Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 356: Danger

Old Fan came back at full speed, sweat on his forehead. "He went to investigate a case. He left last night. I don't know what went wrong. He hasn't returned yet. Jianming was so worried that he cried!"

Jiang Shangxian simply ignored the daily occurrence of Jian Ming crying, his mind full of investigating the case but he couldn't find the person all night.

"Why didn't Jianming follow? Where are the people following him? Did Wang Leisheng go on duty?" After hearing this, Xiao Jiang became anxious. What kind of case was it that he didn't bring the people following him?

"Minister Wang went there, saying he was investigating a gambling house case. Even Scholar Zhao went with him last night. The three of them were beaten up by the people from the gambling house. When I went there, they were still receiving medicine from Doctor Ning! The General of the Household was also there, but he had already gone on duty when I arrived."

"Be bold!"

"what?"

When Li Xueyan heard that Zhao Shan had been beaten, she clenched her fists. "How's Zhao Shan? Is he seriously injured? Which gambling house did it happen to?"

She's really asking for trouble. She even dares to hit someone she likes?!

"It seems to be called something like God of Wealth Casino!"

The originally peaceful Jiang family exploded like water dropped into a frying pan because of the news brought by Old Fan.

Li Xueyan didn't think about beef at this moment. She whipped her horse and took her men to the Dali Temple to visit Zhao Shan.

Old Madam Xia and Jiang's mother were both married. They couldn't help but think that this man didn't come back all night and went to a place like a gambling house. The two of them were whispering to each other, looking at Jiang Shangxian from time to time, as if they wanted to say something but stopped themselves.

Xiao Jiang was already feeling a little uneasy, and when they forced him to look at him, he touched his head - he was not cuckolded.

Xia Zhenying, who was supervising Jiang Wangri in horse stance under the tree, seized every opportunity to educate him and explain to him how terrible the harm of gambling houses was and the miserable fate of gamblers, reminding his younger brother that he should never go to the casino under any circumstances.

Just when the party was getting lively, Feng Ling came back, and Lianhuan came back with him.

Yingzi trotted over to help her: "Sister Lianhuan, why are you here?"

Lianhuan patted her hand gently, a hint of uneasiness on his usually calm face. Although he still remembered to bow, his actions were not as considerate as usual. "Miss Jiang, Feng Ling just came back and said that Miss Zhou might be a fugitive from the Dali Temple. Is that true?"

"Yes, but what happened?" Her look made Jiang Shangxian feel worried.

"Madam and the others are going to Chaoyuan Temple today. I heard that Madam Zhou will be there too!"

Lianhuan spoke very quickly, his hands clenched involuntarily, his brows furrowed deeply. "I had originally wanted to go to the Dali Temple to look for Jiulang, but when I got there, they said he hadn't returned yet. Jiulang didn't come home yesterday, and I brought half of the remaining guards out with me. I'm going to Chaoyuan Temple to look for Madam, and I've come here specifically to tell Miss Jiang that if there's any news about Jiulang, remember to have him go to Chaoyuan Temple as soon as possible."

She didn't dare to mobilize all the remaining guards in the mansion, for fear that Cui Bianxu would suddenly need them when he came back, so she only brought half of them. Jian Ming was waiting at the Dali Temple, so she came here specifically to tell Jiang Shangxian about it.

"Are you bringing people with you? Do you know any martial arts?" Seeing that she was about to leave, Jiang Shangxian pulled her. When Lianhuan came, he didn't ride the horse himself, but rode the same horse with Feng Ling. It didn't look like he knew any martial arts at all.

Lian Huan gritted his teeth, his face solemn. "I won't do that, but my master is in danger now. How can a maid just sit at home and feel at ease? Even if something happens, I should stand in front of my lady."

Learned, learned!

Yingzi nodded her little head vigorously, and secretly took note of it in her heart, preparing to write it down in her maid's notebook later.

"Nonsense!"

Jiang Shangxian scolded him with a stern face, then turned and ran into the house: "Wait here!"

With the hidden arrow still on his wrist, he quickly slung the dagger around his waist, removed the weight he had been wearing, and strode out. "I'll take the men with me. You immediately go to the Jinwu Guard to find Wang Mingqian and tell him about this. If Cui Yi and I aren't back before curfew, send a letter to my hometown in Qinghe immediately. Remember?"

"No!"

Lian Huan was not willing to let her go: "Miss Jiang, how can you go and put yourself in danger? If anything happens, I will be blamed even if I die a thousand times!"

When two people are together, they have to consider each other. She remembers all the efforts and considerations Cui Bianxu has made for her and her family, as well as the kindness of Zhao Yue and Cui Shuhua to her. Although Xiao Jiang is timid, she can't just sit there and watch her own people in danger.

Jiang Shangxian pulled her hand away and looked at Old Madam Xia and Jiang's mother: "Grandma, Mother."

"Go." Old Madam Xia didn't want her to go, but that was her future mother-in-law. It would be fine if she didn't know, but now that she knew, it would be unacceptable no matter what.

Jiang's mother's eyes were filled with worry: "Nian Nu, let me go with you."

"Mother, you can't even ride a horse."

This is a dangerous matter, and there is no need for family members to take risks: "Lao Fan, you stay home and stay safe."

"Yes!"

Yingzi quietly returned to the house, trotted out, grabbed a horse, and mounted it, saying without a word that she wanted to follow. Jiang Wangri took his long sword and wanted to grab the horse as well, but where could there be so many horses? He had no choice but to grab Yingzi's reins and force her to ride on the same horse.

Jiang Shangxian felt a headache looking at the two of them: "What can you do there? Why don't you come down!"

The two of them pursed their lips in silence. Jiang Shangxian was getting impatient. Zhao Yue had already left early in the morning, and even if he rode there quickly, he might still make it in time. There was really no time to waste, so he mounted his horse as well. "If anything really happens later, you two should stay away, okay?"

"I heard it!" Not being forcibly driven away, a smile of success flashed across the two men's faces.

Mother Jiang looked at Jiang Wangri and wanted to tell him to come down, but Old Madam Xia held her back. She could only watch her two children leave before she raged at her mother: "Mother, what can Erlang do if he goes? How old is he? How long has he been practicing martial arts? It would be fine if you didn't help me keep him here, but why won't you let me say anything?"

Old Madam Xia glanced up at the gloomy sky and felt that today was not a good day. With a headache, she led her silly daughter back into the house and began to explain the situation to her bit by bit: "As they say, wealth and honor are sought in danger. Have you never heard of this truth? Our family is as far away from the Cui family as heaven and earth. Now that Madam Cui may be in danger, isn't the chance equal to ours?"

Jiang's mother had a sullen face and was still sulking, ignoring her completely.

"Let alone the fact that the Madam always has guards with her when she goes out, look at that maid called Lianhuan. She doesn't know any martial arts at all, yet she dares to go. Could it be that our young slave is still sitting at home doing nothing after knowing about this?"