"Yangtou, the servants of Xu Juren's family have returned from the mountain." A subordinate next to Yang Yuan raised his hand and pointed at the people in front of him and said, "It seems that their lady has not been saved."

Not far from them, a few men in linen clothes came to the direction down the mountain.

These people were all servants sent by the Xu family to redeem the people. There was no one dressed up by a woman in the middle. It can be seen that the bandits did not release Miss Xu family back.

Soon, these servants of the Xu family came to Yang Yuan and the others. One of the middle-aged men bowed and said, "Shopkeeper Yang, are you waiting for us? Or are you going up the mountain?"

Yang Yuan did not respond, but said, "What? Your lady hasn't come back?"

Before the middle-aged man could speak, a young and popular man next to him said in a humming voice: "Those bandits killed in heaven took the ransom that my master asked us to send, but they did not let my lady come back, and they also said that they would have to double the ransom before they could be released."

"I think they didn't plan to release the person at all. The doubled ransom is just an excuse. If something happened to my lady, something happened to me." Another young servant said.

The middle-aged man standing opposite Yang Yuan said with a bad look: "This time I failed to redeem my lady, and I lost a lot of money. We have to bring the news back quickly, so we won't bother Manager Yang and say goodbye."

"Please wait a moment, butler Xu." Yang Yuan raised his hand and stopped him for a moment, saying, "I wonder if there were any jars of wine I handed over to Mr. Xu before to send them to the village together?"

The middle-aged man said, "I sent it, and I sent it with the ransom from our Xu family. Those bandits thought it was our Xu family who sent it to wine."

"Thank you, Butler Xu." Yang Yuan bowed.

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "Goodbye."

Yang Yuan said, "If Butler Xu is not in a hurry, you can go to the village five miles away to wait. Maybe your lady will come back soon."

The middle-aged man who was about to leave paused and immediately said, "Shopkeeper Yang has a way to save my lady?"

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "If you Miss Jia is still alive, maybe I can bring it back."

"If I can really save my lady, I will kowtow to Manager Yang." As he said that, the middle-aged man really had to kneel down and kowtow.

Yang Yuan stretched out his hand and held the middle-aged man who was about to kneel down, saying, "Butler Xu should go to the village at the foot of the mountain first. If your lady is still there, I will definitely send someone back to Butler Xu."

"Then thank you, Shopkeeper Yang."

The middle-aged man couldn't kneel down, so he gave a deep gift.

Yang Yuan and his men around him walked towards the bandits on the mountain.

The middle-aged man said to several servants of the Xu family beside him: "Let's not go back to the city first, go to the village in front to wait."

"Butler Xu, we meet this shopkeeper Yang. We don't even know what he does. Is his words trustworthy?" A young servant said worriedly.

"I think so, too," said another young servant. "Why don't we go back to the city early and tell the master about the failure to redeem the lady. What can we do if the bandits don't let anyone go?"

The middle-aged man scolded: "You are talking nonsense, and waiting a little longer can delay anything. If the lady can come back, I will be willing to wait for a few days. If you leave, you will go with me to the village in front to wait for news about Manager Yang."

Although several young servants were reluctant, they did not dare to violate the orders of the middle-aged man and pushed the cart and walked down the mountain.

When they arrived at the main road at the foot of the mountain, they walked a short distance away from the Xu family and saw the tiger flag convoy coming from a distance.

One of the young servants from the Xu family said, "Look, the four-wheeled cart with the tiger flag, this cart is loaded with the ox cart of our Xu family and pulls on three major carts."

"I heard that ordinary guards with the tiger flag have one or two taels of silver every month, and they are all meals that are full of food and water."

"How do you know that their meals are good? You have eaten with me?"

The servant of the Xu family subconsciously swallowed his saliva when he spoke.

These servants who work in wealthy families like the Xu family live a pretty good life, but if you want to eat any food that is rich, you can only wait until the festivals. What you usually eat is similar to that of ordinary families and can barely eat enough.

"Last time someone from Guangling came to visit our master and talked about the tiger flag, which I happened to hear."

With this sentence, the scene became quiet for a moment.

Many of them, the servants of the Xu family, cannot get one or two taels of wages a month, let alone eat rice with oil and water every day. Usually they eat coarse grains and pickles, and during the holidays, they may be able to eat the leftovers given by the master, which can have some meat and fish.

However, people have to eat such a meal together, and at most one person can eat one or two bites.

The housekeeper of Xu's mansion said, "Okay, hurry up and go on the road. If you can save the lady, I beg the master to kill you a bite of pork meat."

The road is not very wide, and it can only accommodate a large cart.

The convoy of the Tiger Flag came over, and the people from the Xu family consciously stopped on the side of the road, gave up the road, and left the convoy of the Tiger Flag to pass first.

In the envious eyes of the servants of the Xu family, the guards of the tiger-shaped flag gradually moved away with the big carts.

One of the servants of the Xu family said, "You said if I go to Datong, can I join the tiger flag? I can become a guard and get a tael of silver every month."

"You're going to be the one who's going to do it." The middle-aged man next to him said angrily, "You signed a contract with the Xu family. You will do your job for the Xu family in your entire life."

Hearing this, the servant of the Xu family looked lonely.

Not only him, but also the servants of the Xu family who were with him signed a contract to sell their bodies and would be slaves to the Xu family for the rest of their lives. Because of this, dangerous errands such as going to the counterfeit village to pay the ransom for the return of the lady fell on their heads.

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"Old Chen, I'll give you a glass." Yang Yuan held up the wine bowl with both hands.

"Okay, do it."

The bearded man picked up the wine bowl, ran into Yang Yuan in the air, and raised his head to drink the wine in the bowl.

"Di Chen is very good at drinking." Yang Yuan put down the wine bowl and praised him.

"Ha ha!"

The bearded man laughed twice.

The second boss of the counterfeit village, who was standing next to him, put down the wine bowl and said, "I wonder if Manager Yang has received the waist-bar labels from our counterfeit village?"

"I received it, and I brought it even with the money." Yang Yuan said with a smile, "Come on, give the money to Chen Dajia."

A young man standing beside him took off his bags made of cloth on his shoulders and placed them on the table in front of several people.

The items in the luggage were very heavy. When they were put on the table, the wine in the wine bowl on the table was shaken and rippled several times.

"Five hundred taels of silver are available, please count it!" Yang Yuan shook his hand and pointed to the luggage on the table.

The bearded Han winked at the second in commander next to him.

The second leader pulled his bag to his side, reached out and unbuttoned the buckle on the bag, revealing a ingot of white silver inside, which was dazzlingly shiny.

Several of the bandit leaders of the village subconsciously swallowed their saliva.
Chapter completed!