At this time, the salt merchants in Yangzhou remembered a key figure, that is, Wang Mi. However, when they went to Qi's house to inquire about Wang Mi's whereabouts, Qi's family replied: Wang Mi had left Qi's house with his whole family, and his whereabouts were unknown.

When the head of the Qi family was assassinated, at the clan meeting of the Qi family, the eldest son of the head of the Qi family, Qi Chun'an, was elected as the new head of the family. Na Qi Chun'an is in his early Chinese New Year's Eve, and has been following his father to help manage the family business for more than ten years, and he is also very shrewd and capable.

Therefore, when the head of the Qi family was assassinated, Qi Chun'an actually regarded Wu Shigong as one of the suspects at the first time, so he also secretly arrested Wang Mi's family at the first time.

But before Qi Chun'an arranged for people to go to Henan to inquire clearly, was Wu Shigong suspected of assassinating his father? At this time, a series of tragedies in Henan immediately shocked Qi Chun'an.

And at this time, of course, Qi Chun'an no longer has to look for evidence of Wu Shigong's assassination of his father. But for Qi Chun'an, he found that his Qi family was suddenly in a very bad position.

Let's start with revenge. If Wu Shigong just assassinated Qi Chun'an's father, then Qi Chun'an could not only buy revenge, but also throw money in the officialdom, so that Wu Shigong could not eat and walk around, and there were many-for-tat means that could be taken. However, the prerequisite for using these methods is that Wu Shigong, at least on the surface, still has to abide by the rules of Ming officialdom.

But when Wu Shigong assassinated Qi Chun'an's father, he unabashedly waved a butcher's knife at the Yangzhou salt merchants in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion, which made Qi Chun'an have no choice.

You must know that Wu Shigong is a military attache after all, and he has a strong force in his hands, if the two sides fight hard and kill each other, it will be a loss for the Qi family.

And Wu Shigong unabashedly arrogantly killed, as if he was telling the Qi family clearly: Even if I killed the head of the Qi family, and I also want to kill the salt merchants in Yangzhou, but what can you do to me? And Wu Shigong's confession also clearly told everyone that if you want to take revenge, let the horse come.

As the saying goes: those who are horizontal are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying. Wu Shigong has shown a desperate attitude, so according to the conventional method of retaliating against Wu Shigong, it will definitely not work.

Let's talk about the relationship between the Qi family and the salt merchants in Yangzhou. Originally, the assassination of the head of the Qi family should have aroused the common hatred of the salt merchants in Yangzhou. But when Wu Shigong showed his brutal methods, he frightened those Yangzhou salt merchants, and he didn't play like this in business, which was too bloody.

And when those salt merchants found out that Wu Shigong had also been assassinated once, they seemed to find the reason. Those salt merchants immediately united to put pressure on the Qi family, asking the Qi family to give an explanation to the salt merchants.

The occurrence of this situation is almost to make Qi Chun'an angry. He wanted to scold: It was Wu Shigong who killed those salt merchants, robbed those salt merchants, and wanted revenge, and those salt merchants should also go to Wu Shigong, but now those salt merchants are unrelenting to find the Qi family, but they dare not go to Wu Shigong, what does this mean? Are those salt merchants trying to pick a soft persimmon to pinch?

But although Qi Chun'an held his breath, at this time, he didn't dare to turn his face with those salt merchants, and he didn't even dare to meet with those salt merchants. Because of the death of Qi Chun'an's father, the current Qi family has a somewhat unstable foundation.

However, for this reason, Qi Chun'an will never hand over the living Wang Mi. Because if Wang Mi confessed, if he really sent someone to assassinate Wu Shigong, it would definitely be a disaster for the Qi family. Because absolutely no one would believe that Wang Mi's assassination was just his personal act, not the mastermind of the head of the Qi family.

But because he wanted to solve the doubts in his heart, Qi Chun'an still wanted to know from Wang Mi's mouth: whether Wang Mi sent someone to assassinate Wu Shigong.

Wang Mi had been locked up in the dungeon where he couldn't see his fingers for more than ten days, and on these days, except for a little light from the small hole under the door of the dungeon, when Wang Mi was brought three meals a day, there was no other movement, and no one came to talk to Wang Mi. At this time, Wang Mi's spirit was about to collapse.

On this day, the door of the dungeon was suddenly opened, and Wang Mi squinted his eyes and was dragged out by several big men before he could adjust to the light shining outside the door.

When Wang Mi was finally able to see the situation outside, he found that Qi Chun'an had a gloomy face in front of him.

Wang Mi immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Qi Chun'an and cried, "Young Master, this is really not a trivial matter. ”

Qi Chun'an looked at Wang Mi straight for a while, then sighed and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, you are also the old man of the Qi family, and I don't want you to suffer from that flesh and skin." You can clearly say that it was not you who sent someone to assassinate Wu Shoubei of Runing Mansion. ”

"I really don't know! The little ones don't have the courage to do that at all! Wang Mi knocked his head so hard that his forehead was full of blood. Of course, he has to deny it desperately, because he knows that as long as he admits it, then he will definitely have no way to live.

But Qi Chun'an saw Wang Mi's denial, and he didn't move anything, he sighed again, and then said to Wang Mi: "Don't you want to think about your family?" Your grandson is just over a year old, I went to see it just now, and he looks very cute. ”

After Wang Mi heard this, he forgot to kowtow in horror, he straightened his neck and looked at Qi Chun'an, and his mind was repeatedly engaged in ideological struggle.

Seeing that Wang Mi still didn't react, Qi Chun'an let out a long sigh for the third time. He instructed the guards of the Qi family beside him, "Send the king's treasurer back to the dungeon." Wait a while, ask the guys that Shopkeeper Wang brought back from Henan, they should always know something. Since the shopkeeper wants to reunite with the family underground, I will fulfill his wish. ”

Qi Chun'an's words suddenly broke Wang Mi's heart defense, he struggled out of the guard's hands with all his might, and continued to kowtow with tears in his eyes: "Young Master, this is all done by the small subordinates!" The little ones are just confused, and they didn't dissuade them, which really doesn't matter about small things. ”

Wang Mi's confession made Qi Chun'an's pupils shrink suddenly. Although Qi Chun'an was also a little mentally prepared for Wang Mi's assassination of Wu Shigong, when he heard Wang Mi's confession with his own ears, he still felt very upset.

After a long while, after Qi Chun'an worked hard to digest the news, he said to Wang Mi: "Actually, if you confess or not, there is no way to live. But your confession at least gave your family a way out. Well, let's pick a less painful method for you. ”

After finishing speaking, Qi Chun'an gestured behind him, and one of the guards who protected Qi Chun'an behind him immediately took out a pot of wine and walked towards Wang Mi. When Wang Mi saw the guard getting closer and closer with the wine, he shrank back in horror, and his hands blocked the direction of the guard, trying not to let the guard come closer.

Seeing this, Qi Chun'an ordered: "Help him." ”

Then, some of the guards pressed Wang Mi's hands and feet, some pinched Wang Mi's nose, and when Wang Mi opened his mouth to breathe, the guard with the wine poured poisoned wine into Wang Mi's mouth. After a while, Wang Mi's limbs twitched, and his seven orifices bled out.

Seeing that Wang Mi was out of breath, Qi Chun'an then instructed the guards: "Today's incident, as long as I hear a little wind outside, you and your whole family will not live anymore. ”

"Oh!" The guards hurriedly agreed.

"Also, don't dispose of the corpse of the king's shopkeeper first, maybe it will be useful in the future. If you go to other salt merchants and inform them, you will say that tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the Yanzhen Building to entertain all salt merchants. These days, I've been hiding in Tibet, and now it's time to make a break. ”

"Oh!" Again, the guards all agreed. But after a while, the leader of the guard asked Qi Chun'an for instructions: "What should the family of the locked king's treasurer do?" ”

Qi Chun'an hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's lock it up first." But get some good food and drink for them. They...... Maybe they'll be useful. Alas! ”