Chapter 111 Ransom
Hu Xin'er's hands were tied with rough hemp ropes and a smelly cloth was stuffed into her mouth. She was taken up the mountain by the bandits.
The bandits' stronghold was extremely well hidden, winding through the bushes, and their bodies were scratched by the dense and sharp grass leaves, leaving several large cuts.
Finally, the view in front of me became wider and the village appeared before my eyes.
They drove Hu Xin'er into the largest mud house on the mountain: "Boss, we have brought the people here!"
The bandit leader had an unshaven beard and a bald head. Although he had a smile on his face, his eyes were full of malice.
He sat on a tiger-skin chair, his hands on his knees, and said condescendingly, "How can you treat our Boss Hu like this? Let her go!"
"Yes, Boss!"
With the response from his subordinates, Hu Xiner's mouth and hands were finally freed.
"Excuse me, big brother, why did you kidnap me?" She took a deep breath of fresh air until the stench was dispelled, then she forced a smile and asked the bandit leader.
"Of course I want to borrow some money from Boss Hu!" The bandit leader laughed. "The news of your comic book shop making money has spread everywhere!"
Hu Xin'er complained to herself, "Sun Cai's bookstore is more profitable, why don't they just rob him? Isn't it because he has an uncle who is an official behind him?"
But she didn't dare to speak to the bandit leader in this way. Facing such a bloodthirsty bully alone, she was so scared that even her legs were shaking.
"My family also runs a small business. We just started it not long ago and we don't have much spare money in the account." She was about to refuse, but she saw that the bandits' faces changed.
"You bitch!" The bandits around him almost pushed him to the ground. "How dare you talk back to the boss?"
"Boss Hu, don't you want to give it to me anymore?" The bandit leader slammed his chair heavily.
"No, that's not what I meant." Hu Xin'er smiled apologetically, "But if you're just robbing money, can you tell me where you took my husband?"
The bandit leader said rudely: "Don't worry, I don't like your looks. If it was your elder sister, she would be more attractive!"
Hu Xiner was embarrassed. The bandits actually knew this?
However, although Hu Ronger's fierce appearance does fit in well with the bandit's lair, she can't really replace Hu Ronger.
So he laughed dryly and said, "I wonder how much the ransom will be?"
"I have left a note for your young husband, asking for a ransom of 200,000 taels." When talking about money, the greed in the bandit leader's eyes almost overflowed.
"So many?" Hu Xiner exclaimed.
"No room for bargaining! I'll kill you if you give me even a penny less!" The bandit leader chuckled. "Boss Hu, do you think your gigolo husband will come to save you?"
Hu Xin'er's mind was spinning, and she said sincerely, "Boss, I want to make a deal with you."
"Oh, what deal?" the bandit leader sneered.
The other bandits also burst into laughter: "Boss, this little bitch is still ruthless and wants to do a sex deal with you~"
Hu Xin'er clenched her fists and said calmly, "About a quarter of an hour ahead of me is the carriage of the daughter of a famous merchant in the capital. She's in town looking for her fiancé."
"Oh?" The bandit leader suddenly became interested. "You want me to rob her?"
"No, you can use me or my husband as a hostage to blackmail her, because her fiancé is my husband!" Hu Xiner began to make up stories.
If these bandits dare to go over and blackmail the princess, the Shadow Guards will definitely teach them a lesson in minutes.
But after the bandit leader calmed down, he didn't fall for it: "Then wait until I get 200,000 taels, and then use you two to blackmail her!"
Hu Xiner wanted to discuss something with the bandit leader, but was taken away and thrown into the woodshed.
She squatted helplessly in the corner and calculated carefully in her mind.
Although the Muxin Advertising Company and the comic book store were doing good business, in today's world where you can buy a pound of pork for three cents, 200,000 taels of silver was undoubtedly an astronomical figure.
Even if the gold and silver left by the eldest princess were added, the total amount would probably only be 100,000 taels.
Where to find the rest?
At the same time, she began to worry about Mu Qing. She was still in pain after falling off the horse.
Mu Qing directly helped her block most of the damage, and it was unknown whether he was seriously injured.
On the other side, it was already evening when Mu Qing woke up.
"Xin'er, Xin'er!" He touched his head and got up with difficulty. There was no one around, only a note.
When he saw the words on the note, his expression changed and he immediately went back to the comic shop to get the money.
Sun had just finished his meal and was settling accounts by the candlelight.
The door was slammed open with a bang, and he was startled, thinking that some strong man was coming to rob him.
Mu Qing was seen riding on his horse with a murderous look on his face. "Sun Cai, quickly pay out all the money in our account."
"You, what are you going to do?" Sun Cai was so scared that he hugged the account book tightly. "You killed someone? You want to pay compensation to settle the matter? How much does it cost?"
"I haven't caused any trouble, but I need 200,000 taels of silver!" Mu Qing urged, "Time is urgent, quickly exchange it for silver notes and bring it out."
"200,000?! Why don't you just rob him?" Sun Cai looked at his ferocious look and swallowed his saliva.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Mu Qing shouted.
Sun Cai didn't know what was going on, but when he saw that he wanted to take the 200,000 yuan without saying a word, and his whole temperament was completely different from usual, he became more and more certain that he had committed a crime.
He gritted his teeth and said, "No! Even if there is, Hu Xin'er has to give the order! You don't own any shares and you don't manage the business, so you have no right to take money from the account! Someone, come quickly, the Hu family's son-in-law is causing trouble..."
Before he could finish his words, he was grabbed by the collar by the furious Mu Qing: "Hu Xin'er was kidnapped by bandits, and now they want a ransom of 200,000 yuan. Take whatever you have in the account!"
People who are good-tempered on weekdays are the most terrifying when they get angry.
Sun Cai was so frightened that his heart forgot how to beat. By the time he figured out what had happened, the shop assistants and servants had already rushed over, sticks in hand, and said vigilantly: "Let go of my young master... Mu Lang, why is it you?!"
"It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding," Sun Cai said to the accountant. "Go and take out all the cash in the account. Take as much as you can. Manager Hu has been kidnapped!"
The accountant was embarrassed: "But..."
"Give me my fifty thousand taels of silver as well!" Sun Cai's face was full of pain, but his tone was firm.
Mu Qing loosened his collar, his chest rising and falling rapidly for a few times before he calmed his trembling emotions. "It was an emergency just now. I apologize for any offense."
Sun Cai touched his neck with lingering fear: "It's okay, you said it was Boss Hu who was kidnapped. Boss Hu let me go and was willing to teach me some skills. I am very grateful to her."
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