Chapter 674: The Grain Robbery Tragedy (19)

Looking at Yan Yin, Ye Qingchen and Lin Qing'er, Xia Hanqing said slowly, "The grain robbery tragedy is a planned and organized conspiracy, and their purpose is not for that batch of grain and grass. Grain and grass are just their means to hide people's ears, and their real purpose is to destroy the Qingqing family. The executor is Mu Feng, the second son of the city lord of Fenghua City, that is, the younger brother of General Mu Shi under you. And that black-clothed team was gathered by the elite disciples of some families and handed over to Mu Feng to train in secret. The ghost wolf was purchased by the Su family from General Yang Er, and as for why it fell into Mu Feng's hands, Duan Yan is currently conducting a final investigation. ”

After a pause, Xia Hanqing said again, "In this grain robbery tragedy, a total of twenty-three families participated, some contributed people, some contributed money, some contributed materials, and some sent news. In addition to these families, General Yang Er and General Mu Shi were also implicated without their knowledge. In addition, the whereabouts of Qingqing's house were revealed by a person named Lu Jun in the black pupils. And General Yang Er, his logistics army has been handed over to his deputy general Chang Lin, and is currently on his way to Zhenbei City. And Yang Er himself is unknown. According to the investigation, it was the lynx and the monkey in the black pupil who delivered the message to him. Listening to Duan Yan, these two are Yang Er's brothers. ”

"Twenty-three families!" Ye Qingchen was startled and said in a low voice, "How can there be so many?"

"These families are the main players, and there are some smaller families behind them that are not counted among them. Xia Hanqing explained.

Yan Yin said in a condensed voice, "Uncle Hanqing, you just said that it was a leak named Lu Jun to Mu Feng and them, right?"

Nodding, looking at Yan Yin, Xia Hanqing said slowly, "Yes." ”

"Lu Jun......" Yan Yin looked at Ye Qingchen with his fists clenched and said, "Qingchen, please go and bring Lu Jun, I want to know, why did he do this!"

Lu Jun was met when Yan Yin went north to save people in Duan Sanchi's town. Later, Lu Jun joined his army, and was later assigned by him to Shifang as a subordinate, and finally became a member of the Black Pupil.

But he didn't expect that Lu Jun would actually help Mu Feng and them as accomplices, which eventually led to the death of Liu Qingyan and Mingyu, and Liu Lao also died of illness due to Liu Qingyan's death.

Ye Qingchen was about to respond, Xia Hanqing said, "No need to go, Lu Jun was taken to Su Mansion by Duan Yan." After Duan Yan comes, you will all understand the truth of this matter. ”

"Su Mansion?" Yan Yin frowned, and then looked at Xia Hanqing and said, "Uncle Hanqing, did you just say that Yang Er didn't know where to go?"

Nodding, Xia Hanqing said, "Before we found him, he handed over the logistics army to Chang Lin to manage, and he himself went elsewhere. Duan Yan asked Chang Lin, but he didn't tell us where Yang Er was. ”

"Second Brother Yang, he sold ghost wolves to the Su family, do you know the reason?" Lin Qing'er opened her mouth and asked, "Second Brother Yang, he is a good person and has helped us before. ”

Back then, when Yan Yin followed Fang Xue and Lin Qing'er to Southern Academy not long after Yan Yin first came out of the Yanyun Mountain Range, he met Yang Er and them in a place called Ten Mile Canyon. At that time, when they encountered robbers, it was Yang Er and his brothers who protected them. So for Yang Er, Lin Qing'er is still very familiar.

According to Duan Yan's investigation, the reason why Yang Er sold ghost wolves to the Su family was because he was buying food for the army in front of him. Xia Hanqing opened his mouth and said, "From common sense, Yang Er just gave Mu Feng and those people indirect help unknowingly. ”

Ye Qingchen opened his mouth and said, "The most important thing at the moment is how those ghost wolves fell from the hands of the Su family to Mu Feng. According to the rules set by Mo Wuru when he sold ghost wolves, the more ghost wolves bought, the higher the price. Two thousand ghost wolves, without a million taels of silver, can't be bought. The Su family is the largest caravan in Northern Xinjiang, and it makes sense to buy ghost wolves to transport loads. But it's a bit unusual to spend so much money on so many ghost wolves at once. ”

Nodding, Lin Qing'er said, "Sister Qingchen is right, one million taels of silver is not a small amount. Although the Su family has a big business, it is no longer the head of the four major business groups. After the imperial capital plundered nearly seventy percent of its property, the Su family was no match for the Yang family and the Ling family. But at this time, they were willing to spend a million taels of silver to buy 2,000 ghost wolves, which was not in line with Su Jinghong's business methods over the years. I have learned that when Su Jinghong was the Minister of Finance in the empire, the Su family adopted a steady and conservative approach to business, and thus maintained its position as the head of the four major business groups in the empire. With his experience and vision as a businessman, it is impossible to change his conservative and steady business style after entering northern Xinjiang. Otherwise, he would not have given up his right as Minister of Finance and taken the Su family to Northern Xinjiang with the Su family when the empire was in chaos. ”

After a deep groan, Yan Yin said coldly, "Zhao Qing'er, when you say this, this really doesn't look like Su Lao's means. However, now the head of the Su family is Su Xipo. Su Lao can't, it doesn't mean that he Su Xipo won't!"

Sioux House.

Today's Su Mansion is much smaller and more low-key than the Su Mansion where Yan Yin returned to Zhenbei City.

Since the magnificent and luxurious Su Mansion was ordered by Yan Yin to be demolished by Mo Wuru, Su Jinghong and his wife Mi Xin moved out of the Su family and bought a medium-sized mansion in the north of the town to live in.

Su Xipo and the other children of the Su family each bought a mansion in the north of the town to live in. However, if there is any major matter in the Su family, the various members of the Su family will still come to the Su Mansion where Su Jinghong is located to have a discussion.

At this time, the atmosphere in Su Mansion was a little solemn.

In the hall of the Sioux Mansion, there were not many people sitting.

Su Jinghong and Su Xipo are there, and Duan Yan and Lu Jun are also among them.

In addition to them, Mo Wuru was also present.

"Su Xipo, you evil beast!Who made you do this!" Su Jinghong, who had always looked kind, looked at Su Xipo with anger on his face, and scolded angrily: "You know, I don't know what you did!"

Su Xipo looked up at Su Jinghong and said in a deep voice, "I don't think I'm at fault, I did all this just to let the Su family return to its former prosperity." ”

Saying that, Su Xipo looked at Duan Yan and said, "Yes, the ghost wolf was purchased by me from Yang Second-hand, and it cost one million and two hundred thousand taels of silver." Of these, 800,000 taels belong to the families you have spoken, and the remaining 400,000 taels are from me. We have negotiated, and after the matter is completed, I will leave a thousand ghost wolves, and the rest of the major families will be divided. Mu Feng was contacted by them, the people were made by them, and the weapons were made by them. I asked people to contact Lu Jun, and I also learned the news of Qingqing's house from him. I'm a wreck now, and it's up to you to do with it. ”

Let's say, Su Xipo glanced at Lu Jun who was bowing his head and Mo Wuru who was looking at him calmly, and finally looked at Su Jinghong and said, "The Su family is no longer the Su family that it used to be, my biggest mistake is to treat Northern Xinjiang as the imperial capital, you are still regarded as the Minister of Finance, and Yanying is used as a protective umbrella." ”

Looking at Su Xipo, Su Jinghong was about to say something, only to see Su Xipo look up to the sky and laugh, and then strode out.

Seeing this, Duan Yan got up and said, "Old Su, the matter has been clearly understood, and I also need to report the situation to the commander." ”

After a pause, Duan Yan said, "The young lady is a good person, and all of us don't want the relationship between the young lady and the commander to change because of the Su family's affairs. If you really want the young lady to be good, then take care of the Su family!"

After speaking, Duan Yan took Lu Jun and turned to leave.

Watching Duan Yan leave, Su Jinghong finally looked at Mo Wuru.

For Mo Wuru, Su Jinghong has no good feelings. After all, the Su Mansion was demolished by Mo Wuru, and from the bottom of his heart, Su Jinghong looked down on Mo Wuru, a slave with three surnames.

However, at this time, when the Su family was about to be difficult to protect, Su Jinghong couldn't help but pin his hopes on Mo Wuru.

"City Lord Mo, you are Yan Yin's most advantageous subordinate, can you ......" Su Jinghong's words were not finished, Mo Wuru got up and said, "It's not too early, and Ruthless is going to retire." ”

Su Jinghong was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red, looking a little angry.

Walking to the door of the hall, Mo ruthlessly stopped, turned his back to Su Jinghong and said, "The general has returned to Zhenbei City, and he was summoned by Yan Yin to deal with the grain hoarding of the major families." And General Xueli is also leading the army north, and he is dealing with the tragedy of grain robbery. The two generals went out at the same time, which shows Yan Yin's attention to these two things. And it just so happened that the Su family was involved in both of these things. In this northern Xinjiang, there can only be one family in the end, and that is the Yan family! And it just so happens that Yan Yin is not a person who pursues power and status, so although he is now the Marquis of Dingbei, he still only lives in the General's Mansion, not the Yan Mansion. The tree is very popular, I think Su Lao understands this truth better than me. ”

After speaking, Mo ruthlessly turned around and left Su Mansion.

Looking at the back of Mo ruthlessly leaving, Su Jinghong suddenly fell into deep thought.

"The tree is a big move, and our Su family does have some tricks. Su Jinghong sighed and said, "Su family...... What to save you this time. ”

General's Mansion Hall.

Yan Yin glanced at Lu Jun beside Duan Yan, and after he lowered his head with shame, Yan Yin looked at Duan Yan and said, "Sit down and say, tell me more from beginning to end." ”

Nodding, Duan Yan sat aside, glanced at Lin Qing'er, Ye Qingchen and Xia Hanqing who heard the news, and then said, "Here's how it happened......

Under Duan Yan's narration, Yan Yin understood the truth of this.

When the plague of strange beasts occurred in northern Xinjiang, the major families in northern Xinjiang hoarded a lot of grain and grass. Because of the rampant foreign beasts, the people could not farm, so the grain production was reduced a lot. In this case, grain and grass have become a very important commercial commodity.

However, after the northern Xinjiang settled down, Mo ruthless and the mandate jointly formulated a series of measures, so that the agriculture in the northern Xinjiang quickly recovered. As a result, the grain and grass of the major families had no market for a while.

In the end, the major families looked at Yan Yin's black-clothed army, and prepared to sell grain and grass to the black-clothed army in order to obtain cash.

Because Yan Yin forcibly extorted tens of millions of silver taels from the major families before, the assets of the major families who had just experienced the disaster of foreign beasts shrank significantly.

It was originally a good idea, but in the end, it was given a horizontal bar by the Qingqing House.

The Qingqing family bought grain from within the empire to send grain to the black-clothed army, so that the grain in the granaries of the major families had to continue to be stacked. However, due to the time of stacking, some grain and grass have begun to mold and deteriorate.

After some deliberation, the families decided to consume the grain.

The way they consume it is very simple, that is, secretly train a group of guards, and then consume the grain and grass.

However, Yan Yin had strict orders, and the number of guards of the major families was strictly controlled, and the head of the guards of each family was a soldier who came out of Yan Yin's black-clothed army.

In this case, it is not easy to train a group of escorts of their own.