And within this month, to outsiders, it seemed that after Wu Shigong was assassinated, he was so scared that he stayed at home and did not even dare to step out the door.

But Wu Shigong was at home and issued a series of orders to his subordinates. In addition to issuing orders to the action team to assassinate the head of the Qi family through Xue Zhinong, he also asked Xue Zhinong to find out all the people in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion.

News from Yangzhou salt merchants. Wu Shigong also issued a large-scale mobilization order to his army.

On the day that Zhang Rubao assassinated the head of the Qi family, that night, in Runing Mansion City, Wu Shigong's soldiers implemented a curfew throughout the city. According to Wu Shigong's soldiers, they had found clues about the assassin's accomplices and wanted to find clues about the assassin's accomplices throughout the city.

A large-scale manhunt was carried out in the city.

Qi Zhengyin was the big shopkeeper arranged by the Qi family in Runing Fucheng. That night, he had made an appointment with a business partner to go to the brothel to contact him, but due to the curfew, he had to return to his residence in Runing Fucheng.

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Seeing Qi Zhengyin returning home so early, Qi Zhengyin's concubine was surprised and asked Qi Zhengyin: "Master, didn't you say you might not come back tonight?"

Qi Zhengyin said helplessly: "I don't know why Wu Shoubei is so crazy. He sent out soldiers to make the entire city of Runing a mess. Master, I have no choice but to go home. I'll spend more time with you, little goblin."

The two were teasing each other when they heard a heavy knock on the door. Along with the knock on the door, someone shouted loudly from outside: "The government is searching, open the door quickly!"

When Qi Zhengyin's housekeeper opened the door, he saw a group of soldiers rushing in...

Chen Gui and more than a dozen of the salt ship's guards were sitting on the bow, drinking and eating meat. Chen Gui was a small leader among the guards escorting the salt ship. After their salt ship docked at the dock today, they and the guards were all ready.

Go to the town next to the dock and have fun. But Chen Gui was unlucky and got a bad lottery, so he had to lead his men to guard the salt ship.

But tonight, Chen Gui didn't worry about the salt boat he was guarding at all, because it was already on the ground of Guide Mansion, and there was a town next to the dock with many residents, so no robbers would come.

But when Chen Gui was seven or eight percent drunk, in his hazy eyes, Chen Gui seemed to see a group of soldiers running to the pier. The soldiers lined up in a line, holding an iron rod in their hands and facing each other.

Chen Gui and the others were targeted. Chen Gui heard someone shouting: "Launch!" Then the iron rods made a loud noise and spurted out flames. Chen Gui was surprised to find that the guards surrounding him fell to the ground.

In a pool of blood.

But Chen Gui was miraculously unscathed. He sat there blankly, feeling as if he had had a nightmare. But then, Chen Gui saw the row of soldiers holding iron bars behind him and ran away again.

A group of soldiers with spears came, and they ran towards Chen Gui and the others menacingly...

Wang Song lay on the ground with a black nose and swollen eyes. His body was tied up like a rice dumpling. But although Wang Song was covered with bruises, he did not dare to make a single moan.

Wang Song was in Runing Mansion, guarding a village where salt products were stored by a Yangzhou salt merchant. But today, a group of gangsters rushed into Zhuangzi in a big way and arrested everyone in the village.

When they learned that Wang Song was the head of Zhuangzi, they immediately tortured Wang Song. Under threat, Wang Song revealed all the places where gold and silver were hidden in Zhuangzi, and Wang Song

I hope that after the gangsters take the money, they will let me live.

But after the gangsters took away the gold and silver, they conjured up many carts like magic. They calmly loaded the salt and grain in the village into the carts and carried them out in an orderly manner.

With.

After all the warehouses in Zhuangzi were empty, the bandit leader walked up to Wang Song. He pulled out his sword and slashed at Wang Song...

Throughout July of the fourth year of Chongzhen, in Runing Prefecture and Guide Prefecture in Henan Province, as long as it was owned by Yangzhou salt merchants, whether it was salt goods transported on salt ships or those stored in warehouses, all

Was swept away by a group of people of "unknown origin".

What was even more frightening was that those people were all evil-minded. Those who guarded the warehouses, those who guarded the salt ships, and even the boatmen on the salt ships were all killed by those people.

Also, the whole family of the shopkeepers and clerks arranged by Yangzhou salt merchants in these two houses were wiped out by unidentified gangsters who broke in, and all their belongings were robbed. And all these people were added

As a result, the Yangzhou salt merchants lost a total of more than 400 people.

Moreover, the Yangzhou salt merchants who lost this time were not just the Qijia family. As long as the Yangzhou salt merchants who provided salt to Runing Prefecture and Guide Prefecture were completely wiped out.

After that, all local merchants selling salt in Runing Prefecture and Guide Prefecture received a letter signed by Sihai Trading Company. In this letter, Sihai Trading Company politely asked those merchants to

, don’t go to Yangzhou Salt Merchant to get salt products. If they need salt products, they can go to Sihai Trading Company to purchase salt.

It can be said that except for a few businessmen who were familiar with Wu Shigong, the other businessmen in Sihai Trading Company did not know that there was such a trading company at all. So out of curiosity, these businessmen also inquired about the background of this trading company. When these

After the merchants learned that Wu Shigong was standing behind Sihai Trading Company, and then thought of what happened to the Yangzhou salt merchants in the two mansions in the recent past, those merchants immediately became horrified.

At this time, the officials of the two governments and the Yangzhou salt merchants could not see that it was Wu Shigong who was causing trouble, so they must be blind. However, no one dared to face Wu Shigong's crazy behavior.

Questions were raised, so now those officials and Yangzhou salt merchants have remained unusually silent.

Even those civil servants who regarded themselves as messengers of justice also collectively kept silent. At this time, they did not dare to issue any impeachment memorial to provoke Wu Shigong.

In their view, it is understandable that Wu Shigong would take some slightly unconventional revenge after being assassinated. But if Wu Shigong made such an unabashed, fierce and cruel act of revenge, then Wu Shigong must have lost his power.

I'm sensible. If I... now, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything in the future!

As for those thoughtful people among the Yangzhou salt merchants, they connected this incident with the assassination of the head of the Qi family. In addition, they later learned that Wu Shigong had been assassinated a month ago. These Yangzhou salt merchants thought that what happened now

The matter must have something to do with the Qi family.

Moreover, those salt merchants with great magical powers learned about all the things that had happened between the Qi family and Wu Shigong through their connections, and they immediately became surprisingly angry. The Qi family did not act in an honest manner, but let us salt merchants

Having suffered such a huge loss, isn’t this a disaster for Chiyu?

What’s even more hateful is, why should the Qi family want to assassinate Wu Shigong? Should the Qi family still abide by the rules of the salt industry? And after that, no matter how the new head of the Qi family explained to the salt merchants,

Those salt merchants refused to accept it. For those salt merchants, evidence was not important, as long as there was suspicion.
Chapter completed!