The wife of the power minister's family

Xu Jing looked at Yao Shaoyin questioningly.

Yao Shaoyin said in a deep voice: "Jiang Zhaoyin asked us to quickly go to Wang's house to meet him, and we'll talk later."

The Wang family and the Xu family were in the same area, not far away, and several people quickly arrived at the Wang family.

As soon as they got off the carriage, a government servant led them quickly to the front hall of the Wang family. They saw that in addition to the Wang family, Xu Guangyi and Wen were also inside, looking desperate.

Jiang Shaobai saw them and said, "Here you come? Sit down quickly, we need to discuss what to do next immediately."

After everyone sat down, he said: "You should all know the general situation. The kidnapper is extremely cunning. The first and third blackmail letters were obviously intended to divert the attention of the government so that the Wang family and the Xu family could The person can successfully place the ransom money in the place designated by him.

The place he designated to deposit the ransom was also in Qiulin Mountain, but it was not on the same side as the cabin where the children were originally held. Although he said he was not allowed to send anyone to follow him, Duke Qiao still sent someone to keep an eye on it from a distance.

Because he was afraid of being discovered, the man hid in a relatively far place, and because it was dark night, he only saw a man with his face covered driving a carriage over, loaded up the gold bars, and left. Two children were seen. "

Jiang Shaobai's face darkened, "Because it was too far away, and that person was obviously familiar with the nearby trails. After he turned left and right, the people sent by Duke Qiao completely lost track of him."

Yao Shaoyin was slightly startled and said: "But, he is driving a carriage. As long as he can find the ruts, he shouldn't..."

"Qiao Guogong's men lost him on a branch road on the official road. The official roads near Xijing are all bluestone pavement. Even if there are ruts left, they are very shallow and basically invisible."

Jiang Shaobai said: "The kidnapper obviously expected that someone would follow him, so he used official channels to eliminate his traces just like when he kidnapped people."

Duke Qiao, who was sitting next to him, suddenly clenched his fist and hit Xiao Ji hard. The force seemed to break Xiao Ji directly. He gritted his teeth and said, "That treacherous little thief! If Jun'er hadn't been in his hands, Why am I so helpless!"

At this time, Xu Jing looked at Jiang Shaobai and said, "Yao Shaoyin just said that something worse happened. What was it?"

Jiang Shaobai glanced at Duke Qiao and the ashen-faced Xu Guangyi, "After Duke Qiao's people lost track of the kidnappers, they returned to the place where the ransom was traded to see if they could find more clues. Who would have expected... …”

He paused and said, "I found two more blackmail letters there. The letters asked the Wang family and the Xu family to prepare another 10,000 taels of ransom."

Xu Jing frowned slightly.

Are you going to continue to demand ransom?

Xu Guangyi suddenly sat up straight like a corpse and said with a pale face: "You...your Xijing government office has not found a way to rescue the hostages so far. What on earth are you doing! Isn't it the responsibility of your Xijing government office to solve these things? ?!"

Yao Shaoyin was stunned, and his face couldn't help but tighten with anger.

Jiang Shaobai raised his hand to stop Yao Shaoyin's anger that was about to burst out. He looked at Xu Guangyi and said coldly: "Yes, our Xijing government office is now responsible for this case. However, it is difficult to make a living without rice. If you are like this They usually hide the deal with the kidnappers from us, but even if we have great abilities, we can't do anything!

If Xu Shangshu and Qiao Guogong do not believe in our Xijing government office and are unwilling to cooperate with us wholeheartedly, I can only report to the emperor that our Xijing government office is unable to solve this case! Xu Shangshu can choose another virtuous person! "

Xu Guangyi's face suddenly turned pale, and Duke Qiao glared at him angrily. How on earth did this guy become the Minister of the Ministry of Industry with such a lack of eyesight?

He quickly stood up and said with a stern face: "We didn't hide it from Jiang Zhaoyin on purpose. We were just too worried about our children, so we made a mistake in judgment. We hope Jiang Zhaoyin will understand." This kidnapper is not only extremely cunning, but also greedy. He has already taken two Ten thousand taels of gold bars are not enough! If we keep letting him be like this, no matter how much property we have, it won't be enough for him!

What's more, the most important thing is that this kidnapper obviously doesn't even have the most basic trustworthiness. Even if we take out all the family property, there is no guarantee that he will put Jun'er back intact.

Please also ask Jiang Zhaoyin to think of a way to rescue Jun'er. Our Wang family... will definitely be grateful. "

After all, Duke Qiao had experienced strong winds and waves. Even though his mind was confused for a while, he quickly reacted.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Wen cried loudly: "No matter what, we can't let the kidnapper continue to be so unscrupulous! Our family... How can our family come up with a ransom of 10,000 taels? The ransom of ten thousand taels has already affected the lifeblood of our family..."

For a century-old hairpin family like the Wang family, it would be a stretch to spend twenty thousand taels at once.

Not to mention an official like Xu Guangyi who stood out from a small family at the bottom of the class. Let alone expecting help from his family, he was lucky that his family didn't turn around and suck his blood!

Not to mention twenty thousand taels, even ten thousand taels would cost their lives!

Originally, they did not have the ability to raise 10,000 taels of gold bars in such a short period of time, but Xu Guangyi shyly begged the Duke of Qiao and wrote an IOU, and then asked the Wang family to help them collect the 10,000 taels. .

Xu Guangyi's expression quickly changed and he said: "Madam..."

"Everything I said is true. What did you stop me from doing! If you weren't useless, would we have needed to be so aggrieved?!"

Wen obviously collapsed and shouted back.

Xu Guangyi's lips suddenly trembled, and suddenly he glanced at Xu Jing guiltily.

Xu Jing sneered secretly.

Doesn’t she know what this man is thinking? The reason why he was able to have a prosperous official career, from a small county magistrate to the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was because the several projects he presided over were perfect and exceeded the court's expectations almost every time.

However, if the Xu family had not been supporting him with large sums of money behind his back, and relying solely on the pitiful amount of money from the court, he would be helpless even if Li Bing was reincarnated.

In order to support him, the original owner's mother-in-law, Mrs. Xu, posted all the dowry.

However, in the memory of the original owner, there was such a conversation. When Xu Guangyi shamelessly asked Mrs. Xu for her dowry for construction projects, Mrs. Xu asked doubtfully: "Didn't Dad give you a sum of money before? Besides, The imperial court also has funds to withdraw, so it won’t run out of money so soon..."

Because this incident happened when the original owner was very young, the original owner could not remember clearly what Xu Guangyi said later.

But it was enough for Xu Jing to notice that Xu Guangyi must have deducted a lot of money from the Xu family before. Most of the Xu family's current property is probably sucked from the Xu family's blood!

Xu Jing didn't care at all whether Chu Hanguang could be rescued safely. In her opinion, this was retribution from the Xu family.

However, now that she has taken over the case, no matter what personal emotions she has, she must put the case first.

Xu Jing was too lazy to continue looking at Xu Guangyi and said: "Jiang Zhaoyin, I think there is something wrong with this kidnapper." (End of Chapter)