Tang Xingping’s basement contains a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings and precious porcelain, as well as four boxes of yellow gold bars.
Even Guo's eyes looked straight, and the soldiers who followed felt that they had made a fortune this time.
Xiang Hongda and Yin Tu hadn't seen any scenes before, and the reaction to this was dull. Xiang Hongda said coldly: "Search me carefully."
A secret room was searched, and a corpse was found inside. Looking at the skeleton, Xiang Hongda knew that this was a woman. Other than that, nothing unusual was found.
With these gold and silver treasures, Guo Yanhong couldn't help but come up with a bad idea: "My lord, this Tang Xingping can't escape a murder." After Tang Xingping was killed, he could divide these treasures into one-third.
Searched it again, and found nothing. In desperation, Xiang Hongda could only take someone back. As for the treasures in the secret room, the soldiers carried them back.
There were a lot of people around, watching them carry more than a dozen large boxes and leave.
Su Changming knew about this, and immediately went to find a VIP Xiang Hongda. Seeing Xiang Hongda not letting people go, Su Changming cursed: "What colludes with the remnants of the Yan family to kill people and hide corpses, you clearly know that my big treasurer has a huge amount of money hidden in the house and wants to kill him."
Xiang Hongda said coldly: "Official Su, we have conclusive evidence that Tang Xingping is the remnant of the Yan family, and a corpse was found in his secret room. Tang Xingping himself admitted that the corpse in the secret room was killed by him. ."
"Are you doing this kind of thing like a trick? Dr. Guo, that's how you killed him." Su Changming didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and asked again: "Xiang Hongda, how can you let me go? The treasurer?"
Xiang Hongda would naturally not let Tang Xingping go. This guy confessed to the punishment, very cooperative, the key is that there is no useful news at all.
Su Changming didn't entangle too much, and immediately left the prefect's office. Instead of going home, he sent someone to invite Boss Xue to a restaurant with other wealthy businessmen in Spring City.
When everyone arrived, Su Changming said to them: "First it was Dr. Guo, and now we are the treasurer of our Yongsheng firm. If we stand by and watch, the next one will be one of us here."
Those present knew why Su Changming was so anxious. Yongsheng Commercial Bank can have no Su Changming, but it absolutely cannot be without a big shopkeeper. Without the big shopkeeper, Eternal Life Firm must be finished.
Mr. Li, the largest cloth merchant in Spring City, heard this and said, "Brother Su, they are from the government. We will face them head-on and we will definitely suffer." They are also very disgusted with Xiang Hongda and his party, but they have to follow them. People don't have the courage to do it in front of them.
Boss Xue was also very dissatisfied with Xiang Hongda and his party, so he dared to send someone to monitor him. If it wasn't for the thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, he would have killed him a long time ago: "Changming, what can you do?"
Tang Xingping accounted for 20% of Yongsheng Commercial Bank's shares, so they were not surprised that Tang Xingping had such a solid family base. And the family wealth of Xue boss must be much more than Tang Xingping. Boss Xue is also scared when the government is so aggressive and desperate!
Su Changming said: "When I go back, I will order the stores of Yongsheng Commercial Bank to close and not open." Yongsheng Commercial Bank started out by selling medicinal materials and horses. Later, it dabbled in food and salt industries. It can be said that Yongsheng Commercial Bank has a great influence in Spring City.
Xue Laodao: "You want to put pressure on the government to let Tang Xingping come out."
"No, I want Xiang Hongda to get out of Spring City. He came and messed up our Spring City and killed Dr. Guo." After speaking, Su Changming said bitterly, "Dr. Guo is a respectable person, and the result is because Coveting the first-class wound medicine in the hands of others, the Guo family was accused of colluding with the Yan family. If he doesn't get out, no one of us will be able to escape."
Although they say that there is no business, no evil, but they still respect the people of high morals in their hearts. Doctor Guo, it happens to be one. What Hongda did again did touch their bottom line. So everyone finally agreed to follow Su Changming on strike.
In the evening, Xiang Hongda heard the prefect Sun Zhe say that all shops in Spring City were closed.
Sun Zhe said, "My lord, you have to quickly release the great treasurer of immortality and the Guo family." The shops are closed, and Spring City will not be a dead city.
Xiang Hongda sneered and said, "If you have the ability, you should always close it and don't open it." If you don't do business, it is not them that will lose.
No matter how Sun Zhe persuades, Xiang Hongda will not let go. As a result, by the next day, the morning food faded out and the birds came.
The cook said bitterly: "My lord, there is no salt. The salt shop is closed and no salt is sold." Food without salt is naturally tasteless.
Xiang Hongda sneered, thinking that this method would make them surrender and dream.
At noon, the 1,800 soldiers that Lien Guo had brought had no food. The reason is also very simple. The grain shops are closed and do not sell grain.
Not only salt and food, but also firewood, rice, oil, sauce and vinegar, etc. are all sold out. And the restaurants are all closed.
Sun Zhe begged Xiang Hongda with a bitter face: "My lord, let's quickly release the big treasurer of the Guo Family and Yongsheng Firm!" Otherwise, it would really cause trouble.
Xiang Hongda still did not agree. In the end, Guo couldn't hold it anymore, and said to Xiang Hongda, "Master Xiang, quickly let Tang Xingping and Guo people go. Otherwise, the soldiers will be mutiny."
There was no food for lunch, and these soldiers were already dissatisfied. He finally calmed down. If there is no food to eat at night, these people are afraid that they will make trouble.
Xiang Hongda suggested sending someone out of the city to buy food.
Sun Zhe smiled bitterly: "My lord, there was a station in Spring City not long ago, and all the people in the city and outside the city who had surplus food in their hands were donated to the army." . These more than ten days have survived through the donations of grain from the wealthy households and people in the city.
After the war, a lot of food was left, but they were all taken to Tongcheng by General Zhang.
In the end, Xiang Hongda compromised and let Tang Da's treasurer and Guo's family go. But that's it, the shop still didn't open.
Su Changming let go, and must return the Tang family's property halfway. Otherwise, the store will remain closed and not open.
Because Su Changming promised that the four boxes of gold bars will be distributed to everyone after the money is returned. So Boss Xue and others continued to follow Su Changming to strike the market.
Lian Guo was allocated a quarter of his belongings, and he himself left two thirds and allocated one third to his subordinates. Let these people spit out the meat in their mouths without even thinking about it.
Xiang Hongda asked him for money but didn't agree, the two broke up unhappy. Then Lian Guo returned to Shengjing with 1,800 soldiers.
Xiang Hongda was so angry that he couldn't catch up and kill Lian Guo, but it was a pity that he could only think about it. Without Lian Guo, Xiang Hongda was like a toothless tiger. Not to mention Boss Xue and the others, even Sun Zhe started to perfuse him.
Tang Xingping was not injured, it was not that Xiang Hongda was kind, but Tang Xingping deliberately pretended to be very afraid of death. As soon as he was sentenced, he cried out and begged for mercy. Then, no matter what Yin Tu said, he nodded and said yes.
Yan Wushuang saw Tang Xingping with a look of guilt and said, "Uncle Tang, I am the one who caused you."
Tang Xingping smiled and said, "I didn't suffer anything. Fortunately, Master, you are cautious, otherwise something will happen."
After a pause, Tang Xingping said, "Master, Doctor Guo did not betray us."
Yan Wushuang nodded and said, "I know." If Doctor Guo betrayed them, how could they stand here and talk.
"It was Dr. Guo's medicine boy who informed him that one of the top-grade wound medicines in Dr. Guo's collection was missing." This is also the reason why Xiang Hongda arrested Dr. Guo.
Yan Wushuang was cold and indifferent: "The person who stabbed the knife in the back is often the closest person around." The Song family must have colluded with someone trusted by his father, otherwise his father would not die tragically, and Donghu people would not have been able to enter Tongcheng. .
These things, Xu Bo broke it apart and analyzed them to him. And this also caused Yan Wushuang's suspicious temperament afterwards. Of course, there are pros and cons. Because of the suspiciousness, he was saved several times afterwards. But because of the suspiciousness, it is difficult to trust other people with all his heart, except for a few diehard loyalists.
Tang Xingping explained: "Three young masters, there are loyalty and evil in this world. The people of Liaodong will remember what the Yan family has done."
When Yan Wushuang heard this, a sneer crossed the corner of his mouth. The people of Liaodong remembered that he didn't feel it, but deeply felt that the wall was pushed down by everyone. However, he didn't intend to carry on with Tang Xingping, and now changed the subject: "Lian Guo returned to Shengjing with soldiers. This is our chance to get rid of Xiang Hongda." It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. He can't wait ten years. Given the opportunity, he naturally wanted to get rid of Xiang Hongda.
Tang Xingping felt this was too risky.
"Bo Tang, Xiang Hongda has real talents. He can't believe that you really have nothing to do with the Yan family. If he doesn't die, we won't even have time to breathe." Since Xiang Hongda has been eyeing on, we won't get rid of it. This person is dangerous but they are.
Tang Xingping still shook his head: "Master, Xiang Hongda has more than a dozen people, and all of them have martial arts. It is not easy to want their lives."
Yan Wushuang felt that this was not a problem at all, and said, "As long as you have the heart, there is nothing you can't do."
Tang Xingping understood: "What does the young master mean?"
"From Chuncheng to Tongcheng, bandits were proliferated along the way. Xiang Hongda and Yintu died in the hands of bandits. The court has known it best and has sent people to suppress bandits for a long time." Since the court allowed these bandits and bandits to disregard them, it just so happened that they could use their hands to get rid of them. Get rid of these Song family minions.
Of course, this is easy to say. But to implement it, there are a lot of difficulties. Xiang Hongda is not a fool, but he won't take the bait easily. But he has a weakness, that is, he is eager to catch himself. And this is exactly what Yan Wushuang wants to use.
Tang Xingping watched him finish speaking and gasped, and couldn't help but said, "Master, wait until your health is better!"
Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "Lian Guo Ruo has gone and returned. We want to kill him again, but there will be no chance."
On the fifth day after Tang Xingping was released, he took a batch of medicinal materials to Tongcheng. This news has not been announced to the outside world.
Until Tang Xingping left the city, Xiang Hongda and his entourage knew about it.
Yin Tu said, "My lord, this Tang Xingping's injury is still not healed. It is too desperate to go to Tongcheng with the injury." As an abnormal demon, he felt that Tang Xingping hurried to Tongcheng had an ulterior motive.
Xiang Hongda did not speak.
Yin Tu said again: "My lord, Yan Wushuang's purpose is Tongcheng. To follow their caravan to Tongcheng, it will be difficult for us to kill him anymore."
Xiang Hongda said: "Go and find out for yourself, and see what's the difference between their trip to the caravan and usual?"
It turns out that the caravan is the same as usual, nothing unusual. The more so, the more worried Xiang Hongda,
Yin Tu said, "My lord, Yan Wushuang must have followed the caravan. My lord, let's catch up quickly!"
"What if there is a fraud?" If Lien Guo was there, he must have asked Lien Guo to chase him. But now there are only a dozen of them, what if the other party sets a trap.
Yin Tu said, "Why don't we transfer some soldiers to follow us?"
Sun Zhe was also very dissatisfied with Xiang Hongda and his party, because they had made a mess of Chuncheng now. In the past, the boss of Xue, Su Changming and others, would give him three points of thin noodles. But now, no one cares about his parent official. Even if he was in Spring City, his errands were not easy to handle.
Hearing Xiang Hongda's dignitaries, he perfunctorily said that their prefect offices were not sufficiently manpowered. Finally, reluctantly, he was given twenty soldiers.
Yin Tu saw that these soldiers were old men in their fifties, and there were no young men in their twenties and thirties. Yin Tu was so angry that these people not only couldn't help but also put their hind legs on it. Angrily, he walked back.
On that evening, the person sent to monitor Tang Xingping sent a message back saying that Tang Xingping had invited an old doctor to accompany him on the road. And that doctor is especially good at treating bruises.
Yin Tu said: "My lord, we have to catch up quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
Xiang Hongda frowned and said, "Yan Wushuang is injured. It is logically impossible for him to follow the caravan without showing any clues."
Yin Tu said: "Maybe it was hidden in which carriage, our people didn't find it." He felt that it would be safer to go there.
Xiang Hongda still didn't agree to chase after him. However, a few days later, I received a letter from an informant saying that there was a cough in Tang Xingping's carriage and that someone was secretly decoction in the middle of the night in the caravan. Xiang Hongda couldn't sit still anymore and took Yin Tu and others to catch up.
Twelve days later, Tong Chunlin received news that Xiang Hongda and Yintu and his party had been killed by bandits.
Knowing this, Lian Guo said with a calm face: "General, Xiang Hongda and Yintu are so good in martial arts, how could they be killed by bandits. General, there must be hidden secrets in it."
"Xiang Hongda and Yin Tu's deaths are almost always the work of Yan Wushuang." After that, Tong Chunlin sighed, "Blame me for my soft heart. Otherwise, I wouldn't have what happened today."
Lian Guo was very frightened, but he still said, "Don't worry, General, Yan Wushuang can't hurt you, General."
Tong Chunlin said: "Xiang Hongda and Yin Tu probably thought the same way, so they were planted in his hands. He was only twelve years old and had this method. If we don't get rid of him, we won't be able to live."
"General, I shouldn't have brought my troops back to Shengjing." Since he dared to come back, he naturally had a set of excuses to win the trust of Tong Chunlin.
Tong Chunlin shook his head and said, "Things have already happened and it doesn't make sense to say this. The most urgent thing is to get rid of him as soon as possible." It is said that Yan Wushuang is smart since he was a child. But now, he has personal experience.