Chapter 11: The Incident
Su Duchen nodded and said, "Well, I am familiar with those under the water." It should have been ordered to go down to find the three boxes, and they went down at this time. ”
"The three big boxes of the Yan family are not easy to move. Is it - you have an underwater arrangement? Qin Mufeng frowned.
Su Duchen raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Okay, I'm afraid that you will become a nerd after reading too many medical books, it seems that I am too worried." ”
Qin Mufeng glanced at Su Duchen and said, "You're still in the mood to tease me now." As long as one link is wrong, it will be a loss. ”
Su Duchen said: "Under the water, four wooden boxes full of stones have been placed this morning, which are used in the current ring. The chests containing real gold will be transferred by two waves of people underwater, and the boxes full of stones will be salvaged in one moment. ”
Qin Mufeng laughed and said, "One hundred and eighty thousand taels turned into a pile of stones in an instant. This game depends on how the Yan family breaks it. ”
Su Duchen said lightly: "Now that Yan Huai'an is in the capital, as soon as this incident comes out, he will definitely operate behind the scenes." However, salt introduction and salt tax have been the most important way for the imperial court to fill the treasury since ancient times, and those who touch its bottom line are not capital crimes. What's more, the Yan family blatantly charged silver with stones. ”
Qin Mufeng looked at Lu Zhi on the dock, his face was pale, and said: "If the ship does not shake and the seal is not dropped, this ship will only find out that it is carrying stones instead of silver after arriving in the capital, and who will bear the brunt of the crime, of course, Lu Zhi." He should have thought of this as well, so his back is cold now, and he is breaking out in a cold sweat, he must have hit the Yan family. ”
"A small trick to confuse the real with the false, although the means are not necessarily clever. However, it's good for me to be useful, Yan family...... It's dead. Su Duchen squinted slightly and looked into the distance.
Qin Mufeng frowned and said, "Although the blinding method can't uproot the Yan family, it's enough. We are just asking for a debtor who is wronged, and the Li family died too unjustly. ”
Su Duchen's fingers rubbed the small money bag: "It's too wrong......
Su Duchen has been in Huaizhou for more than two months and has not been able to find an opportunity.
Ten days ago, news came from the capital that Lu Zhijiang, the envoy of salt and iron, would go to Huaizhou in order to agree on the introduction of salt.
The original plan was to wait until Yan Da's silver arrived, and then he would turn the treasure into stone. However, although the Yan family is the richest man in Huaizhou, the funds are actually very slow to collect, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Su Duchen has set up four rings.
1. The silver transferred by the Yan family from the capital was robbed halfway.
Second, the silver was robbed, and the silver was not enough, Yan Da thought of Su Duchen. This leads to the opening of the mouth to borrow silver.
3. Blindfolding. The tricks of our Junlian Gongzi Society are all related to gold and silver, and the trick is one of them, and the time it lasts is only a few hours. However, with the fake and real set, from the hour to the next three quarters, these hours are enough.
Fourth, it is now being operated underwater to exchange the fake for the real.
"The boatman has surfaced, and it looks like the box is ready." Qin Mufeng raised his head and signaled that there was movement on the water.
As soon as Qin Mufeng's words fell, the dock below broke the strange calm just now and became noisy.
"My lord! Got it. However, the box is too heavy and requires ropes. The boatman floated on the surface and waved.
"Take the rope and go down and a few people will help you get it up." Lu Zhi's tone was not good.
It is not easy to get the overweight three-mouth big box from the water to the shore, and more than a dozen people tossed until the end of the unitary time before they successfully went ashore.
Yan Huaiping and Yan Da had been in a trance by the seven wooden boxes before, and now when they looked at their own homes, the three large wooden boxes that were supposed to be filled with gold were dumbfounded...... What the hell is this! It's incredible?!
Lu Zhi sneered, ignoring the father and son of the Yan family who were standing beside him, and questioned the boatman who was kneeling on the ground.
"Tell me what you see, what the hell is going on." Lu Zhi said sharply.
"Back to my lord, the little one looked for a long time in the water before he saw the sinking wooden box. The small one doesn't know anything, the small one didn't open it to see, so it came up to report, the little one didn't dare to deceive, and every sentence was true. The boatman was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, opened his palm, and said: "This should be a seal, and it will be like this when you go into the water, and the villain saw it next to the box." "The boatman has a wet paper ball in his hand.
"I ask you again how the ship cracked and how it sank." Lu Zhidao.
"Returning to your lordship! It had rained a few days ago, and the water was rushing rapidly, and several large rocks were washed up in the vicinity. The adult's boat had a heavy draft, and the bottom of the boat happened to hit a sharp stone, and when the small one went into the water, he saw that there was a possibility of water seepage at the bottom of the boat, so he hurriedly went to the boat to report. If you don't believe it, you can send someone into the water to check it. The boatman's forehead was broken.
"How can there be such a coincidence in the water that there are big stones. Say! How do you change the box! Yan loudly questioned the boatman.
The boatman was so frightened that he moved his knees in front of Yan Da, kowtowed, and said, "My lord! Small wrongs, small truths. The little one has lived on the water since he was a child, and when it rains, not only the lake is turbid, but when the water is fast, he will rush some big rocks to the center of the lake. The little one didn't lie, and the adults didn't believe it, so they could send someone into the water to check. ”
"You ......" was so annoyed that he was about to kick someone when he raised his leg.
Lu Zhi sneered, and said sideways: "What does Yan Gongzi mean that this official sent someone to do it?" Hehe, I, Lu, have been an official for half my life, but I didn't expect to be recognized as a thief. Your Yan family is really a good means! ”
Yan Huaiping hurriedly arched his hand and said: "That's not what the dog meant......
Lu Zhi waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Okay - under everyone's eyes, what is the situation before and after, I don't need to say more." If you don't believe you, send someone into the water to search for you. Lu was lucky not to drown, it was my ancestor who accumulated virtue. As for the matter of your Yan family's use of stones to fill silver, Lu will definitely play it truthfully. Hmph—"
The night is low and quiet.
Today's big drama ended temporarily with Lu Zhi throwing his sleeves and leaving. The father and son of the Yan family sent dozens of people into the water to find gold, but the result was definitely fruitless.
Today's events were a strange nightmare for the Yan family father and son, but the nightmare had just begun.
The second floor of the teahouse.
The protagonist on the dock is gone, and Lu Zhi leaves a group of people to work with the boatman to salvage the sunken ship. Among the noisy crowd were the family members left by the Yan family, always keeping an eye on the shore and whether there was anything unusual in the water. Everything seems to be calm, but in fact, it is turbulent inside......
"You said that Yan will not go to the restaurant to look for you now." Qin Mufeng said with a smile.
Su Duchen shook his head, raised his eyebrows and said, "No." Sending a message to his uncle is the right thing to do. If you really want to look for me, you can't find it, my son is drunk in Gentle Township. ”
"Haha-"
"Childe." The person who came was Chen Yong, Wu Shisan's apprentice, who was good and kind, and temporarily followed Su Duchen as a guard.
"Have all the people withdrawn? You okay. Qin Mufeng asked.
"Gongzi Qin, Gongzi. It's okay if people leave. According to Childe's orders, the box was transferred while it was chaotic, and now it is fast into the mountain. Chen Yong arched his hand.
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Lu Zhi wrote a recital overnight, and before dawn, he sent people to rush 800 miles to Beijing.
Because of the salt payment in Huaizhou, Lu Zhi ordered the salt of the Yan and Zhou families to be recovered, and the salt money of the Zhou family was temporarily stored in the government treasury.
The two places of Huaizhou waterway were cleared, and the Huaizhou guard was ordered to take over the investigation. The father and son of the Yan family searched the city on a large scale, and for a time everyone in the city was in danger, lest they be angered by the Yan family.
Taishou Fufu.
"My lord, this Yan family's father and son are too bold. Now they are searching the city again, which has caused panic among the people. The master beside Lu Zhi said.
"Yan Huai'an received the order to enter Beijing, and now he should be on his way back to Huaizhou. As for the father and son of the Yan family, don't worry about them, the grasshoppers after the autumn will not be able to jump for a few days. The word went out, and the official closed the door for the past few days, and no one was seen. Lu Zhi's anger had been suppressed. The fold is in Beijing, and there will be news in a few days, so he is not in a hurry.
Inside the Yan Mansion.
"Father, the silver taels handed over are absolutely right, and they are all optimistic about it before they are transported on the ship. There must be someone in the middle of this. "Yan Da is like an ant on a hot pot, fidgeting.
"You tell me how to fake, Lu Zhi has seen all ten wooden boxes one by one? Seen every floor? The ship sank, if it hadn't escaped quickly, then Lu Zhi would probably ...... now He will not rest on his laurels. Let me ask you, when the one million taels arrived, you could have seen them one by one, and who checked them. Yan Huaiping said in a deep voice.
In previous years, the salt payment was paid to the imperial court, and there was never a mistake in receiving salt, and the salt and iron made the merchants happy. A very simple deal, now it is so embarrassing. Who the hell is it that wants to kill the Yan family.
"The boxes that the strict steward and the steward Zhou in the shop received together, I looked at it on the side, and they counted each floor." Yan Avenue.
"What's wrong on the way?" Yan Huaiping said.
After Yan Da pondered, he shook his head and said, "No, after being transported to the carriage, I sent more than a dozen people to guard the side, but no one approached." ”
"How so...... How could the silver be gone? Yan Huaiping frowned and walked in the room.
It's too weird to figure out......
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Late at night, Fugui Restaurant, third floor.
Su Duchen was lying comfortably on the bed with his eyes closed.
The door was silently opened, and a masked man in black entered.
When Su Duchen heard the movement, he closed his eyes and the corners of his mouth rose, and said, "I said Fei San, I don't know if I come in and knock on the door." It seems that the rules of this Nie Zhai master are not good. ”
Yinshanzhai was cleared more than a month ago, Fat Fu was killed, and Hu Biao fled in a hurry with Fei San and several brothers in the village who were lucky not to die. Today's Hu Biao and Fei San took refuge in the western suburbs of Huaizhou City, the gourd village on Qingyuan Mountain, and the owner of the village is called Nie Canghai.
Fei San took off the masked scarf, revealing a scarred face, and said expressionlessly: "Young Master Su, the big boss and the second boss sent me to thank you." Thank you Childe for the message. ”
The owner of Yinshan Village has been demoted, and Hu Biao is now the second master of Hulu Village.
Su Duchen got up and sat on the bed, and said with a smile: "Fei San, your complexion is ruddy and shiny these days, it seems that the food in your village has strengthened in the past few days." ”
The expression on Fei San's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Thank you to Master Su for enjoying the soup." ”
Su Duchen waved his hand and said, "Thank you, I don't have to." Talk to your big boss, Su doesn't dare to be. It is you who do things, and it is your ability to succeed. ”
Nie Canghai's gourd village, the work of blocking the road and robbing the road is no longer eye-catching, and what they are doing now is killing people and selling goods. Su Duchen felt that they were like a killer organization.
The news of Yan Dayunyin was transmitted to Hu Biao. Su Duchen left a message: Please ask Second Master Hu to do me a favor, be sure to detain the silver team and silver for a few days. Unexpectedly, Nie Canghai was even more ruthless, and after destroying the corpse, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were pulled back to the village.
Thinking of this, Su Duchen chuckled, unexpected, reasonable. Nie Canghai is different from Hu Biao, Hu Biao doesn't dare to do things too hard, or he has no confidence and is not ruthless enough. And the eldest brother that Nie Canghai once followed was a ruthless corner who killed people without blinking. Su Duchen felt that this kind of person was very similar to a mercenary, ruthless and ruthless.
Su Duchen sat down at the coffee table to make tea, and said lightly, "Sit down." Second Master Hu is good. It doesn't feel good to be crushed. ”
Fei San stood still and said, "Second brother is very good." Before coming, the big boss also specially instructed the son to have time to go to Hulu Village as a guest. ”
Su Duchen smiled contemptuously and did not speak, making tea and tasting tea. After a while, Su Duchen put the two letters on the coffee table and said, "One is for Hu Biao, and the other is yours." ”
Fei San hesitated for a moment and picked up the letter. When I opened the unspecified envelope, there were two silver tickets inside.
Fei San's eyes showed doubts, and he said, "Master Su, what do you mean by this?" ”
Su Duchen said lightly: "I made it clear in the letter, you will know when you go back." In addition, I will pass on a message to your big boss that the silver is found by the master of Nie Zhai, and it has nothing to do with me, Su. ”
Hundreds of thousands of taels were pulled back to Hulu Village, and Nie Canghai was afraid that Su Duchen would jump out and get a piece of the pie. Hmph - go to Hulu Village as a guest, it's a Hongmen banquet......
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The inner courtyard of the Yan Mansion.
The silvery moonlight poured into the room through the window, and the soft warm light accompanied by the fragrance of the golden furnace wafted out, the moon was beautiful...... Night Beauty ......
A small moan came from a corner of the bed. I saw the person on the bed shrinking into the corner, the bedding covering from head to toe, trembling......
After a while, the person on the bed suddenly pulled off the corner of the quilt covering his head, and the woman with her hair was exposed. With red eyes and a pale face, this person is the head of the Yan family.
For three whole days, the Yan family's housewife was haunted by "powerful ghosts" every late night, and the former Hedong lion and the former domineering were gone. Yan Nu pulled her baby son to complain during the day, but the Yan family is now overwhelmed by the loss of silver, and they have no time to take care of her.
The shadow first floated around the window...... Then, it actually came through the wall......
Yan Nu covered her mouth with her hands, her face was flushed, her bloodshot eyes widened in horror, and she trembled as she watched the white shadow get closer and closer......
Someone suddenly whispered in my ear: Why did you kill me...... I don't know why I was killed...... I'll invite you to eat the pancakes...... The voice of an old man, the voice of a woman, the voice of a little girl... The voices are sharp, the voices are crying, one after another......
"Ahh Go away! Go away! I didn't mean to, spare my life! Spare your life......! The Yan family's mother covered her ears, knelt on the bed and kowtowed, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
The "terrible ghost" who can't see his appearance clearly, sometimes floats up and sometimes floats down, and sometimes turns into a puff of white smoke around the strict woman, turning faster and faster, and his voice is getting sharper and thinner, until he ...... Yan woman rolled her eyes, foaming at the mouth and fainting......
Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the heavens will spare whom.
The roof of an attic in the Yan family.
The white clothes are still flowing, the black hair is combed, the white ribbon is tied, and the prince of Junlian, who is sitting on the roof with a pout, is sulking.
As a high-grade treasure artifact, Jun Lian felt that pretending to be a ghost was too cheap, which was not in line with his temperament at all. However, his family Fu Xiao insisted, there was no way, he could only scare people while being aggrieved.
In fact, Junlian didn't think it was fun at all, this woman was too intimidating. The most important thing is that this son is so immortal, how can he scare you like this. Really...... Fu Xiao is right, people with ghosts in their hearts look like they are here to ask for their lives.