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Chapter 110 Raising Money

Just as the bandit said, Lu received two letters very quickly.

There was a knock on the corner door of the County Magistrate's Mansion, but when it was opened, there was no one there, only a small bundle of letter paper tied with darts on the door. It was unusual to use darts to deliver letters, so the servant who opened the door did not dare to delay, and immediately held the small dart in his hand.

He ran to the main room.

Meng Renfu and his wife had hardly slept for the past two days. Yun Xuemei couldn't help but want to sleep, but Lu's spirit was obviously on the verge of collapse. She kept holding Yun Xuemei's hand tightly, as if she only wanted to sleep.

With Yun Xuemei by her side, she felt like she had taken a reassurance, which made Yun Xuemei dare not leave Lu to rest alone.

Seeing the dart handed over by his servant, Meng Renfu immediately opened the letter and the three of them gathered together to read it. There were two letters, one was written by a bandit and demanded ransom, and the other was Qiao Yun's handwriting.

The bandit's extortion letter stated that he wanted a ransom of 10,200 guan, and that he would give the county magistrate five days out of seven to raise the money. On the fifth day, he would put the money in a designated room at a certain inn in Jiangzhou Fucheng. He was not allowed to do so.

Anyone who follows will be released after the inspection and acceptance.

Qiao Yun said in her letter that they were fine now and had food and drink, so Yun Xuemei didn't have to worry. She also said that the seven or eight people here were kind to her and Qingqing for the time being.

She vaguely mentioned in her heart that these bandits wanted to do evil to Meng Shaoqing, and asked them to be careful and not fall into the trap.

To be honest, Yun Xuemei had never seen Qiao Yun write, so she couldn't be sure at first whether the letter was Qiao Yun's handwriting.

Meng Renfu handed the letter over and asked Yun Xuemei: "The font used in this letter is Han Li, and the menu posted on the wall of your restaurant seems to be also Han Li. Take a look and see if it was written by my concubine."

Only then did Yun Xuemei suddenly realize.

That's right! Her kidney beans are not unusual, and her usual font is official script! It seems that this letter must have been written by Qiao Yun.

Seeing her nodding, Meng Renfu patted the table and sighed repeatedly.

"Ten thousand and two hundred guan. These two hundred guan are probably Madam Qiao's ransom. Madam Qing and the others are asking for 10,000 guan! Where can we collect 10,000 guan!"

"Do you have any enemies?" Yun Xuemei frowned. The figure of ten thousand guan was too harsh. In her impression, bandits kidnapping children from wealthy families usually cost three to five thousand guan.

.First of all, some businessmen who have money but no status are willing to spend money to eliminate disasters. They will spend three to five thousand dollars, and forget it when their children come back. If the amount is too large, it will easily make people anxious and cause trouble!

This group of bandits asked for 10,000 yuan as soon as they opened their mouth. The county magistrate was not as rich as those landlords. They seemed to have broken the pot and left no way out for themselves. What was this for?

Meng Renfu then told about the past suppression of bandits, and said sadly: "This must be their revenge!"

I see.

Yun Xuemei lowered her head and started thinking.

The wife of the Qiao family still protects Qingqing in such a dangerous situation. She is admirable. They should pay Qiao Yun's share of the ransom. But it is easy to give up the two hundred thousand dollars.

Where did they get it? Even if he sold his official hat, it wouldn't even be worth 10,000 yuan!

"Don't say 10,000 guan, we must raise even 20,000 guan!" Mrs. Lu wiped away her tears, gritted her teeth, and said, "Although I am a concubine, my dowry is quite generous. Now I will sell it all.

No matter what, we have to come up with 10,000 yuan! Mother Hu, go get my dowry list and see how many things there are that can be sold immediately!"

Mother Hu was also in tears at this moment. As she opened the box to get the dowry list, she said: "Madam, your dowry includes fifty acres of land and five shops, but the land is all in the suburbs of Chang'an! Although it has always been

There are stewards sent to you by the eldest lady to take care of it, but even if you send a letter to Chang'an immediately, the farm and shop may not be able to get rid of them all immediately, not to mention that this trip will take five days to get there even if you have to rush!"

Lu's tears fell in clusters: "What do you think?"

Meng Renfu stumbled and sighed: "Oh! I have to shame myself and go out with those country squires. No matter what, I will lend you 10,000 guan first."

After Mrs. Lu saw hope, her whole body seemed to have taken a reassurance, and her rationality returned. She took Yun Xuemei's hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, Yun family girls, we will definitely let Yun Yatou and the others

Come back safely!"

With that said, the couple got up and went to find people they met to raise money.

Yun Xuemei stared at the letter sent by Qiao Yun on the table, studying it carefully, trying to get some clues from between the lines.

Suddenly, the words "seven or eight people" broke into her sight.

Kidney Bean, are you saying there are only seven or eight people in the village?

It's not impossible. According to what County Magistrate Meng said, most of the gangsters in the village have been wiped out. Only a few minor characters escaped at the beginning. Now the kidnappers may be those who escaped at the beginning.

This will be easier to handle.

Yun Xuemei raised the corners of her lips.

On the other side, Meng Shaoqing was tired from crying and lay down in Qiao Yun's arms and fell asleep. At this time, the door to the room opened with a creak, and a little bandit put a tray on the ground with the light behind him: "Hey, it's time to eat.

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Qiao Yun used the light to look at the two bowls of rice - yellow millet porridge, neither thin nor thick. There were two slices of pickled cucumber on each bowl of porridge, and two bowls of water.

Qiao Yun was furious and said: "It's said to be delicious and drinkable, but this is it? Not to mention meaty, there isn't even an egg, is this still delicious and drinkable?"

"You little girl, don't act so foolishly!" the little bandit said helplessly: "You two haven't eaten for two days, and you're going to become thin after eating greasy food! These two bowls of rice porridge will nourish your stomachs and prevent you from having a bad stomach in the middle of the night.

Making trouble."

Then at least crack an egg! An egg is not worth anything!

Although she was not angry, Qiao Yun remained silent. She knew that in the eyes of the bandits, being able to take care of their stomachs was already a sign of kindness. If they continued to make trouble, they would probably only have coarse grain cornstarch.

The little bandit said angrily: "Eat quickly, we have to take away the bowl after eating."

Qiao Yun had no choice but to shake Meng Shaoqing awake and call her to eat.

Meng Shaoqing was not picky either. After two days of starvation, the porridge made from yellow millet had a different kind of sweetness. She drank the porridge with a slurp while holding the bowl.

After eating, the little bandit took the bowl away. Meng Shaoqing was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyelids. She fell asleep again holding Qiao Yun's arm. Qiao Yun shook her tentatively, but she couldn't wake up.

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Strange, was there something wrong with the porridge just now? When Qiao Yun noticed something was wrong, she suddenly found that she was also a little sleepy.

Isn't it right? You have to put intoxicating drugs in your meal? She cursed in her mind while holding on to the overwhelming sleepiness.

At this moment, the bandit opened the door again and came in, handed Qiao Yun a pill and asked her to take it.

Qiao Yun felt wary and asked, "What is this?"

"Stop talking nonsense! If you don't want to be like her, just eat it!" the little bandit said viciously, "The boss saw that you are insignificant, so he was merciful and spared your life. Don't you be ignorant of good and evil!"

There is indeed something wrong with that porridge!

Qiao Yun's heart was ringing with alarm bells.

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