Chapter 106: A Thousand Dollars Buy Bones
The five Chaodu Dojos of the five Jin Yiwei who were killed were held for five days in a row, and they were extremely extravagant and luxurious.
Five hundred brocade guards wore uniform flying fish suits, wore embroidered spring knives around their waists, carried five large coffins, and paraded back and forth in the streets and alleys of Suzhou City, which was known to the whole city.
Qin Zhan even ordered Jinyiwei to spread the news everywhere, and for each surviving family member of Jinyiwei who was killed, the government would pay a pension of one hundred taels of silver.
Fang Yuan stood in front of the dojo and silently looked at the corpses of the five brocade guards in the coffin.
These five brocade guards can get land information from the gentry and wealthy merchants, which shows that they are still doing the right thing on weekdays, rather than messing around.
And these gentry and wealthy businessmen will definitely not directly kill Jinyiwei, they should have thought of a way to buy five people first, but the five people did not sell the land information at a good price, and they are indeed Jinyiwei who are really loyal to their duties.
Tears were rolling in Fang Yuan's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Rest in peace!" We will have mercy on your family, and we will find out the real culprit at any cost to comfort your souls in heaven. ”
The dojo was held for five days, and to Fang Yuan's deep disappointment, Lexing's wife Zhou seemed to have evaporated from the world, even though Fang Yuan had offered a reward of one hundred taels of silver, there was still no news.
Qin Zhan said with a wry smile, "Boss, it seems that this method doesn't work!" Why don't you start a citywide search? ”
In order to find a Zhou, the whole city had to be searched, and the movement was too big to explain to public opinion.
If this order is really given, Fang Yuan will definitely become the talk of the people of Suzhou City after tea and dinner, and the harmonious atmosphere that he has worked so hard to create will be gone.
What's more, if such a big commotion is made, if it scares the Zhou family, she hides in the east, and it will be even more difficult to find it; If it fell into the hands of the gentry and wealthy merchants who were more familiar with Suzhou City than Jinyiwei, it would be even more unlucky.
Fang Yuan looked at the noon sun, time is not waiting, the more delayed the day, the more dangerous the Zhou family will be, since the Zhou family does not dare to show up, they can only think of forcing the people around her to confess her.
He whispered a few words to Qin Zhan, Qin Zhan nodded, and with two hundred brocade guards, he directly brought a small box of silver and put it on the big table at the door of the petition office.
Qin Zhan got Fang Yuan's instructions, and said aloud to the onlookers, "Listen, the government is now offering a reward for finding clues to the whereabouts of the Zhou family, the family member of Wei Lexing in Jinyi, and anyone who provides clues will be rewarded with two taels of silver!" Directly take the brocade guard to find Zhou's whereabouts, and reward fifty taels of silver! ”
Two taels of silver is already a month's salary for an ordinary workshop worker, and fifty taels of silver can buy a small suite house in Suzhou City.
Fang Yuan really threw out a lot of money to ask for clues this time, and the people were discussing, who is the Zhou family, the family member of this Jinyi Guard? !
Fang Yuan and the others sat in the petition office until the afternoon, but there was still no clue.
A ruffian-like thug got on the wooden platform and said mockingly, "Ladies and gentlemen, I saw the Zhou family appear outside the gate at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, is this a clue?" ”
As soon as Qin Zhan saw the little ruffian's dodgy eyes, he knew that he was lying, grabbed his collar, and scolded him sharply, "You dare to cheat Jinyiwei's money?!" ”
As soon as the thugs were caught by him, they immediately struggled desperately, and shouted, "The brocade rogue beats people without giving money!" Guys, don't be fooled, you can't get any money if you say clues! ”
Fang Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, this little gangster was clearly here to make trouble, and even sent by the gentry and wealthy businessmen to confuse the public.
He stepped forward and grabbed Qin Zhan's arm, and said in a deep voice, "Fourth, let him go!" ”
After Qin Zhan let go of the little gangster, Fang Yuan brought the little gangster to the wooden platform and announced in public, "This is also a clue, and the reward is two taels of silver!" ”
He gave the silver so happily, Qin Zhan stayed on the spot, looked at him in amazement and asked, "Boss, this little ruffian is obviously talking nonsense, why give the silver?" ”
Fang Yuan repeated again, "Give!" ”
Although Qin Zhan was extremely reluctant, he couldn't withstand Fang Yuan's instructions, so he could only reluctantly give the little ruffian two taels of silver.
Seeing that Fang Yuan happily gave the silver reward, it was obviously beyond his previous expectations, he was slightly stunned, and shouted to a few people under the wooden platform, "Governor Fang has given everyone silver, why don't you come and get the silver soon?!" ”
As soon as he agitated like this, dozens of onlookers swarmed around.
"I applied for two o'clock three days ago, and I saw Zhou's at Fengqiao Wharf."
"At three o'clock in the afternoon two days ago, I saw Zhou appear in the Lingering Garden."
"I saw Zhou shopping on Shantang Street at two o'clock yesterday."
Dozens of 'people' who were colluding at a glance talked a lot, and Fang Yuan didn't investigate whether it was true or not, as long as they provided clues, they would all give silver, and in less than half an hour, the silver sent out was already eighty taels.
Dozens of taels of silver were given like this, Qin Zhan was in pain when he saw it, and thought that Fang Yuan was not stimulated by something, and began to sprinkle silver indiscriminately as if he was crazy.
Dozens of people received the silver, and the little gangster who was the first to lead before came up and said, "Governor Fang, I remembered a little bit of the Zhou family's clues, is it the second one?" Is there a silver collar? ”
Qin Zhan wanted to smash his fist in the face of this scumbag who cheated on silver, but Fang Yuan was still unmoved, and still repeated, "Of course, a clue is two taels of silver." ”
With the gangsters taking the lead, the second round of storytelling began again, and they once again made up updated clues and content, almost telling the streets and alleys of Suzhou City.
By the end of the second round of silver, it had sunset, Qin Zhan calculated, and the silver sent out had as much as one hundred and fifty taels, but he didn't get a useful clue.
Qin Zhan said helplessly, "Boss, if you don't have any clues today, don't ...... tomorrow."
Fang Yuan laughed and got up, took Qin Zhan's arm and said, "Fourth, if there are no clues today, continue tomorrow!" ”
Qin Zhan looked at the stack of useless 'clues', and said with a dry laugh, "Do you want to continue tomorrow?!" Boss, these clues you got by throwing money today are useless, so why waste this money? ”
Fang Yuan pulled him back to Canglang Pavilion together, and said as he walked, "Fourth, have you heard the story of a daughter buying horse bones?" ”
Qin Zhan looked at Fang Yuan in amazement and asked, "This, I've heard it, I've heard it, but it's ......"
"In order to buy a Maxima, first buy the horse bones of a Maxima, and naturally someone will come to sell the real Maxima!"
Fang Yuan interrupted him and continued, "Fake news, I'm willing to spend two taels of silver to buy it, will the real news be far away?" ”
Qin Zhan suddenly said, "It turns out that the boss is waiting for someone to sell the truth." Ha ha! It's a pity to give those little mongrels one, two hundred taels of silver. ”
Fang Yuan sneered and said, "Fourth, the small money is not out, the big money is not in, our Fang Yuan has never done a loss-making business, and when we find out the land information, the money scavenged from the group of gentry and rich merchants is at least a few thousand two hundred taels." ”
The next day, Fang Yuan continued to throw money like crazy at the door of the petition office.
the second day, two hundred and fifteen taels;
On the third day, three hundred and sixty-one taels.
After three days, he gave out as much as 700 taels of silver, and all the brocade guards were dumbfounded when they saw it, and the common people who came to watch were even more crowded, and they all wanted to come and see what evil the new governor had fallen into, and he had to give the silver indiscriminately.
At the end of the silver distribution operation on the third day, Fang Yuan and Qin Zhan had just returned to Canglang Pavilion and were about to have a night meal, but they heard that Jinyiwei came to report that a person outside Canglang Pavilion was probing his brain and wanted to meet Fang Yuan, saying that there was information from the Zhou family to report privately.
Fang Yuan waited for three days, and finally arrived, laughing and saying, "The real news is finally here, let's go, fourth, let's go and take a look!" ”