After two days of searching, Dong's family in Yongning Prefecture could not find their own Dong Cong. Dong Shanshan gave up hope and concentrated on collecting gold to redeem him.
The Niubeishan bandits who were constantly monitoring the Dong family's every move in the Dong Mansion reported the situation to the first and second in command.
The second in command of Niubei Mountain breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that the Dong family would report to the authorities, which would leave him with nothing. The second in command knew that they were not professional bandits, but just a group of rabble who were only seeking money and did not want to alert the authorities.
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let Lao Wu and the others leave the city." The eldest boss said after eating a grain of flowery rice.
When the plan was first formulated, he felt that his brother was too cautious and had calculated every aspect.
They had even made plans for what to do after alarming King Yongning. It turned out that the Dong family was too timid and did not even dare to report to the authorities. They just focused on preparing the gold.
The second in command smiled but said nothing. The eldest brother was just a warrior who liked to go around.
Although I don’t know why the Dong family didn’t report to the police, it’s not a bad thing after all.
"We should still ask for silver notes and ten thousand taels of gold. It will be inconvenient for us to escape later." After taking a sip of wine, the boss spoke again.
The second in command shook his head and came again.
"Brother, the banknotes have numbers. If they report it to the authorities, these banknotes will be worthless and we won't be able to spend them."
The second in command had to explain himself, otherwise the eldest in command's words would cause the brothers below to be distrusted, and no one would follow up on his arrangements in the future.
The boss nodded. He remembered that the second brother had explained to him when he first chose to take gold.
"Haha, right..., when it comes to gold, you are the smart one, second brother." The first boss admitted his mistake quickly, picked up the wine jug, and filled the second boss's glass with wine.
"Second brother, where do you plan to get the gold in one hand and hand over the person in the other?" The eldest boss picked up a grain of flowery rice with chopsticks, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it with a crunch.
"The plan is in Lion Rock." The second in command was confident.
This place was carefully selected by him. It was his and Lao Wu's hometown. He was familiar with the place and it was sparsely populated. He just asked the Dong family to send gold and number of people to prevent the officials from sneaking in.
With that much gold, they brothers could fly far away. Ten thousand taels of gold is equal to one hundred thousand taels of silver. With that much money, they could live comfortably anywhere for the rest of their lives.
All the bandits in the room laughed, come on, the rich people are living in front of them and waved to them.
Butcher Li, Qingfeng and his two sons finally arrived at Zhao Yongqiang's home before lunch.
When Zhao Yongqiang and his wife saw Qingyun following Butcher Li, they were shocked. They had no idea when the child left.
The couple looked at each other, questioning each other with their eyes, and both shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.
"Dad, come in quickly." No matter when Qingyun left home, now was not the time to ask questions. Li Cuihong quickly called her father and her eldest and second brothers into the house.
Butcher Li brought a piece of bacon, weighing about two kilograms, as a gift.
Zhao Yongqiang quickly reached out to take the bacon and swallowed it. He hadn't tasted any meat in more than two months.
Since the family split up, Zhao Yongqiang's family had been eating cabbage and black flour porridge for every meal. There was really too much cabbage. His own cabbage, as well as the cabbage of his second and third sons, were all stored in the cellar. He ate so much that he wanted to vomit every day.
Butcher Li laughed heartily and walked into the east courtyard, looking around as he walked.
"This is the first time I come to visit you since you split up. I came to take a look." Butcher Li's laughter could be heard from far away, even at Zhao Daqing's house next door.
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