Chapter 1244

According to the way Gu Chen taught himself, Cheng Jin took advantage of Meng Chong's opportunity to go out of the city to do business, and then he wrote a letter to his family and sent it to Mengluo's house to ask for twenty thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold.

It was like a letter from xuanbo.

It's true that Monroe was the left Prime Minister of the imperial court, but his family wealth was not rich. He was upright and upright, and he was a good official. All his income depended on his salary. In Fengguo, the imperial court had become a puppet in vain. Although the salary of the ministers in the imperial court could not be said to be small, it was far less than that when he was in Shangjing. Apart from the expenses of supporting the whole family of the prime minister's office, there was not much left over from Monroe's salary. How could he make up twenty thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold What kind of astronomical number?

The old man was shocked, but he did not lose his sense of propriety. While he ordered his family to go out to raise money, he sent people to report to the Lieutenant's office. He went to the palace and asked Montaigne to discuss how to solve the problem.

Montaigne heard that his younger brother was kidnapped and was shocked. He could not stay in the palace. He followed his father and rushed back to the prime minister's office. When Mengluo and Mengtian return to the prime minister's house, Gu Chen has been invited by the minister's servant.

Although Gu Chen is the deputy leader of the Lieutenant's house, he is actually the real person in charge and knows the size of Yancheng. In order to save his second son, Meng Luo is very polite to Gu Chen and is regarded as a superior guest.

Mengtian had no unnecessary nonsense. After Gu Chen took his seat, he asked straightforwardly: "there are kidnappers in the capital. Who do you think the kidnappers are? And how to deal with it? "

"It's hard to say. The capital is not peaceful now." Gu Chen frowned and pretended to be worried. He said, "two days ago, there were assassins who mixed into the palace and stabbed the king." After a pause, he added: "Meng Xiang and Meng general must be aware that there are a large number of Zhen people living outside the capital recently. Among them, dragons and snakes are mixed together. It is inevitable that there will be outlaws who are desperate for money. According to my guess, nine out of ten of the kidnapping of Meng Gongzi has something to do with the Zhen people outside the city."

He pushed the whole thing away, and all the excrement pots were put on the heads of the virtuous people outside the city, and the deduction was justified. Who can guarantee that there must be no lawbreakers among the more than one million virgins?

Monroe's face changed and he asked in a quick voice, "in your opinion, Mr. Gu, what do you think should be done with this matter?"

Gu Chen pretended to meditate for a while, and said: "money is after all a thing of the body, but human life matters. I think, we should accept the conditions of the kidnappers first, give them all the gold and silver they ask for. When the young master redeems, I will be able to check it out. I believe that within ten days, I will be able to recover the ransom sent by Meng Xiang."

Meng Tian is not satisfied with such an answer of course, think Gu Chen also did not work hard. He sneered and said, "I don't think Mr. Gu would give such an irresponsible reply if his family members were kidnapped by bandits? As the head of the Lieutenant's house, Lord Gu didn't want to arrest the kidnappers. Instead, he asked us to give gold and silver to the kidnappers first. Are you cheating on me

Gu Chen shook his hand in a hurry and said in a continuous voice: "the lower official has no such intention. The general Meng misunderstood him! Now Mr. Meng is in the hands of the kidnappers. If the Lieutenant's house goes to search the kidnappers, he will be afraid of scaring the snake. In case the kidnapper jumps over the wall in a hurry, master Meng has three faults and two faults, and the lower official can't bear this responsibility! "

Montaigne still wanted to speak. Monroe stopped him by waving his hand and said, "Tian'er, what Mr. Gu said is not unreasonable."

With that, he said to Gu Chen, "it's feasible for Mr. Gu's method. However, the prime minister's office couldn't make up so much gold and silver at the same time. Look at him"

Gu Chen laughed indifferently and said in another way: "Mongolian minister is the left Prime Minister of the imperial dynasty. Under one person, above ten thousand people, it is only twenty thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold Is it a drop in the ocean? "

"Fart!" Without waiting for Monroe to speak, Montaigne was so angry that his face turned red. He said in an angry voice, "my father is an official. He has always been honest. Where is there so much gold and silver in his family?"

"Ha ha!" After all, the general said: "don't laugh at the truth."

After pondering for a moment, he said, "well, if it is really difficult to disguise the ransom, the lower officials can report to the king and ask the king for help."

"If his Highness the wind king is willing to help, it would be better." Monroe looked at Mengtian and said anxiously, "however, his Highness the wind king may not help the old minister!"

"Please don't worry about this. The king has always been clear about public and private affairs. He will never stand idly by when he is in danger." Gu Chen zhengse says.

"In this way, I'll thank you first!" Monroe, excited, stood up and bowed to the ground.

"Oh, you're welcome. Kill me!" Gu Chen also hastily stands up, to Monroe must respectfully return a gift.

Mengtian stood by coldly beside him. He always felt that Gu Chen didn't agree with him, but where there was a problem, he said it was not clear for a while.

And said that Gu Chen, don't Mengluo, Mengtian father and son, left the prime minister's house, and immediately went to the palace, to ask for money from Tang Yin.Tang Yin had no idea of the plot of Cheng Jin and Gu Chen. He was surprised when he heard that Meng Luo's second son was kidnapped. He frowned and asked, "who did it? Did you find out? "

Gu Chen's eyes turned around and said in an unconventional way: "the affairs of the state are busy. The King works hard and has no time to separate himself. Why should the king care about such trivial matters as this?"

Twenty thousand silver and gold? However, Tang Yinduo is clever. Since Gu Chen said so, there must be another secret, and it is not a very clean one. It is better not to know such a thing if you know it.

He smiles and nods, "OK! Since general Gu said so, I'll just ask. The gold and silver you mentioned can be lent to Monroe. Later, you can take my instructions and ask Lord Zhang to carry them. "

"Yes! King Gu Chen wants to say again ground should a.

When Tang Yin raised his pen, he was about to write an instruction to Zhang Zhe, but he felt that it was not right. He changed Zhang Zhe's name to Shaofu Zongyuan and said, "this money should not be paid out of the Treasury, but from the palace. You go to find Lord Zong and ask him to bring gold and silver from the Treasury. "

"See you, my king!" Gu Chen bowed his hands and saluted. He also felt that such "dirty things" should not be recorded in the Treasury, and that it was most appropriate for the royal palace to provide money.

When Tang Yin wrote the instruction, he handed it to Gu Chen, who bowed his hand to leave. Before he went out, Tang Yin did not raise his head to remind him: "this gold and silver is not a small amount. After the success, let Cheng Jin return it to the treasury as soon as possible."

Gu Chen was stunned for a moment. He looked back at Tang Yin who was giving instructions to the official document. He could not help shaking his head and laughing. From the beginning to the end, he didn't mention a word about the inside information, but he still couldn't hide it from the king's eyes!

He nodded and said, "don't worry, the king will remind general Cheng."

"Yes! Do it Tang Yin no longer said much, and his attention returned to the mountain of official documents.

Things went well, Gu Chen returned to the prime minister's office, and at the same time brought over two thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold. Mengluo was overjoyed and took Mengtian to welcome out of the palace and put Gu Chen into the mansion.

"Mr. Gu has helped me a lot this time." Meng Luo is grateful to Gu Chen. The latter says with a smile: "Meng Xiang should not thank the lower officials, but should thank the king!"

"This" Monroe hesitated for a moment, but did not speak immediately. Knowing that he had been complaining about the king for a long time, Gu Chen immediately put in the topic and said, "now that the gold and silver have been collected, I don't know when the kidnappers have agreed to pay the ransom?"

"It's time for tonight." With these words, Mengluo handed the kidnapper's letter to Gu Chen. The latter took it over and looked at it from the beginning to the end. Then he put down the letter and said to Meng Luo, "Meng Xiang, go according to the requirements of the kidnappers! The kidnappers usually value money and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately "

before he finished his words, Montaigne was dissatisfied with the geology and asked," why? It sounds like Mr. Gu's Lieutenant's office is not going to send someone to escort him? "

Gu Chen's face was straight and he said, "the kidnappers have mentioned in the letter that the entourage of the Mongolian prime minister should not exceed five. If we go out of the Lieutenant's house, would it not be a bad thing?"

"At least you should make appropriate arrangements, otherwise, what should be done if there is a change?" Meng Tian Ning Sheng said: "in case the kidnapper asks for ransom is false, the purpose is to assassinate Xiangfu, how do you deal with it?"

"This lower official did not think so much for a time." Gu Chen took a breath and dropped his head slowly.

"The people in your Lieutenant's house must be ready to go out of the city at any time to rescue them!" Said Montaigne in a deep voice.

"However, there is no cavalry in my Lieutenant's house. If there is any change, I'm afraid it will be too late." Gu Chen murmured and pondered for a long time. He had a flash of light in his head and said, "you can ask the Ninth Army for help in this matter. First, the ninth Legion is a cavalry corps, which is fast and has strong fighting power. It's no problem to deal with the gangsters. Second, the Ninth Army's residence is not far away from the trading place set by the kidnappers. It can arrive in the shortest time without causing the kidnappers' suspicion and vigilance. "

Montaigne's eyes brightened after hearing this. It would be better if the ninth Legion could be asked to help. However, the ninth regiment is the only cavalry regiment in Fengguo. It is also a heavily armed cavalry regiment. In addition, Qi Heng, the commander of the army, is arrogant and arrogant. I'm afraid he can't be touched if he wants to! "Mr. Gu, do you think general Qi is willing to help

Gu Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "general Qi has always been friendly with Lord Guo, and the lower official and Lord Guo have some friendship. If I ask Lord Guo to be a lobbyist, I will certainly be able to do this. Besides, it is just a simple matter for the general to do so."

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