The deputy commander was killed in the dark alley, and two relatives were killed at the same time, which alarmed the prefect Yang Shiwei and the torture envoy Zheng Liqi half an hour later.

The two purple-robed adults personally led the team to travel, because such a serious case had just happened, both of them brought dozens of Yuan Sui and more than 100 guards, Zheng Liqi was a battalion soldier with a thief hunting camp, with bright helmets and bright armor, and Yang Shiwei was surrounded by the box army of the city defense battalion, the two of them almost arrived before and after, and after glancing at each other, they both saw the gloom and helplessness in each other's eyes.

"It seems that something big is going to happen in Fuzhou."

After a preliminary exploration of the scene, Zheng Liqi ordered all the subordinates of He Mansion to be brought over for questioning, and unexpectedly asked about something related to Nan'anhou Mansion.

The young man who came to invite people was Yang Yingming, the head of the Hou Fuya, who came to the door to ask for a meeting, and then He Yitang followed.

"It's a miracle too." Yang Shiwei said: "Zhang Tiansheng of Houguan County has already reported it, and the prince of Houfu sent someone to the county to report the case, and it has also been reported to the government. Yang Yingming, the head of the festival, and the iron merchant He family gave each other, took the benefits of the He family, and sold inferior weapons to the Nan'an regiment to practice, the prince was furious after knowing the inside story, and wanted to arrest Yang Yingming for questioning, this surnamed Yang ran away after injuring a few tooth generals, and now he is missing. ”

"Troublesome things." Zheng Liqi frowned greatly, of course he was on Xu Zixian's side. From a legal point of view, the Hou Mansion reported the case first, and Yang Yingming was a key criminal who embezzled military salaries and should be taken account. And the murder in front of him involves the Hou Mansion, and it is not so easy to get rid of.

Zheng Liqi wished that he hadn't been here, so he frowned and thought for a long time before he said: "Since the Hou Mansion reported the case to the Mansion first, I want to interrogate the previous process and find out the reason for the crime surnamed Yang, which can be carried out by the Fuzhou Mansion first?" ”

"And rightfully so." Yang Shiwei said: "Tomorrow, I will send someone to Nan'an to inquire and investigate to see if what the Hou Mansion said is true." If it is true, this matter should be a dispute between the He family and the festival head who ate the kickback, which led to such a bloody case. ”

"We don't have preconceived notions." Zheng Liqi said: "When the mansion has checked, the department will send someone to review." ”

"It's fine."

After Yang Shiwei left, Zheng Liqi called a confidant and instructed: "Tonight's matter involves the Nan'an Hou Mansion, although it may not have much to do with it, but the Nan'an Hou Shizi had better be careful, the rumors in the city have been wrong recently, I am a little worried." You can tell King Qi these words word for word. ”

The henchman agreed and said, "If King Qi has anything to say, I will also bring it back to the master without missing a word." ”

"No," Zheng Liqi shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness King Qi won't say anything about this kind of thing, and he won't say a word." ”

……

King Qi was indeed as Zheng Liqi expected, after listening to the reports before and after, he didn't say anything, but just ordered the subordinates of the palace to take two pieces of money as a reward for the errands of the head of Zheng's mansion.

Recently, the rumors in the city are wrong, and someone has already said it to King Qi.

It seems that there are strong characters who are secretly accumulating power, but there are only some faint clues.

The King of Qi didn't think who was targeting him, not to mention anything else, although the five armies of the forbidden army were controlled by King Zhao and Lin Douyao respectively, and Liu Guangsi did not pretend to be the King of Qi, but no one knew that the King of Qi had considerable confidence in Liu Guangsi, once there was a police in the palace, Liu Guangsi's army would be the first to rush to the palace to protect the strong force.

Not only that, in the five armies, King Zhao and others only controlled the high-level officials such as Du Yuhou, and seemed to firmly control several armies, but most of the middle and lower-level military attachés were old subordinates of King Qi. This kind of thing, King Qi just hid it deep in his heart, and hoped that he would never need those hidden strengths.

To be honest, as long as the forbidden army of more than 2,000 people does not attack the whole army, even if it is a few thousand troops and private soldiers, it may not be able to break the defense of the palace.

There should be no one who dares to risk the world's greatness and brazenly attack and kill a prince.

The Son of Heaven is angry, the two governments are angry, the imperial court will send troops to Fuzhou, even King Zhao would not want to see such a scene.

It's not aimed at himself, of course, it can't be to deal with King Zhao or appease Lin Douyao, in addition to these real powerful figures, King Qi can't think of where is the undercurrent going this time?

At this time, he was woken up by the people sent by Zheng Liqi, and King Qi couldn't help but think hard, could it be that this time the turmoil faintly pointed to the Nan'an Hou Mansion?

Qishan bandits?

It is unlikely that the strength of the Qishan bandits only confirms the incompetence of the Fujian garrison and civil and military officials. Or rather, the fear of the five pirates at sea.

If the Fuzhou garrison really dispatched all the naval divisions and attacked from both sides of Qizhou and the sea, of course they could take down the Qishan bandits at any cost.

It's just that in this way, the anger of the five pirates at sea is really unbearable here in Fuzhou.

At least in three to five years, there will be constant wars, and the coastal cities of Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou will be attacked by pirates in turn.

Even coastal areas such as Quang Nam East Road will be attacked.

The matter is too big, and the court can't hold it, in fact, the Son of Heaven and the two governments also know it.

Otherwise, why have the two governments never issued a strict decree to exterminate the Qishan bandits?

Chen Yutai came out to die by himself, and the five thieves behind him would not stand up for him, and the officers and soldiers strongly encircled and suppressed those were two different things.

The power of the Qishan bandits is also mainly in Qizhou, and they can stir up the wind and rain in Fuzhou City, but the Qishan bandits really don't have this ability.

"Come on." King Qi couldn't suppress the worry in his heart, so he let people come in, sharpen his pen, and hurriedly wrote a short brief, and then ordered: "You go to the city gate tonight to stay, and when you open the city gate tomorrow morning, you will hurry to Nan'an Hou's Mansion to deliver a letter." ”

After instructing the messenger, King Qi wandered around the room with his hands behind his back.

So far, he can't be sure if anyone wants to target Xu Zixian, but the intuition given to him by decades of officialdom and battlefield career tells him that there is no wind and no waves, and the recent tension and tonight's bloody case are undoubtedly involved in the Nan'an Hou Mansion.

He only hoped that Xu Zixian could be vigilant and guard against possible sneak attacks.

As for the frontal assault, the King of Qi was not sure for a while, in the current situation, there would be someone who would make such a brazen attack to deal with the future prince of the imperial court, General Sanpin Zhaowu, and the regimental training envoy of Fuzhou Mansion?

King Qi's eyes were solemn, his brows were furrowed, he was still not sure, and of course he would not make a move.

But if there is really an unexpected situation, can Xu Zixian withstand it and wait until he rescues himself?

"Mingda, I can only hope that you are careful in everything!"

……

The New Year is not going to be celebrated in a few days, and on the road to Fuzhou, the number of merchants is still in a normal situation, while among the local merchants, the number of big merchants has decreased significantly, and at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, many large merchants with a solid net worth have stopped their business and are waiting for the New Year.

The number of small and medium-sized businessmen has increased significantly, they will go everywhere to buy all kinds of groceries for the New Year, and at the end of the year, the most frugal families, as long as they have spare money, will choose to spend a sum of money at the end of the year. Or buy some clothes for adults, flower cloth for children, and worthless knick-knacks. Add a few pieces of clothing, buy cotton to re-spin the bedding, buy some household utensils, repair or add household items, or iron tools in the fields, etc.

As for eating, it is even more important.

The main reason why a nation has become a big foodie empire is actually poor to put it bluntly.

The population is large, and the area suitable for breeding and farming is too small, so of course the big foodies have to eat everything, and the water flying in the sky swims on the ground, as long as it is a living thing, there is no creature that the big foodie empire does not dare to mouth.

At the end of the year, the rich and noble can buy gold and silver jewelry, buy horses of satin, all kinds of books, study utensils, antique utensils, change into sets of furniture, buy complete sets of clothes, hats, boots, etc.

Most of the poor and adults are still reluctant to make new clothes, and adults will not easily make new clothes if they are not allowed to cover their bodies.

In fact, as far as Xu Zixian is concerned, he only had new clothes during his childhood, that is, during the Chinese New Year, and his parents still wore old clothes, which was already a memory of the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century.

At this time, what people are really willing to spend money on is to treat their mouths.

The body is overdrawn a lot in a year's work, children are generally malnourished, a year of hard work and frugality, only during the New Year will rest and indulge in the savings of expenses, relatively generous, you can buy hoarding meat, increase nutrition for children, repair the body of adults who have worked for a year.

Most of the people who come and go on the official road are these small and medium-sized businessmen who buy New Year's goods, they drive a big car at most, most of them hire a porter who walks on their feet, or even carries their own burdens, walking dozens or hundreds of miles with their feet, bringing different goods to different places, and using them to obtain profits.

This is also the most idle time of the year for group practice donations, most of the small and medium-sized businessmen are not enough to pay the donation standard, and then Xu Zixian was simply generous, and issued a warrant, and the local businessmen in the New Year's ten days, as long as the value of the goods does not exceed 1,000 yuan, they will be directly released.

At this time, the reputation of the prince of Nan'an Hou became more and more resounding, and the slightest dissatisfaction in the industrial and commercial community after the start of the expedition group practice donation has disappeared so far.

There are many fools who don't know the reason, and there are many fools who don't hit the south wall and don't look back, but most of the people still understand the reason, the imperial court is not strong enough to prevent theft, and it is helpless to start a group exercise.

The sentence of the political affairs hall is the power guarantee given by the two governments, and even the pacification envoy can only bow down to the order.

This is the authority of the ruler under the Great Wei political system, although the right minister is regarded as powerless, but the old minister has been in charge of the country for many years, how can he really have no influence and political skills?

The approach of the Hou Shizi of Nan'an has been to weigh the pros and cons as much as possible, and the impact on the industrial and commercial class is not very great.

Only the Semu merchants were not very happy, they were no more than the Chinese New Year, and the New Year had no effect on them, and even made them feel bored.

Because every New Year, the people will rest, the work of making cloth and silk will stop, a large number of factories will be suspended, and the trading houses will be closed, which will bring a lot of trouble to the color merchants.

Although they can rest for a while in Fuzhou or Quanzhou or even on the Eastern Domain, chasing joy and laughing and drinking meat every day, profit is what makes them the happiest thing, and if they want to enjoy it, why go thousands of miles to Dawei?