1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3825

Although Yue Shizong was always calm, he was still confused when his children suddenly encountered such an accident.

Although Yue Shizong also expected that Huo Jingxing would not give up after suffering a great loss, since Qu Shengfeng had already captured all of Huo Jingxing's men, Huo Jingxing would not be able to cause any trouble even if he was still in Hangzhou City.

But no one expected that Huo Jingxing was so bold that not only did he not take the opportunity to escape from Hangzhou, but he sneaked into the embassy and kidnapped Yue Shizong's two children.

After Mrs. Yue woke up, she couldn't help crying and complaining that she couldn't keep an eye on the two children. According to her, the two children went back to their room to sleep after playing in the afternoon. It took only two sticks of incense for Yue Shizong to wake up, and she didn't hear any noise from next door during that time.

At this point, it was no longer meaningful for Yue Shizong to complain about his wife's poor care or to scold the guards for failing to do their job. The most important thing at the moment was how to rescue the two children safely.

Yue Shizong stared at the note, trying to figure out Huo Jingxing's thoughts.

The other party killed the martial artist guarding the back door of the embassy, ​​but did not kill the two children on the spot. Instead, they abducted them. This at least shows that Huo Jingxing did not intend to take their lives immediately, but wanted to take them as hostages and ask for certain exchange conditions from him.

He thought about it and thought that maybe Huo Jingxing's purpose of sneaking into the embassy was to target him. But when he accidentally touched the room where the two children were, he changed his mind temporarily and wanted to use the children to force him to submit.

As long as the child is still there, there is still room for maneuver. No matter whether the other party wants money or people, there is always room for negotiation.

However, after Huo Jingxing kidnapped the child, he did not leave any contact information. Even if Yue Shizong was willing to pay to redeem the child now, he didn't know how to do it.

As for Huo Jingxing's message asking him to return to the country to confess his crime, Yue Shizong thought it was purely a trick. Even if he was willing to follow Huo Jingxing back to the country, it would be difficult for him to leave Hangzhou.

The most urgent task is to find out the whereabouts of Huo Jingxing and his two children as soon as possible.

Yue Shizong looked at the dejected martial artists and knew that the current situation was beyond their capabilities. The silent killing of their colleagues had already dampened their morale. Now it would probably be difficult to expect them to rescue his two children.

After thinking it over, Yue Shizong realized that the only force he could rely on was Qu Shengfeng. But he rejected the conditions proposed by Zhang Yingdong on behalf of Qu Shengfeng yesterday, and now he had to lower his face to ask for help. This time, he would definitely be severely controlled by the other party.

But at that moment, even if he had to exchange his life for his children, he would accept it. He didn't bother to think about what harsh conditions Qu Shengfeng would put forward.

Yue Shizong was about to go out, but was stopped by Mrs. Yue: "If you go out, the kidnappers will send a message and there will be no one in charge at home!"

Yue Shizong thought about it and felt that it made sense. Besides, maybe Huo Jingxing didn't go far and was somewhere outside monitoring the embassy. If he saw him go out and came back to attack, he would regret it.

Even if he had no chance of resisting Huo Jingxing's force, at least he could be with his family, living and dying together, without any regrets.

Yue Shizong thought of this and changed his mind. He asked his servant to take a message to the restaurant where Zhang Yingdong stayed to ask for help, while he stayed in the embassy to wait for news. Although someone died in the embassy, ​​Yue Shizong did not plan to report it to the authorities immediately. Once the news spread, there would definitely be a large number of people who would go to the outside of the embassy to watch the excitement. It would be even more troublesome to get his children back then.

For now, he still wanted to wait for Qu Shengfeng to come and take a look. To deal with such matters, the people in Hai Han Security Department must have a more professional way to deal with it.

The reinforcements arrived faster than Yue Shizong had imagined. A carriage stopped directly at the back door of the embassy. When Yue Shizong arrived after hearing the news, he saw Qu Shengfeng and Zhang Yingdong had already got out of the carriage and were investigating the scene at the back door, including checking the body of the martial artist.

Yue Shizong was about to thank him and say a few polite words, but Qu Shengfeng spoke first, "Don't say anything extra. Hurry up and get down to business. Lord Yue, please lead the way to see where your two children live."

Yue Shizong did not dare to delay and quickly took Qu Shengfeng to the back house.

In fact, there were no traces left at the scene, only the letter with limited information.

Qu Shengfeng briefly inquired about what happened, and then carefully examined the letter that was left behind. He suddenly asked a question: "If Huo Jingxing had this idea on a whim, then where was this letter written? This letter is used in the embassy, ​​right?"

There were no pens, inkstones, paper or inkstones in the two children's room. Obviously, Huo Jingxing did not write the message here. However, Yue Shizong was too anxious before and overlooked this detail.

After hearing Qu Shengfeng's question, he came back to his senses and said, "This letterhead is indeed what I usually use. I think he must have gone to the study and got the paper and pen from there to write this!"

At this point, Yue Shizong recalled that when Huo Jingxing came to visit him, he met him in the study. Therefore, the place Huo Jingxing was most familiar with in this embassy was probably the study.

So, led by Yue Shizong, the group came to the study, and indeed found traces of paper and pen being moved there.

Yue Shizong said: "When this person came here for the first time, he must have already made up his mind and secretly memorized the internal structure of the embassy. It's really hard to guard against!"

Qu Shengfeng said, "I will leave a few people near the embassy to help Lord Yue guard the embassy until this case is resolved. What do you think, Lord Yue?"

Yue Shizong knew that his martial artists were unreliable, and that Qu Shengfeng was willing to arrange for someone to come and help on duty, which was already a great honor. If he postponed it further at this time, it would be a bit ungrateful, so he immediately bowed to express his gratitude.

Qu Shengfeng held out his hand to stop him. "Don't thank me yet, Master Yue. I sent people here just to prevent Huo Jingxing from doing anything bad to you. But that's all I can do. I'm sorry about your children's affairs. There's probably not much I can do to help you."

Yue Shizong asked anxiously, "Master Qu, what do you mean? If you are unwilling to lend a helping hand, how can I find my children?"

Qu Shengfeng said, “Generally speaking, this is an internal affair of the Ming Dynasty and has nothing to do with Hai Han. Specifically speaking, we have no personal relationship. I will help if I can, but I won’t force anyone to help. Don’t you agree with this, Lord Yue?”

Yue Shizong knew that the other party was deliberately attacking him, and he couldn't even utter a word of rebuttal at this moment. He could only continue to beg: "Sir Qu, as long as you can help me find my children, I can agree to any conditions you offer!"