Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 147: Empty House
Boss Tong told the other party's demands, and the two brothers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that it could be solved with 15,000 taels.

"Brother, get up early tomorrow and go to the county government office to get the person out.

I said at the beginning that this is not the way to deal with it. She is just a concubine. If she dies, she dies. What else can we do? Is it necessary for you to make such a big fuss?
This is good, 15,000 taels can buy a hundred concubines. "The second son of the Tong family was dissatisfied and couldn't help complaining.

Boss Tong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. He lost his beloved concubine and his young son at the same time. He was extremely sad and angry, so he followed his wife's advice and had the man put in jail.

Now it seems that this step was indeed a wrong one. Not only did it cause heavy losses to the family, but it also made my father seriously ill in bed.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in regretting it. I can only pay money to redeem the person.

On April 27th, early in the morning, Boss Tong went to the county government office.

They found the county magistrate, withdrew the lawsuit against Doctor Chen and his wife, and then took the three members of the Chen family out and sent them back to Shi'an Hall.

That evening, the Tong family received another letter asking them to prepare all the silver and money, load them onto the carriage, and wait for news.

Everyone in the Tong family stayed awake all night, and the next morning, the doorman received another letter.

The letter said that the Tong family should drive the carriage to the gate of Tiandu Palace, tie it to a tree with a red cloth tied to it, and then they could leave.

We will inform them where to pick up the person at that time.

"Brother, what should we do? They are too cunning. There are too many people at the temple fair, and there are all kinds of people. Even if we get all the county officials to come, we still can't handle it."

After reading the letter, the second son of the Tong family gritted his teeth in anger. This group of thieves was so scheming that they chose such an opportunity.

On April 28th, there is a Medicine King Temple Fair at Tiandu Palace.

People from both inside and outside the city come to the temple fair to worship Medicine King Bodhisattva and pray for the health and safety of their families. So there are so many people that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a sea of ​​people.

It's very difficult for them to catch people in a place like this.

"Alas, the child is still in their hands. What can we do now?
Bring more people and keep everyone's eyes open. If anyone suspicious appears, send someone to follow them immediately.

I just don't believe it. They can take away so much money right under our noses?" Boss Tong said while gritting his teeth.

In this way, the three brothers of the Tong family brought their people and drove the carriage straight to Tiandu Palace.

When we arrived at the place, we found that there was a tree with a red cloth tied on it not far from the mountain gate.

So, Boss Tong arranged for people to tie the carriage to the tree, and then evacuated all the people on the surface, but in fact someone was watching in secret.

There is a lot of people coming to Tiandu Palace to burn incense during the temple fair today.

People who are watching secretly dare not be distracted at any time, for fear of accidentally missing someone suspicious.

However, after a long while, no one came near.

Just when everyone was confused, suddenly there were a few gunshots, and the crowd suddenly became chaotic, screaming and running around.

Then, the carriage that was tied to the tree came loose for some unknown reason, and the frightened horse pulled the carriage away like crazy.

There were already a lot of people at the temple fair, and the carriages were rushing around, people were screaming and dodging, and the place outside the mountain gate became a complete mess.

How could the few people watching from the dark see anything at this moment? They only saw people running away with their heads in their hands all around them.

After a long while, the crowd finally quieted down, but the carriage had long disappeared.

"Brother, what should we do? The carriage is gone and the child is still nowhere to be found." The second son of the Tong family was so anxious that he jumped up and down.

"Go look for him quickly, look everywhere." Boss Tong's eyes turned red with anxiety, and he shouted for people to look around.

However, after searching for half a day, they still found nothing and had no clues at all.

At this time, someone suddenly came running over in a hurry, "Master, the Fourth Master, the First Young Master, and the Second Young Master are all back. They just entered the house."

The three brothers of the Tong family were all dumbfounded. They worked so hard in Tiandu Palace, but to no avail. The child came home?

"Let's go back quickly." When the three brothers of the Tong family returned home with their help, they saw the old lady, the eldest grandmother, and the second grandmother of the Tong family, hugging their sons and crying.

"Old Four, how did you get back?" Boss Tong asked hurriedly.

"I don't know. We were sleeping and we felt him fall. When we opened our eyes, we found him at the door of our house." The fourth child of the Tong family was also confused.

Over there, someone hurried forward to report.

"My Lord, it was a horse-drawn carriage. When it arrived at our doorstep, the Fourth Master, the First Young Master, and the Second Young Master were thrown off.

The carriage was moving very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye. We couldn't catch up with it."

Today, the three brothers of the Tong family took most of the family members to Tiandu Palace, leaving only a few older ones at home.

When they heard the noise and went out, they only saw the shadow of a carriage leaving.

"Fuck this, who on earth is this person? He can do such a perfect job." Old Tong cursed angrily.

"By the way, what about the Chen family? Is there any movement over there? Go, quickly catch them back."

Boss Tong suddenly remembered that Doctor Chen's family might know who did it, so he quickly sent someone over.

After Boss Tong took the Chen family out of prison that day, he arranged for people to watch outside the Shi'an Hall.

At this moment, they remembered this matter and immediately sent people to Shi'an Hall to arrest the person.

However, the people who were sent out came back not long after and said that Shi'an Hall was already deserted.

The person arranged by the Tong family was knocked unconscious and was lying in the yard of Shi'an Hall.

"Damn it, I've never suffered such a big loss in my life."

After hearing the report from the people below, Boss Tong was so angry that he smashed all the tea bowls and teapots on the table.

"Brother, what do you think this is?"

At this time, the fourth son of the Tong family took out a letter from his body and handed it to the eldest son of the Tong family.

"I was just trying to change my clothes and it fell off me."

Boss Tong took the letter and his expression became uglier and uglier the more he read it. In the end, veins on the back of his hands bulged with anger.

Then he took the letter and ran straight to the yard where he lived.

As soon as he entered the yard, he saw his wife Jiang changing his son's clothes, combing his hair and washing his face.

"Jiang Yuhui, look at what this is. You'd better give me an explanation today, otherwise, I will never forgive you."

Boss Tong slammed the letter on the table and questioned angrily.

"What are you doing? The child was already very frightened, and I finally managed to calm him down. Why are you so mad?"

Jiang glared at her husband twice, then patted her son on the back gently and coaxed him softly.

"Son, go play with your sister first, and I'll come find you later."

The child looked at his parents, nodded, and went out of the house.

Afterwards, Jiang picked up the letter from the table.

This sight frightened her so much that her face turned pale and she fell to her knees on the ground with a thud.

"This is pure nonsense, how can you believe it?
You and I grew up together and have a deep relationship as childhood sweethearts. She is just a concubine. Why can't I tolerate her?
The child she gave birth to will have to call me mother in the future, how could I be so cruel as to harm a newborn child?"

(End of this chapter)