The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 50
"Hurry up, one by one"

"Hurry up, rush to the street, I think it's okay for me to lift you up"

Two men with big knives in their hands and painted martial arts makeup on their faces pushed five people who were tied with ropes to walk in the cave.

Cursing, the fat man walking behind walked a little slower and was kicked immediately.

The fat man who was kicked screamed, but he didn't dare to resist, so he quickly walked two steps to avoid being kicked again.

The fat man's name is Zhang Mingqing, known as Zhang Laocai, and he is a well-known big family in Changle.
Last night, the little concubine with Xinna in her arms was sleeping soundly, when suddenly someone yelled that there was a fire in the neighbor’s house, and the fire was quite big.

Zhang Laocai asked his servants to help put out the fire while running out the door to take refuge. Unexpectedly, he was put on the neck with a knife just after he went out, and became a meat ticket.

After being hijacked, I was blindfolded and felt thrown into the cabin. After rowing for a long time, I changed carriages and walked again.
On the way, I slept in a broken house,
Finally brought to this cave.

The cave was deep and dark, and if the gangsters hadn't lit a few braziers inside, they wouldn't be able to see the way clearly.

After the five meat tickets, including Zhang Laocai, were led into the cave, they were ordered to stand aside and not allowed to speak.

Inside the cave, some kind of ceremony is being held.

Zhang Laocai and others noticed that all the robbers had actors' makeup painted on their faces.

There are martial arts students, niche students, ministers, and generals, and they can't see their true colors at all.

A man with Guan Yun's long makeup on his face held up an incense stick as thick as an adult's thumb, and muttered:
"A piece of incense from heaven and earth spreads fire for thousands of years.

He wears golden armor and is famous in Kyushu. "

The robbers in the cave shouted in unison: "A piece of incense from heaven and earth, the fire will last for thousands of years. He wears a golden armor and is famous in Kyushu."

Zhang Laocai's complexion changed drastically, and he said to himself: "No, they are from the Incense Sect."

The slogans shouted, as well as the costumes of the actors, are the traditions of the incense sect.

The escort's accent is vernacular, which is the language of Guangdong.

Liu Xiang was born in Nan'ao Island, Hong Kong, and many of his subordinates are locals.

It's not surprising at all in the vernacular.

Fang Wen, who was a little thin at the side, heard a sense of relief on his face.

After the salutation, the little leader with martial arts makeup said loudly: "The boss, the younger one went to the city this time, and got five meat tickets, please take a look at the boss."

The head of the family nodded, walked forward, looked at the five people as if sizing up prey, frowned suddenly, and pointed to the person standing on the far right: "Tell me, what is your name, how many people are there in the family, how much money can you give?" silver?"

The accused man knelt down in fright, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Younger Sun Dagui is a servant of Fan Xiucai's family in the west of the city. There is no one at home, and I don't know if the master is willing to pay the ransom money."

"Putting on the street, I made a mistake," the little leader in charge of kidnapping cursed.

"Big boss, what should we do?" A subordinate asked the leader.

"I did it, buried it, I have no food to feed idlers."

"Deling" the little boss came over with a smirk, ignored the man's crying and begging for mercy, stabbed him in the heart, then waved his hand,
Soon two of his subordinates carried Sun Dagui out who was still twitching.

How ruthless, kill as soon as you say, Zhang Laocai is about to pee in fright.

After solving one problem, the head of the family came over, pointed to Zhang Laocai and said, "Zhang Mingqing, known as Zhang Laocai, has 120 acres of paddy fields and seven shops. Write a letter to my family and redeem 2000 taels of silver."

Zhang Laocai's complexion changed suddenly, and he said with a mournful face: "My good man, I will write it here, I will write it here."

I wanted to beg for mercy, and cut down on it, but when I saw those gloomy eyes, I swallowed the words again.

Let’s write it down, just think of it as a way to save money and prevent disasters. It’s more important to save your life. It’s more than 2000 taels, and it’s not enough to let the Zhang family go bankrupt.

"Chen Dafeng, known as Chen Wanwan, has two restaurants, five cargo ships, a pawn shop, and a silk shop. Please write a letter for the redemption of 5000 taels of silver."

"Xu Tao, people call him a thousand acres of land, over a thousand acres of land, and over a hundred servants. It is said that there is a Tibetan building in his family. You can redeem 1 taels of silver. Write a letter."

The head of the family seems to have made a clear investigation a long time ago, and every time he walked in front of a person, he directly revealed that person's information and ransom money.

When he walked up to a thin Fang Wen with a mustache, he frowned and said, "The fourth brother was tied up wrong again. This man is wearing coarse linen clothes. He looks like a poor ghost with no oil or water. Why do you bring him back? Come on!" People, drag them out and bury them."

"My lord, don't bury it, don't bury it, you are rich, you are really rich." Mr. Wen was startled, and even said that he was rich.

Afraid that his identity would be exposed and fall into the hands of Jin Yiwei,
It's just some kidnappers, just to save money and prevent disasters.

It seemed that the targets were Zhang Laocai, Chen Wanwan and Xu Qianmu. I and that hapless guy were just kidnapped as human shields.

"Oh, rich?" The head of the family stared at Fang Wen in surprise and said, "What's your name? How many people are there in the family? How much ransom can you get?"

Mr. Wen pretended to be panic-stricken and said: "Back to the hero, the youngest is Su Wen, from Zhangjiakou. This time I am visiting relatives in Fujian. I can write a letter. Your Majesty will send someone to the Dayuchuan tea shop in Changle County. Just give it to the shopkeeper, and the little one would like to honor the hero with five hundred taels of silver. No, 1000 taels."

The boss suddenly kicked Fang Wen to the ground, and said with a sneer, "Is it stupid for me to be the shopkeeper of a small tea shop, and can I get 1000 taels of silver? Do you still want to tease me?"

"Don't dare, dare not deceive the good man." Mr. Wen said quickly: "Fan Sanbo, the young owner of Dayuchuan, is the younger cousin. As long as the king delivers the letter, he will definitely receive the ransom money."

When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain why. No matter how smart Mr. Wen is, he has nothing to do when he meets such a murderous and unreasonable robber.

"Are you the cousin of Fan Shaodong's family in Fan's firm?"

"Returning to the king, it is exactly"

"Oh, is your relationship so good? Fan Shaodong's family is willing to pay 1000 taels to redeem you?"

"Okay, we used to play big together, even though we are cousins, our relationship is better than that of real brothers." Survival is the most important thing, and Mr. Wen didn't think too much about it.

"Haha, hahaha" the boss laughed on the spot: "I thought the old man had four eyes and tied a poor ghost back, but I didn't expect it to be a big fat sheep, the cousin of the young owner of Fan's business, good, good, haha Ha ha"

After the big boss laughed, he lowered his head and ordered: "Su Wen, right, write a letter to your good cousin immediately, and the ransom is 1 taels."

What?Didn't it mean 1000 taels? Why did it increase tenfold all of a sudden?
Before Mr. Wen could speak, the head of the family added: "Listen clearly, it's a ransom, not a ransom."

1 taels of gold?

This group of robbers who killed tens of millions are crazy about money?
"My lord, 1 taels of gold, I really can't afford the small one." Fang Wen begged for mercy with a face full of fear.

Fire broke out in the middle of the night, unknown situation, going out to take refuge, who would have expected to be tied up here as a meat ticket,

He also encountered a lion who opened his mouth wide, and Mr. Wen was about to vomit blood.

"Nonsense, who doesn't know that Fan's business is all over the world, Shanxi Jiexiu Fan's is as rich as a country, a big fat sheep, a mere 1 taels of gold is nothing to Fan's business, write quickly, dare to say half a word, Cut off one ear first," the head of the family threatened viciously.

Having seen the ferocity of this group of robbers, no one dared to resist anymore, including Su Wen, they wrote letters obediently.

Soon, the four letters were handed over to the head of the family first,
The master changed hands and handed it over to Lu Changle who was waiting outside the cave.

In order to shake off his tail and avoid being chased and intercepted by the government, it took Gan Hui a lot of time to move here.
Lu Changle just caught up.

"Uncle Hui, thank you for your hard work." Lu Changle took the letter and said with a smile on his face.

The head of the house is played by Gan Hui.

Gan Hui said with a smile: "Just to scare it, it's not hard work, it's the family tree that worked hard, so the knife is okay?"

This operation was planned by Lu Changle, and the target person, operation rules, yamen servants' patrolling rules, retreat route, responding personnel, etc. were properly arranged. It felt like a visit to Changle County to complete the task.

It was much simpler than Gan Hui imagined.

After making friends, Gan Hui finally gained the trust of Lu Changle and led the team to carry out this secret kidnapping mission.

The first action was completed so beautifully, Gan Hui was in a good mood.

The family tree chuckled: "The patriarch asked me to put a blood bag, Uncle Hui, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Sun Dagui was pretended by the family tree, acting as a trustee, so that those meat tickets were afraid, obediently wrote a letter asking for a ransom,
The main thing is to show that Su Wen, if it is of little value, he will be executed, and let him take the initiative to bring Fan Sanbo in.

The effect is very good.

Lu Changwei was a little puzzled and said: "Patriarch, everyone has been arrested, so you can directly torture them if you want, why bother pretending to be an incense cult?"

"That man named Su Wen is not easy at first glance. Before we want to move him, we should hit Fan San hard. It's such a big fat sheep. I'm sorry for not letting some blood out."

"It took so much effort to make the person who called himself Su Wen think that this was just an ordinary kidnapping, so that he could write a letter with peace of mind."

"A cunning man like him may make some secret signs when writing letters that we can't see"

"As for Zhang Laocai, Chen Wanwan, and Xu Qianmu, they are all rampant in the countryside and do many evil things. Letting some blood on them is to accumulate virtue for them."

"It's not easy to plan an action, or if you don't do it, you have to get a lot of tickets"

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