Chen Million can be called a million by the people of Yangzhou, so naturally he will not be short of money.

The whole Chen Mansion covers an area of more than 100 acres, pavilions, pavilions, carved railings, typical Jiangnan buildings.

In later generations, this is another five-star tourist attraction.

However, at this moment, there is a wail.

Chen Million is said to have gone out two days ago and has not come back, otherwise Chen Lei may not have been able to do such an unreliable thing.

But, it doesn't matter, these days, there are strain-related ones.

Even if Chen Million really didn't know about it, he wouldn't be able to escape this catastrophe.

The so-called pit daddy, that's probably what he said.

"Lord Wang, a few of the better dead soldiers resisted more fiercely, injured a few guards, and the others who dared to resist have all been killed, and the rest are concentrated in the front yard."

Two hundred elite guards, used to raid the house, are definitely enough.

Don't look at these salt merchants who have raised a lot of nurses and dead soldiers, but after all, they are just stragglers.

If you go it alone, you may still have some combat effectiveness.

When you encounter a well-trained guard from the Chu Palace, it is purely an egg hitting a stone.

Besides, not everyone is willing to go against the court, do they really think that their necks are beaten with iron?

"Spare your life, Your Royal Highness the King of Chu, spare your life."

Chen Lei was thrown in front of everyone in the Chen family, and when he woke up from his coma, he finally knew that he had kicked the titanium alloy iron plate.

When the street assassinated the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he was deposed.

If this crime is implemented, the Chen family will be finished.

Even if Chen Lei's head was in the water, he would not be reckless at this time.

"Our Chen family has always been law-abiding and discipline-abiding. In this Yangzhou city, there are many bridges and roads, all of which were donated by our lord. His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there must be some misunderstanding here. ”

Seeing Li Kuan coming to the front, Chen Bin, the leader of the Chen family, hurriedly raised his head and argued.

This Chen Bin is Chen Lei's younger brother.

It stands to reason that he is a concubine, and his status in the Chen family is not as good as Chen Lei.

However, he was afraid of comparing goods, Chen Million knew too much about the abilities of his two sons, and he didn't dare to hand over the family business to Chen Lei.

"Lord Wang, this should be Chen Bin."

Wang Xuanwu whispered in Li Kuan's ear.

"Law-abiding?" Li Kuan sneered, "Whether it is law-abiding or not, this king will naturally find out." However, you probably can't wait for the day when you find out, just Chen Lei dares to assassinate the king on the street, it is enough to send you to hell. ”

Wang Xuanwu had already reported to Li Kuan the information of the Chen family compiled by the Yangzhou Branch of the Intelligence Investigation Bureau today, but he didn't expect that these salt merchants usually acted much darker than he imagined.

Since they are making ill-gotten gains, they should not blame them for their retribution.

In the emperor's house, how can there be anyone who doesn't have a black heart?

It's embarrassing for everyone to compare whose means are darker.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, my family's Dalang is obsessed, he really thinks that the prince is just a businessman in Dengzhou, so he has the idea of teasing, please check the prince, the Chen family is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and has no intention of assassinating His Highness."

At this time, Chen Qi also woke up.

Don't look at him as Chen Lei's personal guard, but Chen has a deep trust and owes the Chen family kindness, so he is loyal and wants to help the Chen family avoid this catastrophe.

"What? The king of Yangzhou City, is the Chen family having the final say? What do you say is the situation? ”

Of course, Li Kuan knew that what Chen Qi said should be the truth, but so what?

I started the layout yesterday, isn't it the current situation?

The salt merchants in the Huaiyang area, the East China Sea fishery did not mean to kill them all.

However, these people have stumbled over and over again, making the East China Sea fishery, not to mention refined salt, even salted fish can't be sold in Yangzhou City, and that's it.

The Chen family, as the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou, just hit the muzzle of the gun, and it would be too stupid for Li Kuan to let them go with a soft heart.

He wasn't so Mary Sue yet.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the official is late, please forgive your sins."

At this moment, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Ludong came with a group of people in a hurry.

Such a big thing happened in Yangzhou, if Lu Dong didn't react at all, then his ability to control Yangzhou City would be too poor.

The person who can serve as the assassin in such an important state capital as Yangzhou is definitely not the wine bag and rice bag that everyone imagines.

"Lu Envoy, the security situation in this Yangzhou City is not very good."

Li Kuan's face showed a sense of dissatisfaction.

I just came back from the scene of the Majiazhuang extermination case this afternoon, and then I ran into Chen Lei's "assassination", if the security in Yangzhou is very good, it will not conform to Li Kuan's normal understanding.

"Misunderstanding, there's definitely a misunderstanding here!"

Although Lu Dong is not the backstage of the Chen family, as a thorn history, he must be inextricably linked with a wealthy businessman like Chen Million.

Actually, this situation is also normal.

It would be strange if the local officials and the big merchants were on two parallel lines, and there was no intersection.

However, in both public and private, Lu Dong did not want the Chen family to assassinate His Royal Highness the King of Chu to be confirmed.

This matter, in a sense, is no longer just a matter of the Chen family.

"Misunderstanding? Lu Envoy Jun, why, this king was attacked by dozens of assassins on the street, this is still a misunderstanding? Do you think this king is still alive and let you down? ”

The Lu family, where Lu Dong is located, can also be regarded as a Jiangnan wang family, and Li Kuan has always had a suppressive attitude towards these so-called wang clans.

Besides, as soon as this guy comes up, he pulls the bias and bullies himself for being young?

However, as soon as these words came out, Lu Dong was directly scolded without any temper.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the lower officials have no such intentions. I just think that the Chen family and His Royal Highness the King of Chu have no enmity in the past, and there is no resentment in the near future, so there is no reason to do such a headless thing. ”

Lu Dong knows much more about Li Kuan than Chen Lei.

Know that this is not the Lord you can offend.

However, he really didn't want a one-line assassination of the prince under his rule.

"Who said that the Chen family had no enmity with this king in the past, and no grudges in recent days?" Li Kuan stared at Lu Dong unceremoniously, "Lu Envoy, the actual situation is just the opposite, this Chen family and this king, that is a grudge in the past, and there are also grievances in recent days, although this assassination is also unexpected by this king, but think about it, this is reasonable." ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Chen Lei lost his mind, after His Royal Highness spared him last night, he still wanted to save face, His Royal Highness wants to punish him, our Chen family fully agrees. Moreover, for the fright that Chen Lei brought to His Royal Highness, our Chen family is willing to take out half of the family wealth to show sincerity. ”

That Chen Bin is still dying, hoping that Li Kuan will just target Chen Lei, even if he loses a lot of money for it.

No wonder Chen Million would think of letting Chen Bin be his successor, this level is indeed not comparable to Chen Lei.

However, where does Li Kuan care about the Chen family's property?

Is there anyone else in the world who can make money as fast as the Chu Palace?

What Li Kuan wants is for the refined salt of the East China Sea fishery to enter the south of the Yangtze River, for the goods of the major workshops of the Chu Wangfu to enter the south of the Yangtze River, and for breaking the situation in which several major families in the south of the Yangtze River control the economic lifeline.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, it's getting late today, should we wait until tomorrow to continue? Tonight's matter, whether it is Chen Lei's personal meaning or the Chen family's meaning, it is not too late to confirm it later. ”

Lu Dong wants to buy a little more time for the Chen family, even if Li Kuan puts forward very harsh conditions, it is better than being raided?

"No, it's not too late, this king is still young, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep tonight. If I hadn't figured this out, I wouldn't have been able to sleep even if I went back. The king didn't want to be stoned to death by a falling rock on the road, or attacked by bandits, or poisoned by something. ”

Lu Dong: ......

Li Kuan spoke so politely, where did Lu Dong dare to take it again?

It seems that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is going to use the Chen family to kill chickens and monkeys.

I just don't know, who is the monkey?

It can't be me, right?

Lu Dong chuckled in his heart, and he was even more reluctant to get involved in this matter.

Assassinate and assassinate.

It's a big deal that this year's assessment of the officials is inferior, it's better than offending His Royal Highness the King of Chu, right?

"Xuan Ce, you make arrangements, immediately collect the confessions of these people, and for those who have the courage to expose the bad deeds of the Chen family, they will be punished lightly, and there will even be rewards; For those who are stubborn, they will be exiled directly for three thousand miles. ”

So far, this Chen family is considered to be in ruins.

No matter how much you toss, you can't make waves.

After a few days, the Chen family's salt shops were all changed to the name of the East China Sea fishery, and it is estimated that the merchants in Yangzhou should know what they want to do next.

Fair competition?

OK!

Want to play tricks?

Accompany you to the end!

It depends on whether you are afraid of being raided!

……

What happened in the Chen family last night spread all over the major wealthy families and wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou that night.

However, as a party concerned, Li Kuan continued to go to Jiangdu County with nothing to do, and just asked Wang Xuance to follow up on the Chen family's affairs.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, good morning!"

As soon as he entered the county office, that Gu Panpan actually took the initiative to say hello to Li Kuan.

However, that complexion was a little unnatural.

It seems that she also knows what happened last night.

In fact, those who know the news basically know that this is actually a half-truth.

said that Chen Jiaxing stabbed Li Kuan, yes.

It's okay to say it's a misunderstanding.

Everything depends on what Li Kuan wants.

Outcome......

I heard that the Chen family has been taken down, waiting to be released.

Even Chen Million, who has not returned in Suzhou, has special people to arrest him.

This can't help but make some people change their views on Li Kuan.

In the past few days, Li Kuan has always been amiable, making people think that he, the deposed envoy, is just here to go through the motions.

Who knew that if people didn't make a move, they would take the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou City as soon as they made a move.

"Bring that Su Jin up, and this king will interrogate him personally."

Presumably the Chen family's big case, Li Kuan is now more related to yesterday's murder case.

On the one hand, solving the case itself can be regarded as making decisions for the people.

On the other hand, the rewards given by the system are rich enough, and Li Kuan is naturally more active.

"Lord Wang, in addition to this Su Jin, I think the identity of the nameless male corpse is likely to be the breakthrough point of this case, if it can be clarified, it should be helpful to solve the case."

Wu Meiniang thought about it all night yesterday, combed through the case from beginning to end, and felt that the most suspicious thing was how could there be a scholar in Ma Laohan's house who the neighbors didn't know?

"Gu County Order, you arrange for someone to post the portrait of that scholar everywhere in the county to see if anyone knows him."

Li Kuan also felt that what Wu Meiniang said was reasonable.

This case is full of suspicions and weirdness.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Su Jin brought it up."

It didn't take long for an official to press Su Jin to the lobby.

"Smack!"

Li Kuan did the same, and slapped the shocking wood.

"Su Jin, are you guilty?"

"The grass people are wronged, I didn't kill anyone, I swear to God, I definitely didn't kill anyone."

Su Jin's face turned pale and defended himself.

No matter what era it is, if a murder case is involved, it will not end well, no matter how ignorant Su Jin is, he knows this.

"Hmph, someone in Majiazhuang said that you once took your five sons to Ma Laohan's house with knives and sticks. But that night, Ma Laohan's family of three was all killed, and you still say that you were wronged? ”

"I ...... I ......"

Su Jin's face turned even paler, and his forehead began to sweat because of nervousness.

"I ...... I'll admit I know something, but I definitely didn't kill this man. ”

Seeing that if he didn't say anything, it would be impossible for him to escape this catastrophe, and Su Jin planned to tell everything he knew.

"Two days ago, Ma Laohan came to my house and suddenly told me that Su Xiaoshuang, that is, my daughter, had hanged herself. I think they must have abused Xiaoshuang at home, otherwise how could she hang herself? So I got angry and raised my stool to hit him, but he ran away. I didn't think this could be done, so I called all five sons together and took the guys to Majiazhuang. ”

"However, when I went to Ma Laohan's house, he actually took the initiative to pull me into Xiaoshuang's room, and I was stunned when I saw it."

In the lobby, only Su Jin's statement sounded.

"What do you see in the room?" Li Kuan couldn't help but ask.

Clearly, there is hope that there will be some breakthrough in this case from Su Jin's confession.

"See...... Seeing ......" Su Jin sighed, and the whole person sat on the ground, "Xiaoshuang is still hanging on the beam, but on her bed, there is actually a scholar lying there with a bloody face." I...... I immediately understood why Xiaoshuang hanged himself. ”

After Su Jin finished speaking, his face darkened.

At this time, my son-in-law said on the side: Aye, I was going to Suzhou yesterday, but after walking for a long time, I remembered that I forgot to bring it, so I hurried home. However, he found Xiaoshuang and a scholar at home...... In a moment of anger, I covered the scholar's mouth, strangled him to death, and then slammed the door in anger. ”

Li Kuan: "And then? ”

"This kind of thing happened, where do I still have the face to stay in Ma's house and make a fuss? I took my son back that afternoon, and I really didn't know anything about the rest of the day. When I left, that old man Ma and Ma Dabao were all good, I definitely didn't kill anyone, please let the official master call the shots for me. ”

Li Kuan looked at Su Jin with a frown.

This case is getting more and more complicated, it was originally a case of extermination, but now that adultery is implicated, there is more information that needs to be investigated.

At this moment, the county lieutenant of Jiangdu came in.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Gu County's order, the results of the autopsy have come out!"