The noble circle in Taiyuan City and the common people were two parallel lines that did not intersect, and the secrets of the upper echelons of the city were only spread to the market in the form of rumors among the servants and handymen. But the emergence of "Taiyuan Afternoon News" broke this situation. In the Ming Dynasty, when the literacy rate was still hovering in the single digits, people's superstition and reverence for writing could not be appreciated by people who were not of this era, and it was this attitude of people who wrote that made the credibility of this newspaper even less than that of the notices posted by the government.

As a result, the "Taiyuan Afternoon News", which specialized in exposing the scandal of the privacy of the nobles in the city, became a window for the common people to spy on the ugliness of the upper class in the city. In the past few days, the news published in the "Afternoon Post" has become more shocking than the other. After noon today, the newspaper was sold out again, and as expected, Lu Jinji, a huge rich man in the city, once again became the protagonist of the newspaper, but the people never imagined that this time what was published had nothing to do with the strike, but from several old cases, including a detailed description of how he used despicable means to occupy other people's land, it was not only the common people who became the prey of the Lu family, but also the rich gentry and landlords in the city, but under his shameless methods, all the families were ruined, so the land was taken by him at a very low price.

What is still fresh in the memory of the old residents of Taiyuan City is that the year before last, Lu Jinji forcibly bought the land, so he colluded with the then political envoy to concoct the Lin family thief case. The old man of the Lin family still has a good person, and the family that was also beaten was ruined, all the men went to the execution ground, and the female dependents were all filled into the teaching department as official prostitutes. As for whose family the Lin family's land and property ended up in the pocket, only God knows.

Originally, the collusion between Lu Jinji and the then political envoy was only on the rumors of Cheng Dù, but the "Taiyuan Afternoon News" directly pointed out that the hundreds of hectares of dry land of the Lin family fell into the hands of Lu Jinji, and the gold and silver antiques were looted by the political envoy at that time, and the property that was finally confiscated into the official register was pitiful. This can be clearly found in the archives kept by the political envoy back then, and it is thanks to the thief Liu Guoneng who did not burn and loot after occupying Taiyuan, so that these documents can one day be seen.

"Taiyuan Afternoon News" even opened a special page, listing in detail the confiscated property of the Lin family. Sure enough, Grandpa Lin, who is quite famous in the antique industry in Shanxi, did not copy out a single antique calligraphy and painting in his house, which is not normal in itself, and in the land column, there are only five acres and six points of land, isn't this a joke in the world?

Of course, it was obviously not enough to publish this, and the "Afternoon Post" focused on the matter for two days in a row, and dug deeper into more secrets that people wanted to know. In short, Lu Jinji has been thoroughly portrayed as a black-hearted, inhumane, despicable, shameless and indecent person who can hardly be called a human being.

Li Xin smiled and threw the newspaper on the case, he really admired those down-and-out literati invited by Master Guo, who were more ruthless than knives and could make Lu Jinji black. Before he came into contact with this Master Lu, he knew all about the previous things, and felt that this person was still a little unfathomable, but since he saw him that day, he couldn't sit down with the Lu Jinji in his previous impression. It seems that the real Lu Jinji is far more stupid than he imagined, but all the actions related to the strike before are not something ordinary people can do, or dare to do.

Lu Jinji is indeed very depressed, and the previous report of "Taiyuan Afternoon News" is at best a toad jumping on his feet, at most disgusting and disgusting him. And this time, when the news came out that he colluded with the political envoys to seize hundreds of hectares of fertile land, he was inexplicably frightened.

In many links, even the non-handling parties are not very clear, so how did "Taiyuan Afternoon News" dig out? What's more, many of the people involved in this matter at that time had already been exiled or sentenced to death by him for various reasons, either by leaving their homeland or simply by finding a crime.

A lot of key evidence is not available to ordinary people, and it is so hyped that Lu Jinji can't help but sweat and be weak-hearted. He began to feel a little like pins and needles, and a very ominous premonition was getting closer and closer, as if he was being pinched by a large invisible hand around his neck, tightening and tightening a little.

Since he came out of Li Xin's barracks for two days, it seems that everything is different from before, the most obvious is the attitude of the two Zhou and Wang families, this time they only sent a housekeeper to send a gift list, which can be regarded as a shock. In the past, the heads of the two families had to visit in person.

Alas, this is not the case in the middle of the family. Lu Jinji let out a long sigh, the situation in front of him was getting out of his grasp bit by bit, and a feeling of powerlessness gradually took over his chest pain.

"Master, master?"

Lu Jinji was called back from his stunned distraction, and only then did he react that the old butler had been standing by his side for a long time.

"Master, that man is here again! See the Lord immediately! ”

"Please, please!"

Lu Jinji immediately became energetic, he couldn't tell whether he was frightened or worried, he really didn't want to deal with this person, but the owner of the money was on top, and the rich one was the master, and he wanted to revive the prestige of the Lu clan in Taiyuan City after the thieves were rampant, and he couldn't do without money. There are some things that should be endured and endured, but he always has a feeling that he is making a deal with demons, and if he is not careful, he may be swallowed by the other party, and there are not even bones left.

Not long after, as soon as he walked into Lu Jinji's study dressed in black, he immediately felt a chill spread in the room, but what made him curious was that since this person met him, the black gauze hat on his head had not been taken off for a moment. It was not clear from his accent that he was from, and he spoke so stiffly that Mr. Lu even judged that he might not be a Han Chinese.

"I don't know how Mr. ...... show up late at night"

To tell the truth, Lu Jinji was a little dissatisfied with the behavior of the man in black who openly came to the house, although it was nearly midnight, but after all, he showed his whereabouts, and he also had an appointment with him, and after returning to Shanxi, he would never meet on any occasion, and all exchanges would be transmitted in secret language.

The man in black said coldly: "This matter has to be told to Master Lu in person, I don't want your previous bad things to affect the progress of the whole plan, and the shit on your ass must be wiped clean." ”

This person's words were vulgar and ugly, Lu Jinji's face immediately hung up, no one had ever dared to talk to him like this, but the man in black continued as if he didn't even notice: "The strike must persist no matter what, until Li Xin sells all the grain stockpiles. ”

"Everything is in order, and there has never been a mistake!"

The man in black sneered.

"Nothing went wrong? Fang said that such a stupid thing as burning that Gu family's shop can be done, what else can be called a mistake? ”

"It's also a moment of righteous indignation ...... dogs"

"It's really not like a father, a tiger father and a dog."

The words became more and more inear, and Lu Jinji only felt that he had reached the limit of his patience. However, the next words of the man in black made his eyes light up, and then he was willing to endure this man's disrespect for him.

"Resist the pressure, after the matter is completed, half of the share of salt and iron grain in the north will be given to you."

……

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Niu Dan was sweating profusely and hurried to the barracks south of the city. Recently, the general had been exchanging letters with the scholar surnamed Huang, and he became a messenger between the two. This time, Niu Dan brought a reply from the person who signed Nan Lei, and was going to go back and hand it over to the general, but he slandered him more than once in private, this kind of exchange was time-consuming and laborious, it was better to say everything when they met, why be so wordy.

In this regard, Niu Dan was a little puzzled and unwilling to think about it. Gu Shishi, who was in charge of intelligence work the day before yesterday, came back, and he could finally take a breath and give him the job of spying on Lu Jinji, so that he had the time to personally deliver the letter and get the letter.

Faced with a group of menacing horses, he hurriedly hid to the side of the road, secretly scolding anyone who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, dared to gallop in the city, and if it was more serious, he would send them to the gendarmerie camp one by one. These people unexpectedly stopped in front of Niu Dan, and one of them immediately stopped him and asked unceremoniously, "Are you Niu Dan?" ”

This person was extremely arrogant, Niu Dan subconsciously replied, and just wanted to ask him why he was galloping in the city, but he saw the man wave his hand and shouted: "Tie up!" ”

Before Niu Dan could react, a group of people pounced on him like wolves, twisted Niu Dan's arms and pressed them to the ground, the hemp rope with the thickness of his index finger, hugged his head and back, and tied him like a dumpling in the blink of an eye.

Niu Dan was anxious, "Do you know who I am?" Dare to catch me...... Woohoo......"

Immediately, someone stuffed a mass of something into the cow's mouth, and only to hear him whine in vain.

The man sneered.

"Who dares to make noise in Beizhen Fusi? It doesn't hurt to sue you, it was the order of the political envoy to arrest you, but our masters came with the edict of the Imperial Palace, and this time it is a matter of more meddle. ”

Niu Dan buzzed in his head, the deputy director of Beizhen was Jinyiwei, the legendary emperor's pro-army, but he never expected that he would be arrested by them when he saw the real person for the first time, and his struggling movements slowed down for a while.

"You are the cow egg who blew up the gate of the Lu family in the middle of the night? The courage is not small, you admire, but this incident alarmed the King of Jin, the crime of using firearms in the inner city can be big or small, it depends on how people investigate it, you ask for more blessings! Take! ”

There was another sudden sound of horses' hooves, and the cow's eggs were carried and disappeared into the far side of the street, without a trace.

Niu Dan was put in prison, and soon someone came to interrogate, and he had also seen the person who was arraigned, it was Liu Yuliang, the political envoy of Shanxi. In fact, the facts are very clear, Liu Yuliang came in person to appear to be arraigned, but in fact it is better to be bullied by the Li Xin group, this time he was going to let out a bad breath in private, and when he came up, he ordered the jailer to beat him with forty sticks. Niu Dan scolded, and Liu Yuliang ordered someone to whip him twenty more times before it was over.

After a bad breath, who knew that after returning to the house, an uninvited guest came, or he had to see it, and he couldn't fly to see the uninvited guest.

Gao Shiming, the prison guard, is here!