Taiyuan City, it was morning at this time.

The streets of the city are at their most crowded with people and hawkers.

Suddenly, a dozen fast horses galloped all the way from the direction of the city gate to the city.

The street vendors and people avoided one after another, and one of the people was hit by one of the horses because he did not get out of the way in time, and after rolling on the ground several times, he did not know whether he was alive or dead, and the running horse was also stopped from impulsing.

On horseback was a man in white, and after seeing that he had hit the flyer, instead of having any regrets, he cursed.

In just a moment, none of the dozen knights cared about the people who had been knocked away, and after circling around the man in white, he and the boy in white rode their horses on the street again.

"What kind of person is this, no one dares to come out and take care of people's lives today!" This is a merchant who doesn't know anything about Taiyuan City, so he asked.

"They are the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, and they have made great contributions to half of the country, who dares to find them unlucky!" An elderly man said helplessly.

Eight Imperial Merchants? After hearing this, the merchant turned on a different face, and then he didn't dare to say more, but his eyes were full of contempt for the Eight Great Emperor Merchant.

Indeed, there is nothing to praise for the family that rose by betraying the country and the nation.

The largest mansion in the east of Taiyuan City, here is the base camp of the Fan family, the head of the eight imperial merchants.

"Dad, I heard that the Southern Ming Dynasty is about to go on a Northern Expedition, do you say that the Manchurian people will win or the Ming Dynasty will win?" Fan Yongdou's son, Fan Li, asked with a frown.

Fan Li is the man in white who galloped on the street not long ago, pretending to be dead.

The reason why Fan Li was so anxious was to see his father Fan Yongdou as soon as possible.

"Of course, it is the Manchurian victory, the Manchurian is the orthodoxy of the world, and only by following the Manchurian can we have a way out for the Eight Great Emperors!" Fan Yongdou said with a look of course. There is no doubt that their eight imperial merchants are grasshoppers on a rope with the Manchurians.

If it was before, their eight imperial merchants could still hide in the shadows and eat at both ends, but since they were named the eight great imperial merchants by the Manchurians, the eight of them have been forcibly raised to the face, and there is no way out at all, in fact, the eight of them have never thought of retreating.

The reason why the Eight Families rose was because of doing business with the Manchurians at the beginning, selling everything that could be sold to the Manchurians, so that the current foundation of the Eight Families was born, and after being exposed, the Eight Families could only follow the Manchurians in this life.

For his own interests, Fan Yongdou, who is a Han Chinese, is ashamed to say that Manchu is orthodox in the world, but in his mouth, it is the Ming Dynasty that has become unorthodox, and he is indeed a traitor among traitors.

"What Dad said is that not long after the Manchurians entered the customs, they named us the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, making it clear that they protected us, and the Manchurians treated us so kindly, it is true that only following the Manchurians is the way we should go." Fan Li nodded, agreeing with Fan Yongdou's point of view.

The eight families all have almost the same attitude, from the words and deeds of the Fan family's father and son, there is no doubt that the eight families are firmly supportive of the Manchurians.

"Master, master, it's not good! The workshop in the south of the city suddenly caught fire, and several people have been burned to death, so please go and preside over it quickly. The housekeeper of the Fan family suddenly rushed over.

"Seongnam?" Fan Yongdou was taken aback.

The workshop in the south of the city is a workshop for the production of armor, and it is of great importance to provide high-quality armor for the Eight Banners!

Fan Yongdou immediately went to the south of the city with his son Fan Li with a gloomy face.

It is said that it is a family member, in fact, these dozens of people are equipped with high-grade swords and are well-trained, but they are actually dead soldiers trained by the Fan family.

In the past few years, under the leadership of Chen Mingyu, the anti-traitor team has eliminated a lot of traitors, which really shocked the eight families, although the anti-traitor team has never touched any one of the eight families for several years, so that the eight families have a lot less to think about prevention, but in order to prevent accidents, the important people of the eight families went out, at least with dozens of dead soldiers with good martial arts.

Dozens of families hugged each other on horseback, Fan Yongdou and Fan Li father and son also stepped on horseback, dozens of horses galloped and seemed to pass through the street, and the people on the street immediately had a chicken and egg fight, but unfortunately these are not what the Fan family father and son cared about, they only cared about how to reach the workshop in the south of the city at a fast speed.

When the Fan family father and son walked to a rather secluded place, in a hidden corner dozens of meters away, a black hole muzzle stretched out, aiming at Fan Yongdou who was riding on a horse.

Just as the man holding the gun was about to shoot, suddenly the gun was taken back.

"Slow, let Fan Yongdou live for two more days!" It was Chen Mingyu who stopped the man from firing.

"My lord, just now is an excellent opportunity, with the techniques of his subordinates, he will be able to hit with one blow, and the traitor Fan Yongdou will die!" This person was a sharpshooter from within Ying Long's army, and was selected by Chen Mingyu.

Chen Mingyu shook his head and explained: "I just received the news that the eight families will meet in one place in three days, and we will catch them all at that time, so it's better not to startle the snake now, after all, Fan Yongdou can be killed, but it will definitely cause the other seven families to be suspicious, and the seven families will inevitably step up their precautions, and it is difficult for us to complete it within the time specified by the emperor. ”

As soon as he received the news that the eight families were going to join the alliance, Chen Mingyu immediately made a decision to wipe out the eight families.

In fact, you don't have to think about Chen Mingyu to know that the Eight Alliances must have received the news that Daming was going to go on a northern expedition, and discussed how to deal with Daming together.

Chen Mingyu sneered in his heart, before the Northern Expedition, the eight families would be destroyed, no matter what the eight families had, it would be useless.

"Your Excellency!" The Ying Long Army sharpshooter said.

Although they lost a chance to show their marksmanship, this Ying Longjun sharpshooter also valued the task more, the emperor only gave them half a month, and if they planned eight families one by one, the time was too long, there were too many variables, and they could do their best.

Ying Longjun's sharpshooter immediately put away his gun, and quickly evacuated the scene under the leadership of Chen Mingyu, as if nothing had happened here.

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