After Xu Ning left, Mrs. Xu Ning felt a little uneasy.
I tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep.
Seeing that it was getting dark, he got up and made breakfast. At the same time, he sent a maid to wait for Xu Ning at the door. Once she saw Xu Ning, she would come and send a message to her.
Seeing the sun getting higher, Mrs. Xu Ning gradually became anxious. Looking at her son running around on the ground, she couldn't help but slap her.
Xu Sheng, who was six or seven years old, was immediately stunned. Seeing that his usually gentle mother suddenly changed, he was so frightened that he burst into tears.
After Mrs. Xu Ning was slapped, she immediately felt distressed and started crying while hugging her son.
"Mom, stop crying, Xiao Sheng doesn't feel hurt."
When little Xu Sheng saw his mother crying, he comforted her in a soft voice.
Just as Mrs. Xu Ning was about to speak, she heard the maid guarding outside the door shout: "There is news about the master."
Mrs. Xu Ning immediately abandoned her son, turned around and ran out the door.
When I arrived at the door, I found that the person who came was not my husband Xu Ning, but a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old holding a red sheepskin box. If I looked carefully, it also had a green cloud head embroidered with white thread on it, and a lion in the middle was rolling a hydrangea ball, and he was with his family.
The missing box is exactly the same.
The maid saw the madam's confused look and quickly explained: "This young master said he has news about his master."
When Mrs. Xu Ning heard this, she felt blessed and said, "Young Master, please tell me the news about the officials in my family."
Chao Yong took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Xu Ning and said: "I am the young owner of Chen's Hotel, thirty miles east of the city. This morning, a man covered in injuries broke into my store, saying that he was with a thief.
There was a conflict, and he asked me to bring this box here. He also wrote this note, saying it was a reward for me."
Mrs. Xu Ning took the note and saw a simple line written on it, "A hundred strings are given to the brother holding the note, Xu Ning." The handwriting was exactly that of her husband Xu Ning.
Mrs. Xu Ning panicked and said, "It was written by my official. Is he seriously injured?"
Chao Yong shook his head and sighed: "It was already difficult for me to speak when I came here. I was afraid that I would die, so I asked me to deliver the box to deliver the message. Your officials asked me to deliver the box and asked my wife to take my son with me.
I’m going to see him for the last time, I’m afraid I’m going to be late…”
When Madam Xu heard that Xu Ning was about to die, she immediately shook her body and almost fell down.
Fortunately, the maid next to her was smart enough to help her.
Chao Yong saw that Madam Xu was so badly beaten, and felt ashamed in his heart, and comforted him: "Ma'am, take care, maybe your family has improved. This is a box, you can see what's inside."
When Mrs. Xu Ning heard this, her eyes lit up. She took the box and handed it to the maid, saying, "Put it away carefully until I come back."
"Xu Ding, prepare the carriage quickly."
Chao Yong brought the box just to win Madam Xu's trust, but he was stunned when she didn't even look at it.
If I had known earlier, I would have just put something in the box for her, which would have saved me the time to steal it again.
While the servants were preparing the carriage, Madam Xu also took some silver and gave it to Chao Yong.
However, it was said that after Xu Ning wrote a note to Chao Yong, the message in exchange was that the ransom would be paid at another restaurant fifty miles away at noon tomorrow.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Ning had no choice but to rest at Chen's Hotel.
Early the next morning, Xu Ning and Chao Yong went out together. The difference was that Xu Ning continued to go east, while Chao Yong went to Tokyo.
Xu Ning galloped all the way, but he arrived at the designated restaurant in more than an hour. He waited until noon but no one came to talk to him. He also asked all the customers in the restaurant but no one paid attention to him. He sat in the restaurant until the evening and no one showed up.
The person he is looking for.
On the third day, he waited for another half day before returning to Tokyo unwillingly.
When I got home, I heard another bad news. Yesterday, a young man took his ancestral Yan Ling Jia and the note he wrote and made off his wife and son.
That night, the maid just took a nap, and the Yan Feijia she had kept disappeared again, leaving behind another letter asking Xu Ning to go to Chen's hotel.
When Xu Ning heard that the thief had stolen his wife and beloved son again, he roared angrily, then mounted his horse and rushed to Chen's Hotel outside the city.
When Xu Ning was about to arrive at Chen's Hotel, he saw a black horse on the side of the official road. It was the young man who asked him to write a note at the hotel.
Seeing these people who were teasing him again and again, Xu Ning's eyes burst into anger, and he wished he could pull out his sword and cut the thief in two to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Just thinking that his wife's whereabouts were unknown now, he could only suppress his anger, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I don't know where Xu Ning offended my little brother, allowing him to tease me like this."
After Chao Yong came up with this plan, he couldn't bear it. After all, tossing people back and forth like this was not as good as Song Jiang's frequent killings and shady accusations, but it was still enough to make people angry.
Xu Ning went up the mountain just to earn money, but he had to do it shamelessly.
At this time, seeing Xu Ning swallowing his anger, he couldn't help but feel even more ashamed. He turned over and dismounted, prostrated to the ground, and said: "You and I are strangers, so why should I offend you? It's really Chao Yong who had to do this. Please forgive me, General Xu."
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Although Xu Ning was also very angry, seeing Chao Yong making such a great gift, he had no choice but to get off his horse and help Chao Yong up, saying: "If you have any difficulties, just tell me, if I can help you, I will not refuse, so what's the point?"
It takes a lot of trouble."
Chao Yong felt ashamed and said: "To be honest, general, I am Chao Yong, the little overlord of Liangshan. Nowadays, traitors in the court are in power and are poisoning the people. I, Liangshan, are determined to do justice for heaven, but I have no choice but to have a small army and few generals, and the court is coming menacingly, so I am recruiting talents from all over."
, to fend off the enemy officers and soldiers, and to do justice for heaven. This time, the imperial court sent Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of Runing County, to attack Liangshan. The Huyan family's armored horses were so powerful that they could not be broken except by the general's hook, sickle and spear. Therefore, Chao Yong boldly set up this plan and returned it.
Please ask General Xu to go up the mountain and help me in Liangshan to destroy the armored chain horse."
Xu Ning felt familiar with the name Chao Yong when he heard it before, but he didn't associate the person in front of him with the little overlord Chao Yong, the son of Chao Gai, the Liangshan giant who sacked Yuncheng County and Dongping Mansion. After all, he was the emperor.
At his feet, Chao Yong was a huge bandit wanted by the imperial court. I didn't expect him to dare to commit danger himself.
When Xu Ning heard that he was asked to turn into a bandit, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are my wife and son already on their way to Liangshan?"
Chao Yong said awkwardly: "Don't worry, General Xu. I have asked people to take good care of me. I will definitely not wrong Mrs. Xu and Mr. Ling. General Xu's Yan Ling Jia has also been sent to Liangshan. When the general goes up the mountain, the original will be returned."
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Xu Ning heard that the three most important things were intact, so he made a decision. However, after thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but frown and said: "Although I have the ancestral hook and sickle spear skills, this hook and sickle spear is not made by ordinary blacksmiths."
Without hooks, sickles and spears, I went up the mountain and couldn't break the chain of horses."
Chao Yong was overjoyed when he saw that Xu Ning was ready to go up the mountain. He smiled and said: "I have asked someone to find a master craftsman, Tang Long, the golden leopard. Making a hook and sickle gun will not be a problem."
"He is my uncle's brother. It was because he was good at making all kinds of weapons that he was valued by Mr. Xianggong, the old manager. He worked hard to know the village. I heard that my uncle died a few years ago. I don't know how to express this.
But my brother went to Liangshan. If he were here, it would be easy to make a hook and sickle spear."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "He hadn't gone up the mountain yet when I came, but I have found out his whereabouts and sent someone to invite him. Your brothers will be reunited when we go to the stronghold."
Xu Ning smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "The matter has come to this, and I have no other choice. Let's hurry up and hurry up. It would be best if we can catch up with my wife and son, so that they will not be worried."
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There’s a lot going on today, so this is the only chapter left, there will be two more updates tomorrow)