Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 65
After three rounds of dishes, the atmosphere at Fan's banquet reached its climax. The guests are all businessmen, who are best at borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. A friend has many paths, and in this information-obsessed generation, one message can make a person get rich quickly.

When Zuo Jinzhong came to the gate of Fan Mansion with several captains in Jinyi, the servants guarding the gate were having a great time eating in the gatehouse. Zuo Jinzhong stepped into the gate first, and a man ran out of the gatehouse, pointing Stained with oil, when he saw the group of school captains with knives on their waists behind Zuo Jinzhong, he froze for a moment, then came forward with a smile on his face, cupped his hands and said, "This poor man is a bit unfamiliar, I don't know why Which yamen? My young master has a good relationship with Mr. Liu, the head of the criminal department of the governor's yamen, and today Mr. Liu sent someone to bring a birthday gift!"

Zuo Jinzhong smiled and continued to move forward. The two school captains stepped forward quickly, and one of them went around behind him. With his palm like a knife, he cut at the back of the man's head and at the base of the ears. He took out a rope from his arms and quickly tied it up, then dragged him into the entry room.

Zuo Jinzhong walked around Zhaobi, and the noisy and lively scene came into view, because there were too many guests today, and the servants of Fan's mansion who were in charge of serving the food and wine were very busy, and almost all the guests on the wine table were drunk, so there was no He noticed Zuo Jinzhong and others appearing in front of him.

Zuo Jinzhong looked at everything in front of him with a smile, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: If you are rich and rich, and the guests are like a cloud, won't the rain blow the wind away from today?

He took out a short gun from his pocket, took out a small cloth bag in a leisurely manner, took out an oiled paper bag that was as long as a cigarette but had a thicker diameter, bit a hole from one end with his teeth, and put the gunpowder inside. Pour a little into the primer pool, then stuff the whole oiled paper bag into the gun tube, then take out a stick from the bosom, push the oiled paper bag in the gun tube to the bottom of the gun tube, put away the stick and put it in the bosom , then raised the short blunderbuss, with the muzzle facing the sky, and pulled the trigger hard. The spring connected to the trigger and the hammer quickly hit the flint piece downwards, and a little spark jumped out to ignite the gunpowder instantly. A thick smoke enveloped his upper body.

Zuo Jinzhong took a step back, quickly waved away the smoke with the other hand, and thought to himself: This is too much trouble for the mother, if it is not for the prestige, I would not bring this thing; The flintlock pistols were distributed to more than a thousand officials of Jinyiwei, and they were told that they were self-defense weapons, and they had to practice more frequently when they returned home, in case they were needed. Zuo Jinzhong thought it was too cumbersome after practicing several times, so he wanted to discard it. But after all, it was bestowed by the emperor, and the emperor said that there are only a few shots in this world, so this time I left Beijing to stay with me, and today I finally have a chance to pretend to be x.

The front yard of Fan Mansion, which was originally very noisy, was suddenly quieted down by this loud noise. The movement of everyone toasting and picking up vegetables seemed to be frozen, and countless eyes were directed at Zuo Jinzhong.

Zuo Jinzhong coughed dryly, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to interrupt everyone's good business, everyone, continue, continue, you must have fun! Haha"

A steward of the Fan Mansion ran over from another courtyard when he heard the sound. When he saw Zuo Jinzhong and many school captains carrying knives, he felt bad. The man ran towards the inner house.

The steward walked up to Zuo Jinzhong and bowed his hands and said, "I don't know which yamen this lord is? What's the point of coming here? Today is my lord's [-]th birthday. Your lord and all the officials are welcome to sit at the table, just eat and drink; My young master has close contacts with various yamen, everyone will make things convenient for you, my lord, it is best not to break the rules, otherwise you may not be able to bear the burden of the Shangguan's investigation!"

These words are polite and polite, and it can be seen that the Fan Mansion is indeed very important. The words and deeds of a manager are already incomparable to that of a small local landlord. Unfortunately, he still has too little knowledge, although the manager thinks that this group of people are dressed strangely. , but he didn't think too much about it. In his eyes, as long as he was in the Xuanfu area, with the relationship managed by the young master, any yamen would give him some face.

Zuo Jinzhong was amused, and said: "It was a certain superior who sent so and so, where is Fan Yongdou? So and so find the right master first!"

After saying that, he waved his hands, and the large group of captains in Jinyi divided into several teams and rushed to each room and courtyard. The steward was furious and shouted: "Fan Mansion is the place where you are waiting to break in! Call the guarding martial artist! Send these fake officials Let's go out!", Some guests were drunk, and rolled up their arms and sleeves, and they were about to step forward. If they showed their faces at this time, they would win the favor of the Fan Mansion, which would be of great benefit to future business.

Someone ran to call the nursing home, Zuo Jinzhong put away his smiling face, raised his right hand, and at the sound of the bowstring, there was a buzzing sound, and a sharp arrow shot from a tree, quickly pierced through the manager's neck, and pierced his neck. After taking a few steps out of the body, he died without a sound.

Everyone was stunned on the spot for a moment, a servant girl screamed in fright, everyone just came back to their senses, the guests who were eager to try, put down their sleeves and hid back in fright, and the others also started to hide in fright. All of a sudden, the tables and chairs were overturned, and the food and wine spilled all over the floor. The scene was in chaos.

A captain in Jinyi with a loud voice yelled loudly with a trumpet made of iron sheets: "Everyone stand facing the wall! Everyone stand facing the wall! Say important things three times! Everyone stand facing the wall! Don't listen Let anyone shoot or kill!"

Although everyone on the field had heard it, most of them thought they were bandits, and they still ran away, but there were captains holding knives at the gates of each courtyard to watch them, and everyone could only hide in this courtyard. When a long arrow was shot, several people were shot in the thigh, and they fell to the ground screaming, and the crowd stopped running. Under the scolding of several captains holding swords, they gathered to the north courtyard wall, and some people had collapsed to the ground in fright. Some yellow liquid oozed from the bottom of their trousers, and they peed in fright.

Fan Yongdou was very angry when he heard the housekeeper say that his house was surrounded by officers and soldiers. For so many years, no matter whether it is useful or not, as long as it is a soldier who holds real power, and the head of various departments in the yamen, The team leader, and even the soldiers who inspected and released the goods when they left the customs, all fed them with silver. His business can be said to be unimpeded in Xuanfu Town. The army besieged Fan's mansion, where would his face be put in the future?Could it be that someone wanted to frame him and took the opportunity to beat him hard?But I have managed everything that I should have done on weekdays, and I haven't offended anyone. Could it be the governor's mansion who took office last year?

The rest of the people in the study also came out one after another, Wang Dengku said: "Xiao Fan, don't be anxious, first go and see who's subordinate, as long as you are in Xuanfu Town, you and I have nothing wrong with you! Yang Guozhu is friendly with me That's right, I immediately arranged for the housekeeper to look for him when I went to the front, who would dare not give the face of the general soldier in Xuanfu!"

Wang Dayu also said: "Master Sun of the governor's yamen has a lot of contacts with me on weekdays. I will send someone to find him. If he is someone from the government, Master Sun will have some face!"

The rest of the people also opened their mouths one after another, expressing that they would use their connections to help Fan Yongdou. These eight people also competed in business daily, but when encountering difficulties, they were all in the same spirit, helping and supporting each other. As time goes by, some of the eight people have become increasingly arrogant, and no one pays attention to it. Although the incident happened suddenly today, everyone did not take it seriously. Almost everyone thought that someone took the opportunity to rip off. No matter how expensive it is, it is necessary to find out who is behind the scenes and make him disappear completely. Otherwise, people will inevitably follow suit in the future, which is really annoying.

Fan Yongdou clasped his hands together and said: "Fan thank you brothers and sisters for your kindness! The Fan family is not a piece of fat that anyone can come up to take a bite of. What happened today shames me. Fan swears that I will let you The main messenger is too late to regret! Let's go! Let's go and see who is so courageous!"

　Historically, Bi Maokang had indeed developed self-generating firecrackers, but due to the high cost and complicated craftsmanship, although the production method was dedicated to the imperial court, it did not attract attention.

　　
　
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