On the third night of the first month, the moon is dark and the stars are scarce.

Outside a warehouse in Huanghuafang, a large number of laborers are carrying sacks and bags and sending them to the carriage. Fill one, and the wagon will go. The snow had just melted in winter, and deep rut marks were rolled out, heading towards Chongwenmen Wharf.

As early as the Yuan Dynasty, with Chaoyangmen South Street as the boundary, the east is called Huanghuafang, the west is called Sichengfang, and the Ming Dynasty is collectively called Huanghuafang. Huanghuafang four cards and 21 shops, there are martial arts, Wangfu Cang, Lu Mi Cang, Wu Dewei, Xing Wu Wei, Leopard Tao Wei, Dragon Tiger Wei, Zhihua Temple, Erlang Temple. In the Hutong of Huanghuafang, there is also a famous teaching workshop in the capital.

Shen Xi was standing at the mouth of the alley of the company's alley, looking up at the sky, and Zhou Fatzi hurriedly came over with his hands in his hands: "Seventh son, it's time to go." ”

Shen Xi didn't bring many people, there were Tang Hu and a few other people who escorted him all the way from Tingzhou Mansion to Beijing, and there were also Zhou Fatzi's entourage, but Jiang Liwei promised to transfer manpower.

Yu Niang did not appear that night, and Shen Xi could only act according to the plan that he had only learned about a short time.

There were a total of six carriages and horses, and the first one was driven by Zhou Fatzi himself, and Shen Xi sat next to him. The carriage and horses moved forward slowly, and before they got close to the warehouse, a large number of people with blades and dressed in civilian clothes surrounded the carriage, and Shen Xi learned from Yu Niang that these people were not ordinary caretakers, but officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

The thieves are officers and soldiers, but the thieves are caught by the common people, which is really a bit funny.

"Who?"

A few people walked over from the storeroom, and they couldn't see their faces in the dark, but the voice of the questioner was a little old, and he sounded about fifty years old.

As the people approached, Shen Xi and Zhou Fatzi jumped down from the carriage, and without waiting for Shen Xi's orders, Tang Hu had already led people forward and opened a road between the officers and soldiers who surrounded them, so that it was convenient for Shen Xi and Zhou Fatzi to pass.

The night was solemn, Shen Xi could only try to be as indifferent as possible, but he secretly scolded Jiang Liwei in his heart.

Jiang Liwei said that there was no danger in this trip, but now it seems that these people are afraid of leaking the news. It is possible to kill people and kill people, and with the little people he and Zhou Fatzi brought, it is simply not enough to resist so many heavily armed officers and soldiers.

Shen Xi didn't take a few steps forward before being blocked by two crossed long knives. He quickly stopped, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Zhou Fatzi next to him.

Zhou Fatzi respectfully accepted it and handed the letter to the officers and soldiers who blocked the road.

One of the officers and soldiers put away his long knife and handed the letter to the person who came from behind.

At this time, the lanterns are gathered one after another. The old man at the head squinted at Shen Xi, waved his hand, and the officers and soldiers blocking the road and the surrounding area withdrew.

Shen Xi's heart was pounding, this was more dangerous than the drug trade, and he was the undercover agent who stood up and connected with the big drug lord.

"Go inside and talk."

The old man let Shen Xi and a few people go over first, but there were not too many people who were allowed to accompany him, only Zhou Fatzi, Tang Hu and a few entourages were allowed to follow.

The old man led people to the end, and he didn't lead the way in front, because he was afraid that Shen Xi and his people would sneak attack from behind.

When the group arrived outside the warehouse, the grain shipment was still continuing. There is a simple wooden house on the right side of the gate, and when you enter it, there is a paulownia oil lamp on a simple wooden table near the window, and the light is dim, but you can see the face clearly.

"You may be seated."

The old man entered with seven or eight big men holding long knives, greeted him politely, and then his eyes fell on Shen Xi. At this time, Shen Xi had already taken off his black cloak, and he looked surprised, obviously he didn't expect that the person who came to the joint was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy.

The old man sat down, and immediately a scribe in his forties came up. Standing beside him, it is estimated that it is the master or the staff. The old man asked, "What do you call it?" ”

"The surname is Shen." Shen Xi replied in a thick Hakka accent.

The old man didn't understand too much, but pricked up his ears and listened again, and then he roughly understood. However, his brows were deeply locked: "Why aren't you from Huguang?" ”

Shen Xi changed his official dialect and said, "Fujian, Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce." ”

The old man picked up the letter and re-examined it, a sneer appeared on his face: "Tingzhou, where is it." I've never heard of it. ”

The master behind the old man leaned over and said in a low voice: "Master An is the ...... planted on the ground in Tingzhou."

"Do you need to mention it?"

The old man glanced at the man coldly, and then turned around and said, "Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, I have heard a little, I heard that the business on the ground in Fujian is doing well, but it has never involved the business in Jiangbei, how can you start the mind of official food?" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Could it be that the official grain stored in this warehouse is really there?" Doesn't that mean that some people openly transport the rice and grain stored by the imperial court to other places to sell and make huge profits from it? ”

Moreover, since these people called An Rusheng "Master An", An Rusheng used to help these people do the work of smuggling and selling official food for cash.

At the beginning, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce helped An Rusheng transport grain, and most of it was not used for disaster relief, but was sent elsewhere by An Rusheng, which seems to be related to this group of people.

Shen Xi said: "In the past, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce did business with the Anzhi Mansion...... In the first year, there was a pest plague in the south, and the price of rice skyrocketed. ”

The old man nodded slightly, but put the letter that Shen Xi handed in before on the table, and patted it gently: "Where did the letter come from?" ”

This questioning was in pure Hakka dialect of western Fujian. The old man pretended not to understand before, mainly to numb others. In fact, he is very familiar with local accents, and if others don't pay attention to it, they may fall into the trap. Shen Xi was about to reply, but the old man pointed to Zhou Fatzi next to Shen Xi and said, "You answer." ”

The person who does the killing business is very careful in dealing with people, Shen Xi just spoke the Western Fujian dialect, it is likely to be a Western Fujian person, but if the entourage around Shen Xi does not understand, then there will be something strange. Zhou Fatzi replied with a smile in official dialect: "This man in charge, the contemptible man followed the young master out to do things, but he is not a native of Tingzhou, but what you always say, the contemptible person understands." You are asking where the letter came from, but in fact, this letter ...... We took it over halfway. Hehe. ”

When the old man heard this, he was furious, and he slapped the table and stood up.

This seems to be a kind of code, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers with knives and guns immediately rushed in from the outside, surrounding Shen Xi and several people in the center, Zhou Fatzi, Tang Hu and others all had fear on their faces, but Shen Xi's face did not change. Because when Shen Xi learned about the content of the plan, he had already guessed that there might be such an outcome.

The old man sneered: "You should be a U-turn deal, you can transfer it casually?" What happened to the people who had agreed on the Huguang Rice Grain Deal? ”

Shen Xi stretched out his hand and stroked his smooth chin, with a deep expression: "That said it was robbed, are you satisfied?" Or in your mind, we are just a small place. The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce can only do some small business in a corner of safety. But what we have is money, have you heard of the silver number pioneered by Tingzhou Prefecture? There are also branches of our chamber of commerce in Nanjing, and the northern provinces have our printed New Year's pictures and comic books for sale, and we have the courage to do big business. ”

Hear this. The old man's tone was a little calmer: "It's up to you? ”

Shen Xi asked, "Have you heard of the Song family in Fuzhou?" ”

One sentence made the old man's face change, which showed that he knew Song Xi'er as a woman.

It stands to reason that a person with an official background in the capital. It is unlikely that he will know about the local snake in Fuzhou City, thousands of miles away.

Shen Xi actually made a test of words, and after seeing the old man's face, he finally connected the whole thing in his heart.

The leads, all on Yu Niang.

The source of the matter can be traced back to Ma Wensheng's use of troops in the northwest, the imperial court was short of food, and Emperor Hongzhi sent Liu Daxia to Xuanfu to manage military salaries.

Liu Daxia suddenly visited Tingzhou, saying that he was here for An Rusheng's collusion with bandits, but it was better to say that he was tracking down the whereabouts of the imperial court's treasury grain, but unfortunately An Rusheng was only used by others. Liu Daxia couldn't find any useful clues from him.

After that, Yu Niang appeared in Fuzhou City, which should also be from Liu Daxia's handwriting.

Song Xi'er relied on her relationship with Fang Guan, the commander of Fujian, to call for wind and rain in Fuzhou, and it is estimated that she was also involved in the theft and sale of grain in the warehouse, so Liu Daxia sent Yu Niang to investigate.

Shen Xi tried to speculate, although Yu Niang was the person in charge of the Tingzhou Teaching Department and was doing the business of accompanying laughter, but secretly obeyed the dispatch of the factory guards to help find out information and supervise the local government.

Yu Niang had mentioned before that her "dead husband" had an old relationship with Ma Wensheng. It shouldn't be an old friend, but he used to work under Ma Wensheng, maybe he did intelligence investigation work. According to Yu Niang's thoughts, I want to get out of the bitter sea of the official office as soon as possible. But even if she leaves the party, she will continue to work for the court, and she will have to work hard to do whatever she is sent.

This just explains why Yu Niang's subordinates have Xi'er, who knows martial arts, and at the same time has the ability to influence the Fujian Political Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Division. Because Liu Daxia holds the positions of the left deputy capital and the imperial history of the capital, he is the top boss of the exclusive picket, impeachment of hundreds of officials, identification of wrongs, and admitting various provinces.

If you don't listen to Liu Daxia's greetings. Judging by the darkness of the current Fujian Township Examination, it is possible that basically the officials of Fujian who have set up political envoys and probationary envoys will be swept away.

The old man was silent for a moment, and smiled disdainfully: "Master Song, who is that?" ”

Shen Xi pursed his lips: "I don't know." The size is just a local snake, and there was a conflict with our Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, so we contacted some friends in the rivers and lakes and gave it to ...... Hehe...... How can the rice and grain line in Huguang be spared? ”

The old man's face suddenly became hideous and terrifying.

Obviously, Song Xi'er's death is not in this group's plan, maybe they were also tracking down Song Xi'er's whereabouts before, not because they cared about Song Xi'er's life and death, but because they were afraid of leaking their affairs.

The old man's face finally regained his calmness, and he said lightly: "Your friends on the rivers and lakes, I think ...... It's a coastal pirate, right? ”

Shen Xi had a confident smile on his face, even if he was surrounded by officers and soldiers, he remained calm enough, because through this conversation, he knew that these people had gradually fallen into the trap.

Buyers and sellers are not talking about feelings and relationships, but about actual interests!

Shen Xi could judge that the group of Huguang rice grain merchants who were doing business with these people might have been intercepted by the imperial court and the letters of the joints were searched. Jiang Liwei will do what he wants, and under the guise of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, he will continue to trade with this group of people who steal and sell official grain, and lead out the instigators behind the scenes.

In this matter, Shen Xi was indeed used by Jiang Liwei, but fortunately, he basically sorted out the original situation, which was conducive to him seeing the situation clearly.

Shen Xi said: "Wokou? We didn't want to be friends with such thieves, we just found some people who knew how to speak and acted in a play, but unfortunately Song Dangjia was so brainless, so he was fooled. ”

The old man hurriedly asked, "Then where is she now?" ”

"Yellow Springs."

Shen Xi pointed to the ground and said calmly.

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PS: Fifth Update!

It was half past ten when I went out to dinner with my friends and came back, and the Son of Heaven hurriedly coded the words, and it took more than two hours to finally get out of a chapter! Because it was rushed in a drunken situation, this chapter may be a little unsatisfactory, but basically I want to express the meaning of the expression clearly, and everyone must also know the origin of Shenxi, the Fujian Township Trial Solution!

Well, tomorrow, oh no, I should say that today, the Son of Heaven will strive to break out, please support a lot, subscriptions and monthly passes are indispensable! (To be continued.) )