Chapter 38: Ransom, life money
The people of Qingfeng Village made a big deal, took advantage of the night to return to the cottage, and celebrated with singing and dancing in the village, unaware that danger was coming.
Changshu looked at the bright lights in the village from a distance, and there seemed to be a layer of frost between her eyebrows, she turned her head to look at Yao Hua, who didn't know when she came over, and asked lightly, "Is Shu Zhao still in Fengyang City?" ”
Yao Hua nodded: "Yes, he hasn't left yet." ”
"Try to let him know that his wife has been robbed by the people of Qingfeng Village."
Yao Hua frowned slightly: "Does His Highness want him to transfer troops over?" ”
Changshu raised her lips: "With Xuan Mo and Xie Yu here, do you think he can easily mobilize the garrison on the border?" ”
Changshu just wanted to see what he would do when Shu Zhao found that he couldn't mobilize the soldiers and horses on the border to suppress the bandits.
She wondered if the man, who had always prided himself on having a deep affection for the lord of Qingping County, would keep his sanity at this time, and would personally risk coming to save her.
Yao Hua was puzzled.
Knowing that Shu Zhao couldn't mobilize the soldiers and horses here, it would be useless to let him know that the county lord of Qingping had been robbed, in that case, why did His Highness let him know?
However, although he didn't understand, he didn't mean to ask more, so he did as Changshu instructed.
Changshu cautiously avoided the guards and sneaked in, quietly walked around Qingfeng Village, and then drew a topographical map of the village, and ordered someone to send it to Fu Wenhe.
Since it's going to make a big fuss, she doesn't mind adding fuel to the fire at all.
The county lord of Qingping opened his eyes in a daze, and suddenly woke up to the dim light in front of him.
An exclamation reached her throat, and she swallowed it back hard.
She tried to move, and found that she was now tied up and thrown on the ground.
And here...... It was an empty room, the room was empty, empty and nothing, but the sound from outside could be faintly heard.
The county lord of Qingping suddenly remembered the robbers in Rizhaoling that he had heard mentioned before, and his heart sank slightly, and he understood his current situation in an instant.
It was she who was too careless.
Through the window, you can still see the general scene outside, and the white and somewhat dilapidated window paper reflects a series of tall figures, lazily guarding outside, as if yawning.
The county lord of Qingping lowered his eyes, his gaze swept around the room, and his gaze paused for a moment on the half of the broken tile under the opposite window.
The tile was small, and only a small corner was exposed in the weeds on the ground, probably because the cleaners didn't pay much attention, so they left this piece of tile, which was not a sharp weapon.
The county lord of Qingping raised his eyes and looked at the people guarding the door, listened carefully to the movement outside, carefully controlled himself not to make a sound, and moved there little by little.
Her hands and feet were tied, and it was only a few steps away, but it seemed like a moat to her.
She was exhausted, tired and sweating, and finally saw that she was about to get the broken tile to cut the rope that bound her, but at this time, someone seemed to come outside the door.
"Three-in-command."
A low voice came from outside the door: "Is she awake?" ”
"No, it's quiet inside."
"I'll take a look."
As soon as the words fell, the county lord of Qingping only felt that his heart was in his throat, plopping, obviously it was so noisy outside, but she clearly heard her heartbeat.
The wooden door of the house creaked open, and the pupils of the county lord of Qingping shrank, and it was too late to return to the same place.
The man glanced at her with a smile: "So you've woken up......"
He looked at the location of the county lord of Qingping, and then looked in the direction she came, frowned, and saw the tile under the window lattice with sharp eyes.
"You want to escape?"
The county lord of Qingping pursed his lips, moved back quietly, forcibly endured the fear in his heart, and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
When the man heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, as if he had heard some funny joke: "What to do?" ”
"Qingfeng Village is doing the business of killing people and selling goods, what do you say we are going to do?"
The county lord of Qingping pursed his lips, and a chill suddenly appeared on Zhou's body.
The man looked at her like this, leaned lazily against the door frame, and said lightly: "Someone has made a list in the Yanyu Pavilion, and a reward of one million silver is offered to buy the lives of the people on the list, and the county lord of Qingping is impressively listed." ”
"We originally thought that the county lord of Qingping was far away in the south of the town, and we were afraid that it would not be so easy to move you, how did we know that you left the capital to go north so easily, and passed by here so coincidentally."
The pupils of the county lord of Qingping shrank suddenly, and a look of horror crossed the depths of his eyes: "If you move me, aren't you afraid of the court's investigation?" ”
The man smiled, and there seemed to be pity in his eyes, as if he was laughing at her ignorance: "Yanyu Pavilion is a force in the rivers and lakes, and what it does is a shady business, and all countries in the world have interests involved, who can move Yanyu Pavilion?" ”
"As for us...... We have a lot of blood on our hands, not bad for you. ”
"Walking the rivers and lakes, licking blood from the knife, life and death are already fateful, the county lord said yes?"
The county lord of Qingping unconsciously shrank back: "Even if you die, you have to let the county lord die to understand, who made you do this?" ”
The man groaned, "This question...... Only those who are afraid of the Smoke and Rain Pavilion know. ”
"Let's carry your head to the Smoke and Rain Pavilion, and the people of the Smoke and Rain Pavilion will naturally hand over the silver to us."
The man smiled, admiring her forced fear, touched his chin and smiled lightly: "Of course, this matter is not negotiable, as long as the county lord can afford the ransom, we will naturally not do anything to tear up the ticket." ”
The man clapped his hands, and someone came in with a tray with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the tray: "How much does the county lord think is the right ransom?" ”
The county lord of Qingping gritted his teeth: "What about my guards?" ”
She had brought so many guards, why didn't she move at all, and she didn't even know what was going on before she was caught here.
Where have all her guards gone?
"Naturally, it was killed." The man's tone was light, and he didn't care about the lives of those people at all.
The county lord of Qingping looked at the pen and ink and letter paper on the tray, clenched his teeth tightly, and his heart was dripping with hatred.
This is to ask her to write a letter for help, and ask her to mark the ransom herself, even if she is really saved in the future, the people who saved her will only be dissatisfied.
If the amount of silver is written too small, I am afraid that it will annoy these outlaws, but if it is written too much, whether it is the Zhennan Metropolitan Protectorate or the Imperial Palace, or herself, I am afraid that she will not be able to stand such a heavy bleeding.
Who the hell wants her life?
Who hurt her so much?