Chapter 171: Pooling Money
"What's going on?" Dai Ling hurried over after hearing the news, and Yu Xiuxin followed with a big belly.
An Xian frowned, his eyes passed, and he glanced at the shopkeeper who was tied up in the courtyard.
Yu Xiuxin followed her gaze and covered her mouth in some surprise, her jade eyes were full of surprise.
"This man is not ......"
She recognized the lean man who was tied up, and she used to go to the pastry shop to buy snacks, but Dai Ling didn't want her to go out more and didn't go back.
The shopkeeper and this guy seemed to be friendly people in the past, but they didn't expect to do such a thing as kidnapping.
Hearing Yu Xiuxin's words, the shopkeeper lowered his head and buried it in his chest, without making a sound.
"Even the children are not spared, is it really that the national etiquette and law are all decorations?" Dai Ling scolded sharply.
"Forget it, the most important thing now is to rescue Yuan'er." Yu Xiuxin held Dai Ling's hand and said softly, looked at An Xian, who was speechless on the side, and walked over to take her hand, hoping that she could pass on a little strength.
An Xian took Yu Xiuxin's hand, his brows furrowed, but the corners of his mouth still pulled out a bleak arc.
"The letter said that we were trading in the west of the city, and asked us to prepare 10,000 taels of silver to exchange people."
10,000 taels of silver may not be a big deal for the Hou Men of the family, but the two big ends of silver in the hands of An Xian and Mo Zhi are used in the house, and there is not much left in their hands. Even if they scraped together all the money in the bookstore, it was only four or five thousand, and it was a problem for them to scrape together the ten thousand taels of silver in a short period of time.
"You can go to Your Highness." Si Lu reminded loudly: "Anyway, you are also doing things for Your Highness, and it shouldn't be difficult for Your Highness to allocate 10,000 taels there." ”
"That's right!" Qiao Yu clapped his hands: "If Young Master Mo goes to His Royal Highness, 10,000 taels should be a trivial matter, the important thing is to rescue the little prince first." ”
When they said this, it reminded Mo Zhi, and the hand in his sleeve tightened, as if he was a little hesitant.
An Xian noticed his hesitation, Mo Zhi is the kind of person who is unwilling to ask for help, even if he pays back the money in the future, he always feels that he owes someone a favor.
There was a moment of silence around, and just as Mo Zhi was about to leave to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, An Xian had a flash of inspiration in his mind and grabbed Mo Zhi.
"If it's 10,000 taels, there will be a store with good profits."
Mo Zhi looked down at her, a little unclear.
An Xian turned her head to look at the shopkeeper who was tied up by five flowers and raised her eyebrows, she walked over and squatted down.
Seeing her coming suddenly, the shopkeeper hurriedly leaned back vigilantly, the muscles on his face stiffened, and he could only stare at her.
"If you scream, I'll let them knock you out."
There were more than a dozen or twenty people around the front and back of the courtyard, and they were all guards by military generals in the army, and this was not said casually.
Seeing that he nodded hurriedly, An Xian reached out and pulled off the strip of cloth in his mouth. The mouth that was forced to open for a long time was finally able to move, and the shopkeeper was busy with his mouth.
"You have a silver ticket for 10,000 taels." Impatient to wait for him to finish his activity, An Xian asked straight to the point.
This question made everyone standing on the side stunned, and Mo Zhi was the first to understand.
It's better to ask someone else to borrow it, it's better to go directly to the arms of the robber's accomplice, this guy looks like a person who has no courage, and presumably the big yellow tooth shopkeeper of the pastry shop is the important person.
The pastry shop has delicious dim sum, and there are some small fame near and far, so it is natural that there will be no less profit if you want to.
"What do you ask?" The shopkeeper was stunned, and Dai Ling reminded coldly on the side: "What you are committing now is a felony of kidnapping people, if you cooperate with us, you can give a lenient sentence, and the sentence may not be reduced." ”
Hearing that he could get his hair lightly, he came back to his senses: "Yes, but the money in the store is in the hands of the shopkeeper, and I am just a shopkeeper who runs the hall, and I don't know very well." ”
He said vaguely, An Xian let out a light "tsk" and stood up on his knees.
"It seems that you have no sincerity."
"Yes! I remember, there were. The shopkeeper suddenly realized: "He used to do this kind of thing a lot, but he saved a lot of silver, saying that it was for his son's wife." ”
"Wife Ben?" Mo Zhi's tone was indifferent, and he looked at the shopkeeper condescendingly.
"The wife who got it in this way is not afraid to give his son a birthday." Si Lu couldn't help but complain.
I thought it was for my own chic greed, but I didn't expect to save money for my son.
But this kind of trick is really not afraid of being damned.
An Xian raised his eyes, his gaze was just on Mo Zhi, maybe there is really such a thing as a heart in the world, just one glance, you can see the other party's thoughts.
"You take someone to the agreed place to ambush first, and now there are still two or three hours before the time of the transaction, I'll go get the money." Ahn Hyun made a decision.
The robbers will not arrive at the place of the transaction very early, because there is a high probability of variables, and Mo Zhi led people to secretly set up precautions to capture that person.
Mo Zhi was a little uneasy, after all, the other party was a man, or someone who had dealings with fierce robbers.
Si Lu volunteered: "Don't Zhi, you go first, I'll follow An Xian to get the silver." ”
"Okay." Thinking about Yuan'er in his heart, Mo Zhi still nodded, and led a team of people out of the city quickly.
An Xian was about to leave, but looked at the shopkeeper who was cowering and kneeling on the ground and stopped.
"Go ahead, I'll leave it here." Dai Ling gave a reassurance: "If the shopkeeper finds out that he hasn't gone back for a long time, I'm afraid something will happen." ”
The shopkeeper came to deliver the letter, if he didn't go back, the shopkeeper might notice something, if he colluded with the kidnappers to change his actions, he would be in vain.
"Then there are two Lao." An Xian simply thanked him, several people have known each other for a long time, so naturally they don't need to be polite.
On the road on the outskirts of Beijing in the west of the city, in a dilapidated carriage, the man with a cigarette stick leaned in front of the car. From time to time, he took a puff on the cigarette stick in his hand, highlighting the white mist, and looked very enjoyable.
"Little cub, you should be happy, you are worth a lot of money."
The appointed hour was still early, he found a hidden mountain path to hide, there were few people here for ten days and half a month, no matter how Mo Qingyuan shouted, no one would pay attention.
"Whew!" Mo Qingyuan spat at him disdainfully: "You just wait, when my father comes, I will have your good fruit to eat." ”
Mo Qingyuan has been close to Mo Zhi since he was a child, and he has a little reverence for him in his heart. In his heart, Mo Zhi is the bravest man in the whole world, and this kind of kidnapper thief will naturally be defeated by his men.
"The tone is not small, yes, your father has recently been promoted and made a fortune, no, I just borrowed some silver from your father." Mo Qingyuan's words were ugly, and the man with the pipe was not annoyed, he just smoked unhurriedly, and replied to him from time to time.
East Street in the city.
"Hey! What are you doing! The shopkeeper heard a crackling sound.
I saw a group of people hurrying in, and without saying anything, they directly pressed him on the table with a backhand.
"Nothing." An Xian winked, and the two guards took off the big yellow tooth shopkeeper.
I rummaged through the cashier's counter and found only some scattered silver tickets and broken silver.
Frowning, An Xian couldn't help but give up, and after groping for a long time, he still didn't find the mechanism before getting up.
Si Lu came out of the inner room, and when he saw An Xian's appearance of finding nothing, he also shook his head: "I have also looked for it inside, no." ”
"We're here to borrow money from you." An Xian walked in front of the shopkeeper, holding the account book of the store in his hand, picked it up and shook it.
The shopkeeper stared straight at him, looking confused and angry: "You arrested me in broad daylight, and you are still rummaging things in my store, is there any royal law?" ”
If it weren't for the shopkeeper telling it all, his current look would easily make people wonder if he had wronged someone.
"It turns out that you still know that there is such a thing as a royal law!" An Xian suddenly raised his voice, and the big yellow teeth were stunned.
Seeing that he was still pretending to be stupid, An Xian lost his patience and threw the account sheet aside.
"I remember this account is true, and after looking at it for a long time, your store is only rarely profitable to support your family."
"It's a small business, how can I support my family if I don't make a profit." The shopkeeper struggled a few times, but Si Lu brought all the people in the army, and he didn't pay attention to his little strength at all.
"Good, good." An Xian smiled slightly, with a little anger in his eyes.
She said twice in a row: "Do you want me to tell your wife and son about all the things you did?" I heard you have a son too. ”
Speaking of his son, Big Yellow Tooth's face changed suddenly, and he roared with a cold face: "What are you going to do?" ”
"I wanted to ask what you want to do!" An Xian was not frightened by his roar at all, but was more imposing: "You have a son, but no one else has?" Do you know that he is my most precious son, and if he has any strengths and weaknesses, I will make you pay! ”
Her body trembled a little when she spoke, and Si Lu was stunned on the side, not daring to make a sound.
An Xian, who appeared in front of everyone, has always been calm and quick to think, and from time to time he pops up with some new and strange ideas. She was annoyed, disappointed, and impassioned.
But I have never seen her eyes red and questioning coldly at the moment.
Big Yellow Fang didn't speak, and lowered his head as if he didn't admit it.
An Xian calmed down his emotions and regained his composure: "I'm not a good person, if my son has any strengths and weaknesses today, I won't let you go." ”
Those who dare to commit murder and plunder do not take this threat to heart in the first place.
At this moment, a soldier trotted over and said something in Si Lu's ear, and Si Lu nodded at An Xian.
An Xian understood, and changed his words: "I sent someone to your house to bring your son over." ”