped hiding and, without saying a word, drew their swords and charged towards the carriage.
They came here with only one purpose—to kill Yu Kangjing.
"Enemy attack! Protect the master!" The guards immediately drew their swords to meet the attack.
As the two sides clashed, Yu Kangjing, inside the carriage, noticed something was amiss.
He's an assassin!
These guards were certainly no match for these ruthless killers.
Without hesitation, he blew the whistle.
Lu Qingyun's men appeared directly from the shadows.
The He family assassins hadn't expected there to be an ambush. Normally, the five of them would have been more than enough to kill these ordinary guards.
Now that a master has appeared, their mission is doomed to fail.
So the group retreated, trying to escape, but unexpectedly, they were surrounded by more than thirty people.
The group realized that they couldn't escape this calamity today.
They all prepared to commit suicide.
Lu Qingyun saw through their intentions and shouted, "Be careful, don't let them commit suicide. Leave them alive!"
Even faster than his voice were the actions of these assassins.
Without hesitation, they drew their swords and plunged them into their hearts.