Chapter 003: Chaos in the house
Old Man Tan is also very happy, not because today is his birthday, the older people get, the fewer days they live, there is nothing to celebrate on their birthday, but they are just a year old! What makes him happy is that he can see his two daughters again on this birthday! The older people get, the more they are afraid of loneliness, and they always think about their relatives, since the death of his wife, the only remaining relatives of Mr. Tan are such two daughters! But they are away all the year round, and it is rare to come back for a few days, and Old Man Tan is very concerned about them!
Early in the morning, Old Man Tan sat in the hall and waited. After a while, the housekeeper Lao Zhao and Mama Liu walked in one after another and asked Old Man Tan for his birthday.
After greeting An, the housekeeper Lao Zhao replied to Old Man Tan and said, "Master, the birthday banquet at noon is ready, do you have anything else to order?" ”
Old Man Tan thought for a while and said, "Have the dishes that the two young ladies usually like to eat ready ready?" ”
Mother Liu was helping in the kitchen, and when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Master, don't worry, it's been prepared a long time ago, and I personally made it!" ”
Old Man Tan laughed twice and said, "I don't know if this birthday is for me or for them!" ”
The housekeeper Lao Zhao and Liu's mother listened to it and laughed together "hehe" together.
At about ten o'clock, the gatekeeper came to report that "the eldest lady is back!" ”
Master Tan hurriedly stood up, greeted the door of the hall, and craned his neck to look out. After a while, the eldest lady Tan Suyun walked in from outside the gate, carrying two gift boxes in her hands, she came to the front and said to Old Man Tan: "Dad, I wish you a happy birthday, as blessed as the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan!" ”
Old Man Tan looked at his daughter carefully with a smile and said, "Come back when you come back, you are far away, what else do you bring!" ”
Tan Suyun said: "Today is your old man's birthday, how can you express your heart as a daughter!" ”
Old Man Tan said: "You come back to see me more often, this old man, it's better than anything else!" ”
Tan Suyun walked up and grabbed his father's arm and walked into the hall, saying as he walked: "Then I will stay for a few more days when I come back this time, and I will accompany you well!" ”
The two of them came to the hall and sat down, and Tan Suyun asked her father, "Where is the little sister?" Haven't come back yet? ”
Old Man Tan snorted and said, "This girl lives in the provincial capital, and I don't know how to rush back earlier!" ”
Tan Suyun hurriedly played a round for her sister and said, "Maybe something is delayed, it must be on the road at this time, and it will be there soon!" ”
Tan Suyun sat there with her father and chatted, chatting while waiting for her little sister to come back. But after waiting for most of the day, I didn't see Tan Suqin's figure. At this time, a blind date in the town hurried over and reported to the Tan Mansion that the second miss of the Tan family was kidnapped by a gang of bandits outside the town, and he saw the second miss of the Tan family tied hand and foot on horseback from a distance on the road!
As soon as Old Man Tan heard the news, he almost didn't lose his breath, and the whole house suddenly became a mess! In the end, Tan Suyun came up with an idea and said, "Let's hurry up and report to the official!" ”
In the past few years, the situation has been turbulent, bandits are everywhere, robberies, blocking the road or something is commonplace, and after the government knows about it, it is just a response, and it is gone, and there is no time to take care of it. So every time you encounter such a thing as a bandit robbery, no one ever expects the local government, if the looted property is not a lot, you think that you are unlucky and you have accidentally lost it, if the family is tied up, those who can afford the ransom will pay the money to save people, and those who can't afford it have to resign themselves to fate! But then again, the bandits kidnapped tickets are also inquired clearly, knowing that your family has money to kidnap you, otherwise it will be troublesome to get a big living person to go back to eat and drink every day?
Tan Suyun blurted out that he reported to the official, not that he was so anxious that he had no idea, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, in this Anping Town, the Tan family is different from ordinary people, with a wide range of contacts, and the head of the garrison regiment guarding Anping Town, He Shaorong, is a world friend with the Tan family, and the relationship is extraordinary, plus he has long had a love for the second miss of the Tan family, and he will not ignore such a thing, Tan Suyun said to report to the official, which means to hurry up and find this He regiment leader!
After hearing this, Old Man Tan pondered for a moment, and asked the villagers who rushed to report the news: "What did those bandits ask for?" He thought that the bandits kidnapping people were nothing more than trying to extort ransom, and there was no shortage of money in the family, if they were really for money, they would give them well, and redeem their daughter peacefully, otherwise they would be annoyed by the officials, and in the end, it would be worth the loss if they hurt their daughter!
After listening to Old Man Tan's question, the villagers who reported the news shook their heads and said, "That gang of bandits just kidnapped the second lady and left, and they didn't leave any message!" ”
Old Man Tan thought for a while and said, "Then wait a little longer, don't be busy reporting to the official, I'm afraid that something will happen if I report to the official!" The bandits kidnapped Suqin because they fell in love with our family's money, as long as it wasn't too much, they gave it to them, just hoping that Suqin could come back safely! Wait, presumably the bandits will send someone to make a condition soon! ”
When everyone heard Old Man Tan say this, they had to obey, and the big guys waited anxiously together.
At this time, it was almost noon, and after such a fuss about this incident, everyone was in no mood, and the original sushi banquet was not opened, and the kitchen simply made something, and everyone ate some.
They waited until about two o'clock in the afternoon, but they still did not see anyone sent by the bandits to make any conditions. Tan Suyun was worried about her sister-in-law, and couldn't help but be anxious, and said to Old Man Tan: "Dad, I can't wait any longer!" This gang of bandits may just be interested in seeing it, but if it is too late to save them, they are afraid that it will be too late! ”
When Old Man Tan heard the words "Knowing the Color", he couldn't help but "buzz" in his head, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates: "Hurry up and inform the head of the garrison regiment, let him hurry up and save people!" ”
After He Shaorong received the news, he immediately rushed over with someone to inquire about the details from Old Man Tan.
Old man Tan told him what happened, He Shaorong was more anxious than Old Man He after hearing it, without saying a word, he immediately turned around and hurried out of the door, after coming to the gate, his officers and soldiers were waiting for him to give orders, He Shaorong suddenly felt at a loss in his heart, the bandits did not leave their names, there were more than a dozen bandits of all sizes nearby, let him go to find someone to ask for? In the end, he gritted his teeth and thought to himself: "Then go and find them one by one, even if you wipe out all these dozen gangs of bandits, you must save Miss Tan Er!" At that moment, he hurried out of town with the people.