The collusion between officials and businessmen has been a cancer in society since ancient times. Officials are the umbrella of business, and business is the cash cow of officials. Of course, if the official stretched out a hand to the mall, it would be an even worse thing.

The Shen family, a well-known big family in Jiangnan, started five years ago, because he drank some salt water with Wei Zhigao, a salt merchant in Jiangnan, and started overnight. Everyone knows that the salt seller is a piece of fat and oily pork, but why the Shen family can eat the oil and water left by this piece of pork is a matter of opinion, and no one knows the truth. For example, it is rumored that because the head of the Shen family, Shen Zhentao, has a daughter who is beautiful and fragrant, dedicated to Master Wei Zhigao, and for example, the head of the Shen family grew up with Master Wei with diapers, and even worse, it is rumored that the head of our Shen family and Master Wei are backs to the mountain. This is a bit too unreliable.

However, Duan Zhong finally understood that this Shen family was just a hand of Lord Liao Zhangjin, the governor of Jiangnan. Regarding the collusion between officials and businessmen, our Lord Liao Zhangjin's hand is not only extended, but also stretched very long.

And if Wei Zhigao and Liao Zhangjin were really monolithic, Duan Chong's initial plan to start with Wei Zhigao was successful, and all of them were lost, and at the same time, there were 100,000 taels of silver.

He would lose money to go in, which was something that Duan Zhong never expected. I don't want to eat this kind of loss, and I don't want to eat it, so this time I must get it back. However, Jiang Mingchen's proposal is not a very good thing, killing people is not a good thing, let alone destroying the door. When it comes to this kind of thing, Duan Zhong can't do it.

Jiang Mingchen naturally knew what Duan Zhong was thinking about, so he encouraged: "Little master, don't worry, there are no good birds in this Shen family. There is absolutely no shortage of things to hurt the heavens and harms under his hands, even if he kills five times or seven times, it is not an exaggeration. ”

So Duan Zhong could only sigh helplessly: "This one of the hundreds of people in the house, do women, children and children also have to be killed?" Since this kind of thing has to be done, it is necessary not to leave any trouble, but the people who should not be killed cannot be killed, this is my principle, I think you should know it. ”

Jiang Mingchen's eyes blinked: "Then forget it?" ”

"Forget it?" Duan Zhong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "This made me lose a big loss of 100,000 taels of silver for no reason, how do you say I can calculate it?" Besides, this Liao Zhangjin always has to get off the horse, and if he doesn't start from the salt merchant, how can I pull him down? ”

"What else can I do?"

Duan Zhong sighed: "It seems that I'm going to Hangzhou." This matter is still quite troublesome. You go back and tell Ji Wuchang first, and I'll be over in two days. ”

Jiang Mingchen nodded, didn't say anything more, turned over and jumped out of the window, and disappeared into the vast night.

However, even a shadow killer as tall as Jiang Mingchen did not notice a figure quietly following him, gradually disappearing into the night.

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In the Prime Minister's Mansion, the courtyard that was silent in the night occasionally showed a little light, which came out of Prime Minister Zhu Zhenyang's study. Obviously, the Prime Minister did not sleep, but at this moment, the Prime Minister was holding his chin with his hands, looking out the window at the night, and did not give an official document. Obviously, our Prime Minister is waiting for something at the moment.

Suddenly, a breeze blew. A letter crept up on the desk.

Lord Zhu Zhenyang's face was a little solemn, and he took the letter, carefully peeled off the paint, and took out the letter paper inside. The Prime Minister's face gradually became solemn, because what was written in the letter was an extremely terrifying thing. It was so terrifying that the Prime Minister didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly picked up the pen and began to write something on the letterhead.

Writing a letter itself is an extremely easy task, but the Prime Minister is already sweating and writing a little pale. A letter with a very long content, the prime minister wrote it for an hour, and after checking it to make sure that there were no mistakes, he carefully put the letter into the letter, and carefully sealed it, and then called a housekeeper from outside the door and said: "Send this letter to the palace, and it must be handed over to the second prince." When the servant took the order, the prime minister seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, lying on his seat, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Duan Chong, Duan Chong, your wishful thinking can be regarded as a kick, I want you to taste the opportunity to kick the iron plate!" ”

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And at this moment in Hangzhou, the candlelight on the third floor of the building is still lit. But this building has long been closed, and the huge three-story building only has a little light in the chat. Ji Wuchang was sitting in the middle of chatting, holding a wine glass in his hand and smiling faintly. Opposite Ji Wuchang sat a young man, also holding a wine glass in his hand.

The crisp sound of clinking glasses came out, Ji Wuchang smacked his lips and sighed: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it." ”

The corners of Liao Xulin's mouth also pursed slightly: "There are many things that I haven't thought of." ”

"It's a pity that this time there are still more things I didn't expect." Ji Wuchang smiled bitterly.

"You are a shrewd businessman, I believe that the Shen family's business will definitely earn more silver when it is handed over to you." Liao Xulin shook his head: "It's a pity that you are his person." ”

Ji Wuchang smiled: "Not bad." is the so-called master of each other, but Liao Gongzi seems to have stretched his hand a little longer. You know, this is a felony of cutting off your head, and it's not just a matter of your father losing his official position. ”

"Sometimes when a person knows too much, but he is still his enemy, it is a very uncomfortable feeling. So Mr. Ji Wuchang, don't you think it's easy to catch fire? You're a smart person, it's a shame to die. ”

Ji Wuchang smiled: "I am a person with a very tight mouth, and I am also a person who will judge the situation and know what to do and what not to do, this is the nature of a businessman." ”

Liao Xulin Gongzi smiled: "What do you ask me to believe in you." ”

Ji Wuchang shook his head: "Young Master Liao, you can't be too greedy. I've already told you a lot of things, otherwise, maybe you don't know a lot about my master. ”

Liao Xulin took a sip of wine, leaned on the cushion behind him, but sighed in his mouth: "Duan Chong, Duan Chong, you really don't dare to be underestimated." If it weren't for the fact that your foundation in the Liang Kingdom was too shallow, I am afraid that the innocence of the Great Liang would be turned out of a hole by you. Liao Gongzi's eyes rolled, "You have indeed told me a lot of things, but it is not enough!" ”

Ji Wuchang squinted at the person who was negotiating with him, and kept weighing the gains and losses in his heart. It is a very shameful thing to betray his master, but in this matter, his 100,000 taels of silver tickets have been smashed to the vacancy, and Xiao Beiping and Duan Zhong want to pull Liao Zhangjin off the horse, which originally requires a very careful plan. However, unexpectedly, he originally wanted to dig out an earthworm from Wei Zhigao, a salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and then lead out a big fish, but he didn't expect that this Wei Zhigao was a raised scale of Liao Zhangjin, or a reverse scale. So his plan was easily exposed.

Of course, Duan Chong's identity was not exposed before today. In the eyes of Liao Zhangjin and Wei Zhigao, this Ji Wuchang is just a profiteer who wants to buy a piece of fat from the Jiangnan salt merchant with a silver ticket. But today, Ji Wuchang invited Liao Xulin to the outer building to spy on the building, and it was destined that things would not be so simple.

Liao Xulin ate in the building outside the building at night, and Ji Wuchang invited this distinguished guest to the private room on the third floor as the owner of the building outside the building and conducted a secret investigation. And this conversation went straight from late evening to late at night, and now, the two still have no intention of getting up and leaving.

Liao Xulin is the helmsman behind the Shen family, this is the news that Jiang Mingchen has discovered. So Ji Wuchang said it without any taboos today. Liao Xulin was shocked at first, but then brooding. Shocked that he was the helmsman behind the scenes of the Shen family, he was amazed by the power in Duan Chong's hands, and he didn't know how Duan Chong knew about it, and the explanation given by Ji Wuchang was: I don't know. Ji Wuchang is just a subordinate, and there are many things that he doesn't need to know, and there is no way to know. Then what I thought about was why Ji Wuchang suddenly betrayed his master at this juncture. And Ji Wuchang does seem to be very reasonable.

Because Duan Zhong is not able to bring more benefits to Ji Wuchang, and Ji Wuchang is a profiteer himself, this reason is enough. And the reason why Ji Wuchang will spy with Liao Xulin is only because Liao Xulin is the helmsman behind the Shen family, and he is also the only person who has the qualifications and ability to hand over the Shen family's business to himself. In the same way, Liao Xulin also knew that if Ji Wuchang took over the Shen family's business, he would indeed be able to bring more profits to himself. So there is a reason for this conversation to continue.

Ji Wuchang looked at Liao Xulin's eyes and said, "I can tell you where Duan Chong's dark forces in Hangzhou City are located, and at the same time, I can also tell you the news that Duan Chong will come to Hangzhou in the next few days." ”

Liao Xulin looked at Ji Wuchang's sincere face, pondered for a while, and finally spoke: "Since Duan Zhong has come to Hangzhou, I will let him come and go, and after this matter, all the business of the Shen family will be handed over to you to take care of." ”

A smile appeared on Ji Wuchang's face: "Happy cooperation!" As he spoke, he raised his glass.

Liao Xulin stood up: "Happy cooperation!" ”

With a crisp clinking of glasses, the two of them each drank the wine in their glasses. Liao Xulin put down his wine glass and was about to go home, but suddenly felt a feeling of uncontrollable dizziness, and then the strength in his body suddenly disappeared, and his consciousness gradually blurred. And the only thing that Liao Xulin's eldest son realized before fainting was that there was ** in this wine.