Chapter 33: Letter from Qingfeng Village
The news of the destruction of Qingfeng Village did not spread, the reason is very simple, no one in Qingfeng Village escaped, died and was caught.
It was very simple to block the news, as long as Ye Chen gave an order, the guard battalion would guarantee that not a single bit of news would leak out.
As a result, this bandit who had been doing evil in Liaodong for a long time was destroyed, and there was no news of it.
The reason why this is done is to take revenge, and if you have a vengeance, you can't not take revenge, and the enemy has been planning to destroy the Ye family.
In fact, Ye Chen started to act early, and the next day after the incident, the city was full of rumors, this was Ye Chen's masterpiece.
The next day, the entire Xiangping City knew that the Ye family had been ransacked, and the perpetrator was the bandits from Qingfeng Village, which had recently gained notoriety in Liaodong.
This time, the Ye family suffered heavy losses, more than 1,000 people were lost alone, a large amount of property was robbed, and half of the Ye family was burned, with a loss of 120 million.
The next day, the big and small families and officials of Xiangping City came to visit and condole, and saw the blood stains all over the ground and many burned courtyards, plus the skyrocketing fire that night could even be seen in the city.
As a result, these news have to be unbelievable.
But the news is not only that, there is a lot of news to follow.
It is said that the bandits of Qingfeng Village were able to go so smoothly that day because someone in Xiangping City colluded with them, not only providing information, but also preventing the city gate guards from going out of the city to support.
The source also said that the government has repeatedly suppressed bandits, and each time they say that they have hit the bandits hard, and the rest have fled, but in fact, the officials and bandits are angry and have killed the good and risked their merits.
As soon as this news came out, the entire Liaodong was boiling, all kinds of news were flying all over the sky, and the entire Liaodong government was almost unable to withstand the pressure.
"Lao Wang, do you know why the bandits in Qingfeng Village are getting more and more suppressed?"
"Who doesn't know this, because the government has never suppressed it. Didn't the government say that it had suppressed it several times in the past six months, and it had won a big victory every time, but the bandits in Qingfeng Village were not less, but there were more. ”
"No, I heard that there are thousands of thieves who ransacked the Ye family."
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"Lao Li, it is said that a certain official in the city colluded with Qingfeng Village."
"Lao Chen, your news is too backward, there is more than one collusion with Qingfeng Village, it is said that so-and-so also worshiped the one-eyed dragon of Qingfeng Village."
"Ah, what should I do after that, this caravan can't go."
"No, I heard that the bandits on Qingfeng Village have abandoned the village and fled, wandering around Xiangping City, specializing in robbing passing caravans."
Now there are rumors everywhere, stirring up the peace of Liaodong.
Chen's Mansion, in Chen Ming's study.
Chen Ming sat on the chair without saying a word, his decadent expression could see that he was under a lot of pressure, plus he didn't close his eyes all night last night, when he knew that Old Man Ye and Ye Chen were not dead, he knew that something was wrong.
Fortunately, Qingfeng Village was smart, burned down the cottage, and ran away.
Chen Qi was on the side, with a look of indignation.
"Dad, this time Ye Chen's kid didn't die, it's too cheap for him, but the Ye family has suffered heavy losses, it's really fast."
"Hurry up, the Ye family is not dead, not to mention the slightest benefit of our decline, we will still cause trouble."
Now Chen Ming regrets it very much, he didn't expect Qingfeng Village to be so unreliable, he colluded up and down, and finally created a great opportunity for them, but he didn't expect that in the end, the Ye family and the two of them escaped, causing themselves to fall short.
"No, Dad, can the Ye family and the two of them still go to Qingfeng Village to confront us, besides, someone must believe it." Chen Qi said leisurely, the Ye family was deflated and suffered heavy losses, and he was the happiest, although the Chen family did not get any benefits, but he was happy in his heart.
At this time, Chen Ming was disturbed by various news, not only Chen Ming, but also many people with ghosts in their hearts felt depressed.
For the Ye family, the most bitter master, except for the active reconstruction, there is no other voice coming out, no complaints, no crying everywhere.
Ye Jiajing seemed to be as if it was not the Ye family who was ransacked by the thieves this time.
Qingfeng Village has been destroyed by itself, and it is useless to sue again, even if Qingfeng Village is not destroyed, the government has no way to exterminate it, and in the end it has to rely on itself.
There is a lot of news in the market pointing to many people who have an affair with Qingfeng Village, but the official doesn't seem to care about it.
The day after the Ye family's accident, the government shouted very hard, and sent several waves of people to encircle and suppress the bandits, but they all returned in vain.
Ye Chen ignored the noisy Liaodong, the time for him to plan revenge was almost up, it was time to start.
"Master, master, it's not good, it's not good."
Chen Ming was frowning in the study, and at this time, the housekeeper ran in in a panic.
Chen Ming felt a palpitation, as if he had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
"Something."
"Sir, look at this." The housekeeper's hands trembled and he took a small book of bamboo slips to Chen Ming.
Chen Ming hurriedly opened the bamboo slip, and the contents made his eyes dark, and he almost fainted.
I saw that the content of the bamboo slip read: "A few days ago, I conspired with Jun to the Ye family, and my three thousand sons lost 800 after this battle, and the silver money robbed was only enough for the pension; Now that the Ye family is immortal, my Qingfeng Village is terrified and wants to escape thousands of miles, but Qingfeng Village is poor and lacks road expenses, so I borrowed 30 million yuan from Chen, Han, Huang and other families to serve as travel expenses. Three days later, I'll see you outside the city at Bald Ridge or I'll go into the city to get it by myself. Qingfeng Village one-eyed dragon. ”
"The messenger can see clearly." Chen Ming hurriedly grabbed the housekeeper's clothes.
"Master, it's the same person last time."
When Chen Ming heard this, his last illusion was shattered. The abnormal atmosphere in his heart secretly scolded Qingfeng Zhai for being too shameless and blackmailing them.
Chen Ming was not afraid of rumors before, although many rumors pointed to the Chen family, but there was no evidence, and he was in cahoots with the people of the government, and the people in the market would not find something to report him, only the Ye family would denounce him, but now the Ye family did not sue, but this Qingfeng Village has appeared.
If someone knows that he has colluded with Qingfeng Village, then he must be pointed out by thousands of people, even if the people above want to protect him, he can't keep it.
Naturally, this letter was not sent by the One-Eyed Dragon, but was concocted by Ye Chen. And the content of the letter not only has several misleading information, but also has a strong sense of threat.
First of all, it is an exaggeration to say that there are 3,000 people in Qingfeng Village, and now there are 2,200 people, if there are really so many people, and how many bandits kill people without blinking, then unless the officers and soldiers of the city are dispatched to deal with it.
Second, at the end of the letter, he deliberately talked about borrowing money from Chen, Han, Huang and other families, to tell them that none of them could escape, and everyone who had an affair with Qingfeng Village had a share.
In the end, there is the threat that if you don't send the money, you will go to the city and pick it up.
Ye Chen just wanted to let them mess up and expose their flaws, so that Ye Chen could take action to extinguish them and avenge the burning of the Ye family.
Sure enough, Chen Ming thought hard about countermeasures in the study to no avail, and rushed out of the house. He thought to himself that this Qingfeng Village was obviously preparing to escape, and in the end he wanted to blackmail them.
His family's money was invested in fighting against the Ye family, and now he has lost all his money and suffered heavy losses, not to mention 30 million, even if he can't get 3 million.
"Young master, then Chen Ming really ran to find the county commander Han Dong after receiving the letter." Liu Qi said respectfully to Ye Chen.
It turned out that the letter was arranged by Ye Chen for Liu Qi to be sent by the captured thief, and at the same time, many secret agents were arranged outside the Chen Mansion.
Because they caught a cadre of Qingfeng Zhai and others, they knew a lot of useful information, and Liu Qi and their surveillance range was much more accurate and much more efficient.
"Very good, monitor them for me, let them worry for two days first, and everything that is owed to my Ye family will have to be repaid."
At this time, Ye Chen was very calm, the initiative was already in his hands, and he could use the brand of Qingfeng Village to do a lot of things.
Chen Ming took the letter from Qingfeng Village to Han Dong, and Han Dong did not suspect that the letter was fake. Because the person who sent the letter was sure to be from Qingfeng Village.
"Bandits are bandits, and if they leave, they will blackmail us a lot of money."
Han Dong's face was gloomy, he really had no choice, this group of bandits, except for being able to completely eliminate them, any other way was useless.
The two of them are relatively speechless, no matter how many conspiracies and tricks you have, it will have no effect on this group of bandits, they will run away after grabbing, and they can only act in the shadows, and they are controlled by others everywhere.
Chen Ming and Han Dong were relatively speechless, with a scholar and a businessman, they really couldn't deal with the bandit Qingfengzhai, although they were usually both conspirators and tricks.
"You go back first, I'll go to Lord Xia Changshi and see what he can do." Han Dong's family is also a Liaodong Wang clan, but they are different from a merchant family like Ye Chen, they are a scholar family.
Therefore, Han Dong is not afraid that he will be hit by the official, even if he has an incident, he is not afraid of what will happen, at most he will be immersed for a period of time, and he will come back later.
But if they are targeted by this group of bandits, they are all outlaws, and if they don't know it, they will explain it here. This is what he is most afraid of, if he really takes out 30 million, he will also give out millions, and he has also taken out the county order in the past few years, he is afraid that this group of bandits will be insatiable.
If he wants to take out the things he eats again, he is naturally unwilling, and he has already lost a lot of money in order to deal with the Ye family before.
After thinking about it for a long time, Han Dong wanted to discuss it with the county magistrate.
So he asked Chen Ming to go back, and he went to the county magistrate Shi by himself.