Madam Yin's chest heaved violently with anger.
Yes, she knew that Qin Sheng would be leaving the capital on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so she had someone disguise themselves as robbers and abduct her outside the capital.
"But that's illegal!"
Yin Wenxiao's face turned bright red with anger. He couldn't understand how his mother could have become so confused.
"No one knows I did it," said Old Madam Yin. "Before, because I spent money to lobby various noble families to plead for you, the manor was almost emptied out. And you, on the contrary, after I've been so meticulous in my plans for you, you insist on doing the opposite of what I've done!"
"..."
Yin Wenxiao shook his head repeatedly, his body retreating backward until his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground.
No, that's not how it is. He just didn't want Qin Sheng and the Qin family to look down on him anymore since they were about to divorce, so he gave Qin Sheng 15,000 taels of silver as alimony.
Besides, even if the Yin family doesn't have much money left, they still have so many properties, so it's unlikely they'll...
Old Madam Yin knew what he was thinking, and patted the small table. "Do you know how many things we've pawned these past few days?"
"..."
Yin Wenxiao was taken aback, "Pawning things?"
Madam Yin had already sent him a list, which clearly listed the items in the mansion that were being pawned and their prices.
A gilded roc spreading its wings was pawned for 150 taels; a narrow-mouthed vase painted with bamboo and glazed in a sweet blue glaze was pawned for 80 taels; a multicolored glass bead bracelet was pawned for 110 taels; a jade ornament carved with the words "smooth sailing" was pawned for 30 taels...
Yin Wenxiao remembered all these things; they were all from the family's storeroom.
The Yin family had a prosperous past, and they had passed down many valuable things from generation to generation.
But if you keep doing things this way, no matter how much you have, you'll eventually run out of resources.
"But you can't either..."
Although Yin Wenxiao had always listened to his mother since childhood, he could be said to have obeyed her every word.
However, he still couldn't remain indifferent to such a serious violation of the law.
"I've already given the orders that she won't be killed," Old Madam Yin said coldly. "But what originally belonged to the Yin family, I want it back!"
"You are absolutely... terrifying!"
Yin Wenxiao clutched the list of pawned items and turned to leave, but was stopped by Old Madam Yin, who asked, "What do you think you're going to do?"
She stood up, her gaze turning cold as she looked at her son. "Are you going to report me to the Shuntian Prefecture?"
"..."
Yin Wenxiao's lips moved slightly, but he finally shook his head: "Son won't, son just went to take a look..."
If it were just robbery, that would be one thing, but if those people---
"What are you looking at? Are you going there because you're afraid people won't associate it with us?!" Old Madam Yin was furious.
"son……"
Just as Yin Wenxiao was hesitating, Bi Mama's voice rang out from the doorway, "Madam, it's urgent! A message has arrived from outside!"
The voice sounded very anxious.
This matter was personally instructed by Old Madam Yin to be handled by Granny Bi, without even telling Yin Wenxiao, for fear that her son would soften his heart.
However, Yin Wenxiao now knows the truth.
Madam Yin no longer hid it from him and called in Granny Bi.
Granny Bi stumbled in, tripping over the threshold and falling down. She cried out in pain but got up again.
"Madam---"
She hurriedly closed the door, turned around and went to Old Madam Yin, her face ashen, and shook her head, "We've lost..."
"What did you say?!" Old Madam Yin's eyes widened in shock and anger, and her expression looked extremely frightening.
"They're all dead..."
Granny Bi knelt before Old Madam Yin, saying, "The last one who came back with a message said that if you don't settle the one thousand taels of silver in three days, he will report you to the Shuntian Prefecture..."
"..."
Those people were indeed not robbers, but rather thirty bodyguards from a completely unknown security escort agency that Old Madam Yin had asked Granny Bi to impersonate them.
Those people were originally from all walks of life; they would take any job as long as they were paid, and they would keep their employers' information absolutely confidential.
If it weren't for the current dire situation at home... Old Madam Yin wouldn't have taken the risk of breaking the law.
"How could this be..."
Old Madam Yin murmured, "Weren't those people supposed to be top-notch fighters? So many of them are dead..."
What kind of monster is Qin Sheng?
Granny Bi asked anxiously, "What do we do now? Are we really going to give them that thousand taels of silver?"
The rule for others is that if the task entrusted by the employer is failed, the reward will be halved.
"Here you go." Old Madam Yin closed her eyes, looking as if she had aged many years. "Go and give it to her yourself."
She no longer needs to worry about things being exposed, since although the plan failed, almost all of those people are dead.
Moreover, Madam Yin was certain that since Qin Sheng had already left, there would be no further complications arising from this matter.
"mother……"
Yin Wenxiao looked at Old Madam Yin and almost blurted out, "Let it go."
Forget it, he didn't want to fight or snatch anything anymore. Let it be. Even if things didn't go well, the Yin family still had some assets.
If you run the business well, you can always make a living. Your life will be better than most ordinary people outside, won't it?
But Yin Wenxiao knew that if he said these words, his mother would go crazy.
His back seemed to give way, and he walked dejectedly out of the Songliu Courtyard, step by step.
...
Qin Sheng was still shaken.
Seeing so many dead people for the first time in my life made my stomach churn, and I lost count of how many times I vomited.
"vomit---"
"Madam!" Several maids were running around anxiously, handing out handkerchiefs and water.
Fortunately, she had already vomited everything out of her stomach; Qin Sheng was only dry heaving. She shook her head and covered her mouth with a handkerchief.
At the time, she and the guards discussed that the guards should go first and try to drive those people away. If they couldn't drive them away, killing a few to deter them would also be acceptable.
Only a few people need to be left to protect the women behind.
This method isn't actually that clever.
What if, by any chance, those people in front are just bait, and there's an ambush behind them after most of the guards have left?
But time didn't give them a chance to think it over.
But a strange thing happened: the 'robbers' blocking the road suddenly got into a fight with a group of men in black who appeared out of nowhere.
The men in black appeared suddenly, each wielding a soft sword, their every move sharp and murderous.
The robbers were no match for them; in just a quarter of an hour, they were all killed, with only the leader escaping.
The white-clad guard told Qin Sheng that the men in black looked like assassins.
Qin Sheng had no idea where these assassins came from. The Qin family had never kept any assassins.
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