Chapter 17: A Fork in the Road
Hong was shocked and wanted to get up to argue, but his legs were sore and weak, he stumbled a few steps, and then fell back on the stone bench.
"I know you don't believe it, those who have come to you here, I have already let Ah Sheng arrest him, if you don't believe it, go and see for yourself!"
Ah Lu opened her mouth at Nunu in the room where those people were being held, observing Hong Tea's next reaction, anyway, she had already asked what she should ask while Hong Tuo was unconscious.
Hong teased himself and walked over there, pushing open the door, there were several men tied up in the empty room, they were huddled in a corner and whispering, he recognized at a glance that several of them were the reckless brothers in Yang Chong's mouth.
"What did Yang Chong tell you?"
Hong Tuo approached them with a cold face, and under the condescending gaze, there was an indescribable sense of oppression.
The men were stunned at first when they saw Hong Tea, and then they were even more frightened when they saw Ah Lu walking in slowly behind Hong Tea, and one of them opened his mouth and begged for mercy at that time: "Hong Gongzi spares his life, we just obeyed Yang Gongzi'......s arrangement, and came to the neighborhood to find you and bring you back safely."
As he spoke, the man's voice gradually lowered, and his eyes kept glancing around, obviously trying to make up a reasonable excuse.
Hong was not stupid, he didn't give him time to think at all, and directly asked: "Take me back to the place he arranged?" Do you know the content of Yang Chong's extortion letter?"
The man was stunned, and spit out for a while, seeing that Hong Lu's face was not good, he tentatively looked at Ah Lu behind him, Ah Lu found the dagger out of nowhere, and was playing with it in his hand, the silver and white cold light swept through, which frightened the man with a spirit, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Yang is asking us to take Young Master Hong back, and then, and then strictly guard it, if the people in the Hong Mansion don't believe the authenticity of the letter...... Only...... We don't know the exact content ......of that letter."
"What's it? really chop off one of Young Master Ben's hands and send it over?" Hong Tea's eyes widened, almost roaring.
The man lowered his head in a panic, and Ah Lu's voice came from behind him: "Why don't you ask them, if the ransom is in hand, what will they do with you?"
Hearing Ah Lu's words, he suddenly thought of some possible Hong Tease, and trembled uncontrollably.
"You say, after the ransom, what is Yang Chong going to do with me?"
Seeing Hong Tea's fierce look, the man was even more frightened in his heart, and cast a look at his companions for help, but his companions lowered their heads one after another, avoiding his gaze, and he could only reply with difficulty: "Yang Gongzi said...... If the ransom doesn't find you, then block the gates and prevent you from going back......"
Who can not understand the meaning of these words, Hong Tuo's heart was shocked, he staggered back two steps, and behind him, Ah Lu patted his shoulders with both hands, he was in a good mood, and said in a brisk tone: "It's almost, go out!"
Hong Tuo clenched his fists and glared viciously at these people who were tied up in the corner, because he had already seen this person who replied by Yang Chong's side, so he didn't doubt the authenticity, and Ah Lu had no reason to lie to him.
The anger rising in his heart was almost impossible to extinguish, Hong Tuo clenched his fists and walked out of the room with heavy steps, while Ah Lu, who watched him go out, turned around and smiled at the men who were huddled together: "Yes, although I don't kill, but there is a way to punish wicked people like you......"
After speaking, under the frightened gaze of the reckless men, Ah Lu turned around and closed the door indifferently, she set up a soundproof barrier in this room, so no matter how much she cried inside, she couldn't hear it outside.
Ah Lu looked outside, there was no Hong Tea, thinking that he might have gone back to his room, so he turned around and walked towards Hong Tea's room.
Pushing open the door of Hong Tea's room, it was still empty, and I was puzzled but saw Ah Sheng hurriedly running with a food box, and shouted at her: "Uncle Shi, Hongdoudou is going out, it seems that he is preparing to go down the mountain." ”
"Oh?"
Ah Lu didn't expect him to suddenly choose to go back, but the barrier was not opened, and Hong Tuo couldn't go down this mountain no matter what.
"In that case, I'll go see him. Ah Lu roughly sensed the breath of the flood and walked out of the small courtyard.
Hong Tuo didn't go too far, Ah Lu found him on a forked road not far from the small courtyard, he was sitting on the grass in annoyance, childishly tugging at the grass on the ground.
"Let me see, is this lost?"
Ah Lu walked over with his arms crossed and stopped behind Hong Tea.
Hearing her voice, Hong Tuo first turned his head to look at her, and then slowly stood up, frowning with a bit of the boyishness that he should have at his age, only to hear him say sullenly: "Yes, I'm afraid that I will choose the wrong way and delay the time to go back, which way is the way down the mountain?"
Lu replied: "There are two paths, but the gentle point takes a little longer, and the steep point takes less time. ”
Hong teased affirmed: "Tell me which one is faster." ”
Lu nodded to the right side with his chin, "You can go back now, but have you figured out how to explain these two letters to your parents?"
Hong Teo's foot retracted again, frowned and thought: "No, but I don't think Yang Chong will stop there, I have to go back before the Hong Mansion pays the ransom!"
Ah Lu asked again: "Are you so sure that the Hong Mansion will pay the ransom for you? And even if you go back to the Hong Mansion now, you will definitely let you in? And since you think that Yang Chong will not give up on this, can you still enter the city and return to the Hong Mansion safely?"
After a series of questions, Hong Tuo shrugged his shoulders a little dejectedly, he really couldn't be sure, so what should he do now?
"You...... Can you help me?"
Although he was very reluctant to say such a thing, but now he is really at a loss, and since Ah Lu confessed his identity yesterday, Hong Tuo has changed his opinion of her a little, although there are some details of the world, this woman seems to know nothing, but once there is a big problem, she seems to be able to say a little bit of truth.
Ah Lu didn't give a clear yes or can't, but stared at him and asked: "I will help you do what I can, but in the end it must be you who make that decision, for example, I can keep you safe and walk back to Hongfu, but what you want to say and do after returning to Hongfu is your own problem." ”
Hong was stunned and began to think about what he was going to say when he returned to Hong's mansion.
Ah Lu stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "I advise you to think about these problems clearly, and then solve them all in the period of time when you go back, otherwise some people's greed will always follow you, after all, this is a handle, either endure or be ruthless!"