Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 399

Wei Jue had already accompanied His Majesty on the autumn hunt in Lishan.

There was a time limit for paying the ransom on the letter. Yan Wu didn't dare to wait any longer. He took the letter to Lishan and showed the token of the Duke's Mansion to the imperial guards guarding Lishan.

Seeing that it was the token from the Duke's Mansion, the imperial guards did not let him pass, but sent someone to notify Wei Jue as Yan Wu requested.

Wei Jue hurried over, Yan Wu handed the letter in his hand to him, and then began to tell how he got the letter.

Wei Jue asked a few questions and his face turned extremely ugly when he learned that the shopkeeper could only raise more than 8,000 taels, which was far from the ransom demanded by the kidnappers.

Then! Wei Jue actually turned around and went back! Before leaving, he only asked Yan Wu to wait for him.

Wei Jue went back and asked for leave from the emperor. Now he was not in charge of the imperial guards or the army, so he had no official responsibility to protect the emperor.

Like other ministers, I am accompanying you on this trip just to have fun with you.

The emperor asked curiously about the reason, and Wei Jue paused and told him the truth. The emperor had also heard that Wei Jue had a concubine.

And it is said that Wei Jue is very fond of this concubine, and even sacrificed his wife's face for her.

His Majesty just didn't expect that Wei Jue would be so blinded by lust.

He frowned and said a few words to Wei Jue, and his words implied that he disagreed with Wei Jue's behavior.

Wei Jue had been in the officialdom for many years, so how could he not understand what the emperor meant? When he wanted to speak again, the prince beside him spoke for him.

What the prince meant was that Wei Jue had made great contributions in protecting the country and had done many things beneficial to the court over the years.

Now he only wanted to save the woman he loved. Since the autumn hunt was almost over, it would be okay for Wei Jue to leave early.

It is better to help a minister and create a good story.

Wei Jue looked at the prince with gratitude, feeling that their childhood friendship was not in vain.

After listening to the prince's opinion, the emperor thought about it for a moment and then agreed.

Upon receiving the order, Wei Jue immediately said goodbye and headed down the mountain.

Yan Wu had originally guessed that the Lord would let him lead the team to the foot of Zhoushan Mountain, fifty miles south of Mocheng, where his wife would be exchanged.

So he had already selected the guards before going to find Wei Jue. As long as the master gave the order, he would send out a signal flare, and the guards in the mansion would rush to the city gate to gather and set off.

But what he didn't expect was that the adult would come in person and want to set off with him.

What's strange is that the master actually took Guard Xue directly to Mo City, and asked him to fire a flare and follow with the guards, without even thinking about going back to raise the ransom.

Yan Wu thought about reminding the adult, but stopped when he saw the adult's sinister face.

He felt that the kidnappers had no chance of survival, and he didn't want to get into trouble at this time.

Yan Wu has been following the Master for many years. Seeing the Master acting like this, he had a terrible guess in his mind.

Although it is certain that the other party will be wiped out, if we don't even do the superficial work to redeem the person before that, it may be detrimental to the personal safety of the lady.

Yan Wu was anxious, but he did not bring the shopkeeper with him when he came out, and the silver was all with the other party.

In the end, he could only follow the adults on horseback and gallop.

It would normally take them eight days to leave Zhoushan, but the adults reduced the time to five days.

If the adults were not afraid that they would not have enough energy to deal with the kidnappers once they arrive, they would even want to save their rest time.

When we arrived at Shiguan City in front of Zhoushan, there were still two days left before the time set by the kidnappers.

The master ordered them to prepare a large box, put a lot of stones at the bottom of the box, and then raised some gold in Shiguan City.

Spread the gold on top of the stones to create the illusion that the box is full of gold.