It turned out that after Zhao Hua left the Zeng family compound, Zeng Fengxian took urgent action. He called the housekeeper and the eldest wife, and asked them to quickly pack up the family's gold and silver, packed them into several large boxes, and had the carriage
After getting ready, he took his eldest wife, two sons and a few cronies into the car, and hurriedly escaped from Mulberry Manor under the cover of night.
When Zeng Fengxian escaped, the family was devastated. In addition to the eldest wife and son who were taken away by him, he also had several concubines in his family. They heard that Zeng Fengxian fled in fear of crime. Although they did not know what the crime was, they
He also understood that it would be dangerous to stay, so he hurriedly found someone to hitch a carriage and prepared to escape back to his parents' home overnight. When the servants and servants saw that their master had run away, there was no reason to stay and be loyal, so they all planned to escape. Of course, before escaping,
, they didn't forget to "shun" some valuable things. For a time, the entire Zeng family yard became a mess.
Outside the courtyard wall of the Zeng family, the newly promoted flag officer He Benzheng and a dozen soldiers from the survey camp were hiding in the dark, observing the movements inside and outside the courtyard. As soon as the carriage Zeng Fengxian was riding went out, the soldiers had already seen
Now, Xiong Minfan pointed with his hands and said: "Old He, look, it's out!"
He Benzheng sneered and said, "As Vice President expected, this old guy really escaped."
"Old He, I see that this carriage is carrying a very heavy load. I'm afraid Zeng Fengxian loaded all the family's silver into the carriage. If we don't intercept it, we will let him run away," Xiong Minfan said.
He Benzheng pricked up his ears and listened to the sound of the wheels rolling across the ground, and said with regret: "Isn't it true? It takes at least several thousand taels of silver to make the sound of the wheels so dull."
"Then why don't we go up quickly?" Xiong Minfan said.
He Benzheng said: "You are confused. The Vice President has an order to put a long line to catch big fish. Daozhang Chen has made inquiries in the past few days. This Zeng Fengxian has something to do with the local strongman. He ran out with the money and must be going there."
He is looking for a strong man to stand up for him. Think about it, his family has more than 3,000 acres of land, how can he be willing to leave like this? What Vice President Qian means is to let him run away and ask him to call someone, and then
Let’s give him a pot of stew.”
"But, Boss Qian asked us to keep an eye on the Zeng family..." Xiong Min said in a nonchalant voice. The CEO he was talking about was Su Hao, and the deputy Qian Boss was Deng Kui. Su Hao gave them the instruction to keep an eye on the Zeng family, and
Deng Kui secretly gave them the order to let the tiger return to the mountain. Two voices appeared above, and Xiong Minfan's brain was a little exhausted.
After all, He Benzheng was at a higher level and had a deeper understanding of the leader's intentions. He said, "Did Mr. Qian ask us to stop Zeng Fengxian?"
"That's not true," Xiong Minfan said.
"Yes, since Mr. Qian didn't let us stop him, let's just let him run away. With more than 3,000 acres of land left here, are you still afraid that he won't come back?" He Benzheng said.
Xiong Minfan sighed heavily and fell silent.
The carriage Zeng Fengxian was riding in gradually went away. At this time, the Zeng family courtyard also started to become noisy. Someone opened the courtyard door, took the package and ran out. He Bencheng waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers, come on, don't let anyone in."
People ran away."
Xiong Minfan and others had been waiting for this order for a long time. Before He Benzheng finished speaking, everyone rushed out from their hiding place, their spears gleaming coldly in the moonlight, and rushed towards the front and back doors of Zeng's house.
"Stop, where to go!"
Xiong Minfan roared, and a concubine of the Zeng family who had just ran out of the courtyard screamed in fright, threw away the baggage, and knelt on the ground.
"Hero, spare your life!" the concubine shouted. It was all in the dark, and she couldn't see who it was, so she thought she was meeting a strongman.
"Don't move, I'll stab you to death if you move!" Xiong Minfan waved his spear in front of his concubine, then abandoned her and rushed into the Zeng family courtyard through the opened courtyard door. The rest of the soldiers followed Xiong Minfan.
Behind him, he also rushed in. The person who entered last took the concubine who was running away and threw her into the yard.
"Officers and soldiers are on errands, please stand still and don't move!" the soldiers shouted in unison, raising their spears.
The people who were rushing around and grabbing things in the yard were all stunned. All kinds of porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, etc. fell to the floor. A servant with a slower reaction subconsciously wanted to take out his knife to resist, but he didn't even raise the knife.
When he got up, Xiong Minfan had already rushed forward, raised his spear and nailed him firmly to the door.
"Ah!" The women screamed in fright when they saw the blood spurting out from the servant's chest. Everyone was restrained, and no one dared to test the law. The servants of the Zeng family were usually considered prestigious in the village.
Although they were on all sides, they did not have any will to resist in front of the regular army. He Benzheng only led a dozen people and successfully controlled the situation.
"Everyone, please go back to your own house and are not allowed to move around at will. You guys, please light the candles in your homes. Anyone who dares to resist, run away or make noise tonight will be shot to death!" He Benzheng shouted to the Zeng family.
People announced a ban.
When Su Hao and Deng Kui got the notification and arrived at Zeng's house, they saw a thick candle lit every few steps in the yard, illuminating everything so brightly that even a mouse could be seen running by.
There were several soldiers standing around the courtyard, and some were patrolling back and forth with spears in hand.
Corresponding to the brightness in the yard, all the occupied houses were dark. If you listened carefully, you could not hear the sound of sleeping and snoring, but there were some small rustling sounds. Su Hao knew that this was coming from inside the house.
People couldn't sleep and were secretly spying on the situation in the yard. Some children were so frightened that they began to cry. The mother quickly covered the child with a quilt, fearing that the cry would anger the officers and soldiers outside and cause trouble.
"Yao Zhao, Zeng Fengxian fled out of fear of crime. How should we deal with this matter?" Su Hao turned around and asked Zhao Hua who was following behind.
Zhao Hua's calves have been trembling since he heard that Zeng Fengxian ran away. He didn't know if Su Hao would put this responsibility on his head, saying that he came to inform Zeng Fengxian. Indeed, he was Feng Su Hao's
The order came to send a message to Zeng Fengxian, but Zeng Fengxian ran away. Su Hao refused to admit that he had ever sent Zhao Hua. Zhao Hua had seen this kind of thing like asking subordinates to top up the tank many times.
"Mr. Su, I really don't know about this matter. I came to talk to Zeng Fengxian according to your order. This..." Zhao Hua pointed at Zhou Ruyuan and Deng Kui, wanting to say that they could testify for him.
But he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips. Both of them were Su Hao's subordinates, how could they testify for him.
Su Hao smiled and patted Zhao Hua on the shoulder and said: "Zhao Yamen, don't be afraid. Zeng Fengxian's absconding has nothing to do with you. You did come to talk to Zeng Fengxian on my order. It was Zeng Fengxian who had something in his heart and got wind of it.
Escape. I will make this clear to the prefect."
"Thank you, Master Su. Thank you, Master Su." Zhao Hua thanked him repeatedly. The knot in his heart was gone, and he returned to his role as a yamen servant: "Mr. Su, for matters like this, all the family members of the criminal should be brought back to the yamen for questioning.
The property of this family is sealed on the spot and awaits disposal by the government."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Su Hao said, "However, it is too troublesome to bring so many people back to the government, so let them stay at home. Zhou Juren!"
"Yes!" Zhou Ruyu took a step forward and agreed.
Su Hao said: "Immediately draft a document and report it to the magistrate, explaining what happened here and asking the Huai'an government to send officials to investigate. By the way, the article states that the Andong County government has sent Zhao Hua, the government official, to assist in handling the case.
, very conscientious.”
"Yes!" Zhou Ruyu responded and went to find a place to write official documents.
Su Hao turned back to Zhao Hua and said: "Zhao Yamen, I am not familiar with the matter of sealing up property. You can take a few brothers to do it now. It's late at night, thank you for your hard work."
"No hard work, no hard work!" Zhao Hua said repeatedly. Su Hao did not trouble him because of Zeng Fengxian's matter. Zhao Hua was already very content. Working all night long meant nothing.
After arranging various matters, Su Hao and Deng Kui went to the largest living room of the Zeng family and listened to the reports from He Benzheng and others who had followed them in.
"You just watched Zeng Fengxian take away his son and the gold and silver?" Su Hao asked with a smile after listening to He Benzheng's account.
He Benzheng understood from Su Hao's attitude that Su Hao was in favor of them doing this, and he felt reassured. He said: "Qianhu, the order you gave us is to keep an eye on the Zeng family and not to alert the snakes. So, we will
Didn't stop him."
"Old Deng, is this what you mean?" Su Hao asked Deng Kui.
Deng Kui said: "Qianhu, I did tell Mr. He and the others to do this. I heard from Daozhang Chen that people like Zeng Fengxian are closely related to the local strongmen. After we confronted Zeng Fengxian the day before yesterday, he also sent
My confidant Zeng Gui went to Wujiagou, and he must have contacted the bandit Pang Dengkui. My intention is to let him out and let him attract the strong men, so that we can catch them all and avoid future troubles."
"But if a strong man comes, can we withstand him?" Su Hao asked.
Deng Kui patted his chest and said: "Qianhu, don't worry. The more than 200 of us, after being trained by Veteran Xu, have begun to show results. If the number of thieves is less than 300, I, old Deng, will definitely make them come back. According to what Daochang Chen learned
According to the situation, there are only about 100 people in this bandit den in Pangdenkui, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, so we don’t need to be afraid at all.”
"However, this war will injure one thousand people and cause eight hundred losses to ourselves. Our survey camp is engaged in surveying and mapping. Wouldn't it be a pity if we lose money in the war?" Su Hao asked again.
Deng Kui said disapprovingly: "Qianhu, how can there be an army that doesn't fight? Our survey camp is engaged in surveying and mapping, but we have enough white rice every day and meat the next day. Which team can eat as well as us?"
?It would be a pity if the strong soldiers fed like this do not go into battle. Now we recruit a group of bandits and let the brothers eat meat and practice their courage so that they can be used in the future."
"You did it on purpose, right?" Su Hao said with a smile, "I remember when we were in Luoshan, Fengcheng, you and Hao Tong took your brothers to suppress bandits and train troops. Do you want to do it again now?"
Deng Kui also smiled and asked in a low voice: "Qianhu, although you didn't say it, my subordinates guessed that you also wanted to let Zeng Feng run out first, didn't you? Do you also agree with my method of recruiting bandits and training soldiers?"
Su Hao waved his hand and said: "I didn't acquiesce to you letting Zeng Fengxian go because I wanted to train troops. I thought that there are more than one or two powerful landlords like Zeng Fengxian in Huai'an. If we mess with Zeng Fengxian now, there will be Zhang Fengxian in the future.
, Li Fengxian, they will come up with different ways to fight with us. Instead of fighting with them one by one, it is better to let Zeng Fengxian jump higher, and then we will shoot him to death, so that other powerful people will give up. We
Things are easier to handle.”
"Then we thought of going together." Deng Kui chuckled, "Does this count as killing two birds with one stone?"
Su Hao said sternly: "Deng Kui, you want to train troops, I don't object, but don't make fun of our soldiers' lives. I have already written a letter to Governor Pan, and also a letter to Huai'an Guard Commander Li Shida.
Let them send troops to reinforce. If the thieves are in large numbers, we only need to stop them, and leave the rest to the Hedao General Military Office and Huai'an Guard to solve the problem."
"I obey my orders!" Deng Kui said depressedly. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!)