At the beginning of March, the construction of the second and third districts of the south of Baizhifang was in full swing, and as Song Nan expected, most of the merchants who came from outside Beijing were unwilling to return empty-handed, and they agreed to the way in which the Song government paid half of the house payment in advance to set the contract. Sun Bowen, the chairman of the Jin Merchants Gang, who had ignored Zhu Fengtong's mention before, was more active than anyone else this time, and the Jin Merchants Gang led by him advanced nearly 500,000 taels of silver, which made the funds on hand of the Song Mansion suddenly abundant.

However, the rumors in the capital also began to be very loud, especially around the Song Dynasty's move to move the tomb, and various versions emerged, roughly accusing the Song government of forcibly moving the tomb to arouse public anger, and there were even extremists who spread rumors that the Song government was inferior to digging people's ancestral graves.

These things soon reached the ears of the court officials, originally Song Nan didn't care about these malicious remarks with false rumors, although in the middle of February, Song Nan deliberately used some means, invited Feng Shui people to talk nonsense, and secretly ordered people to give a lot of benefits after the first few grave owners moved the graves, creating the illusion of moving the graves, but those are just offensive means in the hearts of some people, and they have nothing to do with violent grave relocation.

But one morning, after the dynasty, Yang Tinghe actually pulled Song Nan aside to talk about the matter, and Song Nan realized that the problem was a bit strict. If Yang Tinghe really thinks that he has done these things, then the spitting stars of the outer court will drown themselves, and the loss of morality and morality will all be buckled on their heads.

Of course, Song Nan couldn't be indifferent, but he didn't need to explain anything to Yang Tinghe, just told Yang Tinghe that this matter was absolutely impossible to happen; Yang Tinghe naturally didn't believe that Song Nan would do such a thing in his heart, although Song Nan was not a good person, he would never do such a thing that caused public anger. However, Yang Tinghe refused to let go of the opportunity to scare Song Nan and reprimand Song Nan in person.

Looking back, Song Nan immediately summoned Tong Ahu and Wan Dabao to ask, Song Nan was also worried about whether there was some accident in the confrontation between the dozens of grave owners who resolutely refused to move the grave during this time, or whether Tong Ahu and Wan Dabao were in a hurry and really did something; However, the two swore that there would be no conflict, and since February, there had been no conflict with the dozens of tomb owners, but those tomb owners sometimes abused and provoked, but the people of the Song Mansion here did not provoke them at all.

Song Nan put his mind at ease, as long as the rumors outside are indeed rumors, he will not be afraid of anything, and he is not afraid of others to investigate, but obviously the Song Mansion is careful to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, where does the gossip come from? The people who voluntarily moved their graves received silver taels and properly buried the bones of their ancestors, and when these messages were not spread for no reason, the only possible explanation was that someone took the opportunity to make a fuss about this matter and wanted to stink themselves.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, the Qingming Festival, the spring rain lingered for a day, the air was filled with a faint sad atmosphere, in the open space in front of the only dozens of deserted graves in the north of the central district of Baizhifang, dozens of people guarding the graves shrank in tents to hide from the rain, some of them lay on the simple bamboo beds and fell asleep, some gathered together to brag and chat, and some gathered together to drink and gamble, and the noisy laughter and this cemetery and today's atmosphere are incompatible.

On the muddy path to the south of the cemetery, a man and a woman walked slowly with oil-paper umbrellas, and they walked around the noisy tents, stepping on the green and yellow grass to the mass graves, and slowly stopped in front of each grave, as if to check something.

"Song Nan, what are you taking me here to see?" The beautiful woman wore a blue hood on her head, a plain cloak draped over her shoulders, and the hem was covered with grass stalks and mud.

"Miss Fengtong, did you find anything strange?" Song Nan smiled.

"Strange? There's nothing strange about it, it's just some ordinary tombs...... No, it seems that something is wrong, today is the Qingming Festival, why does no one come to these cemeteries to burn paper and worship? It's weird. ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Smart, haven't you always wondered that these people who claim to be the owners of the tomb are unwilling to accept any conditions for moving the grave, and have been trying to provoke the Song Mansion to have an accident in their lives?" Now these things have an explanation. ”

Zhu Fengtong's eyes widened, and he frowned: "Could it be that these tombs are not their ancestral tombs at all?" Are they just deliberately making trouble here? ”

Song Nan looked at Zhu Fengtong approvingly and said: "Miss Fengtong Bingxue is smart, when I broke into your boudoir, I was deduced by you when I was still masked, and now in this situation, it is not difficult for Miss Fengtong to deduce the identity of these people." ”

Zhu Fengtong nodded slightly and said: "These people are all in the later stage of the tomb relocation and claim to be the descendants of these remaining graves, but today they don't even make paper money offerings on the Qingming Festival, it is obvious that they are fake identities, and these are probably ownerless graves." ”

Song Nan nodded silently.

However, these people are not willing to accept the conditions, but also try to cause conflict and chaos, and it is clear that some people are unwilling to let us develop the white paper mill in accordance with the law. However, it is a little difficult for me to deduce who is behind it, because I don't know who you are in conflict with. Can you tell me who you have a conflict with in the court? ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "That's a lot, I can't finish talking about it for three days and three nights, but I don't have to sort it out one by one, I don't want me to develop in the white paper workshop, and those who are brave enough to oppose me and have the courage to spread rumors about my Song Mansion outside, it seems that there are only so many people at present; Have you forgotten that people have been coming to me all this time to talk about cooperation? They are greedy and want a piece of the pie, and it is not surprising that they react and act like this after being rejected; In particular, I am not surprised by the actions of these people who have always looked down on me from the beginning to the end. ”

Zhu Fengtong pursed his lips and smiled: "I know who it is when you mention it like this, hey, look down on you Song Houye, isn't this looking for death?" But what are you going to do? ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "What should I do?" Can I still let them stab me in the back? Naturally, I want to teach them a lesson. ”

"Those people aren't easy to mess with."

"Yes, but am I Song Nan easy to mess with?"

Zhu Fengtong said softly: "They are also blind, you choose to coexist peacefully, they just came to provoke you, I can almost foresee their future, hey, I really can't bear to think about it." ”

Song Nan laughed and said, "Are you praising me or hurting me?" ”

Song Nan left slowly with Zhu Fengtong's hand, and soon after, the horse's hooves trampled on the mud and made a dull sound, and the group of people guarding the tomb were so startled that they came out to see, only to see that in the twilight, a team of brocade guards cavalry galloped in, and when they came closer, they grabbed dozens of 'people' like eagles and chickens, and dragged them away with ropes tied to the horses.

The gang of people shouted, Sapo Lai refused to go on the ground, the Jinyi guard officer led by shouted an order, a flag school rode a horse and whipped up, the horse galloped out, dragging a Sappo Lai people to run dozens of steps, stopped the horse and looked at the person behind the horse, the whole body was wrapped in mud and grass stalks, and the body was dragged bloody, it was simply not human.

"If there is any cheating, this is an example." The Jinyi guard officer shouted.

The crowd was terrified, and a burly man cried out, "Why are you arresting us?" Is the Song Mansion a bully? This is the capital, but if we don't die, we will jointly file a lawsuit. ”

"Close your beak, you know for yourself what you have done, and what are your intentions in pestering here by pretending to be the master of the grave? Go to Xuannanfang Jinyi Wei Yamen and make it clear. The Jinyi guard officer scolded.

The people were shocked, and the sturdy man argued with his own strength: "Nonsense, it's just that the Song Mansion wants to forcibly relocate our ancestral tomb to build a house for him, and we will definitely file a joint complaint." ”

"Hey, you guys are very hard-mouthed, today's Qingming Festival, these graves don't even have a trace of paper money offerings, you still claim to be the descendants of the lonely grave, it's okay to deceive ghosts, ghosts can't open their mouths to refute, want to deceive Lao Tzu, that's a dream; Take them away, and if there are any tricks and refuse to go, let the horses help them go, whether they live or die. ”

As soon as the Jinyi Guard officer said this, everyone's faces were like ashes, knowing that they had been exposed; I actually forgot that today is the Qingming Festival, even if it is good to burn some paper money, I am busy sleeping, drinking, and gambling money, but I have revealed my feet, and it is useless to deny it now.

In the Yamen of Xuannanfang Jinyiwei, at the beginning, they were still stubborn and unwilling to confess, once Jinyiwei's eighteen torture instruments were put on their bodies, even those who were beaten with iron could not stand it, let alone these gangsters. It didn't take long for the gang to confess.

As Song Nan was surprised, this group of people was instructed to come to the White Paper Workshop to obstruct the relocation of the grave; The commander was a thousand-household officer named Xiong Wan in the Yangwei Battalion of the Beijing Camp. This group of people was originally just a gang of gangsters in Xuanbeifang, and they fell into the hands of this Jingying Qianhu named Xiong Wan, who gave them twenty taels of silver each, and asked them to come to the white paper workshop to pretend to be the owner of the tomb, and the only requirement was that the people of the Song Mansion were not allowed to move the tomb. The longer you persist, the more generous the reward will be, and if you can force the people of the Song Dynasty to beat people or forcibly move graves, the reward will be doubled.

This group of people was originally active in the jurisdiction of Xuanbeifang Yangwei Camp, and they were grateful for the business without capital on weekdays, and they had a lot of tricks in the hands of Jingying, and now they can not only clear their charges, but also earn money, so they are happy to obey, so they came to the white paper workshop and the people of the Song Mansion for more than ten days, but they were unexpectedly seen through their identities.

In the back house of the Song Mansion, Song Nan, who learned that he was chewing the food in his mouth expressionlessly, he knew that it might be time to fight with these marquis masters head-on.