Under the shouts of 'big father' and 'father', Feng Wen was taken away directly.

The Feng clan's faces were full of panic.

Feng Dong's face was gloomy, and his hand holding the bamboo cane was shaking.

Seeing this, Feng Zhen hurriedly shouted angrily at the clansmen a few times, and then scolded the clansmen to leave the scene before returning to the lobby with an uneasy expression.

Feng Dong couldn't sit down anymore.

Feng Zhen's eyes were even more worried, and he said in a panic: "Father, how is this good?" ”

"Arwen knows something."

"Has the government already asked something?"

Feng Dong gloomy, pondered for a while, and finally shook his head, and said coldly: "There shouldn't be, if you really ask about the situation, the government won't only take Feng Wen with you this time, but even you and I will take it away, but even if you don't take it away, the effect has been achieved." ”

"Everyone in the clan is in danger now."

"If you come a few more times, I'm afraid that many people in the clan will fall into a deep panic."

"The situation will become more and more serious then."

"From the current point of view, the government is probably fully prepared for a long time, one ring after another, and there is no room for us to think at all, just to create waves of panic, so that the relevant officials and us businessmen continue to fall into panic, and then expose more problems and flaws, and then solve the shipwreck in one fell swoop."

"We all miscalculated!"

Feng Dong's eyes flashed with deep remorse.

He was afraid.

The government's methods are too harsh and ruthless.

didn't give them any time to react at all, and when they reacted, they had already fallen into the calculations of the government, and this wave after wave of pressure made them a little breathless, and now with Feng Wen being taken away, the Feng family was panicked.

If he was not mistaken.

The same may be true of other families.

The hearts of the people are in turmoil.

What made Feng Zhen even more panicked was that.

Now they don't have any countermeasures at all.

The government has already made its attitude clear and ignores the matter of salt and iron.

Therefore, they thought that the public opinion of the government would not play any role at all.

The government is also too fast.

From the time the news was leaked, he had a premonition that something was not good, so he thought early that when the local turmoil was a little bigger, he would go to the government with other businessmen to take the opportunity to explain their respective situations, and take the opportunity to tell the relevant officials, but he never expected that before his idea was implemented, the government had already started in advance and took care of the relevant officials.

Don't give them any chance to fill in the gaps at all.

Even so.

Although he was uneasy, he could barely calm down.

But with Feng Wen's arrest, the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

He had a hunch.

Feng Wen won't be the last.

The government will definitely continue to take action, continue to exert pressure, forcing each family to fall into extreme panic step by step, and now only one person has been arrested, which has caused panic among the people in the clan, and when a few more people are arrested, I am afraid that the situation will be worse, and the government has arrested those who are in charge of the clan.

I'm afraid it's also intentional.

As time goes on, the pressure on everyone will only increase.

And the more time passes, the more unpredictable things will be, even if the Feng clan can calm down and not say anything, but what about the other families?

There are nearly ten salt and iron operators in Guanzhong.

No matter how big the family is, it can't withstand such pressure.

And the government is insidious.

They were staring at juniors at first.

How can the will of the juniors be as firm as those of them?

Feng Dong's eyes were solemn.

He had a foreboding premonition.

They're terrible this time!

Feng Dong looked at Feng Zhen and said in a low tone: "Now you go and inform the clan, let them calm down, our Feng clan is doing our duty, and there is no fault in it, let them not panic, and don't worry about being interrogated by the government, if the government comes to invite people again, let them deal with it calmly." ”

"Okay." Feng Zhen nodded.

Waiting for Feng Zhen to leave, Feng Dong collapsed to the ground.

The breath is vain.

He gripped the corner of the case with great difficulty, and let himself move over with all his might.

He put his hands on the case, constantly thinking about how to solve it.

A thought.

He thought of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms.

For just a moment, he shook his head.

The nobles of the Six Kingdoms are too far away from Guanzhong, wait for the news to reach the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and wait until the nobles of the Six Nations respond, I am afraid that the Feng clan will have already been razed, even if the nobles of the Six Kingdoms take the opportunity to build momentum, what is the meaning to them Feng Clan?

The government moved too quickly this time.

It's so fast that it doesn't give the outside world any chance to meddle at all.

Forthwith.

He thought of putting pressure on the government again.

After pondering for a while, he shook his head as well.

The time has passed.

Now the advantage is in the imperial court.

Even if they unite to pressure the government, I'm afraid they won't get any results, and the government can't actually drag it out, but now there is a period of time before spring ploughing, and the government can completely wipe out these businessmen before spring ploughing, even if great turmoil breaks out in Guanzhong in the future, it has nothing to do with them.

Feng Dong also felt tricky.

In their imagination, what happened before the spring ploughing was to put pressure on the imperial court, and then to ask for some benefits.

Now it has become a rope that strangles oneself.

He had never felt like a dozen days was so long.

It grows so long that it seems to be separated by several springs and autumns.

Meditate for a long time.

Feng Dong's eyes were full of despair.

He couldn't think of a way to crack it, let alone a solution.

They are stuck in a dead end of time.

Every time time moved forward, the officials, the captured Shangjia people, and Huaixian were like three mountains, constantly pressing on them, pressing them out of breath, and also crushing them into fear, this suffocating pressure was enough to crush them to death.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

But Feng Dong didn't know what he was wrong.

They had a very thorough plan, and the turn of events was completely unexpected.

All their arrangements fell through.

The stakes are even more precarious right now.

He couldn't figure it out.

I really can't figure it out.

In this incomparable anxiety, Feng Dong was completely insomnia.

Late at night.

Footsteps came from outside Feng's house again.

made the Feng clansmen, who were already nervous, hang again.

But this time it's not the government.

It was a letter sent by businessman Cheng Zheng.

Feng Zhen squeezed out a dry smile on his face and asked, "How is the Cheng clan now?" ”

The visitor looked around and sighed lightly: "The situation is not optimistic, the government is obviously ruthless this time, and if it wants to do something to us, we have miscalculated this time, I didn't expect the government to be so ruthless, and I didn't expect the government to be so ruthless." ”

"But it's useless to talk about that."

"It's imperative to get things done as soon as possible, otherwise."

"Dangerous !!"

"What does the Cheng family want?" Feng Zhen couldn't help but ask.

The person who came smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "What else can we do now?" I can only bow to the government. ”

"I hope the government can give me a way to live."

"Ugh."

Feng Zhengong arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Brother Cheng." ”

"The letter has arrived, and I will go first." The visitor looked around, with deep anxiety in his eyes, and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to go back this time." ”

"But if only the faith could be delivered."

Hear the words.

Feng Zhen was stunned.

But when I looked around, I understood.

He arched his hand and said, "Brother Cheng cherishes it." ”

The visitor nodded, did not linger long, and the figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Feng Zhen stood at the door of the house, looking into the distance.

I faintly heard some noises.

Long.

Feng Zhen sighed, looked at the strip of cloth in his hand, closed the door tightly, walked quickly to the lobby, and handed the letter sent by Cheng Zheng to Feng Dong.

He said, "Father was right. ”

"The government is indeed closely monitoring our contacts."

"The Cheng clan sent a letter on the front foot, and the back foot was arrested by the government, and the Cheng clan lost at least ten people on this trip."

"We're really being targeted this time."

Feng Dong rubbed his somewhat cloudy eyes, put the letter sent by Cheng Zheng under the candlelight and read it carefully, and after reading it, he handed the cloth to Feng Zhen and sighed: "Cheng Zheng didn't give any good solution, just let us go to the government to intercede and let the government open up." ”

"But keep your head down?"

"Did the government make us low?"

"The government is making such a big deal at the moment, it must want us to solve the shortage of salt and iron, but the salt and iron on our books can't support the consumption of Guanzhong at all, unless we hand over those 'sunken' salt and iron, but can those can be handed over? Do you dare to make it? ”

"Can't!"

"Once exposed."

"We're going to be wiped out in an instant."

"The only thing we can do at the moment is to bite to death, salt and iron on the ship, and in addition, to blame the shipwreck, which we don't know, maybe someone in the clan has a grudge and has done such a bold thing in private."

"Other than that."

"I can't admit anything else."

"The only promise I can give is the rest of the store's salt and iron."

"The government needs evidence to punish crimes."

"As long as the salt and iron are not supplied, our major families still have a glimmer of life."

"If we are confessed, we all have to die."

"But the government has been investigating, and if it continues to investigate like this, it will be found out sooner or later." Feng Zhen said uneasily.

Feng Dong said fiercely: "I can't recognize it if I find out." ”

"The shipwreck is unrecognizable."

"I can't recognize the matter of salt and iron."

"We don't know about these things, and someone in the clan is hiding them."

"That's the only way."

"Only then can we Feng be saved."

"Once someone recognizes me or you, the Feng clan will not be able to withstand the wrath of the Qin Court."

"This has come to this, we can admit it."

"But never admit guilt!"

"Fortunately, there are very few people involved in the clan this time, and you didn't really handle it, but just gave orders and advice in the dark, so there is a chance to clear the suspicions, as for Feng Wen and Feng Wu, it depends on their lives."

"Exterminating the clan and exterminating the relatives."

"It's up to you to make a decision this time."

Hear the words.

Feng Zhen's face changed slightly.

He never thought that his father would say this.

Feng Wen and Feng Wu are all their own sons.

How cruel and ruthless is it to let yourself dump all your problems at them?

Feng Dong sighed lightly.

He's old.

There is not much difference between exterminating the clan and destroying relatives, and there is not much difference between him who has little time to live.

But it's different for Feng Zhen.

He was still young.

It was undoubtedly difficult to get him to make a choice.

However, Feng Zhen is the patriarch of the Feng clan, and the life of the whole clan is in his hands.

He had to make a choice.

(End of chapter)