Chapter 37: Stealing Chickens Can't Be Done
The play was no longer playing, Gu Muhan asked Guo Xiaoya to slip away from his arms and walked out together.
The soldiers were divided into two ways, only Zhao Yunding and Guo Xiaoyue, who guarded an abandoned oil mill in Liujiaqiao according to Gu Muhan's deployment.
They tied Zhu Yongzhong and a few bodyguards together, and installed a crossbow machine on the dirt slope a few zhang away, the crossbow machine was condescending, and the head of the machine was just aimed at Zhu Yongzhong's death hole.
Zhu Jiabi took Zhan Laoliu and Mao Laosan back to Hengcheng's house first, and raised 300,000 taels of silver according to the kidnappers' requirements. He is not intellectually disabled, he knows that kidnappers are not easy to deal with after walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, if it is an ordinary bandit bandit, it is better to say, I am afraid that the imperial court will find out his clues in Hengcheng, and send a governor official to check his whereabouts, peel off the cocoon, and start with his son first, then it will be over.
The most feared is the Jinyi Guard, if these people are the Jinyi Guard, then they can almost declare that their death has come.
Zhu Jiabi was taken aback, the so-called lonely boss that Yunwu Villa Casino met had never seen it before, and in the process of fighting, he was always calm and composed, in case it was an official from the capital who came to Hengcheng to make an unannounced visit, knowing that his life was erosive and squandering, then he couldn't wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
In addition, could it be that Xu Jiangcheng found a master to avenge him? If so, the situation is not optimistic.
Zhu Jiabi secretly hated himself for being ignorant, he really damned if he didn't know Taishan, he really damned it! It shouldn't have been so ruthless to make that Xu Jiangcheng, so it is better to order it now, immediately release those little brothers of the Xu family, return the gold sand that was snatched back, and promise not to trouble his family in the future.
But he felt that it was too late! It was already late, and just as he was in a trance, the butler came into the house and reported:
"Master, the 300,000 taels of silver you want, 100,000 taels have been raised, and the remaining 200,000 taels are really unsettled, according to our current financial capacity, it is almost an impossible goal to raise 300,000 taels of silver. "
Zhu Jiabi knows that no matter how big the Zhu family's industry is, most of the funds are used for industrial investment, and the family has some surplus money, but he usually gambles and lusts, and his baby son is also a loser, and a lot of silver is sprinkled on women, so it is already very good to have 100,000 taels of cash.
He thought for a moment, Xue Jiaping, which is in the town, is twelve miles away from here, so why don't his mother have dinner tonight and take two people to Xue Cai's house to make a vote, and if he is lucky, he will grab two or three hundred thousand taels, won't this gap be made up?
He summoned two of his henchmen to the room and plotted to plan tonight's operation.
One of these two henchmen is the cannon head Zhou Zhenwu, and the other is Zhao Dahu.
The three conspired, set off separately, and rendezvoused in a pavilion called "Can Pavilion" in Xuejiaping.
After the discussion, Zhu Jiabi asked:
"You two know where the "Can Pavilion" is, don't go wrong when the time comes. "
The two grinned, Zhao Dahu remembered that there was indeed a pavilion called "Can Pavilion" in that place, and once the two brothers were passing by there, and suddenly had a stomach upset and pulled a handful of here.
"Then let's say okay, let's go now, "Ke Ting" will not be gone! "
"Okay, see you soon! "
Gu Muhan, Guo Xiaoya, Isolated People and "Pear Blossom Double Gun" Xue Yingxue resigned from Lu Yuanxin in Yunwu Villa, hired two rickshaws to return to Hengcheng, and when they were about to arrive at Xuejiaping, a rickshaw suddenly broke its wheel, and the rickshaw driver repaired it for a long time.
Gu Muhan gave the two rickshaw drivers five taels of silver each, and decided to walk into the town to find an inn to stay in for one night, and then rent another car back to Hengcheng tomorrow.
Lu Yuanchun's wife, Pear Blossom Double Gun, Xue Yingxue said:
"Xue Jiaping is my mother's house, I just haven't seen my father and mother for a long time, today I went to my house to stay for one night, and asked our kitchen to make food for everyone. "
Guo Xiaoya is a foodie, and as soon as she heard that there was something delicious, she hurriedly said:
"It turns out that my sister's maiden home is Xue Jiaping, since your family has delicious food, what inn do you live in, right? "
Everyone chatted while walking and went to Xuejiaping.
After Zhao Dahu and Zhou Zhenwu discussed with Zhu Jiabi, they returned to the house alone and thought for a while, did he think this matter was a bit excessive?
Zhu Ye is a mining owner who opens a gold mine, can he take risks for a few taels of silver? And if he participated in this operation, it would be tantamount to acquiescing to being a bandit who robbed his house, which would let the people of the government know that he was caught, and it would be strange if he was not killed.
He suffers from gains and losses here, thinking about this and that, hesitating.
Zhou Zhenwu didn't think about it so much, and when he saw that Zhu Ye had already left, he hurriedly let go of his steps and rushed to Xuejiaping.
The twelve-mile road didn't take much effort to arrive, Zhou Zhenwu and Zhu Jiabi rushed to the "Can Pavilion", and Zhao Dahu was already waiting for them here. After a long ideological struggle, he nevertheless decided to participate in the operation.
Zhu Jiabi waved his hand:
"It's all here, let's go into town. "
Zhao Dahu suddenly had something to say.
Zhu Jiabi thought that he was weak and cowardly and repented, Zhao Dahu felt that it was his nature for Master Zhu to be a thief and not to go empty and get some money, but he didn't want to hurt people's lives, so try not to use the knife when taking money, and it was best not to hurt life.
Zhu Jiabi laughed, if the elder brother wants to spare their lives, then let them live, but you can't be soft on this kind of person, otherwise you will suffer a big loss.
At this time, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the three of them were sneaky, and they came to the backyard of Xue Jiaping's rich man's house, although the wall of this courtyard was more than one zhang high, how could they stop Zhu Jiabi, Zhao Dahu, and Zhou Zhenwu?
Climbing over this wall, there is a cowshed over there, and there is a hut next to it where the cowherd baby lives, and the cowherd has lived in this house for several years, herding cattle during the day and working part-time at night.
At this time, the cattle herding baby who played the watch walked around the courtyard and turned to the north wall, taking advantage of this gap, Zhao Dahu took an Arhat ladder and squatted on his shoulders and waisted "whoosh" a few times, and the people had reached the top of the wall, followed by three figures jumping under the opposite wall.
Zhu Jiabi, Zhao Dahu, and Zhou Zhenwu, the soldiers were divided into three roads, one to the south, one to the north, and the other in the center, unconsciously advancing rapidly.
Zhu Jiabi was in the middle of the way, he observed against the wall for a while, found nothing unusual, and rushed to the front of a building.
Master Xue is a big family, there are a total of four buildings in the Xue family compound, each with a gunner and a few family guards, these people have martial arts, and they are very capable.
At this time, Wang Pingshan, the gunner in the middle of the building, drank a little wine and fell asleep half-asleep on the recliner.
There was a thick black man sitting next to him, wiping a knife.
Several other housekeepers were playing cards on the table next to them, and the bets were not big, and they won or lost between two handfuls of silver and two taels.
Zhu Jiabi wore a mask on his head, suddenly appeared in front of Wang Pingshan, held a knife against his chest and shouted: "Don't move"!
The man who was wiping the knife on the side was just about to raise his knife to support Wang Pingshan, when a cold light on the side came to the wind.
Zhou Zhenwu is known as the lightning axe Zhou Laohu, this axe is as sharp as the wind, fast as lightning, with a poignant blood, cut the throat of the black man, only to see him bleeding from the neck, lying on his back and dying.
Gunner Wang Pingshan found that the situation was not good and hurriedly turned over, and with a muffled sound of "Peng", Zhou Zhenwu hit him in the temple with a straight punch. The blow made his head sunken and his nose bleeding, and he fell to the ground on his back.
"Oh my mother! "
Zhou Zhenwu's "lightning axe" rushed over and was about to cut off his skull, but Zhu Jiabi hurriedly stopped him, pointed a knife at Wang Pingshan's head and forced him to ask where Master Xue lived?
Wang Pingshan told Zhu Jiabi the exact location of Master Xue's residence, and Zhu Jiabi removed the knife from his chest.
A few little family members playing cards next to him trembled with fright, and they fell to their knees and begged for mercy with their heads in their hands.
Zhu Jiabi confiscated Wang Pingshan's knife.
Tie the five people with a rope and tie them firmly to a grinding plate, and after making sure that they are firmly tied, the two of them went straight to Master Xue's residence with knives and axes.
Master Xue drank tonight, and he was not prepared at all, he would never have dreamed that someone would come to rob his money and ask for his life tonight.
At the moment he was lying on the bed in his pajamas, half-open, thinking about good things:
My daughter hasn't come back for a long time, and today I suddenly went home to see my father, since I married my son-in-law Lu Yuanchun, she has become more and more beautiful than before.
At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from far and near, and in an instant, the door opened without wind, and Master Xue was taken aback:
"Who? "
Before Zhu Jiabi could stand up straight, he rushed over with an old punch:
A "thud" knocked him to the ground.
Zhou Zhenwu rushed over and put an axe against his head: "Let me ask you, do you want to die or live?" "
Master Xue gasped:
"Good man! You broke into my Xue family in the middle of the night, trying to make money or seek your life? "
Zhu Jiabi kicked Master Xue in the chest and asked him, "Do you know what you do?" "
Master Xue shook his head and said he didn't know.
Zhu Jiabi strangled the knife around Master Xue's neck: "Fuck it, Xue Zhidong, you stinky boy, you are full of evil, you deserve it, I will kill you today." "
Master Xue said unhurriedly:
"We have no grudges, why do you have to kill me? If you want money, I will give you money, and if you want food, I will give you food. "
Zhu Jiabi looked at him with disdain:
"Give money? Fuck it, how much can you give Lao Tzu, you want to buy your dog's life? "
Master Xue said calmly:
"Money is something outside the body, make a price. "
Zhu Jiabi saw that the threat had succeeded, so he made a price and said:
"Take 200,000 taels of silver in exchange for your old life, is it worth it? "
Master Xue promised:
"Value. "
At this time, Zhao Dahu rushed over to meet them.
In fact, 300,000 silver has long exceeded Zhu Jiabi's bottom line of extorting property, but he deliberately dragged out his voice:
"Brother, he wants to send us away for 300,000 taels of silver, how can this be done, right? It's more than that, isn't it? "
Zhou Zhenwu put an axe against Master Xue's head and threatened him:
"Then add more, otherwise Lao Tzu will split you. "
Master Xue was always calm, and he said unhurriedly:
"If you kill me, you won't get a penny, 300,000 taels is the bottom line I can pay, take it and leave quickly, if you want to take it later, you may not be able to take it. "
Master Xue's wife was also living with him, and when her daughter came back tonight, she was there to accompany her daughter, and when she was about to go to bed, she suddenly forgot to bring her pajamas, so she asked her daughter to accompany her to come over to get clothes.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the master's bedroom, I happened to meet a bandit with an axe against the master's head, and the daughter was Xue Yingxue, who accompanied her mother to get pajamas and did not bring weapons, and now the situation was critical, she hurriedly knelt in her mother's ear and said:
"Mother, there are a lot of bandits, go and call the lonely hero. "