Chapter 233 Forced Search
There was a dull thud, the sound of someone falling heavily to the ground.
In the current environment, this is particularly clear.
"Who gave you the courage to check the carriage of the General's Mansion!" Shan Heng was full of fierce momentum at this moment. It was completely different from the way he was at the banquet before.
Although Shan Heng kicked the man, he also held back and did not kick him to death. In some cases, you still can't offend someone to death all at once.
After the man fell to the ground, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, but he also knew that the injury was not fatal.
He climbed up with difficulty, looked at Shan Heng, and wanted to straighten his body, but he couldn't do it.
After calming down his anger, he said without showing any weakness, "We are here to capture the escaped slaves on the orders of the Prince of Yongchang Marquis's Mansion. Even the people from the General's Mansion cannot stop us without reason."
"For no reason?! Which eye of yours saw that I was for no reason?" Shan Heng didn't give him any face at all.
"If you want to catch runaway slaves, go somewhere else. This young master doesn't have any here!" Shan Heng told the driver to continue driving the carriage, and he did not enter the carriage, but sat directly on the connection between the shafts.
One of the servants who had dispersed earlier discovered bloodstains, which were in the same direction as the carriage marks. He did not dare to make a decision, so he ran forward and whispered to the leader.
"Wait!" Although the leader was injured, he did not dare to slack off until the mission was completed. He stopped the carriage again.
"Please don't make things difficult for us servants. Just let us get on the car and search it. If we find no trace of the escaped slave, we will get out of the way."
They had been chasing that person, but lost him here.
There was blood not far away.
He felt that there was a 99% chance that the person was in the carriage.
"Don't you understand what people are saying?" Shan Heng felt that some people were really too generous.
"We are just checking and will not offend you."
Shan Heng couldn't stand it anymore and kicked him again, this time even harder than the previous one.
"I said get lost! If you want to check the carriage of our general's mansion, then let your son come by himself!" Shan Heng really felt unlucky.
There had been no friendship or grudges between the General's Mansion and the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion in the past.
I didn't expect that the servant of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion would be so arrogant.
Their carriage was stopped twice in a row.
If this matter is not reported back and spread out, then everyone will be able to step on the General's Mansion.
''Hey, what's going on?''
A rather high-pitched voice came from behind. When Song Qingci heard this voice in the carriage, his body trembled and he felt very uncomfortable.
Then a team of guards with weapons trotted over and surrounded the carriage.
"Miao San, how do you do things? It's just catching a runaway slave, but you messed it up!"
The person who was kicked twice by Shan Heng was Miao San. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stepped forward and saluted the young man in brocade clothes who was walking slowly, and said, "Your Highness, it's not that Miao San is incompetent, but I, the carriage of the General's Mansion, am not qualified to check it."
After hearing Miao San's words, Li Yanzhi, the prince of Yongchang Marquis's Mansion, who was dressed in brocade, seemed to have just seen Shan Heng. "So you are the second son of the General's Mansion. I am sorry for your disrespect."
Although he said disrespectful words, his demeanor did not show any disrespect at all.
Instead, he seemed quite arrogant.
When Shan Heng saw Li Yanzhi coming, he was actually a little flustered, but he didn't show it on his face.
He could lay hands on a household servant, but he still had some reservations when facing the prince of Yongchang Marquis's Mansion. He still had to give him some face.
"A servant escaped from my mansion. It was originally a small matter, but this servant took away an important property of our mansion when he escaped. I just want to get it back. Please do me a favor and let my people get in the car to check it out."
After all, I still want to search the carriage.
Song Qingci gave Shan Li a look and sent him out of the car.
After receiving it, Shan Li carefully opened half of the car curtain and got out of the car directly.
"Sir, I'm not deliberately making things difficult for you, but it's really inconvenient. There are women from my general's mansion in this car." Shan Li's voice was cold, but one could also hear his attitude that he would not tolerate rejection.
Li Yanzhi didn't expect that the person getting off the car would be Shan Li. His expression froze and he almost couldn't hold it together.
Shan Heng was only the second son of the general's mansion, and he himself was only a lieutenant of the imperial guards. Shan Li was a third-rank Xuanwu general personally appointed by the emperor. Although it was only a nominal position at present, he was still the heir to the general's mansion.
The identities of these two people are completely different.
He could deny Shan Heng's face, but he couldn't directly tear Shan Li's face apart.
Li Yanzhi also heard the servants whispering to him.
He felt that the man was most likely in this carriage.
We must catch the person tonight. If he escapes, it will be a big problem.
After thinking for a long time, he could only smile and say, "Don't worry, General. I have a maid here who can check it. It will not damage the reputation of the women in the general's mansion."
"Sir, are you really going to embarrass me?" Shan Li looked around at the guards surrounding him, and finally his eyes fell on Li Yanzhi.
It was impossible to search the carriage. Even if there was no one hiding in the carriage, Shan Li would not allow anyone to search the carriage made by Ah Ci. Moreover, there was a seriously injured person in the carriage. It was even more impossible.
"Brother, don't waste your words on him. They are obviously trying to make things difficult for you." Shan Heng stood beside his brother, full of confidence.
He would not be afraid even if all these guards came.
What's more, does Li Yanzhi really dare to take action?
"It's not that I want to make things difficult for you, but the things lost in the mansion are really valuable and we have to find them back as soon as possible. I hope the young general and the second young master will understand." Li Yanzhi softened his attitude.
It's completely different from when he first came.
Shan Heng was right, and Li Yanzhi didn't dare to attack them directly. However, he was not willing to let them go just like that.
The man was probably hiding in the carriage.
The situation was at a stalemate for a while.
"If the prince insists on searching, it's not impossible. However, this kind of search will not look good on the general's mansion. I wonder what the prince can come up with to compensate for the loss of reputation of our general's mansion?"
Song Qingci's voice came clear and beautifully from the carriage.
It was the first time that Li Yanzhi heard such a voice, and he was a little dazed for a moment.