Chapter 434: Not a Drop of Water

An earth-shattering event occurred in Jining City in March of the 19th year of Jiajing, and the killing of the two Huai salt merchants who participated in the salt industry conference was nothing compared to these things.

In the second half of the night, after the second half of the night, the Lin family, the largest salt merchant in Jining City, suddenly called a fire, because before dawn, everyone was asleep, and most of the wooden buildings were built, and Shandong was dry in March, and the fire was soon uncontrollable.

However, Lin Mansion is a large mansion with a large courtyard, the courtyard is wide, and the neighbors are also very scarce, and the fire is only discovered after it burns to a certain extent, and at that time, it is too late.

Lin Yutang has a deep friendship with the government yamen at all levels in Jining City, and there are all kinds of side institutions, which can be said to have been deeply rooted in it, and the burning of the whole city by the Lin Mansion is alarmed, of course, there are also many people who are worried about leaving such a big asset in the years when they can share some oil and water.

As soon as the fire weakened, the government organized soldiers and people to start fighting the fire with unprecedented efficiency, but the fire was full of corpses, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

But one thing can be confirmed, that is, no one survived, and finally in the bedroom of the entire Lin Mansion, a corpse was found, wearing Lin Yutang's often worn jade pendants and pendants, and was burned to death in the ashes.

No one saw Jiang Feng come to visit, because the carriage and horses that Jiang Feng came to visit the day before had completely gone around in a big circle, and there were no passers-by or anything like that around the Lin Mansion in the afternoon, or in other words, no one could testify that Jiang Feng had come to visit.

Now all the suspicions are on those salt merchants in Lianghuai, the few who were killed are only representatives sent by the salt merchants in Huai, and the salt merchants in Lianghuai are also a huge force, their own family members were killed in Shandong, obviously they will not just give up, salt shovels are not only in Shandong, there are also a lot of Nanzhili, and their salt shovels are sometimes filled by the officers and soldiers of the guard.

The biggest possibility is to send people to retaliate, on the one hand, the Shandong salt merchants in Jining City have strengthened their guards, and the other Jining local horses and salt shovels have been spilled out, and no one has thought of whether there are relevant signs in the search everywhere.

There was news from Zou Cheng, recently there were indeed a group of reckless people in Nanzhili lurking in the countryside, and when they got the news, the salt transport envoy Zuo immediately wrote an official post and distributed it everywhere, so that all the relevant yamen and the strength of the salt merchants went out together to arrest those who came from Nanzhili.

It's also a little ridiculous, this can be regarded as the cooperation between the green forest and the government to handle the case, but there are a lot of times when they cooperate secretly, but it is also very smooth, the two sides quickly made up more than 400 horses, the local guards have 300 cavalry, and the rest are the cavalry of the cottage to lead the way, and they rushed towards Zou Cheng quickly.

Zou Cheng is close to Jining, and it is also a rich place, but there are too many interesting things near Zhongjing in Fengyang Mansion, and those reckless characters have no vigilance at all, and they are looking for fun in the Qinglou.

The details of these people were quickly found out and handed over to the government, and by the time more than 400 cavalry arrived at the Qinglou, those people above had not yet reacted.

In the end, it was the bandits who grew up in the blood and fire, and in a hurry, these people also picked up the blade to resist, and with the help of the terrain of the Qinglou, there was no complete annihilation, but at this time, someone found the Lin family's belongings on the killed bandits, and the pursuing soldiers and horses were elated.

Shandong's salt merchants are all united in Jining to give a reward, if the murderer is caught, there will be a heavy reward, because these merchants know that they can't let others see that Shandong's salt merchants are so easy to bully, and they must give these people a hard lesson, at least to deter the people behind.

These so-called reckless people from Nanzhili are only more than 100 people, and they are also confused in their hearts, and they have no idea what the situation is now.

They were originally the salt shovels under a certain salt lord in Yanzhou, and this time they were arranged by the salt merchants to come to Zou Cheng to enjoy themselves in the name of reward, and no one expected that the inexplicable officers and soldiers would actually come to the door, and no matter how they explained, no one paid attention to them.

The salt shovel's hands are blood-stained murderers, if they are caught in the government, they will naturally not have any good treatment, if the previous case record is overturned, not to mention that it is beheaded, a thousand knives are possible, then someone is willing to be arrested.

It must be desperate resistance, the officers and soldiers after the Chen Deaf Rebellion are peaceful days, all of them let the salt merchants raise corruption and laxity, but they are at a disadvantage in the fighting, after being cut down more than a dozen, the general flag leading the team finally dispelled the idea of catching a few live mouths, gritted his teeth and ordered, not a single living person is allowed to stay, all of them are cut down.

The rewards offered by those salt merchants don't care about the living or the dead, as long as the murderer is caught, they can get the same bounty, and the green forest people who came with the officers and soldiers are extremely brave, and they are even more ruthless than the officers and soldiers.

The recklessness of Nan Zhili, who was completely clueless, was already a little frightened, and some of them were ready to kneel and beg for mercy, but the green forest people who rushed out of Jining were originally at the front, and their subordinates were merciless, even if they knelt on the ground, they were quickly cut down with a knife, leaving no room for mercy.

After fighting for an hour, although it was a little repetitive, but all one hundred and twelve murderers were killed in the Qinglou, the old bustard of that family was still distressed, and he didn't expect that a certain salt merchant sent a subordinate to follow the formation was not ambiguous, and he directly asked this old bustard to open a list of damages, and Shandong Salt Society would pay all of them.

Sure enough, in the luggage of these people who came from Nanzhili, I saw some remnants of ignition objects, and some silver jewelry, jewelry is the easiest thing to leave traces, and if you look at it, you will know that the source of these jewels is the home of Lin Yutang, a big salt merchant in Jining.

The salt merchants were extravagant, and naturally they were large customers for jewelry purchases, but then again, the reckless people in Nanzhili who were on the scene of the corpses must have been extremely depressed, because when the officers and soldiers came, they didn't see any fire-starters, gold, silver and jewelry.

Of course, those people in the green forest who cooperated with the officers and soldiers to go out of the city were loaded with a lot of things in their blankets and backpacks, and when they were fighting, they did not dare to rush to the front after more than a dozen officers and soldiers were killed or wounded, and they could naturally do something to fight on the front line.

There is such a big case in Shandong, and the officialdom in Shandong will not give up, and a letter of office went to Nanzhili, asking the salt merchant of Lianghuai to go to Shandong to inquire about the case, and the relationship between the salt merchant of Huaishang and the officials of the six departments of Nanjing is even closer, and the filial piety of a large amount of silver every year is not taken in vain, and there is no witness here in Shandong, and the officials at all levels of Nanzhili will never let go, but it is said that the death of our salt merchant in Lianghuai in the territory of your Shandong is a sure thing. Let's bring the relevant suspects to our Nanzhili for interrogation.

The officialdom's ridicule is the most inefficient thing, or everyone is not ready to solve it, anyway, Lin Yutang here is already buried in the fire, and it is just a matter of rubbing the past.

Although the person is dead, but the large amount of property left by Lin Yutang is a real thing, and officials at all levels want to get a piece of the pie, especially the salt transport envoy Zuo Gangshou feels that the Shandong Salt Club is his own business, but on the third day after Lin Yutang's death.

Lin Yutang's hometown is the clansmen, the clan power in China has lasted for thousands of years, and in many cases it is higher than the existence of the royal law, and the few clansmen who came made it clear in the submission of the government that Lin Yutang's various industries were run for the Lin family, and now that the person is dead, the clan property will be recovered.

No one has ever heard of what kind of family property this is, but the clansmen who came from the Lin family took out all the documents in the public court are leaky, and they are all issued by the real government, and the seals are very real, and they can't find out the slightest fault, and the relationship between the Lin family and the government is also deep.

After taking over those who had the intention of getting some cheapness, the people in the official face did not want to offend their colleagues in addition to getting some money benefits, and those salt merchants inquired privately, and immediately knew what kind of big family this Lin family was, and who dared to look for death, they also stopped.

The only thing that is still opposing is the salt transport envoy Zuo Gongshou, firstly, it is where his jurisdiction is, and secondly, that is, he has the most hope of earning this money, and he is really reluctant to let it go.

His position is also very high, and if he really tears his face, the right politicians may not be able to help him, and find fault with all kinds of transfer procedures, and for a while, the Lin family's acceptance of the clan property is also very slow.

However, two days later, the salt transport made the left bar guard suddenly become a big convenience, and no obstacles were set up, the reason was very simple, the left bar was in his concubine's room, and after waking up, he found a dagger inserted on the side of the pillow, and a note was hung on it-it said that he had been cast under Lu Bing's door back then......