Three thousand miles in exile

"why!"

"You tell me! Why!!"

Zhou Sui went crazy, and Yangguan was like a purgatory.

He gathered all the counselors and soldiers left behind by Zhou Chan who were equal to the supervising army in the school grounds, quartered the corpses by five horses, skinned and dismantled the bones, and cooked them in strong oil...the death was extremely horrific.

"Kill! Kill them all!" Zhou Sui raised his knife and pointed at the bound Zhou's soldiers.

Zhou Sui drank so loudly that he was covered in blood all over his face, and he was in a state of madness.

When Zhou Chan returned to Beijing that year, he left behind thousands of soldiers, all of whom were soldiers of the Zhou family.

The soldiers of the Northern Army Camp also have factions in private. For example, the Zhou family's soldiers belong to one faction, the soldiers from the Central Plains belong to one faction, and the soldiers recruited from Northern Xinjiang belong to one faction.

Among them, the number of Zhou's personal soldiers is the smallest, and Zhou Sui ordered the arrest of Zhou's personal soldiers, and none of these personal soldiers who once boasted that they were superior to others could escape.

More than 1000 people were randomly killed every day, the entire school grounds were stained red with blood, and mutilated corpses were piled up in every corner. The horrible scene was like a hell on earth.

On the second day, some soldiers began to flee. As soon as the deserters entered the border of Jinyang, they were immediately caught by the patrolling Qi Yun army.

"Zhou Sui is crazy?" Cao Zhuang and Li Xiaolian said in unison.

Zhou Ziming said: "Those fleeing soldiers all said the same thing. They said that Zhou Sui had a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses who were killed by Zhou Chan. His old mother died of illness, his old father went crazy, and his wife disappeared. I don't know whether it is dead or alive."

When Zhou Sui first heard the bad news, he chopped off the lieutenant general's head on the spot.

Not only that, Cao Zhuang and others were stunned when they heard the vivid description of how Zhou Sui dismantled bones and skinned them, how he ate human flesh and drank human blood.

"Now that the general and Mr. Song are not here, what should we do with these deserters?" Zhou Ziming asked.

Li Xiaolian said: "I'll write a book and tell the general about it."

Cao Zhuang thought about it. "When you see the deserters from the Northern Army, gather them together. Don't let them enter the village and cause hidden dangers. As for how to deal with it, wait until the general and Mr. Song come back to make up your mind."

At this time Jiang Changlin suggested. "We still need to send someone to keep an eye on Yangguan, maybe what Zhou Sui will do."

Everyone nodded

Since then, more and more deserters escaped from Giyang Pass. Zhou Sui ordered people to shoot arrows at the deserters on the city wall, and rewarded one hundred coins for killing one.

All those who were caught without escaping from the pass gathered in the school grounds. Zhou Sui gathered around a group of brutal thugs who changed their ways of killing people every day, which made people in Yangguan even more panicked.

After Zhou Sui killed the lieutenant, Mad Demon, Zhou's personal soldiers rushed back to the capital to report to Zhou Chan.

When he heard Zhou Sui's crazy demon killing thousands of people every day, eating human flesh and drinking human blood, Zhou Chan was stunned.

"He...how...how did he know..." Zhou Chan supported his head that suddenly ached.

At this moment, he realized how sloppy his order to punish Zhou Sui's relatives was, so that the housekeeper took advantage of the loophole to avenge his personal revenge.

Zhou Chan had already demoted the housekeeper and his family to the lowest level of sweeping servants, but Zhou Sui's family's life could not be changed.

"It must be...someone must have tipped off the news! Who! Who is it! Let me investigate thoroughly!!" Zhou Chan violently swept the pen, ink, paper and inkstone all over the floor.

The cronies and followers all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

There were dozens if not hundreds of people present that day. How to find out who tipped off the news?Besides, sooner or later this matter cannot be hidden.

Seeing that Zhou Chan was about to lose his temper again, some of his cronies hurriedly said, "Zhou Sui, no matter whether he is crazy or not, he can no longer be used. The most urgent thing is to dismiss him as soon as possible to investigate and send another general to take over the northern army. We must not let things spread." to the capital."

"Yes! Yes!" Zhou Chan calmed down a bit.

The confidant said again: "There is no need to go to court for this matter, first send people to stabilize the Northern Army and take Zhou Sui down, and then figure out a way for the new general's inauguration regulations, left and right are already a fact, even if the lackeys of the Zhao family are held accountable, there is nothing they can do about it .”

Everyone said that this plan was feasible, and Zhou Sui had been completely given up by the Zhou family at this time, and Zhou Chan couldn't help feeling a little more bored.

"Boss Zhou has harmed Zhou Sui and his sons and daughters, so let his sons and daughters pay for their lives, and let people bring the head of the housekeeper's family to Zhou Sui, and the matter will be evened." Zhou Chan didn't want to say any more, he waved his hand Let everyone go down.

Because Mr. Pei was away as the internal response, a secret letter was sent to the two of them on the same day.

In the inn, the two of them had just slept soundly after returning from the Zhao Mansion, when the messenger from Pei Gong sent a letter, Zhang Xiaoman didn't dare to delay knocking on the door to wake them up.

"Zhou Sui is not crazy, he is just desperate." Liu Zhan closed the letter.

Song Fenglin took a sip of tea to refresh himself. "When Zhou Chan heard the news, he must get rid of Zhou Sui, and he had to write to the big and small companies to prevent any changes."

The follow-up of the Northern Army will not be good. Since Zhou Chan caused the destruction of Zhou Sui's family, the chaos of the Northern Army has already planted the root of disaster.

Liu Zhan immediately repaired the book and sent him back to northern Xinjiang urgently.

"Boss, sir, I bought some breakfast, let's rest after eating." Zhang Xiaoman brought in some Dijing special snacks.

After getting up, the two of them had no intention of going back to sleep again.

Nothing happened, so Song Fenglin proposed to go to the commercial bank to check the accounts, and Liu Zhan naturally accompanied him.

Liuji Commercial Bank's branch in Dijing has several front businesses, mainly engaged in the sale of groceries. For example, the mountain delicacies produced in northern Xinjiang are very popular.

As the head office of these shops, the Dijing Branch is mostly in charge, and few outsiders come in and out on weekdays.

This time, there were fifty truckloads of goods sent by Beijiang, and most of the guys were busy sorting and counting them in the backyard.

What made them very strange was that they didn't dismiss the bodyguards escorting the carriage immediately this time, but raised them with good food and drink.

"Who are you?" The guard at the gate looked up and down. Although Chen Gong had warned them that someone from above would come to check the accounts recently, but the plain clothes of the person who came here really didn't look like it.

Both Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin were dressed in common clothes, and looked like ordinary people.

"We are from the head office." Zhang Xiaoman was displeased, but he didn't say much.

"So it's someone from the head office, come in." The clerk thought in his heart that some big person would come, and it must be just a small manager.

Cao Ming clasped his hands and snorted coldly. "The buddies in Dijing are very arrogant."

The guy was embarrassed when he heard it, but he also felt that he was right, dressed like this, do you still want him to treat you like a shopkeeper?This is the Imperial City.

"Sit down, please. I'm going to invite shopkeeper Zhang to come down." The guy's attitude was not much better.

The layout of Liu Ji Commercial Bank is similar, the first floor is the front shop and the back hall and backyard, the second floor is the account room, the shopkeeper's study, and a side hall for receiving distinguished guests.

Soon there were other guys serving tea to the four of them.

Song Fenglin used the lid of the cup to shake the tea foam floating on the surface, and the rough tea tasted bitter.

"Bah bah, what kind of tea is made from tea dregs!" Zhang Xiaoman was furious. "Boss, sir, I'm going to give them a lesson!"

"What's the rush?" Liu Zhan leaned against the back of the chair, not only not angry but smiling.

Song Fenglin put down the teacup, took out the folding fan pinned to his waist, and held it in his hands. The jade fan bone was icy and translucent, and he knew it was worth a lot at a glance, and it didn't match his ordinary clothes at all.

About two sticks of incense, Zhang Ronggui, the treasurer of the accountant, brought two assistants to bring the account books.

"My colleagues have been waiting for a long time. These are the accounts of the branch last year. Please have a look." Zhang Ronggui looks rich, wearing a satin shirt and a square scarf on his head. Those who don't know it think it is the owner of a commercial firm.

Song Fenglin looked through it quietly, while Liu Zhan next door closed his eyes and rested.

"Everyone take your time, I will go back as soon as I have something to do, and call my buddy if I need anything else." Zhang Ronggui became impatient after accompanying him for a while.

He thought the same as the buddy, but he was just a small steward, and he let things go casually.

When Chen Gong returned to Beijing yesterday, he only left a message, saying that the people at the top wanted them to act cautiously, but he didn't say much else, and he didn't see Chen Gong coming today, so it's no wonder that the people below didn't pay attention.

Even if the shopkeeper doesn't accompany him, he must not be an important person.

However, Zhang Ronggui completely misunderstood it. It's not that Chen Gong didn't pay attention, he just didn't dare to come. If he came, Song Fenglin asked him while looking at the account, and he would definitely pass through.

It's better to hide and let the people below deal with it, deal with it as a whole, and he will come back to deal with the aftermath.

Chen Gong had a good plan, but he overestimated himself and underestimated Song Fenglin.

"Don't read it." Song Fenglin closed the account book.

"Is there a problem?" Liu Zhan opened his eyes and looked at him.

Mr. Song would never say no to reading an account book without reading it. It must be bullshit full of mistakes and omissions. Liu Zhan really got it right.

At this time, there was no one else in the back hall, and as soon as Zhang Ronggui left, the staff also went out to dodge.

"There are a lot of questions." Song Fenglin sighed.

"Is that kid full of money?" Liu Zhan was the boss of the group at least in his previous life, and if there was a problem with the account, it must be because his hands and feet were not clean.

Song Fenglin nodded. "There were problems in the first year, and I wanted to give him a chance."

After all, he was the son-in-law of the Liu family, and Song Fenglin was not a ruthless person. Unexpectedly, Chen Gong would get worse in the second year.

Dirty hands and feet are second to none, the main thing is that this person is stupid.

He thought that it would be enough to falsify the accounts of the Dijing branch, but he didn't know that Song Fenglin also had a general ledger in his hands, and there was a record of how many goods were sent to Dijing in each batch, and he could estimate how much profit he would get from selling these goods.

"If a person can't use it, just replace it with a usable one." Liu Zhan didn't struggle.

It was approaching noon, Cao Ming saw that it was late and asked, "Boss, sir, may I go buy some food for you?"

"No need, I'll go to the restaurant later." Liu Zhan said.

But I didn't expect that there would be a surprise next.

"Is Master here? I agreed last night to put on my makeup today." Just then, a woman's high-pitched voice came from outside the door.

The woman was young and beautiful, she was full of jewels and jewels, she was supported by a maid on the left and a woman on the right. Before she entered the door, several guys rushed out to welcome her.

"Hello young mistress!"

"Young lady, please come in."

"The shopkeeper hasn't come yet today, maybe he was delayed due to some important business outside." All the shopkeepers nodded and bowed.

The woman snorted and was very displeased. She stepped into the back hall, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw two men in simple clothes looking straight at her, and she suddenly became more angry.

"Where did the country bumpkin come from, when will our firm even come to this kind of person?"

Cao Ming was so angry with her words that he wanted to give her a big slap, but Liu Zhan raised his hand to stop her, so Cao Ming had no choice but to give up.

Just now she spoke in a hurry, and only then did the woman see clearly the people sitting in the back hall. Although the clothes were simple and their appearance and temperament were not like those of ordinary peasants.

She often heard Chen Gong say that there is no need to be reckless when dealing with people in the firm. Thinking of this, the woman restrained her temper a little, but her haughty demeanor remained undiminished.

Song Fenglin shook his folding fan lightly, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were as cold as ice. "May I ask who this is from the firm?"

"It's the young lady of our big shopkeeper's family." A guy doggedly said.

Grandma Chen turned her head disdainfully and walked towards the stairs, and ordered as she walked: "Let the accountant pay some money, I will buy it myself when I have time."

The woman twisted her waist and went upstairs with all kinds of flair, that old hen who was full of power.

They didn't react until everyone went upstairs.

Liu Zhan burst into laughter. "Hahaha! This woman said that I am a bumpkin, but I can't refute it."

Cao Ming didn't know whether to continue to be angry or to laugh along with him.

Liu Zhan couldn't stop laughing.

"Almost done." Song Fenglin was annoyed.

"You see, it's called awe-inspiring." Liu Zhan walked over with a smile. "My concubine is just a small shopkeeper, your man is from Beijiang at least." Thumbs up again. "Why don't you learn from others that they can shake their prestige on weekdays?"

Song Fenglin swept Liu Zhan's raised thumb away with a fan. "It's just an ignorant and mediocre woman, so vulgar."

Liu Zhan couldn't stop laughing again.

"It's already clear at a glance. There's no need to wait any longer. Let's go up and meet the accountant." Song Fenglin stood up and swept the hem of his gown.

Liu Zhan's smile couldn't reach his eyes. "Go let Zheng Fengtian and Guo Donghu control the inside and outside of the firm, and not even a mouse can escape. In addition, you bring some people to bring Chen Gong and those shopkeepers back to me."

Cao Ming took the order and immediately went to the backyard to count people, and arrested two guys to lead the way.

Seeing that they were about to go upstairs, a guy immediately stepped forward to stop them, but Zhang Xiaoman punched them dumbfounded before they could speak.

Song Fenglin had just stepped into the second floor when he heard the woman's shrill voice. "Why not? I used to pay money like this in the past. What's the difference between Master's presence and absence?"

"Please forgive me, young mistress, the big shopkeeper just explained yesterday that he can't pay money at will, and said that someone from above will check the accounts, and wait for a few days..." The accountant wiped his sweat.

"I don't pay much! It's just a few hundred taels of silver, and nothing can be seen on the book!"

"Young Mistress, I'm sorry, it's really..."

The woman stomped her feet when she saw that the accountant was stagnant. "Okay, just wait and see, I'll let my father dismiss you when I get back!"

This tone seemed to suggest that Chen Gong was already the owner of the Dijing branch.

The woman turned her head and led the servant girl downstairs and happened to meet Song Fenglin and the others. She had just been humiliated by the accountant.

"The counting house, where are you from? Are all the guys dead! Any cat or dog can come up!"

Song Fenglin walked around without giving a glance, Liu Zhan put his hands behind his back and smiled. "Don't leave, stay and wait for your master."

Zhang Xiaoman waited for this sentence, immediately arrested the man and turned him aside, the woman and the maid screamed like killing a pig, but no one from downstairs came up to check.

All the guys downstairs have been brought under control.

"You are..." The accountant also heard the movement outside.

Song Fenglin took off the kit hanging from his waist, and took out a seal from it to show the accountant.

When the accountant saw the three words Song Fenglin engraved on the seal, he immediately trembled with fright, and wanted to speak but couldn't utter a word.

"You took the documents for comparison." Song Fenglin said.

Then the accountant hurriedly opened the drawer as if waking up from a dream, and took out the documents placed in the dark compartment.

This is a letter personally approved by the head of the family. After comparing the seal with the seal in the document, the size, texture and font are exactly the same, and the accountant fell to the ground.

"Do you still need to check your handwriting?" Song Fenglin finished speaking.

"Family... Patriarch..." The accountant cried out. He was already guilty, but Song Fenglin knelt down before asking.

Song Fenglin put away the seal. "Hand over all the yin and yang accounts you made."

Unexpectedly, Song Fenglin even knew this, and the accountant was originally a little lucky, but at this moment, he was already terrified.

"Patriarch, please spare your life! The little one must tell the truth!" The accountant kowtowed.

Naturally, the movement in the account room cannot be hidden from the outside, and the woman who was still arrogant was now sluggish, looking at Liu Zhan and the others with fear.

Didn't Chen Gong say that the owner of Liuji Trading Company is determined not to come to the capital? !

Not long after, both Zhang Ronggui and Zhu Shuiming were arrested, but Chen Gong and Wang Xingshun didn't know where they were hiding.

Zhang Ronggui, who had been acting like a boss a while ago, was now trembling with fright, his hat was off, and his face was covered with cold sweat.

They were all shopkeepers who had signed a contract with Song Fenglin. Embezzling the owner's property was a felony in Da Chu, ranging from ransacking the house to exile, to beheading.

"Patriarch, please spare your life! It was Chen Gong who bewitched us! We didn't get much benefit, it was Chen Gong and Wang Xingshun who took it!" Zhang Ronggui wailed loudly and kowtowed.

Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin sat in the main seats of the back hall, with their own soldiers guarding the door, the shopkeeper and Chen Gongna's outer room all knelt down in the hall.

"Boss, I don't know where Chen Gong is hiding. We took the guy to lead the way but we didn't find him." Cao Ming came back and reported.

Song Fenglin frowned. "We must find him as soon as possible. Chen Gong knows too much inside information, so we can't let him make trouble."

At this time, Liu Zhan also realized Chen Gong's problem, and immediately sent out his people to look for it.