vstars Chapter 532 1 for 1
Chapter 532 1 for 1
The white mask's eyes turned and pointed at Zhou Chang: "Unless he is willing to be a hostage and go with us."
"No..." Yuan Qi only said half of the word "no".
Zhou Chang interrupted him: "You wishful thinking? How much am I worth? Do you think I am worthy of your five million taels of silver?"
"Hehe, it seems that the rumors are not entirely true. His Royal Highness Prince Yi is not to the point of valuing money over his life." The man in the white mask seemed to have expected this.
"Wrong..." Zhou Chang corrected solemnly, "I want money over life, but it depends on whose life it is."
The white mask is speechless.
Zhou Chang was joking on the surface, but her mind was working rapidly. Her original intention was to act as a middleman in the capacity of Prince Yi to facilitate the ransom transaction. However, she did not expect that the two sides were deadlocked and the other party even proposed that she take risks.
She was still hesitating, but Prince Yi Fengming's consciousness could not wait any longer, so he forcibly took control and changed the subject: "However, it is not impossible for me to accompany you. But it can't be a wasted trip. I have to take out another 10% of your 40% of the gold as my hard work fee."
Feng Ming was anxious, but not impulsive, and he knew how to maintain his character.
Yuan Qi was about to speak out to stop it.
Feng Ming quickly winked at her as a hint.
Yuan Qi had no choice but to stay still.
"This..." The white mask began to think again.
Prince Yi always talked about money, and coupled with his previous "fame", it was natural that people would trust him a little.
However, such a huge request is too greedy and no one can accept it.
The White Mask seemed to have made a decision without much effort, and offered a condition: "We will move all the gold away, and His Royal Highness Prince Yi will have to accompany us for a while, so that we can hand over the person and the money at the same time."
Feng Ming also followed Zhou Chang's line of thought and put on a show: "Impossible, as long as you dare to take the ransom, you must keep 60% as the 'transfer tax', otherwise don't even think about me receiving the warrant for you."
The white mask sneered hoarsely: "Haha..., Your Highness Prince Yi's reputation of 'leaving traces when the wind blows, plucking feathers when the wild geese pass' is really well-deserved, but Your Highness is not as smart as people say."
"What do you mean?" Feng Ming remained as arrogant as ever.
The white mask shook his head and said, "Your Highness, why do you hold the title of 'Tai Zai Makushou'? Can you put all the money you collect into your own pocket? The bulk of it still has to be handed over to the court. If you calculate it this way, Your Highness is not as easy as us gangsters to make money."
"You mean..." Feng Ming seemed to understand, "If that's the case, then you don't need the Jin Caosi's warrant?"
"Of course I don't want it. The transaction amount is not 500,000 taels of gold, but 100,000 taels." The man with the white mask was quite familiar with the rules.
Feng Ming's brain was quicker than Zhou Chang's calculations: "You mean, you want me to issue you a receipt for 60,000 taels of gold?"
White Mask nodded.
Five hundred thousand taels of gold became one hundred thousand. I don’t know whether the kidnappers took the route by land or by water.
No matter where you go, you'll have to find another way to conceal the difference in numbers.
However, since White Mask said this, it was obvious that he was confident.
The white mask didn't know what Feng Ming was thinking, and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi is a smart man. Give us all the ransom, and we will leave you two cars at the end. Your Highness can just pretend that this transaction never happened. This will benefit both of us, so why not do it?"
Feng Ming seemed to be interested: "How much is the gold in the two carts?"
"One percent." The man in the white mask raised a finger.
Feng Ming immediately curled his lips: "One percent is too little, absolutely not possible."
"One percent is not a small amount..." The white mask seemed to know this very well. "One percent is 500,000 taels of gold, which belongs to Prince Yi alone and has nothing to do with the court. Isn't that enough?"
"Hehe..." Feng Ming seemed to finally understand, but he still curled his lips high, "You wishful thinking, you eat meat and let me drink soup, it doesn't make sense."
Yuan Qi was so angry that his face turned blue: "You are shameless, you are all shameless, birds of a feather, these are all my Yuan family's gold."
"Soon it won't be." The gaze of the white mask could make people shudder even through the outermost layer of veil. He raised two fingers to Feng Ming and said, "Twenty percent, no more."
Feng Ming took a step back with great effort and held up three fingers: "30%, no less, and you have to pay the 60,000 taels of gold. And if you are caught by the court one day, you must insist that the ransom is 100 taels of gold."
"Don't worry, that day will never come." The man with the white mask was quite confident.
Feng Ming became even more suspicious.
The white mask seemed to be also concerned about the small issue of the sixty thousand taels of gold: "Since His Royal Highness Prince Yi agrees, then let the Yuan family give the gold first, and then we will exchange one person with His Royal Highness Prince Yi."
"Okay, since you have taken the gold, you can't go far without my order." Feng Ming said without thinking.
Zhou Chang had become a bystander. Even though he was worried, he had no other good ideas.
Yuan Qi saw that the deal was done, but looked at Feng Ming with some worry.
Feng Ming pretended not to see it and waved his sleeves: "Miss Yuan, why don't you get someone to carry the gold over."
Yuan Qi knew that Prince Yi was holding him hostage, so how could he remain indifferent?
Feng Ming just urged: "Hurry up, don't delay so many of us from making a fortune. Give the gold first, and I can exchange it with the masked man."
Yuan Qi looked at Yuan Yu who was riding on horseback behind the kidnapper, then looked at Feng Ming, and finally gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.
Next, the gold was carried up in boxes.
The kidnappers checked each box one by one and then carried it away.
There were twenty boxes of ransom in total, and soon fourteen of them were brought up.
Feng Ming did not forget to remind him to take out another 60,000 taels of gold, then turned back and told the skinny monkey: "You take care of the last three carts of gold, and have them transport them to the posthouse when no one is around."
"Your Highness, I am worried about you. Let me go with you." This time, the skinny monkey did not answer, but urged his horse forward.
"What's there to worry about? They can't do anything to me, otherwise they will be killed along with all nine generations of their clan." Feng Ming deliberately raised his voice and glanced at Yuan Qi out of the corner of his eye.
Yuan Qi watched the gold being delivered, and his eyes could not hide his worry for Feng Ming.
Zhou Chang felt uneasy, but he had no choice but to remind Feng Ming frantically in his heart.
Feng Ming's eyes touched Yuan Qi and he immediately avoided it. He sensed Zhou Chang and looked at the white mask again: "But this reminds me that you have to promise that I will go with you for a while and let me go halfway."
"Of course." The man in the white mask agreed casually.