Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Wei Xiaobao showed a proud smile, as if everything was under his control. He chuckled and said, "Right, that's more like it. But before we talk about the business, you have to meet someone first." As he spoke, he whispered a few words to the housekeeper next to him, and then the housekeeper hurriedly left the room.

A moment later, several soldiers in Tiandi Army uniforms came in, escorting a man with a hood on his head and making a humming sound.

Tong Guogang felt that the figure looked familiar, but since he couldn't see his face or hear his voice, he pretended to be calm and didn't say a word.

"As for this person, my Tiandi Army dispatched three ironclad ships and two regiments of the Marine Brigade with 4000 people to rescue him at the Shanghai dock."

When Tong Guogang heard the words Shanghai Dock, he immediately knew who the person with the hood over his head was.

Wasn't his second son, Fahai, working as a customs officer at the Shanghai dock? Ever since the Western devils attacked Shanghai County, Fahai had lost contact. He asked Suo'etu, who said that Shanghai had been massacred and nine out of ten houses were empty. He had never seen Fahai, so he estimated that it was very likely that he had been killed.

Now after hearing what Wei Xiaobao said, he immediately thought that the man was Fahai, so he rushed forward impatiently, ignoring the obstruction of the escorting soldiers, wanting to take off the black mask to take a closer look to see if this man was Fahai who had been missing for many days.

"Uncle, the price hasn't been negotiated yet, so don't get excited." Wei Xiaobao said slowly.

When the man with the black cloth on his head heard Wei Xiaobao calling him "Uncle of the King", he struggled hard, and the sound of him calling out became even louder.

Seeing the soldiers trying to stop him, Tong Guogang took two steps back and asked the man, "Are you my son Fahai?"

When the man heard this, he trembled all over and knelt on the ground, banging his head on the ground.

Tong Guogang was now certain that this man was really Fahai, and he felt relieved. However, he still angrily said to Wei Xiaobao: "What did you do to Fahai? Why can't he speak?"

Seeing that Tong Guogang had guessed that he was his son, Wei Xiaobao thought there was no need to keep it mysterious. He waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to take off the hoods.

Sure enough, after the hood was removed, the man was revealed to be Fahai, but his mouth was stuffed with a cloth and he could not speak.

Tong Guogang was relieved to see that his son was fine, but when he thought of the business Wei Xiaobao mentioned, he said cautiously: "Sir Wei, he is Jianning's cousin. It's not appropriate for you to tie him up like this."

"Your son is good in every way except that he is ungrateful and talkative, so he has to be tied up," said Wei Xiaobao.

Tong Guogang did not respond. He knew his son's character very well. He was proud and arrogant, and it would be difficult for him to get along with a petty man like Wei Xiaobao.

"Uncle, I just said that we launched a war against Shanghai Port to rescue your son. The manpower and material resources mobilized are astronomical figures if converted into money. Considering that he is Jianning's cousin, you can give him 500,000 taels of silver and take it away!" Wei Xiaobao said lightly.

"Five hundred thousand taels?" Tong Guogang exclaimed in surprise.

"Why, you think it's too expensive? My military expenditure is more than 50 taels!" Wei Xiaobao said.

"Lord Wei, even if we sell all the houses in my house, we can't raise 500,000 for two people." Tong Guogang said helplessly.

"Your elder sister is the empress dowager and your eldest nephew is the emperor, how can you be poor?" Wei Xiaobao asked in disbelief.

"To tell you the truth, the Empress Dowager didn't visit us at all in the past few years. It's been better in the past two years, but the Emperor is in power and doesn't allow relatives by marriage to monopolize power. We can only receive a meager salary every year. There is no spare money in the family!" Tong Guogang said helplessly.

Wei Xiaobao worked so hard for so long, but met a poor owner. He said unwillingly: "What do you say? You can't take the owner away without money!"

Seeing that Wei Xiaobao only cared about money and not people, Tong Guogang could only look to Princess Jianning for help.

Princess Jianning knew Wei Xiaobao's greed very well. Although this matter saved her own cousin and was a good deed to gain face among her relatives, it ended up being like human trafficking.

"Xiaobao, can't you let my cousin go? And not ask your uncle for money?" Jianning asked tentatively.

"No, it costs money," Wei Xiaobao answered firmly.

Seeing that the soft approach didn't work, Jianning's face immediately darkened and he tried the hard approach.

She rolled up her sleeves, twisted one hand towards Wei Xiaobao's ear, and said angrily: "Wei Xiaobao, if you don't want to hold the wedding, I will obey you. You actually become a human trafficker and want to sell my cousin. I am so proud of you! You are itching for trouble! Let him go immediately..."

The housekeeper sighed secretly, thinking how many times the couple fought each other all day long. Fortunately, they were both asleep, otherwise there would be chaos again.

"You spendthrift woman, 50, you don't want it?" Wei Xiaobao said loudly with heartache.

"50, do you want me? Or do you want 50? If you dare to ask me 50 again, I will divorce you!" Princess Jianning shouted.

"We haven't even had a wedding, how can you get a divorce? What's the point of getting a divorce?" Wei Xiaobao teased deliberately.

"Huh! I'll make Shuangshuang disown you as her father!" Jianning said fiercely.

This move was ruthless and hit Wei Xiaobao's heart. He had just restored his relationship with Shuangshuang, and if Jianning caused trouble again, all his work would be in vain!

Losing 50 taels of silver would be painful for a while, but losing Shuangshuang would be painful for a lifetime.

"You are so cruel, you spendthrift woman!" Wei Xiaobao said to Jianning viciously, and then said to several soldiers, "Let him go!"

"Little guy, I can't deal with you!" Princess Jianning had the mentality of a winner.

Tong Guogang saw that the matter was resolved satisfactorily. He knew that his second son was saved by Wei Xiaobao. He bowed to Wei Xiaobao and said, "Thank you, Lord Wei, for your magnanimity and for saving my life. The whole Tong family is grateful..."

Before Tong Guogang finished his words of gratitude, Fahai, who had been untied and had the cloth on his mouth removed, shouted, "Wei Xiaobao, you kidnapped and abducted an official of the imperial court and extorted officials from the court. I will file a complaint with the emperor..."

Tong Guogang was shocked, fearing that this bastard would anger Wei Xiaobao again, so he turned around and slapped Fahai in the face, saying, "Shut up, you bastard! Lord Wei saved you, but you don't know how to be grateful. You're even blaming him for something else. Why don't you apologize to Lord Wei?"

When Fahai saw his father was angry, he immediately shut up, but he tilted his head and refused to apologize.

"Forget it, forget it, uncle, please don't blame my cousin. Let him go back. Look at him, he's so dirty and smelly." Jianning came over to smooth things over.

Tong Guogang took advantage of the situation and said, "Thank you Jianning, thank you Lord Wei for your generosity," and then he scolded Fahai, "Go home now!"

Fahai stared at Wei Xiaobao, then turned around and left the house indignantly.

Wei Xiaobao felt heartbroken when he saw the 50 taels of silver leaving.