Splendid Pastoral: Space farmers are good for farming

Chapter 609 Thunderbolt
When Kidney Dou and Mai Ya'er returned to Shibantun, it was already ten days after Zanthoxylum was married.The weather was warmer than when Zanthoxylum was gone, and the grass on the ground had sprouted green buds. Platycodon grandiflorum, fennel, and apricot holding Lu Xiu were sitting on the stone pier in front of the house, chatting and looking at Xuan'er Running and playing with the fifth and sixth day, the three sisters were very relaxed and did not expect a sudden disaster.

The three of them were chatting happily when a carriage came running on the road west of the village, and it was running very fast.Kikyo and Fennel got up quickly, holding their own children for fear of being hit by the carriage.

It is very common for the Qiao family to come to the carriage, and the three adults thought it was the shopkeeper of some shop who came to find someone to do something.But unexpectedly, when the car came to a close stop, kidney beans and malt jumped out of it.

When the two little girls saw their elder sisters, they burst into tears, grabbed the bellflower and fennel and said, "Eldest sister, third sister, something happened! Fourth sister and fourth brother-in-law were robbed by bandits. Woooo..."

Platycodon and Fennel were dumbfounded at the time, like a thunderclap, and Shan Xing who was sitting at the door was even more stunned, except that he didn't miss and dropped Lu Xiu on the ground.

After being stunned for a moment, Kikyo immediately came to his senses, quickly grabbed the kidney beans and malt, and said, "Don't cry, don't cry! Grandma will hear you, come quickly, come here, and explain what's going on!"

As he spoke, he dragged the kidney beans and malt to a corner that was not easy to see beside the courtyard wall, and asked, "What's going on? How did you meet bandits? Aren't there so many of you? A small band of bandits dare not rob you! "

When they came over, Fennel also let go of the fifth and sixth days, and Shan Xing came over with Lu Xiu in her arms.

Although Kikyo refused to let her cry, Mai Ya'er was too young to hold back, so she still sobbed softly. After all, Kidney Dou is bigger, has experienced some things, and has more ideas, so she stopped crying and said, "It's not a small group of bandits, there are many people! Almost as many people caught up with us, and they killed people when they came out. Many people who took the dowry for the fourth sister were hacked to death. We were surrounded with the sedan chair of the fourth sister, and the fourth brother-in-law was also arrested. For money, I want 500 million taels from my fourth brother-in-law’s house, and 300 million taels from ours!”

Ji Jiao stared wide-eyed when he heard this, and said, "500 million taels, 300 million taels? Add up to 800 million taels, he really thinks these two families are the treasury, and they can produce so much money!"

Kidney Dou said: "Anyway, that's what he said, and what he wanted was cash. He said that if the father of the fourth brother-in-law wanted to save the fourth brother-in-law, he would do whatever he could to get it. It's the same with our family. The third brother-in-law will be there." The Lan family will find a way to get money to redeem Fourth Sister!"

Kikyo raised his hand to touch his forehead, and said, "Crazy, this is really crazy! Didn't he think about how to transport the 800 million taels of silver? With so much silver, even if they have 400 people, each of them has to share it." Two thousand catties, such a heavy silver, how do you take it with you when you run away? If you don’t have the ability to take it away, wouldn’t it be a lifeline?”

Kidney Dou said urgently: "Third Sister, don't think about these things, you should think about how to save Fourth Sister!"

Shan Xing also said: "Yes, San'er, hurry up and find a way, I don't know what happened to Zanthoxylum bungeanum in the hands of those people!"

Fennel rubbed her hands beside her, and said, "What can I do! Why did this happen suddenly? You said that it's not like before. San'er can enter the space, so he can go quietly to rescue Huajiao and Tang Zhao. , Now I’m afraid I can only redeem it with silver, it’s only 300 million taels, where are we going to get it!”

They were talking here, but they heard grandma's voice from the courtyard door, asking: "Fennel, mountain apricot, platycodon, what are you doing? Why does it sound like someone is crying? What happened?"

Fennel and apricot were too frightened to move, and the sobbing malt fell silent.

Kikyo knew that there were some things that he had to do by himself, so he straightened his hair, eased his mood, walked out of the corner and said nonchalantly: "Grandma, we are just playing with the children, it's nothing to worry about."

She spoke casually, and Grandma Qiao didn't think much about it. She glanced at the carriage and the shopkeeper standing in front of the carriage, and asked, "What is this carriage for? Why don't people come in?"

Ji Jiao said: "I came to Jin Fang to ask about building a house. I have sent people to the east to call Jin Fang back."

"Oh." Grandma Qiao replied and went into the room.

Kikyo breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Fennel, "Let the kidney beans and malt hide, and I'll go to Jinfang to find a solution."

After speaking, he picked up Xuan'er beside him, and walked to the new house on the east side of the compound.

The construction of their house has already started, and the foundation has been dug in the past few days, and now they are filling in stones. Lan Jinfang is here to supervise the work every day.

When Kikyo came, he was stepping on a stone that had just been put in to test whether it was evenly placed.

Seeing Kikyo coming over with Xuan'er in his arms, he immediately walked over from the foundation of the house and said, "Why did you bring Xuan'er here? There are so many people here, what should I do if I bump into him?"

Ji Jiao's face was very ugly, and after seeing that no one else was paying attention to him, he whispered to him: "Huanjiao and Tang Zhao had an accident, they were robbed by bandits, and many people were killed, kidney beans and malt were released for ransom. "

Lan Jinfang was also stunned, looked left and right, raised her hand and pulled her to a place where no one was around, and asked in a low voice: "How could this be? , how could bandits dare to rob them?"

Kikyo said: "It is estimated that the bandits are here for the Tang family and the Lan family. They know our details very well. They know that Hua Jiao is my sister, and that Tang Zhao is the new patriarch of the Tang family. The bandits asked the Tang family for help." 500 million taels in cash, and we want 300 million taels from us, and the payment will be made within 20 days, otherwise the ticket will be torn up."

As he spoke, he showed Lan Jinfang the letter that the bandits asked Kidney Bean and Malt to bring back.

Lan Jinfang took it in his hand and read it, feeling chills in his heart, and said: "I really know our details very clearly. I know that Tang Zhao and the prefect of Luoning are relatives, and there are backers in the capital. I specifically said that if An officer and soldier within three hundred miles of Shuanglong Mountain will kill both Tang Zhao and Huajiao!"

Kikyo said: "Yes, there are so many of them, it's no use if the officers and soldiers go too few, they will definitely be discovered if they go too many, and Tang Zhao and Huajiao will definitely be finished."

Lan Jinfang said angrily: "But 300 million taels of silver, where are we going to get it? Not to mention us, even if it is the Lan family, it is not a big deal to come up with 300 million taels of silver in a short period of time." It's easy, let alone the 500 million taels from the Tang family, it's simply impossible!"

Kikyo said: "I have to try if it's impossible. I can't just let Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Tang Zhao be in danger! Let's do it this way, no matter how much money we can get, let's go to the vicinity of Shuanglong Mountain first, and the rest will depend on the situation!"

(End of this chapter)