Chapter 228, Hostage

The two of them drank until late at night, and even the old general was obviously a little drunk, and got into the carriage with the support of the guards around him, while Lord Gu sat in a sedan chair and walked towards the mansion where he stayed.

"My lord, some people went to several branches to exchange silver tickets today, but they were all blocked. Through the window of the sedan chair, Lord Gu's servant reported.

"Well, continue to let them stop, don't exchange the silver taels, and when the prince's plan is successful, these merchants won't be able to let them go alive. ”

"You mean to kill them?" asked the little guy in a low voice.

"Hmph, we don't need to do the things with blood on our hands, we can even take the old man's hand. ”

The sedan chair entered the mansion, Xiao Hei was standing on the wall next to him, in the darkness, he was covered in black feathers, and it was not easy to notice, but those eyes were staring at Lord Gu's mansion and did not relax for a moment.

The next day, in the teahouse, Luo Bi invited a few businessmen who were also detained in Weiguo, and everyone sat down to discuss how to get the money back.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have counted them, and now I know that there are a total of one hundred and fifteen merchants who have been detained in Weiguo, not only our town, but also other towns, with a total payment of two million taels, several of whom are more famous merchants on the mainland, and this time they have supplied a large number of raw materials to Weiguo. ”

At the tea table, a businessman who seemed quite shrewd and capable said.

Everyone was taken aback when this figure was reported, and Luo Tian didn't expect that so many businessmen would be detained in Weiguo, let alone that the amount of money had reached a huge amount of two million taels.

"With so many people, is Weiguo crazy?" someone asked in surprise.

The situation of Weiguo and Yunshan is different, although the land area and population are not much different, but Weiguo attaches importance to the military industry, and the Yunshan country in the past attaches importance to commerce, these two policy differences have also created different national conditions, although Yunshan has more than 300,000 troops, but in general, the military strength can only be regarded as the lower level of the mainland, the reason why there is no worry for many years, mainly relying on geographical advantages and Luo Kun's generals, but also because Yunshan is isolated by many small countries, so the big country is beyond the reach of the whip, the overall situation is quite stable, plus years of development of commerce, the entire Yunshan country's business and trade system is unusually developed, so it is not uncommon for a wealthy man in Yunshan Country to have a few hundred thousand taels of silver, and when it comes to the royal family, it is not uncommon to spend millions of taels at every turn.

And the country and the surrounding countries from time to time wars, the surface of the harmony in the secret intrigues, vigorously improve the armament is the way to survive the country, so the largest expenditure of the entire country is in the national defense strength and armaments, so that the development to today, the national defense strength of the entire country is much more than that of Yunshan country, but the economic strength is far behind, these two countries seem to be going to two extremes.

Two million taels of silver is really a small amount for the royal family of Yunshan Kingdom, but it is a lot of money for the royal family of Weiguo, obviously, Weiguo does not want to take out this money and want to get more raw materials, so drag these merchants and even implement seizure methods, do not exchange the silver and let them go, the outside world does not know what medicine is sold in the gourd of Weiguo, there will be more people like Luo Bi who want to make a fortune here, just fell into the trap.

"Then what should we do, what do you want so many raw materials for?" several people became worried.

"I heard that the Weiguo found a relic of an old era, and found a blueprint of a weapon from the old era in the ruins, and a certain prince of the Weiguo high-level ordered that this weapon must be remanufactured, and the matter was later implemented on the shoulders of the old general, and the most outstanding military talents in the entire Weiguo have been gathered and have been studying for many months. ”

"What weapons are so valued?" the crowd wondered.

"I heard that it is a high-power bomb, and the energy of the explosion can reach the power of the Heavenly Pill Realm master to use the full force of the black-level high-level spell. ”

"That's amazing......"

When everyone was amazed, Luo Tian sat next to him without saying a word, and Luo Bi leaned over and asked, "What do you think?"

"Tonight, let's go talk to that Gu-sama. ”

As an important minister who controls the financial power of the Wei Kingdom, even the mansion where he stays is extraordinarily magnificent, Lord Gu's bloated body soaks in the hot spring pool, and several maids wearing thin gauze laugh and play by the pool, pouring wine and feeding fruit for Lord Gu from time to time.

"Hehe, who would have thought that I, a poor boy in the mountains with no background and no background, would one day live such a life, haha, pinch the shoulders of this official. ”

Master Gu closed his eyes and sniffed the scent of the beautiful maids around him.

"Pinch your shoulders here, this official has been tired lately, lighter, oops, lighter. Master Gu frowned, opened his eyes angrily, and saw a man's face appear in his eyes.

"Who is it?" he was taken aback, and just wanted to push the man in front of him away, but the other party grabbed him by the neck and dragged him up from the pool.

"Who are you, the guards, where are the guards dead?" Lord Gu shouted in panic.

"Don't shout, the guards have already been knocked unconscious by me, and I'm here to ask you for a small favor. ”

Master Gu glanced towards the door, and sure enough, he could see a guard lying on the ground.

"Heroic man, whatever do you want me to help me, as long as you don't hurt me, I can do it. The fat-brained guy immediately agreed.

"Help me redeem these two silver tickets first, and then send us out of the city. ”

As he spoke, the masked man threw two silver tickets in front of Lord Gu.

Lord Gu felt a little familiar when he saw it, and after thinking about it, he said in surprise: "It's you, the one who sent thirty carts of iron ore." ”

"I have a good memory. The masked man smiled coldly, and it was Luo Tian's face under the mask.

"No, I have a very bad memory, I don't remember the faces of the two at all, I know the rules, I will help you exchange money and send you out of the city, you can rest assured. ”

At that moment, Lord Gu left the mansion overnight under the coercion of Luo Tian, and when he arrived at the door of Fengdengxing, the guard who was dozing heard a knock at the door, and shouted unhappily: "Who, damn it, it's so late." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, it's Lord Ben. ”

The guard hurriedly opened the door as soon as he saw Lord Qinggu's face, and Lord Gu threw the two silver tickets over and shouted, "Immediately call the account office on duty to the official, and then exchange these two silver tickets." ”

How dare the guards offend Lord Gu, so they hurriedly went to the account room and shouted, the account room glanced at Lord Gu and Luo Tian who was standing behind Lord Gu, and somewhat understood the situation in his heart, first exchanged the silver taels, and then sent them over.

"Hero, you also got the money, let me go. ”

"Hehe, how can we get out of the city without you, so I have to bother you to accompany us and send us out of the city. ”

Luo Tian and Luo Bi met in the alley in front of the city gate, in addition to the leader of the team this time.

"My brothers have gone to control the puppet ox, and we will meet at the gate in a moment, and as soon as the gate is opened, we will set off immediately, and if we travel overnight, we will be able to reach another neighboring country almost tomorrow morning, and then we will be safe for the time being, and then we will bypass the neighboring country and take the secret route of the Babel Society, so that we can avoid this land of right and wrong. ”

"When did you release me?" asked Gu-sama nervously.

"It's okay, as long as you cooperate with us, there will be no danger, but if you don't obey, don't blame our men for being ruthless. ”

However, when everyone arrived at the gate of the city, they were stunned, and even the old general and thousands of soldiers surrounded the gate, and thirty taels of puppet ox carts were also detained.

"You're secretly tipping off him?" shouted Lord Luo Bi Chonggu.

"I don't have it......"

In fact, Lord Gu really didn't report the news, but his account office saw the situation when he had just exchanged silver, and felt that something was wrong, so he went to inform the old general of Lian, and the old general immediately sent troops to block the city gate.

"Let them get out of the way. Luo Tian grabbed Lord Gu's neck and shouted.

"Even the old general, get out of the way, it's me, I'm controlled by them, you open the door and let them out." Lord Gu shouted at the old general.

Even the old general smiled coldly and said: "The prince's plan can't be flawed because of your cheap life, if you sacrifice your life for the prince's plan today, I will definitely ask the prince to give you a beautiful funeral." ”