Chen Kan sat upright on a stool, staring at the three assassins in front of him.

The tone was so cold that I couldn't hear the slightest emotion.

"I, we recruited, someone paid a lot of money to ask us to assassinate you."

The assassin who had tried the tiger chair knelt in front of Chen Kan and wept bitterly, his face full of horror.

Chen Kan frowned: "Say, who sent you here?" ”

The assassin threw himself to the ground and said in a trembling voice, "We are a killer organization, and we don't know who the employer is. ”

Chen Kan's brows furrowed even tighter: "Since you don't know, let's die." ”

"No... No, don't kill us, we don't know who the employer is, but we landlords definitely know, we can lead the way, please, let us go. ”

The Assassin was now truly devastated, and hurriedly kowtowed like garlic and begged for mercy.

Although the other two assassins didn't make a sound, they couldn't help but tremble when they knelt in front of Chen Kan.

Chen Kan pondered for a moment, then turned his head to look at the little girl: "Niuniu, you say." ”

A little girl is a little girl after all, although it is easy to be taken by surprise when assassinating others.

But after being caught, the psychological defense line is also the most likely to collapse.

"I said, I said, my name is Niuniu, we are the killers of the nameless building, the nameless building is in Suzhou, Jiangnan, we are from Suzhou, don't kill me, I don't want to die!"

The little girl cried so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, but Chen Kan didn't have any pity for the jade.

Since he couldn't get any useful information, Chen Kan turned around and walked out of the dungeon.

After a few moments, there was no sound in the dungeon.

Chen Kan stood at the door of the dungeon and waited for a while, the expression on his face couldn't see anything, but the killing intent in his heart could not be contained.

An organization of killers dared to assassinate a prince who held military power.

Should we say that they are greedy for profit, or should we say that they are not self-sufficient?

"Master Hou, it's all done!"

Zhang Dong stepped out of the dungeon, and the silk silk on his hand was already stained red with blood.

Chen Kan bowed slightly, and instructed lightly: "Send someone to Jingshi to tell Xu Yuan that if you can't bring the owner of the nameless building to see me within a month, then he, the commander of the Soldiers and Horses, will be given to Chen An." ”

In the entire Ming Dynasty, if you want to say that the most awesome killer organization, it should be Jinyiwei.

The second is the Five Cities Terracotta Division built by Chen Kan.

If even a small killer organization, the Five Cities Terracotta Division, couldn't handle it, then Chen Kan would have to doubt Xu Yuan's ability.

After all, the nominal supreme leader of the Five Cities Terracotta Division is now Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, but in fact, all affairs are handled by Xu Yuan.

"Yes!"

Zhang Dong answered, and then turned to leave.

Chen Kan walked slowly towards the backyard, constantly thinking about various possibilities in his heart.

He has a lot of enemies in Daming, and there are not a few people who don't like him, but to say that the people who hate him and hate him to buy murder don't seem to exist, except for Chen Ying and Ji Gang.

As for the White Lotus Sect, in the case of the loss of the high-level, there are only two or three big cats and small cats left, and it is too late to hide from Chen Kan, let alone take the initiative to provoke Chen Kan.

But Chen Ying is in prison, and Ji Gang should not have the courage to tear his face with himself now.

As for foreign countries, Arutai should be eager to swallow himself alive.

But Arutai is far away in the grassland, and Chen Kan doesn't think he has the ability to control the killer organization of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, Chen Kan doesn't think that Arutai can still get the capital to kill a prince now.

You must know that a fire was set in Kent Hill, and Chen Kan's harvest was not as simple as catching Ben Shiari.

The wealth accumulated by the Tatars over the years, cattle and sheep, and even the nobles and lords who remained in the camp were all burned by the fire.

Now Arutai is a poor bastard with nothing but an army of 400,000.

Therefore, the suspicion of Arutai can basically be ruled out.

So, who is it?

Chen Kan thought about countless possibilities in his heart, and was immediately overturned by him one by one.

Even Li Rang and Yuan Rong were considered by him, but he didn't think that these two brothers-in-law would dare to provoke him now.

Among the remaining opponents.

The only people who think he is an eyesore, and even hate him so much, are probably the only ones left who are the gentry in Jiangnan.

As for the reason.

It's very simple, because Chen Kan moved the cake of their sea trade.

Before Chen Kan pushed Zheng He to go to the West, the sea trade was firmly controlled by these gentry along the southern coast.

But since Chen Kan gave Zhu Di an excuse to go to the sea to find his nephew, Haimao suddenly became a fat meat that anyone could get a piece of.

They could not stop the profit-seeking merchants, nor could they stop the people who wanted to go to the sea.

The coastline of Daming is too long, and there are only a few gentry and wealthy families along the coast of Jiangnan.

In the face of huge interests, even if they hold the right to speak in the Ming Dynasty, they can't control the people who are interested in interests.

Unless they have the courage to kill all those who go into the sea.

But do they have the guts?

Apparently not.

Then, in the case of their incompetence and rage, it seems reasonable to vent their hatred on Chen Kan, the initiator.

Chen Kan's brows furrowed tightly, if it was the handiwork of those gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan, then this matter might have to be discussed in the long run.

It was a force that even Zhu Di was afraid of.

He has military power in his hands, but it is impossible for him to lead a large army south to kill indiscriminately.

If he dares to do this, not to mention that Youyou Qingshi can't spare him, even Zhu Di won't spare him.

Unless, after cutting people, they will go to sea immediately, hide far away, and never get involved in these things of the Ming Dynasty.

But now construction in Australia has only just begun.

Even if Chen Kan passes, the environment he faces will only be worse than that of Daming.

As a last resort, Chen Kan would never want to leave Daming.

After a while, Chen Kan came back to his senses and had a plan in his heart.

Since it won't work to kill on a large scale, let's treat others the way they do.

Whoever they are anyway, they all have to die in the end.

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The next day, Chen Kan got up early in the morning.

Although he only slept for less than three hours last night, Chen Kan was still in good spirits.

As usual, he came to the kitchen to stew a bowl of nutritious soup for Chang Ning, and after seeing her drink it with his own eyes, Chen Kan went out into Beijing.

It has been more than two years since he came to Beijing, but Chen Kan has only been in Beijing a handful of times.

Today's Beijing city is a world of difference compared to when he came, and the large construction site has become a brand new city.

With the exception of the three main halls of the palace and a few royal palaces, most of the residences have been completed.

Chen Kan went straight to the Bada Hutong of Xizhimen.

As early as when the city of Beijing was under construction, Chen Kan asked Yuncheng to buy a street of shops in the name of different people.

Among these shops, there are perfume shops, soap shops, pharmacies, restaurants, tea houses, and green houses.

Chen Kan did this very secretively, even if Jinyiwei came to investigate, he might not be able to find out that these shops had anything to do with the Hou Mansion.

And the real purpose of these shops is not to make money.

It's to cover one of the Qinglou called Yanlai Building.

Chen Kan has many industries and backhands in Daming, and this is just one of them.

Chen Kan came to Yanlai Tower to stop the war horse, and the old bustard with a fan in his hand greeted him.

"Ouch, Master Hou hasn't been here for a long time, how can I come here today?"

Chen Kan threw the reins of the horse in his hand to the little maid, and then laughed and said: "Ben Hou came here, of course, to listen to the music, and to call the most beautiful little lady to Ben Hou, not to send you money." ”

"Come on, will Master Hou arrange a private room or a private seat today?"

The old bustard smiled like a rotten persimmon, and walked upstairs with Chen Kan's hand.

Chen Kan didn't refuse, he looked like a veteran of flowers.

Entering a private room, Chen Kan sat down peacefully, and after a while, a group of warblers and Yanyan entered the private room and danced Chen Kan's favorite dance.

Chen Kan still enjoys dancing and eating at the same time.

A girl gathered around Chen Kan to make vegetables for him, while watching Chen Kan's fingers gesturing on the table.

Chen Kan wrote the word Jiangnan on the table with tea, and the woman nodded without a trace, and then continued to give Chen Kanpo dishes.

Although the Hou Mansion now has only two masters, it already belongs to the top wealthy family in Daming.

Naturally, there is no shortage of dead soldiers in the house.

And Yanlailou exists to cover up the dead soldiers of the Hou Mansion.

The woman who served Chen Kan was named Matchmaker, who was brought out of the palace by Zhu Yuelan, and was Chang Ning's dowry maid.

The dead soldiers of the Hou Mansion are in her hands.

At the same time, she also has an identity, Zhu Di's eyeliner in the Hou Mansion.

The reason why Chen Kan handed over the dead soldiers of the Hou Mansion to him was to show loyalty to Zhu Di.

If it weren't for that, even if Chen Kan and Zhu Di had a son-in-law relationship, Zhu Di would not have trusted Chen Kan so much.

Chen Kan conveyed the news in place, and watched singing and dancing in Yanlai Building for a while, and drank some wine.

Only then did he leave the Hou Mansion and go to the Shuntian Mansion.

Because of the cement matter, Zhang Guan still owes Chen Kan a favor, and now that the Army Academy is about to open, it is time to come back.

Chen Kan entered the government all the way unimpeded, and Zhang Guan seemed to be discussing the opening of the army academy in the north with the officials sent by the Beijing Division.

Now that the general building of the Army Academy has been completed, Chen Kan came at the right time.

Seeing Chen Kan enter the door, Zhang Guan hurriedly got up and saluted: "I've seen Master Hou." ”

Chen Kan stopped and turned his head to look at the official sitting on the main seat, and couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Lord An, it's been a long time!"

The person who came was Lang Anfeng, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, and he was also an old acquaintance of Chen Kan, when Chen Kan was making trouble in the Ministry of War, Ru Yu hid and did not dare to see him.

An Feng led people to stop him, and he was almost beaten by him.

However, after so many years, Chen Kan is no longer the young and frivolous Chen Kan he was at the beginning, so he can face An Feng calmly.

On the other hand, An Feng, the moment he saw Chen Kan, he couldn't help but have a dark face, obviously recalling something bad.

"It turned out to be Hou Ye, I haven't seen him for a long time, I heard that Hou Ye stays in the Hou Mansion and rarely enters the city, how can I have time to come to the mansion today?"