Chapter 652

Xia Xi stops.

The head of the village staggered out of the house. The villagers ran to him and breathlessly handed the letter to him. "It was sent by a peddler who ran to the village. I'll send it back first. The people behind are bringing him here."

The village head can't wait to open it. After reading the above contents, He staggers.

"What are you talking about?"

When the whole family came out, the village head's daughter-in-law asked anxiously.

"One hundred taels of silver, or the ticket will be torn."

"Ah."

The village head's daughter-in-law's legs softened and collapsed toward the ground. Wei Qian's daughter-in-law held him.

Wei Qian took the letter and looked at it carefully. His face was even worse.

If it takes tens of taels, it may be enough to sell everything that can be sold at home, but it doesn't take 100 taels to sell the whole family.

"I'll get it."

Xia Xi just opened her mouth. Boss Huo said to her, "I'll take 100 Liang silver. They can tell me where to give the money?"

"It's midnight. Let's go to Yingzuishan ten miles away. When we receive the money, they will release people."

Xia Xi squints.

It's the first time she's heard of this place.

"What's the terrain like?"

"There are insects and snakes in the barren mountain all the year round. Few people in the neighborhood go there."

"Get ready. Let's go and have a look."

"Lady Xia."

Wei Qian handed her the letter in his hand, looking very ugly. "The letter says you won't go, otherwise they will tear up the ticket."

Boss Huo was surprised.

Xia Xi suddenly laughed, did not read the letter, "so, abducted two children of people know me?"

Wei Qian nodded, "is an acquaintance, in addition to said not to let you go, also designated let me a person to send the money."

Wei Qian is not in good health. He can't even get off the ground on weekdays. People in the village all know that the person who took the child said that, obviously he knows the Wei family very well.

Xia Xi laughs fiercely, "OK, just go by yourself."

A quarter of an hour later, the peddler was brought over. He was still carrying a shoulder pole, and his face turned pale. Stop in front of Xia Xi.

He often turns around in several nearby villages. Naturally, he knows Xia Xi. His lips tremble. He doesn't need to ask, so he says, "today, as usual, I went out to sell goods in the early morning. I was stopped at Yingzuishan and asked me to send a letter to village head Wei."

"What does that man look like?"

"He covers his face with a cloth. He can only see his two eyes. He is very tall. He listens to the accent. He is from our place."

"Anything else?"

The peddler thought about it carefully and shook his head. "No, just him. After throwing the letter to me, let me go forward and don't look back, or he will be rude to me. I didn't dare to look back. I came all the way

With that, the peddler couldn't hold on any longer. He put the burden on the ground and sat down, panting heavily. It was the first time for him to encounter such a thing after so many years in the village. It scared him to death.

"Bring him a bowl of water."

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law went to the kitchen and brought him water. The peddler took it and drank it all.

Xia Xi said that the villagers who just ran to deliver the letter, "call back those who go out to find people."

The man should run out of the village.

"Now you can rest assured that the child is OK, and you can take back the ransom at night."

"But..."

Can't see the child, Wei Lian or don't worry, come forward to seize Xia Xi's hand, "such as, if they collected silver, still don't put the child back how to do?"

Only one day, she took off her face and grew several white hairs on her head.

Xia Xi put her hair in front of her head, relieved, "no, since they know us well, they also know that we report to the official, they dare not let people go."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. Don't worry. Go back to your room and have a good sleep. When you wake up, the two children will come back."

"I can't sleep."

Wei Lian helpless like a child, tightly grasp Xia Xi's hand, "I can't see the child, I can't sleep."

"Then don't sleep. Go and lie down for a while. Keep your spirits. When the children come back, you can accompany them."

"Yes, yes, I cultivate spirit, cultivate spirit."

Wei Lian turned around and staggered to the house. Wei Qian's daughter-in-law quickly helped her and helped her in.

Huo boss took out the silver note, is about to give Wei money, was stopped by Xia Xi, "Huo boss kindness, we know, I'll take the silver note."

Boss Huo insisted, "Miss Wei Lian has saved my life. This silver note is nothing. Take it. If it's not enough, I still have it."

Wei money also don't want, owe Xia Xi of, they good return, if owe Huo boss of, can't return.

In the end, boss Huo had to put the money away and asked Xia Xi, "what can I do for you?"

"There is one."

"You said

"I want boss Huo's people to go to Zhang Jia village to find Meng Yatou and pass a message to me, saying that he should keep watch of Zhang Gen and forbid him to leave the house until we get the child back."

"Yes, I'll send someone right away."

With the child's whereabouts, the people recovered a little, and the villagers came to comfort them.

Wei Qian instructs his daughter-in-law to take good care of the family. He and Xia Xi lead boss Huo to the workshop, and watch boss Huo's people load the vermicelli on the carriage.

The vermicelli was dried a few days earlier and stored for thousands of Jin. After the carriage was loaded, boss Huo and Wei Qian said apologetically, "people in the workshop are busy looking for children these days. Please come back two days later next time."

"Good."

Huo boss should next, again take out the silver ticket, handed to him, "this silver ticket you take first, if you don't use, wait for me to come next time, you will give me back."

Wei Qian pushed back, "thank you for your kindness, boss Huo. I really don't need it."

Two people refused for a long time, or Xia Xi can't see down, said Wei Qian, "boss Huo's a heart, take it."

Wei had to take the money.

It's dark at night.

Xia Xi disguises herself as a coachman and carries Wei Qian to Yingzuishan. There is only a lantern hanging on the back of the carriage, which is shaking with the carriage.

Wei Qian opens a seam of the car curtain and tells Xia Xi how to go.

When we got to Yingzuishan, we were close to Zishi, and the front of the mountain was empty, not even a ghost.

Wei Qian came down from the carriage and looked at the black mountain. He called out, "I'm Wei Qian. The silver note is here. Please send the child down."

There was no movement.

Wei Qian called again, but there was no one.

Xia Xi squints her eyes and signals Wei Qian to shout again.

Wei Qian called again, but no one answered.

"Come on, go back."

Xia Xi turns the horse's head, Wei Qian is surprised and stops her in a hurry, "Lady Xia, the child hasn't received it yet."

"No one will come tonight. It's no use waiting."