Kai Fu Han

Chapter 26 Kidnapping 3
October 21, Hai hour ([-] o'clock)
Liu House.

The housekeeper knocked on the door of Liu Xing's room who had gone to bed.

"Master, I have something important to report. Regarding the eldest young master, my servant came back with a message and found that the young master has been kidnapped." The butler said standing outside the door.

"Come in!"

After hearing Liu Xing's permission, the housekeeper opened the door and walked into the room with the thugs who came back to report.After entering the door, he saw Liu Xing opening the bed curtain, putting on his outer robe, and walking towards the door.

"What's going on?" Liu Xing asked.

"Say it!" the housekeeper pushed the thug who came back to report the news.

"It was just dark tonight. Five thieves came to the pawnshop in the east of the city. They knocked down the man guarding the pawnshop and robbed the young master and two servants. The villain was one of them. The villain was released three miles away and reported to you." The thug said, his words were clear and coherent, and he should have been trained by the housekeeper before he came. "Those thieves said to bring 1000 taels of silver to redeem people three miles outside the west gate before dawn tomorrow. They also asked that only two people be allowed to go there, and the time limit should not be exceeded, otherwise they would have to be collected by the young master..."

I really don’t have the guts to say the last one.

"How many taels?" Liu Xing asked.

"1000 taels." The servant replied.

"Are you sure you heard it right? Is it 1000 taels?" Liu Xing asked again.

"yes, I'm sure."

Liu Xing looked at the housekeeper, who said, "It's a little strange. I robbed three living people and left the city, but only needed 1000 taels. It's not commensurate with the bravery of the five people."

"Well, no matter what, you go and prepare 3000 taels of cash first, and then bring all the living people who have stayed in the pawnshop in the east of the city today to the lobby. I will go over and ask questions in a moment." Liu Xing said to The housekeeper arranged it.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." The housekeeper responded and retreated.

"Come here." Liu Xing said to the servant who reported the news. "Did you see what they looked like? Or other information?"

"They were all masked, so I couldn't see their faces clearly. But they were all very tall and strong. Even if they were hit with knives, it would be fine. The leader was particularly ruthless. He would pull out arrows shot at him without even blinking. . I don’t know about the rest.” The thug recalled, and said: “They attacked from the back door, and the more than 20 people who were guarding behind were beaten down after only a few breaths of time. Seeing that the situation was not right, the young master took the four of us and tried to escape through the front door. Unexpectedly, the thief blocked one person at the front door in advance and knocked us all unconscious with four or five moves. When I woke up, we were already outside the city."

"Is there such a powerful person? So many of you can't beat the five opponents?" Liu Xing asked again suspiciously.

"It is indeed very powerful. Our people basically have no enemies." The servant replied.

"They beat you all down? Didn't they kill anyone?" Liu Xing asked

"No, I'm surprised at this too. Maybe they are just for money and not for their lives." The servant replied.

"How is it possible? The leader was shot with an arrow. How could he restrain himself from killing people?" Liu Xing retorted and continued to ask: "Why is your young master guarding so many people in the pawn shop, and why is he staying there by himself?" night?"

"Four people came to pawn things this morning. They should be thieves who sold stolen goods. The young master detained them all, and then deliberately released one person to report the news, thinking that if someone comes to rescue, he will be arrested again." The servant replied. road.

"Nonsense, he is not a government official. He can just do his own business. It's really troublesome." Liu Xing said to himself.

After continuing to ask for some details, the housekeeper came back to report that everyone had arrived and was waiting in the lobby.

"Go to Niu Zhenfu, explain the situation to him, and then ask him to borrow some soldiers with good strength, preferably cavalry." Liu Xing ordered the housekeeper again.The Zhao Dynasty valued literature over military affairs. Although Tongzhi and Zhenfu were both in the sixth rank, it was difficult for Zhenfu to refuse Tongzhi's request.Moreover, there are one thousand households, two deputy thousand households, two governors, and ten hundred households. However, Liu Xing only asked Niu to govern by name, and also borrowed cavalry, indicating that they must have known each other before.

After arranging the housekeeper, Liu Xing came to the lobby and asked some general questions to everyone present. When asked about Xiao Si, who had been interrogated by Liu Xinqi before, Xiao Si truthfully told the truth: "I went out to buy something before and was hijacked by them. They asked me about the situation in the pawn shop, but I didn’t say anything. Then they knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up, the pawn shop had been robbed.”

Liu Xingren is an old man, how could he believe what he said? I guess he must have said everything he could say.Ask directly: “What questions did they ask you?”

Seeing that he couldn't be fooled, Xiao Si replied: "Ask me who is behind the pawn shop."

"Did you answer?"

"Well, I said it was you, and I also said you are the magistrate of Qingzhou Prefecture." Xiao Si carefully replied: "I answered this to scare them away. I didn't say anything else."

Liu Xing ignored Xiao Si's words behind him, turned around and sat on the chair to think.

After waiting for a while, another person came in from the door. Seeing Liu Xing sitting in the middle of the lobby, he came directly to report: "Master, it was just dark tonight, and five or six thieves came to the pawnshop in the east of the city..."

Liu Xing interrupted before he finished speaking: "Needless to say the previous ones, just tell me what letter these thieves asked you to bring?"

Now the man looked around and found that most of the people who were in the pawn shop in the afternoon were there. I guessed that the master had already understood everything, so he answered directly: "Those bandits said that before dawn tomorrow, take 1000 taels to redeem people three miles outside the west gate. They cannot exceed the time limit. , otherwise I can only collect the body for the young master."

"You can't say more than two people." Liu Xing added.

"Yes, yes, yes! The master is really good at knowing things." The servant immediately flattered him.

"I can't even remember a few words about things that fail to achieve success but fail more than enough." Liu Xing cursed angrily.Then he continued to scold everyone in the lobby: "You are the same, you are all trash. There are so many people, and five people kidnapped the young master. And no one came to report to me in time. If the robbers hadn't let people come back to report, , do you plan to have a good sleep at night and talk about it tomorrow?"

When the people below saw Liu Xing getting angry, they all knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak out.

"Trash, it's all trash..." Liu Xing cursed resentfully.

After waiting for a while, I heard the sound of horse hooves outside, and then the housekeeper led a tall man into the lobby.

"Master Liu, I already understand, but please give me your instructions." When the man came in and saw the man kneeling on the ground, he said directly without any politeness.

"How dare you, how dare you, thank you Mr. Niu for your help and bringing people here personally. After today's work, Liu will definitely thank you very much." In this critical period of saving his son, Liu Xing did not dare to ask for help. Put it very low.

"I don't know what Mr. Liu plans to do?" Niu Zhenfu asked.

"That's what I think. First send people to send money to stabilize them, and then the cavalry you bring will follow. If you can catch them, it's best. If you can't, it's best to rescue Liu Xiao safely." Liu Xing told Niu Zhenfu said: "My servants are useless. Dozens of people can't stop five people."

In the last sentence, Liu Xing reminded Niu Zhenfu that these thieves were very powerful.

"I heard on the way here that these thieves must have armor under their coats. They are indeed difficult to deal with. But before I came here, I found all the brothers I knew well in Qianhu Station. They were all good players. Ten of them were able to help me. If I lead the team myself, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat them." Niu Zhenfu assured.

"It's the best, it's the best. It's really troublesome for Master Niu." Liu Xing finally felt relieved after hearing this. "Then let's discuss it in detail..."

(End of this chapter)