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Following the method that Gu Chen had taught him, Cheng Jin took advantage of the moment that Meng Chong had to leave the city to do some work to kidnap him secretly. Afterwards, he forced him to write a letter to his family and send it to Meng Luo's residence, asking them for twenty thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold.

When this letter arrived at the Meng Residence, it immediately caused a huge commotion. It was as if the entire Meng Residence had exploded into an uproar.

It was true that Meng Luo was the Left Premier, but his family's wealth was not great. He was a straightforward person and his title was a noble. All his income depended on the Salary and in the Feng Country, the imperial government had long become a useless puppet. Although the monthly salary of the Minister of Imperial Court could not be said to be small, it was still far from the amount that they received in Shang Jing. Besides the expenses needed to support the entire family, Meng Luo's Salary was already running low.

While the old man was still shocked, he did not lose his composure. As he ordered his family members to go out and raise money, he also sent someone to report to the Lieutenant's Mansion, while he went to the palace to find Meng Tian to discuss how to settle the matter.

Meng Tian was shocked upon hearing that his brother had been kidnapped. He couldn't stay in the palace anymore and followed his father to rush back to the Residence of General in a hurry. When Meng Luo and Meng Tian returned to the Residence of Prime Minister, Gu Chen had already been invited by the servants of the residence.

He knew that even though Gu Chen was the vice leader of the Lieutenant's Mansion, he was actually in charge of it. In order to save his second son, Meng Luo was extremely courteous to Gu Chen and treated him as an honored guest.

Meng Tian did not say anything unnecessary, and when Gu Chen sat down, he asked straightforwardly: "A dignified capital, yet there's actually a kidnapper appearing. I wonder who Master Gu thinks the kidnappers are? And how do we deal with this? "

"That's hard to say. The capital is not peaceful right now." Gu Chen frowned, he pretended to be lost in thought and said: "Two days ago, there was an assassin who snuck into the palace and stabbed the King!" After pausing for a moment, he continued, "Prime Minister Meng, General Meng, you two should be well aware that there is a large number of People of Zhen Country living outside of the city right now, and among them, there are many dragons and snakes mixed together. It is hard to avoid some desperate criminals who want to risk their lives for the sake of money.

He pushed this matter to the end. The blame was placed all on the People of Zhen Country outside the city, and it was all on them as well! With over a million People of Zhen Country, who could guarantee that there weren't any outlaws?

Meng Luo's face changed, and asked anxiously: "Then ? Master Gu, in your opinion, how do you think this matter should be handled? "

Gu Chen pondered for a moment, and said faintly: "After all, wealth is just worldly possessions, but life is in the hands of heaven. In my opinion, we should first accept the conditions of the kidnappers, and give them all the gold and silver they asked for.

Of course, Meng Tian was not satisfied with such an answer, he believed that Gu Chen had not tried his best to do things. He coldly snorted and said: "I think, if the family of Minister of Feng Country were to be kidnapped by bandits, Master Gu would definitely not give such an irresponsible answer, right? As the head of the Lieutenant's Mansion, Master Gu actually did not plan to capture the kidnapper. Instead, he wanted us to give the kidnapper gold and silver first.

Gu Chen immediately shook his hands, and said: "This official did not have that intention, General Meng has misunderstood this official! Now that Young Master Meng is in the hands of the kidnappers, if Lieutenant's Mansion were to go search for the kidnappers, it might alert the enemy.

Meng Tian waved his hand to stop Meng Tian as he said, "Tian'er, what Master Gu has said is not unreasonable."

As he said that, he revealed a troubled expression, and said to Gu Chen: "Master Gu's method is indeed feasible, but, this Prime Minister's residence is unable to gather that much gold and silver in a short period of time. Master Gu, what do you think ?"

Gu Chen smiled indifferently, and pointed at something else: "Prime Minister Meng is the Minister of the Left, under one person, above tens of thousands of people, a mere twenty thousand silver and two thousand gold, to Prime Minister Meng, would be nothing but a drop in the bucket, right?"

"Bullshit!" Without waiting for Meng Luo to speak, Meng Tian was so angry that his face had flushed red, and he said angrily: "Master is an official, he has always been a clean and honest man, where would we get so much gold and silver?"

"Ha ha!" Gu Chen laughed leisurely, and said: "Don't be angry General Meng, this official doesn't understand the truth."

After pondering for a moment, he said: "How about this, regarding the ransom, if Prime Minister Meng has any difficulties, I can report it to the King, and ask for her help."

"If Feng King is willing to help, that would be for the best." Meng Luo looked at Meng Tian, and said worriedly: "It's just that, Feng King might not help this old one!"

"Prime Minister Meng can rest assured on this point. The King has always kept a low profile when dealing with matters. She will never sit idly by when your son is in danger." Gu Chen said with a serious expression.

"In that case, this old man shall first thank the Master Gu!" Meng Luo's expression was excited as he stood up and bowed.

"Aiya, Prime Minister Meng is too polite, kill me!" Gu Chen also hurriedly stood up and returned a respectful bow.

Meng Tian stood to the side and watched coldly. He kept having the feeling that Gu Chen was a little out of his mind, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong with him.

As for Gu Chen, after bidding farewell to Meng Luo and Meng Tian, father and son, and leaving the residence, he immediately went to the Duke Palace to ask for's money.

Tang Yin was completely unaware of Cheng Jin and his son's conspiracy, and upon hearing that Meng Luo's second son had been kidnapped, he was secretly shocked, frowned and asked: "Who did this? Have you checked clearly? "

Gu Chen rolled his eyes, and replied: "The country is busy, the King works hard, and has no spare time for clones. For such a trivial matter, the King doesn't need to worry about it."

Twenty thousand taels of silver and two thousand taels of gold ? How could this be called a small matter? But how smart was Tang Yin? Since Gu Chen had said so, there must be some other secret, and it was not a very clean kind of secret either. For a matter like this, it would be better for him to not know.

He smiled and nodded. "Alright! Since General Gu has said so, I won't ask anymore. The gold and silver that you mentioned can be lent to Meng Luo. Wait a moment, take my written orders and go look for Master Zhang to raise it. "

"Yes!" "Great King!" Gu Chen wanted to say something but hesitated.

When Tang Yin raised the pen, just as he was about to write an imperial edict for Zhang Zhe, he felt that it was not appropriate. He immediately changed the name of Zhang Zhe to Young Palace Zong Yuan, and said: "It's better if we don't take this money out of the national treasury, just take it out from there. You go find the Master Zong and have him bring up gold and silver from his treasury. "0

"Great King Ming, see you!" Gu Chen cupped his hands and bowed. He also felt that this kind of 'dirty work' was not suitable to be recorded in the national treasury. It was most appropriate for the King's Manor to pay for it.

When Tang Yin finished writing the orders and gave it to Gu Chen, the latter left with his hands cupped. Before he left, Tang Yin once again reminded him without raising his head: "This gold and silver is not a small sum. Once everything is settled, get Cheng Jin to return it to the treasury as soon as possible to pay for it."

Gu Chen was startled, he turned and looked at Tang Yin who was reading the documents, and could not help but shake his head and laugh. From start to finish, he did not say a word about the internal affairs, but it could not be hidden from the King!

He secretly praised in his heart and nodded as he replied, "Don't worry Great King, I will definitely remind General Cheng."

"Hm!" "Do it!" Tang Yin did not speak anymore, and returned his attention back to the mountainous pile of documents.

Everything went smoothly, so Gu Chen returned to the General's Estate. At the same time, he brought twenty thousand silver and two thousand gold with him. Meng Luo was overjoyed. He brought Meng Tian along to welcome him at the Duke Palace and brought him to the Palace.

"Master Gu has really helped me out this time!" Meng Luo was extremely grateful to Gu Chen. The latter smiled and said, "Prime Minister Meng should not thank this official, but the King!"

"This ?" Meng Luo hesitated but he did not speak immediately. He knew that he had grudges against the King for a long time, so he immediately changed the topic and said: "Now that the gold and silver have been gathered, I wonder when the kidnappers agreed to pay the ransom?"

"Tonight." As he spoke, Meng Luo handed over the letter of the kidnapper to Gu Chen, who took it and read through it carefully. After that, he put the letter down and said to Meng Luo, "Prime Minister Meng, go ahead and follow the kidnapper's request! "The kidnappers usually value money, so they don't kill innocent people ?"

Before he could finish, Meng Tian asked with dissatisfaction: "What? It seems like the Lieutenant's Mansion of the Master Gu does not plan to send someone to protect his father in law? "

Gu Chen's expression turned serious as he said, "The kidnappers mentioned in the letter that Prime Minister Meng's entourage could not have more than five people following him. If someone from my Lieutenant's Mansion were to go, wouldn't that be a bad thing?"

"At the very least, you should make the appropriate arrangements. Otherwise, what will you do once something changes?" Meng Tian said seriously: "What if the kidnapper was faking the ransom and their goal was to assassinate my father, how are you going to deal with it?"

"This... "This official did not think too much about it ?" Gu Chen took a deep breath and slowly lowered his head.

"The people from your Lieutenant's Mansion must be prepared to leave the city at any time to rescue them!" Meng Tian said in a serious tone.

"However, my Lieutenant's Mansion does not have any cavalrymen. If something were to really happen, I'm afraid it would be impossible to reach." Gu Chen muttered as he thought about it. After pondering for a long time, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he said: "This matter can ask for Ninth Regiment to help. Firstly, Ninth Regiment is a kind of Cavalry Regiment, which allows one to be fast and powerful, and it would not be a problem to deal with those petty kidnappers. Secondly, Ninth Regiment's base is not far from the trading location set by the kidnappers, and it can be reached within the shortest amount of time, so it would not arouse their suspicion and vigilance. "

Hearing that, Meng Tian's eyes immediately lit up, if he really could get Ninth Regiment to help, that would naturally be the best outcome. However, Ninth Regiment was the only Cavalry Regiment in the entire Feng Country, and it was even the Heavy Cavalry Legion. It was an extremely precious treasure, and with Regiment Chief Qi Heng's arrogance, his eye of discernment was too high high, perhaps even inviting him wouldn't be enough! He asked: "Master Gu, do you think that this General Qi is willing to help you?"

Gu Chen shrugged his shoulders, and said: "General Qi and Master Guo have always been good friends, and this official has some ties with Master Guo, if I ask Master Guo to be my lobbyist, I can definitely do this, furthermore, this will only be a small matter for General Qi!"

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