Chapter 573: Falling while climbing high

Chapter 573: Falling while climbing high

Chapter 573: Falling while climbing high
Two days later, after the capital arrested some of the people who had led the riot,

The entire capital city was in uproar, and the scholars in the Shilin school were cursing loudly!
They cursed the Beijing government for oppressing the people and seeking personal gain.

However, such voices were quickly shattered by notices posted all over the capital.

The notice described the whole process from top to bottom in detail.
The signature and seal of the person being tried are also attached.

There was also a statement from Yingtian Trading Company excluding these villages from the scope of cooperation.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves,

Many reasonable people can see clearly that
This has nothing to do with Yingtian Commercial Bank.

The crux of everything is money, and money can move people's hearts.

In the Shi Mansion, Shi Yashan sat in the main hall with a gloomy face, holding in his hand the text copied from the notice.

He also didn't expect that Jingzhao Prefecture would come forward to solve the problem so quickly.

In his imagination, Jingzhao Prefecture was a government office that was too troublesome.

If we really want to take this matter seriously, we have to wait until the situation develops.

By that time,
The rumor has already spread, so it doesn't matter whether Jingzhao Prefecture investigates it or not.

But now, the momentum of the rumor has come to an abrupt end.

In particular, the notice also mentioned that two officials of Yingtian Commercial Bank were killed or injured, as well as a disabled soldier.

Many people spoke out for justice and felt that Yingtian Commercial Bank had suffered an unprovoked disaster.

“These are eventful times.”

Shi Yashan threw the document aside, looked at the waiter in front of him and asked:
"Where did Xie go?

How did this happen? It's so confusing!
I have repeatedly warned you not to be impatient and not to be deceived.

Nowadays, those country gentlemen are all greedy for money.

A good thing has turned out like this, and even the rationale has become unreasonable. "

The waiter bowed slightly, his face looking a little serious:
"Reporting to the master, Butler Xie took people away from the mansion last night and has not returned yet.
As for where he went, I don't know.

But I have already sent someone to look for her at the brothel that Manager Xie often visited."

"Borthel?"

Hearing this, Shi Yashan was furious. He slammed the table and gnashed his teeth:

"Son of a bitch, what time is it now?

You actually still have the heart to go to a brothel! ! Bring that person back to me!"

"Yes!"

The waiter bowed his head and slowly backed out.

Shi Yashan sat at the top, his face thoughtful.
Now that things have not been done, he has to think about how to explain the matter.

He then thought of the many actions of Wanshou Sugar Factory, and a flash of worry crossed his eyes.

"What are they doing?"

After nearly two quarters of an hour, the concierge came hurriedly to report:
"Master, Shopkeeper Fang is here."

"Why is he here?"

Shi Yashan's face flashed with impatience.

He doesn't like this person who is as timid as a mouse and always hesitates before doing anything.

"He said he had important news to discuss with the master."

After hearing this, Shi Yashan slowly shook his head:

"That's all, let him in."

"Yes"

Soon, the shopkeeper Fang from Baimei Sugar Shop rushed into the mansion.
Before reaching the main hall, someone in the courtyard shouted hastily:

"Brother Shi, Brother Shi, something terrible has happened."

"What happened again?"

Shi Yashan sat at the top, motionless, with a dull expression.

Manager Fang is an old man in his fifties, with a thin body.

But his movements were nimble, and there was a hint of shock on his face.

"Brother Shi, something terrible has happened. I just found out that Lu Yunyi has opened another sugar factory!"

"what?"

Shi Yashan, who had been indifferent at first, suddenly widened his eyes and frowned:
"Speak clearly and don't dilly-dally."

Shopkeeper Fang spoke quickly:
"Ever since that day, I have always been worried.
So they sent people to keep an eye on the Wanshou Sugar Factory to see what tricks they were trying to play.

But the trick didn't wait.

However, he discovered that Liu Heiying had gathered some military generals and opened a sugar factory in the north of the city.

It's called Liu's Sugar Factory.

They also transferred two veteran craftsmen from the Wanshou Sugar Factory, probably to make sugar as well."

After saying this, Shopkeeper Fang stamped his feet anxiously, walked closer, and spoke hurriedly:
"Brother Shi, please think of a solution quickly.
He refused to cooperate with us and opened his own sugar factory.
This is clearly an attempt to crush us all.
If we continue to let it go like this, it will be too late."

Shi Yashan only felt a nameless anger filling his heart.

He clenched his hand holding the teacup and gritted his teeth!
"This Lu Yunyi is really going to put us to death."

At this time, the anxious Shopkeeper Fang asked tentatively:

"Manager Shi, do you think it is possible that Lord Lu and his people will not compete with us for business when they open a sugar factory?"

Shi Yashan was stunned.
Staring at the old man in front of him, he felt a little disappointed:

"Didn't you say that Lu Yunyi wanted to bankrupt our sugar factory? Why did you change your mind?"

"I think it's possible that we have misunderstood Lord Lu.
We are all businessmen, so let’s not fight and kill each other, it’s better to talk.”

Shi Yashan stood up suddenly.
He walked up to Shopkeeper Fang and spat in his face:
"What the hell! Brother Fang, you've been doing business for so many years.

Don’t you know what this move means?

If you still have a lucky mentality, you will be the first to perish! "

"Then what should we do?"

Shopkeeper Fang was old and almost cried, which made Shi Yashan's blood pressure soar and his head hurt.
"Manager Fang, have you done nothing in the past three days?"

"I did it. I sent people to monitor the Wanshou Sugar Factory."

"Hahahahaha!!"

Shi Yashan was so angry that he laughed wildly!
At this time, hurried footsteps and shouts came from outside the door again.
The waiter who had just left ran in hurriedly with a look of fear on his face.

"Master, Master! Something terrible has happened!!"

"What's the matter? Tell me!!"

The waiter rushed into the room and spoke in a somewhat frightened tone:
"Butler Xie is dead!!"

"What?" Shi Yashan, who had just sat down, stood up suddenly and stared at him intently:
"What did you say? How did he die? Where did he die?"

"He died at the doorstep of his home, stabbed more than ten times in the back.

Also killed were his two distant cousins! They were also stabbed more than ten times in the back!"

The waiter's face was filled with fear, and he spoke tremblingly:
"I didn't find Manager Xie in the brothel, so I thought of going to his home to check.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked into the alley,
Then he saw officials from the capital city gathered at his door.

When I got closer, I could see the bodies of the three of them lying there!"

Shi Yashan stood there in a daze, staggering and falling into a chair.

"Master, Manager Xie has always been diligent and conscientious in his work.
Now he has died inexplicably at his doorstep. You must help Manager Xie find the murderer.
Master, I will report to the police right away!"

Having said that, the waiter stood up in a hurry, turned around and ran away.

"return!!!"

Shi Yashan's furious voice suddenly sounded,

His eyes were wide open, bloodshot.
I held the armrests of the seat tightly with both hands, my heart almost jumping out.

No one knows the cause of their death.

Shi Yashan knew everything, he even knew who the murderer was.

Lu Yunyi, it must be Lu Yunyi!!

When he thought of this, Shi Yashan's eyes flashed with horror and fear.

He didn't understand why Lu Yunyi found out so quickly and found out about him so quickly!

An unprecedented fear enveloped him, causing cold sweat to break out on Shi Yashan's forehead.

The waiter and Shopkeeper Fang both noticed Shi Yashan's strangeness at this moment.

Shopkeeper Fang took a tentative step forward and said softly:
"Manager Shi, the dead cannot be resurrected, so it is better to report to the authorities as soon as possible.

Spend some money and ask the government to investigate who did it."

"Shut up--"

Shi Yashan let out a hysterical roar!!!
"Now! Immediately! Get out of here!"

Shi Yashan pointed at the gate and roared.

Shopkeeper Fang was stunned on the spot. After hesitating twice, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.
But in the end, he left quickly and obediently.

When Shi Yashan saw him leave, his eyes pierced the waiter like a sword.

The waiter shuddered:
"master"

"Ready your horse!"

"Yes, yes!" The waiter felt relieved and ran away in a hurry.

Soon, Shi Yashan rode his warhorse out of the Shi Mansion and headed towards the large workshop.

No. 15, Lingji Lane, Dongyuan Street,
Officials from the imperial court surrounded the entrance of the house, blocking the many neighbors who wanted to approach.

The scene was chaotic and somewhat depressing. In the field, a forty-year-old coroner was inspecting three bodies.

The tool in his hand cut open the clothes on the back of the corpse, revealing a blurry and exposed wound.

Once this situation occurs,
This immediately caused exclamations from the people around.

This scene is really too miserable.

It's not a flat wound caused by a long knife.

Instead, after the long knife stabbed in, it was rotated forcefully to form a bloody hole.

Kong Rui, the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, stood aside.
Looking at the three corpses, he couldn't help but frown and felt unhappy.

It is horrifying that such a murder happened in the capital area!

At this time, a clerk came up and handed over a document:
"Sir, these are the identities of the three and their recent whereabouts."

Kong Rui nodded, took the document and flipped through it casually.
But when he turned to the first page and saw the man's name and livelihood, his face suddenly changed!
"Xie Ruifeng, the second shopkeeper of Shiqing Sugar Shop."

"Why is it him?"

Kong Rui's face was extremely solemn, he was very familiar with this name.

The Yingtian Commercial Bank's case of oppressing the people has been making headlines in Beijing these past two days.
This person must be the one behind the scenes, and his traces were discovered during the torture.

Now, just die like this?

Kong Rui couldn't believe that things could be such a coincidence!

At this time, the coroner stood up.
He took off the grey gloves in his hands and said in a deep voice:

"Master Kong, all three of them drank alcohol when they were alive.
Moreover, women's hair was found on the body, and the time of death was probably around midnight last night.

The knife wounds on his body were sharp, long and narrow, probably from a boning knife.

Moreover, judging from the action of stabbing more than ten times, it might be a revenge killing.

And there was more than one murderer, at least three people acted simultaneously."

"Midnight?" Kong Rui frowned slightly.

The clerk nearby explained:
"Sir, although it is curfew,

But there is a brothel on Dongyuan Street, so it shouldn’t be a problem for me to go home.”

"Are their belongings still there?"

"My Lord, they are there, and they haven't moved since they fell to the ground.

This shows that the murderer didn't care about the money on them, he just wanted to kill them!" the coroner explained.

Kong Rui nodded somewhat absentmindedly and waved his hand:
"Okay, bring them back to the government office and notify their relatives to come and identify the bodies."

"Yes!"

After returning to the Yingtian government office, Kong Rui hurried to the office of the prefectural chancellor Feng Kezhao.

Feng Kezhao was sitting at the table at the moment, writing down the various matters concerning the inspection of the fields by the capital.

Seeing him hurriedly walk in, he frowned:
"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

After Kong Rui entered the house, he closed the door tightly.
Then he walked to Feng Kezhao's desk and said softly:
"Sir, Xie Ruifeng is dead, and so are his two distant cousins."

"Xie Ruifeng?"

A hint of thought flashed across Feng Kezhao's eyes, and he soon remembered who this person was.

"died?"

"He died at his doorstep, stabbed more than a dozen times in the back."

After hearing this, Feng Kezhao was stunned and nodded in a daze:
"It moves really fast."

He looked up at Kong Rui: "Who do you think did it?"

Kong Rui asked tentatively: "Master Lu?"

Feng Kezhao pursed his lips and shook his head slowly:

"No, Lord Lu's subordinates are all elite soldiers.

If you want to kill three people, you don't need to stab them more than a dozen times.

Of course, this doesn't matter either.

There are many high-ranking officials from the Governor's Office behind Yingtian Commercial Bank.

They have too many people who can do this.

Governor Geng personally asked the prefect yesterday, and I got scolded for nothing."

Hearing this, Kong Rui felt his lips become dry.
He was only a seventh-rank official.

It was still a bit too much for him to bear that a first-rank governor had to personally intervene.

Kong Rui then thought of something else, took a step forward and whispered:

"Sir, is this crude method intentional? Is it just to warn some people?"

Feng Kezhao shook his head, with some helplessness on his face:
"I don't know. In the capital, we may enjoy the good life, but how can we know what these important people think?"

"So how should we deal with this?"

Feng Kezhao spoke calmly:
"Just proceed as usual. We won't find the murderer."

For some reason, Kong Rui felt insignificant for no apparent reason.
The young man who always had a kind smile on his face appeared in my mind, and I shuddered.

"I understand. Should I inform Lord Lu about this?"

Feng Kezhao shook his head:
"No need. This is just a small matter and there is no need to visit him. Just go to Yingtian Commercial Bank and inform Mr. Zhang."

"Yes, my subordinates know."

In the Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion, Feng Tiemu saw Shi Yashan who had hurried over in the side hall.

Seeing that he looked uneasy, Feng Temu felt something was wrong as soon as he entered.

"What happened?"

Shi Yashan saw him as if he had seen a life-saving straw.
He knelt down with a plop and hugged Feng Tiemu's thighs tightly:
"Manager Feng, please save me, please save me"

“What the hell is going on!!”

Feng Temu felt annoyed for no reason and asked again.

"Manager Feng, the people I sent to Liyang, Jiangpu, and Shangyuan counties to handle affairs are dead. All three are dead.

Please save me, save me, I will be the next one."

Shi Yashan's tears and snot were streaming down his face.
He no longer had the calmness of the past and looked quite embarrassed.

Fengtiemu frowned,
Feng Tiemu also felt a little absurd. It was happening too fast.
"Killed? What happened?"

“Yesterday the three of them went to a brothel, and were killed when they returned home at night, right outside their home!
He was stabbed more than ten times from the back, so what he did must have been exposed."

Listening to Shi Yashan's wailing, Feng Tiemu frowned.

I was killed last night, excluding the time for decision-making and planning,

Wouldn't that mean they were exposed as soon as the incident started?

Feng Tiemu couldn't believe it.
He specifically asked Shi Yashan, who was not related to him at all, to do this for the sake of safety.

Now that the thing has been exposed right after it was done, how can he accept this?
"How did you get exposed? Didn't I tell you to be more discreet?"

"I don't know either. I specially sent my personal steward to go there. The people he brought with him were all relatives.

I have always done things steadily.

He has been with me for more than 20 years, but I didn’t expect that he would die in such a violent way.”

Although Shi Yashan was wealthy, he was filled with sadness and fear at the moment.

After hearing this, Feng Temu glared at him with some regret and gnashed his teeth:

"Since you've been exposed, why did you come here directly? I'm going to be killed by you sooner or later!!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yashan became even more frightened:
"I am extremely frightened and just want to tell you the news as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay, don't go back.
I will arrange for you to leave Yingtian and live in Fuzhou."

"Ah? Fuzhou?"

Shi Yashan felt cold, and became dejected and depressed.

A feeling of loss welled up in my heart. After twenty years of glory in Beijing, I ended up having to flee?

"Don't think too much. Saving your life is more important." Feng Tiemu said coldly.

Shi Yashan was trembling all over. Now that things had come to this, he could no longer care about anything else:

"Thank you, Manager Feng. But can you make arrangements for my family as well?"

Feng Tiemu sighed:
"If there is time, I will arrange for them to join you.

If they've been spotted, then go alone.

I will prepare an identity and money for you, and you can go there to change your appearance and live a good life."

Shi Yashan was struck by lightning.

"My son is only three years old. Sir, please help me.

He will die if he stays in the capital. I have done so many things for you over the years and offended many people.

If the villain loses power, they will all die."

"That's enough! Now that things have come to this, there's no point in caring about this anymore.
Are you leaving or not? If not, go back and wait for death!! "

Following Feng Tiemu's roar, Shi Yashan was distraught and collapsed on the ground:
“Go, go, go”

A quarter of an hour later, a carriage shakily left the mansion from the back door and headed towards the Jubao Gate of Yingtian City.

On a tall tree not far away,

Hu Xiaowu held a telescope in his hand, stared at the carriage, and said in a deep voice:

"The person has left. We have confirmed that the person behind this is Feng Tiemu. Let's report this to the Lord."

"Yes"

(End of this chapter)