Chapter 61 Kidnapping
"You and Hanyan go and do it. I believe that the Gu family has experts, but they can't stop you two." Tang Wen said.
"Okay, my lord, since my lord has made the decision, I will do it." Li Liao thought about it and nodded.
In the middle of the night, two "ghosts" quietly set out.
Gu Qi's men probably never dreamed that someone in Yuling City would dare to attack their master, so Gu Hanyan and the other man easily tied Gu Qi up.
"Who are you? Do you know who I am?" In a cave outside the wilderness, there was a table with a dozen majestic swordsmen standing beside it, and Tang Wen was sitting next to the table with a sword in his hand.
Having just been thrown out of the sack with his hands still tied, Gu Qi yelled at Tang Wen arrogantly.
"Of course I know who you are, otherwise, wouldn't I have taken the wrong person?" Tang Wen was not angry. He smiled and said to him.
"Wei!" Tang Wen's dozen or so personal guards shouted in unison in natural coordination.
"This Lord?" Gu Qi was stunned, then he looked at Tang Wen.
Tang Wen was wearing an earl's crown and hat, so he knew this the best. He immediately said, "Although you are an earl, you broke the law knowingly and openly kidnapped a first-class viscount. Aren't you afraid of being beheaded by the clan officials?"
The clan office of the Chu State also had three guillotines similar to the one used by Justice Bao, namely the dog-head guillotine, the tiger-head guillotine, and the dragon-head guillotine.
Those below the rank of dukes and marquises who committed crimes were only worthy of being beheaded with a dog's head, but the status of dukes and marquises was much higher than that of Tang Wen, so they were worthy of being beheaded with a tiger's head, while princes and the like were beheaded with a dragon's head.
"Bang!" Tang Wen slammed the gavel and said, "You still have the nerve to say that. Do you know why I arrested you?"
Gu Qi was shocked, but he couldn't guess Tang Wen's identity.
But he was at least an earl, and his status among the Chu nobles was higher than his own.
The guy couldn't help but say with a lack of confidence, "I haven't broken any law, why are you arresting me?"
"Do you want me to reveal what you did? If you do, it will be aggravated." Tang Wen said. Of course, he would play a trick to scare this guy first.
"What did I do? How come I didn't know about it?" Gu Qike was not easily frightened. After a brief panic, he reacted immediately.
"Tell the truth. How did you deceive Luo Yiwu of Shuangjianmen and take his property?" Tang Jun shouted.
"What a joke! The Shuangjian Sect is so poor, why would I want to steal their money and property? I am of such status and wealthy that I wouldn't even want his small amount of money even if he gave it to me for free." Gu Qi was completely calm at this moment.
"Of course you're not doing this for that little bit of money." Tang Wen suddenly smiled strangely.
Because he found that when Gu Qi said this, his popularity was wavering, which meant that this guy must be hiding something.
"Of course. Who am I? There are few people in Yuling City as rich as me." Gu Qi said with a little arrogance.
"If people don't want to know, then don't do it. Gu Qi, why do you spread rumors?" Tang Wen suddenly slammed the gavel and said.
"What did I spread?" Gu Qi said stubbornly.
However, the popularity was a bit frightened and nagging.
When Tang Wen saw this, he felt more confident. He thought he was just tricking him just now, but he didn't expect that this guy would be exposed.
"The Jade Guanyin hides the secrets of martial arts." Tang Wen said.
"It is an indisputable fact that the Jade Guanyin does contain martial arts secrets. How can you say it is spreading rumors?" Gu Qi asked back with confidence.
"Hehe, then you admit that you were the one who spread the news?" Tang Wen laughed.
"I let it slip accidentally." Gu Qi nodded, knowing that he couldn't deny it.
"Haha, you are so awesome. You deliberately offered a sky-high price to let Luo Yiwu be your bodyguard, and then spread rumors to let the people from Eighteen Shuiyue Village rob the goods. Finally, you went to ask Luo Yiwu for five times the compensation." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"I said, would I be short of that little money?" said Gu Qi.
"Is more than one million taels a small amount of money? Although you, Gu Qi, are wealthy, you don't have many millions of taels." Tang Wen sneered.
"I was the one who leaked the news. I just said it accidentally when I was drunk. What's wrong with that? Luo Yiwu failed to protect Jade Guanyin. It only means that he is incompetent." Gu Qi said.
"The key lies in Jade Guanyin." Tang Wen said.
"Of course, it contains the secrets of the martial arts world. " Gu Qi nodded.
"Was the Jade Guanyin sent to the 'Feng Family' in Mobei?" Tang Wen asked.
"Yes, they paid a lot of money for it." Gu Qi nodded.
"I don't think it's possible if you pay a large sum of money!" Tang Wen said.
"What a joke! They don't even pay, so why should I give it away for free?" Gu Qi said sarcastically.
"Free gift! You are right!" Bang, Tang Wen slammed the gavel again, and found that Gu Qi's popularity was nagging again.
Is there really a problem?
Tang Wen had a big question mark in his mind.
"Why should I give it to him for free? Who is his Feng family to me? He's just a Mobei bandit. To put it bluntly, he's a bandit." Gu Qi shouted angrily.
"Do you think I don't know? You and the Feng family are not on good terms." Tang Wen said.
"Nonsense, Mobei is 180,000 miles away from my Yuling City. What do I have to do with them?" Gu Qi sneered.
However, his popularity betrayed him.
Because, the popularity at this moment is showing its fangs and claws, as if it is extremely angry.
"The Feng family is not simple! They want the Jade Guanyin in your hand, but you don't want to give it to them.
So, you came up with this bad idea. You deliberately leaked the secret, allowing Shuiyue Eighteen Villages to rob the goods, and you got compensation from Luo Yiwu.
You're killing two birds with one stone, what a good plan." Tang Wen sneered.
"Nonsense!" Gu Qi sneered, but he looked very surprised.
"Since you are not honest, I will not be polite either. Come here, cut off one of the hands of his youngest son Gu Yong and hand it to him." Tang Wen said.
Suddenly, Gu Yong's screams like a pig being slaughtered were heard outside.
"Don't... don't do it, don't move..." Guqi screamed in fear when he heard it.
"Daddy, save me!" Gu Yong shouted again.
"Don't cut, don't cut, I'll tell you what I'm saying." Gu Qi hung his head and said, "The Feng family is simply robbers, that jade Guanyin was bought by my ancestors.
But the Feng family has been trying to force us to sell it to them.
Back then, the Jade Guanyin was auctioned for more than one million taels of silver, but the Feng family was only willing to offer 300,000 taels. Isn’t this bullying?"
"So that's why you came up with this idea of killing two birds with one stone?" Li Liao asked.
"I would rather give the Jade Guanyin to Shuiyue Eighteen Villages than give it to them." Gu Qi shouted angrily.
"Haha, it was you who tipped off Shuiyue Village." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Oh..." Gu Qi sighed and agreed.
"Sign and seal it!" Tang Wen said, and Ge Ziyun took the confession.
"Sir, the Feng family is a bandit, but why don't you go find them and seek justice for my Gu family?" Gu Qi asked angrily.
"This is a matter between your two families. One is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten, but Luo Yiwu is the victim." Tang Wen said.
"Why would I be willing to take it? I bought the Jade Guanyin for one million taels. Why did they forcefully buy it away for only three hundred thousand taels?" Gu Qi asked.
"If you didn't want to, you could have sued the authorities." Tang Wen said.
"Bullshit, didn't I tell you that the Feng family is a bunch of robbers? They sent someone to chop me with a knife, and my small building collapsed. Do I dare to gamble with the lives of my entire family?" Gu Qi said.
"If you don't dare to gamble, you have to admit it. In this world, the strong prey on the weak, and you should understand it best." Tang Wen said.
"You are afraid of the Feng family too. Why are you saying nice things?" Gu Qi said sarcastically.
"Of course I'm afraid. Why should I provoke a master who can destroy a small building with one sword? My head has not been kicked by a donkey." Tang Wen said.
"But you are afraid of bullying me." Gu Qi shouted angrily.
"Haha, I'm just being fair." Tang Wen laughed dryly, and Gu Qi almost fainted from anger.
"Hahaha, that's so satisfying, sir. How did you know the connection between these things?" Li Liao asked with admiration afterwards.
"Yes, sir, you dragged Gucci into the trap step by step." Tang Jun said.
"Guessed!" Tang Wen smiled faintly.
"I'm curious too." Gu Hanyan said.
