After a while, Qi Fengwu hurriedly stepped forward, she had just rushed back from Huangfu Wujin's mansion, she stepped forward to give her grandfather Yingying a salute, "Granddaughter greets grandfather!" ”

Qi Wannian nodded, "Is there any news of your second uncle?" ”

"The granddaughter has begged General Huangfu to help find it, and Mrs. Su has sent someone to send him a letter, and there should be news soon."

Qi Wannian sighed, his heart was very heavy, he also knew why the second son was missing, it was obvious that this was the other party's second step strategy against Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, making a fuss about the silver ticket, he was very worried that the second son would encounter an accident, and he was even more worried that the second son would be sent away.

Once the second son leaks the anti-counterfeiting formula, Qi Dafu Silver Ticket will face a catastrophe, and the old Liu Wanxiang will be missing together, it is estimated that he was bought by the other party, and there was an accident within the Qi family, which made Qi Wannian feel extremely haggard.

It was useless to worry about this matter, so he had to put it down for the time being, and asked Qi Fengwu again: "Do you still decide to leave tonight?" ”

"Mrs. Su said that General Huangfu's plan has not changed, and the granddaughter has decided to take his ship, and he promised to transport silver taels for us."

"That's what I mean, try to use the navy warship to send silver, the road is safe, this time you are responsible for transporting six million silver taels to Donghai County, you must stabilize Donghai County, especially Weiyang County."

"The granddaughter understands, please rest assured grandfather, then the granddaughter will go and prepare first."

"Go ahead!"

Qi Fengwu saluted his grandfather and hurried away, at this time, the new young Yin Zhang Rong walked briskly with a few officials.

Zhang Rong just arrived more than ten days ago, he first arrived in Jiangning as an official and encountered this kind of serious incident, according to the division of duties, he is in charge of household registration, land and agriculture, this outbreak of the Qian Zhuang incident is mainly Shen Yuan is responsible for the finance and taxation, but after all, there are dozens of deaths, more than 100 injuries, and buildings were destroyed and burned, serious gaffes, although this is not his scope of responsibility, but the sense of responsibility for the official still makes him feel a lot of pressure, he did not watch the excitement from the sidelines, from the morning to the present, He went around like a firefighter to appease the people and calm their anger, but fortunately, the situation had gradually subsided and did not cause greater turmoil, which made his tense heart a little relieved.

Zhang Rong also saw that this Qianzhuang incident was the result of the contest behind the three major commercial houses, especially when he had just received a letter from his father, saying that the emperor had decided to impose heavy taxes on the two major commercial houses of Donglai and Baifu, and asked him to pay attention to the possibility of an accident in Chuzhou.

Today is Zhang Rong's second visit to Qi Dafu Qianzhuang, he came once in the morning to help the Qi family persuade the dock workers in Linjiang Town, and now he has come to inspect Qi Dafu's situation again.

"The old master is frightened today!"

Zhang Rong stepped forward and smiled, "How is Qi Dafu's situation now?" ”

Qi Wannian returned the salute and said with emotion: "Thank you Zhang Shaoyin for your concern, Qi Dafu escaped today by luck." ”

"As long as you escape today, it should be fine, today's incident is obviously caused by rumors, but unfortunately the people are irrational, tempted by rumors, Donglai and Baifu two money banks have suffered heavy losses, it is said that they have been robbed of more than 500,000 taels of silver."

"Lord Zhang, in fact, the loss is far more than 500,000 taels."

Qi Wannian shook his head and sighed: "500,000 taels is just cash silver, and there are no less than one million silver ticket losses, and what's worse is that the account books and IOUs have been burned, and the people can withdraw money with the deposit slip, but what about the silver released by the bank?" That's millions of taels, there is no record and evidence, it is difficult to expect the businessman to take the initiative to repay the money, on the one hand, it must be cashed, and on the other hand, the silver will be put out into a dead account, these two are squeezed, Donglai and Baifu's loss I estimate that it will not be less than five million taels, especially the Baifu Money Village on Jianye Street, that is their headquarters in Chuzhou, all the IOUs are concentrated there, and they have been burned down, I heard that the three shopkeepers have disappeared, and I don't know what to do with Baifu Qianzhuang? This is not counting the more serious credit losses of the two of them, who will dare to deposit money with them in the future? ”

Qi Wannian's analysis made Zhang Rong dumbfounded, speaking of which, aren't Baifu and Donglai's money in Jiangning Mansion finished?

Qi Wannian asked Zhang Rong again, "Does Lord Zhang know the news of Weiyang County?" ”

Zhang Rong has served as the county commander in Weiyang County for many years, and he knows the situation in Weiyang County very well, he heard that the old man Qi's tone was a little nervous, so he smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, old man, although I don't know the situation in Weiyang County, but Weiyang County is different from Jiangning County, its folk customs are more tactful, there are many businessmen, most of the businessmen are rational, and there will be no radical behavior, in addition, Donghai County itself has a thousand township soldiers, with them, Weiyang County can't make trouble, the biggest problem in Jiangning Mansion is that there are no township soldiers, and this time the county government is not working hard, All of this eventually led to the situation spiraling out of control. ”

Qi Wannian also thought so, but it was more convincing to say it from Zhang Rong's mouth, and he was a little settled in his heart, so he said: "I'm also a little strange, it seems that the county government is really not very hard this time, not only did it come out late, but I heard that when Baifu Qian Zhuang was burned, there was no shadow of the official at the scene, what is going on?" ”

Zhang Rong smiled, he guessed one or two of the real reasons why Shen Qiwu didn't work hard, but he couldn't tell the old man clearly, so he only said lightly: "Maybe it's because of the inexperience of the new Shen County Commander!" ”

Qi Wannian was puzzled in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more about it, and remembered something again, and asked worriedly: "Lord Zhang, will this incident affect His Royal Highness King Heiliang?" ”

"Why did it affect him?"

Zhang Rong smiled meaningfully, "Old man, as long as you remember one thing, any major event that happens is a reshuffle of the power structure here, and it will never be a matter of fact, if I don't make a mistake in judgment, this Jiangning Mansion incident, the emperor will definitely punish him severely, but the unlucky person will not be him, no matter what His Royal Highness King Heiliang does, he will not have it at this time." ”

．．．．．．．． Just when he received the news that Xiuyi Wei could not cross the river, Liu Sijun immediately sensitively realized that the problem was serious, and his life would be in danger if he stayed here, so he made a quick decision, Liu Sijun fled from Jiangning City with more than a dozen subordinates before the city gate closed at noon, and rushed to Donghai County, Donglai and Baifu had been defeated in Jiangning, and he could not go back to explain to the King of Qi, so he could only go to Donghai County to make up for his mistakes.

If you are carrying materials, you often choose the Yangtze River waterway, and if you are in a hurry, you can take the land route to the south.

But Liu Sijun had no choice, the Yangtze River was closed, he could only leave by land, they did not ride horses, and the fifteen people took three carriages and drove towards Donghai County.

Leaving the south city gate, outside the city is a wide official road, after walking more than ten miles, it enters the hilly area, on both sides is dense forest, pedestrians also began to become scarce, three carriages have been running on the official road at a gallop, when passing a turn, the carriage has slowly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Liu Sijun asked unhappily.

"My lord, there is a carriage in front of you that has overturned, occupying most of the official road."

Liu Sijun opened the curtain of the carriage, looked out, and saw a carriage overturned on the road, more than a dozen people were struggling to move the carriage, and some people waved apologetically to this side, signaling them to wait.

"Fuck it!"

Liu Sijun scolded secretly, and he was about to retract his head, but at this moment, he saw a bush a few feet away making a 'click!' Before he could react, a crossbow arrow shot like lightning, the distance was too close, Liu Sijun had no preparation in advance, even if he was equipped with martial arts, he couldn't dodge this fatal blow.

He screamed, sharp crossbow arrows pierced through his head and drilled out of his jaw, he died tragically on the spot, his scream was the signal, and the woods on both sides were full of arrows, and nearly three hundred black-clothed killers who were ambushed here shot crossbow arrows mercilessly into the carriage.

There was chaos in the carriage, several guards got out of the carriage to escape, but they could not escape the merciless shooting, the screams rang out, after five rounds of arrows, the carriage did not move, even the coachman and the horses were shot together, and the three carriages fell to the ground.

Several black shadows leaped out of the woods and jumped lightly onto the roof of the car, 'Click! With a bang, a sharp dagger was inserted into the roof of the car, and with a twist, a round hole was gouged out, and he looked into the car for a long time, and waved his hand to indicate that the people in the car were dead.

Three hundred men in black quickly surrounded from all sides, they opened the car door and moved the corpses out, "Report to the leader!" "A man in black noticed something unusual.

The burly leader immediately stepped forward, "What's wrong?" ”

"There are two bodies here that are not theirs, one of whom has been tortured and looks like he has been dead for a long time."

The leader glanced at it and sneered: "One is Qi Wei, the second son of the Qi family, and the other is Qi Wanxiang, the sixth elder of the Qi family, move them out together." ”

The carriage that had overturned and blocked the road just now had been lifted and slowly drove forward, and everyone threw twenty corpses into the carriage, which drove towards Jiangning County.

"Chief, what to do with these corpses?"

The leader of the men in black pondered for a moment, "Give them all to Huangfu Wujin and let him know that this is the prince's favor." ”

．．．．．．． Half an hour later, Huangfu Wujin, who had rushed back to Jiangning County, led more than 100 Meihuawei soldiers to a small courtyard, which was full of fifteen corpses, the identities of these people had been dealt with in advance, and there were no marks on their bodies.

Huangfu Wujin coldly ordered: "Search their room and dig three feet into the ground for me!" ”

Dozens of Plum Blossom Guard sergeants rushed into the room and began to search carefully, and in a moment a sergeant in the wing room shouted: "General, I have found it!" ”

The soldiers dug up a large number of clothes and number plates from the corner of the wall and took them to the courtyard, "General, it is the military uniform and number plate of the Phoenix Society, this is their Jiangning stronghold.

Huangfu Wujin walked in front of Liu Sijun, turned his face right with his foot, looked at him with a little pity, and after a while, he said lightly: "We tracked down the Phoenix Society last night, and it turned out that they were all hiding here. ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a sergeant reported: "General, the order of Shen County of Jiangning County is here." ”

(To be continued)