Three thousand miles in exile

The back room of a shop somewhere in the capital.

"Big shopkeeper! It's not good, the people from the head office have arrested everyone in the firm!" A clerk rushed in stumbling.

"What did you say!" Chen Gong was dumbfounded.

Wang Xingshun was even more confused, and rushed forward to grab the buddy and question him in two steps. "What the hell happened!"

"The bodyguards in the backyard are amazing. They knocked everyone to the ground in two or three strokes. I happened to be in the back kitchen. When I saw the movement, I jumped out the window and ran away."

Chen Gong's face was pale, he must have been exposed!

"Why? Haven't the accounts been checked several times?" Chen Gong still didn't believe it. These accounts should be correct.

What did the guy think of. "I seem to have heard the voice of the young mistress. Not long before those bodyguards took action, it seems that the young mistress has come."

Hearing this, Chen Gong almost didn't pass by.

"What! Is my sister asking for money again?" Wang Xingshun stomped his feet angrily. "How many times have I told her, don't go to the firm to pay money, shopkeeper, you dote on her too much!"

In the first year of Chen Gonglai's life, he got acquainted with the sister of the Wang family through the second treasurer, Wang Xingshun.

The Wang family didn't know that Chen Gong was the son-in-law of the owner of the business, and they didn't know that their daughter was married to only a concubine.

Relying on Chen Gong in the past two years, the Wang family has made a lot of money. Last year, they replaced a four-entry mansion, and the whole family took on a new look.

Naturally, the Wang family treated Chen Gong like a god.

"Boss shopkeeper, can you appease the people at the head office not to report it? They will be more or less afraid of you?" Wang Xingshun didn't realize how serious the matter was.

After all, Chen Gong is the nephew of the Patriarch, and the Patriarch has no children, and Chen Gong will inherit this huge family business in the future.

Ever since he came to the Imperial Capital Branch, Chen Gong hadn't told the truth to the people under him. To say that the identity of the Patriarch was too small, and to say that his own identity was too big, was a fabricated lie.

Because Chen Gong spends money extremely generously on weekdays, everyone in the branch firmly believes in his identity.

However, at this moment, Chen Gong was already paralyzed on the chair with all his strength, his hands trembling and he couldn't lift it up. He didn't have the slightest prestige in the past.

"Big shopkeeper?" Wang Xingshun's heart sank when he saw Chen Gong's appearance. This didn't look like the heir to a commercial company should look like.

"Could it be, could it be that those people from the head office have a lot of background?" Wang Xingshun asked tentatively.

But Chen Gong was already sluggish, his lips were pale, and his face was full of fear.

And this kind of fear is the panic that comes out from the bones.

"No, could it be...Could it be..." Wang Xingshun had a bold guess, and he made an ugly smile, which was half a joke. "Could it be the head of the house?"

Chen Gong immediately stared at him with an expression that you would guess.

"Oh, my God!" Wang Xingshun fell to the ground.

The accounts of the Dijing Branch cannot withstand investigation!

Chen Gong doesn't take care of things very much on weekdays, Wang Xingshun is the one who manages the branch. He is very clear that the accounts look complete on the surface, and he can see the problem by comparing the source of goods.

"Great shopkeeper! You have to save me!" Wang Xingshun crawled and knelt and hugged Chen Gong's knee. "You are the nephew of the Patriarch, the future Grand Master, the Patriarch will definitely give you some kindness."

Up to now, Wang Xingshun still has no doubts about Chen Gong.

Only Chen Gong clearly understood that he was finished and everything was over.

In the midst of all hopelessness, Chen Gong hated him again. He felt that Liu Yuexin was the one who harmed him.

Liu Yuexin's arrogance from the bottom of his body made him extremely disgusted, his own humble background, and Liu Yuexin's natal family's prosperity, all of these made him hate and envy.

Although everyone respected him in Wuyuan County and Qiyun Mountain, Chen Gong knew that behind his back, these people scolded him as a tortoise and ate swan meat, and made fun of him as a beggar who took a big deal and made it to the sky.

Only in the capital, no one knew about his past. Here, everyone only knew that he was the shopkeeper of Liuji Commercial Company. Women admired him and everyone respected him. He felt unprecedented confidence and happiness.

Chen Gong already knew that he was sinking, but he couldn't control it, even if he knew that there would be such a day, he still couldn't control it.

Going back this time, the shopkeeper must be gone, and Mr. Song probably won't use him anymore, so he can only go back to Wuyuan County and live in a small courtyard with two entrances with his family, and watch Liu Yuexin's every day. Live the face.

"No, I'm not reconciled." The expression in Chen Gong's eyes changed several times.

As long as Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin can't go back, no one will know about the Dijing branch, and he can continue to be his big shopkeeper, and even take the property of Dijing as his own!

A greedy light ignited in Chen Gong's eyes.

"Go prepare the car!"

Wang Xingshun was stunned, and quickly got up after realizing it. "Go prepare the car!"

He knew that Chen Gong must have had an idea.

At the same time, Liu Zhan had sent out people to arrest Chen Gong and Wang Xingshun, and even contacted Zhao Jizhang who used the people in the Ministry of Punishment.

The whole branch teamed up to embezzle the owner's property. Even without Liu Zhan's relationship, this case would be a major case in the Imperial City.

At the prime minister's mansion in the afternoon, Zhou Chan summoned his staff to urgently discuss countermeasures. Recently, the emperor's party has been pressing too hard, and they have to come up with a way to escape as soon as possible, otherwise disasters and fortunes will be unpredictable in the future.

"Let me go to see the prime minister. I have something important to report. It is important that the prime minister in front of you can say it." Chen Gong couldn't stop bowing.

"Go, who is the Prime Minister? You can see me as soon as you say you want? If you have something to say, it's the same here, and I will pass it on!" The concierge of the Prime Minister's Mansion kept rushing people away.

In the distance, Wang Xingshun was rubbing his hands beside the carriage, his face full of surprise and uncertainty. He couldn't figure out why Chen Gong came to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"It's about General Qi Yun in the Northern Xinjiang!" Chen Gong took the initiative to say.

"What?" the porter asked suspiciously.

As the so-called seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, the concierge has seen the world, so Chen Gong had to be careful when he mentioned General Qi Yun.

"Okay, you come in first, wait for me to ask for instructions." The concierge finally let Chen Gong in first.

The rules in the Prime Minister's Mansion are very strict, and ordinary people like Chen Gong who do not have the status of a family member can only go to the inverted room in the side courtyard to wait for the pass when they enter the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Just before Chen Gong stepped into the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Xing, who was diagonally opposite the Prime Minister's Mansion, disappeared by the way.

But in the blink of an eye, Wang Xingshun was twisted into the carriage by Guo Donghu like a chicken cub.

"You wait here, don't walk around and bump around, this is not a place where you can mess around!" The porter warned in a bad tone, and seeing Chen Gong's nodding and bowing agreement, he left unhurriedly.

Every brick and tile in the prime minister's mansion is luxurious, even the inverted room where the low class people stay is full of mahogany furniture.

Chen Gong opened his eyes and his heart also widened. If he could be appreciated by the prime minister, he might be able to get a job.

"Where?"

The concierge was yelled at the door as soon as he left the hospital.

"Master Pei." The porter hurriedly saluted.

Pei Gongli also received Zhou Chan's instructions, because he was on duty today and came a step late after explaining the work in hand.

At this time, he was really glad that he came a step late, otherwise he would not have received the news in time.

"Who's in there?" Pei Gongli asked casually.

Everyone in the prime minister's mansion knew that Mr. Pei was a powerful close minister of the prime minister, and also a confidant brought back by the prime minister from northern Xinjiang, so the concierge naturally told the truth.

"Okay, I'm going to meet you. If it's really someone who came to inform me, I will take you to see the Prime Minister. If it's a liar, just call him out."

The concierge hurriedly agreed, not doubting that he would leave.

It wasn't until the concierge left that Pei Gongli realized that he was covered in white sweat!

At the same time, Chen Gong in the inverted room is still dreaming of a big spring and autumn dream, imagining that he can reach the sky in one step.

He rubbed his hands and kept pacing back and forth in the room, thinking about how to introduce himself exaggeratedly and how to surrender to the prime minister.

If he told the truth, he would definitely look down on him because of his background as a great prime minister, so he could only speak half truth and half lie.

At this moment, the sound of the door opening came from behind Chen Gong, and he turned around in a jerk, but the moment he turned around, his whole body was bone-chillingly cold.

In front of the door, Liu Zhan turned his back to the light, his frosty face was full of murderous intent.

There is also Pei Gongli in official uniform standing behind Liu Zhan, his expression is also very angry.

"You go and arrange the route to leave, I will take this person away." Liu Zhan said darkly.

Pei Gongli snorted coldly and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Song Fenglin was careful when he found out that Chen Gong was missing early in the business. He asked Pei Gongli to wait outside the prime minister's mansion, and intercept anyone suspicious.

How could Liu Zhan sit still and wait for death, so naturally he led people to guard outside the prime minister's mansion.

At this time, he was dressed as an entourage, and with Pei Gongli in the prime minister's mansion, it would not be difficult for him to get in and out of the side courtyard of the prime minister's mansion, a place where servants go.

Chen Gong trembled and couldn't speak, the next moment he was kicked by Liu Zhan, smashed the expensive chair and fell to the ground, spitting blood in an instant.

"General, general..." Chen Gong wanted to beg for mercy, but his foot fell again, and he could only roll on the ground with his stomach in his arms.

"You want me to die?" Liu Zhan grinned, grabbed him by the collar, lifted him up and punched him again.

In fact, Liu Zhan didn't pay much attention to the little money that these people corrupted. As long as Chen Gong confessed truthfully, he would still be the Liu family's son-in-law when he returned, and the scandal of the imperial capital would not spread to northern Xinjiang.

But this guy actually betrayed his master and begged for glory?

If he succeeds, not to mention whether Zhou Chan has the ability to keep Liu Zhan's head, the overall situation in the imperial capital will definitely be disrupted.

For the first time, Liu Zhan was angry and annoyed. He regarded this fellow as his own, thinking that he was only greedy for money at most and would never betray himself.

I didn't expect this guy to be really wolf-hearted.

"If you want to fight back, hurry up, I've sent everyone away!" Pei Gongli strode back.

Liu Zhan picked up Chen Gong's collar and carried him away like a rag.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard, Chen Gong was stuffed into the innermost part, Liu Zhan followed in the carriage, Pei Gongli sat on the outermost side, and he pulled his official robe to block Chen Gong who looked like a corpse behind him.

The coachman of the Pei Mansion drove through the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. When he was leaving, Pei Gongli lifted the curtain of the car, and the guards at the gate saw him and immediately let him go.

At the back door of Liuji Commercial Firm, the guards were relieved to see Liu Zhan came back with Chen Gong.

"Put people in first." Liu Zhan explained in a cold voice.

Chen Gong was terrified and turned into Liu Ji Firm, and everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a dead person.

"What's the matter with you, such a big mistake!" Pei Gongli's face was full of anger, and he was terrified when he thought about it!This Chen Gong knew that he was dating Liu Zhan in private!

It was almost a bad thing!

After being scolded, Liu Zhan knew he had no right to be angry, so he surrendered. "Thank you, Master Pei."

Pei Gongli snorted coldly. "You owe me your life, and you will have to pay it back later."

"Yes." Liu Zhan agreed.

"I have to rush back to deal with the prime minister, and I have to gag the concierge." Pei Gongli got into the car angrily.

Fortunately, Chen Gong didn't tell the concierge too much, as long as he made up a reason to make it through these two days, it would be fine, as long as the Grand Master's Mansion made a move, there would be no matter of Zhou Chan later.

Today, the door of Liuji Commercial Bank is closed.

Wang Xingshun and the escaped clerks were all arrested and returned, and all the clerks and accountants in the back hall of the firm knelt down.

Before that, Song Fenglin had finished interrogating these people, and he also knew the lies Chen Gong had fabricated in the capital for the past two years. At the same time, the people in the branch also knew Chen Gong's true identity.

Among them, Wang Xingshun frantically went up to tear Chen Gong as soon as he saw it. "You dog beggar!! You lied to me!! You lied to me!!"

Thinking of not only being a gunman for Chen Gong, but also marrying his own sister to him, Wang Xing vomited blood by the way, he was already the second shopkeeper, why did he bother to come here when one person was under a thousand in the Dijing branch.

The girl from the Wang family over there was paralyzed on the ground and was so stupid, thinking that she was a daughter of a good family who became a concubine for a beggar and a commoner. This blow directly caused her to faint several times in a row, and when she woke up, she was dazed and stupid. up.

But Chen Gong couldn't care about these people anymore, he crawled to Liu Zhan's feet and kept begging for mercy. "General! Please spare me for Xin'er's sake."

Liu Zhan laughed angrily, and suddenly raised his foot and stepped on Chen Gong's shoulder. With all his strength, he heard the sound of bones breaking.

Chen Gong's painful screams resounded through the firm.

"You kid has a good mouth. You tricked my sister, took my money to support the outhouse, lived a wealthy life, and dare to tell my secrets!" Liu Zhan lowered his head, his eyes were dark and empty, full of murderous intent.

"Are you so impatient to take over?"

Chen Gong vomited blood and shook like chaff.

Like Cao Ming, Zhang Xiaoman, Zheng Fengtian, Guo Donghu, who had already cracked his fingers, wishing to chop him into pieces immediately.

Song Fenglin's eyes were cold.

When Liu Yuexin eloped back then, if Chen Gong hadn't coaxed her, how could she, a woman raised in the boudoir, have changed her temperament drastically?

Liu Xueyi refused to allow the two to meet, so Chen Gong secretly went up the mountain to meet and deliver letters. The Liu family didn't really imprison Liu Yuexin, and the two of them secretly taught each other that it was impossible to guard against them. These things are no secrets in Wuyuan County.

In the end, the rumors spread wildly. For the sake of Liu Yuexin's reputation and the name of the Liu family, Liu Xueyi could only nod and agree to marry his daughter.

But I don't think this is a person who doesn't know how to be grateful and is greedy.

Zhang Xiaoman yelled at him. "You hooked up with the eldest lady and gave and received in secret, thinking that we didn't know about it? You shouldn't have saved you back then, and let you die!"

Cao Ming also scolded. "Your concubine is living the life of an official's wife in the capital. Look at your family. There are more than a dozen people living on the dowry of your daughter-in-law without working. Is your conscience gone to the dog's stomach? "

"I was blinded by ghosts for a while! Damn me! Damn me!" Chen Gong wanted to kowtow, but Liu Zhan stepped on him, although Liu Zhan just stepped on him casually, Chen Gong couldn't get up anyway.

Song Fenglin closed the fan with disappointment in his eyes. "You are Liu's son-in-law and you are half of the Liu family. I intended to give you a chance to start a new life."

Chen Gong was stunned.

"Leaving aside your greed for ink, the management of this branch is in a mess, the employees are loose and rude and uneducated, the rough tea treats customers with arrogance and rudeness, internal and external accounts are chaotic, and any family member can pay money to the account."

There was indifference and irony in Song Fenglin's eyes. "Although the fake account you handed in is beautiful, have you never thought that every item in the general ledger in my hand will not match the account you handed in?"

Chen Gong thought his methods were flawless, but in fact they were nakedly placed in front of Song Fenglin from the very beginning.

Back then, he was considered a hard-working and down-to-earth kid, but somehow he fell to this point step by step. Song Fenglin felt disappointed in his heart and didn't want to say more.

What's more, it's useless to say more, Chen Gong is destined not to survive today.

"Boss, give him to me, and I will let him know what life is better than death!" Guo Donghu said angrily.

Not just dealing with Chen Gong.

Liu Zhan's empty gaze swept over the people in the hall, and finally decided the fate of these people.

"Not a single one."

These people must have seen a lot of clues through today's turmoil, and it is impossible for Liu Zhan to take the risk of being exposed again.

The personal guards rushed forward, gagged with coarse cloth, and dragged them to the backyard, and soon there was no movement.

As for Chen Gong, Guo Donghu personally led him to execution.

Until the moment before his death, Chen Gong didn't understand how he got to this point.

It was probably that year that Liu Yuexin accidentally called him a beggar, and hatred sprouted in his heart, and he could never go back.

However, if you can't stand on your own, how can you talk about getting respect from others?

These people from northern Xinjiang present, including Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin, who didn't start from the beginning, and who didn't have an unbearable past?But how can the common people dare to criticize?

In the end, Chen Gong followed the crooked path from the very beginning, and used disgraceful means to marry a noble wife to reach the sky in one step. In the eyes of the people in northern Xinjiang who got rich through hard work, naturally no one looked down on him.

Chen Gong didn't understand this truth until his death.

For this seemingly insignificant person, it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies, but Chen Gong's betrayal still affects the overall situation.

It was not discovered by Zhou Chan, but affected one person.

That night, Pei Gongli tossed and turned, having trouble sleeping and eating, what happened today gave him a warning.

It is not easy for him to go all the way, and he has exhausted all the organs. The fourth-rank official uniform on his body is the foundation of his life. How can he easily give up the position he has won so hard.

The letter said that he was willing to leave everything behind and go back to northern Xinjiang, but he wanted Liu Zhan to give him a way out.

But it never occurred to them that Liu Zhan and Song Fenglin would dare to go to Beijing in person, and they would join forces with Chief Situ Zhao Hengfu and Chief Sima Xu Muyuan to take down the Zhou family.

To be honest, although Zhou Chan is crazy, he has more and more trust in him recently, and there is no harm for the Zhou family to be in power for Pei Gongli.

"No." Pei Gongli turned over and sat up.

The Zhou family was already at the end of its strength under the siege of the imperial division's Wuchen party, and it was a matter of time if it could not survive. This was a certainty.

As for Liu Zhan's line, it can only be used as a last resort, and only Liu Zhan's line is still too insecure, he has to make himself invincible.

The situation in the capital might as well be messed up, the Zhou family, the Zhao family, the Xu family, the Fang family, whoever can stand at the end, he will vote for the main one!

The Zhao family and the Xu family are still deploying. If the deployment is completed before they start, the Zhou family will have no chance of winning, and his role in this situation will also be zero.

"Come on, prepare a car!"

Pei Gongli ran towards his destination in the dark.