Under the leadership of Ma Wentao, Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun walked slowly into the hall step by step.

At this moment, the women in the hall looked at Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun with strange eyes, while a gorgeously dressed lady sitting in the hall staring at Ma Wentao intently, full of expectation,

A nervous look on his face showed his face.

Without introducing it, Zhengyao already knew that this woman must be the mother of the county magistrate, Ma Wentao's mother. It can be seen from her unique temperament and outfit alone.

Of course, after entering the hall, Zhengyao did not say hello to Zhang Cheng and Liang Yu. After all, his identity at this moment has nothing to do with Zhang Cheng and Liang Yu. Naturally, Zhang Cheng and Liang Yu also act like strangers.

He looked at Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun with curious eyes.

Seeing Ma Wentao coming up, the county magistrate’s wife, Mrs. Ma, immediately said, “Taoer, will you have any results when you go to Huashan to see your master? Is he willing to come out of the mountain?”

Ma Wentao did not answer directly. He first asked Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun to sit down on the stool next to him, and then said to Mrs. Ma: "Go back to my mother, Master, he has traveled around. He is not in Huashan, and all the senior brothers are busy now.

I have no time to pay attention to us when dealing with the martial arts conference, so my child has returned in vain this time."

Ma Wentao's tone seemed particularly helpless, and he sighed, as if he had encountered something difficult.

However, Zhengyao, who is from the Wulin Conference and the Huashan School, was not concerned about it. On the contrary, Zhengyao was concerned about what caused Ma Wentao and his mother to be so anxious. What caused so many women to gather in the county yard

Among them, everyone showed a worried look, and Zhang Cheng and Liang Yu appeared here.

Intuition tells Zhengyao that this matter is definitely not trivial.

"Hey! What kind of cause will you have, what kind of fruit will you have. Maybe this is God's will. God has eyes." Mrs. Ma looked at the roof and said to herself, her words revealed in her words

Sorrow and anger.

"Mrs. Don't say that! We still expect you!"

"Yes, yes! Mrs. Ma, you are our pillar. If you have no hope, then what should we do?"

"There is no way out. I believe there will be a solution!"

At this time, the middle-aged women on the side said to Mrs. Ma, one to comfort her and the other to cheer her up, aiming to make Mrs. Ma persist and not be discouraged.

As these women said it all the time, Zhengyao became more and more confused. What happened? How could such a group of women be so united? To say that these women are good sisters, Zhengyao

One hundred people don’t believe it. You can tell from the name between them that it is not.

Perhaps there is something unknown hidden in it.

Then Zhengyao stood up, then looked at Mrs. Ma, and said lightly: "Mrs. Ma! My surname is Li Da, and I fell in love with Brother Ma at first sight. I don't know what happened in the mansion, why do you have such a look

?”

Zhengyao was not polite, he could guess now that Ma Wentao asked him to come here to say something unhappy, and he must also ask clearly.

Seeing Zhengyao ask this, Mrs. Ma was stunned for a moment. She was naturally a little repulsive to Zhengyao, a stranger. In addition, Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun were dressed in black and white, which made her look particularly annoying. This made her look very annoying.

I suddenly felt afraid.

Ma Wentao smiled slightly and said, "My mother, don't worry, let the child introduce it." As he said, Ma Wentao pointed to Zhengyao and Yuan Haiyun and said, "These two young men met on the road, this is Li Da.

Mr. Li, this is Mr. Yuan and Mr. Yuan. Both of them are very skilled, and I believe they can provide us with great help."

After saying that, Ma Wentao smiled at Zhengyao and the others again, and his attitude was very friendly. But Yuan Haiyun was confused for a while, so what did Ma Wentao want him and Zhengyao to help him?

"Oh! So that's it! Mr. Li, Mr. Yuan! To be honest, last night, because the bosses of the chamber of commerce held a meeting to discuss the next plan for this year, my master also went to the banquet together, but he did not come back as soon as he left. Until this morning, everyone

The boss’s wives and concubines also came to the yamen to report the case, but a total of nine people, including my master, were kidnapped at the same time!"

Mrs. Ma helplessly told the whole story of the matter. As she spoke, her eyes were filled with crystal tears. It can be seen that Mrs. Ma loves her husband Ma Changzai very much.

"What? A county magistrate can be kidnapped? He is too brave!"

Yuan Haiyun immediately said quickly, obviously this was beyond his perception.

Before, King Jing and himself and others were taken to Feiyun Mountain Village because Feiyun Mountain is far away from the county town, and there are chickens and birds and eggs around. Of course, nothing strange is that, but a county master is a dignified person.

, Zi, within his jurisdiction, he was kidnapped after the banquet, which shows how arrogant the culprit of the abductor is.

Hearing this, Zhengyao felt a sense of laughter: Ma Chang was kidnapped, either because he had done too much inequality and wanted to take revenge; or because he had not handled the matter here well during the earthquake, causing the mountain people to

The riot was forced to go to Liangshan if he couldn't live a normal life; of course there was another possibility, that was, the other party was indeed very arrogant and deliberately wanted to provoke the government.

However, in addition to the county magistrate, there is also the owner of the chamber of commerce who was kidnapped. Based on the generalization, Zhengyao can conclude that it is very likely that it was caused by the earthquake. Collusion between officials and businessmen, embezzlement, and the people cannot do anything.

If you live, you can only become a bandit.

Mrs. Ma wiped the tears at the corners of her eyes with a hand towel, and then said: "This morning, I left a letter to the convenience of convenience. I said bluntly that if I don't prepare 100,000 taels of gold, my master and eight chamber of commerce bosses will mingle.

Life is not guaranteed.”

"Ten...100,000 taels of gold!!!"

Yuan Haiyun was stunned. This was too loud. You know, the richest man in the country gave Zhengyao a reward for solving the case was only 30,000 taels of silver!!! Hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, and for a while, Han Ren was also

Can't take it out!

"Then the other party said where to pay the money, but who knew who kidnapped the county magistrate and several bosses?" Zhengyao asked thoughtfully.

Mrs. Ma said: "The place where the money is paid is at the foot of Shaohua Mountain, more than ten miles southeast of the county town. The other party also said bluntly that it was a bandit in Shaohua Mountain. They said that if they did not pay the money at noon, they would kill one person, and at the same time, the 100,000 taels of gold gathering

Turns into 200,000 taels of gold. If the third rift does not pay the money and kill another person, the ransom will turn into 300,000 taels of gold, and so on until the person is killed. They are not afraid of reporting to the officials and still speak out

Even if the army goes, they are not afraid!"

I don't know if what Mrs. Ma said is true. After all, bandits who are not even afraid of military personnel are probably rare. However, since the other party has even dared to rob officials, it is obviously a dead end and can do anything.

What he came up with is naturally not afraid of heaven or earth. Therefore, Zhengyao felt that what these kidnappers said was credible, but the kidnappers suddenly demanded 100,000 taels of gold, which was a bit too scammed.

"This... these bandits are really arrogant! I really don't believe that even the imperial army has no choice but to do anything to them! Brother Ma, I think you ask for a trip to the provincial capital and report this matter to you.

If you don't have it, send troops to encircle and suppress these ungrateful bandits!" Yuan Haiyun said angrily.

He really doesn't believe in evil anymore, and he's so rampant that he's so arrogant. So he might as well be a bandit in the future.

"Slow!" Zhengyao called Yuan Haiyun and then said, "Don't be impulsive. How much time does it take to wait for you this time? These bandits must have done this at a desperate situation. If you are too anxious, what's the point of doing this?

Everything can be done, and not only will it not only be able to save people, but it will also cause unnecessary casualties!"

Zhengyao's analysis was good, but what he said was not impossible. If something really happened, no one could bear this responsibility.

"But……"

Yuan Haiyun wanted to say something, but when he saw Mrs. Ma, he immediately nodded and said, "That's right, Mr. Li said very well, which is why we are so anxious. One hundred thousand taels of gold, although it is not too much for us.

, but it is still not easy to take it out for a while!"

What Mrs. Ma said was true. It was really not easy to take out 100,000 taels of gold in a moment. However, to others, especially Zhengyao, Zhang Cheng and others, they were a little ashamed. 100,000 taels

Gold is not a small amount. Many people spend their entire lives and have 100,000 taels of silver, which is a sign of defiance. How can we make 100,000 taels of gold? But Mrs. Ma said arrogantly

Ten thousand taels of gold are not much, how can this be called a poor person?

Therefore, Zhengyao can also be introduced. This Ma Changzai must be a corrupt official. Otherwise, how could a seventh-rank county magistrate have 100,000 taels of gold?

"No matter what, even if we piece together, we must prepare enough money. Rescuing my master is the most important thing!" A middle-aged woman sitting in front of her left immediately said, although she didn't look very good.

Like, but she looks brilliant in a gorgeous outfit, and she looks like the wife of a rich family at first glance.

"Yes, Mrs. Zhao said well. We will prepare gold now. Then all the preparations will be made. My son will pay the money. Everyone will not mind." Mrs. Ma said and looked at everyone again, asking for their opinions.

"No problem, no problem."

The ladies said in unison, without any objection.

"What do we think?" Zhengyao said in a daze.

Fortunately, I was invited by Ma Wentao, so there is no reason not to let myself do things.

Ma Wentao smiled and said, "Brother Li, don't worry. Actually, I'm asking Brother Li to come here, just want to ask Brother Li to accompany him. After all, the other party is very powerful and there are many people. I don't want people to send the money to them just now.

Before he was rescued, the money fell into the other party's pocket. I want to ask Brother Li to escort me. When someone was rescued, he would definitely pay Brother Li. I wonder if Brother Li could agree?"

Love is to be a bodyguard! Zhengyao finally understood.

At this point, Zhengyao couldn't help but smile and said, "Since Brother Ma has already spoken, is there any chance to refuse?" (To be continued., welcome to Qidian (qidian.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes,
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