Ignoring the dispute between the mother and daughter of the Zhou Mansion, Du Jun was in a hurry by the sudden incident.

On the first day of May, not long after Song Jiang left, the fourth uncle came up and knocked on the door, and brought a letter with him, on which only three words were written on the cover.

After receiving the letter, the fourth uncle had an ominous premonition, Zhao Bing and Liu Wu will never return, and there is no news, this letter will not be related to these two boys, right?

The more I thought about it, the more worried I became, and after receiving the letter in the morning, I hurriedly delivered it in person.

Du Jun has not been on the farm these days, and he didn't know that Zhao Bing had not returned, so he took it and opened it and looked at it, without saying a word, and handed it to the fourth uncle.

The fourth uncle took a quick look and raised his head, "Boss, how is this good?" ”

This is a blackmail letter, few words, but extremely arrogant.

"Master Du Zhuang, your two subordinates Zhao Bing and Liu Wu are in my hands, if you want them to live, prepare a thousand taels of silver tickets, and personally send them to the Ximen Land Temple in Anxian County at noon in the next three days. Remember not to report to the official, and don't bring extra people. ”

The letter has no beginning or end, no signature, and I don't know whether it's true or not.

"Fourth Uncle, ...... Zhao Bing and Liu Wu?" Du Jun asked.

"Yu Dongjia, the two of them really haven't come back, the old man is still worried, I didn't expect it...... was actually ...... by someone", the fourth uncle was quite annoyed by this.

It happened suddenly, naturally it can't be blamed on the fourth uncle, Du Jun was silent for a moment, "Fourth uncle, go back to the farm." ”

"Ah, then Zhao Bing, they ......"

"Zhao Bing naturally wants to be saved, this matter should not be publicized, remember not to let others know."

"The old man understands, the owner can rest assured."

When Du Jun arrived at the farm, he met Zhao Yongbin and his wife, who surprised her.

Du Jun's ten acres of land in Zhaojia Village were planted by this couple, but unexpectedly, the two who hadn't seen each other for a long time suddenly appeared and came to the door.

Li Decai saw Du Jun and the fourth uncle, so he trotted forward from a distance and said: "Miss, these two villains have never seen each other, and the steward is not here, the villains make their own decisions, let them wait at the gate of the courtyard, and they don't dare to report to their wives." ”

"Okay, these two people have some relationship with me, let them go in with me."

After entering the hall, the fourth uncle took the first step to find Tong Bin and check the silver that could be used on the farm.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Du Jun smiled and said to Zhao Yongbin: "Uncle Zhao, I don't know why you came here today?" ”

Looking over the memory of the original owner, this Zhao Yongbin is his adoptive father's childhood friend, but he does not live in Zhaojia Village, but lives next to Shiqiaopu, because the field purchased by his adoptive father is close to Shiqiaopu, it has been planted by their family, and some grain is sent as rent every year.

Over the years, there has been nothing wrong, even if his adoptive father passed away, Zhao Yongbin never had the idea of renting a child, and he is a very kind family.

Du Jun likes to deal with such people.

Zhao Yongbin is over sixty years old, perennial farming, his body is tough, since he gave Du Jun a rent last fall, this is more than half a year to see each other again, I didn't expect Du Jun to have moved out of Zhaojia Village, this time I came to find it after inquiring all the way with people.

I heard that Du Jun was rich and had a farm, but he didn't expect that there would be stewards and subordinates, and this configuration made Zhao Yongbin and his wife, who had been staying in the countryside, very uncomfortable.

The faces of the rich will change, can they agree to their request today? The two of them who stayed at the gate of the courtyard and waited for a while, looking at Du Jun, who had become a little stranger, had no bottom in their hearts.

"Eldest niece, I came here with your aunt just to rent a son."

Hearing that it was a matter of renting, Du Jun felt a little relieved, and as soon as they met, Du Jun guessed that someone was going to forcibly occupy her land?

But her rent is really not high, and in addition to paying 40% of the tax on the land, she only takes 30%.

Seeing that Du Jun didn't answer, still looking at himself with a shallow smile, Zhao Yongbin was nervous, and then said: "It's not that the uncle is embarrassed for his niece, Li Zheng is speaking, starting this year, 20% of each mu of land will be paid to the village, and the uncle has no way, except for paying taxes to the county government, there is nothing left." ”

In the end, the sixty-year-old man suppressed his voice, revealing a deep sense of powerlessness.

The old wife sitting next to him had red eyes, and then the old man's words choked up: "Big niece, if we still have a little way, we won't come to you, my old man and son went to find Li Zhengtheory, but they were beaten and couldn't get out of bed, and now they are still lying at home." ”

"Alas, old woman, what are you talking about? Doesn't it make the gentleman embarrassed? This is our life, we can't escape", Zhao Yongbin comforted beside him.

"Isn't this a curse from heaven? You don't let me say it at home, and you don't let me say it outside, I'm so wronged. ”

……

The two old men, you said a word, but you left Du Jun aside.

Plain words, but they can't stop the warmth of the two of them who have been together for decades, I hope that in a few decades, Song Jiang and I can be like this old couple.

Waiting for Zhao Yongbin to persuade his wife, Du Jun said softly on the side: "Uncle Zhao, aunt, I understand what you said, but what is the specific situation in the village, I have to ask in detail, you don't have to worry about renting, I will deal with it, and I will never let your whole family suffer." ”

"Eldest niece, we don't mean that, I discussed it with my wife, these two percent can't let you suffer alone, our family also bears one percent, and we will sell more this year, and I guarantee that it will not be much less than in normal years." Zhao Yongbin hurriedly stopped and said.

"Yes, girl, just listen to my old man, all these years, thanks to your father's help, my family has only survived, but I can't let you suffer again, otherwise, when you get down in the future, you won't have the face to see him again."

The more the two old men resigned, the more respected they became, and Du Jun made up his mind not to let honest people suffer.

I was anxious about Zhao Bing's kidnapping, and I didn't plan to say anything more, but I happened to see Zhao Yan coming out of the account room, Du Jun whispered and asked her to take out a few suitable materials, catch two chickens, and grab a handful of loose silver from her arms, estimated that there were four or five taels, and stuffed them into the hands of Zhao Yongbin and his wife.

Du Jun sincerely gave each other, and the two couldn't refuse, only a thousand gratitudes.

Zhao Yan took the place of the eldest sister to send the couple out, and Du Jun sat on the chair decadently, rubbing his temples, distressed alone.

One thousand taels of silver, there is definitely no one in the account room, and I have to think of a way.

Where did the kidnappers come from? External Trouble or Internal Ghost? If it really happens, how to ensure the safety of the two?

......

Just when Du Jun was worried about the kidnapping, the sound of a quarrel broke out next door to the courtyard, what's the matter? Can't you stop it?

The suppressed fire came up all at once.