Zhao Rongzhao hurried to the house, and after going back, he went directly to the ancestor's side, and when he inquired, he learned that the family had received a letter from the kidnappers early in the morning. Although he hurried and didn't delay for a moment, he was still a step too late.

At this moment, Fang Fei and Chief Steward Zhao had already gone to the dock with the ransom, which was related to his mother's safety, Zhao Rongzhao did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to the stable to lead the horse, and hurriedly went out, eager to grow a pair of wings and fly to the ferry.

As soon as he arrived at the ferry, he saw that the second master's people had blocked the ferry, and all the people around him were cleared, leaving only the second master's people to search at the ferry......

"Second master, with all due respect to the old slave, since the thief asked us to bring the ransom money to ransom people here, and would he be so stupid as to hide people directly at the ferry? If you do this, I'm afraid you're going to startle the snake. Steward Zhao couldn't stand it anymore, and after saying to the second master, he shook his head, looking very speechless.

Zhao Rongzhao's face was blue on the side, and the green tendons at the corners of his forehead were beating faintly, as if he was holding back the anger that was about to explode.

The second master came to such a hand, and the other party must have already known that the Zhao family had reported to the official, and if the grass startled the snake, Grandma Song would be in danger! If the other party sees that there is no hope of getting the ransom, he becomes angry and directly tears up the tickets of Grandma Song and Lu Siqi to vent his anger, how can it be good!

But Zhao Rongzhao is a junior, he doesn't dare to say that the second master is not, he dares to be angry and dare not speak, but Zhao is different, he is the person who has been following the old lady, and now that the old lady has passed away, Zhao Da Steward directly obeys the orders of the old ancestor, and his status has risen again, and even the eldest master of the lineage has to give him three points, not to mention the second master.

was said by Chief Steward Zhao, and the second master couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Recently, his old partner Master Ma's father passed away, and Master Ma returned to the countryside to see off his father. In the yamen, most of the things in the yamen are usually the ideas given to him by Master Ma, and when Master Ma is not there, the second master is like a bird with broken wings, a tiger with its teeth extracted, and he can't figure out what to do, and he bumps around. Instead, it's bad.

The second master coughed. stroked his beard, and said with an unnatural expression: "Then, according to the opinion of the chief steward." What do we do now? ”

Grand Steward Zhao shook his head again, exhaled a long breath, and sighed: "We were originally passive, but now we have scared the snake again." I can only ask the Buddha for his blessing, and they won't make a move on the big grandma......"

Zhao Rongzhao was anxious when he heard it. I couldn't care about the elders and the young, so I said directly to the second master: "Second uncle, you are also a person who has been in the officialdom for decades, why don't you even have this common sense!" Actually led people to block the ferry and search for people in a bright light! ”

was accused in public by his nephew. The second old man was a little embarrassed, and he blushed with anger, and argued: "When I took people to the ferry." I didn't even see a shadow of a person, and Mrs. Tai and Lao Zhao were not here. I thought the two of them had been poisoned, so I ordered the ferry to be blocked! ”

"Second uncle, even if you are worried about their safety, you don't need to be so obvious, do you wish they tore up my mother's ticket!" Zhao Rongzhao was very angry, and the second old man's dead duck beak was hard to the end, and the words were said in a hurry.

"You! Is this the attitude you should have when speaking to your elders? The second old man was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, but what Zhao Rongzhao said was the truth, and he couldn't find the words to refute it for a while, so he had to talk about his attitude, pointing at Zhao Rongzhao with his index finger, the corners of his lips twitched violently, but he couldn't say anything else.

Fang Fei stood quietly aside, seeing that the uncle and nephew were about to pinch each other, and he didn't plan to stop it.

However, the steward of Zhao couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly inserted himself between the two of them, separating the angry two from a certain distance, and then persuaded: "Okay, okay, the second master is also worried about the safety of Mrs. Tai, so he will make a mistake in his busyness, and blame us for not leaving a message when he left, the fault of this matter is all mine, eldest young master, don't argue with the second master anymore, not to mention that this is not the time to care about right and wrong, it is important to think of a way to see if you can find some clues." ”

After being persuaded by Chief Steward Zhao, they found a step for the two of them, looked at each other, and at the same time turned their heads away in disgust, each sighed, and no one spoke.

Now that they have alarmed each other, unless the other party takes the initiative to contact them, they can only ask the Buddha to bless Grandma Song.

The second master lost face in front of his subordinates, and he was a little unhappy to stay here, so he said to Zhao Daguan: "Old Zhao, I don't think it's better to be like this, you guys are waiting for news here, I'll take someone to the family temple to check, my sister-in-law was kidnapped on the mountain, I'll go see if I can find any clues." ”

Grand Steward Zhao glanced at Fang Fei, who had been silent not far away, and when he saw her nodding, he said to the second master: "That's fine, the people in the second master's yamen are all people who are good at solving cases, go to the scene to see, maybe you can really find clues, and when the time comes, you may be able to find out where they hid the eldest grandmother." ”

It was difficult to know that his thoughts could be affirmed, so the second master stroked his beard, arched his hand towards the chief steward of Zhao, and said, "Then I will leave first, and I will ask the chief steward here." After speaking, he stepped forward and made a gesture at Fang Fei, and said, "Mrs. Tai, then I will leave first, and Mrs. Tai will pay attention to her own safety." ”

Fang Fei nodded, it was a thanks, and the second master took people and evacuated the dock in a mighty way.

Zhao Rongzhao stood in place with his head down, slammed his fist, and slammed the pillar next to him with a fist, his face was full of chagrin, if it weren't for him, his mother would not have been kidnapped......

Grand Steward Zhao glanced at him, shook his head, and walked over to ask Fang Fei: "Mrs. Tai, what should we do now?" ”

Fang Fei pursed his lips, exhaled a long breath, looked up at the gloomy sky, and said softly, "What else can I do now?" We can only wait for them to take the initiative to come to us. After a pause, he said: "They are asking for money, and before they get the ransom, the eldest grandmother must be safe, presumably they will not give up lightly, and send someone back to ask if the family has received their letters." ”

Chief Steward Zhao nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll send someone back to take a look." ”

Since the kidnapping is for money, before the ransom is obtained, the other party will definitely not move the hostages lightly, on the contrary. After getting the ransom, you have to be careful, if the other party finds out about it, maybe the hostage will be released. But if the other party is mad and takes the ransom, but still tears up the hostage, then there is no way, a qiē. It's all up to the conscience of the robbers.

Zhao Rongzhao, who was leaning on the pillar not far away, raised his head. He looked at Fang Fei with a complicated expression, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he couldn't say what it was like. But one thing is clear to him. He didn't have a clue just now, except for chagrin and remorse, he didn't feel anything else, but Jing Fangfei said so. It's like an initiation, and suddenly I feel like the backbone of my heart.

But the one who made him feel at ease. But it was the person he had always hated and hated, so he was very entangled at the moment, and Fang Fei's attitude seemed to have changed in an instant. No matter how much he hypnotized himself in his heart, he just couldn't be disgusted with her like before.

After another stick of incense. A small cargo ship suddenly rowed over the wide river, and quietly docked the shore.

This is already the lowest part of the Luo River. Further down the river, the downstream wharves are mostly docked by cargo ships, and the pedestrians and passengers are at the upstream ferries.

Everyone obviously saw the empty cargo ship, and the more than 30 family members brought out by Chief Steward Zhao all gathered behind Chief Steward Zhao and Fang Fei, and everyone stared at the cargo ship together, watching it slowly come to the shore.

Generally, when the cargo ship docks, even if there are people on the boat come down, tie the cable to the pile of the ferry to prevent the ship from drifting away, but everyone waits for a while, and no one on the ship comes down, the other party obviously does not intend to stay here, and then look at the water level of the hull of the ship, you can know that the ship is not loaded with anything heavy.

The atmosphere seemed to be frozen, everyone was concentrated, staring closely at the cargo ship, Zhao Rongzhao also leaned over, and said, "Do you want to send someone up to take a look?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a 'thud' from the ship, like shoes on a wooden plank, hollow, and a moment later a man came out of the cabin and looked at the people on the shore.

It was a sturdy man, wearing only a stump shoulder, revealing a sturdy upper body in the shape of an inverted triangle, wearing a hat obliquely on his head, covering most of his face, holding a reed flower in his mouth, and after sweeping the people on the shore, he suddenly pointed his finger at Fang Fei and said, "You are the head of the Zhao family, right?" Did you bring the silver ticket? ”

Can you recognize yourself at a glance? Fang Fei narrowed his eyes, took off the burden he was holding, tore open a corner, revealing the corner of the silver ticket inside, and said to the sturdy man on the boat: "The silver tickets are all here, what about our grandmother and Miss Lu?" ”

"The Zhao family is really wealthy, 500,000 taels of silver tickets, and they took it out." The other party glanced at it and seemed to be very satisfied, "Give me the silver ticket, and I will naturally let them go when I go back." ”

"My mother isn't on the boat?" Zhao Rongzhao tiptoed and looked straight into the cabin.

The other party laughed disdainfully and mocked: "Young Master of the Zhao family, you are as stupid as you are?" You have all reported to the official, where do I dare to talk about people with me. ”

These words successfully angered Zhao Rongzhao, who was already about to go crazy, and as soon as the man's voice fell, Zhao Rongzhao said angrily: "Come on, go and catch that guy for me, arrest him and torture him severely, I don't believe that he has hard bones, and I won't find out where my mother is hiding!" ”

The subordinates of the Zhao family looked at each other, glanced at each other, and then looked in the direction of Grand Steward Zhao and Fang Fei.

The people on the boat were not shocked by him at all, they didn't laugh angrily, and said lightly: "Young Master Zhao, I advise you not to be impulsive, I know that you dare to come after reporting to the official, obviously you have made full preparations, if I don't go back with the silver after an hour, then tomorrow the whole town will know that your mother and the little girl who was with her were ruined!" ”

"You dare!" Zhao Rongzhao roared angrily, his eyes were about to burst into flames, his fists were clenched, and he was about to rush to the boat, pulling down the man and beating him before he was angry.

Chief Steward Zhao hurriedly stopped Zhao Rongzhao and said to the people on the boat: "This brother, our Zhao family has no grievances with you, you are just asking for money, we will give it to you, but you have to let us see people." ”

"Originally, we also planned to pay the money with one hand and the other hand, but we said that you would not keep your promises and report to the official, and now that the people are in our hands, you have no qualifications to negotiate the conditions." The other party crossed his arms and said arrogantly.

Now that people are in their hands, the Zhao family values reputation the most, if it is rumored that the eldest grandmother has been ruined by this kind of gossip, the Zhao family will be discredited! The other party just understood this, so he unscrupulously asked for the price.

"The second master is also a member of our Zhao family, your letters have been sent to the gate, and the second master will not know the reason? The eldest grandmother is his sister-in-law, and the second master naturally wants to contribute, this matter is really not that we do not abide by the agreement, but your negligence. Fang Fei explained calmly.

The other party thought for a moment before saying: "No matter whose fault it is, but the current situation is that the government has intervened, in order to prevent you from playing tricks, you yourself take the silver ticket and come up with me." ”

"No way!" Grand Steward Zhao categorically refused, "Mrs. Tai can't go with you, if you want to go, I will go with you." ”

The other party snorted and said disdainfully: "You are not from the Zhao family, I just need the people of the Zhao family to come up, do you want to go up or not, you can make a decision, it's too late, I'm afraid my brothers will not be able to bear the loneliness!" ”

The Zhao family present, except for Fang Fei is Zhao Rongzhao, Fang Fei took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." After that, he took his baggage and prepared to go in the direction of the ship

Steward Zhao hurriedly pulled the person back, stopped in front of her with open arms, and persuaded: "No, Mrs. Tai, you can't go!" They are all a group of outlaws, you are a weak woman, how can you deal with them! ”

"I am the head of the Zhao family, and I should come forward." Fang Fei lowered his eyes and said lightly, "Big steward, get out of the way." ”

Zhao Rongzhao on the side had mixed feelings, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and stood up and said: "I am the grandson of the chief of the Zhao family, I always have the qualifications to go with you!" After speaking, he turned to face Fang Fei and said firmly: "Fang Fei, give me the silver ticket." ”

"Stand down!" Fang Fei stared at him, and his tone was rare and sharp, "I'm an elder, the elder speaks, there's no place for you to intervene here, go back!" ”

Zhao Rongzhao was also angry, as if he was laughing angrily, he snorted 'heh', and retorted in an unquestionable tone: "I'm a man, men talk, women don't intervene, give me the burden!" (To be continued) R580