Chapter 489: Two Strange Guys
People were taken away, the bodies were moved, and even the blood stains were buried, Chen Sheng arrived in a hurry, Zhao Jin just wanted to rest for a while, sat on the steps and didn't move, but the shopkeeper of the ticket number brought tea with interest.
"How did it happen! I said I took it in advance! Chen Sheng said very dissatisfied.
Zhao Jin smiled and waved his hand, Wang Zhaojing said with some embarrassment: "What the eldest brother said at the time also makes sense, if you take it in advance, it will startle the snake, if you can't torture things, then there will be hidden risks, and these thieves will hide deeper, it is better to lure them all out and catch them all, who would have thought that the thieves would arrange so much"
"That son who doesn't always say anything is not down, you have to be careful!" Chen Sheng said angrily.
"The son of a daughter, you can't sit down." Zhao Jin said with a smile, then his face became gloomy, and he said in a muffled voice: "We were careless, but I didn't expect the Feng family to have such a means, since they want to use this, let's accompany them!" ”
"In fact, most of these wealthy families only use such means, and there are not many people like Huai'an Mansion who are close to two armies fighting." Wang Zhaojing followed and said, and then said: "Big brother, you, the second brother, and the family members of all the brothers must be protected, if you really tear your face, I'm afraid there will be involvement." ”
Zhao Jin and Chen Sheng glanced at each other, both nodded solemnly, and Zhao Jin said again: "Arrange for Lei Cai to return to Xuzhou, those things in the city will be dispatched by him, there are so many people in the rivers and lakes in the city, but it can be stricter." ”
People from Yangzhou are not possessed by their souls, for fear of being slaughtered as accomplices, today they saw the bloody scene, Zhao Jin was mighty when he reviewed on the wooden platform, shrewd and kind when talking about business, and when he was assassinated, he looked fierce and abnormal, which shocked everyone.
However, Zhao Ziying didn't embarrass them too much, and only said that they could embark on the return journey as early as tomorrow afternoon.
The identity of the last assassin is easy to come out, he is the steward of a certain family in Yangzhou, and there is even a salt merchant Zhi Lu Dao, this steward was only recently hired by this family, who knows that Lu Dao was sent over this time, and the relationship between this family and the Feng family is not close.
But this doesn't mean anything, it can only be said that this assassin arranged carefully, with the Feng family's power in Yangzhou, it is too simple to install someone to be in charge and be able to come here.
As for the housekeeper Wang, he also confessed quickly, the family he was in was controlled by the Feng family very early, but outsiders didn't know what to do, and Steward Wang was really the housekeeper of this family, but he used this identity to do some shady things for the Feng family.
Although the Feng family spent a lot of money this time, there were not many people who dared to come, compared to the Yangzhou gentry who didn't know how powerful Zhao Jin was, there were too many rumors heard on the rivers and lakes.
Moreover, after the assassins came to Xuzhou, a few people fled halfway after hearing the victory or loss of the Caowozi battle, and the remaining few people were outlaws who received heavy rewards, and the Wang steward himself had five hundred taels, and the most reckless steward had two thousand taels in his account regardless of whether he succeeded or not, and the Feng family spent almost six thousand taels for this assassination.
When he returned to his house in the evening, Zhao Jin also had to explain to Xu Zhenzhen that the eldest lady of the Xu family was worried about Zhao Jin's safety on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was a little angry.
The reason is also very simple, after these people in Yangzhou moved in, they were immediately monitored inside and out, many old rivers and lakes were staring, the real outside is loose and tight, the terrain where the archer went out to choose to do it was the first flaw to be discovered, and then all the people who were wrong were found, as for the Wang steward, it has always been good to hide, but he also has to contact the archers and others, even if it is secret, it is also immediately discovered.
The only thing that was missed was the assassin hidden among the merchants and stewards, and this person broke out, and even Zhao Jin was shocked into a cold sweat at that time.
As for the person behind the instigator is the Feng family, this is not surprising, it is reasonable.
Tomorrow, there will be experienced prison officials and chamber catchers in the city, and they will have special means of torture and interrogation, and they will go through today's group of people one by one to make sure that no one has slipped through the net.
Xu Zhenzhen listened very carefully, but said faintly: "If the husband wants to do something to the Feng family, there are also assassins who can be used by the Xu family." ”
This answer made people quite stunned, but if you think about it, of course, wealthy families like the Xu family also have similar people, but they didn't use Kong Jiuying's side back then.
"Assassins look difficult to defend, but as long as they are well defended, they don't have to be afraid, this is the case on our side, and even more so on the Feng family's side, their family has been rich for a long time, and they are shrunk in a big mansion all day long, and it is not so easy to do it, so we have to think of other ways." Zhao Jin answered very clearly.
At noon the next day, several experienced old officials and errand servants from Xiao County arrived first, and their side was closer, and in the afternoon, the people from the torture room and the arrest room in Xuzhou City also arrived.
Originally, those people from Yangzhou were very worried that they couldn't go, or they were defrauded of a large sum of silver, but they didn't expect Zhao Jin to really do what he said, and he asked if there was nothing to do and released people directly, so that everyone sighed, Jin Ye was a good talker, Ruhui was responsible for sending everyone away, he was full of smiles, very polite, and sent a sentence to each guest, "If you go and don't come back, or there is no news for a few months, Jin Ye is likely to think that you have nothing to do with yesterday's assassination"
The real threat, of course the people who heard it understood what to do, and sincerely said that they would come back soon, besides, if the salt market is not opened, there is no way to go to salt here, and everyone knows that they should hurry up.
After making sure that there was no fish that slipped through the net, the people of each yamen received a generous gift and thanked them, and happily returned to the city.
These officers are all forty or fifty years old, they can't fight in battle, and they are not young and strong opponents in fighting, and they are excellent in this eyesight, and they have been handling cases for so many years, and they have seen a lot of bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and they have naturally raised a pair of vicious eyes, and many people in the rivers and lakes are dressed up in disguise and concealed from everywhere, and they can see it at a glance.
After wandering around Hejiazhuang a few times, they put a stall selling stolen goods for Henan Green Forest, and then a few kidnappers who stared at the children were also arrested, which made Zhao Ziying trust them even more, and Liu Yong arranged for many people to come and learn from them.
On the morning of March 31, Lao Xu, who was born in the city's fishing house, sat in the tea shed and looked at the official road, which was less than two miles away from Hejiazhuang, and the checkpoint of Zhao Ziying was also set up here.
Although there was a major assassination case in Hejiazhuang, the tension did not spread, and everything else was normal.
Lao Xu is very willing to come over to help, Zhao Ziying gives thirty taels of silver a year, which is a lot more than what can be earned in the city, and he can also inherit his son as a poor person, and he has benefited in all aspects.
A carriage appeared in Lao Xu's field of vision, the carriage had a carriage, and the door was covered by a curtain, which should be used by the rich and noble when they traveled.
However, Lao Xu's eyes narrowed, and he immediately found that something was wrong, the rich and noble people were driving cars, how could there be such a big man, and seeing that this big man always touched his hand, there must be a blade there, and the Jianghu people who came to Hejiazhuang were all respectful and docile, and the weapons were hung in a conspicuous place, for fear of being misunderstood, but this big man pretended to be a coachman, and he had a blade at hand, and his demeanor was very vigilant.
This person is definitely not an ordinary person, or even an ordinary character in the rivers and lakes, although this big man is dressed in disguise, the publicity of his gestures is not something that people in the rivers and lakes can have.
Lao Xu groaned, walked to the door of the tea shed, and whispered a few words to a man dressed as a guy there.
As he was talking, he saw the curtain of the carriage opened, and another big man appeared, and the carriage stopped dozens of steps away from the tea shed checkpoint.
Seeing these two big men, needless to say, even the family members on duty here became nervous, and they were ready to do it immediately if something was wrong.
The two big men began to take out weapons from their bodies, the short knives on their waists, the daggers in their boots, and so on, and threw them on the ground, and after doing this, one of the big men took out a rope and tied the other person firmly, and then another woman and a half-grown son got down from the car, and tied the one who tied the person.
The big man said a few words to the mother-in-law and the half-grown child, and then the two tied up walked towards this side.
The whole thing was weird from beginning to end, Lao Xu didn't know what to say there, the family put down their weapons and went up, and were pointed at by spears, even if there was anything weird, they were poked to death directly, and someone walked to the carriage, and the mother-in-law returned to the carriage, and the half-grown child stood next to him with a cower.
When the two big men saw Zhao Ziying's family coming over, they immediately stopped, but they didn't shout anything, but they could lower their voices and say a few words, and the people who blocked the road were stunned, looked at each other, and someone ran in the direction of Hejiazhuang.
"What's going on?" Even Lao Xu was extremely curious.
The person he asked hesitated and said in a low voice: "These two people said that they belonged to the Feng family, and they also said that they wanted to see Master Jin." ”
When the news reached Hejiazhuang, Zhao Jin was discussing with Liu Yong, and several men from the internal guard team were standing aside, and Nie Hei was among them.
"Jin Ye, there is one thing that we are different from the Feng family, the Feng family sent assassins, even if we take the live mouth and send it to the official mansion, their Feng family can directly deny it, the yamen over there will definitely help him, if we send it to live and die, it will be a big trouble, the Feng family will definitely make trouble after being caught, and the government office, the Taoist governor and the governor may even go to the imperial court." A man said calmly.