When the news was brought in, everyone in the hall stood up directly, and in order to wait for this moment, they had been sitting quietly for more than an hour, hoping to gain something.

Fortunately, the wait was not in vain, as Song Yi expected, the news about Song Tianyuan came.

"Let's see what it is. "The hall masters are a little impatient.

Song Yi also stepped forward quickly and stretched out his hand to take the letter, but he didn't open it directly, but waved his hand first to let the old slave retreat, and then Song Yi shouted to the guards not far away: "Bring Song You." ”

"Yes!" the guard replied, turning and running towards the torture chamber.

With the letter in hand, Song Yi walked in front of everyone, and several hall masters also surrounded them when they saw this, and they all wanted to see what was in the letter.

Song Yi did not open the envelope directly, but first put it in his hand and weighed it, the letter was flat, it seemed to contain a paper letter, but the weight was not like it, Song Yi judged that there was something metal in the letter, so he slowly opened the seal of the letter and poured out the contents inside.

Sure enough, there were only two things in the letter, a palm-sized metal disc and a small piece of letterhead.

"It's a sound transmission tool. Seeing the thin flat metal disc, several hall masters immediately recognized this kind of thing, and as soon as he heard the sound transmission spirit tool, Song Yi also raised his eyebrows, because he had already seen this kind of thing before.

A few hours ago, before Song Yuqing acted, Song Qing took out a pair of metal discs and handed one of them to Song Yuqing, asking her to take it with her, and if she was in trouble, she could use this thing to call for help.

At that time, Song Yi felt very strange, this kind of metal disc can really complete long-distance communication, and there is no connection between the two sides? Isn't this the same as the wireless telephone on the earth? But in fact, after observing it in the past two days, Song Yi has already determined that there is probably no so-called scientific and technological concept in this world.

And in a world without scientific and technological concepts, people can make such a strange communication tool, isn't it amazing? This made Song Yi more curious about the world, and at the same time, he also felt that he had to learn more about this world as soon as possible, otherwise his best profiling ability might not expire at any time, such as the reasoning on the bracelet on Song Yan's hand this time, fortunately, this is a common phenomenon on the earth, so Song Yi is not unfamiliar with the analysis, if this encounter is something that he is completely unfamiliar with, or even incomprehensible, then Song Yi is really blind, and there is no way to deduce.

However, even if there were too many curiosity and doubts in his heart, Song Yi could only leave them behind for the time being, and he turned his mind back to the present.

Song Yi looked at the two things in his hand, the purpose of the transmission spirit device was already clear, just like the kidnapping cases on the earth, the kidnappers all have a purpose, most of them will try to contact the friends and family of the kidnapped person after successfully kidnapping the hostage, and then ask for what they want, such as money, on the condition of the kidnapper.

Therefore, this sound transmission spirit tool is the next contact tool, and to judge the real purpose of the other party, you have to look at another thing.

Turning his gaze to the folded letter in his hand, Song Yi slowly opened it, and when that line of font came into his eyes, Song Yi suddenly realized, and he also knew that this 'battle' with the kidnappers was the most difficult and complicated part next.

At this time, the others also saw the words left on the paper, and no matter who it was, they were first surprised and then laughed.

Because, what is written on it is: People are in my hands, 50,000 gold coins, which can be exchanged for Song Tianyuan's life. ------ slaughter dogs

In a few short sentences, with a name attached, the other party's purpose was very simple, that is, to let the Song family redeem Song Tianyuan's life with 50,000 gold coins, and this was originally a very serious matter, but several hall masters couldn't help laughing, because the other party's request was simply outrageous.

What kind of number is 50,000 gold coins?

As one of the basic currencies in this world, gold coins are generally minted by the royal families of various imperial dynasties, and the gold coins circulating in each imperial dynasty will be printed with different patterns, and the value of the gold coins themselves is not fixed, such as two gold coins of the same size and weight, if they come from two different levels of imperial dynasties, then there is no doubt that the gold coins printed with high-level national patterns will be worth more than gold coins printed with low-level national patterns.

Of course, all the currencies circulating within the imperial dynasties also have one thing in common, that is, in the proportion of the value of money, one gold coin is equal to one hundred silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins.

In the case of the Northern Wilderness Dynasty, the monthly income of an ordinary family of three is about fifty to sixty silver coins, and the Song family is barely a small force, so the income level is actually higher, a family of three or four people can earn nearly two hundred silver coins a month, fifty per capita, six hundred a year, and six gold coins when converted into gold coins.

Today's Song family, with a total population of only about 10,000, that is to say, the annual income of the entire Song family is only more than 60,000 gold coins, and now the other party asks for 50,000 gold coins as soon as he opens his mouth?

Are you kidding?

"Hehe, that's a big breath. Song Yuan shook his head with a smile, because this kind of thing is impossible, even if Song You is still the housekeeper of the Ming Horn Hall and did not commit the assassination of Song Yi, then his son Song Tianyuan is far from worth this price, not to mention 50,000 gold coins, even if they ask for 5,000 gold coins, they also feel that this matter is worth discussing, not to mention that Song You is now a repeat offender.

Asking the Song family to take out 50,000 gold coins to ransom the son of a family reciprocator is not just whimsical, but absurd.

"Hmph, I see that the other party's purpose is already very clear, they don't plan to hand over people, they just want us to refuse in person, so that there is a reason to be able to kill Song Tianyuan directly. Song Yang sneered.

Song Yang said very rudely, but this conjecture was the same as Song Zhen and them, and furthermore, the Wang family's move may have a deeper purpose.

"What did the letter say?" In front of the council hall, Song Cang's voice of doubt came, and when Song Yuan and several people heard this, they also directly informed everyone in the council hall of the ransom demand on the letter, and after hearing the other party's request, there was a sigh in the council hall.

Some people couldn't help but laugh, and some wondered if they had heard it wrong, but in terms of opinion, everyone basically agreed, that is, this request was absolutely impossible, but there were also people who realized the more serious problem.

"Those guys from the Wang family are really good calculations. Song Tianhua sneered, but his expression became more and more serious.

Originally, all the initiative in this matter was in the hands of the Wang family, and because of Song Yi's sudden plan, the Wang family was disrupted and had to urgently transfer Song Tianyuan, but the Wang family was still so cautious after all, after they realized that their initiative was taken away, they immediately began to do everything possible to regain the initiative.

First of all, this time they used a third party to transfer Song Tianyuan, just to prove the 'innocence' of the Wang family, and even everyone can guess that the Wang family will soon spread the news, saying that the Song family received a ransom letter, and the kidnappers demanded a heavy amount of money to redeem the hostages, and the Wang family may also point out that the kidnapper is the 'slaughtering dog' This information is directly 'proven' to everyone that this matter has nothing to do with the Wang family.

And then the result that the Wang family has to wait for is very simple, they expect that the Song family will not agree to this matter, and when the Song family refuses the request, then the Wang family will use this to publicize it, saying that the Song family's high-level people are disregarding the lives of the people in the family, so as to hit the reputation of the Song family.

This is the Wang family's counterattack.

The initiative that had been seized was immediately reversed because of a redemption letter, and the passive party became the Song family again.

"Who is this man called Dog Slayer?" someone asked.

"I haven't heard of it, it's probably a nobody, the Wang family will not use insiders in this matter, but look for other outsiders who can be used, and this is called the slaughter dog, I think this is the ranks. ”

"So what's next? We don't even know who each other is. ”

"Those bastards of the Wang family, at this time, they actually turned around to set us, and they really underestimated them. ”

......

In the council hall, everyone was discussing the identity of this person called Dog Tu, there were different opinions, some people seemed angry, and some people felt that there was no hope for this matter, so they simply gave up Song Tianyuan.

When everyone was talking, Song Cang in front of the council hall also frowned, this time the Wang family gave them a problem, but Song Cang knew that the more times like this, the more calm they had to be, he looked at Song Yi not far away, and found that the latter was staring intently at the letter in his hand at the moment, and the concentration was so high that it seemed that even the voices of these discussions around him were blocked by him.

At this moment, an old voice suddenly interrupted the discussion in the hall.

"Slaughtering dogs... I have an impression of this name. ”

It was an elder of the family who spoke, and when his words came out, everyone's eyes focused on him, and then he said to everyone: "I remember that seven or eight years ago, there was a man called Tu Dog who once came to our Song family, and he was a wounded soldier who returned from the battlefield in the border region. ”

"The wounded soldier on the battlefield in the border region, what is he doing in the Song family?" Song Cang withdrew his gaze from Song Yi, he looked at the old man, and asked.

"He said that he wanted to join the Song family, ask for the position of captain of the patrol team, and serve the Song family, but I directly rejected him at the time, firstly because he was an outsider in the family, and we would never hand over the patrol team responsible for the security of the clan to outsiders, and secondly, because he had injuries, although his cultivation had reached the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm, but in fact, in his case, at most, he could only exert the power of the second stage of the Spirit Condensing Realm. The old man said, "This is not enough to be the captain of the patrol." ”

After the old man finished speaking, everyone in the hall also nodded, the elder of this family did not do anything wrong, the patrol team of the Song family has always been personally controlled by the people in the clan, and this slaughtering dog is still a wounded soldier who has returned from the battlefield, so it is even more unsuitable to recruit him.

"If I'm not mistaken, after he was rejected by us, he went to the Taiyun Martial Arts Pavilion and the Yang family to join them, but they were all refused. The old man said.

"So where did he go after that?" Song Cang asked.

After that, it seemed that there was no news of him for a long time, until about four or five years ago, I happened to hear that there was a man named Tu Dog who walked with the Wang family in the underground trading market in Xinan Town. The elder said, "It should be him." ”

"I see, it seems that the Wang family recruited him. Hearing this, Song Cang roughly understood that the underground trading market could be said to be the darkest place in Xinan Town, and most of the transactions that were carried out there were transactions that could not be obtained on the surface, and the fact that the slaughtering dog would appear in that kind of place with the people of the Wang family meant that he had been assigned by the Wang family to secretly help complete some shady transactions there.

"By the way, there's another thing that's kind of funny. The old man seemed to suddenly remember something, and he continued: " Originally, this kind of person who is active in the underground trading market will try his best to hide himself, like a mouse and not show up to people, but I heard that this guy called the slaughtering dog, he often preaches his various deeds on the border battlefield in the underground trading market, which is often mentioned, is that he once led a team of 100 people, killed into the enemy's camp of hundreds of people, although the battle seriously injured him, but in the end he also succeeded in capturing the head of the leader of the enemy camp, but when he returned to his military camp, he wanted to ask for merit, but a commander drove him away from the border battlefield because of jealousy, and finally he came here。 ”

The elder's voice fell, and everyone in the hall was stunned, it turned out that this slaughtering dog was still a person with military exploits in the border battlefield, and the act of leading a hundred people into the enemy camp was also shocking, I really don't know if this is reckless or brave.

However, after the old man finished telling this story, Song Yi, who had been immersed in observing the paper letter, seemed to have an epiphany, he raised his head, and said something shocking:

"I have found a way to save Song Tianyuan. ”