The gray carrier pigeon landed on the window sill. Junior Brother Wang reached out and took off the secret message from the pigeon's foot.
There are runes attached to the mailbox. Once opened in the wrong way, the secret message will be burned. This is Dingyun Pavilion's usual method of transmitting messages.
However, once the letter is added with runes, it often represents a secret.
The letter inside was quickly taken out, and Junior Brother Wang's expression became more and more solemn.
"What's going on?" Senior Brother Li couldn't help but ask.
As a person with minor magical powers in the Four Realms, Senior Brother Li can be said to be the strongest person in this humble station.
He is not too young, and looks to be a generation older than Junior Brother Wang, but he still relies on this Junior Brother to take charge of everything.
No way, Junior Brother Wang's uncle, Elder Wang, happens to be his master. There are even rumors that Junior Brother Wang is his master's illegitimate son.
He has always respected his master, so he doesn't have many complaints about being Junior Brother Wang's bodyguard.
Because he knew the profound meaning of Master's arrangement.
This kind of thing is equivalent to studying with the prince. If Junior Brother Wang can inherit part of the master's mantle in the future, he will also be equivalent to taking a step forward in the sect.
This is quite good for him who was born ordinary.
At this time, Junior Brother Wang had handed over the letter and complained: "Damn, two forces have already made some moves and are about to come to our side."
Senior Brother Li frowned slightly and said, "Come to Bianzhou City? What do they want to do?"
Junior Brother Wang asked, "What do you think?"
Senior Brother Li reacted immediately and said, "The Shen family?"
Junior Brother Wang said impatiently: "Besides the treasures of the Shen family, what else can alarm Taichu Sect and Baiyang Cave at the same time. We have been here for so long, we can't rush out so early in the morning and let others pick the fruits."
Senior Brother Li put down the letter and said, "I'm going to force Zhao Si right now!"
"It's time like this, what the heck! Gather people and get started. In two days at most, people from Taichu Sect and Baiyang Cave will arrive." Junior Brother Wang said impatiently.
Senior Brother Li's expression became sinister and he said, "You make the arrangements."
Junior Brother Wang then realized that he had spoken too much and responded: "Sorry, senior brother, I was too impatient just now. But this matter really can't wait. Let's tie up Shen Laosan first and use force directly."
"OK."
...
The spring thunder rumbled, and the continuous rain turned into rapid showers at dusk.
Mrs. Shen was sitting in the room and suddenly put down her account book, feeling a little uneasy.
Ever since the family's secret work was cleared out and the fourth son of the Zhao family also died down, the Shen family has really lived a peaceful life.
Looking through the ledger from time to time has become Mrs. Shen's habit during this period.
Because of this habit, she can calm down quickly.
After all, it can be seen with the naked eye that the Shen family's business is gradually recovering its vitality, with more coming in than going out, which is indeed reassuring.
Today, the account book still showed more income and less money, and the house looked prosperous, but Mrs. Shen couldn't help but feel restless.
Especially the bursts of winter thunder seemed to hit her heart.
She always felt that something bad had happened, so she asked her servants to find the third child.
As a result, the maid came back soon and said: "Madam, the third young master went out at noon today and has not come back yet."
Mrs. Shen raised her eyebrows and said, "Who did he take out?"
The maid replied: "Manager Li."
"Does anyone know where he went?"
"My servant asked the old housekeeper and said he went to check the store."
This maid can stay with Madam, so her mind is naturally alert.
She was also secretly surprised. Although the third young master returned home early after having a son, businessmen could not avoid socializing. It was only dusk, but why did his wife look so distracted?
As a result, not long after, a burst of noise came from outside.
"Madam, it's not good! Madam, it's not good!"
I saw Manager Li following a few servants, limping towards this side.
He was wet all over, with wounds on his face, blood dripping down his cheeks, diluted by the rain, and he looked extremely miserable.
But he didn't care about this at all. After seeing Mrs. Shen, he knelt on the ground with a bang and said in a trembling voice: "Madam, Master, Master, Master, he has been tied up!"
Mrs. Shen suppressed the panic in her heart and asked, "Where is it? Who did it?"
"Right in front of Yuliu Street, three men in blue shirts, Wan Wen and Wan Gong, were beaten down there. They didn't know whether they were alive or dead. They only let the youngest one come back." Manager Li said in fear.
Wan Wen and Wan Gong were the bodyguards of the third young master. They were knocked to the ground after just one encounter, which shows how ruthless their opponents are.
Mrs. Shen held the table and chair and asked, "What did they say?"
Manager Li shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything, I just took the young master away."
Mrs. Shen quickly said: "Quick, let Xiao Yue come over!"
She remained calm on the surface, but the feeling of panic almost spread throughout her body, causing her hands and feet to tremble.
It didn't take long for Jing Yue to rush over.
After learning about the situation, he comforted Aunt Shen while thinking about it.
It would be best if we could lose money and avoid disaster in this matter. As long as we get the third child back first, then it would be easy to rob and kill him.
But today's incident really revealed something strange.
The government had sent people to bring back the two brothers Wan Wen and Wan Wu, but what he least wanted to see happened, that is, the two brothers Wan Wen and Wan Wu died.
If it was just to kidnap someone for money, this would be too harsh a move.
At this time, the fourth lady Shen Lu ran over in a panic.
Knowing the situation, she didn't dare to show too much panic. She just held her mother's hand tightly and said nothing.
Before nightfall, there was indeed another movement outside the house.
A servant hurriedly ran in and said, "Madam, a beggar brought this."
Jing Yue took the wooden box and opened it cautiously.
"ah."
The next moment, Mrs. Shen was so frightened that her legs softened and she almost fell to the ground.
Also frightened was Shen Lu, who was supporting her mother.
Inside the wooden box were two bloody fingers, one of which had a jade ring on it.
It didn't take much to figure out whose fingers these two belonged to.
"Damn it!"
Jing Yue looked gloomy and took out the paper under his fingers.
I saw only one sentence written on the paper - "Within one hour, rush to Wuyi Lane with one hundred thousand taels of silver. If you can't get it, use something to pay it, or wait to collect the body.".
Shen Lu looked at the content on the paper with panic eyes, her face turned pale and she said: "One hundred thousand taels? How can we have one hundred thousand taels?"
The Shen Mansion had once been glorious, and Mr. Shen had firmly established himself as the richest man many years ago, but even then, he couldn't even think of taking out one hundred thousand taels of silver in one fell swoop.
Yes, assets and money are not the same thing. Even if you lose all your money and sell your property, there must be a selling process.
Jing Yue looked at the piece of paper and asked, "Auntie, are there anything worth a hundred thousand taels in the house?"
Mrs. Shen shook her head blankly.
Jing Yue said, "Auntie, please think about it again. I'll clean up and take people over right away."
His voice was calm, like a sea-fixing needle, which prevented Mrs. Shen and Shen Lu from panicking too much.
