"Around the time of the application, we counted and placed the goods, and Director Zheng asked us to go back to the house to rest. Only a moment later, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the east, and we wondered: who was riding a horse on this snowy day? They should also stop at Sunjiayi. It's not common for such a large team of horses to come out of the house to watch. ”

"Those people soon arrived at Sunjiayi. But without saying a word, they surrounded our foot. Then we all found out: all of them covered their mouths and noses with yellow silks......"

"This is—the yellow silk thief? It's actually a yellow silk thief! Yes, only the yellow silk thief has the courage to do this. When Zheng Sheng heard this, he suddenly said.

"Yellow silk thief?" Everyone couldn't help but whisper.

"Yes, it's the Yellow Silk Thief. Director Zheng saw the origin of the other party, so he stepped forward to reason with him, but he didn't know that the other party was not reasonable at all, and Director Zheng ...... He was killed outright...... At that time, the situation was chaotic, and a few of us, who were usually responsible for delivering news back and forth, took advantage of the chaos to ride on horses and escaped, and after a brief discussion, we divided into several teams and returned to Wanquan Town and Wancheng to report the news......"

His account was clear enough that everyone understood what was going on.

"Go down and get some rest." Zheng Shengdao.

"Shizi, what should we do?" He asked with a sad face.

Zheng Sheng closed his eyes: "We are doing legitimate business, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Yes......" I don't know if he was persuaded by Zheng Sheng's reasoning; It was Zheng Sheng's affirmative and exact attitude that moved him and gave him confidence, and the messenger breathed a sigh of relief and went down to rest.

Zheng Sheng and the others went down, walked to the door, looked at the snowflakes flying in the sky, and said to himself in a puzzled tone: "What does he want to do?" I remember my cousin telling me that we paid what was due to him. This convoy was not a 'tribute' to him. What's more, they also killed people. Killed! ”

Killing someone, what was originally a simple thing becomes a completely different thing. He saw it very clearly: "Tell everyone to come, come to Sanquan Hall." I'm a bit of a mess right now and don't know what to do. We need to hear everyone's opinions. ”

"Yes. I'll go at once. Liu Wei'er said that she also understood the seriousness of this matter.

Sanquan Hall is the place where Zheng Sheng's small think tank discusses things.

It was nearly midnight, but the news of the notification had spread, and Zheng Sheng sat on the main seat, silently thinking about his thoughts. Liu Wen'er sat beside him, also quietly preparing.

The person who arrived first was Wang Jun - he was on duty today, and he knew very well that there was a messenger at night. Zheng Sheng summoned everyone overnight, making him feel a hint of ominousness.

He bowed his head slightly to the two of them and sat quietly in his place. Subsequently, everyone came one after another.

Zheng Sheng looked at everyone's sleepy eyes with worry and doubt, and said, "Tonight, something happened, so wake everyone up and discuss." Sniff, come on! ”

"Yes. Not long ago, news came back: one of our caravans had been attacked in Sunjiayi. Now it has been learned that Zheng Rufu, the head of the caravan, was killed, and other losses are unknown. And the one who attacked our caravan was a yellow silk thief masked with yellow silk. ”

She paused for a moment, and everyone's expressions of anger and surprise changed to astonishment.

"Everyone knows the origin of the yellow silk thief." Zheng Sheng said in a deep voice, "So, what should we do?" ”

"If it's really a yellow silk thief, what does that Shizhou Mu mean?" Wan Yun stood up and clenched his fists and said, "Shizi, this person has coveted the Zheng family's wealth for a long time. He unscrupulously guided his subordinates to plunder and extort merchants who came and went to Jingxiang, and how much ill-gotten wealth he obtained! Although we were also extorted a lot of money by him, Xiangyang and Jiangling are no longer the direction of our key development, and he can not get much from us. This time, it was he who made it clear to us: he wanted more. ”

Zheng Sheng nodded, Wan Yun's thinking was very clear. What that Shizhou Mu wanted to do, as Wan Yun said, was just wanting money.

Zheng Sheng felt that this was really an absurd fact. In the dignified history of Jingzhou, Lord Shi Chongshi actually sent a team of soldiers and horses to cover their faces and plunder the caravan......

In fact, Shi Chong's transaction was quite "fair", and he did not kill all the caravans that paid him some of the goods. He is playing the idea of long-term and long-term trading.

However, this is not always the case for merchants. Swallowing their anger does not mean that there is no resentment, they do business to survive. Since the business to and from Jingzhou could not make money, they preferred to go farther to Yangzhou and Xuzhou. The same is true for the Zheng family, Zheng Wen is now mainly busy with the business of Yuzhou and Sizhou.

In this way, Jingzhou's commerce and trade naturally plummeted.

Recently, Shi Chong's "business" has not been good, and it seems to be very logical to aim at the Zheng family for "slaughter".

"But, they killed." A voice sounded quietly. Everyone who was discussing in a whisper suddenly remembered this fact that they would rather be forgotten.

Everyone was silent.

Shi Chong, killed someone, killed the head of the Zheng caravan. And, probably more people have already been killed.

Zheng Sheng looked at the person who spoke, he sat quietly in his chair, looking at Zheng Sheng calmly.

Of course Zheng Sheng knows this person, this is a newcomer, Wang Lie.

At first, there were only Wan Yun and Wang Jun who could be trained as a think tank by his side, and later his primary school recruited a group of young poor teachers, and some of them were selected to enter the inner courtyard of Qingzhu. After that, a few more people were finally absorbed.

His Sanquantang meeting was only a little more arranged. These people are Wan Yun, Wang Jun, Wu Liang, Gu Ming, Wang Ruan, and Wang Lie.

Wu Liang is a native of Wanquan Town, and his intelligence is amazing, no less than Wanyun. Gu Ming and Wang Ruan were recruited teachers. This Gu Ming is also the little guy who had a relationship with Zheng Sheng in Shunyang in the early years. He was able to pass the assessment of Master Qiu and other masters, which was really beyond Zheng Sheng's expectations.

And Wang Lie is Wang Ruan's cousin, ten years younger than him, but he is the same age as Zheng Sheng. Originally, Wang Ruan came to the primary school to teach, and brought Wang Lie here to study.

After Qiu Fuzi taught him for a while, he recommended this person to Zheng Sheng.

Zheng Sheng felt that he was very similar to Zheng Shang, both of them looked a little wooden, but they were very wise people. However, Qiu Fuzi did not agree with Zheng Sheng's opinion.

"Shizi, now we must find out the situation of Sun Jiayi as soon as possible, is it the yellow silk thief who killed the murderer? Is there someone pretending to be deliberately trying to sow discord between us and the Shi family? Wang Ruan stood up and said in place of his cousin.

"Yes. You're right, the most important thing now is to find out what happened to Sunjiayi. Zheng Sheng nodded.

"The world is peaceful, how can there be thieves in Jingzhou except for yellow silk thieves?" Wu Liang asked rhetorically, "With such a large horse team, who else in Jingzhou has such strength except for General Nanzhonglang?" ”