After the little cannon fodder was reborn, he chose the villain childhood sweetheart

Chapter 186 Chaos at the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency

Pingyao County.

The Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency has not been stable these days.

Three days ago, Zhao Wei and several escorts from Luo Hai came back from outside in a panic. The first thing they said when they entered the house was: "We encountered bandits!"

Feng Lei, the chief escort of the escort agency, rushed out from the inner hall without stopping and personally met with Zhao Wei and his four companions.

"Old Five, are you telling the truth?"

Feng Lei is over forty years old, but he has a sturdy build and dark skin. He does not look old at all, but rather exceptionally strong and majestic.

Zhao Wei had gauze tied on his shoulder and looked tired.

"Brother, can I still lie to you? The unknown guy that Yuan Fei brought has been in league with the bandits for a long time. He took advantage of the complicated terrain of the Rising Sun Mountain when we were escorting the caravan, and joined forces with the bandits to catch us off guard!"

Feng Lei recalled Xie Lan's appearance, and remembered Feng Yuanfei's praise of Xie Lan in front of him, and hesitantly said: "Old Five, did you make a mistake? I heard from Yuanfei that Xie Lan is a cold and arrogant guy, how could he secretly collude with those low-level bandits?"

A flash of hatred flashed across Zhao Wei's eyes, but fortunately he reacted quickly and concealed that emotion quickly.

"Brother, why would I lie to you? We saw it all with our own eyes! If you don't believe me, go ask Luo Hai and the others. Xie Lan is good at disguising himself. He first gained Yuan Fei's trust, and then sneaked into our escort agency to deliver goods. He was planning to steal our escort agency's goods!"

He added more firewood and said, "Brother, the attack on us this time is a minor matter, but the kidnapping of Yuan Fei and his men by the bandits is a major matter. You have to make a decision quickly!"

Feng Lei looked embarrassed.

Zhao Wei had told him before that Xie Lan was the bandits' accomplice, and Feng Yuanfei and Er Qiang were all abducted by the bandits.

The bandits asked Zhao Wei and others to give him a message.

If you want to save Feng Yuanfei and others' lives, you must bring five thousand taels to Xuri Mountain to redeem them within seven days.

If the silver is not delivered to Xuri Mountain by the deadline, Feng Yuanfei and his companions will go to the underworld to meet the King of Hell.

Feng Yuanfei is Feng Lei's only son, and he has always regarded Feng Yuanfei as his life.

Now with the huge sum of five thousand taels and his son's life hanging in the balance, Feng Lei didn't know how to make a decision.

Five thousand taels is not a small amount, and Feng Lei cannot gather the sum in a short time.

Besides, the medicinal materials of Ren Pharmacy were robbed, and the goods worth several thousand taels must be compensated by the Longhu Escort Agency.

The money from the robbed medicinal materials and the money the bandits demanded for his life added up to nearly eight or nine thousand taels.

Even if all the money accumulated by the Feng family for generations was taken out, it would not be enough to pay so much silver.

Seeing that he hesitated, Zhao Wei gave him another strong dose of medicine.

"Brother, the bandits also said that if they didn't see the silver on the fifth day, they would not let Yuan Fei and his men die so easily. Instead, they would chop off their hands and feet first, starve them for a few days, and finally lock them in a cage, leaving them to fight with the hungry wolves that had been hungry for more than ten days! Brother, these are Yuan Fei's clothes. The bandits asked me to bring them to you."

Zhao Wei reached behind him, took out a cloth bag and threw it on the table.

Feng Lei took it subconsciously, opened it and saw that it contained the clothes that Feng Yuanfei brought with him.

"Dad! Please save Yuan Fei! If Yuan Fei dies, my daughter-in-law will die too!"

Feng Yuanfei's wife, Zhou, had been listening quietly nearby. When she saw her husband's underwear, she burst into tears.

Those clothes were all bought by Zhou, and she remembers every one of them clearly.

Now hearing the bad news, she clutched her clothes tightly and cried like a tearful person.

Feng Lei's heart ached. When he thought of Feng Yuanfei's hands and feet being chopped off, he did not hesitate and said immediately: "I will go and raise money now. Lao Wu, you go back and take care of your injuries."

Zhao Wei said with a sad face: "Brother, go and gather the money as soon as possible. If you lose the money, you can earn more. But if Yuan Fei's life is gone, it's really gone!"

Feng Lei was so anxious that he hurried out to do some work.

After three days, Feng Lei managed to scrape together three thousand taels.

He earned these three thousand taels by selling all the valuable gold and silver and house deeds in his home, and borrowing from his brothers and friends.

I can only find another way to get the remaining two thousand taels.

On the fourth day, inside the escort agency hall.

Zhou's eyes were already swollen from crying. She said to Feng Lei, who was full of sorrow, "Dad, I borrowed these five hundred taels from my parents. There are still two days left, so don't worry."

Feng Lei looked up at her and asked in surprise, "Su Ting, your parents are just a small business, where did they get so much money?"

Zhou Suting's parents ran a small cloth shop, with a monthly profit of at most five taels. How could they have raised such a huge sum of five hundred taels?

Zhou Suting wept and said, "My mother heard that Yuan Fei was in trouble, so she sold all the cloth in the cloth shop, and then went to the neighbors and relatives, and finally sold the shop to raise 500 taels of silver for me."

"What?! My in-laws actually sold the shop..."

Feng Lei was shocked, and then felt deeply regretful.

He just doesn't know people well!

Let that kid named Xie Lan take advantage of the opportunity!

Not only did he trick Yuan Fei into falling for his tricks, he also colluded with mountain bandits to kidnap him and extort huge amounts of money.

If Xie Lan was caught by him, he would make sure Xie Lan died a miserable death!

Feng Lei took a few deep breaths, and as if he had made up his mind, he said, "The day after tomorrow is the date we agreed to meet with the bandits. We can't delay any longer. Su Ting, go to the street and find someone from the escort agency and tell them... just tell them that I want to sell the escort agency!"

"What? Dad! The escort agency can't be sold!"

Zhou Suting was stunned and hurriedly spoke out to stop him, "Dad, the escort agency is a century-old house passed down by our Feng family for three generations. How can you just sell it?!"

"What else can we do if we don't sell it? We are still short of 1,500 taels. Where can we get the money from?"

Feng Lei slammed the table hard, his voice trembling, "If we can't get the money together, Yuan Fei, he won't be able to survive!"

Zhou Suting was speechless, her plain face full of tears.

The two were silent for a long time. Zhou Suting slowly stood up and prepared to go outside to find a dental clinic as Feng Lei had said.

Unexpectedly, someone came in from outside to report at this time.

"Captain Escort, there is a girl who wants to see Master Feng."

"Girl? What girl? What do you want to see Yuan Fei for?"

Feng Lei asked with a frown.

The servant replied, "I don't know that girl either, but she said her cousin is a friend of Master Feng, and that she went on a convoy expedition with Master Feng a while ago."

what? !

Feng Lei was extremely shocked.

He suddenly stood up and shouted hurriedly: "Bring the person in!"

The servant was so frightened by his gnashing teeth that he dared not breathe and hurried down to ask for help.

Jiang Wan felt that the atmosphere was wrong as soon as she entered the room.

Sitting in the hall was a burly and strong man with a full beard and a pair of round, tiger-like eyes, which looked quite scary.

Sitting on the right was a delicate woman with red eyes, looking like she had just cried.

The atmosphere in the hall was oppressive, as if hiding an unbearable anger.

Jiang Wan withdrew her gaze and bowed to the people in the hall without revealing her expression, "Greetings, Escort Captain Feng. I, Jiang Wan, have come to inquire about the whereabouts of cousin Xie Lan who accompanied Young Master Feng on an escort mission a while ago. Does Escort Captain Feng know the details?"