Yang Zheng calmed down his emotions, stared at Yang Qian's eyes, and said slowly: "Third brother, what's going on?" ”

Yang Qian sighed lightly and said: "Yesterday morning, the third brother escorted the grain tax convoy to Wu'an County, and when it was dark, he happened to camp and rest in the Baimapo area. ”

"White Horse Slope?"

Yang Zheng frowned, "Why did the third brother choose to camp there, doesn't he know that on the way to Wu'an County, there is only the section of Baimapo, the terrain is the most remote and complex, and it is also the most prone to chaos?" ”

Yang Qian shook his head and said, "The third brother has been transporting the grain tax for so many years, it will not be clear where it is powerful, when they were on the road at noon yesterday, the convoy broke down a little, so it was delayed for a lot of time, otherwise, they would definitely not choose to camp in Baimapo." ”

Yang Zheng pondered for a moment and asked the most critical thing, "Third brother, have they any casualties, and where are they now?" ”

Yang Qian was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "The third brother was taken away by those mountain bandits, and the grain taxes are all gone. ”

"What are you talking about, the third brother was kidnapped by those mountain bandits?" Yang Zheng's face changed, "How can this be?" Even if the mountain bandits robbed the grain tax, why did they take people away? Were anyone other than the third brother taken captive? ”

Yang Qian exhaled deeply, shook his head and said, "They only kidnapped the third brother, and the rest of the people who escorted the grain tax were all released." ”

Yang Zheng frowned and said, "Why did they only kidnap the third brother, what is going on?" ”

Yang Qian smiled bitterly: "According to Yang Mazi, who just escaped, when the mountain bandits came to rob the grain tax, the third brother fought with those mountain bandits in order to protect the grain tax, and finally injured a small leader in the group of mountain bandits, it is said that the small leader is called Huo Jinya, who is the younger brother of Huo Changdao, the second master of the Black Tiger Village.

Black Tiger Village is the most powerful of the green forest mountain bandits in the southwest border of Daliao, with their murderous and arrogant, and their style of acting in retribution, they will definitely not give up! ”

Hearing this, Yang Zheng gasped, "I injured the brother of the second head of the Black Tiger Village, this time our Yangjiazhuang really stabbed the hornet's nest." By the way, after the people of Black Tiger Village caught the third brother, did they leave any messages? ”

Yang Qian nodded and said: "The people of Black Tiger Village, when they took away the third brother, they left a sentence, let us raise 30,000 taels of silver and fifty carts of grain and grass in Yangjiazhuang within ten days, and let the eldest brother personally send them to Songfeng Valley, otherwise, let us collect the corpse." ”

"Thirty thousand taels of silver, fifty carts of grain and grass, the Black Tiger Village is really a lion's mouth!" Yang Zheng forcibly held back the anger in his heart, was silent for a moment and said: "Now in our treasury, how many taels of silver are left, can we get together 30,000 taels of silver?" ”

Yang Qian shook his head and said: "Fifty carts of grain and grass are okay, but these 30,000 taels of silver, for a while, we Yangjiazhuang are afraid that it will be really difficult to get together." ”

"So how much more can we get together now?"

"Probably thirteen thousand taels at most."

Yang Zheng rubbed his swollen and painful forehead, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Now that the third brother Yang Meng has been captured by thieves, he must be ransomed back no matter what, even if it is to smash the pot and sell iron.

Thinking of this, Yang Zheng pondered for a moment, and said: "Second brother, you go down now to collect all the gold and silver in the Zhuangzi, and see how much you can raise, don't we have some ancestral antique calligraphy and paintings in the Zhuangzi, see if we can take it out and sell some cash back, the most important thing at present is to seize the time to redeem the third brother, otherwise, the longer it drags on, the third brother is afraid that he will suffer at the hands of those thieves." ”

Yang Qian nodded and didn't say anything, "Okay, I'll do it." ”

After that, he didn't talk nonsense, and left directly.

However, before leaving, Yang Qian said with some hesitation: "Big ...... Big brother, now at this time, those antique calligraphy and paintings at home are only afraid that it will be difficult to sell in a short time, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to get together these 30,000 taels of silver in a short time. ”

Yang Zheng nodded expressionlessly and said, "Try to make it up, how much you can make up, and we'll figure out how to do it." ”

Yang Qian was silent and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of his second brother Yang Qian leaving, Yang Zheng's mood was extremely irritable.

I was really afraid of something, his left eyelid kept beating before, and at that time, he felt that something bad would happen, and as a result, something really happened to Yang Meng.

Although he has only been reborn in Yangjiazhuang for a year, in this year's time, Yang Zheng has already established a deep relationship with the clan relatives in Zhuangzi.

Especially the four brothers and sisters, the relationship is even better.

The second brother Yang Qian is elegant and calm, the third brother Yang Meng is short-tempered and strong in martial arts, and the fourth sister Yang Yunhui is young and beautiful, eccentric, although the three brothers and sisters have very different personalities, but they are very respectful and respectful of him, the eldest brother.

Especially the third brother Yang Meng, on weekdays, in the whole Yangjiazhuang is really high-flying, no one is afraid, but only afraid of him, the eldest brother of the owner, every time as long as the eldest brother Yang Zheng is by his side, Yang Meng is honest like a kitten.

Thinking of these younger siblings, Yang Zheng couldn't help but feel a trace of warmth in his heart.

Now the biggest headache for Yang Zheng is the 30,000 taels of silver.

Although Yangjiazhuang is one of the largest households in the entire Qingping Town, and the family background is relatively solid, it is difficult to take out 30,000 taels of cash within ten days.

Although there are a lot of ancestral antique calligraphy and paintings at home, those treasures are also worth a lot of money, but they can only be sold at a price if they meet a buyer who knows the goods.

Although there are many wealthy businessmen in the state city, although they make a move, they are helpless because the road is too far. The state city is more than two hundred miles away from Qingping Town, and it took almost seven days to go back and forth, not counting the time spent selling in the state city.

Black Tiger Village only gave them ten days in Yangjiazhuang, and it was too late at all.

If you don't prepare 30,000 taels of silver within the specified time limit, with the style of killing people without blinking an eye in Black Tiger Village, the third brother Yang Meng will definitely come back.

"What should I do now......

Thinking of this, Yang Zheng closed his eyes in pain.

At this moment, the mysterious iron box that was hidden on his chest suddenly had an abnormal reaction, and Yang Zheng's heart moved, and he hurriedly took out the mysterious iron box.

The moment he just took out the mysterious iron box, Yang Zheng obviously felt that something was wrong with this iron box.