Lord of the House

Qu Wuyang put on his clothes and opened the door, and saw the old housekeeper who had been with him for decades walking towards him with a letter, saying as he walked, "When Xiao Liuzi got up to pee, he saw this letter in the Lying on the heels of the east courtyard wall, I don't know who and when it was thrown in. I asked the secret whistle that was guarding outside last night, but I didn't realize that these idle men who can't do things when they have enough food are really worrying. …”

Qu Wuyang's expression was invigorated. There was no news of his only son for a whole month, and he didn't even have any clues. There is a letter today. How can he not be excited?

Qu Wuyang was not afraid that someone would take the opportunity to blackmail the Qu family, and eagerly took the letter from the housekeeper, with a line of fine block letters written on the envelope: "Pick up things outside Yang Shulin and want to return them to their original owners." Seeing this line of small print, Qu Wuyang knew that it was for passers-by, and outsiders would never know that the mystery happened outside Yang Shulin. He did not rush to open the letter, but only ordered the housekeeper to find a few capable men, who forbeared for a while. It was only after the month that the letter was thrown into the courtyard, but the Qu family's secret post outside Sanliu Garden was not aware of it, and the other party would never be an ordinary force.

Since the other party did not stab the matter to the Minister of Justice after catching the person, it seems that he also wanted to obstruct the upstart Gu Wuchen of the Chu Party from coming to Jiangdong to stir up troubles. People were coveting them; Qu Wuyang thought to himself, maybe there is still a chance for the two sides to cooperate.

The steward brought over several stewards in Sanliu Garden, and then asked the second master Qu Wuming to come.

Qu Wuming and several stewards of the Qu family rushed to the yard where Qu Wuyang lived, only to see Qu Wuyang's gloomy face, and the letter was spread out on the table. Qu Wuming walked over and picked up the letter. It was a very ordinary piece of white paper with a bright red imprint on the upper corner, and two lines of fine block letters were written in the middle: "I found an emerald pendant outside the poplar forest, and the jade is transparent. , the carving is exquisite and can be regarded as the top grade. The price of the jade shop in Jiangning city is about 100 taels of fine silver. After getting the silver, the next day will return this thing to the original owner..."

Qu Wuming smelled the red mark on the upper corner of the letter, which had a **** smell, but it was actually stained with blood.

"It's the emerald avalokitesvara worn by the young master..." The old steward reminded the second master Qu Wuming in a low voice, it was obvious that the young master fell into the hands of this group of people, but it was also obvious that this group of people were very difficult to deal with.

Qu Wuming took a deep breath and asked, "They went to the jade shop to inquire about the price, can we check from this aspect first?"

"They are deliberately disturbing us. There are thirty or forty jade shops in Jiangning city, and they also believe that we will not disturb Jiangning Mansion. They can't ask them outright if they go to thirty or forty jade shops from house to house. This is too much thought. It’s far better to just bury five hundred taels of silver directly,” Qu Wuyang said, “You can only respond first and then see what the other party makes…”

Seeing that his cousin was becoming more and more critical, Qu Wuming was able to calm down and analyze the problem, and it was inconvenient to say anything. He wondered to which side this group of people belonged? The person who is extravagant and flying tiger in the Marquis of Jin'an? Wang Xueshan's person? Jia Pengyu's person? People from the Duke of Mu's government? The Admiral's man? Or is it someone who has been serving as a missionary? It was almost a foregone conclusion that Li Zhuo came to Jiangning to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War and the garrison general. Now that the garrison general of Jiangning would no longer interfere in the trouble, it was the right thing to hurry up and make money before leaving.

"The only good thing is that now at least you don't have to worry that the other party will stab the matter to the Commissioner," Qu Wuyang added, "Maybe it will be more greedy."

Qu Wuming sighed lightly, and looked at the lettering paper and the envelope carefully. Although the words were fine and beautiful, they were not written with a brush. They looked like they were written with a wooden stick that was sharpened and charred. Hundred taels of silver, I don't know how much money it will take to redeem people. In addition, they have to seal up the night raid on the refugees here, and I don't know how much money they need to seal up. To be honest, as long as the person is redeemed, he is not afraid of revealing the truth. Gu Wuchen has no real evidence, and it is even more difficult for him to move the head snake just based on his status as the upstart of the Chu Party.

After sitting down and discussing all the details, he arranged for people to execute it. Qu Wuyang stayed up all night in the house and stayed there all night. He had to report that he did not go to dig out the silver they buried under the poplar tree for three days in a row. It's all the same, even though he knew that the other party was not a good character to deal with, Qu Wuyang was still a little impatient, but he was in the hands of the other party, so he could only press his temper.

After nightfall on the third day, the steward who was dispatched to take charge of the matter rushed back with a bad expression, still holding the silver bag with five hundred taels of silver buried outside the poplar forest three days ago. letter. Qu Wuyang, Qu Wuming, and other stewards were all waiting in Sanliu Garden. Seeing that they could not get the jade pendant back, Qu Wuyang took the letter with a gloomy expression, in the same handwriting as the previous letter: "The Qu family sent twelve The people are guarding the silver, how can I get it with confidence? Within three days, please bury the silver under the second bridge pile on the north side of the east end of Jiuweng Bridge..."

Qu Wuming saw what was written in the letter and said disdainfully: "Hmph, the other party has only this ability. We obviously sent 18 people, but they could only find 12 people!"

"How did this letter come from?" Qu Wuyang asked the manager.

"Just put it in the silver bag." The steward in charge of the matter said in frustration.

Qu Wuming's face turned very bad in an instant, as if he had slapped the public fiercely. Do you want to take out his anger and reprimanded the manager in charge this time: "Can you all be blind with eighteen pairs of eyes?"

Qu Wuyang's face also became ugly. In order to trace some clues when the other party took the money, so as to gain some initiative, he selected all the dark whistles he set up around the poplar forest, and he also specially divided them into six groups to monitor all the people around the clock. Who would have thought that the person who entered the poplar forest would quietly put the letter into the silver bag under such circumstances. It's not that the other party has no ability to take away the money, but doing so is to give them a warning.

"What should I do?" Qu Wuming asked.

"I'm afraid that the other party has already sent people to stare at Sanliu Garden," Qu Wuyang said. "Tomorrow I will personally go to the Jiu Weng Bridge to bury the silver, and our people will all withdraw. Let's see how the other party reacts?"

Qu Wuming sighed lightly, knowing that his cousin wanted to save his only son's life, so he decided to give up the initiative.

Qu Wuyang took a carriage to Sanliuyuan before dawn the next day, and buried a silver bag containing five hundred taels of silver under the second bridge pile on the north side of the east end of the Jiuweng Bridge. After he got back into the carriage, he waited on the bridge for a while. It was the darkest moment before dawn. The surroundings were quiet, except for the sound of running water and the wind blowing grass under the bridge, thinking that the other party might send a boat to pass by. The silver was taken away from the bridge hole, but there must be someone secretly monitoring the bridge deck of Jiuwen Bridge, thinking: The power of the other party is really not weak, and there are many experienced masters. There are not many people who have such power secretly in Jiangning House , in short, it will not be Gu Wuchen, a newcomer who has no foundation in Jiangning. Qu Wuyang sighed lightly and instructed the old butler who drove him personally: "Let's go back..."

Qu Wuyang was still guessing when the other party would take away the silver under the bridge hole.

Qu Wuyang got out of the car and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Look..." Qu Wuming spread out his hands and showed Qu Wuyang a jadeite Guanyin pendant.

Qu Wuyang is very familiar with this jade pendant. When he got a child in middle age, he personally went to the city to ask Cui Zhai for materials and spent a lot of money to ask about the Guanyin pendant carved by the master in Cui Zhai. Ping An, seeing this emerald pendant in this way is heart-wrenching. He took the jade pendant and asked, "When did you send it?"

"It took half a cup of tea!" Qu Wuming said.

"..." Qu Wuyang took a deep breath and counted the time. The other party went from monitoring his burying of the money to sending someone to pick up the silver and then sending a letter to send the jade pendant to Sanliu Garden. They didn’t delay, and they had to hurry up to catch up. They didn’t hear the sound of horses’ hooves running by on the road. I think they didn’t notice anything different in Sanliuyuan when they came to Wuming. Such an opponent really makes people feel Afraid, but it didn't show a little line to hide.

Qu Wuyang has also made him feel depressed these days for his opponents who can't touch Xingzang. Suddenly, he thought of a question that made him dread: If these people are not only for extorting money, how terrible would the enemy of the Qu family be?

"This is the letter that the other party sent in with the Guanyin Pei..." Qu Wuming also realized that the Qu family was likely to face a very terrifying enemy, and he handed the letter to his cousin.

"..." Qu Wuyang opened the letter and looked at it, and he couldn't help taking a deep breath. Chaotiandang went to change people, only the Qu family sent two people to paddle into Chaotiandang.

"They really dare to swallow a snake and swallow an elephant, and they need 20,000 taels of silver to open their mouths." Qu Wuming looked at his cousin to see how he decided.

"Bin'er and I joked before that if someone threatens his life, I'm willing to exchange 20,000 taels of silver for his life. I want Bin'er to fall into the other party's hands and tell the other party this joke," Qu Wu Yang vicissitudes said, "I can't decide the big and small matters of the Qu family. What do you guys say?"

"...Give it! As an uncle, I can't ignore the life of my nephew!" Qu Wuming stared at his cousin, had to express his position, and said viciously, "I will find out who dares to blackmail us in the future. The Qu family~www.wuxiax.com~ have to chop them into minced meat to make buns to relieve their hatred!"

"In three days, we will take a boat to load the silver to the Chaotian Dangli for trading. We always need time to prepare the silver. It is always inconvenient to trade at night, so we can only choose the daytime on the third day. There are not a thousand fishing boats in Chaotian Dangli during the day. There are also 800 ships. They just want to use this as a cover. Well, we will release the news from the secret channel, and say that Qu Wuyang will take 20,000 taels of silver to redeem people in Chaotian Dangli within three days. The other party is pretending to be a ghost until today, does he have the ability to take 20,000 taels of silver out to the sky on the third day..." Qu Wuyang bit his teeth into his lips/flesh and said viciously.

"If the news reaches the other party's ears, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the young master..." the old steward persuaded.

Once the news is released, I'm afraid it will attract all the Jiang bandits who can catch up around Jiangning Mansion to join in the fun. After all, 20,000 taels of silver is 1,250 catties, even if you take the largest silver. Bags, but also fill five bags.

"Could it be that the Qu family can be bullied by the other party?" Qu Wuyang said angrily, "My Qu family, according to the instructions in the letter, only sent one boat and two people to replace them with money, without destroying the letter, and the other party has to tear up the ticket. I can only forgive Bin’er who is destined to not escape this disaster.” If he blindly held the other party’s nose and had no power to fight back, even if Bin’er was rescued, his prestige in the clan would be greatly reduced, and the 20,000 The two silver coins will not hurt the Qu family's muscles and bones. If they are taken away by the other party, the damage to the Qu family will be the greatest. Qu Wuyang also expected that the other party was just begging for money, and thought to himself: if the news is released, if the other party does not dare to take money from Chaotian Dang on the third day, he will still contact him.

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