Chasing brother for thousands of miles

Chapter 20

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Putting the muff with the hidden weapon back into his sleeve, Qingtong bypassed Ning Xiumao and continued on his own way.

As long as it doesn't hinder him, no matter who Ning Xiumao wants to do, in his eyes, it is no different from flowers, trees, rockery and ponds.

Ning Xiumao watched the young man pass him by with a little surprise, almost silently, and looked at Qingtong's back with a thoughtful expression.

"You put your weapon back so easily, aren't you afraid of being attacked?"

Qingtong paused, turned around, glanced at Ning Xiumao with emotionless eyes, and finally spoke.

The young man should have a clear and bright voice, but he is obviously hoarse, as if he has rarely spoken in his life, so he has forgotten how to speak.

"You can't touch me." He said, without contempt or disdain, just stating a fact, even though the fact itself was full of condescension.

Ning Xiumao raised his eyebrows, but he didn't speak, but his body suddenly moved, and he leaned forward suddenly, his five fingers stretched out, and he grabbed the target like an eagle's claws.

However, just when his fingertips touched the corner of Qingtong's clothes, a blue shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and the boy suddenly disappeared.The next moment he appeared on the rockery, still quietly looking at the man who had failed in one move.

Withdrawing his palm, Ning Xiumao was not surprised or unwilling because he lost a move. He smiled smartly and said indifferently, "You won."

Qingtong stopped entangled with him, turned around and disappeared from the sight of the people who stayed there, but the man's voice transmission sounded in his ears.

"Although you are very fast, it's best not to take it lightly. The martial arts world is huge, and next time your opponent may not be me—and, tell your master, the matter of the Chen family is as far away as possible."

Ning Xiumao didn't know how much the young man could listen to, but with the disappearance of Qingtong, the original smile on his face slowly disappeared, and his expression became serious.

He lowered his head to think, and said to himself in a very soft voice with some doubts: "Ghost walk across the river? Ning Lan...Liu's family. Isn't that family all dead?"

As if encountering something incomprehensible, Ning Xiumao looked at the direction the man left, and after a long time, he left silently.

These Qingtongs were obviously invisible, and when he came to Qi Xian, the members of the Chen family couldn't care less about being surprised by him, because they had received a bigger "surprise".

a letter.

The servants found the letter at the door, and it was written in big characters "Chen Hongwei" personally, even the housekeeper dared not open it, so he handed it to Chen Hongwei.

A letter of unknown origin appeared at this juncture, and the fool also knew that eight out of ten it was related to the missing eldest son. When Chen Hongwei opened the letter, his hands trembled slightly, fearing that there would be some bad news.

Looking at the letter at a glance, he first breathed a sigh of relief, and then his face sank. The more he looked at it, the more his brows became tighter, and the five fingers holding the letter paper unconsciously almost broke the thin paper.

Cui Youde stood nervously on the side, observing the expression of his boss, seeing his sudden joy and anger, finally couldn't help asking: "Master, is there any news about the young master?"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Hongwei slammed the letter on the table, and with a "bang", he gritted his teeth and cursed: "These shameless thieves!"

Cui Youde was startled, he didn't dare to speak again, so he had to cast his eyes on Qixian for help.

Qixian was listening to Qingtong's whispers, and when he heard Ning Xiumao who had sneaked into the Chen family's mansion, and his warning "Chen's affairs, as long as they are far away", a little interest suddenly appeared on his face.

I thought it was just an ordinary thing, but now it seems that there is still water in it.

The smile on his face deepened, he motioned Qingtong to stand aside, and then looked at Chen Hongwei, "Boss Chen, Mr. Ling was kidnapped?"

"Hero Mingjian, I didn't expect such lawless villains to appear in our Jinguan City. It's really—"

"The other party wants a lot of ransom, right?" Interrupting Chen Hongwei's curse, Qixian tapped the armrest with her finger.His eyes fell on the letter.

When he read the letter, his face showed joy first, it must be that at least Mr. Chen's life is safe at present; then he hesitated, it seemed that the other party was a lion and opened his mouth.

Chen Hongwei had a gloomy face, "The letter said, if Yingxiang wants to come back alive, let me exchange half of the Chen family."

"Master! What, what can I do!" Cui Youde was also startled, half of the Chen family, the kidnapper's appetite is too big.

"The letter also said that if a son doesn't want to part with it, he will take Rui'er away as well, and see what the gold, silver and jewels are for after I die. It's really deceiving!"

You must know that people at the time had a saying that half of the wealth in the world belonged to the royal family, and half belonged to Jinguan, and the lifeline of Jinguan was in charge of the Chen family.

Although there are many exaggerated elements in this statement, it is enough to explain the wealth of the Chen family. Now the kidnappers want half of the Chen family, and if they don't give it, they will continue to commit crimes. How can it not be frightening.

The Chen family looked at each other and fell into silence. It is a great thing that the eldest son is still alive. The kidnappers are so arrogant, but it makes people extremely angry.

With a gloomy face, Chen Hongwei waved his hands and said to the people around him, "Youde, send more people these days to take good care of Rui'er."

"Little understands."

Chen Yingrui was confused and raised her face, "Daddy, I'm not afraid! The beautiful brother is very powerful, isn't he?"

Qixian glanced at him, stretched out his hand and hugged him, although he didn't say anything else, he clearly expressed that he would take the little fat man under his wings, and Wen Nianyuan felt depressed for no reason.

The man just looked away, and said, "Boss Chen, can I let you see the letter next time?"

Chen Hongwei was so angry that he was dizzy just now, and he could barely react, yes, he still has Mr. Qixian here, his eyes lit up immediately, he motioned for the servant to take the letter, and he looked at him eagerly.

"Hero, do you have another way to rescue the dog?"

Qixian didn't answer, but looked at the letter for a moment, then smiled and handed it to Wen Nianyuan, "What do you think?"

Wen Nianyuan's first thought was that he didn't treat me as invisible!So it wasn't until the letter paper was stretched again, and it was handed to him, that he subconsciously reached out to take it.

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, he didn't take the letter directly, but pinched Qixian's fingers.

The slightly cool temperature came through the touching skin, which made people feel dizzy.

Although this moment is really not a good time, let alone do more.Wen Nianyuan was still stroking the other person's soft fingertips, and went to read the writing on the paper, and he had to be on guard against Qi Xian turning his back on him and throwing a piece of paper in his face.

Fortunately, this time the other party was indifferent.

With a little joy and unspeakable loss, Wen Nianyuan focused on reading the letter, and soon found that something was wrong.

This letter has elegant and fluent fonts, elegant diction, elegant literary style, and citations of scriptures and classics. It can be called a master's handwriting-it seems to be showing off, and it really doesn't look like a blackmail letter written by a mere kidnapper.

The identity of the kidnapper does not seem to be simple.

Chen Hongwei waited patiently for them to circulate the letter paper. After holding back for quite a while, he finally couldn't help asking: "Hero, look—"

Qixian pulled his finger back from Wen Nianyuan's hand nonchalantly, "There is a way."

"What?!"

"Give them a ransom."

"..." Chen Hongwei drooped the corners of his mouth as soon as he put on a happy expression, and said, "Hey, hero, isn't this, this, this, what you said is nothing?"

It wasn't that he was willing to part with his son and he was not willing to part with the money. First, the half of the family assets was too huge, so it didn't mean that he could just take it out; second, who knew that group of people would really let them go after taking the money?What if I want the other half again?

Greed is a bottomless pit, and the family of merchants knows it best.

Raising his eyelids to look at Chen Hongwei who was spinning around in depression, Qi Xian finally explained unhurriedly: "Boss Chen, for the present plan, instead of thinking of other ways, it is better to follow the plan and lure the snake out of the hole."

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Cui Youde walked on the street, his face was a little gray, he looked around from time to time, always felt that everyone passing by seemed a little weird, and smiled maliciously.

He knew that he was too nervous, but he couldn't help it.

In the small box in his hand was the so-called "half of the Chen family", which contained a stack of bank notes, land deeds, etc. The box was not heavy, but he felt that his waist was about to bend, and he was afraid that something might go wrong. I can't afford to pay for a penny if I sell it myself.

According to the kidnapper's instructions in the letter and Chen Hongwei's instructions, he went to the designated place to deliver the ransom, so it's no wonder he wasn't afraid.

Although he knew that the two Jianghu people were watching him from the hiding place.But... who knows if they can really fight against the kidnappers?

If the young master is not rescued, and even he is folded in, it will be fatal.

Cui Youde couldn't stop thinking about it all the way, and Cui Youde felt more staggered, but the crowds on the road gradually became thinner, and the location became more and more remote, making people feel a sense of desolation and dilapidation. Even though it was the hot wind blowing in summer, he still got all dressed up. Goosebumps.

After walking for some time, he finally saw the hundred-year-old pagoda tree mentioned in the letter.

There was no one under the tree.

After sticking out his tongue and licking his thirsty lips, after confirming that there was really no danger around him, Cui Youde walked carefully to the bottom of the locust tree, dug a hole with great effort, then put the box in, and covered it with a thin layer of soil .

The old locust tree was about to wither due to lack of water, and its branches criss-crossed feebly, casting a net-shaped shadow, which made the suspicious Cui Youde even more frightened.

You must know that the locust tree is yin, and it is the most evocative.

Ah, bah, bah, bah, what call for souls, the eldest son of his family is still alive, waiting for the kidnappers to be caught, everything will be fine.

Thinking of this, he finally heaved a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the distance with three steps at a time - if he stayed here, I'm afraid that none of the people who were supposed to come would come.