Chapter 273 I Want to Be a Villain 63

Qian Feng was Tao Ran's carefully chosen kidnapping target.

He is the grandson of Qian's eldest family, and the favorite of Mrs. Qian. He is the most important person to the Qian family.

Especially after Qian Xiang was burned and disabled.

Of the two grandsons of the eldest son, Qian Feng is the only one left, so nothing should be missed. Mrs. Qian must give an account to her eldest son.

Therefore, only by tying him up can the benefits be maximized.

As for the price of two thousand taels of silver, Tao Ran decided after careful consideration... To her, Qian Feng was worthless, but to Mrs. Qian, this price was nothing compared to her grandson's life. However, the Qian family's financial situation has not been very good recently, and this amount of money is not a small amount for them now...

Time was too tight. In order to get the money together quickly, Mrs. Qian could only choose two shops as collateral.

However, she needed money too urgently, so the banker lowered the price of the shops. In the end, she pledged money to three shops and pawned two calligraphy and paintings collected by the old lady, and she was able to scrape up the money temporarily.

Mrs. Qian is not an ordinary person. She has marked all the two thousand taels of silver notes and made backup copies. She also went through the bank and reported it to the bank. As long as the banknote was within the scope of the prefecture, it could not be cashed out. And as long as the gangster dares to cash in, he will be caught immediately.

Soon, someone came to deliver the letter.

When she opened the letter, Mrs. Qian's heart sank.

As expected, the bandits were quite experienced. They actually asked the Qian family in the letter to exchange all the banknotes they had prepared for gold ingots and pack them into boxes...

"..." Mrs. Qian was so angry! Cunning! In this way, her plan to use the bank to catch the gangsters would be impossible to realize. Two thousand taels of silver are hard to get, but they can be exchanged for gold, which is only a small box.

What can be done?

Redeem it!

I sent people around to collect the gold, and found two banks, a pawnshop and a few relatives to get the gold together.

Mrs. Qian had not slept well for several days and was already in low spirits. She depended on tonics and sat in the front hall in a daze and anxious state, waiting for news.

It is sloping westward day by day.

A little beggar came in front of Qian's house, saying he had a message.

The little beggar didn't come in, but stretched out his hand in front of the door.

"Give me fifty taels of silver, and I will tell you news about the transaction."

"what news?"

He only said: "Time and place."

When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately came to catch the beggar.

"Help!" the beggar screamed, immediately attracting passers-by to watch.

"Forget it if you don't give it to me. Let me go."

The Qian family could only grit their teeth and pay out fifty taels of silver.

Only then did they get the news: Half an hour later, at the east intersection of Da'an Street, a person was handed over with one hand and money was handed over with the other. The Qian family can only go in one car with two people at most. Otherwise there will be consequences at your own risk.

After the beggar confessed this, he took the money and ran away.

The housekeeper wanted to ask a few more questions, so he had to chase after him.

On the street, they finally stopped the beggar and asked who had delivered the news. How many people are there on the other side? What do they look like and what are they wearing?

The beggar stretched out his hand again.

This time, he asked for thirty taels.

After the unjust money was taken out again, the little beggar told them that it was a man in black who asked him to deliver the news. The man was wearing a bamboo hat and could not see his appearance. That's all he knew.

Is this information worth thirty taels? Is there any difference if we have this information or not?

"Little beggar! Get the money back!" The housekeeper got nothing, so naturally he was not willing to be fooled. And he also wanted to take the little beggar back for questioning and give the old lady an explanation. With a wave of his hand, the servants on his left and right would go up to arrest him.

The little beggar turned around and ran away, but the servants were still quick and blocked his way.

As a result, the little beggar was kicked by the housekeeper and rolled to the ground.

The housekeeper went to arrest him, grabbed the little beggar by the back and dragged him towards Qian's house.

Unexpectedly, the next second, a large group of beggars and some passers-by surrounded them, shouting:

"The Qian family is beating people again!"

"Is there any law against beating people in the street?"

"You are able to kill even a little beggar, he is nothing!"

"Since the Qian family is so powerful, Yancheng should just change its name to Qian!"

The housekeeper was a little panicked as he heard the scoldings coming one after another. Thinking of the Qian family's recent reputation, he was hesitating whether to let go...

His hesitation lasted only half a second, because someone made the choice for him.

Numerous fists and feet hit him, knocking him to the ground.

The housekeeper and the servants were rolling around on the ground and yelling, attracting more onlookers...

At this time, Tao Ran was also mixed in with the crowd of onlookers.

Naturally, she was the one who found the little beggar and sent a message, she was the one who gave guidance to the beggar to make money, and she was the one who led people to stir up public opinion.

It cost money to find someone to deliver the letter, but she couldn't afford a penny. Naturally, the money has to come from the Qian family. It can be used to disgust people, and it can also lead these beggars out of poverty, and it can also ruin the reputation of the Qian family.

No, it’s happened again.

Just like that, the Qian family paid out another eighty taels of silver for no reason, but what they got back was fists and curses. The housekeeper and several other people went back in despair. While the Qian family was busy preparing to redeem the person, the story of "many members of the Qian family beating a ten-year-old beggar in the street" was slowly spreading again.

Being rich and unkind is also a point of hatred for many people.

The Qian family's reputation unknowingly became a bit bad.

On the other side, the Qian family arrived at the designated intersection two-quarters of an hour early.

But they waited for a full hour, and no one came to hand over the matter.

Instead, someone from the Qian family sent a letter, saying that since they failed to follow the instructions, the transaction was cancelled...

Mrs. Qian was so angry that she pushed away the porcelain on the table. Then she became angry and fainted again.

It turned out that she had indeed planned the plot secretly.

After knowing the location of the transaction, she asked the powerful servants in the mansion to leave the mansion under various pretexts, and found an opportunity to ambush near Da'an Street.

Once the young master returns from the transaction, they will attack together and vow to take down the robbers in one fell swoop. They have to keep the people and the money, and they have to punish the bed bugs in the sewers.

Mrs. Qian thought that their people were very careful and had already disguised themselves and ambush them everywhere, so there was no chance of being discovered.

But this trading location was carefully chosen by Tao Ran.

Tao Ran arrived at the destination earlier than her people.

The largest private room on the third floor of the teahouse at the intersection of Da'an Street had already been reserved by Tao Ran.

Jin Gui and Tao Ran had lived in the Qian family for a long time combined, and they had met almost all the people in the backyard. Jin Gui escaped several times that day, and the group of servants in the front yard of the Qian family who captured her basically all knew each other.

So when Tao Ran's telescope searched through the window and found familiar faces at several points on the street corner, she naturally didn't take any more risks.

The letter sent again not only canceled the transaction, but also added that since the Qian family failed to carry out the transaction as required, this time the ransom was increased to 3,000 taels of silver. Let’s trade again tomorrow.

She also made a note: Young Master Qian has fallen into a coma. If the Qian family does anything wrong again, even if they pay, they may only receive a corpse.

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