Chapter 135: Calm and Inquiry

Zhang Liang has already disguised himself as a pawn patrolling the city, and now he is sitting in the teahouse opposite the guest inn drinking tea, and Old Man Tang lives in the inn opposite. That night, when he went to Jiang Feng to practice boxing, Jiang Feng told him in detail about his arrangements, and now Zhang Liang has been following Jiang Feng to death, and he didn't even tell his father after he went back.

First, they went to the home of the eunuch to see the clothes worn by their servants, found a reassuring tailor's shop to make the clothes, and wrapped the route and clothes in the baggage and sent them to Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng knew that Zhang Liang had many relatives and friends in Beijing, and he could be regarded as a big family, and he would implicate them if he was a little careless in this matter, so the task given to Zhang Liang was to kill Old Man Tang, even if it happened, there were such and such reasons to exempt him from the death penalty.

Touching the dagger on his chest, Zhang Liang looked at the sky, at this time, the eunuch Xiang should have walked out of Huifeng Building proudly with a silver ticket and a contract, Zhang Liang gritted his teeth and was about to stand up and walk towards the inn opposite, but he didn't expect that suddenly two fast horses galloped on the other side of the street.

The person above was dressed in white and blue jackets, with pointed hats, which was exactly the dress of Dongchang Fanzi, and the two of them dismounted and rushed directly into the inn.

Looking at the momentum of the people in Dongchang, Zhang Liang was stunned there, knowing that now was not the time to be reckless, he pulled the hat on his head, and then ordered a pot of inferior tea and drank it slowly. The two Dongchang fans didn't stay at the guest inn for too long.

After less than a stick of incense, the two fans walked out quickly, got on the horse and left.

Zhang Liang wondered in his heart, followed the teahouse shop Xiaoer to give tea money, and was just about to go out across the street, but heard a heart-rending scream from someone in the guest inn opposite.

The shopkeeper in the inn still took care of these idlers, and hurriedly led a few guys to rush to the place where they screamed, and a group of idlers who watched the excitement followed, and when they arrived at the guest room, they all gasped, and a person dressed as a small two fell at the door, the door of the guest room was wide open, and a person was hanging from the beam in the guest room. Zhang Liangqiang suppressed his exclamation, because the person hanging on the beam was Old Man Tang, and he had already hanged himself.

The people who watched the excitement were all talking on the side, but Zhang Liang pricked up his ears and listened to the guy's trembling voice and said to the shopkeeper: "This is the room where the two Dongchang uncles came over just now." Then the guy was covered in the mouth by the shopkeeper.

When the officials of Shuntian Mansion came over, these idlers who watched the excitement were scattered in a hurry, and Zhang Liang also ran out, since the person had died, he was now in accordance with the master's arrangement, and returned to his home to stay honestly.

The official of Shuntianfu came to the conclusion that the old man Tang was seriously ill because of his debts, and he was unwilling to drag his family down, so he hanged himself in the inn, which had nothing to do with the inn. As for the appearance of the two fans of Dongchang, no one mentioned it at all, Old Man Tang is a civilian from other places, who would find awkwardness for this insignificant person and Dongchang's fans.

September 26, a full dozen hours have passed, the death of the eunuch Xiang was finally discovered, the scene of the investigation of the East Factory secret agent did not find any suspicious traces, especially the property has not been passive, he once went to Huifeng Building, the fans naturally went to Huifeng Building to ask, Jiang Feng said that Xiang Xiang's father-in-law came here to talk about a certain seat in the restaurant.

These people didn't even keep their suspicious eyes on Jiang Feng, first, whether it was Mingli investigating or asking privately, Jiang Feng stayed in Huifeng Tower and didn't go out, which was also affirmed by the stakes on the periphery of the East Factory, because they had been monitored by Xiang Jing Xiang Eunuch in the name of protection, and secondly, a brocade guard who had no backing went to kill the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies and supervised the eunuch, would you believe it? The third point is that how many guests have come and gone in Huifeng Lou in the past few days, almost all of them have seen Jiang Feng sitting in the hall pouring himself a drink, this is all human evidence!

Soon after the emperor ascended the throne, he could not form an inner court by relying solely on the internal officials of the palace, and the twenty-four yamen of the inner palace were all inextricably contested for power, and the most important celebrant eunuch died of a steward eunuch, and was immediately accused by other well-intentioned people of killing each other within the ceremonial eunuch was the reason for Xiang Jing's death.

Although Wu Jing, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, was a good friend of Huang Jin and was also a eunuch with Emperor Jiajing, he was also overwhelmed by these false remarks, and then searched for evidence to fight back, and the struggle between them was only calmed down after about three months.

As for the fact that Xiang Jing once went to Huifeng Tower, it has long been forgotten, who will remember this.

Dongchang Fanzi, who killed Old Man Tang, knew why Old Man Tang wanted to die at all, but he received an order to go to a certain guest room of the Binlai Inn at noon on September 25 to kill an old man surnamed Tang.

When Jiang Feng was sitting there drinking in the middle of the night, he thought that Xiang Jing was really a person who didn't lie, and if this matter was really secret, no one else knew that Eunuch Xiang had come to Huifeng Mansion to embezzle property.

September 28, that is, three days after the death of Eunuch Xiang, Huifeng Lou has no impact at all, after all, Steward Wei is following the prosperity of Huifeng Lou, although he is in a hurry, but now he is skilled, that is, he is slowly managing things.

Sending off the last guest for lunch, the guys were all taking the food and preparing to eat, and the guy who went out to look for the king's shopkeeper finally couldn't help but break down the door and found a letter in the king's shopkeeper's house.

Jiang Feng took the letter and sighed very sadly, and said to the people in the store:

"Lao Wang is too cautious, he actually said that he saw the old Tang in the past, and he felt that he had betrayed his old master to take care of my business, and he felt not necessarily guilty in his heart, so he went back to his hometown in Shanxi, and he was dead-eyed!"

Looking at Jiang Feng's exclamation, the guys and stewards in the room were all moved in their hearts, this matter was obviously wrong for the shopkeeper Wang to leave suddenly, but Jiang Feng didn't blame it at all, what a kind of open-mindedness this is, I heard Jiang Feng turn around and ask Zhang Liang and said:

"Apprentice, Lao Wang still has a family in Shanxi, right?"

Zhang Liang, who was standing behind, frowned, pretended to think about it, nodded and replied:

"I once heard the king's shopkeeper say that he married a wife and had three or four children in the countryside."

Jiang Feng directly pointed at Steward Wei and said:

"Spend five hundred taels of silver from the counter today to Luo Yi and ask him to find someone to send it over."

After saying this. Shaking his hand quite sluggishly, the guys and stewards all looked at Jiang Feng's face was not good, thinking that it was for the departure of the shopkeeper Wang, and they were in a bad mood, they were all secretly sighing at Jiang Feng's righteousness, and they all went to eat.

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The wind and the waves have calmed down......

At that time, Jiang Feng was in the wine shop opposite, and suddenly heard someone shouting that a guest was visiting, and he was about to go out to greet him, but he felt that the fragrant wind was gusting, and the door curtain of the main room of the wine shop was lifted, and Xia Cuiyu, who was full of charm, walked in.

Xia Cuiyu didn't have the slightest kind of woman's twist at this time, but generously said Wanfu to Jiang Feng, Xia Cuiyu and Liu Fangrui's tomboy look different, she is the kind of woman who is down-and-out and generous, Jiang Feng has not met the Su family sisters for ten days, and as soon as the tension ten days ago passed, the young man endured the hardship, and when he saw such a beautiful woman in front of him, he was suddenly a little impatient.

Looking at the anxious appearance of the man opposite, Xia Cuiyu secretly scolded in her heart, thinking that such a disproportionate anxious ghost on the other side didn't know how to do such a big business, but tonight she came to ask him, and said with a light smile:

"Master Jiang said a few days ago that he was going to Dengzhou Yantai Mountain to guard the town, right?"

Jiang Feng nodded, and Xia Cuiyu continued:

"Now on the sea near Tianjin, the sailor's inspections are becoming more and more frequent, several times our fleet is almost swept away, I heard that the adult is going to Dengzhou, Shandong, the concubine's father and brother said that there is also a good port near Yantai Mountain, but it happens that it is in the town where the adult is guarding, can you unload there in the future?"

After finishing speaking, I saw Jiang Feng's face sank, and he gently tapped the table with his hand, obviously thinking about the stakes, Xia Cuiyu originally thought that this matter would soon have a result, but without Jiang Feng, there was no decision there, this matter of providing a port is not a big deal, but if it is done, it is equivalent to firmly choking the neck of the fleet, and now the imperial court has begun to prohibit private merchant ships from going to sea, and the law is gradually tightening.

The cautious Wang Yuqi has not been in contact with them, the private port of Tianjin Wei is no longer safe, and he received a notice from Jiang Feng a few days ago that he was going to Yantai Mountain to guard, which is equivalent to a good opportunity to fall from the sky, Xia Cuiyu has long wanted to come over, but the guards of the Xia family saw that there were many spies around Huifeng Tower, and it was only after a few days that they had calmed down, so they hurried over.

For maritime merchants, this port is equal to a matter of life and death, Jiang Feng did not answer for a long time, Xia Cuiyu finally couldn't bear it, and said with a smile:

"Naturally, adults won't be busy in vain, but how to grasp this measure?"

Proportion is a hidden word of officialdom, which means what the price is, Jiang Feng was thinking about how much risk he would need to take if he provided shelter, but he was confused for a moment and couldn't think of the benefits at all, Xia Cuiyu said it himself, Jiang Feng's eyes lit up and stared at the woman in front of him.

Xia Cuiyu was waiting to bargain, but she didn't expect the other party to suddenly stare at her, her eyes lit up with a look of lust, which was wrong to blame Jiang Feng, as long as Jiang Feng saw something he liked, such as silver, it was not lustful. Xia Cuiyu has been such a charming appearance since she was a child, she has always been very wary of outsiders, but the sea merchant family still needs her to show up to do something in the capital, looking at Jiang Feng's eyes shining in front of her, she was vigilant and held a small dagger behind her back with her right hand.

I thought that I must not let the person in front of me bully, but I heard the person opposite say:

"I want 10% of all my income!"

Xia Cuiyu didn't expect that the person in front of her had such an unbearable expression and just made such a request, so she was puzzled for a while, and even asked rhetorically:

"It's money?"

"Is there anything else?"