After eavesdropping on my thoughts, my whole family changed their fate

Gu Boqing asked carefully: "Is everything you said true? Could it be that Jin Ruoyun asked them to do this on purpose?!"

"It's true, sir. I asked at least ten people, including the servants of Madam's family who went to the flower viewing banquet. They will definitely not lie. The small vendors outside the Jiang Mansion also saw it, and their words were corroborated by others."

After hearing what the servant said, Gu Boqing finally believed that Gu Xingruo was really kidnapped.

He looked at Sang Xiaowan beside him with displeasure.

"Did you hear that? It wasn't Jin Ruoyun who did it. I know her well. She wouldn't do such a thing."

Sang Xiaowan had to believe it now even if she didn't want to. The facts were out. Her daughter was really kidnapped.

Maybe, the people she hired to kidnap Gu An were attracted by her daughter's beauty and suddenly decided not to kidnap Gu An but her daughter instead to ask them for money.

"Then sir, let's quickly raise the ransom and send it to the kidnappers! If it's too late, if the kidnappers do anything to Xing Ruo, it will be too late!"

Her Xing Ruo's life or death is uncertain now, and she is so anxious that her palms are sweaty and her back is wet.

"You think I don't care? She is my daughter. I want to pay a ransom, but that's two million taels of silver. How can I afford that?"

Even if you sell it, it won't fetch more than two million taels.

I don’t know what the kidnapper was thinking. He wants so much money. Even if he wants to embezzle, he wouldn’t dare to embezzle so much!

Mrs. Gu suddenly had an idea and said, "Go ask Jin Ruoyun for it. She has money!"

Sang Xiaowan agreed, "Yes! Ask her for it, Master. She will definitely give it to you!"

Gu Boqing thought about it and realized that indeed, as long as he asked for it, that stupid woman would definitely give it to him.

Without waiting for dawn, he went to Jin Ruoyun's room.

"Ruoyun, Xingruo at least called you aunt. She is in trouble now, you have to help her!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out to grab Jin Ruoyun's hand, hoping that she would consider their relationship and soften her heart.

Jin Ruoyun stood up calmly and hugged Jin Yuanyuan to coax her.

"Master, I want to help, but I don't have that much money."

"Over the years, most of my dowry has been given to the master. All the expenses in the mansion were also paid for with my money. I may not even have as much money as the master now."

Gu Boqing felt guilty and didn't dare to look at her, so he just made up an excuse to get away with it.

"I...I used all the money you gave me to bribe officials for promotion. I don't have much left. How about going to ask my father-in-law if he has any?"

When Jin Ruoyun heard that he wanted to ask his father for money, she glared at him.

"My father? How could he be rich? Master, you are a civil servant, you don't know the difficulties of military officers."

"He has so many soldiers under his command. Do you think they all live on the military pay from the court?! Their food, clothing, weapons, fodder, and horses, all cost money."

"When we got married, my father gave me thirty boxes of dowry! How could he have any more money? Even this Gu Mansion was bought with his own money. It cost one million taels at the time."

[This bastard, my scumbag father, actually wants my grandfather's money! He really takes the concept of living off his wife to the extreme! ]

Jin Yuanyuan was originally a little sleepy, but after hearing Gu Boqing's shameless words, she really wanted to pee on his head to wake him up.

Gu Boqing didn't hear a word Jin Ruoyun said. He looked at her with some displeasure.

"When did you become so cold-blooded?! She was your aunt! You were the one who got into trouble with her, and you don't care about her life or death at all!"

Even if the Jin family is poor, they can still come up with two million taels.

Those soldiers just do training in the barracks all day long. The expense is not that big at all. If they squeeze in some, they will definitely have some!

Jin Ruoyun seemed to be controlled by him, so she lowered her posture and said carefully for his sake:

"Master, don't be angry. That's not what I meant. If Xingruo was kidnapped, I would definitely feel sorry for her. I can only take out half of it at most. I really can't take out more than that."

Hearing that she could give half, Gu Boqing's expression eased a lot.

"What about the remaining one million taels?"

Jin Ruoyun: "If it really doesn't work... Isn't this house in the Gu Mansion still worth some money? Although it can't be sold for one million taels now, at least we can make up some money. Master, give me the deed, and I'll find someone I know to mortgage it. When I have money, I'll redeem it. Maybe it'll be enough if we make up some money."

At first, she was so stupid that she gave him the title deed of the Gu Mansion, which was bought with one million taels of silver.

Now she regrets it so much that her intestines turn green.

Now is your chance to take the house back.

Hearing about the mortgage deed, Gu Boqing hesitated.

This is the most valuable thing he has. If he pawns it, he doesn't know when he can redeem it.

Seeing him hesitate, Jin Ruoyun sighed.

"Hey, I don't know what happened to Xingruo. The kidnappers are ruthless. If they kill Xingruo with a knife, what should Xiaowan do?"

"What I'm most afraid of is losing her life. If her innocence is ruined, Xingruo's life will be ruined!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Boqing immediately agreed, "Don't say any more! I'll go get the deed right now!"

Xingruo is his and Xiaowan's only daughter, and nothing must happen to her.

Every quarter of an hour late means an extra degree of danger.

If the kidnappers really ruined Xing Ruo's innocence because of the delay in paying the ransom, then the Third Prince would definitely not want her!!!

He still has to rely on the Third Prince to rise to prominence. Whether he can become the father-in-law of the emperor depends on Xing Ruo. She must not be harmed in any way!

He took out the land deed and quickly handed it to Jin Ruoyun.

"Ruoyun, you've worked hard, and you need to pay more attention to this matter."

Jin Ruoyun definitely has more connections than him, and the amount he can mortgage is also larger than his.

"Don't worry, sir. I'll do it now."

Jin Ruoyun put away the deed and felt relieved.

An hour later...

She carried the silver that she had prepared early in the morning into the mansion.

"Master, the total amount of money we have to pay is only three thousand taels. What do you think..."

"I'll make up the rest!"

Gu Boqing gritted his teeth and took out three thousand taels from his own private warehouse and put it inside.

He asked his servants to pay the ransom.

When it was dark and no one was paying attention, they carried the boxes of silver and banknotes to the Tagui River, placed them under the willow trees next to it, and then left.

An hour later, Ding Mo Dingxiang, wearing a nightgown and a mask, walked to the box containing silver.