Chapter 225: 12,000 Yuan to Keep You Alive
"Madam, the human traffickers don't accept jobs outside the city."
As soon as it got light, the old lady went to look for the human trafficker.
But the traffickers said that the inspection at the city gate was strict and they did not dare to send him off.
No matter how much money the old lady offered, they would not take the job.
"How can this be possible? How can someone take money and only do half the work? I am the Minister of Rites, how can I not scare a few people?"
Mrs. Ma was almost angry to the point of falling backwards, and she slammed the table and cursed.
"Madam, at the beginning we only told them to capture the person, and never asked them to send him out of the city, and we can't use the name of the Ma Mansion."
Seeing that Mrs. Ma was angry, the old nanny had to bite the bullet and remind her.
Even when she went out to make contacts, the acquaintances she had dressed up with couldn't recognize her. How could she dare to expose the Ma Mansion?
Using the name of the Ma Mansion can indeed scare those small fry, but it can also easily leave room for them to use their power.
"This... What should we do? The human traffickers are unwilling to send the mother and her children out of the city. How can we send them out of the city?"
In order to save several legitimate grandchildren, Madam Ma aged more than ten years in just twenty days, and her mind was no longer as clear and meticulous as before.
She could no longer pretend to be a good wife in front of Matthew Li and a loving mother in front of Ma Ruyu.
At this moment, she was just an old lady who was at a loss.
She knew very well how much Ma Xiuli favored Ma Ruyu's family. If the mother and her children were discovered at the city gate when they were being sent out of the city, Ma Xiuli would not let her go.
No one in the Ma Mansion can intervene in this matter. If the human trafficker is unwilling to send it, they can only find someone else.
But how could she, a woman living in a secluded house, have so many connections in the underworld?
"Old lady, please ask the dark room for help."
The old nanny had been with Madam Ma all her life and had been in the Ma Mansion for more than 30 years. She was well aware of Madam Ma's concerns and also understood Matthew Li's temper.
Since she has already stepped forward to deal with the matter, there is no need to involve other people.
The human traffickers wouldn't dare to send it, and the brothel wouldn't be so stingy.
"Darkroom? Will they take this job?"
Madam Ma knew the reputation of the secret room, and that they took on tasks that ordinary people could not handle, and the fees were very high.
Before the replacement, five people took five thousand gold from her. Later, when the replacement failed, not only did they not return the gold, but they also took one thousand gold from her as a breach of contract fee.
"Yes, we will. What we want to ask them to do does not violate their rules. The worst that can happen is that we will have to spend more money."
The previous transaction of exchanging people was the old lady’s first time dealing with the dark house.
This time, I asked them to send someone out of the city, which will be considered the second time we have dealt with each other.
The person sent had nothing to do with the royal family or the generals, so there was no reason for the Dark Tower to not take the job.
"Well, then you should go there. No matter how much money you spend, you must ensure that the mother and her children arrive safely at the farm outside the city."
Mrs. Ma was helpless. At this point, she no longer cared about money.
As long as she could get the person out of the city safely, she wouldn't mind spending any amount of money, because the money she spent was earned by Ma Ruyu and his wife themselves anyway.
"Hey, I'll go right away."
The old lady agreed and went to tidy herself up.
While no one in the mansion was paying attention, she went to the base of the secret building, a teahouse.
"Four people? One thousand taels for life, ten thousand taels for life, which one do you want?"
In the empty tea room, one could only hear the voice but not see the person.
People in the secret room never show their faces, this is also the rule.
Moreover, they will only speak when they are willing to take a business. If they encounter a business they are unwilling to take, they will not even make a sound.
"Is this ten thousand taels gold or silver? I need to find out first, old man."
The old lady dressed herself up as a wealthy old lady and deliberately made her voice low and hoarse, which was completely different from the person who came to replace the person in the secret room last time.
"Since it is gold, the dark house never accepts cash."
The sound, whose source cannot be found, is faint and ethereal.
"Keep him alive and send him to the designated place. Don't lie to me."
The old lady spoke slowly in a hoarse voice.
"Don't worry, the secret shop never cheats anyone. Leave the gold and the place to pick up and drop off people, and you can leave as you please."
After this sound, there was no movement.
When the old nanny went out, she didn't expect that it would be 10,000 gold. With so much gold, she had to go back to the mansion to discuss it with Madam Ma.
"Is a banknote okay? Also, can you give me two hours to prepare it?"
After the old lady asked, she waited for someone to answer her, but after waiting for a long time, there was no response.
This...is this a promise or a no?
How should she tell the old lady about this when she returns?
Ten thousand taels of gold is equivalent to one hundred thousand taels of silver. Can the old lady be assured that she can take this gold out of the house?
The old lady stayed alone in the tea room for another quarter of an hour, but still received no response, so she left in embarrassment.
But after she left the tea room, a sign appeared on the door, which read "Decided, waiting for guests, payment now."
'It's settled, waiting for guests, and the result is ready.'?
Does that mean you agree to give her two hours to prepare? And you want cash?
There was no one on duty on this floor of the teahouse, and there were all kinds of signs on the door of the teahouse.
The old lady glanced around casually and didn't dare to stay any longer.
This seems different from when she negotiated with Anlou about replacing someone before.
It's clearly the same teahouse, just on different floors. Why are the rules so different?
With a frown and full of confusion, the old nanny soon returned to the Ma Mansion.
When Mrs. Ma learned that it would cost 10,000 gold to send the mother and her children to the farm outside the city, her heart bled.
Ten thousand gold! That bastard can only give her ten thousand gold in two years. Now she has to spend two years' money in one go. It really hurts her.
"Give it to them, and ask them to send the people to that farm tonight."
Madam Ma gritted her teeth, suppressing her heartache.
No matter how many tens of thousands of gold it was, she had to spend it for the sake of a few legitimate grandchildren.
"Hey, I'll go right away."
After getting the OK, the old lady went to run errands without stopping.
Although the rules of the dark room are strange, they never drag their feet in doing things.
The person was sent to the manor designated by Mrs. Ma that night as she had instructed.
After learning that the person had been settled, Mrs. Ma focused her energy on finding Ma Ruyu's eldest son.
At the same time, she had to assign some people in the mansion to deal with the marriage between Ma Ruyu and the Zhou family.
She had been running the Ma family for most of her life, and she didn't want to have a falling out with Matthew.
Although Matthew Li didn't know what Mrs. Ma had done, he didn't stop looking for his grandchildren.
After all, those legitimate grandchildren were the first people he wanted to send away in the entire Ma family.
It can be seen that in his heart, they are better than Ma Ruyu's family.
But when Keren was kidnapped, he commissioned a secret house to find her, but the house refused to take the job, so he could only send his own secret guards to look for her everywhere.
The search lasted for twenty days, but there was no clue at all.
"Mo Li, why do the secret guards you trained always fail to get things done?"
Matthew Li had lost his temper with his secret guard instructor a long time ago, and he didn't hide anything when he had something to say, but asked directly.
"Master Ma, the reason why we can't accomplish something is not because the secret guards are incompetent, but because our opponents are too strong."
Mo Li did not dodge and told the truth.
He has been in the underworld for quite some time.
I have been training secret guards for Matthew Li for many years.
All the previous missions were completed successfully, but in the past few missions, he either encountered the death messenger from the Dali Temple or the underworld sects from the dark building.
What chance does the Dark Guard have of winning against them?
If we must dig deeper into the reasons why the secret guards failed to accomplish their mission, it can only be that Matthew Li offended someone he shouldn't have offended.
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