V2.Chapter 357

According to the method taught by Gu Chen, Cheng Jin secretly kidnapped Meng Chong while he was out of town. Then * he wrote a letter to his family and sent it to Meng Luo's house to ask him for 20000 liang of silver and 2000 liang of gold.

When this letter arrived at the Mongolian residence, it immediately caused an uproar. The Mongolian residence was like frying a pot.

Monroe is the Prime Minister of the imperial court. Yes, but his family is not rich. He is honest and upright, and he has clean hands as an official. All his income depends only on his salary. In the wind country, the imperial court has long become a puppet with no appearance. Although the monthly salary of the ministers in the court can not be said to be less, it is far from as much as when he went to Beijing. Monroe's salary, excluding the cost of supporting the whole family in the prime minister's house, is very little left, Where can we come up with astronomical figures like 20000 liang of silver and 2000 liang of gold?

The old man was shocked and didn't lose his sense of propriety. While ordering his family to raise money, he sent someone to report to the Lieutenant's house. He went to the palace to discuss with Montaigne how to solve the matter.

Montaigne was shocked to hear that his brother was kidnapped. He couldn't stay in the palace. He followed his father and hurried back to the prime minister's house. When Mengluo and Mengtian returned to the prime minister's residence, Gu Chen had been invited by the servants of the prime minister's residence.

I know that although Gu Chen is the deputy leader of the Lieutenant's house, he is actually the real person in charge, and he knows the size of Yancheng like the back of his hand. In order to save his second son, Mengluo was very polite to Gu Chen and regarded him as a guest of honor.

Montaigne didn't have any superfluous nonsense. After Gu Chen took his seat, he asked straightforwardly, "there are kidnappers in the capital. I don't know who Gu thought the kidnappers were and how to deal with it?"

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

He pushed the matter clean, and the excrement pots were buckled on the heads of Zhen people outside the city, and the deduction was justified. Who can guarantee that there will be no criminals among the millions of Zhen people?

Monroe's face changed and asked anxiously, "then... Lord Gu, in your opinion, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Gu Chen pretended to meditate for a while, and youyou said, "money is external after all, but human life is at stake. I think we should first accept the kidnappers' conditions and give them all the gold and silver they ask for. When the redemption order is made, I can go to the Lieutenant's house and check it. I believe that the ransom given by Meng Xiang can be recovered within ten days."

Mengtian was certainly not satisfied with such an answer, and thought that Gu Chen didn't do his best to do things. He snorted coldly and said, "I think if minister Feng's family was kidnapped by bandits, Lord Gu would never give such an irresponsible answer? As the head of the Lieutenant's house, Lord Gu didn't want to catch the kidnappers, but asked us to give the kidnappers gold and silver first. You deceived me and made no one in my family?"

Gu Chen hurriedly waved her hand and said repeatedly, "I don't think so. General Meng misunderstood me! Now master Meng is in the hands of the kidnappers. If the Lieutenant's house goes to search the kidnappers, I'm afraid it will scare the snake. In case the kidnappers jump off the wall, master Meng will have some shortcomings, and the officer can't bear the responsibility!"

Montaigne still wanted to speak. Montaigne waved his hand to stop him and said, "Tian'er, what Lord Gu said is not unreasonable."

With that, he showed his embarrassment and said to Gu Chen: "Lord Gu's method is feasible, but the prime minister's house can't come up with so much gold and silver for a time. Look, Lord Gu..."

Gu Chen smiled with indifference and said, "the Mongolian phase is the left phase of the imperial dynasty. Under one person and above ten thousand people, it's only twenty thousand liang of silver and two thousand liang of gold. For the Mongolian phase, it should be nine oxen and one hair?"

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

"Ha ha!" Gu Chen smiled leisurely and said, "don't be angry, general Meng. After all, the lower officials don't know the truth."

After pondering for a moment, he said, "in this way, if you are really difficult about the ransom, the lower officer can report to the king and ask the king for help."

"If your highness King Feng is willing to help, it would be better." Monroe looked at Mengtian and said anxiously, "but 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 the childe is in danger." Gu Chen said positively.

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

"Oh, Meng Xiang is polite. Kill the next officer!" Gu Chen also hurriedly stood up and saluted Monroe respectfully.

Montaigne looked on coldly. He always felt that Gu Chen was a little out of breath, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a moment.

Besides, Gu Chen said goodbye to Meng Luo and Meng Tian and his son, left the prime minister's house, and immediately went to the palace to ask Tang Yin for payment.

Tang Yin didn't know anything about Cheng Jin and Gu Chen's plot. When he heard that Monroe's second son was kidnapped, he was surprised, frowned and asked, "who did it? Did you find out?"

Gu Chen's eyes turned and said: "the state affairs are busy. The King works hard and has no time to be separated. Why should the king bother about trivial things like this?"

Twenty thousand taels of silver plus two thousand taels of gold. Is that a small thing? But Tang Yinduo is smart. Since Gu Chen said so, there must be another secret, and it's not very clean. It's better to know such a thing than not to know it.

He smiled, nodded and replied, "well, since general Gu said so, I'll just ask. You can lend the gold and silver you mentioned to Monroe. Later, you can take my Oracle and ask Lord Zhang to mention it."

"Yes! King!" Gu Chen wanted to talk and stopped and answered.

Tang Yin picked up his pen and just wanted to write an oracle to Zhang Zhe. He felt it was inappropriate. He immediately changed Zhang Zhe's name to Shaofu Zongyuan and said, "the money should not be taken out of the national treasury, but from the palace. Go to Lord Zong and ask him to take the gold and silver from the Treasury."

"See you, king!" Gu Chen bowed his hand. He also felt that such "dirty things" should not be recorded in the national treasury, and it was most appropriate for the royal palace to pay money.

When Tang Yin wrote the Oracle, he handed it to Gu Chen, who bowed his hand and said goodbye. Before he went out, Tang Yin didn't raise his head and reminded him, "this gold and silver is not a small amount. After it's done, let Cheng Jin return to the treasury as soon as possible."

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

At the end of the day, the king nodded his head and said, "don't worry, the general should be surprised."

"Well, do it!" Tang Yin stopped talking and turned his attention back to the mountains of official documents.

Things went smoothly. Gu Chen returned to the prime minister's residence and brought twenty thousand liang of silver and two thousand liang of gold. Meng Luo was overjoyed. He took Meng Tian out of the palace and connected Gu Chen into the palace.

"Lord Gu has helped me a lot this time!" Meng Luo thanked Gu Chen for his kindness. The latter said with a light smile: "Meng Xiang should not thank the lower official, but the king!"

"This......" Monroe hesitated for a moment and didn't speak immediately. Knowing that he had a long grudge against the king, Gu Chen immediately cut in the topic and said: "now the gold and silver have been collected in full. I don't know when the kidnapper agreed to pay the ransom?"

"It's midnight tonight." As he spoke, Monroe handed the kidnapper's letter to Gu Chen, who took it over and looked at it from beginning to end. Then he put down the letter and said to Monroe, "mengxiang will go according to the kidnapper's requirements! Kidnappers usually value money and won't kill innocent people..."

Before he finished, Montaigne was discontented and asked, "why? It sounds like Lord Gu's Lieutenant's house doesn't plan to send someone to escort Xiangfu?"

Gu Chen looked positive and said, "the kidnapper mentioned in the letter that the entourage of Meng Xiang should not exceed five people. If someone goes to my Lieutenant's house, wouldn't it be a bad thing?"

"At least you should make appropriate arrangements, or what should you do once there is a change?" Montaigne said in a voice, "if the kidnapper's demand for ransom is false and the purpose is to assassinate Xiangfu, what should you do?"

"This... The lower official didn't think so much for a while..." Gu Chen took a breath and slowly lowered his head.

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

"However, there are no cavalry in my Lieutenant's house. If it really changes, I'm afraid it's out of reach." Gu Chen muttered and thought. After thinking for a long time, his brain flashed, "You can ask the ninth Legion for help. First, the ninth Legion is a cavalry legion with fast speed and strong combat power. It's not a big deal to deal with the kidnappers. Second, the ninth Legion's residence is not far 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. If he could really ask the ninth Corps for help, it would be better. However, the ninth regiment is the only cavalry regiment in the wind country. It is still a heavy cavalry regiment. It is very precious. In addition, Qi Heng, the head of the army, is arrogant and has high eyes. I'm afraid I can't invite him if I want to! He asked suspiciously, "Lord Gu, do you think general Qi is willing to help?"

Gu Chen shrugged and said, "general Qi and Lord Guo have always been good friends, and the lower official and Lord Guo have some friends. I invite Lord Guo to be a lobbyist, and I'm sure I can do it. Besides, it's just a little effort for the general!"