Chapter 18: Something Happens at Home

Lei Du had a cold face, walking all the way, thinking all the way. In his mind, he was full of Zhao Haitang's sad and painful appearance just now.

When she was a child, Zhao Haitang was naughty, and she was not reprimanded by the Zhao family's father, but she didn't see her crying like this.

Thinking of Shen Zhi, Lei Du's face couldn't help but turn a little colder. This person, maybe he was too polite to him, so he didn't know how to restrain himself?

"Oh no, see the princess!"

A person who looked like a small guy rushed out of the bushes in a panic, Lei Du frowned, Tang Yuru was in front?

"Presumptuous, what are you doing in such a panic?"

Tang Yuru's voice was lazy, her cheeks were slightly red, her eyes were half-squinted, and she was in a good mood.

"Lord Qiyu, Niangniang, just now there is a rumor at the door, saying that the second lady's mother's family is here, and it is ...... Say yes...... The second lady's brother Zhao Gongzi was kidnapped, and the Zhao family sent someone to inquire if they could let the second lady go back to the house to discuss the rescue. ”

There was a trace of cold sweat oozing from the little guy's forehead, and Tang Yuru, who was originally full of indifference, was really startled when she heard it. The lid of the tea bowl that he was holding was also shattered.

"In that case, go and tell Miss Zhao."

Tang Yuru's face was a little pale, and she didn't have the look of her spirit just now, she squinted at Shen Zhi, and Shen Zhi was just hanging his head and looking at the chessboard, as if he didn't mind the affairs of the Zhao family. Tang Yuru breathed a sigh of relief, she waved her hand, and didn't say anything more.

The corners of Shen Zhi's mouth raised slightly, and the woods on the side moved. Just now he saw Lei Du standing in the dark, but he didn't know when, he had quietly left.

Zhao family, this Zhao eldest son was kidnapped, how much is Zhao Haitang mixed in?

On the other side, Zhao Haitang was not shocked when he learned the news of Zhao Ziwei's kidnapping, but just told Liu's mother to pack some clothes and hurriedly returned to Zhao's mansion.

"Master, you are such a son, you can save him!"

As soon as Zhao Haitang entered the door, he saw Qin kneeling on the ground, his face covered with a veil, and tears swirling around his eyes. Above the high hall, General Zhao put his hands behind his back, his brows were tightened, and his face was pale. On the table on the side, there was also a blood book, which was densely painted with dotted words, crooked, like a child's handwriting.

"Father."

Zhao Haitang stood at the door and made a proper salute, she didn't want to see her father working so hard, but in her heart, she was still a little resentful. I don't want my father to be kind, but I complain that my father's knowledge is not clear.

"Begonia, why are you back?"

General Zhao was very surprised when he saw his daughter outside the door, but after a while, as if he had figured out something, he glared at the Qin family with an unkind look.

Although the kidnapper didn't know much of the words, he could even write and draw clearly. The letter famously said that he wanted to see Zhao Haitang, and if he couldn't see Zhao Haitang and a thousand taels of silver within three days, he cut Zhao Ziwei's neck. General Zhao didn't want his daughter to fall into such danger, so he didn't tell Zhao Haitang, but Zhao Haitang returned home at this time, and it was clear who did it.

"Father, something so big happened at home, how can Begonia not care about it."

Zhao Haitang stepped forward slightly and took two steps, not paying attention to the Qin clan who was kneeling on the side, but just poured a cup of hot tea for General Zhao.

"Sir!"

Seeing that Zhao Haitang looked unhurried, Qin pulled General Zhao's sleeve anxiously, but who knew that General Zhao waved his backhand mercilessly.

"One thousand taels, where am I going to get so much money?"

General Zhao glared angrily, his tone was full of anger, and for a while, he didn't know whether he was angry with the Qin clan or at himself.

"Master, don't we have military expenses, let's move Wei'er for the time being, and then wait for the shop's account to be settled, and then fill in the vacancy."

The Qin clan knelt in front of General Zhao, crying pear blossoms with rain, begging bitterly. But General Zhao just pursed his lips and didn't say anything for a long time.

"No, father, never! Now that the situation between the DPRK and China is already delicate, the saint's jealousy of the General's Mansion has begun to emerge, in such a situation, if the father rashly embezzles military funds, it will be a great crime to destroy the door! ”

Zhao Haitang saw that General Zhao was a little depressed, and there was a trace of sadness in his heart. Although her father loves her, the idea of inheriting the family in his bones has made him always regard his only son Zhao Ziwei as the meat of his heart, and now that Zhao Ziwei has been arrested, his father, who has always been honest, really thought about the embezzlement of military funds!

"Sister Tang'er is not right, although this silver is from the General's Mansion, but what kind of silver it is, how can outsiders know, the left and right are just eggs in different baskets, and it is not impossible to embezzle it!"

Zhao Haitang's words seemed to inflate Qin's temper, and Qin, who was still kneeling on the ground just now, got up suddenly, and looked at Zhao Haitang's eyes full of malice. If it weren't for the fact that his eyes couldn't kill, at this moment, the room must be full of knives resented by the Qin family.

"Erniang's words are not reasonable, Ziwei is the concubine of the dignified general's mansion, and now the kidnapping must have been full of trouble, now, my father is in the court, there is no shortage of enveloping and hostile forces, so rash action, it will inevitably be seized by people with a heart to participate in the father's book, when the time comes, if the father is in trouble, not to mention Ziwei, the whole clan will not be spared! Erniang, do you want to be a sinner of the whole clan? ”

Zhao Haitang's words were like stepping on Qin's tail, and Qin was a little nervous for a while, but it was just a trance for a while, and he returned to his former appearance.

"Then according to Sister Tang'er, Ziwei is definitely going to die?"

The Qin family has been able to serve by General Zhao's side for many years, and it is also a little heartfelt, although she is eager to save her son, but in the face of righteousness, how can she make General Zhao soft-hearted, she is very accurate.

Sure enough, as soon as these crying words came out, Old General Zhao's originally iron-blue face also loosened a lot, he stretched out his hand slightly, pulled Qin Shi over, and patted her back comfortingly.

"Erniang, Ziwei is my own brother, if I didn't want to save him, I wouldn't have run back to the mansion at the risk of being rejected by the prince when I was newly married. Come back, I want to save people, my father is such a son, even if I want to exchange my life, Begonia is willing! ”

Zhao Haitang sniffed, and his eyes turned red.

You want to be sympathetic, right? Who doesn't shed tears?

General Zhao listened to his daughter's words, and thought of his daughter's concern for himself and for her own sake, and he felt a wave of guilt in his heart for a while.

"Begonia, where to speak, you are my daughter, no one wants to touch you!"

The general's twilight but graceful demeanor, a speech, sonorous and powerful, not so much not like comforting, but like a kind of oath.

"Father, this silver, my daughter doesn't think it's a matter that can't be solved."

Zhao Haitang picked up the blood book on the table and looked at it for a long time.

This...... A person was tied to a tree, and a big official hat was painted on it, if it weren't for the mole on this person's chin that was obvious enough, who would have recognized this as Zhao Ziwei?

"Begonias have a way?"

General Zhao's eyes lit up, and his eyes were full of hope.

"As far as I know, over the years, the Zhao family has also had a lot of industries in various places, such as pawnshops, hospitals, teahouses, and silk shops, and there are also a few of them, all of which have been sold, and they have not been able to make up the 10 million taels of silver. A few days ago, I happened to pass by the pawnshop in the west of the city, and saw that there were 20,000 taels of silver waiting in the account alone, and how much silver was in the rest of the accounts. ”

Zhao Haitang's voice was very soft, but it was like a big stone thrown into the lake, which woke up the people in the game.

"Master, this shop has been operated by the General's Mansion for many years, how can it be sold all? After that, how can the large and small expenses in this house be good? ”

The Qin family was a little anxious, originally, General Zhao fought on the battlefield all the year round, Zhao Haitang was thinking about how to marry Shen Zhi, she was in charge of all the big and small things in the family, over the years, the shops operated in the house, she had already paid for seventy-seven eighty-eight, except for the title deed and the house deed was still in the General's Mansion, the rest had been abandoned for a long time, except for those who made money, the rest had long been empty shells, even if she wanted to sell, she couldn't find such a blind buyer.

"The shop refuses to sell it, but begs me to embezzle military funds? I think you're an old fool! I think Begonia's words are even reasonable, since Begonia is also back, I will help you Erniang sort out the family's industry, and sell everything that can be sold, how much can be made, and the rest, even if I borrow, I must not touch the royal money! ”

General Zhao slapped the table a little angrily, snorted coldly, and entered the inner room, and in the hall, only the stunned Qin and the expressionless Zhao Haitang remained.

"Erniang, it's not early this day, you better go back and rest early. Tomorrow morning, let's take a plate of these shops. ”

Zhao Haitang looked at the Qin family with a concerned face, but the Qin family was like a frosted eggplant, where was the momentum of crying and grabbing the ground just now.

If the master wants to sell the shop, won't the accounts of these years be hidden, she uses these shops to transfer money out, and the transactions she does are not going to be turned out by Zhao Haitang, a dead girl?

"Sister Tang, you've just come back, don't be too tired, rest early. The boudoir of yours was leaking rain a while ago, and I was looking for someone to repair it, so I'm afraid I won't be able to live in it. Why don't you stay in Wei'er's room for the time being? ”

Although the Qin family was flustered, on the surface, he still looked unfazed.

Zhao Haitang sneered in his heart, this is the Qin family, he always puns when he speaks, let himself live in Zhao Ziwei's room, and don't let himself go back to his original room, firstly, because the expensive things in his room were all moved away and sold by her, for fear that he would find out the noise. The second is to remind myself that this is just a temporary stay, and when Zhao Ziwei comes back, he will move out.

Hmph, she can still have such a delicate mind at this time!