Syllable!

The tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered, and Fan Yongdou looked at the family member who was summoned.

"What!"

"Master, the second master and our family's 200,000 loads of grain are missing!"

At this time, Jia Ding said to Fan Yongdou again, and Fan Yongdou's eyes were red at this time: "Missing, how did you disappear?" Where did you go missing!! ”

Fan Yongdou's eyes were bloodshot, it was because of anger, excitement, fear, and traces left behind, he knew too well the importance of this batch of grain, this batch of grain was prepared for the master of the Manchu Dynasty, if something happened, he couldn't explain it!

Hearing this, the family said: "Here's the thing, according to the second master's summons, our group of family members are in Fangshan County to prepare to meet the second master, but we waited for two days and didn't wait for anyone, so we chased along the road, but we chased Lu Liang, and even after Lu Liang returned to Shaanxi and still didn't find the second master, we felt that something was going to happen, and hurriedly came back to report to the master." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou frowned, these 200,000 loads of grain, which can be transported by horse-drawn carriage, can also be discharged for two miles, and there are thousands of guards, and most importantly, there are still a hundred Jianzhou warriors inside, how can this disappear for no reason?

It's easy to say that the key is that this person is gone, but these 200,000 quintals of grain are military food, which is to be given to the master of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and how can the other 100 Jianzhou warriors explain, that is XHQ, Haogebeler's people, Haogebeler's personality Fan Yongdou still knows, if there is no explanation, I am afraid I will be sad.

Thinking of Fan Yongdou gave him a headache, and at this moment, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe who walked in and said, "Why is Brother Yongdou sighing here!" ”

Fan Yongdou looked up at this time and saw the middle-aged scribe hurriedly arching his hand: "Wen Chenggong." ”

That's right, this is the special envoy sent by the Manchu Qing to Zhangjiakou to supervise the Fan family's preparation of military rations, Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Yongdou, and then looked at the obviously flustered family on the side, and then smiled: "Brother Yongdou has something to hide from me?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou wanted to speak and stopped, but he couldn't hide it from anyone when he thought about it, so he stomped his feet and said: "Wen Chenggong, I don't dare to hide it from you, something happened, the batch of grain and grass transported by my brother is missing!" ”

"Missing ?!!"

Fan Wencheng was stunned when he heard the word missing, this grain team that stretched for two miles and was escorted by thousands of people, you can say that it was robbed, but the word missing is too surprising, how could such a huge team be missing?

Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Yongdou and said, "Let's talk about it specifically." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou looked at Jia Ding and said, "You say." ”

Jia Ding was a little frightened at this time, and said the matter in a panic, Fan Wencheng frowned and said: "You are saying that the second master of your family went out of the Shaanxi realm, and when he was about to arrive in Luliang, let you prepare for the work in Fangshan County, and then disappeared!" ”

"yes, that's it."

Jia Ding said to Fan Wencheng at this time, and Fan Wencheng frowned when he heard this: "That is to say that the place where the accident happened is in the territory of Luliang!" ”

"That's right!!"

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng said again: "But you have been looking for Luliang for a long time, and you haven't found any clues?" ”

"Yes, that's right."

Jia Ding stammered, hearing this, Fan Wencheng's eyes gradually became deeper, and he could silently make a thousand-person grain transportation team disappear, this is definitely not done by ordinary small forces, it seems that someone is eyeing him.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng said: "Brother Yongdou, you don't have to worry about this matter, I'll send someone to check it out." ”

"Ah, this, Wen Cheng Gong ...... me"

Fan Yongdou looked at Fan Wencheng and wanted to say something, Fan Wencheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I will tell Your Majesty and Haugebelle about this matter for you, you don't have to worry about this matter, and prepare all the other materials that Your Majesty has asked you to prepare, even if it lives up to Your Majesty's holy grace!" ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou looked at Fan Wencheng gratefully and said, "Gong Wen Cheng is really my nobleman, then please ask Gong Wen Cheng." ”

Fan Yongdou said gratefully, Fan Wencheng smiled, turned around and his face became ugly, and hurriedly sent a Manchu strong man who escorted him to the Luliang Territory to check.

A day later, Fan Wencheng got the news that they found traces of battle near Niutou Mountain in Luliang, although the other side had cleaned the battlefield and even shoveled away the bloodstained soil, but they found bullet holes in the trees far away, so it was likely that there was a battle here, and the other side was likely to have firearms.

Then they searched along the traces and found some traces on the road, but the traces were divided into two strands, one leading to northern Shaanxi and the other leading to the Qinling Mountains, and they ventured into the Qinling Mountains and then got lost.

After Fan Wencheng got the news, he thought for a long time, the enemy's reality is too difficult to guess, but with such strength, it can rob more than 1,000 people to escort it, especially the grain team escorted by a hundred Jianzhou warriors, it is definitely not a small force.

And what made Fan Wencheng feel the most extraordinary strength was that none of the 100 Manchurian warriors ran out, you know, you can defeat these 100 Jianzhou warriors and annihilate the 100 Jianzhou warriors are not the same concept at all.

I am afraid that those who can do this must have thousands of people to succeed, otherwise it is impossible for the warriors of Jianzhou to escape.

Now Shanxi and Shaanxi can have such a force, Fan Wencheng estimated a few people, the first is Wang Jiayin in northern Shaanxi, he is now gathering 100,000 people to revolt in northern Shaanxi, it is very possible to send some soldiers and horses to do this big case, and he also has a motive, northern Shaanxi has begun to eat people, how tempting is this 200,000 quintals of grain.

Secondly, Fan Wencheng thought of the Shaanxi border army led by Hong Chengchou or Yang He, these border troops have been hungry recently, and the Shaanxi disaster, although there is no shortage of food in Lantian County, but it can't afford to supply hundreds of thousands of troops in Shaanxi, so these 200,000 loads of grain are really too tempting, and the possibility of these officers and soldiers doing a vote is not impossible.

As for the others, the bandits hidden in the Qinling area, there are, there must be, but such a big stroke is not something that ordinary bandits can do, more than a thousand people, including Manchu warriors, do not leave a living mouth, Fan Wencheng does not believe that bandit can have this strength.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu in the house, who was also the guard appointed by Huang Taiji, at this time Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, "Okay, let your people withdraw, there is no need to investigate this matter." ”

"Don't check it out? Why, Mr. Fan, we lost 200,000 loads of grain and the lives of more than 100 warriors, and this matter is not investigated? ”

Niu Lu's eyes widened when he heard this, Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "Don't check, I will write to Your Majesty." ”

"Why?"

Niu Lu was unconvinced, Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu at this time and said, "Because we can't retaliate against them now!" ”

Hearing this, Niu Lu was even more unconvinced.

"Why can't we take revenge on them, our warriors can't die in vain, and our food can't be lost in vain." valley

Niu Lu looked at Fan Wencheng and yelled, Fan Wencheng was very helpless, he was much higher than Niu Lu in terms of status, in terms of duty, this Niu Lu was here to protect himself, but just because he was a Han Chinese, this Niu Lu dared to point his nose and talk to himself, if he was a man, this Niu Lu would only obey himself unconditionally, why am I not a Manchurian?

Fan Wencheng was very helpless, so he could only patiently explain: "Now according to the situation we know, there are two groups of people who may steal our grain, and one group is Wang Jiayin from northern Shaanxi. ”

"Wang Jiayin, it's just a rogue, he dares to rob our food, we only need to divide 8,000 troops to fight, they can't find the north, it's easy to destroy them, why can't they take revenge."

Niu Lu said with a glare, and then Fan Wencheng smiled: "Let me ask you a question, who is Wang Jiayin fighting against." ”

"Da Ming."

Niu Lu said, and Fan Wencheng continued to ask, "Then who are we fighting against?" ”

"It's also Daming."

Niu Lu replied, and after listening to Niu Lu's answer, Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Now you still don't understand why you can't beat him?" ”

Niu Lu glared and said, "Why, he beat him, let's beat ours, if we provoke him, we will kill him!" ”

Fan Wencheng's face suddenly fell, didn't he pretend to have an IQ in his head except for muscles?

Fan Wencheng reluctantly continued to be seductive, if this was a Han person, he would have slapped him a long time ago, what is the difference between the length of this head and the non-growth?

Niu Lu looked at Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng said: "Then I still ask you, can we fight the Ming Dynasty now?" ”

Hearing this, Niu Lu thought for a while and said: "There are many people in the Ming Dynasty, and a batch of dead people will come again, and they can't be beaten." ”

"That's not it, leave Wang Jiayin to make trouble here in Shaanxi, Daming will send people here to suppress it, and then the Ming people will kill the Ming people, wouldn't it be better, let's just sit and collect the profits, how can we help Daming extinguish this tumor for just 200,000 loads of grain and grass, this is too unwise."

Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, after hearing this, Niu Lu seemed to understand something, thought about it and said: "This Wang Jiayin helped us fight Da Ming, let's kill him, die himself, and help Da Ming get rid of traitors?" ”

"That's right."

Fan Wencheng nodded, and when he heard this, Niu Lu said: "That can't be beaten, but isn't there still a group of people?" ”

"That group is the Shaanxi border army, Yang He or Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses."

Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, Niu Lu grinned when he heard this: "This is okay, this can fight, the people of the Ming court can be killed!" ”

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "If this is in normal times, it can be killed, but not now, Your Majesty will be detained in a few days, the goal is the capital, this strategic purpose is greater, and the impact is greater, if we divide troops in Shaanxi, the 100,000 Ming army in Shaanxi will be enough to drag our 30,000 army, and then our troops will be seriously insufficient, which will affect our overall situation." ”

Hearing this, Niu Lu said irritably: "This is not good, that is not good, can we swallow this breath like this?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng nodded and said, "It can only be like this, otherwise what else?" ”

Niu Lu sat down angrily when he heard this, Fan Wencheng smiled, and then he heard someone knock at the door: "Is Gong Wencheng there?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng smiled: "Come in." ”

Saying that, Fan Yongdou pushed the door open, followed by a smile and walked in, and saw Niu Lu at a glance: "Your Excellency, you are also here." ”

Niu Lu turned his head to the side and didn't look at him, but Fan Yongdou was still smiling, and then Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Yongdou and said, "I almost know who did it this time." ”

"Who?"

Fan Yongdou stared, and then Fan Wencheng said: "Or Wang Jiayin, or Hong Chengchou." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou frowned and said: "It shouldn't be Hong Chengchou, although Hong Chengchou is greedy for money, but he has a bottom line and abides by the rules, Wang Jiayin should be the most likely, this group of thieves is already hungry, and it is not too much to do anything." ”

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng said: "No matter who it is, we are not ready to pursue it, and now everything must be based on His Majesty's great cause." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou's expression was slightly gloomy, because he didn't know whether his younger brother Fan Yongfa was alive or dead in this escort, he originally thought that the Manchu Qing could help take revenge, but it seemed that he couldn't count it now.

Thinking about Fan Yongdou, he bowed down and said, "It's all up to Wen Chenggong's arrangement." ”

Fan Wencheng stood up at this time and patted Fan Yongdou on the shoulder and said, "Brother Yongdou, there will definitely be sacrifices in doing business, Brother Yongfa's matter, I express my condolences to you on behalf of Your Majesty, but this matter can only end here." ”

"Understood, understood."

Fan Yongdou bowed his head to show that he understood, and Fan Wencheng continued: "But although we are not actually ready to investigate, but the surface work must be done well, you immediately go to activate your relationship between Shaanxi and Shanxi, let the government chase the thief, we have to show some attitude, if there is no attitude, people with intentions may make judgments based on our actions, which is very unfavorable to Your Majesty's next actions." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou said: "I know, I will mobilize all the relationships and let the government give our Fan family an explanation." ”

"Well, well done, Brother Yongdou, if you do your best this time, I will definitely show you credit to Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou smiled and said, "Thank you, Duke Wencheng." ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, followed by Fan Yongdou to initiate relations, and soon the Shanxi political envoy Yamen and the Shaanxi political envoy Yamen jointly announced that they wanted to arrest the murderer of the Fan family's grain team.

And Fan Yongdou also offered a huge reward, as long as he could provide accurate information, Fan Yongdou would reward 5,000 taels of silver, and if he could catch the murderer, he would be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and if he recovered the loss, he would be rewarded with 50,000 taels of silver.

The wealth is moving, this big event spread in Shaanxi and Shanxi within two days, and for a while, whether it was bandits, people on the green forest road began to frantically look for the murderer, this money is too fragrant.

And the government at all levels began to exert pressure layer by layer, especially the parents and officials of Luliangdi, who were required to solve the case within a time limit, and for a time the entire Shanxi and Shaanxi governments were mobilized by this matter, and many people also knew about this matter, began to pay attention to this matter, and guessed who did it.

It was boiling for a while, and many people have met recently: buddy, do you know, the Fan family's 200,000 quintals of grain were robbed!

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