Zheng Wenlong, the chief soldier of Yangzhou, was also taken aback when he received the news from the salt merchants.

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai was so bold and directly attacked the eight major salt merchants, and he couldn't help but complain secretly in his heart.

This Lin Ruhai is really too ignorant, knowing that everyone is counting on these salt merchants to make a fortune, but he still does this, which is really too much.

These are their own food and clothing, and they can't be ignored, so they immediately ordered five hundred soldiers and rode over.

On the way, he was still thinking about how much benefit he could get by coming forward to rescue the Li family this time.

As soon as I arrived at the street, I heard a "bang" sound, and I felt a pain in my head, and I was no longer conscious.

The pro-soldiers behind heard a "bang", and then, seeing the head of their chief soldier, the head exploded with a "pop", and then fell down the horse.

Those pro-soldiers who were close directly splashed their heads and faces, screaming in fright.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency."

The soldiers immediately ran up, and when they came closer, they saw only a headless corpse, and the neck was empty.

Such a strange scene happened at night again, which frightened everyone.

Those who were timid ran away in fright.

The rest of the crowd was leaderless, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Commander has died for no apparent reason, what should we do now?"

"The chief soldier's death is too strange, this matter is very strange, let's go back quickly."

"Listening to that movement, it seems to be a musket, but I have been looking for a long time, and I have not found the slightest trace, besides, the musket is not so powerful, and it is really strange to directly knock out the head."

"What are we going to do after talking for a long time? Is it to continue to go to Li's house? Or do you want to go back?"

"Brothers, I think it's better to go back, Zheng Zongbing is gone, and the Li family's is okay with us, even if we go, the people who patrol the salt yamen will not listen to us."

At this time, the squad leader said, "Everyone, if you help the Li family, how about everyone share the money you get?"

The word was sharp, and everyone was also open-minded, and they all nodded in agreement.

Then, arrange a team of people to bring Zheng Zongbing's body with them, organize the team and set off again.

Just after four or five steps forward, there was another "bang", and the head of the person in front of him burst open again.

frightened the people in front of him, turned around and ran back.

Seeing this, the others also retreated.

"I don't want this money, whoever I love goes, I don't go, but it scares me to death."

"I'm not going either, just a little bit, and it hits me on the head."

The first few people, all of them had more than one season, and this time they were too close to death, and they were really frightened.

At this time, Huang Zhiming, Wang Guosen and others also rushed over.

Seeing the chaos of the soldiers in front of him, he stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing in such a mess? What about Mr. Zheng? Why don't you hurry up and rescue the Li family? Don't you know that saving people is like fighting fire?"

"Master Huang, our Zheng Zongbing just rushed here with us, and his head was knocked off all of a sudden."

"What did you say? Zheng Zongbing's head was knocked out? You're not kidding?"

When a few people heard the news, their brains exploded with a buzz, and their faces were incredulous, how could this be? That's a dignified general soldier, who is so bold?

Huang Zhiming said suspiciously: "Chief Zheng soldiers, hurry up and take us to have a look."

The squad leader led everyone to the corpse of Zheng Zongbing.

When a few people saw it, they couldn't help but gasp, they really knocked their heads out, who did this?

"Are you sure this is your Zheng Zongbing? Do you know who did it?"

Wang Guosen asked unrelentingly.

"Master Wang, it's really our Zheng Zongbing, more than 500 of us can testify, as for who did it, we don't know, Zheng Zongbing is walking on a horse, just

Listen to the "bang", and then, the head is gone."

Ma Tengfei said, "Can you lead the troops to save the Li family first? Zheng Zongbing's funeral, come back and do it again, and this time the reward will not be less than you."

The heads of several pro-soldiers, shaking like rattles, directly refused.

Huang Zhiming wondered, "You don't make any money? That's money you'll never make in your lifetime."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we also want to go over to save the Li family, but just after a few steps, another person's head was knocked off, and we don't dare to go again."

Several people glanced at each other, and they already understood in their hearts that someone was blocking the road in front, not letting people pass, let alone letting people save the Li family.

Zheng Wenlong Zheng Zongbing, who was a member of the court of Zheng Erpin, actually killed him without hesitation, without any scruples.

This is too cruel, isn't it, who the hell did this?

Lin Ruhai can't have such courage and no such ability, it shouldn't be what he did.

Could it be that Ning Guo Gong Jia Cong can't do it?

Not long after this person returned from the border of Liaodong, he heard that he had won a hundred battles on the battlefield, and even the old slave of the barbarian Khan had his head cut off by his own hands.

Nine times out of ten, he did this, what a bold man.

That's a dignified second-class master, he will kill when he says he will kill, he has no scruples at all, he is really ruthless and unscrupulous.

Although these people are stirring up trouble in Yangzhou and have huge power, in the face of people like Jia Cong, they really don't want to provoke, this kind of way of doing is no different from a madman.

Wang Guosen said: "Everyone, the Li family is finished, it's not that we don't want to save, it's just that we can't do anything, everyone has seen the situation here, if we come forward, the next one to lose our heads is estimated to be us."

Huang Zhiming nodded and said, "That's true, even Zheng Zongbing's head is gone, and we are even less worthy of mentioning in the eyes of others, but if we don't figure out the reason for this matter, we feel uneasy."

Ma Tengfei said, "Why don't we go directly to the Yanyan Yamen and meet this Ning Guogong?"

Lu Yanping said, "Isn't it disturbing people's dreams to go there now? Besides, Ning Guogong estimates that we won't see anyone at all on the Li family's side, so it's better to go back and be on guard in secret, and wait for tomorrow morning, we will bring gifts and visit Ning Guogong again."

The head of the family said: "In the current situation, it can only be like this, three families in one night is enough for him to be busy, and he shouldn't have time to take care of us, but it's a pity that those three families."

Wang Guosen said: "This is also a matter of no choice, it's not that we don't want to save, it's really powerless, even General Zheng has been put in, what else can we do?"

Huang Zhiming said: "In that case, let's go back, tomorrow we will go together to meet that Ning Guogong, probe his bottom, and see what he wants?"

If even we refuse to let go, we can only give it a go, and when we go back, we will gather all the people, secretly watch out, and be ready to fight back at any time.

This time, if he moves any of us again, the five of us must work together to get rid of him, otherwise, we will only be defeated by him."

Several people nodded in agreement, involving their own net worth and life, and they couldn't be sloppy at all.

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Jia Cong killed two people one after another, and only then did he put down his gun when he saw the team retreating.

Xia Zhu said, "Master, why don't you kill a few more?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Our purpose is to prevent them from passing, killing people is just for deterrence, this is the best effect, it can make them frightened and scared in their hearts, and they dare not take a step forward.

If we shoot one after another, the other side will find out that we only have one gun, and if they rush forward, the three of us will really not be able to stop it."

Xia Zhu nodded, picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the other side.

"Master, they seem to have stopped again, aren't they still giving up?"

When Jia Cong heard this, he picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked over, and saw that the soldiers had indeed stopped.

It is said that the official is himself

Killed, the rest of the soldiers have no one to command, that's basically a plate of scattered sand, and it is impossible to take any more action, could it be that there are still officials in it?

Jia Cong snorted coldly and said, "Some people just don't cry when they don't see the coffin, and they don't die until they don't reach the Yellow River, if they don't know how to be interesting, they can only add a few more dead souls."

After looking at it for a while, I saw that they didn't mean to come over, so they should still be negotiating.

After another quarter of an hour or so, the soldiers retreated, and the streets were calm again.

Chunlan said, "Master, that group of people are all gone, are we still staying here?"

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "Wait a little longer, the Li family will still need some time, let's hold on for a while and see if anyone comes over again."

After waiting for a while, Li Biao sent someone to inform him that the Li family had been searched, and the three of them went back.

Seeing that the doors and windows of the Li family were sealed, Jia Cong gathered everyone and rushed to Zhang's house.

When Jia Cong led people to the Zhang family's compound, Tie Zhu was already waiting at the door.

"Grandpa Qiyuguo, everything has been done, and the account book is in hand."

Jia Cong nodded, didn't bother to go in, and ordered Li Biao to take someone in to raid the house, took the account book from Tiezhu's hand, and looked through it carefully.

Even if Jia Cong read the content in it, he was smacked.

This Yangzhou officialdom, from top to bottom, has been infiltrated by these salt merchants, forming a huge network of relationships, which affects the whole body.

Such a big matter, it's really not something you can decide, and when you go back, discuss it with Lin Ruhai to see if it's a court court or a private one.

If there was no Lin Ruhai, Jia Cong would have written directly to Emperor Longqing.

Now, when it comes to the salt patrol yamen, you have to discuss it with Lin Ruhai and follow his opinion.

It wasn't until dawn that Zhang's house was raided.

Several people took the list and came to Jia Cong.

"Grandpa Guo, this is the list of items of the three families, can you take a look, do you need to change it?"

Jia Cong smiled when he heard this, this bookstore in the salt patrol yamen is a bit interesting, is this because he is afraid that he will not understand the tricks inside?

This time, Jia Cong turned a blind eye, these people have reaped a lot of benefits, this can be regarded as a return for the peach.

I took the list and looked through it, and there were more than 16 million taels of silver alone, and there were countless other real estate title deeds, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, porcelain and jade, and various luxury goods and materials.

These salt merchants are really rich, and Emperor Longqing will be overjoyed when he gets this silver.

Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "Tonight, everyone has worked hard, all the participants are 100 taels of silver each, and the officials are doubled, and each of you is 5,000 taels, after these are cut out, another 1 million taels will be crossed out for me."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, this is a huge amount of money, and they may not be able to earn so much in a lifetime.

"Thank you Grandpa Guo, it's refreshing to follow Grandpa Guo, what else does Grandpa Guo command?"

"The villain saw that Grandpa Guo brought a lot of female scrolls, and there are a lot of jewelry in them, all of which are very good, Grandpa Guo might as well pick a few and bring them back."

Jia Cong's family did not lack jewelry, and he brought back several boxes from the palace in Hetuala, and asked Ping'er to keep them.

Compared with that batch of jewelry, this Jiangnan jewelry is more delicate and detailed, but also more beautiful, there are indeed a lot of valuable jewelry, and it is not bad to bring a batch back.

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Then help me pick out some exquisite jewelry, put it in a box and I'll take it back, and help me choose a dozen or so antique calligraphy and paintings, I'll go back and give them away, see if there is a good property in it, pick one for me, that's it."

The clerk said, "Grandpa Guo, don't worry, you will definitely be satisfied."

Jia Cong turned to Chunlan and Xia Zhu and said, "You two should also go and have a look, choose some jewelry that you like, and you will be responsible for bringing them back later."

"Yes, Grandpa Guo."

The two agreed

, and went on.

After everyone finished distributing the spoils, everyone was happy, and after the list was re-transcribed, it was handed over to Jia Cong.

Seeing that there was no problem, Jia Cong waved his hand and led everyone back to the salt patrol yamen.

Jia Cong also gained a lot this time, intercepting one million taels of silver on the surface, and secretly letting Li Biao, Tie Zhu and others find a lot of silver tickets, and the three families together have 15.6 million taels.

Taken together, there are 2,5,600,000 taels.

In addition, there is a box of jewelry, and a box of antique calligraphy and paintings.

Originally, I didn't want to get so much, I just wanted to pick a few high-quality products to give away, but since everyone had chosen them, Jia Cong accepted them as a matter of course.

In addition to this, there is also a title deed.

It is a three-entry courtyard in Yangzhou City, with a small garden, and the location is quite good.

Jia Cong planned to take Ruyan after going to see it.

Let her live there temporarily, and when she returns to Beijing, she will take her back with her.

When I returned to the Yanxun Yamen, it was already dawning.

Mandarin ducks and raiders, seeing Jia Cong coming back, hurriedly got up.

"Master, why did you come back now, you wouldn't have slept all night, would you?"

Chunlan and Xia Zhu put the box on the ground, stood up and said, "We have been busy all night, copying three houses in a row, where can we have time to sleep."

The mandarin duck said, "Do you want to rest now, or do you want to rest after eating?"

Jia Cong said: "Let's freshen up first, and when we finish eating, I will go to see Uncle Lin first, Chunlan and Xia Zhu, if you two are sleepy, you can rest first, you don't have to follow me."

"Got it, sir."