The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 940 Helping This

Lu Sen received reports from several teams of officials that Meng Renkang had not yet been found.

He walked irritably out of his office, down the veranda, and strolled slowly in the courtyard, letting his thoughts wander, when Lu Luo rushed up to him.

He was nearly scared out of his wits: "You! You're such a grown man, can't you walk properly! Once your official position is finalized and you take office, you can't act like this again!"

"Brother, did you already know about Young Master Meng's disappearance?" Lu Luo ignored Lu Sen's reprimand; he only remembered the question he had asked while galloping back on horseback.

Lu Sen opened his mouth, wanting to say something but then held back, and finally asked, "Did Miss Meng say something to you?"

“Miss Meng is right?” Lu Luo relayed the question back.

Lu Sen sighed, "You little rascal, once you're around Miss Meng, you hardly listen to your older brother anymore."

After sighing, he nodded: "Yes, long before Vice Minister Meng came to the yamen to report the case..."

Half an hour later, Lu Luo rode back and forth without stopping, while Nai She followed behind, looking very nervous.

This was the first time he had ever seen his young master so serious.

Upon entering the Meng residence again, and being led into the Qingming Hall by the servants, Lu Luo's first words upon taking his seat were to Meng Shisan: "Just as you predicted."

"What did Prefect Lu say?" Meng Shisan asked.

Wu Pinbai and Meng Meijing also waited earnestly for Lu Luo's next sentence.

"The Jinbang Inn outside Qingbei Academy is my elder brother's own property. It's not located in the middle of the Lu residence. It's entirely managed by my elder brother's people." That's not all, but Lu Luo couldn't say anything else. "My elder brother said that he received the news before noon on the morning that Young Master Meng went missing."

At this point, he began to stammer, "Because of my elder brother's usual orders to the innkeeper, Manager Wen, while sending someone into the city to inform my elder brother, also sent someone to follow the people who kidnapped Young Master Meng..."

Meng Shisan and Wu Pinbai managed to remain calm upon hearing this, but Meng Meijing suddenly stood up and rushed to Lu Luo's seat: "Why didn't Prefect Lu tell us where my fourth brother is now?!"

Lu Luo did not answer. Although Meng Meijing's momentum when she rushed in front of him looked fierce, it was only an appearance and she was not really fierce.

He had experienced being completely overwhelmed by Meng Shisan's reasoning, facts, and eloquent arguments. Compared to that, Meng Meijing's fierce expression and casual question seemed to him more like a docile cat suddenly meowing—fierce but actually harmless.

Lu Luo's indifferent expression was reflected in Meng Meijing's eyes. Just as her eyebrows rose, she heard Meng Shisan call her name: "Meijing".

She turned her head to the side: "But sister, Prefect Lu, he..."

“There must be a reason why Prefect Lu didn’t reveal Fourth Brother’s current whereabouts sooner.” Meng Shisan interrupted Meng Meijing’s angry words, rationally analyzing the contradictions that were actually reasonable. “Otherwise, Prefect Lu would not have needed to have Second Young Master Lu come to the manor to see me, and he would not have needed to tell Second Young Master Lu the truth before still having him come to the manor to inform you and me.”

"But elder sister..."

"sit down."

No matter how unwilling Meng Meijing was, the two words Meng Shisan used after her command made it impossible for her to sit back down. She obediently turned around and sat down next to Wu Pinbai.

Upon seeing this, Wu Pinbai looked at his niece and then at Meng Shisan, his gaze subtly shifting.

Meng Shisan asked Meng Meijing to sit down. It wasn't that she didn't want to know Meng Renkang's whereabouts, but she felt that Lu Sen's men were able to track down the kidnappers of Meng Renkang, and Lu Sen had sent Lu Luo to the Meng residence to see her. He wanted to find out her attitude and Li Shou's attitude towards the matter, and he also wanted to let her know through Lu Luo that Lu Sen's men had unintentionally witnessed the process of Meng Renkang being kidnapped.

This involves two key points.

One reason is that Lu Sen wanted to find out Meng Renkang's importance to the Meng family, and even more so, he wanted to find out Meng Renkang's importance to Li Shou.

Another reason is that Lu Sen was trying to show her that his people stumbled upon the incident by accident, and that it was not premeditated with Li Heng. He had Lu Luo indirectly inform her so that she would owe him a favor, and then, as Meng Renkang's eldest sister, she would speak well of the Lu family to Li Shou.

Meng Shisan looked back at Lu Luo: "Did the Prefect Lu send the Second Young Master Lu back with any message?"

Lu Luo was slightly surprised: "How did you know that my elder brother asked me to pass on a message?"

"Time is of the essence, Second Young Master Lu." Since Meng Renkang's safety is at stake, Meng Shisan was able to get Meng Meijing to sit back down, and she could also get Lu Luo to get to the point quickly.

Lu Luo, reminded that Meng Shisan was losing patience, said, "My elder brother asked me to pass on a message that Manager Wen's men followed Meng Si Gongzi to the Anmofang Tea House, between the Peony Pavilion and the Yaksha Pavilion, and then lost sight of him."

"Between the Peony Pavilion and the Yaksha Pavilion..." Meng Shisan murmured softly. She had been to the entertainment venues in Anmofang, where Ma Ji made a living. In her current memory, she couldn't recall any secret passage between the two pavilions. If there was no secret passage, then it must be a problem with the people. "The people Manager Wen sent were the waiters from the Jinbang Inn?"

Lu Luo nodded: "Yes."

Wu Pinbai understood the underlying meaning in Meng Shisan's question to Lu Luo: "Anyone who dares to kidnap the young master of the Ministry of Rites must be quite bold. The person who was sent to openly kidnap Kang Ge'er outside the gate of Qingbei Academy must be a very capable person of his master. On the other hand, the person that Manager Wen sent to follow him was just a waiter from Jinbang Inn. No matter how clever he is, he is still just an ordinary person."

In comparison, the difference is immediately apparent.

It was already quite an achievement that they managed to follow Anmofang Washa between the Peony Pavilion and the Yaksha Pavilion before being shaken off.

“Yes, the difference is huge.” Lu Luo agreed with Wu Pinbai’s statement. “Just as Judge Wu said, the shopkeeper’s men are indeed not capable of sophisticated tracking. And if they are discovered, it is already a blessing if they are not silenced.”

His brother said that he wasn't silenced because he knew the man was an employee of one of his businesses, and the other party showed him some mercy.

When his elder brother got to this point, he roughly guessed who was behind Meng Renkang's abduction.

"So, that's all the help Magistrate Lu can offer?" Meng Shisan said frankly.

Hearing this, Meng Meijing became even more nervous, but her elder sister was talking about serious matters, so she couldn't interrupt. She could only tense up, her pretty face becoming a tight knot.

Wu Pinbai was also staring intently at Lu Luo, waiting for his answer. It concerned his nephew, and although he couldn't tell from his face, he was just as tense as Meng Meijing.

"Yes." Lu Luo nodded again.