As soon as the obstruction was removed from Song Lao Er's mouth, he cried out in a hoarse voice, "Yun'er, my good niece! Save me, save me! They are bad people, they want to kill me, they want to rob me of my silver! Please save me and take me back!"
Song Liyun chuckled lightly: "Song Defu, you just abandoned your wife and son and ran away like that?"
Song Lao Er froze: "I'm just going ahead and waiting for them at home."
"That's fine then. You go ahead and wait for them!"
Song Liyun shook her head; she had no desire to say another word to this heartless and ungrateful creature.
Once Song Lao Er arrives on the grassland, he will have plenty of time to repent for his sins.
Seeing that Song Liyun stopped speaking, Zhao Tingduo gestured to Abu.
Abu stepped forward and swiftly searched Song Lao Er's body, finding the silver notes and then packing the silver back up and carrying it in his hand.
Song Lao Er trembled with fear and screamed hysterically, "I don't want to die, you can have all this money."
"That bitch has money, go ask her for it, go ask her for it!"
Abu cursed, "You scoundrel! You were just begging for help, and now you're betraying us! Young Master, what should we do?"
"Knock him out and take him away!"
Zhao Tingduo said coldly.
If it weren't for the agreement to take him to the grasslands, he would have chopped off the coward's head on the spot.
However, you can take your time to pack up once you get to the grasslands.
As soon as he finished speaking, Abu turned his knife around and struck Song Lao Er on the back of the neck with the back of the blade.
Song Lao Er's eyes were fixed on him, and then he fainted with a thud.
The next morning, in Qili County.
Young Master Lin hurriedly got out of bed, his hair disheveled and his face contorted in a ferocious expression. His usual composure was completely gone. He glared fiercely at the people kneeling below and roared, "I only asked you to capture a country bumpkin, and you all lost him and couldn't find him?"
The guard who left the city yesterday afternoon, his face pale and head bowed, said, "I chased after Song Lao Er's carriage all the way to Songfeng County yesterday. I rode at full speed all night and chased all the way to Liuying, but I still couldn't find Song Lao Er's carriage."
At this point, the guard looked up and said, "Young master, could it be that Song Lao Er didn't leave the city at all, and is still hiding somewhere in the city? He can't possibly abandon his wife and son and leave alone!"
Young Master Lin angrily tugged at his collar and sat back on the edge of the couch, still filled with doubt and uncertainty.
Song Lao Er's wife and son are still in the city. Could it really be just a feint, and they're still in the city now?
If they really left the city, there's no reason why they wouldn't have caught up with Liu Ying by the time they reached that camp, which is already halfway back.
He pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Find an opportunity to secretly capture that Gu family member and Song Xiaobao, and bring them back to the manor in the prefectural city to work."
"We'll let Song Lao Er's family meet again when he agrees to hand over the silver."
As he spoke, he glared fiercely at the guard: "Jiang Feng is definitely keeping an eye on the inn. If you don't do a good job again, don't even think about coming back!"
The guard, drenched in cold sweat, immediately relaxed upon hearing that he was to capture Madam Gu and Xiao Bao, nodding repeatedly: "Don't worry, young master, I will make sure that mother and child disappear without a trace!"
In the inn, Madam Gu dragged Xiao Bao into Song Lizheng's room, slapping her hips and crying, "Uncle Lizheng, you should go find the second son! He hasn't come back all night. He must have gone to some brothel and doesn't want to leave, and he's going to empty the family's savings again."
Song Lizheng spat, "You took several hundred taels of silver from Yun'er. What business is it of mine if the second son wants to go whoring or drinking?"
Madam Gu opened her mouth wide and let out a half-scream stuck in her throat: What? Several hundred taels of silver? The second son really wants the silver?
Without saying anything more to Song Lizheng, she turned and ran to her room.
Song Xiaobao turned around and left in a daze, muttering to himself, "It's just a hundred taels of silver! Song Zhenping has plenty of it. After Dad uses the silver, Mom can ask for more. There's no need to rush like this."
His mother scolded Song Liyun half the night before, and he was so sleepy that his eyes were drooping. He decided to go back to his room and sleep for a while longer.
As soon as Song Xiaobao stepped into the guest room, he was startled. His mother, as if possessed, opened all the packages and scattered several pieces of clothing on the floor.
Madam Gu knelt by the bed, her buttocks sticking out as she rummaged through things, muttering curses: "Several hundred taels of silver, several hundred taels of silver! If the second son dares to hide it, I'll fight him to the death."
Her desire for money made her no longer afraid of Song Lao Er; she only thought about finding the money while he was away.
Seeing the room ransacked, Song Xiaobao yawned and muttered under his breath, "Crazy woman!"
He had long been disgusted by his parents' behavior, and this trip had brought him nothing but embarrassment.
Song Xiaobao was about to lie down on the bed next to him for a while when he suddenly noticed the bundle that had been tossed aside.
There was a package of beef jerky in a paper bag inside.
At this moment, the paper bag had already been torn open by Xiao Gu, and the beef jerky was scattered all over the ground.
This is beef jerky that Dad said he would take back for Grandma to eat.
Song Xiaobao rubbed his stomach. He hadn't eaten anything since he woke up this morning, so he might as well eat some beef jerky before going to sleep.
He squatted on the ground, picking up the pieces of dried meat one by one.
These beef jerky are very dry and hard, but when you chew them, they are spicy and sweet, making you want to eat more and more.
When Madam Gu had searched the entire room but still couldn't find any silver, she discovered that Song Xiaobao had already eaten most of the beef jerky.
She stomped her foot in anger and yelled, "Eat, eat, eat! You're just as selfish as your deadbeat father. This is for your grandma to take back."
As he spoke, he quickly put the beef jerky away, muttering under his breath, "That bitch Song Liyun, her own Tianxiang Restaurant sells beef jerky, and she still makes her own uncle pay for it."
Half a pound of beef jerky costs a hundred coins! She might as well rob someone! Bitch! Bitch!
She grew angrier and angrier as she cursed, completely unaware that Song Xiaobao was already fast asleep on the couch next to her.
After scolding Gu Shi away, Song Lizheng found Constable Jiang and wanted to go back with him.
Chief Constable Jiang was also feeling uneasy.
One of the three lackeys sent by the Xue family in Qingping Town was injured. His fever has just subsided, but he is still confused and drowsy, and doesn't look well.
Seeing that Song Li was about to leave, he couldn't wait any longer, so he hired a carriage, loaded the injured man onto it, and the group left immediately.
But Song Dekui wouldn't leave, and he was furious these past few days.
Not only did he not want to see Officer Jiang and the Xue family's cronies, but he also resented his own father and had no desire to get involved with them.
He only said that he still had an old mule at Baolin Residence, and that he would not take a carriage, but would ride the mule back in a day.
Now let's talk about the other side.
After recaptured Song Lao Er, Zhao Tingduo and his men did not return to Baolin Residence, but instead led their men directly through Suijin Pass back to the grasslands.
When Song Liyun returned home, Song Zhenping saw the real silver notes and silver, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. He didn't ask any other questions.
As long as the money is returned, whether that person lives or dies is none of his concern.
In addition to silver, Zhao Tingduo also gave some medicine for injuries from the Di tribe.
Falling off a horse is common for them, and the Di people also have some secret medicines for treating bone injuries.
When it was dawn, Song Liyun went to fetch a substitute doctor to begin the formal treatment.
To Song Zhenping's surprise, Song Liyun invited not only the substitute doctor home, but also Yang Hua, who had recently proposed to break off the engagement.
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