Li Yang raised his hands and helped Li Song up from the ground: Are there any casualties among the guys in the second shop

Li Song responded: The guys came back with me, so it is a blessing that there were no casualties

Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down: Second brother, do you have any basis for our shop to be set on fire

After speaking, the two of them went to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down, Li Song raised his hand and wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve: Boss, there are only salt-green bricks-porcelain-iron in our shop, none of which are goods that are easy to cause fires, if it wasn't set on fire, I really can't figure out why it caught fire on the day we opened

After Li Yang heard Li Song's words, he felt that what he said made sense, and this matter was indeed a bit too strange: Second brother, who do you think will set fire to our shop

Li Song cheered up: I think eighty percent of the boss is done by the Zhang family's father and son, everyone knows that the Zhang family has monopolized the private salt in Taizhou, and we sell salt in Taizhou City, which violates the interests of the Zhang family, Zhang Wenxuan is very insidious, this matter is quite similar to his handwriting, boss, don't forget that when he was in Taizhou and Xia Tehe, he twice instructed the family to poison you

Li Yang's eyes were glazed: The second child can't just guess, but must come up with real evidence

Li Song hesitated: Not really

Song Shiting walked out of the house with sleepy eyes: Husband, why don't you go to Taizhou City with Li Song, and ask the residents near the store and the guards in the city, maybe you can find any clues

Mrs. Li Yang is right, then the second child and I will go to Taizhou City

Then he waved his hand: Let's go, second child

Li Song got up, grabbed his clothes with both hands, and followed closely behind Li Yang in a small brisk step, and the two rode to the front of the store in Taizhou City, the entire store had been burned down, broken tiles were scattered on the ground, the surrounding walls were blackened by smoke, and the wooden squares and beams were still emitting bursts of white smoke

Li Yang looked around at the shop opposite, and a guy happened to come out, so he quickly stepped forward and asked: Brother, I want to ask, did you see the shop over there when it was on fire

The guy shook his hand: I don't see it

With that, the man was ready to turn around and go back to the shop

Li Yang hurriedly asked: Do you know when the fire was ignited?

The guy looked a little nervous when he heard this: I don't know - you can ask somewhere else

When Li Yang wanted to ask, the guy closed the door with a push of both hands

Seeing Li Yang's helpless face, Li Song went to a nearby mansion to buckle the door "knock-knock"

A middle-aged woman opened the door: Who are you looking for?

Li Song hugged his fists and bowed respectfully: I beg for mercy, I want to ask if you saw it when the shop caught fire

The middle-aged woman looked impatient: I didn't see it

With that, he closed the door

Li Song walked to Li Yang's side: Boss, I don't think the people around here can ask anything

Li Yang walked around the store, trying to see if he could find any clues, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see anything unusual: Let's go to the state capital yamen

Just as he was about to leave, a beggar with messy hair and dirty up and down walked up to the two, he held a broken rice bowl in his hand with a stick, reached out and grabbed Li Yang's trouser leg and gently tugged it: This lord begs you to give a few copper coins, I haven't eaten for a day

Li Yang looked back at Li Song and shook his head: Second child

Li Song took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve and handed them over, and when the beggar saw so much money, he threw the bowl and crutch in his hand to the side, stretched out his hands and respectfully took the copper coin

When the two brothers were about to ride away, the beggar grabbed Li Yang's trouser legs: "I think you are a good man, and just now I saw that you seemed to ask about the fire in that shop again."

Li Yang looked down at the beggar on his horse: Did you see it?

The beggar squinted his eyes and looked around and whispered, "This is not the place to speak, please go to the first alley on the street and meet me."

Li Yang and Li Song rode horses and swayed to the alley that the beggar said, tied the horse to a small tree, and the two entered the alley, after a while, the beggar held a bunch of hot steamed buns in his arms, and hurriedly walked to a corner with a roast chicken in his hand, Li Yang and Li Song followed curiously to take a look, three children and a woman curled up on a straw mat, the beggar put the food on the straw mat, they swarmed up and grabbed the steamed bun wolf and ate it

The beggar looked back at Li Yang: The shop was on fire in the middle of the night, I was looking for something to eat near Haona, the fire was very big at that time, people could only watch from a distance, this thing is also strange, the night patrol officials found that the shop was on fire and did not put out the fire, but dispersed the onlookers until the fire was extinguished, the officials came forward to check briefly and left, after the officials left, the crowd of onlookers rushed into the store and moved a lot of goods that were not burned

I think eighty percent of the shopkeepers of this shop will not come to trouble, and they will not send silver to the officials of the City Capture Division, so they will stand by and give him a lesson

Li Song was not happy when he heard it, and just wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by Li Yang stretching out his hand: Second brother, let's go to the yamen of the state capital

Before leaving, Li Yang hugged his fist at the beggar: Thank you

After arriving at the yamen of the state capital, Li Yang and Li Song came to the inner hall of the government to see Sun Yuanwu sorting out government affairs, and the two brothers hugged their fists and bowed: The last general will meet the prefect - the grass people have seen Lord Sun

Sun Yuanwu looked up and said, "Oh, come and sit down, how are you doing with the 30,000 victims, are there any difficulties?"

Li Yang and Li Song sat down on the chairs next to them: My lord, the 30,000 victims have been resettled, and the difficulty is nothing more than that the food will find a way to overcome it, Lord Lao, you have bothered

Sun Yuanwu nodded with satisfaction: That's good-is there something wrong with you coming back to this mansion

Li Yang responded: Your lord's subordinates opened a new grocery store in Taizhou City, and last night a fire suddenly broke out and burned down the store

Sun Yuanwu was very surprised when he heard this: It turned out that the shop that caught fire was yours

After speaking, he shouted softly outside the hall: Someone

A servant walked in and clasped his fists in salute: Your Excellency

Sun Yuanwu: You go and call the catcher who was in charge of patrolling the city last night, there is something to ask him about this government

The official responded: It's my lord

Not long after, a man about 40 years old walked in, he was wearing a fast hunting suit and a black cloth official hat, this person's eyebrows were thick, his eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, and a black mole the size of a soybean grew on the corner of his mouth: The lowly Zhong He has seen the prefect, and I don't know what the adult is doing when he recruits the lowly office

As soon as Li Yang heard Zhong He's gloomy voice, he felt a little annoyed with this person

Sun Yuanwu raised his hand and pointed at Li Yang: Zhong He, I'll introduce you to this is Li Yang, the garrison in northern Taizhou, the shop that caught fire last night was his, and I came to you today to ask what was going on

Zhong He hugged his fist and saluted Li Yang: I have seen the garrison

Li Yang got up and returned the salute: Zhong Zhusi, you are too polite, what happened to the fire in my shop yesterday

Zhong He responded: When I was patrolling the city last night, I found a fire in a shop, and when I arrived with my brothers, I couldn't put it out because the fire was too big, and I hope that the garrison will not blame you

Li Yang smiled slightly: Zhong Zhusi is serious, what I want to ask is whether the fire in this shop was set on fire or an accident

Zhong He responded: I didn't find anything suspicious in my humble position, and I saw that these eight achievements were an accident according to my humble position

Li Yang's eyes lit up: If it's an accident, then it's fine, I thank you for bothering Zhong Zhusi this time

Zhong He: Your Excellency is deserved, if you have nothing else to do, then you will go down first

Li Song got up: Zhong Zhusi, you were clear last night

Li Yang raised his hand and interrupted Li Song's words: Second child

Zhong He: Do you have any questions?

Li Yang smiled and said: It's nothing, everything has been figured out, and the adult general will retire first

Just as Zhong He was about to leave, he stopped and glanced back at Li Yang, although he only stayed for a moment, his eyes did make people shudder

Sun Yuanwu nodded: Yes

When Li Song came out of the mansion, he asked: "Boss, why did you stop me just now?"

Li Yang looked at Li Song: In the second child in Taizhou in the future, you have to be careful of Zhong He, he is definitely a ruthless character

Li Song: The boss is a catcher, you can't help but think too highly of him

Li Yang: The more this kind of person plays tricks, the more vicious it becomes, it's okay if the shop in Taizhou City is gone, let's go back to the manor

As soon as they entered the manor, they saw hundreds of soldiers waiting here, Li Yang got off his horse and came to a soldier and asked: What is the matter with so many people guarding here?

The soldier responded: The patriarch Gao deputy patriarch and the deputy patriarch of the Yuan ordered that as soon as you return, you will be asked to go to the council hall to discuss important matters

The big guy had been waiting in the council hall for a long time, and when he saw Li Yang and Li Song coming back, they all looked over, and Gao Yuan got up and greeted him: You can be regarded as coming back, and the brothers are waiting for you to come back and get ideas

Li Yang: What the hell is going on with so many soldiers guarding the manor?

Yuankui: Let Kang Ze and Zeno tell you about this matter in person

Kang Ze got up and saluted: Last night, Zeno and I led our soldiers to patrol near the salt pans, and found that there was a group of people sneaking around the salt pans with very suspicious appearances, Zeno and I led people to quietly touch it, this group of people was about to pour a strange powder into the salt pans, Zeno and I immediately led people to rush up and capture all 40 people in this group, these people are being held in the backyard of the manor

After saying that, he took out the strange ink, and the big guy stepped forward to see "What is this?" and "I don't know, I've never seen it."

Guanshan stepped forward to pick up these inks and took a closer look, and his expression suddenly became solemn: This is arsenic

It is understandable to say that everyone does not know this arsenic, because ordinary people will not buy this thing at all, and whoever is idle will prepare arsenic at home

Gao Yuan looked surprised: what is arsenic, this is highly poisonous, if these arsenic really pour into the salt pan, the consequences are unimaginable

Yuan Kui got up: MD, what kind of people are these, they can even do such a hurtful thing

Li Hu: Young Master, there must be someone behind these people

Big Bull: Yes, there must be someone in command

Li Song: Boss, why don't we hand these people over to the government?

Li Yang raised his hand: Let's go and meet this group of people to see who is behind us

Came to the hut where the gang was held in the backyard of the manor, two soldiers carried a chair and put it in the middle of the backyard, Li Yang sat down and raised his left hand to lean on the handrail with his face on the armrest and crossed Erlang's legs, Gao Yuan asked the soldiers to bring out one of the poisoners, stepped forward and grabbed his hair and dragged it vigorously: Who told you to poison the salt pans

He rolled his eyes and showed a look of contempt, Yuan Kui looked at it "Hey-you're still crazy" and quickly stepped forward to punch him in the face Who ordered you after all

I saw him sneer and spit on Yuankui's face

Gao Yuan grabbed him by the collar and "pop-pop" was a meal of big-eared melon seeds, and beat him with blood on his face: make you crazy

Hengqi stepped forward: I think that if there is no punishment, these people will not open their mouths easily

Li Yang nodded slightly, and Hengqi raised his hand and waved it forward: Kang Ze Ze Nuo This matter is handed over to the two of you

Kang Ze walked over unhurriedly: I have a bad temper, so I will only ask once what I said, saying who instructed you

After speaking, Kang Ze took out an axe from his waist and swung it down vigorously, "poof", a stream of blood splashed out, followed by a seeping scream, "Ah-my hand"

Kang Ze picked up the severed hand stained with blood: I wonder how you will eat if you don't have your hands

With that, he raised the axe and aimed it at his other hand

The man was so frightened that his face was like ashes: I said—I said that Zhang Wenxuan instructed us

Li Song listened: I really guessed that it was really this Sun thief, the boss already knew that it was Zhang Wenxuan's instructions, so let's go to the yamen of the state capital to sue the Zhang family father and son

Li Yang stood up from the chair: The Zhang family burned down one of our shops, causing us to lose 50,000 catties of refined salt, and they are ready to attack Yantian, if you do this, it will be cheaper for the father and son

Gao Yuan looked at Li Yang: Then what do you think?

Li Yang's eyes lit up: Kill all these people and don't leave any of them

Gao Lin was surprised: The patriarch has 40 lives

Li Yang: Gao Lin and these people are not worthy of pity at all, once they succeed, thousands of people will die, and it will be our brothers and clansmen who will suffer, this time thanks to Ze Nuo and Kang Ze found out that a catastrophe was averted

Yuankui: But if we want to kill so many people, we have to have an excuse

Li Yang: Last night, a group of pirates landed near Lanxi Village, and were discovered by the soldiers of the coastal defense battalion and killed more than 40 people from the Eastern Japanese pirates

The plateau general turned his head and shouted angrily: Kill me and leave no one behind

A scream rang out, and the 40 people were killed in an instant

Li Yang stood up from his chair: If he actually killed Haikou, he would be rewarded, and the second child took out 200 silver coins from the silver treasury and handed them to Zeno and Kang Ze to reward the brothers

When Zeno and Kang Ze heard this, they stepped forward and clasped their fists and saluted: The two of us thanked the guards for our brothers

Guanshan looked up and laughed: The owner is really a good chess game that kills two birds with one stone

Gao Yuan listened to the puzzled face: What the hell is going on with the mountain view chief, don't sell it, hurry up and tell the big guys

Guanshan responded: These newly recruited sailors in Alan County have never fought head-on with the pirates, and the soldiers are even more frightened of the pirates and kill these people as pirates, which can not only improve morale but also stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers

The big guys looked at each other, and Li Yang nodded with satisfaction: What the Guanshan Daoist said is right, it is normal for two caravans to be robbed when the Haikou wandered into Taizhou

Gao Yuan leaked a treacherous smile: Could it be that you are ready to do something to the Zhang family

Li Yang: That's right - we can't lose a shop and 50,000 catties of refined salt for nothing, and we have to make the Zhang family pay some price

The eldest brother in the brother of Maple Village selected a group of people with clean hands and feet, these people must reliably rob the caravan of the Zhang family selling smuggled salt, remember not to leave a living

Hengqi laughed: This kind of thing is too easy for us, Kangze-Zenuo, you two selected 400 ruthless brothers, set up ambushes on various main roads leading to Taizhou City, as long as you see the Zhang family's private salt caravan, you don't want to stay any of them

Kang Ze and Zeno clasped their fists and saluted: You can rest assured about the big boss

Li Yang put his hands behind his back: You first find a place to hide the looted goods, and as soon as you go back to the warehouse, you will get 400 Japanese knives and distribute them to the brothers

Tomorrow, the two of you will take your headquarters and lead the newly recruited 1,000 sailors to capture the Haikou nearby, which will be regarded as a large-scale exercise

On the side of Zhang's family in Taizhou City, Zhang Da angrily slammed the cup on the ground with a crisp sound, raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Wenxuan and scolded: You idiot, you are really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, but you will not do such a stupid thing if you have a little brain

Zhang Wenxuan lowered his head and put his hands together in front of Zhang Da: Dad, don't I also want to teach the Li family a lesson, they are now spreading the salt to Taizhou City, and they only sell 40 copper coins per catty, if they are allowed to do so, who will buy our Zhang family's salt in the future, Dad, you can rest assured that the child will do not leak

As soon as Zhang Da heard it, he raised his hand and slapped Zhang Wenxuan in the face with a big-eared melon seed: You still don't believe it if you say you are stupid, the Li family and the Song family of the four major families in Taizhou City have become a family, and Han Juzheng of the Han family also went to Alan County to be a county minister, not to mention that Li Yang is still a garrison in the north of Taizhou, and he still has more than 2,000 soldiers under his hands

You think that if you burn down a shop in the Li family, he will be scared away by you, Li Yang, this kid, he will definitely take revenge on our father and son by all means

Zhang Wenxuan said with an unconvinced face: Daddy Li's family will soon be unable to protect themselves, you don't have to worry about their retaliation

Zhang Da listened: How do you say this?

Zhang Wenxuan leaned over to Zhang Da and whispered: "Dad, I have already sent someone to put arsenic in the Li family's salt field, as long as the Li family is making salt, they will poison the people who buy salt, and then the Li family will be unable to protect themselves."

Zhang Dazhao looked at Zhang Wenxuan's face and was a big-eared melon seed: Evil-evil, you can sit down for this kind of hurtful thing, our Zhang family is finished this time