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On the last night of May, it was frighteningly dark, and the strong southerly wind that blew all day cleared away the summer heat; at the second watch, except for the lively laughter and laughter in the brothel and song workshop, most of the people in Luzhou City All fell asleep early on this rare and cool night.

On the small bridge to the south of Suji Luxi Manor, more than ten black shadows quickly ran across the bridge deck, and after a few ups and downs, they came to the long grass beside the outer wall of Suji's granary.

A tall masked man in the lead made a gesture, and the two masked men behind him groped towards the silent courtyard one after another. After a while, the two came back and whispered in the tall man's ear. some.

The tall masked man nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and took out a bulging skin bag from his bosom, and everyone behind him also took out the bag after seeing this, and followed the man quickly to the gate of the courtyard.

More than a dozen people stuck to the walls of the courtyard, listening attentively. There was no sound inside or outside the courtyard, except for the sound of the south wind sweeping through the surrounding woods and long grass, making the sound of waves and blades of grass rubbing against each other.

The tall masked man gently pulled out the bright saber from his waist, rushed to the courtyard gate, inserted the thin blade into the gap of the courtyard gate and moved up and down. Fiddled with, and after a while, there was an inaudible 'click' sound, the man looked happy, stretched out his hand and gently pushed the courtyard door, and the courtyard door slid open about a foot silently.

The man retreated and listened behind the door. Through the crack of the door, the courtyard was dark and there was no movement. The tall masked man gestured, and everyone entered the courtyard sideways.

The tall masked man is Heiqi with a scarred face. According to the secret investigation a few days ago, he has already figured out the terrain, personnel and location of the Suji granary. This time he came here when the night was dark and the wind was high. Burn down Suji granary.

Scarface Heiqi quickly made gestures, and the group of people divided into two groups, one group headed east and the other group went west, avoiding the residences of the two warehouse guards in the middle, and ran towards the granary.

The south wind is the best time to dry out the humidity. The doors and windows of the granary are all wide open in order to dry the hot and humid air generated in the granary. Two groups of masked people entered the granary without any effort.

These people are veterans of murder and arson, so they pulled out the plugs of their skin bags one after another without ordering them, and poured the liquid inside into the small warehouses in the warehouse; Scarface Heiqi made gestures to tell his subordinates to speed up, and stretched out his hand He probed into a pile of grain and grabbed a handful of rice, lifted the face towel and put a few in his mouth to chew, with a satisfied expression in his eyes.

The grain stacks that had been doused with kerosene gave off a pungent smell. Hei Qi, with his scarred face, stared at the granary that the group of people entered to the west. After a while, he saw a flash of fire, and the grain stacks had already been ignited. Hei Qi made a gesture, and everyone quickly took out the torches and set the grain stack on fire; the two teams rushed across the open courtyard and out of the grain storehouse at the fastest speed.

The fire rose rapidly, and with the help of the night wind, it turned into a raging fire in an instant, and the fire rushed to the roof in a short while; the people lying in the long grass poked their heads to look inside, and saw two or three rooms in the middle of the granary. From the room where the guards lived, more than a dozen men in disheveled clothes rushed out yelling. They first looked at the soaring flames rising from the roofs of the warehouses on both sides at a loss, and yelled in a panic. They scooped up the water in the large tank in the corner of the courtyard with wooden basins and barrels and tried to fight the fire, but the fire was so fierce that these people's efforts were in vain; The clerk scalded several people.

Seeing that the fire was no longer in danger of being controlled, the scarred Heiqi in the long grass straightened his waist, pulled off the black scarf on his face, and said with a smile: "You're done, let's enter the city from the south, north, and east gates. Throw away all the knives and firearms, and come to find me on the second floor of Mingyufang. Tonight, each of you will have two sisters and play until dawn."

Everyone smiled happily, scattered away, and disappeared into the wilderness.

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The granary was on fire, and on the hillside to the north, Su Jin stood with his hands behind his back, looking thoughtfully at the blaze.

"The Young Master's family is really good at predicting things. The whereabouts of this gang of thieves are completely under the control of the Young Master's family. It's really admirable." A fat master laughed at the side. He is the son of old shopkeeper Zhang, who was taken by Su Jin. He took the position of treasurer of the cloth village, and sent Zhang Deli to Luxi Manor to manage the tenants' fields.

Su Jin asked: "Is the food settled? Is that place safe?"

Zhang Deli bowed and said, "All arrangements were made last night. The place was personally selected by Master Hou. It is in Zhaojiazhuang ten miles away."

Su Jin nodded and said: "You need to pay more attention to this matter, the responsibility is heavy, and you also know that the thief is thinking about us; from now on, Su Ji will set up a branch of grain shops in the city, and we will see how you behave when the time comes , if you do your job well, I will let you be the shopkeeper."

Zhang Deli hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him. The Young Master's family is planning to reuse him again. After the treasurer of the cloth village was taken away, Zhang Deli was scolded bloody by his old man, and even the shrews at home ignored him. unbearable.

He also knew that the reason why Su Jin asked him to work in the Luxi Manor was because of the old man's face; Zhang Deli also had self-esteem, and he also wanted to use his own ability to change the old man and the young master's view of him. When this opportunity came, why not Thank you so much.

"Young master, since you know that this gang of thieves is coming to do bad things, why didn't you notify the government to send officers and soldiers to guard them, or organize your own people to capture this gang of thieves and send them to the government?"

Su Jin laughed and said: "Show the enemy weak, soldiers never tire of deceit, openly build plank roads, and cover Chencang secretly."

Zhang Deli scratched his head and asked puzzledly: "Young Master, can you explain it more clearly?"

Su Jin really wanted to say something to him: With your IQ, it's hard for me to explain it to you.

"Understand it yourself, and when you can understand the meaning, you will be a qualified shopkeeper."

Zhang Deli rolled his eyes and stopped talking, the young master's family was like a deep pool, unable to find out his depth, and he was timid if he talked too much, if there is anything he didn't understand, he might as well go home and ask the old man.

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After returning from a conversation with Yan Biyun, Su Jin started to plug his own loopholes. First, he asked Master Hou to find a safe place, and then secretly transferred all the food at night. Since he did not dare to disturb the car dealership, the Su family My own people used seven or eight cars of their own to smuggle them like mice moving, and it took three nights to finish all the transportation.

Straw was stuffed inside the remaining grain stacks, and a layer of grain was spread on the surface to camouflage, and Yan Biyun sent someone to secretly follow up with Scarface Heiqi and his gang. As soon as Heiqi and the others left the city tonight, Su Jin received the news. So there was the scene just now.

After the thrilling experience tonight, Su Jin really understood that this was no longer a matter of making money and losing money, but a life-and-death struggle. The reason why he chose to back down instead of organizing people to capture the thief on the spot was because of this reason.

So what if you catch it?Anyone who can bribe the inspector and supervisor to save Hei Qi and his bandits from the sword, and sending them to the government will be a dead end. Did he stand up and accuse the magistrate of colluding with the chamber of commerce to exchange executions?To poke out such a big basket without evidence is to seek death.

But now this choice is the best strategy, making the chamber of commerce think that Su Ji's food was burned, so that Su Ji will be turned from a bright place to a dark place. It will be much smaller, and it will be more beneficial to the implementation of Su Jin's plan.

"Let's be proud of you and see who has the last laugh."

The sky was getting brighter, and in the dawn, Su Jin was sitting in the mule cart returning to the city with a smile, behind him was a piece of rubble smoking green smoke, which was originally a secret granary where Su Ji stored [-] shi of grain.

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