A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 138 Ruan Jing
Sun Huang led everyone to the backyard and went to the chief accountant Xu Shouxian, where he handed over the balance and bills for the escort mission.

This was the first time Duan Rong met Xu Shouxian, the "Finance Minister" of Yuanshun Escort Agency.

Xu Shouxian was a thin man with gray hair that was combed neatly. He wore a moon-white robe with buttons. His eyes were sharp and reserved, and he looked quite deep and shrewd.

Seeing Xu Shouxian had finished counting the accounts, Sun Huang asked with a smile, "Mr. Xu, is the shopkeeper here?"

"Yes, in the Juyi Hall!" Xu Shouxian answered without raising his head while writing accounts.

Duan Rong frowned slightly. This accountant is quite arrogant! Sun Huang is the leader of a convoy team after all. Xu Shouxian spoke to him without even raising his head. It was a bit too arrogant.

But Sun Huang looked calm. He clasped his fists slightly and led everyone out.

Since the shopkeeper was there, as usual he would bring the escort team to pay a visit to the shopkeeper and report on the situation along the way.

Sun Huang led everyone to the Juyi Hall, but he only saw a few guards along the way.

"Captain, it seems that more than half of the guards in the backyard are missing!" Yao Liangrong muttered behind Sun Huang.

Sun Huang didn't say anything, but he naturally noticed it. Coupled with the silence in the martial arts training ground in the central courtyard, he could almost conclude that something must have happened in the escort agency.

Sun Huang led everyone to the door of the Juyi Hall. There was only one guard at the door. They stood at the door and could see Ruan Fengshan, Luan Jingfu and Xiao Zongting sitting inside the hall.

Moreover, Ruan Fengshan was discussing matters inside, and Zhou An, his personal servant who usually served outside, was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing that there seemed to be a discussion going on inside, Sun Huang decided not to rush in and had to wait at the door with the other escorts.

"Is it Captain Sun who is back? Come in!" Everyone stood outside the door for a few breaths before Luan Jingfu's voice was heard in the hall.

Sun Huang immediately led everyone into the hall.

As everyone entered the hall, they paid their respects to Ruan Fengshan, Luan Jingfu, and Xiao Zongting in turn!

After everyone finished paying homage, they looked up and felt the heavy atmosphere in the air. Ruan Fengshan, Luan Jingfu, and Xiao Zongting all looked unhappy.

Ruan Fengshan seemed to sigh deeply, then looked at Sun Huang and asked, "Captain Sun, has the journey been smooth?"

Sun Huang said, "It went smoothly. However, when the escort team was in Wancheng County, Escort Master Liu Ao suddenly left the escort team without permission and his whereabouts are still unknown!"

"Liu Ao?" Luan Jingfu was furious when he heard this, and his voice suddenly became louder. He looked around and saw Duan Rong in the corner of the crowd. Luan Jingfu's pupils suddenly shrank.

Sun Huang immediately bowed to Luan Jingfu and said, "Liu Ao has always been stubborn, but he has become more restrained after years of hard work! There is something fishy about this incident, and I'm afraid there is something else going on!"

Sun Huang thought that Luan Jingfu was angry because of Liu Ao, so he explained immediately.

Luan Jingfu remained silent, his face changing from gloomy to bright.

Duan Rong stood in the crowd, and naturally saw Luan Jingfu's expression deeply...

"Mr. Luan, Liu Ao's matter will be handled by you!" Ruan Fengshan said solemnly, with a sense of fatigue in his tone.

Luan Jingfu immediately agreed.

Duan Rong noticed that although Luan Jingfu was aloof, he was always extremely respectful to Ruan Fengshan, and that was not just a superficial courtesy, but a kind of awe that came from the bottom of his heart.

Duan Rong couldn't help but glance at Ruan Fengshan who was sitting on a tall, wide chair. Ruan Fengshan looked worried, and his eyes were filled with a complex look of fatigue.

Sun Huang obviously noticed Ruan Fengshan's expression, and with all the anomalies in the escort agency, he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Did something happen in the escort agency?"

When Ruan Fengshan heard Sun Huang's question, he just frowned, seemed a little tired, and leaned his body against the armrest of the tall and wide chair.

Seeing that Ruan Fengshan had no intention of talking, Luan Jingfu said, "Yesterday at the Xiaoman Dragon Lantern Festival, young master Ruan Jing loved the excitement and insisted on going to watch the festival! Madam Chunying couldn't resist, so she carried him and took her maids and guards to watch the festival. Unexpectedly, the young master was lost on the street!" "Lost?" Sun Huang was surprised.

Everyone in the hall was also shocked.

Young Master Ruan Jing is the apple of Ruan Fengshan’s eye!

Ruan Fengshan was already over 40 years old and had married several concubines but none of them had any children. Unexpectedly, he had sex with a maid who came with his dowry, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy, whom he named Ruan Jing.

The maid's name was Ma Chunying. Ruan Fengshan was very happy at the time and he freed her from her status as a slave and took her as his concubine.

She also made her father the doorman of Yuanshun Escort Agency.

As the saying goes, a mother's status is determined by her son's. Ma Chunying's family quickly became wealthy.

Ruan Jing was only three years old this year, and was born smart and cute, which made Ruan Fengshan very happy. Although Ruan Fengshan was still trying to remain calm on the surface, he was actually in a state of confusion inside.

"At that time, there were many people watching the dragon lantern festival. Madam Chunying was standing outside with little Master Ruan Jing in her arms, and there were three guards guarding them. Originally, nothing would have happened. However, the crowd suddenly started to push and trample, and the commotion pushed the little master inside, and someone forcibly took him away from Madam Chunying."

"Madam Chunying screamed loudly, and the guards pushed and shoved their way over, but the guard closest to her was suddenly stabbed from behind and died on the spot!"

Everyone was secretly shocked when they heard what Luan Jingfu said.

This was clearly premeditated, with the intention of kidnapping Young Master Ruan Jing. And it was clearly a gang crime, with some people pushing and trampling in the crowd, some kidnapping Young Master Ruan Jing, and others dealing with the maids and guards around them.

The key is who did this? What was the purpose? Was it Ruan Fengshan's enemy?

Even if they were enemies, it was a bit too despicable to target a child who had just turned three years old.

"Everyone who can be sent out from the escort agency has been sent out. It has been almost ten hours since yesterday evening, and there is still no news." Luan Jingfu said, sighing and shaking his head.

The people of the Second Escort Team finally understood why there was no one in the martial arts arena, and the number of guards in the backyard had also decreased a lot. It seemed that they had all gone out to look for Young Master Ruan Jing.

It's only been ten hours, and there's still no news... A three-year-old child has no power to resist...

No matter how you look at it, this looks like a bad situation!
At this moment, suddenly a figure rushed into the gathering hall, running and shouting.

The Juyi Hall has always been solemn and serious. It was too reckless for this person to rush in shouting like that.

But when they saw who was coming, no one dared to say a word. The person who ran in was the doorman of the escort agency, Ma Chunying's father, Ma Wentao.

Ma Wentao ran and shouted, "Boss! There's news about my little grandson..."

When Ruan Fengshan heard the news about Ruan Jing, he immediately jumped down, supported Ma Wentao, and said, "Jing'er, is there any news? What news? Tell me quickly!"

Ma Wentao's eyes turned red, and he handed the silk book in his hand to Ruan Fengshan, saying, "Boss, take a look!"

Ruan Fengshan took the silk book.

Ma Wentao continued, "Just now, someone shot an arrow at the door of our escort agency!"

When Ruan Fengshan opened the silk book, he felt a sudden pain in his heart.

The crooked handwriting on the silk book was exactly the handwriting of Ruan Jing who had just learned to write. Ruan Fengshan was a thoughtful person, but when he saw the handwriting on the silk book, Ruan Jing's usual well-behaved and lovely appearance seemed to be right before his eyes.

He had a son in his middle age and he doted on him. Ma Chunying doted on him even more than him. The child was only three years old, but he fell into the hands of a murderer. He didn't know what kind of suffering and humiliation he had endured. Ruan Fengshan looked at the smears on the crooked characters and murmured with trembling lips: "Jing'er..."

(End of this chapter)