"Oh? Can you give Mr. Zhao a few more days to escape?" Big Fist Brother said with a cold face.
"Stop talking nonsense and take out the money quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude." The follower next to Big Fist Brother shouted angrily with a dark face, scaring the people standing there.
Zhao Ningsong's legs went weak and he knelt down. "I, I really don't have any money right now. Three days, Brother Daquan, give me three more days. I will definitely pay you back after three days." Zhao Ningsong promised with all his might.
Big Fist Brother picked up the wooden stick, stood up and walked in front of Zhao Ningsong. He looked down at Zhao Ningsong and lifted his chin with the stick so that he could look at him.
He mocked, "I heard that Master Zhao was once a very powerful Duke! I didn't expect his knees to be so weak.
It's just a few hundred taels! With the financial resources of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, it's just a matter of waving his hand!
Even though you've split up, you can just go and beg them to pay it back for you. Why lie there like a dog?"
Zhao Ningsong was so humiliated that he hated Zhao Yiming and Tian An. Although he knew that what the thugs said was true, he also knew that these two people had worked hard to drive their family out of the Duke's Mansion, so there was no way they would help him pay back the money.
Zhao Ningsong just clenched his fists and hated it in his heart, but Old Lady Cao was awakened by Brother Daquan's words.
Holding Zhao Shenghao tightly, he walked over to help him up, squatted on the ground and started to discuss with him, "The Duke's Mansion will not help us pay back the debt, but there is someone who will."
Zhao Ningsong looked incredulous. "Now that everyone knows I'm down and out, it's good enough they don't kick me when I'm down. Why would they help me pay back the money at this critical moment?"
"You are confused. This person is your concubine, Aunt Xu!" said Old Lady Cao with a gleam in her eyes.
They are indeed mother and son. As soon as Zhao Ningsong saw the look in Old Lady Cao's eyes, he understood what she was thinking.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, his heart hardened, and he immediately stood up and said to Big Fist Brother, "Big Fist Brother, go find Xu Hongwei. She has money. She is my concubine, and her money is mine. If you ask her to pay me back, she won't dare to disobey."
The mother and son had a great idea. They planned to use their fists to find Concubine Xu. This would not only allow them to return the money to the gambling house, but also expose the bitch Concubine Xu. It was a good idea that killed two birds with one stone.
Big Fist narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about what Zhao Ningsong said.
Seeing this, Zhao Ningsong thought he had succeeded and was feeling very proud!
The next second, he was kicked out by Big Fist Brother and hit the door frame.
This sudden change scared the women in the room, and Zhao Shenghao was so scared that he burst into tears.
Old Mrs. Cao was afraid that Zhao Shenghao's crying would annoy the thugs, so she didn't even bother to check on the injuries of her son Zhao Ningsong. She hurriedly pulled Zhao Shenghao into her arms and coaxed him to be quiet.
Over there, Big Fist Brother pointed his wooden stick at Zhao Ningsong's head and said, "What? Are you still trying to stall for time and run away? Do you think I'm a fool?"
"No, no, Xu, Xu Hongwei, really, really has silver." Zhao Ningsong said with difficulty, enduring the pain in his body.
But Big Fist didn't believe it at all, "As the head of the family, you don't even have money, yet you ask me to find a concubine. If I tell anyone, will anyone believe it?
Stop talking nonsense! If you don’t pay me back today, I’ll cripple your hands and feet.”
Then he looked at Mrs. Cao and the others, "Two old women are only worth a few taels of silver if they are sold. But your old woman is well-maintained. She used to be the old lady of the Duke's Mansion. With this reputation, if she is sold to a brothel, there may be a certain market for her.
And your son, with his delicate skin and tender flesh, could fetch a good deal of silver if sold to a small government office.
Although it's still far from the amount you owe me, I've finally given my money to the gambling house."
When Mrs. Cao heard what Brother Daquan said, she was almost frightened to death.
She is already old, how can she withstand such hardship? And Zhao Shenghao, he is Zhao Ningsong's only child, he cannot be ruined like this.
Not caring about her face anymore, Mrs. Cao let go of Zhao Shenghao, crawled to Brother Daquan, pulled his trouser legs and begged, "Brother Daquan! We didn't lie to you. Xu Hongwei really has the money. If you don't believe me, just send someone to find him.
If she has no money, I will sell her to you to pay off her debts. She is young and beautiful, and is much more valuable than my half-body buried in the ground."
Being called "brother" by an old woman, Daquan suddenly felt a chill, but he still refused to give in. "Really? Then, may I ask where is Xu Hongwei now?"
"Yes, yes..." Old Mrs. Cao stammered for a long time and couldn't say anything. If she knew where Aunt Xu was, she would have gone to her house to ask for money long ago, and this would not have happened today.
"ah……"
Seeing that Mrs. Cao couldn't explain clearly, Big Fist hit Zhao Ningsong's arm with a stick and said, "It seems that Mr. Zhao doesn't want these arms and legs anymore."
As Zhao Ningsong cried out in pain, the yard was suddenly filled with crying and howling. Without the protection of Mrs. Cao, Zhao Shenghao could only turn around and crawl into the old nanny's arms.
"One day, please give us one more day, Brother Daquan, and we will pay back all the money." Under the threat of Daquan, Old Lady Cao shouted this sentence at the top of her voice in extreme urgency.
Hearing this, Daquan stopped the action of breaking Zhao Ningsong's other arm, then turned around and sat back in the chair, "Okay! I'll give you one more day, so that you don't think I'm being ruthless.
I will be watching you personally today, don't try to play any tricks."
Old Mrs. Cao said carefully that she couldn't, and turned around to ask Zhao Shenghao to take out the four treasures of the study that he had put in his bag, and spread them directly on the ground and asked Zhao Ningsong to write the document to release the concubine.
Faced with the imminent danger of death, Zhao Ningsong had no choice but to do as he was told, no matter how unwilling he was.
After writing the document, Mrs. Cao asked Zhao Ningsong to send it quickly to the place that Aunt Xu had mentioned in the letter.
Daquan didn't let him go and turned around and pointed at a follower behind him.
The follower was very fast and came back in just fifteen minutes, but he didn't bring the silver.
"The people over there said we need Miss Zhao Shuhua's consent letter to sever the relationship, as well as a certificate of account cancellation. Furthermore, all the documents must be notarized and registered at the government office before they can be valid."
This matter had to be handled by the Zhao family personally, but Daquan still refused to let Zhao Ningsong go, and only asked his followers to accompany Old Lady Cao to the yamen. "Old woman, don't play any tricks. Worry about your son and grandson's arms and legs."
With Zhao Ningsong and Zhao Shenghao as hostages, Old Lady Cao was extremely obedient and quickly went to the yamen to get what Aunt Xu needed.
Of the two people who followed her, one took her back and the other took the things to exchange for silver.
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