Although spring is coming, the light wind at night is still a little chilly.

Jiang Zai was dressed in black and hidden in the dark with a few of his subordinates, he bit a piece of wood on his mouth, and looked at the street that was faintly visible in the night, at this time there were only a few pedestrians scattered in the stars.

Jiang Zai squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the mouth of an alley next to the main road, where there were no people or things, and it was empty.

"Ginger, rats, they're already waiting in front." Deputy Liang An whispered on the side.

Jiang Zai nodded, this time the chief Du Li is here to take charge, he Jiang Zai is the leader of Yangzhou of the Military Intelligence Department, this action is to be handed over to them Yangzhou to deal with, let the chief head sit in charge, that is a signal that cannot be missed. He Jiang Zai must not miss, otherwise he will be guilty.

Huang and his party turned an intersection and entered South Street, which was not too far from the Huang Mansion, but perhaps because of the cold weather, there were not many pedestrians on the road, only the two dim lanterns held by the servants of the Huang Mansion illuminated the road ahead.

After entering an intersection, suddenly an ox cart full of firewood walked out of the alley on the side, blocking their way, and the Huang family had to stop.

At this moment, a whistle sounded, a sudden change occurred, and sparse sounds came from both sides of the dark road, and the ten guards of the Huang Mansion, four sedan chair men, and four servants hurriedly protected Huang Mingyuan's sedan chair.

There was a strange noise from both sides, and some of the guards shouted, crossbow arrows, quickly dodge. However, it was already too late, dozens of crossbow arrows broke through the air strongly, and there was a constant popping sound into the flesh, as well as a howl that was not a human voice, most of the guards fell to the ground, and the merchant's guards were not armored at all, and the merchant's guards were not allowed to be armoured by the official government.

The lantern fell to the ground and burst into flames, and several casualties kept tumbling.

Huang Mingyuan trembled all over, staring at the sides of the dark road with wide eyes, and the piercing howls of the servant guards made him urinate even more.

More than a dozen men in black clothes, black pants and black scarves rushed to the front with cold and shining blades, and the four guards and servants who were still standing were all killed under the siege of everyone.

Huang Mingyuan shouted for help, his fearful and trembling voice spread in the dark night, several long knives pierced through the sedan door, Huang Mingyuan's shouting stopped abruptly, and he died on the spot in an instant.

Jiang Zai opened the sedan curtain and looked at Huang Mingyuan, who was hideous and dead, through the dim light outside, and then, with a whistle, more than a dozen people quickly disappeared into the dark night, only the lanterns that were still burning shone on the scene of the tragedy.

Liu Wenzheng is very excited tonight, his year's salary is only more than 100 taels of silver, and 60,000 taels of silver is far less than his life's salary, and now it is in his hands on this night, he has served as the imperial history of the two Huai Patrol Salt Emperor for less than a year is nearly 80,000 taels of silver, which really makes him ecstatic. As for the entry of the Hedong lioness, Liu Wenzheng has automatically skipped it, and since the silver has entered her hands, Liu Wenju will never see it again.

Lord Liu excitedly chanted a few small poems, and transcribed a treatise, and then he was ready to go to bed, just when the maid was waiting for Lord Liu to wash, the housekeeper Hu Zhong knocked on the door and entered, Liu Wenzheng stopped the maid from helping him change his clothes and broke the maid, he knew that Hu Zhong came at this time, there must be something important.

"My lord, just now the Yangzhou Inspection Department came to report that Huang Mingyuan, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, was attacked and killed less than a mile away from Huangfu, and none of the nearly 20 people with him survived." Hu Zhong knelt down and said.

"What, what are you talking about" Liu Wenzheng was shocked, short of breath for a while, sweating profusely, he calmed down slightly, "How about Luo Donghui." ”

"This, my lord, how is the owner of Luo now, the villain will immediately send someone to investigate." Hu Zhong replied.

The answer was that Luo Donghui arrived home safely.

Liu Wenzheng was shocked, he barely closed his eyes one night, and it was a conspiracy of three people to deal with Meng Ji, but the suppression of Meng Ji in the past three months has begun, and it is impossible for a discerning person to know that Meng Ji does not know.

It will be Meng Ji's doing, Liu Wenzheng doesn't believe it, Meng Ji is just a businessman, if you don't have such the courage and strength to make this blow, then is it possible that the people behind Meng Ji made a move, although the subordinates and others also explored the truth of Meng Ji in many ways, but the forces behind Meng Ji may be buried very deeply, and it is very possible that his subordinates did not detect it.

The dim oil lamp in Meng Guangshan's study flickered, and the faces of the Meng brothers flickered, showing the oppressive atmosphere in the room.

"Big brother, I'm not leaving, I'm going to go, I'm looking at these family businesses here, after all, the eldest brother is the backbone of the Meng family." Meng Qingshan said with tears in his eyes.

"It's better for me to stay here, a few big housekeepers are still left, you take the Meng family to Shidao to settle down first, don't go back to the old mansion first, wait for the letter here." Meng Guangshan's face twitched.

"Now that the situation is so unbearable, it is the best policy for the eldest brother to take refuge in Shidao for a while." Meng Guangshan rushed to the road.

"Now there is still the last glimmer of hope, that is, Lord Shidao Zhao's help, I have to wait, otherwise I am really unwilling." Meng Guangshan closed his eyes in pain. "I think I took over the family business at the age of 18, and I have been running for more than 20 years, expanding the family business several times. Just a word from a greedy official can make me lose half of my life, hehe, is it impossible for me to die in the sky. ”

"Big brother, Shidao's Zhao family is far away in Shandong, but it is just a family of military generals, I am afraid that I will not be able to help my family this time." Meng Qingshan shook his head, very unoptimistic.

"I also know what you said, but Lord Xiao Zhao has high ambitions and values my family very much, and now I can only hope for my brother." Meng Guangshan sighed, in fact, he didn't have much hope.

Meng Qingshan sighed in his heart, the eldest brother was in a hurry to go to the doctor, this Zhao family was just a middle-level military general in Denglai, he didn't believe that the Zhao family could operate in Yangzhou at all.

"Big brother, let's eat some food, you haven't eaten water and rice since you came back."

Meng Guangshan nodded, "Let the next person send some rice porridge or something." ”

He didn't want to eat at all, but he didn't want to listen to his brother trembling about it.

Meng Qingshan nodded and was about to get up.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

"Master Qiyu, the guard Liu Biao has something to see."

"Let him in." Meng Guangshan straightened his clothes and scarves, and the majesty of the head of the family still had to be maintained, even when the mansion was about to collapse.

"I've seen the head of the house." Escort Liu Biao entered the salute with excitement on his face.

"It's so late, what's the matter?" Meng Guangshan said in a calm tone.

"Master Bing, the Huang family and his party were attacked on the way back from the Imperial History Mansion, and all of them died." Liu Biao's neat reply.

"This, this, but it's true." Meng Qingshan's eyes widened.

On the contrary, Meng Guangshan didn't say anything and just stared at Liu Biao, not that he was calm, but that he was already stunned.

"Master Bing, the officials of Yangzhou Mansion outside are about to be dispatched, and the murderers are being arrested in the whole city. The small one was found by a familiar team leader passing by. Liu Biao hurriedly said, the predicament of the Meng family, everyone in the family knows, as the son of the family, he is also in a hurry, no, as soon as he heard the news, he hurriedly came to report.

Meng Qingshan let out a long breath, and he hurriedly looked at Meng Guangshan, "Big brother, it's the ...... from Shandong."

Before he finished speaking, Meng Guangshan glared at him angrily and stopped his words.

"Liu Biao, you go out immediately to find out the details, remember, you must find out." Meng Guangshan Road.

"The little ones will go right away." Liu Biao took the order and left.

Meng Guangshan only felt his heart beating at this time, he couldn't stop, a thunderous blow, this Xiao Zhao is really a good means, he killed the head of the Huang family, the Huang family is too busy to take care of himself, can he continue to target the Meng family, as for the Luo family, the Huang family is the end, and Lord Yushi disdains to mention it, that is, he still has the mind to deal with the Meng family, and he is a pawn.

It's just that the means are too bloody, which makes Meng Guangshan also frightened, because after this incident, he can only go to the end with Lord Zhao, otherwise the fate of the Huang family today will be the end of the Meng family in his day.

In the future, it was the rise and fall of the Zhao family that determined the rise and fall of the Meng family, and the time was also fateful.

Meng Guangshan became more and more confused about the Meng family's departure, because from this moment on, this was no longer something he could call the shots, and he had become a spectator.

The dim light in Meng Guangshan's study flickered all night.

The next day, Liu Wenzheng sent his right-hand man to investigate slowly, and even spent a huge amount of money to hire a gang to investigate.

Seven days later, news came that Huang Mingyuan's elder brother, Huang Zhiyuan, another principal of the Huang family, was ambushed and killed by water bandits near Zhenjiang on his way back to Yangzhou from Songjiang by boat. Since then, Liu Wenzheng has been 100% sure that this matter is related to Meng Ji.