The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 929 Missing

The horse galloped out of the city and up Qingbei Mountain, heading straight to the burial mound behind the Taoist temple to investigate.

Unfortunately, even the water snake that had set up the demonic trap failed to detect anything, and Ma Ji naturally gained nothing. In the end, he tidied up the burial mound and went down the mountain.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, he unexpectedly saw Meng Ren'an rushing out of Qingbei Academy in a hurry. Considering that Meng Ren'an regarded Meng Shisan as half a master, and that Meng Ren'an was Meng Shisan's second cousin, he couldn't help but step forward.

"Young Master Meng," Ma called out urgently.

"Who are you? How do you recognize me?" Meng Ren'an didn't recognize Ma Ji, but he was too anxious to talk to a stranger. "Let's not talk now, I have urgent business and need to return to the city immediately."

After saying this, he said to his servant, Daman, "Go and bring the cart over quickly!"

He and Meng Renkang studied at Qingbei Academy together. During their breaks, they would travel together and return together, sharing a large carriage from the Meng family mansion.

Ma Ji was left aside. While Da Man went to bring over the Meng family's carriage, he said, "Excuse me for being so talkative, but what urgent matter does Young Master Meng mention?"

Meng Ren'an looked back at Ma Ji, who was standing right in front of him, and carefully examined the man dressed in ordinary cloth clothes from head to toe before finally replying, "May I ask who you are, sir?"

"I am Ma Ji, working for Miss Meng." Ma Ji introduced himself. "I came to Qingbei Mountain today, and just came down from it. I happened to run into the Third Young Master at the foot of this mountain. If the Third Young Master is willing to speak, please tell me. Perhaps I can help you."

Meng Ren'an initially mistook Ma Ji for an old man who was blocking the road, thinking that he was trying to rob him because of his wealth. He never expected that Ma Ji was actually related to his eldest cousin.

Of course, he shouldn't believe everything others say.

He's not like that chubby little Kang.

"Mr. Ma said he was working for my daughter Yaoyao, but do you have any proof?" he asked.

Ma Ji smiled slightly: "It's a good thing that the Third Young Master is cautious. As for the evidence..."

He spread his hands: "No."

"Young Master!" At this moment, Da Man arrived in the Meng family's carriage, stopping skillfully in front of Meng Ren'an. "Get in!"

Meng Ren'an ignored Ma Ji and stepped onto the carriage. While Da Man was putting away the footstool, he said to Ma Ji, "Although Mr. Ma is not young, he has a handsome appearance. Why try to deceive a junior like me? As a young master of the Meng family, I am tired of hearing such clumsy words. I would advise Mr. Ma to behave himself!"

After saying that, he closed the car door.

Da Man placed the footstool down, sat in the carriage, and shouted, "Giddy up!" He then lightly tapped the horse with his whip: "Giddy up!"

Ma Ji watched Meng Ren'an's cart drive further and further away, noticing its rather fast speed: "It seems he really has something urgent to attend to... his vigilance is quite strong."

That's a good thing.

He leisurely returned to the city.

Finding nothing unusual in the cemetery behind the Taoist temple on Qingbei Mountain, Ma Ji returned to the city. Without his own home, he didn't go to the Meng residence again. Instead, he went directly to the Kuangguang River to look for the water snake.

According to Miss Meng, the demon that set up the demon circle on his young lady's tombstone was a water snake, and the one who noticed it and went to his young lady's grave to see what was wrong was also a water snake. Although Miss Meng had told him that the water snake had not found anything, he still wanted to ask the water snake again in person.

Perhaps he could get some different information from him. With a hope as faint as a firefly, Ma Ji came to the vast river and searched both banks, but he could not find any trace of Huang Jing.

The water snake followed Huang Jing to the Kuangguang River to help him search for old Huang family artifacts. When he didn't see Huang Jing, he thought he could look for the water snake instead, but the water snake wasn't in the Kuangguang River either.

Having missed their target, Ma Ji quickly hurried from the vast riverbank towards the Meng residence.

Upon arriving at the Meng residence, he learned from the gatekeeper that Meng Renkang was missing!

He then realized that the reason he saw Meng Ren'an so anxious outside Qingbei Academy was because Meng Ren'an was in a hurry to find Meng Renkang.

He was only acquainted with Meng Shisan in the Meng family, and he asked the gatekeeper to lead him directly to Taichen Courtyard.

Upon entering Taichen Courtyard, he saw Huang Jing and the water snake in the water tank. He felt that something serious had happened, and that Meng Renkang's disappearance was probably not an accident.

"Why are you here? Didn't Yaoyao say you went to Qingbei Mountain?" Huang Jing turned around, saw it was Ma Ji, and asked abruptly.

"I went to Qingbei Mountain, stayed for a short while and then came back to the city," Ma Ji answered. Then he asked, "As soon as I entered the gate, I heard the gatekeeper who led me here say that the fourth young master of the manor is missing. What happened?"

"I just heard about it too. I took Xiaoqing and rushed back. I entered the gate a dozen or so breaths earlier than you." Huang Jing also wanted to know, but hadn't had time to find out the details yet.

Ma Ji looked into Mingxiao Hall but didn't see Meng Shisan. He asked Huang Jing, "Where is the eldest young lady?"

"He went to the main courtyard." When Huang Jing entered Taichen Courtyard, Meng Shisan had already gone to the main room of Changchun Courtyard to find Old Madam Meng.

In the main room of the main courtyard, Old Madam Meng, Madam Shang, Madam Wu, along with the two sisters Meng Shisan and Meng Meijing, and Meng Ren'an who had rushed back from Qingbei Academy to deliver the news, all had worried expressions on their faces.

The others were alright, but Wu was crying uncontrollably. Meng Meijing whispered to comfort her, "Mother, don't cry. Grandmother and Aunt have already sent people out to look for Fourth Brother. They should be able to find him soon."

When Old Madam Meng learned that Meng Renkang had gone out to meet someone at Qingbei Academy early this morning and had not been seen since, she sent out all the guards and servants in the mansion. Not knowing which direction to look, she could only search the places Meng Renkang usually liked to go.

Those places were provided by Meng Ren'an, mentioned by Wu, and guessed by Meng Meijing.

With fewer than ten locations, dozens of servants from the Meng household were dispatched to search for the person in each location simultaneously. As Meng Meijing had told Wu Shi to do, they indeed received the news very quickly.

However, whether the news is good or bad, and whether the person can be found, remains to be seen.

As a mother, Ms. Wu was in a state of panic and her mind went blank for a moment, but she still had some thoughts. She heard her daughter's comforting words and hoped to find the person, but her heart was still pounding.

She was extremely uneasy.

At this moment, her Kang Ge'er disappeared, and no matter who comforted her, she could not calm down!
Although Wu was not entirely clear about the reasons, as the second wife of the Meng family, she had heard Shang mention them to some extent.

After Meng Tianguan ordered Meng Shisan to stay at home and forbid her from stepping out of the mansion, she became even more aware of the dangers lurking outside the mansion.

At that time, she thought of her son, but she also thought that her son was studying at Qingbei Academy outside the city with her eldest sister-in-law's second son. As long as he didn't run around, he would be safe.

But unexpectedly, today brought news as if struck by lightning—her Kang-ge'er has gone missing!