kvmb Chapter 161 Charming, tender, and resentful
Chapter 161 Charming, tender, and resentful
Black Wind Village, these three words are now the thorns in their hearts!
They father and son really don’t want to mention it again!
After all, the elite private soldiers of their Li family were all killed in the Black Wind Village!
Li Rongdun looked at Li Chongze and said, "My son is right. The only one who can stand up to our Li family right now is the Murong family."
Li Rongdun said to his servant, "Go check on the Murong family right away to see if Murong Suheng has returned."
However, half an hour later, the servants came to report that all the young masters, including Murong Suheng, had been arrested, and all the families had received blackmail letters!
When Li Rongdun found out, he was so angry that he even smashed teacups and antiques. On the contrary, Li Chongze suddenly laughed.
He said to Li Rongdun: "Father, misfortune is the root of fortune!"
"This is a good opportunity for us to win over those powerful clans!"
As Li Chongze spoke, he quickly moved closer to Li Rongdun and whispered a long passage to him.
After hearing this, Li Rongdun's old face brightened up and he laughed heartily: "Good! Good! My son is indeed worthy of being one of the four great military advisors under the Regent!"
"This strategy is rare in the world! If so, then let's do as you say!"
"We should take this opportunity to win over those powerful families and use all our strength to suppress the Murong family and force them to hand over the prisoners!"
In an instant, the entire upper class of Beijing was in an uproar! !
Powerful families such as the Li family and the Murong family were furious and clamored for the generals who were related to their families to lead the troops to suppress the bandits and rescue people.
Those with relatively weaker forces stick together and gather together.
Although this sudden change allowed them to remain united on the surface, all kinds of rumors were spreading behind the scenes.
The most important thing is that the ransom demanded by each family is different!
The high or low ransom also caused mutual suspicion between them!
Moreover, the amount of the ransom has no direct relationship with their family power.
Some small families asked for 10 taels of silver, while some wealthy families only asked for 1 taels of silver.
So, a few families who only needed a ransom of 12,000 taels of silver secretly planned to go and pay the ransom.
However, Li Chongze had already predicted what they would do, so he stopped them at the city gate.
Li Chongze said a lot of high-sounding words, which basically called for unity and not falling into the enemy's trap.
After listening to Li Chongze's nonsense, the hosts from these aristocratic families thought that what he said made sense, so they nodded one after another and were convinced to follow Li Chongze.
But at this moment, someone suddenly shouted from the crowd: "Look, someone is back!"
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone looked towards the distance in unison.
But there was a young man wearing brocade clothes and with messy hair, riding a donkey.
Led by a tall and strong man wearing an iron mask, he appeared in everyone's sight.
"Hey, that's the young master of the Murong family, right?"
"The burly man leading the donkey in front seems to be wearing an iron mask. His clothes are also very ordinary. He must be a member of the Iron Mask Gang in the south of the city!"
As soon as Murong Suheng appeared, the people who were clamoring for a united front quickly surrounded him!
Ask questions before and after, ask about the details.
But Murong Suheng didn't dare to say a word. After all, the murderer in front of him had warned him to shut up before he set out!
No matter what others say, you must not say a word.
He didn't say anything, but could only tuck his head between his legs, and then let Han Zhuo lead him towards the city gate.
"stop!"
Li Chongze's shout came from the crowd.
Han Zhuo stopped the donkey and turned to look at Li Chongze.
Li Chongze rode on his horse, staring down at Han Zhuo. He asked, "Who are you?"
"Why did you bring Master Murong back?"
Han Zhuo remained calm in the face of Li Chongze's questioning.
Han Zhuo said, "Sir, my name is Han Xiaoer, and I'm a small-time member of the Iron-faced Gang."
"Our gang leader asked me to take one hundred taels of silver to Black Wind Mountain to pay the ransom and bring Master Murong back."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a huge rock hitting the water, immediately stirring up countless waves!
This group of wealthy nobles who had been extorted of at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of taels, immediately started cursing angrily, without any manners at all!
"One hundred taels, or silver?!"
"Why is it so little? Why does my child need 300,000 taels?!"
"What's three hundred thousand yuan? My child wants eight hundred thousand taels. We are a small family, how can we afford so much money?!"
Han Zhuo said in a low voice, "Everyone, I was only ordered to pick up Master Murong. I know nothing else. Please excuse me."
After saying that, Han Zhuo led the donkey, accompanied by Murong Suheng, who had kept his head down and dared not say much, and entered the imperial city with a "clack" and "clack" sound.
At this moment, the Murong family has already been in chaos!
The two brothers Murong Zhengde and Murong Shuli were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, pacing back and forth.
Especially Murong Zhengde, after all, the person who was captured was his own son, and he was also the one who would be delivered to the empress's dragon bed personally.
Now that he was caught, and the other party actually demanded one million taels of gold, Murong Zhengde felt like he had something stuck in his throat, was sitting on pins and needles, and had a thorn in his back!
One million taels, that’s gold!
No matter how wealthy and powerful the Murong family is, it is impossible for them to gather such a large number in such a short time!
This also left the Murong Zhengde brothers at a loss.
At this time, Murong Shuli said to Murong Zhengde: "Brother, why don't we go into the palace?"
"Report this to the Empress Dowager and have her send the Imperial Guards to suppress the bandits!"
Murong Zhengde turned around and looked at Murong Shuli as if he were an idiot. He said, "Are you stupid?"
"The Imperial Guards, they guard the palace and His Majesty."
"After Han Zhuo's death, the command of the Imperial Guard will fall into the hands of Your Majesty!"
"It's extremely difficult for the ministers to even see His Majesty now, let alone borrow the Imperial Guards to suppress bandits?"
However, Murong Shuli still said at this time: "Even so, I still want to pass this news to the palace. I think when the Queen Mother learns that her nephew is in trouble, she will definitely return to her mother's home to seek advice."
Murong Zhengde sighed deeply and said, "At this critical moment, the Queen Mother may not leave the palace."
"In the past few days, the Queen Mother has been chanting scriptures and praying in the Buddhist temple. It is said that she is praying for the Emperor."
When the Murong brothers were extremely anxious, they heard the housekeeper rushing in.
"Master! Master!"
When the two middle-aged men saw the butler so panicked, they jumped up from their chairs.
His eyes widened as if he was about to receive some terrible news.
But at this moment, the housekeeper had some great news!
He said, "The young master is back. He was rescued by a strong man wearing an iron mask!"
After these words were spoken, Murong Zhengde and Murong Shuli were so excited that they almost jumped up!
They rushed out to the yard and saw the strong man with an iron mask that the butler had mentioned in the corridor.
The two of them hurriedly invited Han Zhuo and Murong Suheng to the living room.
Murong Suheng didn't say much from beginning to end. He kept his head down, as if he had done something wrong.
After some pleasantries, Murong Zhengde asked Han Zhuo, "My dear warrior, you saved my son this time. Is there anything you want?"
"As long as you ask, I will do my best to serve you!"
At this time, Han Zhuo spoke in a deep and metallic voice through the gap in the iron mask.
"I heard that you are selecting handsome men to send to the palace to accompany the empress."
"Why don't you take me with you? I want to see the palace too."
"This……"
The Murong Zhengde brothers never expected that Han Zhuo would actually put forward such a condition.
Just when the two brothers were hesitating, a charming, gentle, and resentful voice suddenly came from outside the yard, which made Han Zhuo's body tremble!
"If you want to enter the palace, I can take you in."
Han Zhuo was shocked!
I go!
Why did she leave the palace?!