"This alone doesn't make you conclude that I am the second son of Hongfu. Hong Lu ruthlessly exposed him.

Lao Dao nodded: "Indeed, but where you are going and the expressions of these people when they see you, maybe you didn't pay attention, someone among the people who were watching just now whispered your name, but the old ears of the poor Daoist are very good, and please tease Hong Gongzi to remember what Fang just said." ”

Hong Tuo ignored him, turned around and continued to walk towards the Hong Mansion, the old man showed a meaningful smile, and followed with a bent body.

The two quickly walked to the door of Hong's mansion, and the housekeeper who guarded the door was surprised for a long time after seeing Hong Tease before he reacted, and shouted "Second Young Master" to surround him.

Soon to meet his father and mother, although Hong Tuo was nervous in his heart, he did not show the slightest on his face, and asked the family about the recent situation in Hong Mansion.

Seeing that Hong Teo's behavior was very different from before, the family Ding had doubts but also spoke carefully.

"On the second day after the second young master left the house, Mrs. kept persuading the old master to find the young master to return to the house, and then the eldest young master also came out to help talk, the old man was loosened, who knew that the beans cried that day and said that the second young master was captured by thieves, and the lady was scared and fainted on the spot, the old man first scolded angrily for a long time, and then looked around for someone to help find out the news, and the eldest young master was also very worried......"

Hearing that his mother was frightened and fainted, Hong felt guilty, and after hearing his father's reaction, he felt even more apologetic in his heart, and roughly calculated the rhetoric of the next meeting, and for a while he had some intention of retreating, if he told it all, not only his father would be angry, but his mother would also be disappointed in himself, not to mention his brother who had always looked down on him.

Hong Tuo's heart was entangled, and he couldn't help but scold himself in his heart, since he had decided to tell the truth, he couldn't regret it, and of course he had to bear the mistakes he made.

Behind Hong Tuo, Lao Dao suddenly stepped forward, patted Hong Tuo on the shoulder with one hand, and said in a low voice: "Young man, Poor Dao advises you to think carefully, you are not the only one who is affected if this matter is not handled well......

Hong was shocked and suspicious of Lao Dao's confusing words, but Lao Dao didn't care about his distrustful eyes, and instead said: "There are many people here, and Poor Dao advises Hong that you should go in earlier." ”

Hong Tuo hurriedly looked at the pedestrians in front of the door, and couldn't help but think of Yang Chong, and felt that what Lao Dao said was reasonable, so he immediately raised his feet and walked towards Hong's mansion, and Lao Dao naturally raised his heels.

Seeing that Lao Dao was about to enter the Hong Mansion first, the family subconsciously stretched out his hand to stop him, but the old Dao lightly "tsk" and pointed at Hong Tea: "The second young master of your family has never said anything, why are you blocking the poor road?"

The family members stared at each other with big eyes, and then turned their eyes to Hong Tea, who listened to the movement, stopped and looked back at Lao Dao, thought about it and waved his hand to let him go.

The family members looked at each other and got out of the way, Lao Dao snorted very disdainfully, and followed Hong Tuo swaggering into Hong's mansion.

Hong Tuo was very disgusted with the smell of Lao Dao's body, and asked him to keep a certain distance from himself, and after entering the mansion, he stopped a maid and asked if the old man and lady were in the mansion now, and the maid looked at him like a ghost for a long time, and replied in a wooden voice: "The lord and the lady have just gone out, and now there is only the eldest young master in the mansion, in, in his own study......"

Only his own brother? Hong was a little surprised, but he didn't want to see his brother, and said to the maid: "Wait for the old lady to come back and report to me immediately." ”

The girl answered "yes" in a daze, and it took a long time to react to the back of the quilt that Hong Tuo left, and Hong Tuo walked back to his room under the gaze of surprise or joy all the way.

Before he walked to his small courtyard, he saw Doujiao running out in a hurry, and at the moment he saw Hong Tuo, Doujiao almost shed tears, staggered and rushed directly to Hong Tuo, crying: "My lord, you are back......

Doujiao still wanted to say something, and when he saw the other subordinates pointing around, he hurriedly swallowed back what he wanted to say in his throat, and walked into the small courtyard with Hong Tuo, and finally waved to those subordinates who were probing their brains, signaling them to leave.

When he entered the hospital, only Hong Doujiao and Lao Dao were left, Doujiao looked at Lao Dao and did not speak, Hong Dou thought for a moment: "This person is okay, you can say anything directly." ”

Only then did Doujiao put his mind at ease and spoke carefully.

After he returned to the house that day, he described in tears how the thieves robbed Hong Tea, and there were other people who witnessed it at that time, the old lady of the Hong family and the eldest young master believed it at that time, and the lady fainted in fright, and the eldest young master hurriedly sent her back to the room.

One day after that, the old lady waited for the kidnapper's news with trepidation, who knew that after waiting for a day, she still did not receive the letter, the lady was frightened and almost fainted again, and finally received the letter in the evening of the third day......

Compared with the previous ransom letter, the latter one has a bad attitude, and the amount demanded is several times more, in the face of the two ransom letters, both the lord and the lady are in chaos, and they don't know what to do, but the two ransom letters clearly state that they can't report to the official, and the lord doesn't trust the government and endures it.

Seeing the two letters, Doujiao also panicked, he only knew that the amount that Hong teased them before was 1,000 taels of gold, plus the letter had a slightly better attitude, so he thought that the first letter was true, but he couldn't tell the old lady, and was startled by the second extortion letter, and Doujiao's head was as big as a bucket for a while.

I don't know if I was lucky or not, the second extortion letter that suddenly appeared suddenly disappeared, but the old lady did not let go of her heart, but felt that the second letter was written by the real kidnappers, first, the kidnappers were outlaws, and their attitudes must be bad, and second, the description in the second letter was more specific and clear.

Therefore, the sudden disappearance of the letter was all the more alarming, and the old lady suspected that the thieves had infiltrated the Hong Mansion and watched closely, so she withdrew the letter because she was dissatisfied with their reaction, and probably sent Hong Tea's body as proof as the letter said.

Doujiao nagged a lot, and the Hong Tease behind probably knew, and when he learned that his parents cared about him so much, guilt kept coming to his heart.

"Then what did the old lady go out for today?"

According to the letter, tomorrow is the time to exchange the ransom, could it be that my father and mother went out to collect money?

Doujiao immediately said: "It seems that the Yang family sent a message, saying that they had heard the news of the young master......"

Hong Tuo's heart was shocked, and he grabbed the collar that pulled the beans: "What did you say? Yang family? Who got the message? How long has the old lady been out?"

Doujiao was taken aback by Hong's amused reaction, and replied stumblingly: "It seems that the young master of the Yang family's personal servant Ba Jiao came to deliver the message, and the old lady got into the carriage and went out shortly before the young master returned home......"

"Quick! Quickly tell the good riding minions in the house to ride their horses to chase after them! Just say that Young Master Ben is back safe and sound, the sooner you rush over, the better!"