In the county seat of Gong County, at midnight, a young man in his twenties staggered out of Chunxianglou in the west of the city.

"Master Zheng, you go well, come back tomorrow." A turtle slave greeted him courteously from behind.

The man didn't bother to go on his own, and walked a short distance only to see him turn into a nearby alley as if to relieve his hand, but he was never seen again.

At noon on this day, Zheng Quan, the county magistrate Zheng Renshan's housekeeper at Chunfeng Lou Restaurant and County Lieutenant Zheng Renshan, walked to a private room on the third floor with a puzzled face. Just now, he received a letter from a stranger, asking him to meet him at the Chunfeng Lou restaurant at noon, saying that there was a very important stakeholder to inform him. He didn't want to go, but he was really curious, and besides, his master was a county lieutenant, and he was still confident in the one-third of an acre of land in Gongxian County, so he went to the appointment on time.

In the private room on the third floor, under the leadership of Xiao Er, he raised his feet and entered, only to see that there was already a burly man in his thirties with a yellow beard sitting inside.

"Steward Zheng is really a trustworthy person, fortunately, fortunately." The man stood up and saluted.

"Who are you, if you have something to say, you have a lot to do." Zheng Quan looked at the man in front of him vigilantly and didn't sit down.

"Now that you're here, why be anxious, sit down and have a drink or two, it's not too late to hear me talk about it."

"I have time to talk a lot here." Zheng Quan threw up his sleeves and turned around to leave.

"It's not too late for the housekeeper to see this." I only heard the man's voice from behind, and then I heard a "pop", and an object was placed on the table.

Zheng Quan hesitated and turned to look, only to feel a "boom" in his head, and an ominous premonition rose to his heart. The cyan jade pendant on the table was something he was familiar with, and it was the personal pendant of his single son Zheng Yuandu.

"What did you do to my son?" He blurted out a question.

"Steward Zheng is in a hurry, why don't you sit down and listen to me slowly." The man tapped his fingers on the table and said calmly.

"This is the county seat of Gong County, my lord is a county lieutenant, you have to wait for Hugh."

"If you sit here, you naturally know that your county lieutenant, why, don't you drink two glasses of face?" The man said with a playful expression.

This man is Zhu Gui, and kidnapping Zheng Wudu to coerce Zheng Quan is the first link in Gu Haotian's action plan after analyzing the information in detail. After returning from Liangshan, he went to Heisongling again and learned that Zheng Jiaji not only had a lot of money, but also a large amount of food, and what he lacked now was food. He asked Du Qian to take 20 veteran team members to stay, and Song Wan took more than 100 other people to Liangshan to assist the Ruan brothers in building warehouses and other facilities on the mountain.

Zheng Quan never dreamed that Gu Haotian's first step plan should be on him, he sat down dejectedly, knowing in his heart that the other party was prepared, and his son was more than lucky. He is in his fifties, only one son, very pampered, usually let him spend all his time drinking, do nonsense, never imagined that he would cause trouble on his own territory.

Zhu Gui didn't gossip either, and said that he would go to Zhengjiaji to buy some food, and after the matter was completed, he would naturally ensure the safety and prosperity of his father and son, otherwise the result would naturally be clear. Zheng Quan was stunned for a long time, after all, his own only son was important, so he had to allow it.

Under the warm winter sun, on the road to Zhengjiaji, a gorgeous carriage came. The strong guy who drove the car was Bian Xiang, there were four people sitting in the car, the boss looked like Zhu Gui, Gu Haotian pretended to be a servant, the middle-aged man was Zheng Quan, the housekeeper of Zheng Mansion, and the person who pretended to be Mr. Account was Xiao Rang, this Xiao Rang had returned to his heart after a few months of getting along, and Gu Haotian was bold to use it.

Zhengjiaji is a large set, the population is relatively dense, under the guidance of Zheng Quan, the carriage turned a few corners through the set, only to see a large number of houses appear under the small hillside in front of you, high walls and tiles, it is really a grand mansion. Gu Haotian was secretly happy in his heart, this big mansion was outside the collection, but it was also convenient for him to act.

Zheng Quan was familiar with the door, so he took a group of people into the door, and asked the doorman to report that there were distinguished guests visiting outside the two members, and when everyone crossed a few doors and entered the lobby, Zheng Renshui was already waiting there. Gu Haotian looked up, but he was a middle-aged man in his forties. Zheng Quan stepped forward to salute and handed over the letter, saying that he had brought a group of distinguished guests to meet him, and the reason had been written on the letter. Zheng Renshui saw that he was the eldest brother's guest, so he immediately sat down with a smile on his face and everyone saluted, and then opened the letter and read it.

The letter said that these people were Zhu grain merchants from the capital, and they were recommended by the court to come to the local area in the same year to ask him to help buy grain, and the price was more than 10% higher than the local grain price, and that there was a huge backlog of grain in his Zhuangzi in recent years, and this year was a bumper harvest, so he wanted to take the opportunity to sell the grain.

Zheng Renshui saw that the letter was indeed his brother's handwriting, and it was the road led by the housekeeper Zheng Quan, so he had no doubt. He would never have imagined that Xiao Rang was a super expert in forged handwriting, and with just a few letters from Hei Songling, he created this fake letter, which made Gu Haotian and others amazed.

"Shopkeeper Zhu came to my county and didn't know how much to buy grain?" Zheng Renshui looked up at Zhu Gui when he looked at the letter.

"Good teachers know that it is not easy for the capital to come here, if there is more food, the better, and the purchased food will be paid in cash." Zhu Gui opened a big mouth.

"My brother instructed in the letter that the shopkeeper and others were recommended by Beijing in the same year, and there is still grain in my village, and I will buy it from you at the same time, so that I can complete the love of the same year."

"There are good things to do, thank you here first, I don't know how much food you have?" Zhu Gui asked.

"It is estimated that there are more than 30,000 stones."

Gu Haotian gasped when he heard this, more than 30,000 stones is more than 300,000 catties, worth more than 30,000 taels of silver, this Zheng family is really not ordinary wealth, but it feels normal to think about it, Song Jiang broke Zhujiazhuang to get 500,000 stones, which is more average than the Zheng family. But this time, he collected a total of more than 10,000 taels of silver and brought it over, so he had to act at the opportunity, he glanced at Zhu Gui, and Zhu Gui understood.

"The Zheng family is worthy of being a rich and noble family, and the cash under the lower is less, but it doesn't hurt, pay 10,000 taels of cash first, and immediately go to the Jeju firm to get it and renew it. I don't know how to transport such a huge amount of food. Zhu Gui deserved to be a shrewd businessman, and immediately reflected it.

"There is no need to worry about transporting grain, the Zheng family often does grain trading, and there is a port on the side, and most ships come in."

"It's convenient." As he spoke, Zhu Gui took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms.

After Zheng Renshui took the test, he thought that it was another huge profit, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy. And he took them all to see the grain. The granary is on the left side of Zheng's house, and there are five huge warehouses in the entire courtyard, which are full of grain, and everyone is shocked when they see it. At that moment, the two sides negotiated the deal, Zhu Gui sent Bian Xiang and Xiao Rang to call a boat and go home to raise money, and the rest lived in Zheng's house.

The next day, a fleet of ships docked at the port of the Zheng family, led by the Ruan brothers. At the same time, there were also some hawkers and beggars around Zheng's house and at the intersection of Zhengjiaji and the county seat, all of which were the manpower of the Gubo team.

The 30,000 stone grain was transported for five days, during which Xiao Rang and Bian Xiang brought Ma Xun and three team members back, saying that they were escorting the silver ticket, and the Zheng family was not suspicious. Under the leadership of Zheng Quan, several people also touched several key positions of the Zheng family, and what made Gu Haotian happy was that in the Zheng family's livestock shed, he found five good horses, which were exactly what he dreamed of.

In the evening of this day, when the grain was delivered, Zheng Renshui set up a banquet to entertain everyone, but he was drunk, Zhu Gui and his party said goodbye and went to the direction of the county.

When the night was ugly, several boats quietly approached the port of the Zheng family, and in Zheng Quan's response, the next group of masked people smoothly entered the Zheng family from the warehouse. Gu Haotian asked Lei Heng to lead people to control several gates, Gu Bo led people to guard the relevant passages from the dark, and ordered Ma Xun to take people to fetch horses, and he and Zhu Gui, Bian Xiang, Ruan Xiaoqi, etc. went straight to Zheng Renshui's single courtyard, and the early hours of the morning were the coldest time of the winter night, people were sleeping soundly in the bed, and some unlucky ghosts encountered on the road were all done by Ruan Xiaoqi.

The nearly two-meter-high courtyard wall of Zheng Renshui's courtyard is just a dish of small dishes in the eyes of the guards, and it has only been completed in an instant to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard to open the door and pick up people, and everyone controls everywhere separately, Gu Haotian led people into Zheng Renshui's bedroom, Bian Xiang and Ruan Xiaoqi opened the way in front, but when the maid and others were knocked unconscious with a punch, many people were still unconscious in their dreams. Zheng Renshui was still drunk and didn't wake up until the cold blade was close to his neck and shins, he suddenly woke up, he instinctively wanted to call his wife on the side, but found that his wife was tilted and fainted.

"All the good men, there is something to say, there is something to say." He curled up on the bed, shivering and pleading.

"We only take money, if you are interested, spare your surname, if you don't know how to lift,......" Ruan Xiaoqi's knife tightened, and suddenly a few drops of blood flowed down Zheng Renshui's shins.

"A good man spares his life, and the money is here, just take it." Zheng Renshui was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly pointed to a cabinet in the room.

Bian Xiang stepped forward to split the lock of the cabinet, Gu Haotian opened it and saw that it was his own 30,000 taels of silver tickets on it, and there were also some scattered silver tickets, silver taels, jewelry and the like worth about 10,000 taels. The Zheng family had these properties, Gu Haotian naturally didn't believe it, he turned his head to look at Zheng Renshui, and saw that this guy had a painful face, but his eyes were a little dodgy when he looked at him.

"Good man, the Zheng family's money is all here, and there is no money left, but please spare your life." Zheng Renshui blurted out a sentence under Gu Haotian's murderous eyes.

"I didn't say that there was money elsewhere, but when I said this, it made people curious how many places the Zheng family's money was hidden." Gu Haotian looked at Zheng Renshui and said jokingly, only to see that his eyes were a little flustered, but he unconsciously glanced at the corner of the room. Gu Haotian looked down and saw that there was a wooden door there, he walked over tentatively, but in the afterglow, he found that a few drops of cold sweat on Zheng Renshui's cheeks suddenly flowed, and he had a bottom in his heart. When I opened it, I found that it was a study, several bookshelves and a desk, and a huge landscape painting hung on the wall behind the desk.

Gu Haotian walked towards the landscape painting in one step, and when he took it down, he found that it was another well-camouflaged wooden door, which almost dissolved with the wooden wall on the side.

"Zheng Yuanwai, this door is so exquisite, it's a pity that it's damaged, it's better for you to open it." Gu Haotian mocked, and Zheng Renshui had collapsed into a pile of mud on the bed.

Bian Xiang stepped forward and used a knife to pry the door lock, Gu Haotian pushed the door in, and saw that it was a secret room, with more than a dozen large cabinets along the wall, he opened them one by one, except for a box of gold, a box of jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and the rest were white flowers and silver. He was also lazy to count, and immediately asked Bian Xiang to take his henchmen to ship them away. Zheng Renshui was killed by Ruan Xiaoqi with a knife, Gu Haotian put a letter prepared by Xiao Rang on the table, and wrote "Heisongling Jia Ergou retrieved a few years of silver from the county lieutenant", and then the group quietly retreated.

At the beginning of the year, several wooden boats left Zhengjiabu and sailed into the dark night, and Zhengjiaji made no sound except for a few barking dogs.