Chapter Five Hundred and Twelve The Meng Family Massacre [2 More]
Thinking of this, the official couldn't help but frowned, obviously worried about what he should do.
Noticing the change in the official's expression, Meng Ping said: "My lord, my father suffered such a misfortune. The chief manager likes our Meng family. Meng Ping is willing to go on behalf of his father and go to see His Highness King Wu!"
The official who was wondering how to return to life couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this and looked towards Meng Ping.
At this moment, Meng Ping was looking at him expectantly. Seeing this situation, the official was moved in his heart and said excitedly: "If this is the case, it couldn't be better, but there is just one thing..."
Thinking that Meng Yi's death might make them angry in front of Chu Yi, the officials were naturally hesitant. Of course, this look was deliberately shown to Meng Ping.
As expected, Meng Ping saw the official's expression and said, "I don't know what my lord has ordered. Meng Ping will definitely obey your lord's orders."
The official glanced at Meng Ping with admiration. The Meng family and his son were really good, and it was not in vain for the prefect to speak kindly to them in front of Chu Yi.
With a slight smile, the official looked at Meng Ping and said solemnly: "Mr. Meng, it's very sad that the old man suffered this misfortune. But this time I went to see His Highness King Wu. It's best not to do it in front of His Highness."
When it comes to things other than senior officials, after all, His Highness King Wu has returned triumphantly, but we have to sympathize with His Highness's mood, and we should not let such things spoil His Highness's mood."
Meng Ping nodded and said: "Thank you for reminding me, sir. Meng Ping knows it and will never mention a single word about the misfortune my father suffered in front of His Highness."
With a bit of a smile on his face, the official said to Meng Ping: "In that case, Mr. Meng, please tidy up a bit, and then follow me to the Winter Garden. Don't make the prefect and His Highness wait in a hurry.
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But it was said that the Overlord of the Sea, Wang Hai, escaped before Chu Yi's guards could react. Not long after, these Wang Hai gathered dozens of fierce pirates under him at one place.
These pirates are all murderous and lawless people. Not to mention killing officials, even if they rebel, they will not frown.
Wang Hai counted the number of people, nodded and said: "Yes, all the brothers are here!"
One of the pirates said with a smile: "That's natural. We have never made mistakes in our work. This time we bombarded a prince like Chu Yi. I feel excited just thinking about it."
"Think about Chu Yi, who has a reputation for being evil, but now it seems that he is nothing more than that. He was blown to pieces by us!"
Each of these people excitedly discussed their successful assassination of Chu Yi. Obviously, these people did not know that Chu Yi was not killed by them at all.
After all, these people jumped into the sea and escaped immediately after firing the shells in their hands. They had no time to investigate the results of the shelling.
But they have seen the power of explosive bombs. Covered by more than ten or twenty explosive bombs, even an iron man would be blown to pieces.
As for Chu Yi being able to save his life under this fire, at least none of the pirates present believed it.
Wang Hai waved his hand, and everyone fell silent. Wang Hai said: "Everyone, follow the old rules and sneak into the city for me. Be honest for a while, and then go out to sea after the storm has passed."
At least Wang Hai also knew what the consequences of assassinating Chu Yi would be. Regardless of whether it was successful or not, if Chu Yi was assassinated, a big earthquake would break out in the entire Shanghai County. All they had to do was hide honestly, and no one would come to think of it.
can find them.
Watching his men disperse, Wang Hai glanced at the port in the distance. Even though they were far away, Wang Hai could feel the tense atmosphere in the port.
After a short while, several figures came back and they were the leaders of Wang Hai's pirates.
These leaders looked at Wang Hai and asked with some confusion: "Chief, do you have any orders for us to stay?"
It turned out that when everyone left just now, Wang Hai secretly left these leaders behind.
Wang Hai looked straight and said: "I am leaving you here this time, but there is something that requires you to go with me."
The leaders looked at Wang Hai with confusion, but they were used to obeying Wang Hai's orders, so they didn't ask even if they had doubts in their hearts.
"Not long ago, in order to scare those people, I chopped down the good man from the Meng family in Shanghai County with a knife!"
"Meng Yi? Leader, did you kill Meng Yi?"
A small leader looked at Wang Hai with a face full of surprise, obviously shocked by the news revealed by Wang Hai.
Who is Meng Yi? In this county, Stomp is an unparalleled figure. In terms of local affairs, even the county magistrate wants to be taught by the great good man Meng.
They were very aware of Meng Yi's reputation as a good person, and now their leader actually told them that Meng Yi's head had been chopped off by them.
"Hahaha, good job. The Meng family's hands are stained with blood, and they even trafficked people. People like this are actually respected as good people. It's really ridiculous!"
Several leaders burst out laughing. After a while, someone looked at Wang Haida and said, "Chief, why are you keeping us here? Is it related to the Meng family?"
A murderous intent flashed in Wang Hai's eyes: "If Meng Yi dies in the hands of my leader, how do you think the Meng family will react?"
A petty leader said: "Meng Ping, the eldest son of the Meng family, is not an ordinary person. He went to sea with Meng Yi when he was only a teenager. In the past ten years, all the maritime merchants who were with the Meng family are now gone. Only the Meng family
It has flourished under the leadership of Meng Ping. The most important thing is that Meng Ping is a man who must retaliate. If he knows that Meng Yi died in our hands, Meng Ping will definitely find a way to harm us..."
Wang Hai nodded and said: "Yes, we always pay attention to clean and tidy things. Now that we have killed Meng Yi, we will completely eliminate future troubles and let the Meng family, old and young, go to see Meng Yi happily."
Murderous intent permeated the air, and none of these leaders had their hands stained with blood. When they heard that they were going to the Meng family to exterminate the family, not only did they not hesitate, but they were eager to try and excited.
Meng Ping ordered the housekeeper to assist his mother and his wife to look after the house, while he accompanied the officials to the winter garden to meet Chu Yi.
On the bustling street, two carriages passed by. Needless to say, the person sitting in one of the carriages was Meng Ping, while the other carriage was occupied by Wang Hai and others.
The two passed by each other, and Meng Ping subconsciously glanced at the passing carriage through the gap. After looking away, he felt an inexplicable sense of crisis in his heart.
Meng Ping only thought that he had a sense of crisis because he was about to meet the legendary Chu Yi, so he didn't take it to heart.
Winter Garden.
Accompanied by Xu Bang, Chu Yi briefly walked around the place where Chu Yi lived temporarily. He had to say that this manor was really well-maintained and it was also a clean place.
In the hall, Chu Yi was sitting there, making various arrangements in an orderly manner, without any intention of avoiding Xu Bang.
Xu Bang sat there and watched Chu Yi deal with the assassination incident not long ago. Xu Bang was full of admiration for Chu Yi's impeccable style of acting.
After making arrangements, Chu Yi said to Xu Bang: "But you have been too slow to wait for Magistrate Xu!"
Xu Bang quickly said to Chu Yi with a sincere and frightened look: "His Royal Highness has betrayed his subordinates."
Chu Yi smiled and said: "Master Xu, you might as well tell me what kind of person this Meng Dashan is."
Xu Bang only thought that Chu Yi wanted to get to know Meng Yi because he wanted to summon Meng Yi.
Without thinking too much, Xu Bang listed Meng's good deeds over the years and regarded them as great benefactors in the local area. These were also the political achievements of Xu Bang and his officials, so Xu Bang had some understanding of the Meng family.
"...The Meng family and his son are indeed good people, but I don't know what kind of business they do, and they actually earned such a large family fortune."
Listening to Xu Bang's emotion, Chu Yi couldn't help but be surprised: "Does Mr. Xu say that he doesn't know the details of the Meng family? He doesn't even know what the Meng family does?"
Xu Bang shook his head in embarrassment and said: "But it made His Highness laugh. It's really that Meng's business is too mysterious. At least Xiaguan and others don't know exactly what kind of business Meng's is doing."
Chu Yi gently tapped the table with one hand, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Interesting, it's really interesting!"
As a prefect, Xu Bang has a high official rank. He governs a prefecture and covers several counties. It is said that the Meng family is a subject under Xu Bang's rule. If Xu Bang is willing, it is really not a big deal to find out the details of the Meng family.
question.
But in this case, Xu Bang didn't even know what kind of business Meng's business was.
While they were talking, Lin Pingzhi walked over quietly, holding a booklet in his hand and presenting it to Chu Yi.
Chu Yi glanced at it, but there were detailed records about the Meng family. It goes without saying that except for Jin Yiwei who has such ability, no one can get the information about the Meng family in such a short period of time.
arrive.
Jin Yiwei is spread all over the world, and it can be said that they have weaved a big net. They can't see much on ordinary days, but at critical moments, Jin Yiwei plays a great role.
Just like now, Chu Yi doesn't understand the Meng family at all, and Xu Bang has obviously not investigated the details of the Meng family. It is impossible to get more information about the Meng family from Xu Bang, but Jin Yiwei is different
ah.
The duty of the Jin Yiwei is to monitor local areas on behalf of the emperor. Taking root in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, the Jin Yiwei has planted countless spies in various places and has mastered many secrets.
Looking through the thin booklet, it recorded in detail how the Meng family rose to prominence and how they carried out crazy sea trade.
Seeing that Meng was a famous maritime merchant, Chu Yi was not surprised. In fact, when Xu Bang couldn't find out what the Meng's business was, Chu Yi had a vague guess. Now after reading Jin Yiwei's records, he
This confirmed Chu Yi's guess.
"The head of the Meng family, Meng Ping would like to see His Highness King Wu."
Xu Bang couldn't help but froze for a moment after hearing clearly, and said in surprise: "What's going on? When did the Meng family change its head? Shouldn't the head of the Meng family be Meng Yi?"
Chu Yi, however, sat there with a calm expression and said calmly: "Pass!"
In front of the gate of Meng's mansion, a carriage stopped. Several servants guarding the gate of the mansion saw this. They stepped forward and tried to persuade each other to take the carriage away. However, the next moment, the two servants looked stiff, their faces
He walked towards the door full of fear.
Poof!
Blood spurted out. As soon as he opened the door and entered the mansion, the door behind him was closed. Wang Hai and other leaders decisively wiped the necks of the servants who brought them in.
