readytorunbook Chapter 18 Kidnapping
Chapter 18 Kidnapping
Xu Muzhou and Zhuang Bai were kidnapped.
"The old man has given up on Xu Xuanyang's desire to inherit the Xu family's business. Now, Xu Xiuyu is helping to take care of the Xu family's affairs." Zhuang Bai came over with a bucket of clear water, while chatting with Xu Muzhou.
Pei Yunchu opened a new flower garden next to the small wooden house in the back garden, and also planted various herbs in it.
After the farmland was drugged, Pei Yunchu learned from the pain and decided to work harder on medicine.Although Xu Muzhou persuaded him that if a bad person wants to do bad things, you can't stop him by eating medical books.
But Pei Yunchu still felt that he should put more effort into it and be more down-to-earth.
At noon this day, Pei Yunchu cooked a medicinal meal with newly cultivated herbs. It is easy to get sick in late autumn, so eating a few medicinal meals is good for your health.Especially for Xu Muzhou, this medicinal meal was cooked more for him.
However, Xu Muzhou was afraid of suffering, and he didn't like the taste of traditional Chinese medicine the most. He acted like a baby and didn't want to eat it. This angered Pei Yunchu, so he was fined to clean the flower garden.
You can't have dinner until it's cleaned to a spotless spot.
Zhuang Bai invited himself to accompany him, the two of you fetch water and I water the flowers, you sweep the floor and I clean the table, while talking about the idle time, they are not tired at all.
Xu Muzhou scooped up a ladle of water with a gourd ladle, and carefully watered the soil in the flower garden, "The old man's favorite is my eldest brother. The current situation of the Xu family cannot do without the old man's support."
"But he must know better than anyone else the nature of his great-grandson, and he won't really entrust everything to him."
Zhuang Bai thought it was funny, showing the dimples at the corner of his mouth: "On the surface, Xu Xiuyu is naturally the biggest winner. But looking back, doesn't he have to listen to your Second Young Master Xu?"
"A profiteer." When Zhuang Bai said these two words, his tone was ambiguous.
Xu Muzhou has always believed that as a businessman, being described as a "profiteer" by others is a top-notch compliment.
He happily accepted it, while looking at the seeds in the flower garden, a new idea of making money came out: "In the future, let's also do the flower business."
Anyway, Xu Xuanyang's troubles have been resolved, and Xu Xiuyu will not dare to add trouble in the future. The bank that lost so much money should be full and substantial.
"Flower business?" Zhuang Bai had never heard this word before, and was about to ask what was going on, when a scent wafted into his nose.
The smell is uncomfortable, "Do you smell a fragrance? It's like a... strong floral fragrance.."
As soon as Zhuang Bai finished speaking, his head was already a little dizzy.
Xu Muzhou was not much better, his limbs were weak, his body sank involuntarily, and the scene in front of him was pulled into several double images.
It must be caused by this strange smell.This is not a floral fragrance, but a drug!
But...staying at home, why would there be drugs?
Xu Muzhou grasped the last ounce of will that had not been lost, and tried hard to think.And before his eyelids couldn't hold back and closed, he saw a black shadow.
..It should be Kong Ye..Although he knew that they would meet again, he didn't want to see each other so soon. This was the last thing Xu Muzhou thought about before he lay down completely.
It didn't seem to be long, when he and Zhuang Bai went to clean the flower garden, it was a quarter of noon, and now judging by the sky, it was only a quarter of noon at most.
Xu Muzhou blinked vigorously, his eyelids were sore and swollen, and his eyeballs seemed to be covered with a layer of sticky mist. After a long delay, his vision gradually became clear.
He wanted to reach out and rub his eyes, but found that his hands and feet were tied.
Xu Muzhou was startled, looked left and right, Zhuang Bai was lying next to him, tied up just like him, and the place they were in was a strange cabin.
Looking out from the opposite window, this dilapidated and simple hut should be located halfway up the mountains surrounding the town.
There was no one else in the room, so I don't know why the two of them were tied here.
"Zhuang Bai, Zhuang Bai, wake up, Zhuang Bai!"
Xu Muzhou couldn't move his arms, so he could only move closer to Zhuang Bai, rubbing his face against Zhuang Bai's.Now that the situation is unclear, he wants to confirm that Zhuang Bai's life is safe, and it's best for both of them to stay awake.
Zhuang Bai was originally in the darkness, and he vaguely heard someone calling him, it was Xu Muzhou's voice.
Following the voice, he seemed to feel the temperature of Xu Muzhou's body, and then slowly opened his eyes.Just seeing the light gave him a splitting headache.
"Zhuang Bai... how are you?" Xu Muzhou could tell that the person seemed to be in distress, and the voice of the question was as soft as a catkin in the spring breeze.
"...it's okay...don't worry about it." Zhuang Bai immediately stretched his brows and smiled in Xu Muzhou's direction.
Right now, it should be an adverse reaction after inhaling the drug, his eyes can't see the strong light for the time being, and he can only close his eyes to adjust the pain on his head.
Xu Muzhou straightened his body, sat directly next to Zhuang Bai, let Zhuang Bai lean on his shoulder, and then supported him, leaning against the wooden wall beside him.
At this moment, the door of the cabin was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a swordsman dressed in dark black came in, holding a pheasant and several live fish in his hand.
Xu Muzhou blocked Zhuang Bai's body without any trace, and then greeted the black-clothed swordsman: "Mr. Kong, Shaoxia Kong, we meet again, it is really a fate."
Kong Ye didn't answer, but nodded slightly as a response.
Then, the taciturn swordsman took a bundle of firewood from the corner, put it in the center of the cabin, and skewered the pheasant and live fish with branches, took out the torch, lit the firewood, and started to barbecue.
Xu Muzhou noticed that there was a bluestone slab in the corner, on which were placed a row of condiments such as salt, sugar, and pepper.
"I can't see it. Kong Shaoxia is still a person who is good at living. It's really wronged to live in this shriveled hut. Since you don't plan to leave Xialiang County, why don't you just tell me?"
"I will definitely vacate the best guest room in our courtyard for Kong Shaoxia to live in."
Originally, Kong Ye didn't want to talk to Xu Muzhou, but when he heard the words "I don't intend to leave Xialiang County", he looked over here.
The eyes seem to say, why do you know?
Xu Muzhou smiled brightly, and pretended to answer patiently: "For a swordsman like Kong Shaoxia, 1000 taels of silver may not be enough for you to go out with one foot."
"You actually condescend to take care of the family affairs for me, an unknown person. Presumably, there are more important things to do?"
"Although this small wooden house is dilapidated, the interior is spotless. It must be because someone has lived in it recently, and you have brought so many seasonings in your luggage, and the quality of the firewood in the corner is also very fresh. Mr. Kong , the person who lives here temporarily, who else could it be if not you?"
Kong Ye still kept silent, but took a deep look at Xu Muzhou. Previously, he only thought that this person was a scheming and cunning businessman, but now he found that this person was extremely meticulous.
"I think you won't be cruel to us for a while, so can I ask a question? Why did you tie the two of us here?"
Xu Muzhou asked.
Kong Ye just flipped and roasted the chicken and fish in his hands, and faced Xu Muzhou's inquiry, he cherished words like gold: "I didn't tie you up."
"Mr. Kong, you see that the hemp rope you used to bind the firewood is exactly the same as the one on me and Master Xu Er. How can you say that you didn't tie it?" Zhuang Bai's headache improved a little, and he naturally joined Xu Mu The dialogue between Zhou and Kong Ye.
Kong Ye didn't lift his eyelids, "I mean, I'm not the one who gave you the incense. I did it, because people who are intoxicated by the incense may become delirious and uncontrollable. Condition."
"It's tied up so that you won't hurt yourself. I'm saving you. Believe it or not."
you?not you.Xu Muzhou was keenly aware of this difference in the title, but the current situation is not suitable for studying such a small problem.
He also has to take into account more important things: "I believe what Kong Shaoxia said, there is someone else who used Mixiang on us. But it is really strange, the effect of the medicine takes place, but it only takes a few moments, how come Kong Shaoxia just happened to Can you "save" us in time? "
"Could it be that you have been hiding outside my Xu's house, always paying attention to the situation in the courtyard?"
"This is not something I paid for Kong Shaoxia to do, and I am not ashamed to enjoy this honor."
Xu Muzhou had a calculation in his mind, assuming Kong Ye's words were true, it meant that it was another group of people who used Mixiang on them.
But since these people have the ability to break into other people's homes without a sound, why do they only drug them instead of confronting them head-on?
Moreover, how did they determine where he and Zhuang Bai were in the flower garden?
It seems that Zhuang Bai's statement that the entire Xu Zhai is being "under the radar" is not false at all, and even those who stare at them are divided into several different forces.
Zhuang Bai sang with Xu Muzhou: "This honor may not be for you. Since it was someone else who gave the medicine, and Mr. Kong saved us from "others", then the purpose of Mr. Kong's trip to Xialiang County , maybe it is against that "other". "
"Mr. Kong is a student of the Mafia, and someone who can use that kind of high-level incense must not be an ordinary person."
"Among them, could it also involve disputes between Jianghu gangs?"
Kong Ye's eyes froze, and a cold glare flew over him, but Zhuang Bai remained as immobile as a mountain.
The black-clothed swordsman knew that the two men were cooperating to trick him. After so many years of licking blood on the tip of the knife, Kong Ye knew very well that when encountering a difficult opponent, keeping silent is the best policy.
Kong Ye stood up, untied the two people on the ground, and then stuffed half of the roasted pheasant into the hands of Xu Muzhou and Zhuang Bai.
And the four grilled fish were also divided into two, and each person gave two.
"So, Shaoxia Kong baked this for us?" Xu Muzhou was a little surprised.
Kong Ye washed his hands with the clear water stored in the wooden barrel in advance, and wiped them several times with a clean cloth towel, saying in a cold tone, "You guys have been lying here for two days, you'd better eat more."