A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 329 Palm Black Stone, Destroy Shanxi Merchants! (Seek full order)

Four or five two- to three-story-high painting boats were like paper paste in front of the airborne Gatling Vulcan Cannon, and they were torn apart and sank in the river before they survived a stick of incense.

Hua Twelve likes this feeling so much, he is biting his cigar at the moment, if he wears a pair of sunglasses, it will be a proper terminator.

When he finished his work, he shouted again: "Congratulations to Gatling Bodhisattva!" He put the Vulcan cannon into the storage space in an instant.

When he turned around, he saw only Ding Baiying standing behind him in surprise, Zhang Zhangban, Lu Jianxing, and several Jinling City officials headed by Zhang Hairui, all kneeling on the ground with expressions of excitement and piety.

Hua Twelve was a little puzzled: "Hey, what are you all doing kneeling?"

Zhang Hairui excitedly said: "Master Hou, when news came from the capital that you were a Qi refiner of Zhong Nanshan, the old man believed that you were deceiving the public with lies, but when I saw it today, the old man was delusional to Lord Hou with his eyes in the well." Add suspicion, the old man is confused!"

At the bottom of the well, there is still a mouse eye, as expected of a man of culture, you see what he said, Hua Twelve couldn't laugh or cry, and quickly helped him up:
"Master Zhang is serious!"

He said in his heart that you haven't met me a long time ago, and if you met me long ago, you would have been confused.

Zhang Hairui said excitedly again: "May I ask Lord Hou, which Bodhisattva is this Gatling Bodhisattva? Why do you only see the thunderbolt that descends the demons, but you can't see the holy face of the Bodhisattva?"

In their eyes, the thing that can spew more than ten feet of flames in the dark night, smash four or five painting boats, and also emit thunderous roars, isn't the demon-ridden thunderbolt, what is it?
So even though these officials were all scholars, they also believed in the words of Gatling Bodhisattva that Hua Twelve yelled indiscriminately.

Hua Twelve coughed twice, so it was because of this, he said nonsense:

"Just now I used the method of inviting the gods. I asked Namo Gatling Bodhisattva to come to me and perform the thunder method. Now the Bodhisattva has retired and returned to the upper realm!"

Several adults shook their heads again and again, lamenting that it was a pity that they were not able to see the Bodhisattva face to face due to their lack of predestined relationship with the Buddha.

Only Ding Baiying had a little suspicion in her eyes. She was standing behind her husband just now, and she could see clearly that the Gatling Bodhisattva seemed to be shooting something similar to the revolving gun.

When Hua Twelve led everyone down from the boat, most of the thousands of black-clothed killers who besieged the boat had already been killed, and the rest were frightened and fled in all directions.

Many Dongchang fanzi have already chased after them, thinking that with their strength in practicing the 'Sunflower Collection', the chances of those men in black escaping are not high.

Jin Yiwei couldn't grab the head of Dongchang Fanzi, so he went to the Qinhuai River to find those small boats leaning on the river bank, and rowed to the Qinhuai River. After the four or five painting boats were sunk, there were still many living people splashing in the water Well, those are all human heads.

Hua Twelve didn't stop him when he saw this. Black Stone is a killer organization. He usually kills and kills people for no good. Now he dares to fight against the imperial court. Being killed by Jin Yiwei is also a legitimate defense.

The bustard and other people on the misty boat have all been tied up and knelt on the ground. Hua Twelve signaled to take these people, together with Wang Xuetong and Cai Xishi Liansheng, back for strict interrogation.

Hua Twelve left Zhang Hairui behind and ordered the other adults to be sent home, and then he ordered to the left and right:
"The woman dancing just now fell into the water. Her sword is good."

Before the words were finished, a captain in Jinyi, in his early twenties, rushed up to Yanbofang without saying a word, jumped from the other side of the boat, plunged into the water, and stunned everyone around him.

Hua Twelve nodded in satisfaction, and then instructed Zhang Zhang:
"There is a Chen Ji oil shop in the city, and the owner is from Heishi. Go and take him, and bring back all the rosters he hid in the oil tank!"

The class leader Zheng bowed slightly, and galloped away with a few Dongchang fans on fast horses.

Zhuanlun Wang, who had just been escorted out not far away, heard Hua Shier mention the name of Chen Ji Youfang, he seemed to be ten years old in an instant, and was pushed forward.

Waiting for Zhang Zhang to lead the people away, Hua Twelve turned to Zhang Hairui and said with a smile: "Old Zhang, today is for the two of us!"

Zhang Hairui still remembered that when he was going back to the mansion, the prince said he would keep him and Marquis Xiping. Hearing what Hua Twelve said, he couldn't help but nodded, and said sternly:
"Master Hou, this matter needs to be investigated thoroughly. To be able to mobilize thousands of people to besiege us in Jinling, but to avoid the court's eyes and ears, there must be a lot of involvement behind it, and the power is not small!"

Hua Twelve nodded and said: "Master Zhang, don't worry, but I know what this prince wants to do with him!"

Zhang Hairui's expression changed, he cupped his hands and bowed and said, "Master Hou, please clarify!"

Hua Twelve said in a low voice: "Did you get a half-pulled corpse and let it go home? I guess it was for that!"

Zhang Hairui blurted out, "They're after Rama's body?"

Hua Twelve nodded: "I'm also interested in that thing, I'll lend it to me to study later, and I'll return it to you after I finish reading it!"

Zhang Hairui smiled wryly and said: "There are some rumors about the corpse, and the old man was also moved by curiosity, so he asked someone to get it. Since Lord Hou wants to see it, I just give it to Lord Hou later, and leave it to the old man. I'm afraid the hand is also a curse!"

Hua Twelve pretended to thank him, and then arranged for someone to send Zhang Hairui back to his home.

A quarter of an hour later, the Jinyi captain who jumped into the river before, holding Xiao Yu's water-dispelling sword in his hand, walked up to the bank completely drenched, trotted to Hua Twelve and knelt down, holding the sword with both hands:
"Lord Hou, I found the sword!"

Hua Twelve stretched out his hand to take the Pishui sword, drew the sword out of its sheath and shook the sword flower, it was straight and straight as expected, and asked the man after taking the sword:

"What is your name?"

The man's face showed ecstasy and he said: "Du Buffalo, a small school under Mr. Lu Baihu's humble rank!"

Hua Twelve laughed loudly: "Your name is good, no wonder you can fish up this sword from the bottom of the water so quickly, but you are good at water, and your understanding of life is better."

He turned his head and shouted, "Old Lu!"

Lu Jianxing hurried forward and said respectfully, "Master Hou!"

Hua Twelve pointed to the small school in front of him and said, "This Du Buffalo, raise the general flag!"

After being promoted to two levels in a row, everyone around immediately looked at Du Buffalo with envy, wishing that he was the first to react and jump into the water to grab the sword.

"It's Lord Hou!"

After Lu Jianxing finished speaking, he kicked Du Buffalo, who was in ecstasy, and said, "Thank you, Lord Hou!"

After being kicked, Du Buffalo came back to his senses instantly, and kowtowed to Hua Twelve; "Thank you, Lord Hou!"

For this Du Buffalo, Hua Twelve knew it well. Although this person's name is simple, he is a person who is good at flattering. Just now, the other party rushed out before he finished speaking. Although the matter was done, he still didn't think much of it. on this kind of person.

But Hua Shier understands the truth of buying horse bones with a thousand pieces of gold, and he should be rewarded for his merits.

Hua Twelve raised Du Buffalo as the general banner in public, and it was also for other subordinates to see, as long as he worked hard, he would not hesitate to reward him.

After leading Ding Baiying back to the inner garrison, Hua Shier ordered all the factory guards under him to act, interrogate what should be interrogated, investigate what should be investigated, in short, do their best to find out what happened today.

Thinking about it, I am a little scared. If he hadn't let Dongchang Fanzi start practicing "Sunflower Treasure" two or three months earlier, if he hadn't had modern weapons in his luggage, today's Blackstone assassination against him would have been a must-kill situation. , there is almost no chance of a comeback.

As Zhang Hairui said, being able to mobilize thousands of people under their noses without being noticed by the court is simply appalling and must be investigated.

Waking up the next morning, Hua Twelve was boxing and exercising in the yard, and someone came to report that Zhang Hairui had already sent someone to bring over half of Rama's body.

Hua Twelve glanced at it and felt disgusted. Fortunately, he still has the memory of a surgeon, otherwise he would not have had breakfast.

Ask people to put it up first, and then use the authority of the commander of the Jinyiwei, through the secret system of the Jinyiwei, to order the Jinyiwei in various places to secretly search for the whereabouts of the other half of Rama's body.

Hua Twelve remembered that in the original plot of "Sword Rain", the other half of Rama's body fell into the hands of Zhang Dajing, the richest man in Ming Dynasty. Now he doesn't know if that time has come, but it doesn't matter, just check it out.

Regarding the incident on the day of Chongyang, the factory guards were operating at full capacity with extremely high efficiency. In three days, the detailed case files about the Blackstone organization and the assassination that day were placed in front of Hua Twelve.

After Hua Twelfth finished reading these cases, he was shocked, and at the same time, he also understood why Black Stone had planned such a big murder against him.

First of all, let’s talk about the Blackstone organization. This Jianghu organization is not a simple killer organization as Hua Shier’s impression is, but it covers half of the Ming Dynasty. It is an invisible huge black hand above the Ming Dynasty, involving all walks of life. .

Judging from the list of Blackstone members found by Chen Ji Youfang and the records of various letters, Blackstone was established 20 years ago and has developed extremely rapidly. Half of the officials in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty are under the control of the Blackstone organization.

Even the prefect of Xuzhou and the magistrate of Hangzhou, such local officials, have to make offerings to Heishi on a monthly basis.

In addition, the two wealthy gangs of Jiangnan Yan and Cao, and the eight Shanxi merchants' businesses outside the customs all have the shadow of the Blackstone organization.

The amount of silver taels donated to Heishi from all over the country every month is as many as several million taels. This kind of income is simply richer than the imperial court.

It can be said that Black Stone's power has already threatened the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for Black Stone not controlling the army, I am afraid that it would be easy to overthrow the imperial court in another day.

Speaking of this matter, I have to thank Wei Zhongxian, because when the Black Stone really developed, its power could only stay in the southern provinces, and could not touch the north or even the capital, because that was the territory of the Eunuch Party.

Without the support of the forces in the capital, if Heishi wanted to control the army, it would be like a dream.

It is precisely because of the existence of Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch, that the development of Heishi has been curbed to a certain extent.

But since Wei Zhongxian's downfall a few months ago, Black Stone began to move around. The Anzi, who were ambushing in the court of the capital, avoided Hua Twelve's attack and liquidation, and they all came back to life.

But Hua Twelve looked more ferocious than Wei Yan, which made those dark men of the Black Stone dare not act rashly.

But I didn't expect that the upstart in front of the emperor would go south to Heishi's territory. As long as this Marquis of Xiping is eliminated in the south, the capital can develop with peace of mind.

This was the reason why Black Stone mobilized the crowd and planned to kill Hua Twelve. Of course, there was also the reason why the Wheel-Running King wanted to deal with Zhang Hairui and seize Rama's body.

This time, Black Stone used more than 5000 killers, including experts from the Yan and Cao gangs, as well as experts from several major salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and even experts sent by the prefect of Hangzhou and eight Shanxi merchants.

Pei Lun, Lu Jianxing, Zheng Zhangban, and Lu Wenzhao lined up in a row, all standing in front of Hua Twelve with serious expressions. They all knew that the matter was of great importance, and they were afraid that something big would happen again under the rage of Lord Hou up.

Unexpectedly, after Hua Shier finished reading the case, he threw the things on the table, without any intention of getting angry, but laughed:

"I didn't expect that our Ming Dynasty was really rich. Just this Xuzhou prefect, before leaving Beijing, Ben Hou even submitted papers and cried poorly for the court to ask for money. Look at the 15 taels of silver offered to Heishishang this month!"

After Lu Wenzhao heard it, his teeth itch with hatred: "Master Hou, these people deserve death, let's kill them all!"

Hua Twelve covered his face: "No wonder Xinwang finished so quickly. With your IQ, you still give advice to others? How much enmity did you have with Xinwang back then!"

"Forehead"

Lu Wenzhao had a embarrassed expression, but his eyes were a little confused. He didn't know where he was wrong.

Hua Twelve patted a thick stack of Blackstone rosters, and said:

"There are so many high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen in the world. If you kill them all, then there is no need for others to rebel. Our Ming Dynasty will be over in no time!"

He pondered for a while, and said: "Nowadays, the outside world doesn't know about the affairs of the Blackstone organization. Let's keep this matter a secret. Pei Lun took Jin Yiwei to go through all these lists. Anyone who initiates a civil uprising will be labeled as eunuchs, beheaded and ransacked!"

"The rest of the officials, wealthy businessmen, and the Yan and Cao gangs will continue to be taken over by Dongchang in the name of Black Stone. As the imperial court cannot collect taxes, let these people continue to pay taxes for Black Stone!"

Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this. This is definitely a clever move. Does it mean that the change of direction will increase the tax revenue for the court so soon?

Hua Shier took out the case file of the Shanxi Merchants separately:
"Shanxi merchants, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, these eight cannot stay. These Shanxi merchants have continuously donated blood, ironware, grain and grass to Houjin through the Mongolian trade route. , even weapons and firearms, they are simply insane!"

Hua Twelve slapped the table with his hands, deciding the fate of the eight families:
"Just let them disappear, but there are too many officials involved with them, so you can't move them openly, you just have to figure out a way!"

Lu Wenzhao's eyes lit up. He came from the army and was familiar with Mongolian trade routes, so he said immediately:

"Master Hou, the Mongolian trade route is not peaceful, and it is normal for these people to encounter horse bandits!"

Hua Twelve nodded and said: "It's possible, but the caravan is a little bit cheaper for them. I heard that these people's homes are all high-walled courtyards, and the wealth is beyond the enemy's country. These are the wealth obtained by collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country!"

Inspired by Lu Wenzhao, Lu Jianxing smiled and said, "Master Hou, Shanxi is not peaceful either. Who knows which mountain king will level the eight families when he descends from the mountain!"

Hua Twelve looked at Lu Jianxing approvingly: "Okay, I will leave this matter to you, and when it is done, I will give you a thousand households!"

Lu Jianxing is an official fan, and he became excited when he heard the words: "Thank you, my lord!"

One month later, all the caravans of Shanxi merchants leaving the customs were plundered by horse thieves.

Those horse thieves not only robbed goods, but also killed people, leaving no one alive.

Before the Shanxi merchants organized another caravan, the eight major Shanxi merchants were slaughtered by a group of thousands of fierce bandits, and all their property was robbed.

According to Jin Yiwei's subsequent investigation, it was a group of well-equipped bandits who passed by. They even used firearms when they did the crime.

After Jin Yiwei's investigation was fruitless, thousands of carts full of boxes were shipped out from Shanxi. It was said that they were all evidence, and they were taken back for investigation.

　Thanks: brother 08a for the reward, thanks for the support of brothers who pay 200 yuan for a pack of spicy strips, thanks for the brothers who voted monthly and recommended votes, and thanks for the brothers who read books and collected them, thank you.

　　
　
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