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Zhao Yousheng rode a horse and galloped into the alley, almost hurting pedestrians in the alley. The horse neighed and jumped up. He calmed the horse and sent the pedestrians away. He rode the horse straight to Chen's house.

At this time, almost all the servants in Chen's house went out to look for Chen Yu, only Pan Shun was there. When Pan Shun saw Zhao Yousheng, he was startled, not because he hadn't entered Chen's house for more than a year, but because he broke in on horseback. The way the mansion is kind of scary.

Zhao Yousheng asked anxiously: "Pan Neizhi, where did Xiao Yu get robbed?"

"Sheren, Mr. Xiao Lang was robbed by several gangsters at the gate of Zeng's house. I don't know who they are, but he dared to rob people in public! I heard that he even hacked and killed the servants of Zeng's house..."

"When did it happen?" Zhao Yousheng interrupted roughly.

"About three quarters of an hour ago, Da Lang was leading officers and soldiers to search for criminals. The master went to the inspection department to ask Xia to inspect..."

Before Pan Shun finished speaking, Zhao Yousheng was nowhere to be seen. He was shocked and went out to look around, only to see a speeding figure disappearing in the long alley.

Zhao Yousheng rushed to Zeng Mansion on horseback, saw people gathered at the gate of the backyard, there was a pool of blood outside the gate, and there seemed to be crying in the courtyard, he grabbed a random person and asked, "Where did you see Chen Fan and the officers and soldiers chasing after them? "

His hands were strong, and Zeng Yuanrong was dragged staggeringly. He was still in shock and said: "The officers and soldiers are going to the Wu Family Ancestral Hall."

Zeng Yuanrong witnessed Chen Yu being robbed at his home and saw the gangsters stabbing people. He was frightened and should have hid in the house, but he cared about Chen Yu very much and bravely waited for the news at the door.

The reason why Zhao Yousheng asked him for questioning was that it was hard to say whether he recognized that he was Kogoro.Among all the young gentlemen, his clothes were the most gorgeous and flamboyant, and his appearance was also the most outstanding.

Hearing the reply, Zhao Yousheng let go of the person, and before his fingers left the other's sleeve, he suddenly grabbed it again, and said in a deep voice, "Is Chen Yu injured?"

Zeng Yuanrong touched his bottomless black eyes, and his heart clenched tightly. With inexplicable fear and worry, he tried hard to recall the chaotic scene when he was attacked, and stammered: "No...no."

At this moment, he realized that this person should be Zhao Yousheng who Xiao Yu often mentioned, the eldest son who was close to Xiao Yu.It is not difficult to recognize that he is the eldest son from his attire, not to mention that he is riding a tall horse, horses are rare, and it is rare for people with short-legged dirt horses, let alone such a good horse.

Xiao Yu's close friend gave people a sense of oppression, but this feeling of oppression was different from Zheng Yuanya's, it was fierce, but also had a gloomy flavor.

Watching the figure of Zhao Yousheng riding a horse disappear before his eyes, Zeng Yuanrong rubbed his arm that was scratched and hurt, thinking that he must be very worried about Xiaoyu.

So many people are looking for Xiao Yu, and they will definitely find him.

At this time, not only the officers and soldiers were actively searching, but most of the servants of the Zeng family also participated.Due to the viciousness of the gangsters, Zeng Yuanrong had no power to restrain the chicken, so he could only wait for news at home.

Zhao Yousheng rushed to Wu's Ancestral Hall, the alley was narrow and winding, he had to let the horse slow down, he thought, if he robbed people in broad daylight, what would he do, how would he escape, what would happen to him scene.

The alleys in the west of the city extend in all directions. Because it is a residential area, it has always been very peaceful and quiet. When the vicious gangsters carrying knives escape in the alleys, it is impossible to encounter decent obstacles. They are facing the terrified residents.

It had been almost half an hour, and the gangster might not even be in the west of the city, but there should be many witnesses along the way.

The horseshoes were eager, and the residents in the west of the city saw a young boy from the noble family riding past, and they all stuck their heads out, looking wary.

Zhao Yousheng was chasing after him, and as soon as he stopped, he would be unstoppably annoyed.He didn't expect that Zhao Bumin went to Beijing to plead guilty, and the family of King Xi was facing a catastrophe, but he still dared to take advantage of the Chen family, and even dared to rob Chen Yu.If they think that the Chen family is a businessman, they are insignificant, then they are wrong; if they think that the eldest son will not be punished even if he does all kinds of bad things, then they are also wrong.

If they dare to hurt Chen Yu, he will not let them go.

Zhao Yousheng walked through several alleys and came to an open field in front of the Wu Family Ancestral Hall, where Chen Fan and several officers and soldiers were there.Hearing the sound of horseshoes, Chen Fan looked up and was not surprised to see Zhao Youcheng.

"Have you found any trace of the gangster?" Zhao Yousheng asked hurriedly as he got off his horse.

"I lost my track." Chen Fan's words were not disturbing.

They tracked all the way according to the instructions of the eyewitnesses, and chased to the area around the Wu Family Ancestral Hall, but no one saw the whereabouts of the gangsters.The houses here are old and there are many abandoned and collapsed houses. Seeing the bustling market in the west of the city, it is hard to imagine that there is such a deserted place in the city.

Chen Fan replied to Zhao Youcheng, called the officers and soldiers, assigned the search area, and was about to leave.

"Chen Dalang, to the east of the Wu Family Ancestral Hall is the Hao Canal..." Zhao Yousheng paused. This was what he feared the most. The Hao Canal runs through the city, and the gangsters will leave quickly through the waterway.

"Xia's inspector soldiers are patrolling the Hao Canal, so it's not so easy for them to escape through the waterway."

Chen Fan left after leaving this sentence. He didn't intend to take Zhao Youcheng with him, nor did he take the initiative to seek help from him or the clan forces behind him.

At noon, Chen Fan was meeting guests in the living room. He watched his younger brother and several attendants go out to visit neighbors' houses. When they went out, his younger brother bowed to him and the guests.Everything is very peaceful, very ordinary noon, there are children from the neighbors passing by outside the gate.

Not long after, the servant ran back to Chen's house in a panic, and reported that Chen Yu was robbed by gangsters in the courtyard of Zeng's house.Chen Fan was shocked, and Chen Yu disappeared like a blink of an eye.

The mastermind of the kidnapping should be from King Xi's house, from that group of lawless clan children.In Chen Fan's view, their Chen family is not easy to provoke, no matter who leads the kidnapping, they will have to pay the price.

Looking at Chen Fan's back, Zhao Yousheng said, "Sanpu Lane has many old houses, which are suitable for hiding. Have you searched carefully? Yanxiang Lane is Qinjing Lane, which leads directly to Fushu Street. There are many officials there. There are many eyes and ears in the residence, and it is impossible for the criminals to escape from there according to common sense. You can check it later. The back alley of the ditch leads to the Guanyin Temple, and it is always lively there, but there is Hao Canal in the past. If the criminals want to escape, they may take risks. "

The location and direction of the alley in the west of the city came to Zhao Youcheng's mind, and at this moment he was like a falcon looking down into the sky.

"You..." Chen Fan looked back at Zhao Youcheng, obviously shocked.

The officers and soldiers were divided into several teams and searched the west of the city thoroughly. In a barren house in Sanpu Lane, the officers and soldiers picked up bloody clothes and hand knives discarded by the gangsters, but no one witnessed the gangsters' whereabouts.

When the gangsters hide their knives, take off their blood-stained clothes, and break up their personnel into pieces, they can blend into the crowd, but they carry Chen Yu, which must attract attention, unless Chen Yu is hidden by them in some way, so that they Can escape the interrogation of officers and soldiers on the road.

From the speed with which he robbed people in public, to the successful evasion of the search after he succeeded, it can be seen that the person who instigated this kidnapping was by no means an ordinary person.

Zhao Yousheng stood on the stone bridge, and under his feet was a canal surrounding the city, like a green belt.His heart was as silent as an abyss, and he realized that Chen Yu had been taken away by gangsters, and he could go anywhere through Haoqu.

In his previous life, he encountered a somewhat similar situation, that was when Chen Yu boarded the Yang family boat to Mingzhou, and at that time he knew that he had lost him.

Standing here, at this moment, he has lost Chen Yu.

"You Sheng."

A big hand rested on Zhao Youcheng's shoulder, and when he heard a familiar voice, he knew who it was. Zhao Youcheng turned his head and looked at the exhausted Chen Duanli in front of him.When Chen Fan led the officers and soldiers to search in the west of the city, Chen Duanli and the sailors from the inspection department were patrolling the Haoqu, and it was self-evident that Chen Duanli appeared here, and they found no trace of gangsters there.

Chen Duanli saw Zhao Yousheng's gloomy brows, and he knew that he was as anxious as himself, and they all cared about Chen Yu.

"The hand knife found in the barren house has a word 'Bing' engraved on the handle. The soldiers' items will be distinguished by engraving to prevent people from taking it wrong." Zhao Yousheng seemed to be talking to himself, but Chen Duanli knew what he was referring to. .

Zhao Yousheng's words were cold and emotionless, and he could not hear anger or annoyance: "Zhao Bumin has a salt field in Lutan, and the person watching the salt field is General Fan Wei. Fan Wei has a boat in his hand, and there are many villains and soldiers gathered around him."

Chen Duanli didn't say a word, he knew who his child was kidnapped by, and it was those people who planned it.He has always been wary of revenge from the people of King Xi's family, until today he was negligent and let his son walk out of the house.

"A while ago, the Si Liyuan was on fire, and it was Fan Wei's soldiers who set it on fire." Zhao Yousheng mentioned this matter, trying to calm himself down, "The patriarch and the others wanted to wait for Zhao Bumin to be dismissed from office, and then deal with his minions. thrown into prison."

Waiting, what they waited for was that they committed crimes again, even kidnapping Chen Yu.

"You Sheng, you go home." Chen Duanli spoke calmly.

Chen Duanli is a person who has experienced great storms, he did not blame Zhao Shilang and the others, and it is even less likely that he would anger this son's best friend.Right now, the search in the city is meaningless, his son has been taken away by gangsters, and their boat may have floated in the sea.

Zhao Yousheng got on his horse, held on to the whip, and said, "Chen Gangshou, see you at the Mu Zongyuan."

Chen Duanli just nodded and didn't say anything else. Now that he lost his son's trace, he could only go to the dignitary of King Xi's Fangzhi.Of course, they would not admit that Chen Yu's robbery was related to them, nor would they stop there and let Chen Yu go, but at least they could put pressure on them so that they would not dare to hurt Chen Yu.

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When Chen Yu woke up, he felt chest tightness and headache, and then he realized that he was locked in a box. He slapped the box with his hands and kicked it with his feet, but his range of motion was limited, and the box was very narrow.

His kicking and beating did not open the lid of the box, but provoked a wave of cursing. The man cursed him viciously, threatening to kill him if he made any more noise.

Chen Yu calmed down. He realized that there were guards around him, and he didn't seem to be on land. The shaking from the bottom of the box told him that he was on the boat, and the boat was on the water.

He remembered the scene when he was robbed by gangsters. He walked to Zeng Mansion and saw Yuan Rong outside the gate of the courtyard, so the two entered the hospital together, stopped in the courtyard, and talked.Suddenly, several gangsters armed with knives broke into the courtyard without any warning. In front of Yuan Rong, they took him away and chopped up the Zeng family servant who was blocking him.

The entourage that Chen Yu brought from home did not help at all because they stayed at the gate of the Zeng Mansion.

Chen Yu was knocked unconscious by the handle of the knife, and was carried away by the leader of the gangsters. How he left the west of the city, Chen Yu had no memory.

Chen Yu knew that he was on the boat, so at this time he was either on the Hao Canal, or had already entered the sea area along the Hao Canal, he didn't know where he was, it was dark in the box, and he didn't know what time it was.

These people didn't kill him right away, so they probably didn't want his life, Chen Yu thought so, and begged: "I can't breathe, can you open the lid of the box?"

There was no response from outside, dead silence.

The inside of the box was stuffy, and it became more and more difficult to breathe. Chen Yu was very frightened. He slapped the lid of the box and called out again: "Please, open the lid, I won't run away."

His voice was choked, he had a headache, and his consciousness was gradually blurring.

At this moment, there was a sound outside the box, as if the lock was being unlocked, then the lid of the box was lifted, and the air was poured in. Chen Yu sucked in fresh air greedily, his arms grabbed the edge of the box, and slowly sat down from the box rise.

A skinny man held up a lamp to shine on Chen Yu, to see his condition, Chen Yu lowered his head to avoid the glare of the light.He was covered in sweat, his hair stuck to his face, his chest heaved and he was breathing heavily from tension, he sat in the box, restless and submissive.

Seeing that Chen Yu was timid, the monkey skinny man didn't make any resistance after getting out of the box. He returned to the dining table with peace of mind and put the lamp by his arm. His food was rich, including wine and meat.

The sound of drinking and punching came from outside the cabin, obviously there were other accomplices.

Chen Yu looked around, he was in the dark and windowless cabin, the boat he was in was not big, it was a small boat.Judging from the items in the cabin, it looks like a fisherman's boat. This kind of boat can live in a family, and eat, drink, and scatter all on the boat. Therefore, there are many daily necessities in the cabin.

There is a roof window above the cabin, the roof window is closed, and the sky outside cannot be seen. Chen Yu is sad. He doesn't know how long it has been since he was arrested, and he doesn't know where these people are going to take him.

Chen Yu licked his chapped lips. He was very thirsty and hungry, so he quietly went to see the skinny man.

"I'm very thirsty, can you give me some water to drink?" Chen Yu begged, he was in the cabin of the boat, and he couldn't escape temporarily, but he had to make himself feel better, he had to raise his spirits, he was too weak now.

The monkey skinny man ignored him, Chen Yu thought they didn't intend to kill him, but they wouldn't make him feel better either.Chen Yu raised his hand to brush his hair away, and gently covered his forehead. His forehead was in pain, and the blood on his forehead had dried up, so it didn't stick to his hands. The wound had stopped bleeding, so he thought it was all right.

The current situation is very bad, but as long as these gangsters take him out of the cabin, he must find a way to break free, and he can jump into the water and escape.He can swim naturally, and he believes he can swim far and fast.

At this time, the voices of people outside the cabin were approaching, the wooden ladder thumped, and someone came down with a lamp. Chen Yu hugged his knees and lowered his head. He behaved tamely and did not look directly at these gangsters.

This is a group of ferocious people, and they are also desperadoes.Ordinary gangsters would never dare to break into a rich family and rob people, let alone rob Chen Duanli's son. After weighing it all, they all know that the price of arresting him is not low.

"Stop in the box for so long, don't die."

A drunken voice, listening to footsteps, he was coming down the wooden ladder.

"No one can die."

The other person said disdainfully, his voice was capable, and the sound of his footsteps was approaching.

The drunk was Lin Si, with a scar on his face, Gu San who said he would not die, and Zhang Wu who guarded Chen Yu.Gu San held up the lamp and saw the open box in the dark corner, and Chen Yu who had his back to them, he ignored them, went straight to Zhang Wu, chatted with him, and buried his head in drinking again.

Lin Si took away his companion's lantern and walked towards Chen Yu staggeringly. He squatted beside Chen Yu, held up the lantern to illuminate it, and asked Chen Yu to raise his face, but Chen Yu didn't listen.He suddenly grabbed Chen Yu's hair, pulled his head up, put the lamp against Chen Yu's face, and rubbed his dirty thumb against Chen Yu's lips, "Tsk tsk, she really looks like a little lady. "

When Chen Yu was robbed, Lin Si became lustful when he saw his appearance.

Chen Yu shook off Lin Si's hairy hand vigorously, and Lin Si, who was already drunk, suddenly became violent. He clamped Chen Yu's arm, dragged him out of the corner, cursed, and was about to hit him with a fist, Gu San picked up the wine bowl, threw it at Lin Si, and scolded him: "Your mother, you forgot what the elder brother ordered!"

The wine bowl fell on the back of Lin Si's head, he was hurt by the impact, and the wine suddenly woke up a little bit, he reluctantly let Chen Yu go.

"Fourth Brother Monkey, what's the rush? Waiting for the ship to dock, there are a lot of local prostitutes playing casually."

Zhang Wu made fun of it, and continued to drink with Gu San, as if he was used to it.

Lin Si walked back to his partner angrily, he was not afraid of Gu San, but his elder brother Zhong Dayou ordered him to send him to Hongge in good condition, not to be mutilated or killed.Their brothers are only responsible for robbing people, they don't care whether to kill or bury him. After all, this man is Chen Duanli's son, and they still want to leave their old lives at sea.

Chen Yu's wrist, which was injured by the drunk, was in pain. He put the injured hand in his arms, and sat back quietly in the dark corner.He was terrified, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he comforted himself that his father must be looking for him, and he would be fine.

Hearing the wild laughter of the three desperadoes beside him, Chen Yu rested his head on his knees, feeling the gentle shaking of the water surface, he comforted himself and calmed himself down.

The author has something to say: You Sheng (drawing the sword): You can touch him again and try!

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Director: Don't worry, we will be rescued soon.