Chapter 288: I killed one of his cats, but he killed a dozen of my people?
Gong Mansion.
Hearing the sound of drum beating outside, Gong Siming slowly opened his eyes.
A new day has begun.
This may be just an ordinary day for Luoyang.
Even though the prince and officials will come to Luoyang tomorrow, the common people are more concerned about the fluctuation in the market price of grain and rice. If they have relatives in Guanzhong, they are worried about their situation.
As for welcoming the prince, that is a matter for Luoyang officials to worry about.
Under normal circumstances, Gong Siming was one of them and would have started working, but at this time, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.
In just one day, the high-spirited leader of the Gong family seemed to have aged several years. His face was gray, his eyes were scattered, and the white hair on his head was much clearer.
He did not suffer much physical torture, but the mental blow was unparalleled.
So when Gong Siye quickly broke into the house and walked up to him, he waited for a long time before sighing: "What are you doing here again?"
Gong Siye's brows were full of gloom: "Please second brother come forward and convince the clansmen that I am the leader!"
Gong Siming was stunned: "In just one day, you can't control the situation?"
These words were more sarcastic than any other scolding, and Gong Siye suddenly became furious: "It's not that playboy Wu Lang who actually gave orders at the dock, disrupted the ship, and ruined my plan! Is he a member of my Gong family?"
Gong Siming was slightly startled again, but his spirits improved obviously: "Fifth brother stopped you from burning down the Beishi Pier. This is my Gong family's son!"
Gong Siye sneered: "Sure enough, I don't believe that a dandy who has accomplished nothing can do this. You have been guarding against me for a long time, right? There are many people in the family who disobey my orders. Second brother, you are scheming.
It’s so profound, you secretly deliberately undermined my prestige!”
"Am I guarding against you? If I had guarded against my own brother early on, would I still be in this situation?"
Gong Siming smiled sadly: "Lao San, Lao San, you still don't understand? It's not that I don't trust you and deliberately undermine your prestige, but your prestige is not as high as you think!"
"I, a member of a wealthy family, must be shrewd, but not too shrewd. You have no sincerity in treating your relatives. In the past, you were fine. Now, do you still expect to respond to everything?"
"It's true that fifth brother has never done anything serious, but at critical moments he can still maintain integrity, and he is much better than you!"
Gong Siye was extremely irritated when he heard this, and his face turned ferocious: "Now that things have come to this, you are still lecturing me? Forget about these useless details, our Gong family has no way back!"
Gong Siming shook his head: "No, if you burn down the Beishi Pier, then I, Gong, will have no way to turn back. Now that my fifth brother is here, the worst situation will not be reached. He saved my entire clan this time."
Life, it’s a pity that Gong’s business in Luoyang will be lost..."
He felt very happy at first, and then turned into uncontrollable pain: "I, the Gong family, went from Bianzhou to Luoyang to have the foundation we have today, how much hard work we have spent, and it was all gone in one day, all in one day!!
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Gong Siye waved his hand and said: "What are you talking about? I haven't lost yet. The water transport belongs to my Gong family, and no one can take it away! Let me tell you, even if the people in the clan don't listen to my orders, I still have a lot of manpower. You still have a lot of manpower."
Do you remember how many foreign residences I have?"
Gong Siming thought for a while, frowned and said, "Those houses given to you by the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce?"
Gong Siye said proudly: "Yes, I have kept eight hundred healthy slaves in those houses. After years of training and management, they have begun to take shape. Although they are not elite, they are enough to be used as dead soldiers!"
Gong Siming changed his color: "You want to set a fire directly? Originally, the fire at the dock could be dismissed as an accidental fire. Now we directly send thieves to set the fire. How will it end? Are you crazy?"
Gong Siye said: "Don't worry, that has nothing to do with my Gong family. The place was provided by the Jiangnan people, and they are slaves of the subjugated Goguryeo and Turks."
"These subjugated slaves originally had great hatred for the Tang Dynasty. They plotted against the Tang Dynasty and set fires for revenge. It's normal. I also gave some crossbows that are only available to Baiqi to confuse the public."
"When they successfully set the fire, I will lead the crowd to rush out and kill them. Not only is it a great achievement, but also my clan will have to come forward to rebuild the dock and resume water transportation afterwards!"
"The situation is over. The prince will arrive in Luoyang tomorrow. How dare he attack me, the Gong family, at this time? Not only will there be a shortage of food in the pass, but Luoyang will also be in chaos!"
"When all this is over, why can't there be no room for redemption for everything that has happened before?"
Gong Siming's heart was chilled when he heard this, and he advised earnestly: "Third brother, I beg you, don't insist on having your own way anymore! You have such a good plan, but how can everything in the world go as smoothly as expected? You are really crazy.
If we get the ship, there will be no way out. As a big family, we must not put all our efforts into action!"
Gong Siye was angry: "After all, you still don't believe that I can succeed!"
"But I'm going to do it now. If you don't come forward to ask the people to leave me, the pier will burn out of control, and even the shops in Bei City will be affected!"
"I used kerosene. If Lao Wu is still there, he might be burned to death. Second brother, you have to think clearly!"
After hearing these threatening words, Gong Siming's chest heaved violently, and he almost couldn't breathe: "You! You are simply... crazy!"
Gong Siye pulled him up: "Make up your mind, will you come forward or not?"
Gong Siming glared fiercely at his younger brother, who he usually relied on as his right-hand man, and closed his eyes after a while: "I will come forward and let the tribesmen put out the fire with you!"
"Okay! You finally figured it out!"
Gong Siye breathed a sigh of relief and said categorically: "Second brother, look at those high-ranking noble clans, which one's rise was not accompanied by bloodshed and corpses? If I succeed, the Gong clan may be a blessing in disguise this time, and we will all
It’s for this family, but in a different way!”
Gong Siming's eyes were empty, and he murmured: "The disaster of losing a clan... the disaster of losing a clan..."
The two brothers came out of the back hall. Just as Gong Siye was about to summon the entire clan, he saw his closest clan members rushing over: "Sanlang, something bad has happened! They are dead! They are all dead!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gong Siye narrowed his eyes, and was about to change his color, but he wanted his second brother to be nearby, so that he could see how his color remained unchanged despite the collapse of the mountain.
Calm and composed, he asked coldly: "What's going on? Speak slowly, why are you panicking!"
The trusted tribesmen glanced at the embarrassed Gong Siming in awe, came over and whispered: "Sanlang, those foreign slaves were killed. I just went to Fuchengfang's house. When I entered, I found corpses everywhere. I just
When I was about to leave, I heard the sounds of bad guys coming from outside. Fortunately, I hid in time and hid in the cellar. I found that they had first carried away the kerosene and then collected the bodies. They obviously had orders!"
Foreign slaves are the name given to dead soldiers. That group of people is indeed mainly composed of Goguryeo survivors, followed by Turks, plus a small number of Kunlun slaves. Even if they are discovered, they can use the excuse of being slave-holding as an excuse.
Hearing this, Gong Siming's expression changed uncontrollably: "Has Fuchengfang been exposed?"
There was fear in the tone of the confidants: "It's not just the house in Fuchengfang. I saw that the situation was not good. I went to the houses in Renfengfang and Chunfengfang and found that there were government officials there. They were full of corpses, one after another.
lift!"
Gong Siye's face turned pale, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Impossible, just one house was discovered, how could they all be exposed overnight? Go and find out again! You must ask what is going on and who is it.
Hands down!"
The trusted tribesmen cowered in fear, and then turned around and left unwillingly until they were roared by him.
Gong Siming, who was listening, regained hope in his eyes, lowered his head and began to ponder.
The trusted clan member came back very quickly. In more than half an hour, he returned to the house: "Sanlang, I finally found a few living people. I don't dare to bring them back, but I also asked about the situation."
Gong Siming said in a trembling voice: "Did Zheng Rentong lead the elite soldiers of Zhechong Mansion to take action?"
The confidant said: "No, there is only one person. It sounds like Li Yuanfang. He slaughtered the house and said he wanted to avenge the cat."
Gong Siye was stunned at first: "What cat?"
Then he realized that he had killed the fifth brother's precious cat yesterday, and he screamed in disbelief: "I killed his cat, but he killed more than a dozen of my people? No, that's not him."
s cat!"
After hearing this, Gong Siming completely relaxed and suddenly said: "You trash!"
Gong Siye turned around suddenly: "What did you say!"
Gong Siming straightened his back and said sternly: "You can't even control the clan. You raised a group of subjugated slaves into dead soldiers and were easily slaughtered. How do you still want to achieve something? What can you achieve? You are a waste!"
Gong Siye's facial features were distorted, and he kicked his brother to the ground: "Shut up! Shut up!!"
Gong Siming didn't resist, and scolded him coldly: "You are a useless loser who can only live in a nest. If you don't recognize yourself and fall into the hands of Li Yuanfang and Zheng Rentong, you will end up worse than death. Your only chance now is to escape."
, run away as far away as possible, and don’t come back again!”
The more Gong Siye listened, the more he became frightened. He didn't even know when the close clan member quietly retreated, and suddenly roared: "Come out! Come out!"
Gong Siming's face darkened slightly, thinking of the man in black who killed people like chickens yesterday.
And as Gong Siye shouted at the top of his lungs, the man in black walked into the house, holding a knife in his hand, and the knife was covered with blood.
When Gong Siye saw this majestic power, he was immediately overjoyed: "Did you kill Li Yuanfang?"
The man in black was startled, then nodded and said, "I really want to go meet Li Yuanfang for a while. My senior brother has suffered a loss at the hands of this person, and I want to get this place back!"
Gong Siye said anxiously: "Go now, Li Yuanfang killed my foreign slave, go and kill him!"
The man in black said coldly: "Are you giving me orders?"
Gong Siye was overwhelmed by the terrifying murderous intent, his face turned pale, but he frowned: "Don't forget, if I die, you won't be easy either!"
The man in black was silent for a moment, and just when Gong Siye thought this man had surrendered, he suddenly chuckled: "Are you curious whose blood on my knife belongs to him?"
Gong Siye realized something and his pupils suddenly shrank.
"When you asked me to kill Gong Taoguang, you said you would spread our secret throughout the streets and alleys of Luoyang. I went to do this last night..."
After the words fell, the man in black stretched out his hand, and a dozen letters soaked in blood were thrown out: "Let's take a look! This is all your plan!"
Gong Siye's face turned pale, and he slowly knelt down on the ground. He didn't even have the strength to open the letter, and an extremely humiliating voice came from his ears:
"Your brother is right in scolding you. Are you a good-for-nothing? Do you think you are worthy of threatening me?"