Qiming 1158

Chapter 11 Sun Yuanqi is indeed dead
Starting from March 20th, the more than [-] ships of the Su family that were still able to move were dispatched with all their strength to ride the wind and waves, and transfer the Su family's people, wealth and various materials prepared for many years to Shandong one after another.

In Juzhou, Shandong, Zhao Kaishan has arranged for the local tyrants Sun Ziyi and Liu Yongqiang to assist Su Yonglin in transporting supplies to their site, and then arrive at Zhao Kaishan's uprising base camp, ready to rebel at any time.

On March [-], the last group of Su Yonglin left Dinghai County by boat.

Before leaving, Su Yonglin had already evacuated the entire home, and secretly moved the graves of his grandfather, father and mother, leaving only empty shells.

Well, he doesn't want it anymore.

People, he doesn't want them anymore. Those peripheral members don't know their whereabouts at all. Without online contact, they can't know the specific movements of the Su family's core group.

If you don't want something, you don't want it, and if you lose it, it's not a pity.

Because Su Yonglin didn't know whether he could succeed, whether he could really revive the uprising.

The possibility of failure is very high, and the possibility of success is very small, which is clear in his own heart.

Of course, you can't say this to the outside world. You must be full of hope and persevere forever.

However, even if the Jin Kingdom only had an army, it was still strong enough, especially those savvy frontier army elites, the powerful tactical elites of the famous Tiefu Tu kidnapper back then.

The Su family only had more than 30 horses in total, so they didn't have any cavalry, nor could Zhao Kaishan's entire rebel army be able to form a decent cavalry, which was a huge disadvantage.

Before getting enough horses to form cavalry, the rebels still had to face the embarrassing situation of the Song army - not enough cavalry.

Of course, in the early stage of the uprising, Jin Guo would not rashly use the frontier elites to suppress them. Most likely, he would still use local Jurchen soldiers and signing troops, thinking that they were just a group of thieves.

That was an important window period for the rebel army to expand its strength and increase its strength.

That window period must be grasped, strengthened, and cavalry trained to deal with the elite frontier army that Jin Guo may arrive at any time.

In an uprising, you must have a clear head and always be full of a sense of crisis. Until the Jin people are driven out of the Great Wall and re-occupied the Great Wall, you must not slack off, and must not stop.

Of course, once there is an uprising, the private salt will definitely not be sold.

The reason why he can sell smuggled salt is because of the existence of Sun Yuanqi's protective umbrella. If Sun Yuanqi has an accident, even if he doesn't find out what the problem is, the market share of smuggled salt he holds will immediately become a piece of fat.

Soon, there will be a large number of smugglers who are inextricably linked with the high-ranking officials of the court, rushing to fight and bite, and the forces of the Su family will soon be uprooted by their joint hands.

Without Sun Yuanqi's official protection, there would be no private salt business. Su Yonglin knows how many people are polite to the Su family because of their background.

So he didn't care what would happen to the Southern Song Dynasty after he left.

By the way, and Sun Yuanqi's side, is he dead?

Has it been discovered?
Did the Southern Song government investigate anything?

Sun Yuanqi is indeed dead.

Die on the bed, in the arms of the beauty.

After the incident, on the ninth day of the third lunar month, when it was almost noon, the trembling shopkeeper of Xichunlou stood in front of the investigating officer, tremblingly explaining what he knew.

The rest of the servants who served Sun Yuanqi that day were also found and questioned one by one.

After all, those who died were the officials of the dynasty, and it was impossible not to figure it out.

Although it was funny that he died in bed, the investigating officer didn't think it was a deliberate murder.

"Sun Langzhong is...he arrived at our restaurant at the end of the day, had a drink with friends, and then... went to the room to rest with the two young ladies who accompanied the wine. The first...the next morning,...we were discovered... It's gone..."

Although the shopkeeper had some official relationship, but the real official died with him, he was also afraid of getting into something serious.

The official in charge of investigating the case nodded and looked at the other servants.

"When Sun Langzhong was drinking, was there any problem?"

Boys, look at me, I'll look at you.

"I don't see it, it's normal to drink alcohol."

A servant replied.

The investigating officer nodded, thinking that this was because Sun Yuanqi, a famous old pervert, did not take care of his body and died under the peony, which was really funny.

Sighing, he shook his head and asked a question.

"Who was the person who ate with Sun Langzhong that day, do you know?"

The shopkeeper nodded.

"I know, it's a trader surnamed Su, who looks very affectionate with Sun Langzhong, called Uncle Sun Langzhong, and Sun Langzhong calls his nephew. It's not the first time that the two of them have been drinking here. It's been several times, so I Impressive."

"A merchant surnamed Su?"

The investigating officer frowned, thought about it, and felt a little concerned.

"Well, quite a young descendant."

The shopkeeper explained.

"Young generation... Where are you from? Are you from Lin'an?"

"It's not very clear."

The shopkeeper shook his head.

The investigating officer thought about it carefully, but didn't take it seriously, thinking that Sun Yuanqi must have been bribed by someone else.

He can't control this matter. Sun Yuanqi has a deep network of contacts in the court, and his relationship network is relatively complicated. There must be many people who benefit from him. Even if he dies, he can't investigate further.

He's going to close the case.

"Is everyone here who saw Sun Langzhong that day?"

He asked one last question, ready to let these people sign and sign as a witness to close the case.

"Most of them are here, and there is another one who quit his job a few days ago and left this morning."

"gone?"

The investigating officer felt a little strange: "If something happened here, you just let him go? Isn't that right?"

"He said he wanted to leave a few days ago. I said that he couldn't find someone to replace him. I asked him to stand up for a while, and he agreed. Then he said he had to leave today, so I agreed, but I didn't hold back."

"Oh."

The investigating officer listened to what he said and thought about it carefully, but he didn't think there was anything too wrong.

The horizontal and vertical are dead under the peony flower. Now I will wait for the Zuzuo side to find out something. For the time being, this will be the case.

Around the afternoon, Zuo Zuo reported that something was wrong with Sun Yuanqi, because he took medicine, so he did it without restraint.

The investigators felt a bit of a problem. It just so happened that at this time, Sun Yuanqi's wife, Mrs. Wang, came to the government to cry and make a fuss, saying that the Su family had bad intentions. of attention.

According to Wang's sobbing explanation, the boy of the Su family was named Su Yonglin, and his name was Yuting. He was from Dinghai County. His grandfather, Su Dingguang, was an official before his death.

He himself did not participate in the imperial examination, but engaged in business and managed well. Because of the relationship between his grandfather and Sun Yuanqi, he had a lot of contacts with Sun Yuanqi, and often gave gifts to Sun Yuanqi to take care of him.

Yesterday, Sun Yuanqi went to a banquet and didn't come back that night. According to the custom, this bastard must have arranged a woman for Sun Yuanqi again.

This happened several times in the past, but Sun Yuanqi came back the next day, so Wang didn't care, but this time Sun Yuanqi died.

The Wang family felt that Sun Yuanqi's old pervert deserved to die, but Su Yonglin was also guilty of arranging a woman for him, and asked the government to arrest Su Yonglin, kill him, and pay for Sun Yuanqi's life.

The investigating officer then told Wang's Sun Yuanqi that he couldn't control himself because he took medicine, which eventually led to his death, and asked Wang's Sun Yuanqi if he had taken medicine in the past.

Wang shi cried and thought for a while, saying that he didn't know, but this was something that Sun Yuanqi would do.

This time, the investigating officials felt a little depressed, because it might be that Sun Yuanqi took medicine and killed himself, and it had nothing to do with the descendant surnamed Su.

But it's not a problem for the Wang family to be so noisy.

They will explain the matter to the top and let the people above make the decision.

The people above didn't respond.

As a result, on March [-], the relevant personnel of the last survey site found an envelope in the room. When they opened it, it was filled with land titles near Chun'an County, Yanzhou, Sun Yuanqi's hometown.

This discovery has attracted the attention of investigators.

This is not a trivial matter. With such a large number of land deeds, this is clearly a bribe, or a huge amount!
The direction of things suddenly became subtle.

Whether to help a dead guy to hide this matter, or not to stab this matter on top, a group of people studied for a long time, and finally decided to report it quietly and let the people above make a decision.

Because Sun Yuanqi is in charge of the income of salt, it can be basically concluded that this guy is inseparable from the smuggled salt dealer.

The matter of smuggling salt is too sensitive. Once the investigation goes on, it is very likely that the radish will be pulled out and the mud will be pulled out, and a shocking case will be found out. They dare not make their own decisions.

In the end, there was a message from the above, saying that things should be suppressed and no riots should be made.

First of all, he told Sun Yuanqi's family to keep their mouths shut and stop making trouble, and then arbitrarily arranged a charge for that smuggled salt dealer, Su Yonglin, to kill him as soon as possible to end this matter completely.

In the end, everyone assumed that nothing had happened, and that Sun Yuanqi had died unexpectedly. The case should be closed immediately without further investigation.

All the front-line officials investigating the case felt that this matter was very deep, and no one knew where Sun Yuanqi's relationship network had reached.

But they all know that this matter cannot continue to be investigated.

So a group of people immediately discussed how to take down Su Yonglin.

Considering that Su Yonglin was a smuggler of salt, he must have armed forces around him, so he had to assemble elite troops and make a quick surprise attack with lightning speed, which would kill him in one fell swoop, and could not give him the possibility of fighting back.

Judging from Song Ting's experience in fighting with smuggled salt dealers over the years and then repeatedly shriveled, all those who can gain a firm foothold in the field of smuggling salt are not simple things, and all have a little bit of skill.

Since he decided to kill him, he had to be quick and violent, and he couldn't give him a chance to react, so as to avoid him jumping over the wall when he knew about it, and really rebelling.

Once he rebels, things will be big, and the court will definitely know, and it will inevitably be known by the officials at that time.

Local officials and local garrisons cannot be counted on.

One or two are either conspiring with the illicit salt dealers or shrinking their heads. They don't dare to confront the illicit salt dealers head-on. If they want to fight, they still have to mobilize the troops and horses near Lin'an, and even mobilize the navy to help in the encirclement and suppression.

But mobilizing troops and horses is never a trivial matter. Can you suppress it and keep others from knowing?

After the plan is finalized and submitted for review, there is no following, but new instructions will come soon.

The forbidden army and the navy cannot be mobilized, otherwise the news will inevitably leak. Someone above has coordinated the armed forces of the two smugglers through relationships, and is ready to join forces to destroy the Su Group.

It is enough for the court to provide some intelligence and aftermath.

Well, it is inconvenient for the official to come forward, so let the private salt group come forward, and when it comes out, the official can also sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

and……

These private salt dealer groups are really inextricably linked with the government.

The investigating officers have stopped paying attention to this matter so far, just waiting for the result, and then they can immediately close the case.

This kind of thing is too involved, it's not good for them.

The inquirer set off on March [-] to inquire about the news around Dinghai County, but when the spies arrived in Dinghai County, they were stunned to find that the Su family had gone missing.

The entire Dinghai Su Clan seemed to have evaporated from the world. Overnight, the people were gone, leaving an empty room, and they couldn't find any traces anywhere.

The local government realized that it was even later than the court spies knew, and they had no idea where the Su family went.

So they searched everywhere and asked people to inquire about the news, but they got all kinds of news.

Basically, they say they don't know, but there are also people who are said to have something to do with the insiders of the Su family, saying that the Su family does seem to have some changes.

Among these so-called sources, some people said that the Su family went south to Wenzhou, some said that they went to Taizhou, some said that they went to Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Huizhou and other places, and some even said that they went to Jiaozhi further south and further north. the Golden State.

This is bullshit.

The spy had no choice but to bite the bullet and report the news to the superior, and he did not know how the superior would react.

(End of this chapter)