Chapter 1241 We Don’t Want to Provoke You
The little beggar turned his head and looked behind him, but saw no one, so he shook his head and said:
"She is no longer there. She gave me a steamed bun and asked me to give you the note."
After saying that, the little beggar skipped away, obviously unable to give them any more clues.
"Sister-in-law, can you show me?"
Chu Qi wanted to seize this only clue at the moment, and Jiang Wan naturally would not refuse.
She handed the note to Chu Qi, and then said to Song Jiuyuan: "The note said that we should prepare 100,000 taels."
"Five hundred thousand taels?!"
Chu Qi, who had just finished reading the note, suddenly jumped in surprise and screamed!
Five hundred thousand taels is not a small amount.
There are probably only a few hundred thousand taels of silver in the entire Jiuzhou warehouse.
What's more, for a family, this is a huge amount of money.
Although Chu Qi had a considerable dowry, she did not have much cash, and much of the money was still circulating in the shop.
"Let's go back home first and discuss it."
Although Song Jiuyuan was surprised, the fact that the other party had a request meant that Song Jiuchi's life was safe at the moment.
This at least made them less worried.
Along the way, the three of them were worried, and Song Jiuyuan sent someone to call Sheng Yi out.
Except for Song Jiuli who was taking care of the child, Song Qing and his entire family were discussing business in the hall.
"Jiuyuan, how is your brother?"
Mrs. Song is made of water, although she has become much stronger over the years.
But when it came to the safety of her own children, her tears started to flow again.
"Ma'am, don't be anxious yet. Listen to what the children have to say carefully."
Song Qing comforted Mrs. Song, saying that his wife was old and could not stand the stimulation.
"Mother, the other party wants 500,000 taels of silver, and we have one day to collect it."
Chu Qi had read the note, and even though she was a strong person, she couldn't help but tremble slightly at this moment.
How is she going to get five hundred thousand taels?
"Was it the kidnappers?"
Sheng Yi frowned, seeming to be unconvinced. Most of the kidnappers near Jiuzhou had already been wiped out by him and Song Jiuchi.
The rest of the people probably don't have this ability.
"The silver may just be a cover-up."
Song Jiuyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "We still need to make a complete plan."
"As for the silver, leave it to me!"
Jiang Wan has done so many businesses, so it is not difficult for him to raise this money.
The difficulty lies in figuring out the other party's true purpose.
"Wanwan, I'll give you the keys and account books of our palace's storehouse. Go and collect them yourself."
Mrs. Song is not stupid. Of course, the money to save Song Jiuchi must be paid from the public.
There is no reason to ask the elder brother and his wife to pay money to save the younger brother.
"Mom, let's not talk about this for now. As long as the plan is appropriate, this money is just for us to go through the motions."
Although Jiang Wan values money, she values her family more. As long as her family is fine, everything else can be discussed.
"There is silver in the storehouse."
Mrs. Song insisted on giving the key to the storeroom to Jiang Wan, and even Chu Qi said:
"Sister-in-law, you keep it first. I'll go to my private vault and take out all the silver!"
To save her own man, of course she had to use their own money.
Chu Qi never thought of using Jiang Wan's money.
"You don't have to be so polite as a family."
Jiang Wan wanted to say something, but Chu Qi said, "Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, you guys discuss the plan first, I'll go and prepare the money."
She ran very fast, not giving Jiang Wan a chance to react, and Mrs. Song also advised her against it.
"Wanwan, keep it for now. It won't be too late to return it when the money comes back.
Jiuchi is Qiqi's man, and she would feel very uncomfortable if she couldn't help. "
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Jiang Wan asked Chuntao to find Qiu Niang to calculate the money. Although Qiu Niang was pregnant now, she had always been in charge of the account book for Jiang Wan.
As for the account books in the palace, she would send someone to check them carefully.
The most urgent task now is to find out the other party's ultimate goal.
"The location is just outside of Kyushu."
Song Jiuyuan looked at the note carefully, and Sheng Yi suddenly said:
"etc."
"What's wrong?"
Everyone looked at Sheng Yi in confusion, and then they saw Sheng Yi took the note and suddenly said:
“If I’m not mistaken, there’s only one shop in Jiuzhou that sells this paper.
Because it is used specifically for painting, it is expensive and few people buy it. "
Sheng Yi had seen this paper once by chance, and because of its preciousness, he was deeply impressed.
"Send someone to check this shop now."
Song Jiuyuan frowned and gave orders hurriedly.
They will never let go of any clues.
"yes."
Sheng Yi took the order and left, not forgetting to take the note before leaving.
After he left, Jiang Wan said to Song Jiuyuan, "If they are really from Xingyue Tower, are they really seeking wealth?"
“It’s hard to say.”
Song Jiuyuan looked thoughtful, "The people in Xingyue Tower do love money, especially the killers.
But why did they coincidentally choose Song Jiuchi as their target?"
“Will there be an insider?”
Jiang Wan suddenly had an idea, and Song Qing said hurriedly, "Since you have doubts, go check it out."
"Um."
Song Jiuyuan took his men away, and Jiang Wan began to urgently prepare money.
If five hundred thousand taels of silver were not exchanged for banknotes, there would probably be dozens of boxes.
Those people who are so arrogant cannot be taken away.
So naturally they were asked to exchange them for silver notes and also prepare separate silver.
Jiang Wan had just finished counting the money in the public treasury when Chu Qi hurriedly brought in a stack of banknotes.
"Sister-in-law, I have already exchanged all the silver for silver notes, a total of 90,000 taels."
Chu Qi felt a little ashamed. She didn't spend much money and usually didn't care much about these things.
Therefore, there is not much money at hand.
"Not a few."
Jiang Wan smiled at Chu Qi to comfort him, "Your sister-in-law is not short of money, and she will be able to gather the money soon."
"Sister-in-law, will Jiuchi be okay?" Chu Qi was still a little worried about Song Jiuchi's safety.
"Don't worry, we will definitely rescue Jiuchi."
Jiang Wan said it with confidence that as long as they found the other party's whereabouts, it would be a matter of time before Song Jiuchi was rescued.
While the two were talking, Song Jiuli suddenly appeared and said angrily:
"Sister-in-law, do you still consider me a family member? You didn't even tell me about such a big thing as my second brother's disappearance!"
She and Song Jiuchi are twins, and she has been feeling uneasy these past two days.
At first she thought it was an hallucination because she was too tired from taking care of the children.
It was not until she realized that everyone in her family was extremely busy that she realized something was wrong.
As soon as I arrived, I learned that my second brother was missing.
"Li'er."
Chu Qi said apologetically: "You just gave birth to a child.
The kids are still young, and we don’t want to irritate you.”
"I'm already out of confinement."
Song Jiuli cried anxiously, "That's Song Jiuchi, we came out of my mother's belly together.
I don’t know how he is now, but I have been feeling uncomfortable these past two days. I hope he is okay.”
There is telepathy between twins. After hearing what Song Jiuli said, Jiang Wan had a bad feeling in her heart.
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