Listening to Qi Da's words, Pi Gan could only smile bitterly, of course he knew that what Qi Da said was the truth, his injuries were very serious, he was slashed several times, and he could kill himself if the wound was infected, yes, it was an infection.

Qi Da glanced at the subordinates who stitched Pi Gan together, and asked, "Did you think of anyone who wanted to harm you?" ”

Pi Gan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "We have too many enemies, who knows who did it." ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the inner factory, many people in various places have done it, hooligans, ruffians, bandits, horse bandits, and it is common to collect intelligence and do it with people. Who knows if someone recognized him and came to find trouble for himself.

Qi Da shook his head: "I don't think so, these people are very professional, but they are not very professional." ”

said that they are professional, it is because they are professional in killing, they are specialized dead soldiers, so many people have died and will not retreat, and finally have the courage to commit suicide, such people are not easy to find. To say that they are unprofessional, it is because they are unprofessional about assassination.

If it was an internal factory doing this, it would never be like this.

"What do you mean?" Pi Gan looked at Qi Da and said with a little hesitation.

"These people are more like dead soldiers raised by high-ranking families, this knife is not bad." Saying that, Qi Da stretched out his hand and flicked the blade of the knife, and said with a smile: "These people should be the people you offended after becoming the tax department, but it's hard to say who did it." ”

Pi Gan groaned slightly, and said, "The gentry of Jinan Mansion, is it the Chai family?" ”

In this time, among the officials and gentry of Jinan Mansion, the Chai family was the most suspicious, and he issued the highest fine to their family. If it is a dead man raised by a wealthy family, then the Chai family is the most likely.

You must know that raising the dead is the most expensive, and the dead are not just flickering.

You have to give enough money, plus the settlement fee pension, it's a lot of money.

"Not like that!" Qi Da shook his head again: "Although the Chai family suffered heavy losses this time and was fined more than 100,000 taels by you, for a high-ranking family like the Chai family, it is not a wound, at most it is a skin injury." ”

"There are many people in the Chai family who are officials outside, and the biggest ones are political envoys."

"Killing court officials for money, this is something that outlaws do, and it is definitely not something that people like the Chai family do. Even if I wanted to kill you, I don't think I would use such a method. Speaking of this, Qi Da suddenly laughed.

"Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with us, we are here to save your life."

"Someone will definitely take care of your assassination, but don't worry, I'll let people find out."

Pigan was about to say something, but suddenly someone outside shouted and neighed, and then a lot of people came over. Headed by the director of the tax department, Wang Yongji, at this time, Wang Yongji's good mood was swept away, and the whole person was full of a sense of slaughter.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are masters, and this kind of assassination of the official on the street is absolutely not allowed.

Once this kind of thing happens, then it will definitely be resisted by all officials, otherwise kill him today, who knows if it will be his turn tomorrow. Fighting to the death in the officialdom, and finally resigning and going home and never using it is the limit.

The current Ming officialdom still has a bottom line, and it was only after the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party that this bottom line disappeared.

Of course, at that time, it could not be regarded as a simple civilian-official party dispute, even when there was no bottom line, it was still talking about things in the officialdom, impeachment was the mainstream method, and assassination was not.

The matter in Jinan Mansion made Wang Yongji very happy, and he was finally relieved in the past two days, who would have thought that such a thing would happen at this time.

Wang Yongji walked up to Pi Gan, lowered his body and asked, "Do you know who did it?" ”

Pi Gan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Back to my lord, the lower officials have no clue for a while." ”

Nodding slightly, Wang Yongji stretched out his hand and patted the skin, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this time!" As he spoke, he stood up and looked at Qi Da.

"The Shandong manager of the inner factory has seen Lord Wang!" Qi Da saw that Wang Yongji was looking at him, and hurriedly hugged his fists.

Wang Yongji nodded and said, "Steward Qi, can you tell me what's going on?" ”

Qi Da nodded, and told all the ins and outs of the matter, and then said: "Lord Wang, we just came to save people, and the rest of the things will be handed over to Lord Wang. ”

nodded, Wang Yongji didn't refute, he didn't know if he would use the inner factory in the future, and said directly: "Okay, the official has written it down." ”

Just as Qi Da was about to turn around and leave, Pi Gan suddenly stopped him, and then said, "My lord, when you came just now, did you see the archers outside?" ”

Qi Da shook his head directly: "No, it may be that he ran away when he saw that the situation was not good." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xing Shangzhi was instantly excited, looked at Wang Yongji and said, "Lord Wang, I'll take someone to chase it!" ”

In fact, among these people who came to Shandong this time, Xing Shangzhi was the most depressed. Originally, he came with the mentality of meritorious service, but a few days ago, the Shandong gentry were in a hurry, and he was quite excited, but who knew that he would be cowardly in a few days.

Xing Shangzhi was originally in a good mood, but it was bad in an instant, and he sighed in his heart.

But when something like this happened at this time, Xing Shangzhi was instantly excited, assassinating the imperial court official on the street, or assassinating the person from the tax department at such a critical time, this is an open confrontation with the imperial court!

Xing Shangzhi felt that his opportunity had come, and looked at Wang Yongji, all looking forward to it.

Wang Yongji shook his head, he didn't really want to let Xing Shangzhi go out at this time. In order to make meritorious contributions, Xing Shangzhi will inevitably lock up the whole city. The gentry and themselves had just been unhappy because of the collection of taxes, and if the whole city was locked up, it would definitely cause panic among many people.

Jin Yiwei acted unscrupulously, if someone seized the opportunity to sow discord, then the good situation of Jinan Mansion would be gone.

Glancing at Xing Shangzhi, who was excited, Wang Yongji said directly: "Master Xing, you can take it with you to arrest it, but you are not allowed to disturb the people, you are not allowed to rush directly into the people's homes, and if you find anything, you must report it to the official in time." ”

"Lord Wang, just take a look!" Xing Shangzhi laughed and said, "Children, it's time to work!" ”

This time Xing Shangzhi went out of Beijing, naturally he brought a lot of masters of Jinyiwei, experienced servants, masters who are good at finding traces, and even those who are proficient in solving cases, and even those who are proficient in solving cases.

There are autopsies, there are those who check the murder weapon, there are those who check the traces, and they are orderly.

Xing Shangzhi was led by the person who found the traces, and chased down in one direction with the brocade guard.

Such a big thing happened in Jinan Mansion, naturally it was impossible to hide it, and for a while, the whole Jinan Mansion was in a rumor. The gentry have big heads, especially the gentry who have been urged to pay fines by Pigan, and their suspicion has increased greatly at this time!

The Chai family was even more jumping, Chai Zhen was one head and two big, and he didn't dare to hesitate at all, urging people to quickly collect the fines, and sent them to the tax department that morning. The rest of the gentry also moved very quickly, and before noon, they were all handed over.

The people from the Yamen of Shandong Governor and the Yamen of Jinan Mansion were also shocked, if they were still frightened before, but now they are really scared.

Inside the governor's yamen, officials of all sizes, such as Shandong's political envoy and Shandong's criminal envoy, Jinan prefect, gathered together. Even Wang Zongmu, who pretended to be sick, came out. If you're pretending to be sick at this time, you're really pretending to be a fool.

If Wang Zongmu was not afraid of what happened before, but now he can't.

In Shandong, under his rule, in the provincial capital, such a vicious assassination of a court official on the street actually occurred, which is much more serious than an ordinary homicide. is obviously ineffective, at this critical time, it is really fatal.

Especially the prefect of Jinan, You Qi, his face was as pale as paper, and his expression was in a hurry.

As the prefect of the provincial capital, of course You Qi knows that he is the best back-stabber, and this kind of thing appeared in Jinan Mansion, and he is definitely the first person responsible. If things don't work out well, then it's a big problem.

Wang Zongmu saw that everyone was seated, and said directly: "You have all heard about it, right?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Wang Zongmu continued: "Then the official will not repeat it, what the official wants to say is that this is definitely a big thing, a matter that has lost the face of Shandong, if this matter is not handled well, everyone here, including this official, will suffer this time." ”

"So, fellow travellers, it's time for us to be in this together."

"You Governor's Mansion, let your people look for them in the whole city, and the people from the governor's yamen will also cooperate with you, and you must find out the people no matter what, even if it is three feet into the ground. I don't need to say the importance of this matter, the prefect You should understand. ”

You Qi hurriedly stood up and said, "Don't worry, Lord Governor, the lower official understands, after going back, the lower official will immediately arrange for people to start investigating." ”

This is a responsibility that You Qi can't avoid, if he can find it, it's fine, if he can't find it, You Qi estimates that his guilt will be great. It is impossible for You Qi not to go all out and assassinate the officials of the imperial court, this is rebellion and chaos!

"Everyone else has their own duties, and we must ensure that Jinan Mansion is not chaotic and that the market is stable."

"Those who dare to hoard and spread rumors will be severely punished!"

"Wait a minute, this official is going to visit Pi Sicheng in the Qincha Xingyuan, you guys will come with me, and listen to what the Qincha Lord has to say first." His eyes swept over everyone seriously, and Wang Zongmu said in a deep voice: "If there is any trouble at this time, this official will definitely not be polite." ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up and said, "Obey Jun's orders!" ”

Wang Zongmu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go and get busy!" ”

With these big men in Shandong, in addition to the governor of the yamen, the entire Jinan Mansion instantly jumped chickens and dogs, once the yamen moved, it was still from top to bottom, and the energy was definitely not trivial.