Chapter 383 Just Silver
The news that Man'er and others were missing shocked Yanguan Town.
Most of the merchants were extremely angry and kidnapped the child of Shopkeeper Tong as a demonstration to all the merchants in Yanguan Town.
Many businesses are helping to find people.
When Nie Xiaofeng heard the news, he ran to Tong Huaqiong to inquire about it.
Gu Baishuang did not go to enjoy the lanterns. She was at home taking inventory of her personal belongings.
During the New Year period, she listened to Tong Huaqiong's words and tried to cater to Nie Mingyuan step by step. Today, Nie Mingyuan finally took the bait and was considering letting her join the porcelain business as a condition for following Tong Huaqiong to join the Lu family's merchant ship.
Although Nie Mingyuan was still wary of her, she was able to get first-hand information about her own business and was not completely in the dark. She had already made progress at this stage.
Gu Baishuang planned to give herself an extra way out by counting all her furniture and exchanging them for silver, which she intended to invest in her stepmother Tong Huaqiong's overseas business.
She was imagining the future when she received the news that her nephew and niece were missing.
Gu Baishuang was extremely anxious, and quickly called together the maids and old women in the house who were guarding the house to go out and look for her.
She herself planned to go to the street to meet her stepmother.
Just as she was about to go out, a piece of paper flew in front of her heel and the nanny beside her picked it up and handed it to her.
Gu Baishuang's face changed suddenly when he unfolded it.
They said that the Nie family’s child was in the hands of robbers and asked the Nie family to prepare two thousand taels of silver.
Could it be that the grandchildren of the Nie family or the son Nie Xiaofeng were also kidnapped?
That’s not right. My grandchildren just came back from watching the lanterns.
Nie Xiaofeng's strength is not something that a kidnapper could take away.
Gu Baishuang hurriedly ran out of the door, thought for a moment, went into the house, and handed the note in her hand to the old woman beside her. The old woman then quietly slipped out of the corner door and onto the street.
Not long after the old woman went out, she saw Tong Huaqiong and others.
Tong Huaqiong had already searched around. When Boss Qian, He Chao, and Qinghewan's village chief Liu Tielian and others heard the news, they gathered all the people in Qinghewan in the town together to conduct an investigation and search.
Tong Huaqiong thought that enough people were looking for the child, so she stood at the place where the child was lost and waited.
She always thought, what if Man'er and the others were lost? What if they come back and don't see the adults? What if an enemy comes to negotiate with her and can't find anyone?
"Madam, someone just shot you a note and asked you to give it to me." The old woman whispered to Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong didn't care about the shocking name of "old lady". She grasped the note in her hand, unfolded it with her back turned, and understood at a glance that the kidnapper had mistaken Man'er Yaozu and others for members of the Nie family.
Although Tong Huaqiong was not sure where the misunderstanding came from, she was clear about one thing: Man'er and the others had not left Yanguan Town yet, and since the kidnapper wanted the money, he had no intention of harming the children.
The kidnapper wrote clearly on the note, asking the Nie family to leave two thousand taels of silver at the place they designated at dawn, and the child would be delivered to the Nie family at daybreak.
That means the child will not be in danger before dawn.
"The child is still in town." Tong Huaqiong said.
After confirming this information, Tong Huaqiong's tense nerves relaxed a little.
As long as people are fine, everything is fine.
"Since the person is still in the town, let the yamen runners help look for him." The old woman saw a yamen runner in the distance saying to Tong Huaqiong.
This is extortion. Even if the Gu family and the Nie family were combined, they couldn't raise that much money.
"We must not let the bailiffs know now." Lu Zhaoyang shook his head.
Tong Huaqiong's idea coincided with Lu Zhaoyang's.
Now who knows who took Maner, Xiaolong, Yaozu and Duoer away?
Now that this group of people are in the dark, they will definitely keep an eye on the movements of the yamen runners.
If they handed the note to the yamen runners, and if this group of people became desperate and did something desperate, Maner, Xiaolong and others would definitely be in danger.
What comforted Tong Huaqiong a little was that the person who kidnapped the child did not know her relationship with the child.
This will help them to act covertly.
"Aunt Tong, leave this matter to me. Trust me, I will definitely find the child." Lu Zhaoyang said to Tong Huaqiong, clutching the note.
Lu Zhaoyang felt extremely guilty.
If he hadn't been going to meet Huang Jingshan, Aunt Tong might not have brought her children to the town to watch the lanterns tonight.
Even if she took the children to the town to enjoy the lanterns, she would not have to focus her attention on him and Huang Jingshan, so as not to be so negligent as to give the kidnapper an opportunity to take advantage of them.
If anything really happened to the child, he would be sorry for Aunt Tong, and he and Huang Jingshan would never be happy in this life.
Therefore, even for the sake of his and Huang Jingshan's happiness, he had to find the child.
Tong Huaqiong nodded calmly and handed Maner's velvet flower to Lu Zhaoyang, who then left with his men.
Since Lu Zhaoyang did not die in this life, it means that God has been kind to him. Tong Huaqiong believes that those who are favored by fate will always be favored by fate.
She believed that with Lu Zhaoyang around, the children would be found.
"Mom, Yaozu, is Yaozu missing?"
Liu Yue'e went to the town to enjoy the lanterns tonight and took advantage of the time when Tong Huaqiong and the Huang family were talking to sneak into a shop that was open for business.
She went to a jewelry store with several young wives in the village, bought jewelry, and bought some satin. She was so happy that she didn't know what to do amid the flattery of the young wives.
I just came out of the jewelry shop and ran into someone from the Huang family. They said that Maner Yaozu was missing.
Liu Yue'e's mind exploded and she was frightened out of her wits.
She only has this one son. If she loses him, Gu Dashu will not forgive her.
But this can't be entirely blamed on her. Her mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, and brother-in-law are all there, as well as Su Chengmin, who is there to keep an eye on the children. That's why she can wander around with peace of mind.
Liu Yue'e's hairpins and rings fell off as she stumbled away. She grabbed Tong Huaqiong's hand to confirm whether Yaozu was lost.
Tong Huaqiong said: "All four children are missing and we are looking for them."
The news from her mother-in-law made Liu Yue'e feel dizzy. What made her angry was that a group of people did not even keep an eye on her son.
Liu Yue'e was furious and said, "How can you take care of your child? How can you abandon the child right under your noses?"
Tong Huaqiong felt guilty about losing her child.
Although they knew that there would be many people watching the lanterns, they still let the children be surrounded by the excitement of the acrobatics.
But she didn't know who to blame. In the blink of an eye, the children disappeared.
Faced with the accusations from her daughter-in-law, Tong Huaqiong decided not to bother with her.
Tong Huaqiong said to Liu Yue'e: "Everyone is already looking for it, we will definitely find it."
Liu Yue'e cried, "It's easy for you to say that. We don't even know where the child is now. If Yaozu is sold to that shameful place, I won't live either. Woo woo woo... my poor Yaozu..."
Tong Huaqiong's face darkened: "What are you talking about!"
Liu Yue'e cried with her hair disheveled, and began to scold Su Chengmin: "Didn't I ask him to look after the child? Why didn't he do it? If Yaozu can't find it, I will never forgive him."
Liu Yue'e's face was covered with tears.
Tong Huaqiong was upset by Liu Yue'e's crying, so she asked Gu Taohua to carry Liu Yue'e to a dark and secluded place.
Liu Yue'e's crying and making a fuss were too ostentatious.