The route from Pingyao City to the county seat is not only the road that passes through the county seat of Pingyao, but also other roads. But other roads, you have to pass through the neighboring counties of Pingyao County, and you can also reach them. But if you take other roads, you have to take a long detour, in addition to this, Li Yan's other plans cannot be implemented, so he can only go all the way to the county seat safely, telling Tang Liwen about this Pingyao County.

Obviously, this is not what Li Yan wants. In addition to this, from the crossing of Pingyao City to the junction of Linxian County, it is only a road of two or three hours, and it is only early in the morning. Li Yan and the others can use the time after this trial to take a good rest and wait for Ma Gui to arrive. If you rush here from the road with it, it will take a lot longer, not to mention, the road at night is not easy to walk, you can only use the moonlight to hurry, and when you arrive at the position that Li Yan and the others need, the group is already exhausted. And when Ma Gui arrives, there is no spirit, how can he achieve the greatest transaction?

And Ma Gui may arrive shortly after the morning, according to the current time, it is around eight o'clock. Therefore, only with such a route, Li Yan and others have the most time to rest and recover their energy.

The plans are basically carried out according to what Li Yan thinks and plans.

Those who were tied to the trees woke up around midnight. The first to wake up was their boss. When the man woke up, he looked around with sleepy eyes. And then it's like moving, and I think I can't move at all. Immediately, he was startled, and this shock woke him up from sleep.

I don't understand why I was tied to a tree, but I was still in this big night, and I thought that when I was sleeping, God was not kidnapped unconsciously, but he didn't have any money, what did he kidnap me for. But then I remembered that I had been tied to a tree during the day and fed aphrodisiacs.

As soon as I thought of this, I immediately wondered, why was I fed aphrodisiacs, and I didn't feel hot and dry? Why did you fall asleep? Could it be......

Thinking of this, he probably understood that the medicine he was fed during the day was not a so-called aphrodisiac at all, but just a drug.

The angry thing is that he was deceived by someone and said that he was an aphrodisiac, and he laughed because he was actually scared like that, and the acting skills of Li Yan and others are also a must, even if he can't beat his group, he was still deceived by others and was stunned.

But now is not the time to think about this, but to think about how to break free from the rope that was tied to him quickly, so as to tell Ma Gui what happened today, and he didn't find out that Ma Yifei was not with them during the day and now, he thought that he should have been taken away by a group.

So they have to tell Ma Gui about this by courier, otherwise they don't want to continue to mix in Pingyao County in the future. This is secondary, and the serious thing is that who knows if Ma Gui will kill them. As soon as he thought of this, the man was immediately frightened, because the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

However, this rope was tied too tightly by Li Yan's and others, and it was really impossible to earn it. Seeing it, he couldn't help but scold.

However, because it is night, although there is moonlight, in the woods, in many places, the moon cannot be found at all, and only when the moon changes its position, it will shine on the places that do not shine.

But some of the things that were illuminated before were not illuminated in the next second. So when this man was helpless, the moonlight of the moon shone on a position that had not been illuminated before, and he found a knife, and it was a place where he could hook it.

Seeing this knife, he was stunned at first, a little puzzled why there was a knife here, if it was left by those people, thinking of this, he became strange, not only strange, but very strange. He didn't understand that these people wanted to keep a knife here, and Ma Yifei's guy was no longer here, and he felt a conspiracy in this series of questions.

But this is not what he thinks, even if it is a conspiracy, it is not a trap, so these are not what he thinks, and now only to protect himself is the king.

As soon as I thought of this, I didn't care about anything else, I just stretched out my feet to hook the knife, and after flying the strength of the two tigers, I hooked the knife beside me. As long as you hook the knife by your side, then everything will be easy to do.

After untying his rope, he stood up and moved his body, because it was really uncomfortable to be tied to a tree, and his body was already in a state of numbness. This is caused by holding a position for a long time, but when I see it, I feel something in my arms, so I feel it and look at it. When I found out an envelope, I saw that the envelope was written with a letter, and its content was: Pingyao County Order, Ma Gui personally opened

When this person saw the payment on the letter, he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that this letter may have been left by those people, but the requirement was that Ma Gui personally opened it, so let Ma Gui personally open it. Thinking of this, put it back in his arms. Then he continued to move himself, and after that, he woke up some people who were also drugged in turn, and untied the rope by the way.

The people who were untied from the rope, after recovering, went directly in the direction of Pingyao City, because this time they caused a big disaster outside, not only what Ma Yifei did was exposed, but even what Ma Gui did by using his official position was also exposed. Although it is said that this is Ma Gui himself.

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In Ma Gui's study, Ma Gui sat on the top seat, and those who came back were standing below, bowing their heads respectfully.

"You're all back, why haven't you seen your young master?" Ma Gui glanced at the dirty and wet people standing below, and among these people, he didn't see his son, and he immediately had a very bad premonition in his heart, but he still asked in a normal tone.

The people standing below were silent for a while when they heard Ma Gui's question, and after a while, their boss said, "Master, the young master may have been kidnapped." ”

Ma Gui, who was sitting above, originally had a very bad premonition, after hearing that his son was taken away, he immediately understood, why he didn't see his son, it turned out that he was taken away, as soon as he thought of this, Ma Gui was immediately furious, and roared at the people below and said, "What are you doing to eat?" The young master was taken away, why didn't you save him? And how do you want to come back and report it? ”

The people standing below, when they heard Ma Gui's roar, they all shrunk their necks and shut up, and after Ma Gui finished roaring, the man said with a bitter face: "Master, it's not that we don't go to save, but we are not invincible at all, they are all existences that can fight ten at a time." ”

When Ma Gui heard this, his face suddenly became even more ugly, what does it mean to be able to fight ten? Haven't you all practiced? As soon as he thought of this, he became even more angry, so he scolded: "What a bunch of waste, rice buckets." ”

In the room, it was all Ma Gui's scolding voice, and after a while, he slowly calmed down.

Ma Gui suppressed his emotions, looked at the people below and said, "Tell me, what's going on with this matter." ”

When the people below heard Ma Gui ask, they paused and directly began to talk about what happened yesterday, and Ma Yifei said those words, which he also said.

After these people said that Ma Yifei said everything, Ma Gui's face was already furious, and the green tendons on his forehead also appeared one by one, obviously on the verge of going berserk.

"Bang". After waiting for these people to finish speaking, he slapped the table in front of him directly and yelled: "Waste, really waste, is this waste brainless at all?" Didn't he know that after saying everything, those people would still let him go? It's really day long, and there are more than enough things to achieve. Ma Gui said this, and then lined up on the table again.

When Ma Gui said this again, he was completely roaring, and his voice could be heard by the entire Ma Mansion.

After Ma Gui finished roaring, he couldn't help coughing twice, his face was extremely flushed, obviously he was not lightly angry.

Those people standing below were also slightly relieved when they heard Ma Gui scolding their son, because they finally didn't have to be scolded anymore, after all, no one wanted to be scolded.

After Ma Gui's face slowly turned normal, the boss Cheng took out a letter in his arms and said to Ma Gui: "Master, those people also left a letter, saying that it was for you to open it personally." ”

After Ma Gui returned to his normal complexion, he was still in a state of rage. After all, his son was kidnapped, and the things that his son did, as well as what he did, were all shaken out by his cheating father's son, which makes people not angry, a normal person, and his heart will not be calm.

But when I heard that there was a letter, I was gloomy: "Why didn't you take it out earlier?" ”

"This, the old man was angry just now, in case he tore up the letter, but there was no news about the son in the letter." When this person heard Ma Gui's gloomy words, he hurriedly explained mellowly.

When Ma Gui heard this, his face softened slightly, after all, people are also thinking about their own family, if they still want to be beaten and scolded like this, it will be a bit too much.

Ma Gui took the letter and opened it. After not looking forward for a while, the calm that had just been restored was about to be in a state of rage again.

After reading the letter, Ma Gui directly put the letter on the table and said with a roar: "It's really too much to deceive people, too much to deceive people, why don't these people rob it." ”

The people below saw that Ma Gui was exposed after reading the letter, and they were very curious about what the content of the letter was, which made Ma Gui even more angry than before, and said that he was too deceitful and didn't rob it.

So the man asked weakly, "Master, did they say anything?" ”

"What did you say?" When Ma Gui heard this, he shouted: "They want me to take 8,000 taels of silver in exchange for which piece of evidence and Ma Yifei, and what's even more excessive is that they actually ask for as long as a silver ticket, not cash, what do you say is not too much deception?" ”

The man was also startled when he heard that it would take eight thousand taels to exchange, because this was too much, and it was completely a lion's mouth. Although Ma Gui has a business in Pingyao County and can take it out, once it is taken out, he has to buy some shops to take it out. Once this is done, it will really be a big injury to the vitality, and it will not be able to recover after nearly four or five years.

So when he heard this, the man weakly asked, "Do you want to do what they ask?" ”

"Do, how not to do it. When Ma Gui heard this, he replied directly without hesitation: "As long as you can exchange it for any piece of paper, it's all worth it, otherwise everything is empty talk." ”

In fact, what Li Yanxin wrote is similar to what Ma Gui said, the requirement is to exchange the eight thousand taels, if it is a little less, then don't want to change it back for a long time, wait for this to be handed over to the county guard, and then you will know that money is still important, or life is important. With Ma Gui's cleverness, he must know how to choose, so he agreed without hesitation.

"But this doesn't guarantee that they won't talk about it after they get the money, then why don't they all ......," the man said, gesturing around his neck.

After Ma Gui saw this gesture, his eyes flashed rapidly, and after a while, he said decadently: "This idea is good, but the location they chose is a very good place to advance and retreat, and it is difficult to leave them behind, and there are many of them in a group, as long as some of them are not in that place, we are like this, but it is easier to die without a place to be buried, so let's do it according to their requirements." ”

"The butler will leave this matter to you to do, and now there is still half an hour before leaving the city gate, and you must collect all the silver tickets before opening the city gate. Whether you're borrowing or grabbing, be sure to get it all up. After Ma Gui finished speaking, he waved his hand and said that they should all go.

When everyone saw this, they all exited the room one by one and went to do their own things, and Ma Gui was alone, as if he had lost his soul, and he sat in his position very decadently.

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At this time, the sky was already bright, and on a hill at the junction of Pingyao County and neighboring counties, there were a few carriages and a few horses, and there were a few people who fell asleep against a tree not far away, and these people were Li Yan and his party. After Li Yan and his entourage came to this location after a night of citrus, everyone was also exhausted, so they rested in place.

However, all the women rested in the carriage, and a few men such as Li Yan and Yang Liaoxin only had the ground as their bed and the sky as their quilt.

However, when sleeping outside, you have to leave someone to keep vigil and watch the surrounding situation so as not to cause anything to happen, so this vigil can only be handed over to Chen Meng. However, with Li Yan to change shifts, otherwise, no matter how powerful Chen Meng is, he can't stand being in a state of high vigilance all the time.

So before dawn, it was Li Yan who replaced Chen Meng and asked him to take a rest.

"Isn't it all possible to get them up?" When Li Yan was looking around, Chen Meng appeared beside Li Yan and said.

"Aren't you going to sleep for a while?" Li Yan didn't answer Chen Meng's question, but asked.

"No need." When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's question, he shook his head and said: "I am used to a situation like this, when I was on the battlefield, even when I was sleeping, I was on high alert, you know, if something happens, I will lose my head." ”

When Li Yan heard this, he nodded, knowing what Chen Meng was talking about, and just as Chen Meng said, if something really happened, he would really lose his head.

"Do you want to wake them up?" Chen Meng returned to the question just now and said: "It's already the time of the hour, I believe that Ma Gui has already set off." ”

"Then wake them up." When Li Yan heard Chen Meng's words, he nodded and said, "Just let them wait for us three or four miles away." ”

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's words, he went straight to it.

After Tang Shishi and the others were woken up, they heard what Li Yan said, nodded their heads, and left directly in the carriage, leaving Ma Gui behind. However, Tang Xiu also wanted to leave, but was stopped by Li Yan and did not succeed.

Tang Xiu, who was left behind, looked at Li Yan with a resentful expression, like a wronged little daughter-in-law, who gave Li Yan and the others goosebumps. The reason why Tang Xiu didn't want to stay was because he knew what Li Yan was going to do, which was more dangerous, so Tang Xiu didn't want to take risks and wanted to hide in the rear.

When Li Yan saw Tang Shishi, Liu Yiyi and the other girls disappeared from his sight in the carriage before he looked at everyone and said with a serious face: "Okay, the next thing is the main scene of this game." So cheer up. ”

When Yang Liaoxin, Tang Xiu and Wen Monkey heard Li Yan's words, they all originally had a little sleepy expression, but they suddenly disappeared, after all, the next thing is dangerous when they say that they are dangerous, and they are not dangerous when they say that they are not dangerous, because it depends on what Ma Gui does. Is it to give money directly, or to work hard.

However, according to what Li Yan thought, Ma Gui would not be desperate. There are several reasons for this.

First, Ma Gui is not a soldier, just a literati, and he doesn't have the courage to fight, even if he has the courage to fight, I don't dare, because this is murder, and the crime committed is to kill the head.

The second is that this Ma Gui still has a fluke mentality, hoping that he can gag Li Yan and others through money.

The third is in this case, how to maximize the protection of their own lives, as well as the lives of the family, after all, the money is gone, you can earn it again, if the life is gone, then it can be regarded as nothing.

Therefore, Li Yan grasped these psychology, and was not afraid that Ma Gui would come to a dead end, but obediently sent the money over. So Li Yan has nothing to worry about, but he still has to be vigilant, after all, there are no absolutes.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Yan looked at Ma Yifei, who was tied into a lump and lying on the ground.

At this time, Ma Yifei was no longer arrogant when he said his crimes, but looked at Li Yan with a frightened face, because he didn't expect that after he said everything, he was not let go, but was directly drugged and kidnapped.

This is something he didn't expect, in his original plan, as long as he said everything, he would be let go, and he would go back and tell him about it, let him bring people to catch them all, and then he could torture as much as he wanted.