Chasing brother for thousands of miles

Chapter 23

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The people in Chen's house obviously didn't know that Qi Xian and Wen Nianyuan lived not far away, and the house was full of gloom.

"Mother..." Chen Yingrui watched as everyone left, pulling at the hem of her mother's clothes, her eyes were red, she wanted to cry but couldn't.

Mrs. Chen was drawn into grief, looked at Chen Hongwei sadly, couldn't help but stumbled and said: "Master! We, let's report to the officials!"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Hongwei gave her a hard look and scolded her, "Stupid! You don't want your son's life?! Don't you just want money, as much as they want, just give it."

Cui Youde quickly supported her, and said in a low voice: "Ma'am, what the master said is not unreasonable, everyone in the world says that money can avoid disaster, if the young master is destined to be in such a catastrophe, I am afraid that if you don't spend money, you will not be able to pass this hurdle."

Mrs. Chen couldn't help it, so she recited Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in her mouth, and went to the Buddhist hall at the back to chant sutras to keep her son safe.

"Youde, come here." Chen Hongwei sent away a group of servants, and waved to the butler after confirming that there was no one around.

The steward stepped forward cautiously, and heard his master whispering in his ear: "Go to the government quietly, don't disturb people, you put a lot of money in the government, let them find a reason, secretly looking for someone, don't be afraid. Zhang Yang."

He took a deep breath, and continued: "Remember, apart from you and me, the entire Chen family, not even the wife and young master, are allowed to tell this matter."

Cui Youde kept nodding his head, and after the other party had finished his order, he couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Master is afraid..."

Chen Hongwei nodded, Qi Xian's words made him feel that his house was not safe.

The big housekeeper looked down, went to the account room to pay the money, and ordered the servants to go out to do some errands by themselves, and the good man in the mansion would take care of them so that nothing went wrong before they went out.

He wanted to go straight to the yamen, but he was afraid of attracting people's attention, so he pretended to look for the Chen family's shop.

After walking a few shops, just after coming out of the silk workshop, there is Chen Ji gambling workshop next to it.

The shopkeeper of the silk shop behind him was still nodding and bowing to see him off, Cui Youde had already heard the commotion at the entrance of the gambling shop.

That wasn't the sound of a normal gambling gathering, it was clearly someone who was causing trouble, and the spectators gathered in a circle, pointing and pointing at each other.

His face couldn't help but gloomy, enough things have happened, and these rotten people are still making trouble endlessly!

"what happened?"

There was a lot of noise over there, when they suddenly heard a stern inquiry, everyone was stunned, and saw the surrounding crowd get out of the way, and one person came out alone.

The people from Chen Ji Casino saw him and hurried up to meet him, and those who recognized him in the crowd also whispered to each other, talking about some rumors and rumors.

The clerk of the gambling house said politely: "You are here, big housekeeper."

Before Cui Youde could speak, everyone heard a cold snort of contempt, and saw a man who looked very wretched and looked like a gangster, poohed at Chen Ji Gambling House, and then swaggered to leave.

The people in the gambling shop quit now, and rushed to drag him, cursing: "Zhao, pay back the money you owe, or you won't be able to leave today!"

Cui Youde immediately understood what was going on here.

The person being dragged is Zhao Ping, a well-known gangster who is well-known in all corners of the country. His family hangs around in the casino all day long, gambling day and night, and he is even worse than a bad gambler.

It's a pity that he is unlucky and poor in skills. He loses nine out of ten bets, and his family is already poor and white, but he still can't control the itching of his hands, so he tries his best to get credit.

When people get impatient and drive him out, he hangs around outside the casino, focusing on those fat sheep who have won money and are emaciated, doing some extortion.

This kind of little bastard can be found everywhere, and there is no oil or water. The government has never talked about it, but it is really disgusted by people.

What Cui Youde didn't understand was that this guy lost the bet again and couldn't afford the money at all, so he was dragged to collect debts.

A group of people started pushing and shoving again, Zhao Ping was scolded so angrily, he shouted: "Don't be so fucking contemptuous! I owe you a few taels of silver, what's the matter?"

He raised his head, and said proudly, "Tell you snobby boys, I'm going to be rich soon, hey, don't believe me, when the time comes, I'll smash you to death with gold and silver! Look at you!" Don't care if I call you Daddy!"

The more he cussed, the more shameless he became, but unfortunately no one believed it. One day this stuff didn't say that he would be rich right away?There is fart money!

Cui Youde was furious, and walked forward with a ferocious expression, kicking Zhao Ping in the chest without saying a word.

Zhao Ping was unprepared, he fell to the ground with an ouch, and just about to start cursing, Cui Youde had already scolded his head and face!

"Just as stupid as you are! Betting on the east and the west in broad daylight, betting on whether it is your father or your grandfather who is so rushing! Don't do business at all! The blind old lady in your family dare not die, afraid that no one will die Give me a funeral! Hurry up and let me go! Otherwise, you will have nothing to eat!"

Zhao Ping was stunned by the scolding, and when he came back to his senses, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, he gave Cui Youde a fierce look, but he didn't dare to reply, he got up in embarrassment, cursed and ran away .

Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, the spectators dispersed one after another. Cui Youde was full of anger, and glanced gloomyly at the guys in the casino one by one.

"Next time you can't even deal with this kind of junk, stop doing it!"

The guys just said it was right, smiled flatteringly and invited the butler to come in to serve tea, Cui Youde waved his hand away, and went to the yamen from the back door of the casino.

Probably because after this little accident, Cui Youde returned to the Chen Mansion later, and his face was not very good-looking.

When Chen Hongwei saw it, he thought there was something wrong with the government. He hurriedly explained that it was because he was worried about the young master, then wiped his face, and reported that the government had already taken care of it and was looking for someone privately. He hoped there would be news .

Having said that, Chen Hongwei's brows could not be relaxed. The government is on the one hand. Now he is waiting for the kidnapper to send another letter. This time, send the money carefully. Maybe the other party can keep his promise and send his son back.

Even though they knew that such a fluke was unlikely to happen, but now they were at their wits end and had no choice but to pin their hopes on it.

The Chen Manor ushered in a new day in a dignified atmosphere. The butler was very busy. He came in and out several times a day, and his complexion was getting worse and worse.

However, although everyone in the family was very anxious, neither the government nor the kidnappers moved at all, so quiet that it made people panic.

This was the situation that Chen Hongwei was most afraid of - one couldn't help but wonder whether the kidnappers were furious because of their previous actions, and had already killed Chen Yingxiang and threw the body in that corner.

He was fidgeting and full of apprehension, and he said to himself that he would definitely not be able to comfort him. What a thief wants is money, not life. At the same time, he couldn't help thinking about the so-called murder of money and death. fate.

Thinking of it this way, he even complained about Mr. Qi Xian for no reason, what a famous figure in the legend who has never solved a case!What is an inexhaustible strategy is hard to find!

Not only couldn't even find a single kidnapper, but they also came up with some bad ideas, causing them to anger the kidnappers, and then they said a few innocuous words and walked away.

Hmph, it's easy for them to come and go, if something happens to my son...

Let him think about all kinds of things, the time passed quickly, and two days passed without embarrassment, and the kidnappers still did not move at all, as if there had never been any kidnapping, and the Chen family had never had any eldest son.

On the third day, Chen Hongwei finally couldn't bear it any longer, tidied up his whole body, made himself a little more energetic, and planned to go to the government in person.

"Master, master, you can't help it, you haven't closed your eyes for two days, you should go for a run." Cui Youde couldn't bear to look at Chen Hongwei who was almost staggering, and tried to persuade him again and again.

He shook his head, "I'm afraid the money is not enough. Those blood-sucking insects in the government are not so easy to get rid of. After all, you are not enough, so I'll go there myself."

Cui Youde couldn't stop persuading him, so he had to ask his master to wait first, and he went to prepare a comfortable sedan chair, but Chen Hongwei was stopped: "The sedan chair is too slow, Youde, change to a carriage."

"Little understand!"

The Chen family had their own carriage shop. Steward Cui called for the best carriage, and asked Geng Zhengxiang, who drove the fastest and smoothest carriage, to be the handlebar. This effort took a lot of time.

When someone came, Cui Youde told him carefully before going to help Master Chen get into the car.

The road to the government is neither too far nor too short. Fortunately, the road conditions in the city are good and the car is stable, but there are many people and it is slower.Chen Hongwei sat in the car with a sullen face, with messy thoughts coming and going in his head.

This morning Mrs. Chen was crying and howling again, saying that she dreamed of her eldest son in the middle of the night, covered in blood, blowing cold wind in some wilderness, which made him break out in cold sweat.

While he was in a trance, the carriage he was sitting in suddenly bumped up, and there was a sharp neighing in front of him, and the entire carriage shook from side to side.

With a pale face, he subconsciously grabbed the door frame with his hands, and poked his head out in shock, "What's going on?! How did you drive the car?!"

Geng Zhengxiang comforted the frightened horse, he was always honest, he couldn't even speak at the moment, he stammered back and said: "Master, master, if the butler rushed to send it, then, the thief's letter came again !"

"What?" The expression on Chen Hongwei's face changed rapidly, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and finally made the final decision, "Go home!"

Chen House.

The wording of the kidnapper's letter this time is still elegant and brilliant, but it is much more concise than last time. It is obvious that the people over there are probably getting impatient.

The letter stated that they had changed the location and asked the big housekeeper to send the ransom money outside the city, and they also gave a stern warning that the big housekeeper had to go alone. Something less.

Mrs. Chen fainted immediately after reading the letter, and there was another moment of confusion. Finally, Chen Hongwei rushed back, read the letter, and looked at Cui Youde silently.

Cui Youde has been the housekeeper of the Chen family for decades, and he is definitely Chen Hongwei's right-hand man, but his son, that is his own son.

Last time, Mr. Qixian and his friends followed to ensure Cui Youde's safety. Fortunately, this time, Cui Youde really had to go alone.

He sighed, patted Cui Youde's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Youde, I will trouble you again. The kidnappers just want money. Yingxiang, you watched him grow up...don't worry, when Yingxiang comes back, your Triple the monthly rate."

Cui Youde shivered for a moment, and knelt down to express his feelings, "The young one has been taken care of by the master and his wife for so many years, even if he is heartbroken for the young master, he will not hesitate to do so. You must take care of yourself, the young one, even if the young one is smashed to pieces, you must bring the young master back!"

So he took the much heavier box from the Chen family, and went out step by step, leaving everyone a lonely back.

In the inn not far away, in the room facing the street, Wen Nianyuan stood in front of the window, "He has gone out."

Leaning on the couch with his eyes closed as if he was pretending to be asleep, the eyelashes of the young man in white trembled slightly, as if he had just woken up, and he let out a lazily "hmm", with a slightly nasal sound, which was a bit seductive.

"Let's go."