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Chapter 225 Fan Wencheng's Plan
Snapped!
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, Fan Yongdou looked at the summoned servant in astonishment.

"what!"

"Master, the second master and our family's 20 loads of food are missing!"

At this time, the servant said to Fan Yongdou again, and Fan Yongdou's eyes were red at this moment: "Missing, how did you disappear? Where did you disappear!!"

Fan Yongdou's eyes were bloodshot because of anger, excitement, fear, and traces left behind. He knew the importance of this batch of grain too well. This batch of grain was prepared for the master of the Qing Dynasty. I can't explain it!

After hearing this, the servant said: "The thing is like this. According to the second master's message, our servants are waiting in Fangshan County to meet the second master. But after chasing Luliang, even after passing Luliang and returning to Shaanxi, we still didn’t find the second master, so we felt that something was going to happen, so we hurried back to report to you, master.”

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou frowned. The 20 dans of grain can be transported two miles in a horse-drawn cart, and there are thousands of guards. The most important thing is that there are [-] Jianzhou warriors inside. How could it disappear for no reason?

The key point is that this person is gone, but it’s easy to say, but the 20 dans of grain are military rations, and they are for the master of the Qing Dynasty. What about the other hundred Jianzhou warriors? Fan Yongdou still knew about his personality, if he didn't explain this, he would feel very sad.

Thinking about Fan Yongdou gave me a headache, at this moment there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, followed by a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe who came in and said, "Brother Yongdou, why are you sighing here!"

At this moment, Fan Yongdou looked up and saw the middle-aged scribe hastily cupped his hands: "Wen Chenggong."

That's right, this is the special envoy sent by the Qing Dynasty to Zhangjiakou to urge the Fan family to prepare military rations, Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Yongdou, then looked at the servant who was obviously flustered, and said with a smile, "Brother Yongdou, is there something to hide from me?"

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou was hesitant to speak, but thinking about it, he couldn't hide it from anyone, so he stomped his foot and said, "Mr. Wen Cheng, I dare not hide it from you. Something happened. The batch of grain and grass delivered by my brother disappeared!"

"Missing?!!"

Fan Wencheng was stunned when he heard the word missing. You could say that the food team that stretched for two miles and was escorted by thousands of people was robbed, but the word missing was too surprising. Such a huge team , how could it be missing?

Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Yongdou and said, "Tell me specifically."

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou looked at the servant and said, "Say it."

At this time, the servant was a little scared, and he said the matter in a panic. Fan Wencheng frowned and said, "You mean, your second master left the realm of Shaanxi and is about to arrive in Luliang, so you will be asked to prepare in Fangshan County. Responding to work, and then disappeared!"

"Right, that is it."

At this time, the servant said to Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng frowned: "That means the place where the accident happened is in the border of Luliang!"

"That's right!!"

After hearing this, Fan Wencheng said again: "But you have been searching in Luliang for a long time, but you haven't found any clues?"

"Yes, that's right."

Jia Ding stammered, after hearing this, Fan Wencheng's eyes gradually became deeper, and he was able to silently make a thousand-man food transport team disappear, this is definitely not the work of ordinary small forces, it seems that someone is eyeing him up.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng said: "Brother Yongdou, don't worry about this matter, I'll send someone to check it out."

"Ah, this, Mr. Wen Cheng, I..."

Fan Yongdou looked at what Fan Wencheng wanted to say, Fan Wencheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I will tell His Majesty and Hogbeile about this matter for you, you don't have to worry about this matter, and tell Your Majesty to prepare it for you." All other supplies are prepared, even if it is worthy of His Majesty's grace!"

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou looked at Fan Wencheng gratefully and said, "Wen Chenggong is really my noble man, so please ask Wen Chenggong."

Fan Yongdou said gratefully, Fan Wencheng smiled, turned around and his face became ugly, and quickly sent a Niulu manchu man who escorted him to the border of Luliang to check.

One day later, Fan Wencheng got the news that they found traces of the battle near Niutou Mountain in Lvliang. Although the opponent had cleaned the battlefield and even shoveled away the bloody soil, they found fire on a tree far away. There are bullet holes from musket shots, so it is likely that there was a fight here, and the opponent is likely to have a firearm.

Then they searched along the traces and found some traces on the road, but the traces were divided into two strands, one leading to northern Shaanxi and the other leading to the Qinling Mountains. They ventured into the Qinling Mountains and got lost.

After Fan Wencheng got the news, he thought about it for a long time. It was too hard to guess whether the enemy was real or not, but with such strength, he could rob more than 1000 escorts, especially the food team escorted by [-] Jianzhou warriors. small forces.

And what made Fan Wencheng feel the most powerful was that none of the one hundred Manchurian warriors ran out. You must know that defeating these one hundred Jianzhou warriors is not the same concept as completely annihilating these one hundred Jianzhou warriors.

To be able to do this, I am afraid that thousands of people must be encircled to succeed, otherwise it is impossible for the Jianzhou warriors to escape.

Now Shanxi and Shaanxi can have such power. Fan Wencheng estimates how many people, the first is Wang Jiayin from northern Shaanxi. He has gathered 20 people to revolt in northern Shaanxi. It is also very possible to send some soldiers to do this big case. Yes, and he also has a motive. Cannibalism has already begun in northern Shaanxi. The [-] dan of grain is so tempting.

Secondly, what Fan Wencheng thought of was the Shaanxi frontier army led by Hong Chengchou or Yang He. These frontier troops are also hungry recently. Although there is a catastrophe in Shaanxi, there is no shortage of food in Lantian County, but they cannot supply the hundreds of thousands of troops in Shaanxi. Eat it, so the 20 dans of grain is really too tempting, and it is not impossible for these officers and soldiers to vote for it.

As for other people, there are bandits hidden in the Qinling Mountains, there must be some, but such a big handwriting is not something ordinary bandits can do. More than 1000 people, including the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, will not be left alive. Fan Wencheng does not believe it That bandit can have this strength.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu in the house, who was also the guard hand-picked by Huang Taiji. At this time, Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, "Okay, let your people withdraw, there is no need to investigate this matter."

"No more investigations? Why, Mr. Fan, we lost 20 dans of food and the lives of more than 100 warriors. Why don't we investigate this matter?"

Niu Lu's eyes widened after hearing this, Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "I won't investigate anymore, I will write a letter to His Majesty."

"why?"

Niu Lu was unconvinced, Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, "Because we can't take revenge on them now!"

After hearing this, Niu Lu was even more unconvinced.

"Why can't we take revenge on them? Our warriors can't die in vain, and our food can't be lost in vain."

Niu Lu looked at Fan Wencheng and roared, Fan Wencheng was very helpless, in terms of status, he was much higher than Niu Lu, and in terms of responsibility, this Niu Lu was here to protect himself, but just because he was a Han Chinese, this Niu Lu dared to point at him. The nose talks to me, if I am a man, this Niu Lu will only obey me unconditionally, why am I not a man?
Fan Wencheng was very helpless and could only patiently explain: "According to the situation we have now, there are two groups of people who may rob us of food, and one is Wang Jiayin from northern Shaanxi."

"Wang Jiayin is just a bandit. He dared to rob us of food. We only need 8000 troops to fight. They can't find the north. It's easy to destroy them. Why can't we take revenge?"

Niu Lu stared and said, at this time Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "Let me ask you a question, who is Wang Jiayin fighting against?"

"Ming dynasty."

Niu Lu said, and Fan Wencheng continued to ask, "Then who are we fighting against?"

"It's Daming too."

Niu Lu replied, after hearing Niu Lu's answer, Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Now you still don't understand why you can't beat him?"

Niu Lu stared and said, "Why, he beats his, we beat ours, and we will kill him if he gets offended!"

Fan Wencheng's face suddenly collapsed, is there no intelligence in his head other than muscles?
Fan Wencheng was very helpless and continued to seduce him step by step. If he was a Han Chinese, he would have slapped him long ago. What is the difference between having a long head and not having one?

Niu Lu looked at Fan Wencheng, and Fan Wencheng said, "Then let me ask you, can we take down Daming now?"

After hearing this, Niu Lu thought for a while and said, "There are so many people in Daming, one after another dies, there is no way to kill them."

"That's it. If Wang Jiayin is left to make trouble here in Shaanxi, Daming will send people here to suppress it. Wouldn't it be better for the Ming people to kill the Ming people? It's so unwise to help Daming eradicate this cancer with tens of thousands of tons of food and grass."

Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, after hearing what Niu Lu said, he seemed to understand something, thought for a while and said, "This Wang Jiayin helped us fight against Daming, we killed him, and we helped Daming get rid of the traitors? "

"Yes."

Fan Wencheng nodded, and after hearing this, Niu Lu said: "That can't be fought, but isn't there still a group of people?"

"That group is the Shaanxi frontier army, soldiers of Yang He or Hong Chengchou."

Fan Wencheng looked at Niu Lu and said, Niu Lu grinned when he heard this, and said: "This is good, this can be beaten, and the people of the Ming court can be killed!"

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "In normal times, he could be killed, but not now. His Majesty will close the border soon. The target is the capital. This time the strategic purpose is greater and the impact will be greater. If we divide our troops here in Shaanxi, Shaanxi will The [-] Ming army is enough to hold back our [-] army, and then our strength will be seriously insufficient, which will affect our overall situation."

After hearing this, Niu Lu said irritably: "This is not okay, and that is not okay, should we just swallow this breath?"

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng nodded and said, "That's the only way, otherwise what else?"

Niu Lu sat down angrily when he heard the words, Fan Wencheng smiled, and then he heard someone knocking on the door: "Is Mr. Wen Cheng there?"

After hearing this, Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "Come in."

Said Fan Yongdou pushed the door open, then walked in with a smile, saw Niu Lu at a glance and said, "Your Excellency is here too."

Niu Lu turned his head to the side without looking at him, but Fan Yongdou was still smiling. At this time, Fan Wencheng looked at Fan Yongdou and said, "We almost know who did it this time."

"Who?"

Fan Yongdou stared, at this moment Fan Wencheng said: "It may be Wang Jiayin, or Hong Chengchou."

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou frowned and said, "It shouldn't be Hong Chengchou. Although Hong Chengchou is greedy for money, he has a bottom line and obeys the rules. Wang Jiayin should be the most likely one. These bandits are already hungry, and they can do anything. .”

After hearing this, Fan Wencheng said: "No matter who it is, we are not going to pursue it. Now everything must be based on His Majesty's great cause."

Hearing this, Fan Yongdou's expression was slightly sad, because his younger brother Fan Yongfa did not know whether he was alive or dead during this escort. He originally thought that Manqing could help revenge, but it seems that he can't point it out now.

Thinking of Fan Yongdou, he bowed and said, "It's all arranged by Wen Chenggong."

Fan Wencheng stood up and patted Fan Yongdou on the shoulder and said: "Brother Yongdou, there must be sacrifices in doing business. For the matter of Brother Yongfa, I express my condolences to you on behalf of His Majesty, but this matter can only end here until."

"understand."

Fan Yongdou bowed his head to express his understanding, and Fan Wencheng continued: "Although we are not actually going to pursue it, we must do a good job on the surface. You should immediately mobilize your relationship in Shanxi and Shanxi to let the government pursue the thieves. We will take Show some attitude, if there is no attitude, someone with a heart may make a judgment based on our actions, which is very detrimental to His Majesty's next actions."

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou said: "I know, I will mobilize all connections and let the government give our Fan family an explanation."

"Well, well done, brother Yongdou, this time you have dedicated yourself, and I will definitely show your credit to His Majesty."

After hearing this, Fan Yongdou smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wen Cheng."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and followed Fan Yongdou to start a relationship. Soon, Shanxi Chief Envoy's Yamen and Shaanxi Chief Political Envoy's Yamen jointly announced that they would arrest the murderer who murdered Fan's grain team this time.

Moreover, Fan Yongdou also offered a huge reward, as long as he could provide accurate information, Fan Yongdou would reward Wenyin with 5000 taels, and if he could catch the murderer, he would reward Wenyin with 1 taels;

Money touches people's hearts. Within two days, this big incident spread in Shanxi and Shanxi. For a while, whether it was bandits or people on the Green Forest Road, they frantically searched for the murderer. The money was too sweet.

Moreover, all levels of government began to exert pressure layer by layer, especially the parents of Luliang, who were required to solve the case within a time limit. For a while, the entire Shanxi and Shaanxi government were mobilized by this incident, and many people knew about it. I started to pay attention to this matter, and guessed who did it.

There was an uproar for a while, and many people met recently: Dude, do you know that 20 dans of food from the Fan family were robbed!

(End of this chapter)