Chapter 153 Find someone to help
With money in the way, Su Qin successfully met the boss of the beggar group in the Fucheng City.
The eldest son's surname is Zhu. He is a man in his thirties. He looks thin but his eyes are clear and bright. You can tell at a glance that he is a very smart person.
Su Qin didn't have the heart to guess why Boss Zhu was a beggar. At this moment, she just wanted to get the child back as soon as possible.
In modern times with high technology, it is difficult for children to get lost and abducted, and they will find them back. Once most children are abducted, they will never have the chance to meet their relatives again in their lives. What's more, in this ancient times when population transactions are legal.
In a few words, he showed when and where his child was suspected to have been taken away, and expressed Yueyue's physical characteristics.
"Boss Zhu, please help me get the child back, and I will thank you very much."
Boss Zhu was also a straightforward person and directly raised an amount: "After finding the child, he would hand over the person and the bank. If he didn't find it, he would not take the penny."
Su Qin directly doubled the amount: "Two hundred taels, I ask that the child be able to be retrieved today." There is golden time to find a child. If the time is short, the greater the hope of the child getting back.
Silver is not a difficult task for Su Qin. As long as she can get the child back, she is willing to spend as much money as possible.
"…I can only say try to do what you can. If you have a portrait of a child, the chance is greater."
Su Qin immediately said, "You go find it first, I will prepare the portrait immediately."
After saying that, Su Qin hurried to the nearby stall where Zhou Zhou Zhou was writing letters. She spent a tael of silver and borrowed the scholar's pen and ink.
The Su family is an ancient martial arts family. The children of the Su family have learned traditional culture since childhood, so painting is difficult for Su Qin. She even combined some modern painting skills with traditional calligraphy and painting, and the portraits she painted are very realistic.
The scholar who was guarding the stall originally thought Su Qin was doing something random, after all, he had never seen the way of painting before. As a result, within a while, he couldn't help but open his eyes in his heart.
He wanted to ask Su Qin where this painting method came from, but seeing Su Qin's serious look on her face, he didn't dare to speak.
After taking one picture, Su Qin drew another one and left one to the scholar: "Please follow this picture. I will give you fifty cents to the other picture. The more you draw, the better."
The scholar took the picture, looked carefully, and said in embarrassment: "I'm afraid I can't draw it like this."
Su Qin said: "You just need to draw the child's facial features and expressions as much as possible."
"Then this is OK."
Su Qin paid a deposit of two taels of silver and quickly took the picture to find Boss Zhu.
Boss Zhu looked at the painting and looked at Zhou Zhou again, "This painting looks like a real person, so it's much easier to do. Go back and wait first, maybe the child may be sent back again."
Although this possibility is slim.
Su Qin also knew that she was not familiar with the city at all, so even if she insisted on finding it, it would not be of much use. It would be better to go back to the inn and wait for news first.
"I asked the scholar who set up a stall at the entrance of the alley to help the portrait. Boss Zhu can send someone to pick it up and spread the portrait as much as possible."
Boss Zhu was a little surprised by Su Qin's calmness and cooperation. If a woman's child is lost, she can still remain calm, which makes people look at her with admiration.
Although Su Qin is wearing men's clothes at the moment, she is too impatient and doesn't bother to speak in her voice. In addition, she is thin and has breathable facial features. Boss Zhu's eyes are not blind, so she naturally knows that she is dressed as a man and a woman.
When Su Qin took Zhouzhou back to the inn, Mrs. Xia was circling anxiously in front of the inn.
Seeing Su Qin come back, Mrs. Xia rushed forward a few steps and knelt in front of Su Qin: "Madam, I have gone to the government office, but the people in the government office asked me to wait for news first. Madam, I hope there is little hope for the government office. Let's find another solution as soon as possible. When the lady is found, I will let the wife deal with it."
Su Qin is not in the mood to care about these things with her now. Compared to the fact that Mrs. Xia is not optimistic about the child, the most important thing now is to get the child back first.
She was allowed to wait in the inn, and she couldn't calm down, so she decided to go back and get some missing person notices first and post them everywhere in the city.
As soon as he walked into the inn, Su Qin suddenly thought of a possibility, so she quickly pulled upstairs, ran to a door, and slapped the door panel desperately.
The sound of slapping the door made the residents on both sides open the door, but the room where Su Qin slapping was very quiet.
The waiter of the inn heard the sound and asked, "Call, what happened?"
Su Qin hurriedly asked, "Where are the couple living in this room? Have they checked out?"
The waiter shook his head: "There was no check-out, but they went out early in the morning and have not come back yet. Guest, do you have any trouble with them?"
Su Qin had a guess in her mind, so she turned and went downstairs to the counter, and asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, when the couple stayed in the hotel opposite me, did they register where they were from?"
The shopkeeper shook his head: "What are we doing when we register this? Are you not registered? Guest, what happened? But what does it have to do with those two?"
Seeing that Su Qin's face was very bad, he was afraid that Su Qin and the couple would have conflicts in their store and would involve him again.
Su Qin said: "My daughter is lost. I suspect it has something to do with them. The shopkeeper, can you please help me report to the official?"
Their personal influence of reporting officials is very limited, but it will be very useful to have an inn to come forward.
The shopkeeper was startled: "Has the child been lost?"
Su Qin told her suspicion. Although the shopkeeper was a little hesitant, she still arranged for someone to go to the yamen. "Celebrity, it may not be useful to report to the official if the child is lost. You have to find another way."
The shopkeeper's words are very pertinent.
Su Qin thanked him, asked him about borrowing pens and ink, and returned to the room to start writing a missing person notice.
A small portrait with a paragraph of searching for people can play a very good role in deliberately increasing the amount of reward.
After drawing a few pictures, Su Qin asked the Xia Po Zi to take Zhou Zhou to stay in the inn, while she went out with the missing person notice to find the scholar before.
The scholar's surname was Guo. When he received Su Qin's job of helping with portraits, he pushed forward the work of writing letters on behalf of others first, and focused on drawing on the table. With more paintings, his speed became much faster, and the more he painted, he became more and more similar.
Su Qin took the missing person notice and asked him to help write it, and then he realized that the child was lost.
Seeing that Su Qin's serious expression was filled with anxiety, Guo Xiucai did not ask about that unique painting technique illiterately, and helped Su Qin get a missing person notice. He was afraid of delaying the matter, so he took the initiative to ask for help.
Su Qin was of course very grateful. In the mansion, she knew no one except Xia Pozi. If she could help her, she would have more hope.
Chapter completed!