Chapter 159: Master, it’s bad, the young lady has been kidnapped!
"Master, Master!"
"Young Master~~"
Seven or eight followers suddenly panicked and hurriedly tightened the reins. Two of them even jumped directly on the horse's back, trying to catch their young master.
But they were still a little too late. The young man fell directly to the ground, and because he was riding his horse too fast, he rolled on the ground for several times before stopping.
The scene was in chaos for a moment.
A group of followers surrounded the young man, asking him questions and checking his injuries.
The passers-by around were retreating again and again.
"Who is it? How dare you sneak attack me!"
The young man was tough. He got up from the ground, covering his forehead and roaring angrily.
When his followers saw that he was not seriously injured, they breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time they shouted and looked for the attacker.
"Miss, that's the young master of the prefectural government, you better leave quickly!"
Others might not have noticed that it was the crutch thrown by Yang Yunxue, but the old man in front of them did notice it, after all, it was his crutch.
Originally, he was kind enough to remind Yang Yunxue, and he could have lowered his voice, but the entourage around the young master still heard it.
As soon as the old man finished speaking, a man who looked to be in his forties quickly came up to Yang Yunxue and others.
"It's you!" The man was obviously a warrior, and his cultivation seemed to be quite high.
Yang Yunxue was shocked when she saw this ferocious-looking man.
After all, she was just a thirteen-year-old girl. Although she was braver than ordinary people due to her martial arts training, she really had no experience.
But she recovered quickly and said calmly, "Yes, it was me. You were riding your horses in the street and injured someone."
She still wanted to reason with him, but the other party would never reason with her.
If the other party was a reasonable person, he would not ride his horse in the street.
"Where did this wild girl come from? How dare you interfere in my business!"
At this time, the young man came over with a limp, covering his forehead, and a ferocious look on his face.
"Catch them and take them back. I want to kill this bold and reckless wild girl!"
He was extremely angry. For so many years, no one dared to disrespect him or attack him in Anyuan City.
What a day! Not only was I attacked, but I was also disfigured.
Touching the warm blood on his forehead, he was filled with hatred.
He wished he could skin the little girl in front of him alive.
As soon as he finished speaking, the followers behind him immediately stepped forward to grab Yang Yunxue, while the maids and old women around Yang Yunxue hurried forward to stop them.
"Wait, my lady is the second lady of the Bingbei master's family!"
Mrs. Zhang was quite startled. Upon seeing this, she quickly revealed her identity.
But the group of people in front of him were obviously domineering and overbearing. They didn't care at all and slapped Mrs. Zhang to the ground.
"Let me go, let me go!"
Not only was there a warrior on the opposite side, but there was more than one. Yang Yunxue was soon captured by two followers.
"Go quickly and come back quickly!"
Mrs. Zhang lay on the ground and felt that half of her body had lost consciousness. She was not old, only in her early forties, but the slap from the warrior almost took half her life.
But at this time she still did not forget to ask for help.
As for Yang Yunxue and Wang Yunqiao, the two little girls had already panicked and had no idea what to do except struggling.
It’s not their fault, it’s just that Yang Zhengshan protected them too well.
In the past few years, they have lived a stable and carefree life and have no idea of the wickedness of human nature.
Mrs. Li fell to the ground and pushed Xia Feng. Xia Feng finally came to his senses and crawled out of the crowd.
Everyone else's attention was focused on Yang Yunxue, and no one paid attention to Xia Feng at all. Perhaps even if someone noticed him, they would not care.
They didn't want to capture these maids and old women. They had only one target, and that was Yang Yunxue.
……
"Master, Master, something bad has happened. The young lady has been kidnapped!"
As soon as Yang Zhengshan returned to the garrison office, he saw Wu Hai running out of the office with sweat all over his forehead.
Why did this sound familiar to him?
It feels like the master has been kidnapped by a monster.
Yang Zhengshan didn't react at all for a moment. He jumped off his horse and asked casually, "Who took the young lady away?"
"The young lady was captured by the prefect's son. She should be taken to the prefect's office now!" Wu Hai said breathlessly.
At this time, Yang Zhengshan finally reacted.
Damn it, my daughter was kidnapped!
Depend on!
"what happened?"
His face instantly darkened.
"I don't know the specific situation. Xia Feng ran back and told me." Wu Hai's breathing became a little more even.
He didn't have time to ask what happened just now, and ran to the front yamen in a hurry, but Yang Zhengshan was not there. He originally wanted to go to Chengguanbao to find Song Dashan, but he didn't expect to meet Yang Zhengshan coming back as soon as he went out.
The reason why they found Song Dashan instead of others was that Yang Zhengshan, Yang Mingcheng and Yang Minghao were not at home, and the women in the family would not be able to handle this matter. Second, Song Dashan had soldiers under his command and could command the garrison camp.
Wu Hai felt that the most important thing in this matter was to get the young lady back first. As for the other things, he would deal with them after the master came back.
His idea seemed unreasonable. If he sent troops into the city to seize people, the matter would become a big deal.
But this concerns Yang Yunxue's reputation. An unmarried girl was abducted. It might be okay if it was a short period of time, but if it lasted for a long time, her reputation would be ruined.
How can a girl with a bad reputation get married in the future? Wu Hai, the housekeeper, naturally puts his master first. As for other things, that is not his concern.
Yang Zhengshan also knew this, so he jumped on his horse and said, "Pass on my order. Have Han Cheng lead the garrison battalion to surround the prefectural government office!"
"Yes!" A close follower behind him responded and rode away on his horse towards Chengguanbao.
"You go back first and find out what's going on, then go to the prefectural government and tell me." Yang Zhengshan gave the order and drove his horse towards the prefectural government.
The prefectural yamen was located in the central area of Anyuan Prefecture, while the garrison yamen was located in the south city, close to Chengguan Fort, and the two were not far apart.
In just a quarter of an hour, Yang Zhengshan arrived at the gate of the prefectural government.
The prefectural yamen was much more imposing than the garrison yamen. In front of the gate stood two stone lions taller than humans, which made it look particularly majestic.
Seeing Yang Zhengshan and his party riding towards them, the two officers in front of the government office hurried forward and asked, "Excuse me, sir, who are you?"
Although Yang Zhengshan was not wearing official uniform at this time, he was riding a horse and was followed by a dozen followers with swords at their sides. It was obvious that he was not an ordinary person.
"Anyuan City garrison commander Yang Zhengshan!"
Yang Zhengshan first reported his identity, and then asked: "Did you capture a little girl today?"
The two officers were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and then bowed quickly, "Your humble servant greets the garrison commander!"
Although Yang Zhengshan had no control over the prefectural government, he was a garrison commander after all, and these officers did not dare to disrespect him.
"Did you catch a little girl?" Yang Zhengshan asked again, his voice becoming much gloomier.
"This, I don't know!" said the two officers, sweating profusely.
It is true that they are gatekeepers, but on ordinary days the yamen runners did not arrest people through the main gate, but through the side door.
"Is your prefect here?" Yang Zhengshan frowned and asked.
The officer was quite clever and said quickly, "I will report this to the master right away!"
After saying that, he ran into the yamen.
Another officer said nervously, "Please come in, sir!"
"No need, I will just wait here!"
Yang Zhengshan stood in front of the door with his hands behind his back.
He was going to wait here for Han Cheng to come.
To be honest, he really didn't want to face this crappy prefect, a man who was destined to die young. Yang Zhengshan was really too lazy to waste time with him.
However, today's matter is not easy to handle. He must rescue Yang Yunxue as soon as possible, but if Yang Yunxue is really in the prefectural government, he still has to save the prefectural government's face.
Please note that you should consider the face of the government office, not the prefect.
On the other side, Anyuan Prefecture Governor Lin Xuan was drinking tea with Military Assistant Director Hao Zhaoxian in the teahouse.
"Recently, the Liang family has not been able to open up a route outside the customs for more than a month!" Lin Xuan has an elegant appearance, with the bookish air unique to scholars, but his eyes seem particularly sinister.
Hao Zhaoxian was just the opposite. Although he was a civil servant, he had a tall stature and a rugged face, just like a military general on the battlefield.
However, one cannot judge a book by its cover. Although Lin Xuan looked elegant, he was only a fellow Jinshi in the eighth year of Chengping, while Hao Zhaoxian was the runner-up in the fourteenth year of Chengping.
"Ah~" Hao Zhaoxian sighed and said, "Let's not count on anything else. We just hope that Chongshan Pass doesn't find any problems."
Lin Xuan was also worried.
Ever since the Liang family's caravan was attacked by the cavalry of the Zhenbiao Camp, they have not had a good night's sleep for some time.
They and the Liang family are all in the same boat. Over the years, they have received no less than 100,000 taels of silver in benefits from the Liang family, and they have done countless things for the Liang family.
If anything happens to the Liang family, they will definitely not be able to clear themselves of blame.
Just as the two were worried, there was a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly heard outside the door.
"Your Excellency, the garrison commander is here to see you at the yamen!"
"Lord Garrison!" Lin Xuan was stunned at first.
They were actually very dissatisfied with Yang Zhengshan.
Since Yang Zhengshan came to Anyuan City, he has never met them.
Normally, when a garrison commander takes office, he should first visit the military governor and the prefectural government.
The prefect's office had many official duties that required the cooperation of the garrison officials, and the Bingbei Dao was also responsible for supervising the military farms of the garrisons, handling criminal cases, and inspecting military, civil affairs, finance, water conservancy and other affairs within the jurisdiction.
Strictly speaking, the Bingbei Dao had the right to interfere in the affairs of the garrison office.
It would have been fine if Yang Zhengshan didn't pay a visit to Lin Xuan, but he even ignored Hao Zhaoxian, the deputy military commander. This was really unacceptable.
If the Liang family had not stopped them, and if Yang Zhengshan had later accepted the Liang family's enticement, they would have long been prepared to make things difficult for Yang Zhengshan.
"Why is he here?"
"I don't know!" The person who came to report was not a gatekeeper, but a clerk in a yamen.
Lin Xuan and Hao Zhaoxian looked at each other and asked, "Is it because of the Liang family's matter?"
Hao Zhaoxian frowned. If it weren't for the problems with the Liang family's caravan, he would have definitely made things difficult for Yang Zhengshan during this period. Even if the Liang family was involved, he still had to save Yang Zhengshan's face.
The Bingbeidao was in charge of supervising the military farms in the garrisons, and now was the time to prepare for spring ploughing. It would be easy for him to embarrass Yang Zhengshan.
It was just because of the Liang family's problems that he had no intention of getting entangled with Yang Zhengshan.
"He finally thought of us at this time. What were he doing before?" Hao Zhaoxian said in a rough voice.
They all thought that Yang Zhengshan was here because of the Liang family's affairs.
After all, they already regarded Yang Zhengshan as someone in the same boat.
"Forget it, now that you're here, let's meet first!"
Lin Xuan stood up and walked towards the door.
(End of this chapter)