Chapter 318: Antecedents
Wu Penghui heard Zhen Mengde say that he had killed all the pawnshop shopkeepers who sold the stolen goods to them, so he said: "Then what about these corpses, if we don't bury them, then do we have to wait for the beasts to eat?" That's definitely not going to work, if someone finds out, it's bound to be exposed, if this thing is bigger, and the waste in Yanzhou refuses to hide it anymore, we won't be able to leave. ”
Zhen Mengde nodded and said: "I know what you said, I naturally understand, but the matter is about to be revealed, if you don't dispose of those shopkeepers in time, I'm afraid I won't be able to come to see you, or let's pile the corpses together, and then set it on fire, I remember that there are two cans of fire oil in the cave." ”
Wu Penghui sighed and said: "Okay, that's the only way, but we have to move quickly, and strive to get out of this fox tail ditch after dark, don't dare to delay any longer, I'm afraid that Yanzhou or Bocheng County will find the waste, although we are not afraid of them, but it is troublesome enough to be entangled by these wastes." ”
The father and son immediately went to move the corpses, and even the bodies of the horses were piled up in one place, poured oil on them, and then lit a fire and began to burn.
Under the reflection of the firelight, the expressions of Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui were extremely hideous, and the two of them at this time really looked like two Jiangyang thieves who killed people and oversold goods.
Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui are both ringing horses, but in fact, the two are not biological father and son.
Decades ago, Zhen Mengde's name was still called Zhen Cake, and Wu Penghui was not born at that time, but Wu Penghui's father Wu Er was a brother to Zhen Mengde at that time, and the two of them were like-minded, so they kowtowed and bowed to their son, and did some murderous and overselling things together.
Because the two of them were ruthless, they also made a big name in Liangshan, but after a long time, the two of them felt that it seemed boring to be a robber for a lifetime, so they spent money to find Zhen Mengde an errand in Bocheng County, so Zhen Mengde changed from a ringing horse to a small official in Bocheng County.
After that, Wu Er and Zhen Mengde found that when officials and bandits colluded together, it was really too easy to get rich, much faster than simply robbing the horse to make money.
As a result, the two of them created all kinds of accidents, which made the bandits around Bocheng County continuous, and the people did not dare to go too far from the county seat, otherwise they would always meet Xiangma.
When Bocheng County was in an uproar, Zhen Mengde took action, every time he went out to suppress bandits, he could always make a little credit, and his luck was always better than that of other bandits.
This kind of thing has been going on for a long time, and over time, Zhen Mengde's promotion speed will naturally far exceed that of others, and the bigger Zhen Mengde does it, the more wealth Wu Er and him will make.
It's a pity that after some years, after Wu Er made a fortune, he became seriously ill and died before he could be saved, but Wu Er left a son, which is Wu Penghui.
At that time, Wu Penghui was still young, and Wu Er asked Wu Penghui to recognize Zhen Mengde as his father-in-law, and since then, Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui have been called father and son.
Since then, Wu Penghui has become the leader of the ringing horse, and Zhen Mengde has gradually been promoted to the position of county magistrate of Bocheng County, until some time ago, Zhen Mengde was inexplicably appointed to become the assassin of Yanzhou, at this time Wu Penghui thought that the opportunity had come.
Because Zhen Mengde can be a thorn in history, in fact, he is a scapegoat, as long as it is a matter of the Zen Ceremony, then in the entire Yanzhou territory, the first person to be cut off is Zhen Mengde's thorn history.
Wu Penghui and Zhen Mengde discussed privately, since the matter has come to this point, although the official position of Yanzhou Assassin is good, it will definitely not last long, as long as the Zen Sealing Ceremony is over, then Zhen Mengde will definitely be kicked out, rather than this, then it is better for them to get a vote, and then leave, from now on, wash their hands of gold, and go to live the life of a rich man.
In this era of the Tang Dynasty, when the horse is actually not able to live a good life of eating meat, drinking in a big bowl, and dividing the gold in a big scale, most of the horses live a life of bitterness, and the horses want to be able to live the life of ordinary people, of course, the kind of ordinary people's life they think of, refers to the life of the rich, do not worry about food, do not worry about clothing, have a house, a field and a wife and children, if you can't live such a life, then it is better to be a ringing horse, but if you can live this life, it is a fool to be a horse when you are a ringing horse.
So when Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui made the plan, they only revealed it to a few ringing horse leaders under their subordinates, and they got a positive response, and all the ringing horse leaders were willing to make such a fortune, and no one objected.
Zhen Mengde is careful, this is related to his decades of mixing in officialdom, he sent his henchmen to Chang'an to give gifts to the current big celebrity in Chang'an, Helan Minzhi, of course, it is impossible for his henchmen to see Helan Minzhi, Zhen Mengde also understands this, but he doesn't need to really have a relationship with Helan Minzhi, he just needs to inquire about matters related to the Zen Ceremony.
Who knows, the henchmen sent by Zhen Mengde can't even enter Helan Minzhi's Guogong Mansion, and if they want to give gifts, they may not be willing to accept Helan Guogong.
Do all cats and dogs want to give gifts to Helan Guogong? It's just funny, I don't know what I can do, even if I want to give a gift, it depends on the identity of the person who gave the gift, if the identity is too low, Helan Minzhi is too lazy to take care of it.
At that time, Zhen Mengde had not officially become the assassin of Yanzhou, because the official document has always been slow, so in terms of identity, he was only a county magistrate in Bocheng County, and it was indeed a little difficult for a small county magistrate to tie up with Helan Minzhi, and he didn't necessarily have many gifts, after all, it was just a stone throwing to ask for directions, and he still refused to let Zhen Mengde spend his blood.
The henchmen sent by Zhen Mengde had to wait in Chang'an, wanting to find an opportunity to enter the Guogong Mansion, but this opportunity waited for a long time, and it was very delayed until the conflict between Li Rizhi and He Lanminzhi that the henchmen sent by Zhen Mengde had the opportunity to send gifts to the Guogong Mansion.
But because the number of gifts was not much, it was just the butler in the Guogong Mansion, not the big butler, just an ordinary butler who met with the henchmen sent by Zhen Mengde, and sent him away with a few words.
But it was only a few words, and his henchmen found out the news he wanted to know, and Pegasus rushed back to Yanzhou to report the situation to Zhen Mengde.
The news that Zhen Mengde wanted was actually very simple, that is, he wanted to make sure that if he made a big case during this time period, that is, before the start of the Zen Sealing Ceremony, then the government would whitewash the peace, grit his teeth and slow down the case first, so as not to make the emperor and the queen lose face.
Now, Zhen Mengde has received definite news, that is, the government will definitely whitewash the peace, this is certain.