On the day when Tang Jiu paid the money to the ancient elders, they came to the place where they paid the money early to prepare.

The location is set on the site of the abandoned Lotus Village in the southwest outside Liancheng, and in the days when she was a guest at Song Daniang's house, Song Xiaodi once took her to go once, and it is not so strange to go again.

Ling'er originally planned to go with Tang Jiu to pay the money, but Tang Jiu asked her to hide in the dilapidated house and watch.

The thieves are very cunning, and they will be suspicious when they see the living, and maybe they will send someone to monitor their every move for the next ten days and half a month, and they will not be able to do anything at that time.

Ling'er thinks it makes sense, and you can take the lead in doing things with a new face.

So, she came to the dilapidated house early to find a secret place where she could see their trading and hid it, while Tang Jiu sat in the open space in front of the house and waited.

It wasn't until late evening that the money collector finally came. There were about ten people in total, led by a middle-aged man and a teenage boy, and the others were tall men with cold faces and sturdy bodies.

Tang Jiu saw them and immediately stood up, bowed his head and stood still, and the little boy strode over: "Hey, Tang Jiu, is the money ready?" Let me warn you first, you dare to fill in with a finger when you miss a penny. ”

Tang Jiu respectfully bowed: "Young Master Zhou, don't worry, the little one has enough money this time." ”

"That's good, bring it!"

Young Master Zhou stretched out his hand in front of Tang Jiu, but Tang Jiu was unmoved, and when the people behind him came closer, they saluted respectfully again.

The neglected Young Master Zhou was very angry and kicked Tang Jiu's knee twice. Tang Jiu knelt down in pain, and Young Master Zhou was especially angry, so he rushed up and slapped Tang Jiu on the cheek: "You dog minion." I don't even listen to what Young Master Ben says, see if I don't kill you, kill you! ”

Ling'er clenched her fists when she saw it, and she couldn't wait to rush out immediately and teach the stinky boy a hard lesson. And the people who came with Young Master Zhou just looked at it with a smile, and no one stopped them.

Young Master Zhou didn't know how many slaps he had slapped, and Tang Jiu's cheeks were bleeding, and he didn't stop until he was tired.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Oh my God." Relieved this time? ”

Young Master Zhou pinched his aching hand and said fiercely: "I'm not angry, I'm not angry at all, Dad." This guy is so hateful, give him to me and pull him back to be a medicine man, right? ”

The middle-aged man shook his head: "No, we still have to rely on him to make money." ”

Then, the middle-aged man said to Tang Jiu: "Can you bring the silver?" ”

Tang Jiu nodded: "Brought it." A full two thousand taels. Please check it out with the third master. ”

Tang Jiu endured the pain and took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and presented them with both hands, Young Master Zhou walked up to grab the silver tickets, but Tang Jiu didn't let go, just bowed his head and said: "Please check it in person, the business has not been good recently, the small ones have only made up a full two thousand taels, and they didn't bring much filial piety to the eldest young master, please raise your noble hand." ”

Young Master Zhou paused. His face was a little red, and he was so angry that he kicked Tang Jiu's stomach: "You dog minion." What do you mean? How dare you allude to the fact that Young Master Ben is greedy for your silver! Bah, do you think everyone is as shameless as you? ”

"Okay, my God, don't make a fuss!" The middle-aged man came up, blocked the young man, and reached out to get the silver ticket, Tang Jiu still didn't let go, and suddenly looked up at the middle-aged man:

"Third master, as agreed, I will be able to see my brother Jiang Qi at the end of next month, right?"

The middle-aged man paused, then smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Of course, as long as you prepare the silver, you can naturally see it." ”

Young Master Zhou next to him said angrily: "It's not that easy, I want to see someone come over with 10,000 taels of silver next month, otherwise what you see is a dead person, hum!" ”

Young Master Zhou snorted angrily and turned his head and walked away, Tang Jiu looked at the middle-aged man with a pale face, and the middle-aged man shook his head with a smile: "No way, whoever asked you to mess with him, just do as he said!" ”

"Third master, we can't get together so much silver!"

The middle-aged man counted the silver tickets and put them into his arms: "I can't control that, you can figure it out yourself." ”

"Third Master!" Tang Jiu knelt and chased a few steps and fell to the ground, the middle-aged man took a few steps, suddenly stopped and turned around:

"For the sake of your dedication in the past ten years, I will reluctantly give you a message for it, I heard that a big fat sheep came to Liancheng recently, that is an authentic royal nobleman, and it is tens of thousands of taels of silver if he does not move.

You only need to find him once, and the money is enough? ”

The middle-aged man left the words and strode away with a smile, and a few middle-aged family members guarding him and Young Master Zhou behind him tightly protected him and Young Master Zhou in the center, even if he was a martial arts master, it was not easy to start, right?

After a few people walked away, Ling'er hurriedly crawled out of the hiding place and went over to help Tang Jiu, who was kneeling on the ground: "Tang Jiu, are you okay?" Get up! ”

Tang Jiu's face was covered with blood, Ling'er looked at it in pain, she quickly took out the injury medicine prepared in advance and applied it to him, so that her face was beaten like this, I am afraid that it will not be better for a few months. That stinky boy, at a young age, is so hateful, hateful!

"Tang Jiu, that Young Master Zhou is the stinky little one who cut off your fingers, right?"

Tang Jiu nodded: "Boss, I'm sorry, I didn't ask for any news." ”

"Forget it, these brutes are really ruthless and cunning, let's go back and find another way." Ling'er picked up Tang Jiuyi and limped back, originally designed so many sets of plans but now they don't need any of them, I was going to follow them into the courtyard to see where the money went, but now there is no play.

As soon as Tang Jiu returned to the courtyard, the children immediately surrounded him, and when they saw that he was injured, the children clenched their little fists and were resentful, and when they were done, they hurriedly called hot water and prepared clothes for Tang Jiu to wash, as if they had foreseen this.

Ling'er stopped and said, "Did Tang Jiu go alone every time he went to pay the money before?" ”

"Yes, boss, Brother Jiu has to get hurt every time he comes back, we want to go with him, but he doesn't allow it."

"Hurt every time?"

"Yes, it's not serious today, and when it was serious before, it didn't get better after lying down for a month."

Ling'er took a deep breath, she had heard Tang Jiu say that a few thieves were ruthless and didn't have a real impression before, but now that she has seen it, she must let those thieves die well.

That night, Tang Jiu had a high fever, and the children skillfully boiled medicine to cool his forehead, and the next morning he finally relaxed a little, and he was still in a coma.

Looking at Tang Jiu, whose face was pale, Ling'er panicked in her heart, she picked two clever children to lead the way, took all the things and weapons prepared in advance, and went straight out of the city in the direction of the courtyard of those thieves.

The children had never been to the big courtyard, they only knew the general direction, Ling'er asked as she walked, and finally found the courtyard.

This yard is really not small, covering an area of 100 acres, not to mention, it is also built on the edge of the beautiful lotus lake, hum, can people with such a vicious heart appreciate this natural beauty?

Ling'er saw that it was still early, so she sent the two children back, and forbade them to tell Tang Jiu that she had come here. He waited in the woods not far from the yard to nibble on dry food, intending to sneak in when it got dark. (To be continued......)