After walking around the city, Tao Ran heard that Mrs. Qian was ill and that two famous doctors in the city had gone to Qian's house to treat her.
Obviously, this old lady is already very anxious, and the entire Qian family is almost without a backbone!
Indeed.
Mrs. Qian waited all night for no news about her eldest grandson. Under the pressure, she vomited blood again. She was not feeling well and was worried about the safety of her eldest grandson, so she had no time to deal with the lawsuit. So the lawsuit was temporarily dismissed by her.
Leave it to the housekeeper.
This is another sleepless night.
A whole night passed and there was still no news of the eldest grandson.
Until daybreak, Qian Feng was waiting by his side, and Fuzi, who had been taken away by the robbers together, suddenly came back.
Mrs. Qian dragged her sick body to get up and summoned Fuzi.
Just one glance and she almost fainted.
The handsome Fuzi was long gone. The child in front of him was damaged and dirty, with unkempt hair and a broken leg. He was lying on the ground unable to stand up. He was curled up on the ground like a dehydrated shrimp. He was pitiful.
After asking, I found out that his ribs had also been trampled on by the bandits.
"They are so cruel...Where is Feng'er? Is Feng'er injured?" Mrs. Qian became anxious, her legs went weak, and she sat down directly on the ground.
"Master... is also injured."
Fuzi cried loudly: "Old madam, those bandits are completely inhuman. They are simply terrifying. Please, old madam, save the eldest young master as soon as possible."
Mrs. Qian accepted a letter from Fuzi.
The content of the letter was, of course, concise and concise, asking for a ransom: two thousand taels of silver.
Mrs. Qian's face turned dark.
Another two thousand taels of silver?
Just open your mouth?
Did she have a silver mine at home?
Now she has no spare money at all!
"That doesn't make sense! Can you see clearly who they are? Where do they stay?"
Fuzi shook his head: "Those are all veterans..."
He began to describe in a eloquent manner: How experienced the bandits were, preventing them from recognizing the road or their faces. Once they succeeded, they blindfolded their eyes, covered their mouths, knocked them unconscious, and took them away.
What a terrible place we have reached;
What kind of inhumane treatment they endured in the past two days:
How their master and servant were so wet; how they were severely beaten, how many injuries the young master suffered; how many times he fainted in total; how many times he vomited blood...
The place where they were imprisoned was cold, damp, without sunlight, and poisonous insects, rats, ants, and dirt were everywhere. During the day, they had to endure inhuman torture, and at night they were too cold to sleep.
"It's terrible. From time to time at night, there are some strange things crawling on us... We can't see it, so we can only let those things crawl over us... The pain is too torture..." Fuzi trembled as he spoke, revealing
There were many strange wounds on his body.
The doctor happened to be there, and he determined at first glance that these should be left by the bites of rats and bats...
"The young master received a lot of beatings. He was tied up and cried out that his whole body ached. He fainted several times in the past two nights and almost couldn't hold on any longer."
Fuzi didn't mention that he couldn't survive, but the old lady also expected it. The eldest grandson was pampered and had injuries on his body. Now he hasn't had any water for two days. If he doesn't rescue him, he may starve to death.
He was beaten severely, vomited blood, and fell into a coma... How could this child endure it?
He was also bitten by poisonous insects, rats, and bats. If he was infected with poison, plague, or anything like that... it would all be fatal!
That child has not been very courageous since he was a child. Now that Fuzi is back, he will be left alone in the snake's den, which will be even more difficult, right? I'm afraid even a mouse can make him collapse!
"How was the young master doing when you came out?"
Fuzi shook his head: "My eyes were covered and I couldn't see. When I heard the slave being taken away, the young master only groaned twice, and there was no other sound."
Mrs. Qian's heart twitched again.
Her good grandson can't even open her mouth?
what to do?
Fuzi: "According to the slave's observation, those people are extremely vicious. They have no scruples in taking action. They hit and slap whenever they want. They broke the slave's ribs with one kick. Every time the young master takes a breath in the hands of these thugs, he will
If there is any danger, we must rescue the young master quickly!"
"Save...save..." Mrs. Qian murmured.
"The gang asked the servant to convey that the old lady should prepare the money before sunset. The specific time and place of the transaction will be notified again. If it is late, please do not wait. Please also ask the old lady not to report to the official. Otherwise, the young master will not be able to see the sun tomorrow.
Already."
The more Mrs. Qian thought about it, the more distressed she became. She immediately started asking people to go to the shop to check the accounts of the past few days. Bring them all the money they have.
But Aunt Cai conveyed softly: "Old madam, due to the busy market in Liangshan Village these past two days, our shops... are all deserted. I'm afraid there is not much money in the account."
The old lady was seriously ill, so Aunt Cai did not tell her. The actual situation was actually worse.
The villagers in Liangshan Village kept making troubles. Taking advantage of the large number of people, they didn't just go to the Yamen to make trouble. In the past two days, there were villagers making trouble in the shops under the Qian family's name. No one had patronized the shop under their name for a long time.
In addition, in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, someone had written words on the door of several shops with red paint, asking them to pay with blood and murder with life, which even attracted onlookers.
As a result, in the past two days, several shops have basically failed to collect anything, and they have not been able to operate normally...
It's just that Aunt Cai didn't expect that there was someone behind this.
Tao Ran had not been involved in the affairs of Liangshan Village these days, but that didn't stop her from giving him secret guidance, right? She found someone to tell the village leader which properties in the entire city were owned by the Qian family.
After Muramasa got the list, he immediately assigned people to lie down in front of the Qian family's shops, which directly caused his family's business to be unable to continue.
And public anger has been aroused, and the Qian family's shops don't even dare to evict them. If they do, they will be reviled by a lot of people...
"Then..." The old lady had a headache. "I'll post a few posts and invite the old ladies from the Wang family, Li family, and Zhao family to come over for tea."
These are all old friends. It's not a big problem to borrow some money from them. At the worst, we'll just pay some interest.
Who would have thought that all these families turned away, some said they felt uncomfortable, some said they were not at home, and some said they were paying homage to Buddha, but none of them came.
Mrs. Qian was extremely angry. Her family had only been involved in a trivial lawsuit, and the case had not yet been settled. She actually kept these families at arm's length. Are they so afraid of borrowing money from themselves? They are all so arrogant!
Mrs. Qian didn't know, but there was a reason for this. A mere lawsuit was really nothing, and those ladies really didn't take it seriously. A mere amount of money was nothing. They were not afraid of being borrowed or the Qian family.
If you can't pay back the money, you won't come to the door.
The main reason is that unlike the Qian family, which is in chaos now, these families are well-informed. They have heard that the Qian family's matter has become a big deal, and it has spread throughout the provincial capital. They smell that the Qian family may not be able to settle this matter so easily.
For this matter, even money insurance may be involved.
So, not only does this current alliance run the risk of being involved in trouble, but it may actually end up losing everything...
In this way, Mrs. Qian could only think of ways to deal with the little money she had left.
