The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 491 Be Honest

In another restaurant's second-floor private room, there were about a dozen wealthy businessmen sitting.

These people are all big salt merchants in Yangzhou. They had a meeting at Zhao Shanhe's house a few days ago to study how to deal with Lin Ruhai and Chen Zhao.

At that time, they invited foreign aid and used outsiders to use their means to try to drag Chen Zhao into the water.

Who knows that this side has not taken action yet, this Chen Zhao has already done it.

In desperation, Zhao Shanhe could only promote the second plan.

But I didn't expect that the second method, which is supposed to be invincible, was broken by Chen Zhao's thunderous method.

In fact, Zhao Shanhe still despises Chen Zhao, treating him as Hai Rui, who is super skilled but has no one behind him, so he just wants to drag Chen Zhao into the water.

Unexpectedly, with a backhand slap, Chen Zhao put Zhen Ruyun in prison.

That's why today's move was made.

Previously, all the salt merchants showed their aura. After all, they had tens of thousands of tenants, and their life and death were in their hands. The gold and silver that could be used in their hands amounted to tens of millions. People who can handle these things can develop a bit of power.

But now in front of this scene, they all looked shocked, terrified, and at a loss.

The so-called people's hearts are like iron, and officials' laws are like furnaces. When an official is determined to talk to you with a knife and gun, and all your usual official support is gone, no one can do anything.

Zhao Shanhe glanced at several people and said, "Brothers, Chen Zhao is so ruthless, how should we deal with it?"

A middle-aged fat man named Li Zhaohe said: "Master Zhao, I said two months ago that the Lin family has sinister thoughts, and we should get rid of them as soon as possible. But I didn't expect him to be so cruel and shameless. Let me tell you, let's do it quickly." Let's kill him! In fact, we have killed few officials? Not to mention that Chen Zhao is just a small nine-rank sesame official, so what if we kill the entire Lin family? One more of them is not more, one less of them There are quite a few in the family."

Another person chuckled and said: "Old Li said it lightly. Who doesn't know that Chen Zhao's martial arts is so profound that thousands of criminal thieves were frightened out of their wits. Who can kill him?"

Li Zhaohe said coldly: "Of course I am asking the dignitaries in the court to impeach him unanimously, so that he will be captured by the emperor's old son and beheaded at the Meridian Gate!"

"Are you stupid? Lin Ruhai just gave the emperor several million taels of silver, and you asked the emperor to chop off his head at this time? How is this possible?"

Li Zhaohe said: "Then we will secretly poison, if the poison does not kill Chen Zhao, then poison Lin Ruhai to death. Without Lin Ruhai, Chen Zhao is just a lonely ghost."

Zhao Shanhe nodded slightly and said: "Brother Li is right, I underestimated him before, now I will handle it myself!"

Everyone nodded.

After all, there are so many salt merchants in Yangzhou, and only the Zhao family is the leader.

His family has a lot of followers, and it is said that there are Gu masters who were born in the southwest. Once poisoned, it is hard to guard against.

That's why the Zhao family can occupy [-]% of Yangzhou's salt industry.

It's really rich!
After the crowd dispersed, Zhao Shanhe stepped into a carriage, and a groom in a well-dressed suit said to Zhao Shanhe, "Master, where are we going?"

"Leave the city immediately, and you must not stay here for long!"

The groom nodded, and immediately waved his whip. How could he know that the carriage could only travel more than a dozen feet, and several figures stopped in front, and the leader was Yan Ding Kongmu, named Lin Fei. Zhang Gong shot the arrow, only to hear Lin Fei screaming towards the stopped carriage: "Mr. Zhao Shanhe, Mr. Zhao, I have an invitation to inspect the Yan Yushi Yamen, get out of the carriage!"

The groom was slightly startled, but he was about to have an attack.

He was originally a fighter in the rivers and lakes, and with a flick of his long whip, he was about to pull out a killer move, but with a sound of "嗖", a sharp arrow was directly nailed to his throat.

Then the groom froze and fell off the cart.

"The grass and grass in the rivers and lakes, the generation of ants, dare to fight with us!"

A servant put down his bow and arrow and said with disdain.

Zhao Shanhe in the carriage sighed, secretly blaming himself for being too careless.

With such a light car and no guards around him, no wonder someone noticed and came to intercept him.

If there were dozens of guards by his side, they might be able to quickly charge and escape from the city.

It's too late now.

He glanced at Lin Fei and immediately recognized his identity.

In fact, he remembered Lin Ruhai's family and everyone around him in his heart.

Lin Dafei smiled and said, "Master Zhao, Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor's Yamen invites you!"

Zhao Shanhe smiled wryly and said, "I didn't expect that we, a grassroots man, would be able to work for Master Lin to send someone to invite us!"

Usually when the salt inspector appointed by the imperial court takes office, who doesn't know that he is a member of the Supreme Emperor? Who is not allowed to visit his home and say nice things?

But the past was like smoke, and at this moment, he could only obediently get out of the carriage, and at the same time knew in his heart that his family might be doomed.

It's not that Zhao Shanhe was arrogant and unprepared and directly selected a group of strong men from among his own tenants. It's really that Zhao Shanhe never thought that Chen Zhao would be so crazy and slaughter hundreds of people directly.

It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no official has ever dared to do this!
Those Jiedu envoys dared to do this because they had soldiers in their hands!
Those dandy boys dared to ask their servants to kill people, but they only dared to kill one or two people.

Even so, you have to find a way to open up official relations and spend a lot of money in order to get away with it.

Besides, according to Zhao Shanhe's expectation, Chen Zhao will definitely die this time, just like Linzhou and Suzhou, he is also a directly transferred tenant, and afterward, a few scapegoats are casually introduced, isn't it calm?

Several saltmen stepped forward, pulled Zhao Shanhe off the carriage, and then tied him up with five-flowered ropes. During this process, Zhao Shanhe seemed very calm, and his face was even filled with a trace of anger. Share a smile.

Of course he would not know that at this moment, a patrol team that had just seen human blood was preparing to completely capture the Zhao family mansion, and Chen Zhao had already made up his mind to clean up the Zhao family in Yangzhou.

Zhao Shanhe has been monopolizing Yangang in Yangzhou for decades. He went to the imperial court and went down to local officials. At the same time, he trained many literati to help his family. The days of Weifu in Yangzhou for his own use are too long, so long that he has forgotten "The county magistrate who breaks the door, the magistrate who destroys the door" is the saying.

Legally speaking, if the Salt Patrol Censor's Yamen discovers signs of tax evasion by merchants under its jurisdiction, it can contact the local government to handle the matter, but in an emergency, it can be executed first and then reported.

Now the Yamen of Xunyan Yushi has been besieged for a long time, but the local government has not shown up at all—naturally, they will not show up casually, which gave Chen Zhao a chance to turn the tide.

This opportunity is bound to be left to him by the enemy.

Since the local government deliberately reacted slowly, don't blame Chen Zhao for being cruel!
Among the salt merchants in Yangzhou, the Zhao family is the most powerful. His family not only has a large number of people, but also has many heroes in the world. The bottom line is that the high-ranking officials and nobles in the Liangjiang area are not willing to provoke the Zhao family.

However, this time, Chen Zhao sent someone to fight over with a murderous look, which directly caught the Zhao family by surprise.

Those thugs and heroes were shot and killed by sharp arrows before they could make a move. Some clan elders relied on their elders to gain connections. As a result, they only spoke half of their words before being shot through their throats by a sharp arrow.

It can be said that the Zhao family had no time to resist, and the house was breached by Yan Ding, who patrolled the Yan Yushi Yamen, the family property was confiscated, the clan members were captured alive, and all the gangsters were killed.

The tens of millions of property accumulated by the Zhao family were taken away by the Xunyan Yushi Yamen.

When Zhao Shanhe saw this scene, his heart ached even more, and he vomited blood and passed out in the lobby of Yushi Yamen.

But now he has no family property, no wings, and has become an old man in his dying years. No one will take care of him and throw him directly into prison.

Zhong Yanding was both excited and confused.

No matter how fierce the dead soldiers raised by the Zhao family are, they are not the opponents of Yan Ding's team. Those high-flying guys are certainly good at martial arts, but when they perform them, they will only end up being shot to death by an arrow.

"The dead soldiers of the Zhao family were very brave, but they were no match for all the arrows. It seems that those high-ranking officials and businessmen were also deceived by a group of reckless people. I thought they were so smart!"

With this mentality in mind, the more properties that are confiscated, the more contemptuous the Yan Ding people will be, and they will not want to stab them all to death.

Their martial arts are so strong and their knowledge is so far-reaching, so many years they can only be lowly salt men, bewitched by the methods of this group of wealthy merchants, thinking that they are all deeply scheming, good at dancing, shrewd and powerful.

I didn't expect to be so vulnerable!
If I knew this earlier, why were I so afraid of them?
Thinking of this, the Yan Dings pushed and shoved even more fiercely: "Be honest!"

(End of this chapter)