The horse thieves seemed to have noticed their weakness, so they threw out a horse rope, tied the young man named "Wu Qi", tied him to the horse and dragged him along.
Wu Qi struggled to grab the ground with both hands, and his fingers were instantly bloody.
Due to the eagerness of the young men to save people, they were surrounded by horse thieves within a short time, captured and tied up alive.
"Brother, in my opinion, it's better to kill him!"
A horse thief who was blind in one eye looked at the young man in front of him and said.
The other person shook his head and said, "Third brother, look at their clothes. They are all made of brocade. These hairy Kid must have wealthy people in their families. It would be a pity to kill them like this. Why not let them all write letters and ask someone to pay the ransom to save their lives. Then I Le Ma Zhai will have another sum in my account!"
"Okay, let's do it!"
The leader of the horse thieves nodded slightly and asked if any of the many subordinates present carried paper and pens. However, in the current environment, the possibility of carrying paper and pens was slim. Not to mention, even in their cottage, few of these horse thieves would have items such as the Four Treasures of the Study.
At this time, the horse thief next to him who came up with the idea said, "Brother, what kind of paper and pen do you want? For paper, just tear off a piece of brocade cloth from their clothes. As for the pen, isn't there ready-made blood?"
After hearing this, the leader of the horse thieves burst into laughter and thought this was a wonderful idea.
He ordered his men to tear off a piece of brocade from the young men's bodies and use it as paper for writing letters.
One of the young men refused to give in and resisted vigorously, but was immediately killed by a horse thief with a knife.
The young men were so stunned that they looked at these horse thieves with hatred and anger in their eyes.
However, they were tied tightly and could not move. They could only watch their companions fall in a pool of blood.
At this time, the young man named 'Yu Feng' suddenly said, "How much money is needed to redeem us? Just give us a price and don't hurt them again!"
The leader of the horse thieves smiled heartily, stretched out a palm and said, "No more, no less, five hundred taels per person!"
When the young men heard the price mentioned by the leader of the horse thieves, they immediately exploded, "Then why don't you kill him with one blow?"
"Five hundred taels?! Do you think the five hundred taels are paper money to burn?"
"..."
When the leader of the horse thieves saw this, he was startled, wondering if the price he had just asked was too high.
But it was Dog Head Strategist next to him who suddenly leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Brother, with these crooked melons and cracked jujubes, it would be great if each of them can ask for fifty taels. If you ask for five hundred taels, they will just ask us to tear up the vote and forget it!"
The leader of the horse thieves rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't you just say that their family is rich?"
"Okay, five hundred taels is five hundred taels!"
As this voice sounded, everyone looked at the speaker.
The person who said this was the young man named 'Yu Feng' just now. He said calmly, "If you had said from the beginning that you just wanted to take money, how could we not offer it with both hands? Plus the person you just killed, there are eight people in total, totaling four thousand taels. I am willing to give you four thousand taels to make a friend with you. What do you think?"
When the leader of the horse thieves heard this, his eyes changed when he looked at the young man. This Kid was quite capable, but four thousand taels was not a small sum. If he could get such a huge sum of money, then his Le Ma Zhai would be enough to live a very nourishing life even if he did not come out to play in the autumn wind for a year.
However, this Kid is not that conspicuous among these people. Even among this group of teenagers, this Kid is not the leader, which makes the horse thief leader question his words.
He looked at the young man pitifully and said, "Four thousand taels, this is not a small amount. Can you Kid come up with so much silver?"
The young man smiled slightly, took out a jade pendant from his arms, and handed it over. "This is a family heirloom. Although the value is far less than four thousand taels, my family knows this jade. You only need to send this jade to the third house of Tian Nu City Changle Street Mansion, when my family sees this piece of jade pendant, they will bring it with money. However, during this period, you are not allowed to hurt my brothers any more. Shao Qi is also injured and needs timely treatment. What do you think?"
The leader of the horse thieves took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. He saw that the jade pendant was crystal clear and finely carved. It was obviously a valuable treasure.
He was secretly happy in his heart, but his face remained calm. "Okay, I will believe you once."
The leader of the horse thieves said, and asked someone to untie the dying young man named 'Shao Qi'.
Yu Feng After seeing that his brother was dying, a trace of anger immediately appeared on his face, but he still politely begged, "Please let me free my hands to take care of my brother's injury."
The horse thief leader immediately asked someone to untie him. Before he could help Shao Qi up and check his injuries, a horse thief threw a piece of brocade in front of him and said, "Young Hero should write the letter first, and let me take it to Tian Nu City!"