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Chapter 41 The evil man’s vicious plan is rampant and proud

The Fan family mansion.

It is also like the Zhang family's mansion, consisting of more than a dozen courtyards, but its style is more like a Shanxi merchant's mansion - with corridors interspersed, moon gates running through, and pavilions overlapping, almost a maze.

Gan Yaozu, who was a thief, passed through courtyards one after another. The officers and soldiers sitting on the ground in the shade were still wiping their swords or sleeping soundly against the wall. Only a few people traced his back.

Soon, Gan Yaozu arrived at the main courtyard of the Fan family.

After being notified, he was put into the main house.

In the hall, Fan Yongcheng and Liu Xicai sat next to each other as guests and guests, with a pot of tea each placed on the table next to them.

There is also a large brass ice mirror in the center of the hall, making it much cooler inside than outside.

Fan Yongcheng, who is in his 40s, is wearing loose silk clothes. He is slightly fatter and has a shrewd face, but he is smiling.

Liu Xicai is about 40 years old, a little fat, but has a pair of ghostly eyebrows, a pair of slanted eyes, the distance between the eyebrows is still short, and although the short beard on the chin is neatly trimmed, it still gives people a sinister look.

When Gan Yaozu came in, he knelt down on one knee to Liu Xicai, clasped his fists and said, "Master, that red lady is really here for the Zhang family's grain. She is currently having people move the grain and load it into trucks, and has also sent dozens of people to the town to search for Roman carriages. , medicinal materials, cloth, etc.

In addition, the red lady tied up all the hundreds of archers who were blocked in the Zhang family mansion, and seemed to have no intention of killing them.Because of this, she even had a quarrel with a capable subordinate. "

Liu Xicai nodded, then waved his hand and said: "I understand, you go and keep watching. If nothing unexpected happens, I will report back when the red lady leaves Zhang's house."

"As ordered!"

After Gan Yaozu left, Fan Yongcheng waved his folding fan and said with a smile: "The Red Lady and Zhang Debiao may not even be able to imagine that Mr. Liu is in Minggang Town, at my home."

Liu Xicai smiled when he heard this and said proudly: "One of these two people is a female bandit who just appeared this year, and the other is a useless person who became the patrol inspector because of his family background. If I want to deal with them, I will naturally be able to catch them."

Fan Yongcheng said with a smile: "These two people really cannot be compared with Mr. Liu, but I don't know when Mr. Liu will take action?"

Liu Xicai said: "This red lady started the uprising from Jigong Mountain, and for several months she caused chaos in the countryside in the north of Xinyang Prefecture, causing no peace. Now she is heading north to Queshan Mountain, looking like she is going to be a rogue bandit.

Half a month ago, she kidnapped thousands of refugees in Xingji, but today only about [-] people came to Minggang, and the rest must be hidden somewhere.

Therefore, I plan to track them to the bandit's nest so that I can wipe out all the Red Lady's people to avoid a resurgence. "

"That's true." Fan Yongcheng smiled and nodded, then handed over his hand, "Then I would like to congratulate Mr. Liu in advance on his meritorious service and promotion."

Liu Xicai said: "Making meritorious service is certain. Whether I can be promoted or not depends on Fan Dong's family to establish connections in Fucheng for me.

If I can really be promoted to the garrison officer of King Chu City, I will definitely need the benefits of the Fan family. "

Fan Yongcheng said: "As long as there is enough money, I guarantee there will be no problem in Fucheng."

Liu Xicai was happy after hearing this and said with a smile: "How much money does it cost to destroy the Zhang family? Just ask the Fan Dong family."

Obviously, Liu Xicai had received the news in advance that the Red Lady was going to loot Minggang, but he hid his troops in the Fan family and did not stop the Red Lady. He not only wanted to find the bandits' lair and kill all the Red Lady's team, but also wanted to take this opportunity to kill Zhang Home.

The Zhang family regarded themselves as the largest landowners in Minggang, and Zhang Dezhao was a civil servant and had some connections in the capital, so they never looked down upon Liu Xicai, who was a bandit.

However, the Zhang family also controlled the grain trade in this section of the Huaihe River, almost holding Liu Xicai's lifeline.

Therefore, Liu Xicai wanted to get rid of the Zhang family for more than a day or two.

Today, the Red Lady kidnapped the Zhang family. Even if he didn't kill her before leaving, he could send troops to wipe out the Zhang family and then blame the Red Lady on her.This matter can also make the heads of Red Lady and other bandits more valuable in Fucheng, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

As for why the Red Lady had the audacity to come to Minggang Town to snatch the Zhang family's food, Fan Yongcheng and Liu Xicai didn't think deeply about it.

These days, food is life, and the Red Lady and others are desperadoes who kill officials and rebel. It is normal to risk their lives to grab food.

What's more, if Liu Xicai is really in the Chu King's City twenty miles away, don't be too greedy, Madam Red, and grab less food. You still have a chance to escape...

After half an hour.

Gan Yaozu came to the Fan family mansion again to report.

"Master, the red lady and the others have left the Zhang family!"

Liu Xicai asked: "How many carts did they transport? How did the Zhang family dispose of it?" "They transported a hundred carts of grain, and ten carts of cloth, medicinal materials, salt, etc. in total. Thirteen Zhang family members were hijacked. Let them take it with them in the car."

"Hahaha," Liu Xicai burst out laughing after hearing this, "This red lady is really greedy, and I'm not afraid of her running away now.

Let her go, that is, let her walk seven or eight miles out of the town first, and it will only take us an hour to catch up. "

After all, Fan Yongcheng was a businessman and should be more prudent in his work. He was worried about the recurrence of things, so he reminded: "Mr. Liu had better send someone to follow on horseback to monitor, to avoid any accidents."

"Don't worry, Mr. Fan, I have made arrangements and will never let the red lady escape."

After saying that, Liu Xicai got up and took Gan Yaozu to a courtyard outside.

Unlike the officers and soldiers in other courtyards who all wore the Ming Army's standard cloth armor, the dozens of people in this courtyard all looked capable, but they all wore the clothes of ordinary people, and even looked like refugees.

These people were resting staggering around, but when they saw Liu Xicai coming in, they immediately stood up one by one. Although they did not form a queue, they still had the aura of a gangster.

"Later, let Xiao Gan take you to the Zhang family's mansion. Kill everyone you see, leaving no chickens or dogs behind! When you kill someone, say it's on the orders of the Red Lady. Do you remember this?!"

"remember!"

Dozens of people agreed with a bang, all of them smiling ferociously.

They were all bandits who followed Liu Xicai in the rebellion. Later, Liu Xicai killed Sheng Zhiyou, the leader of the rebellion, and surrendered to the government, and they became officers and soldiers.

Although there is little discipline among officers and soldiers these days, they cannot rape and kill people at will like they did when they were bandits, let alone attack wealthy families.

Now that Liu Xicai wants to leave the Zhang family's chickens and dogs alone, they can naturally do whatever they want and enjoy themselves.

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Liu Sheng was currently staying on the roof of the tallest restaurant in Minggang Town, while Ma Jinliang was guarding below.

Here, he can see the Zhang family, Fan family and even the situation outside the town through the telescope.

Seeing that the Red Lady and others brought more than 100 carts away, Liu Sheng also shook his head, thinking that the Red Lady had lost her head or was too greedy.

Although the cart does not move slowly on the plains, it is difficult to pick up the speed after loading the grain.

The most important thing is that the ruts are deep and easy to follow.

Not to mention that hundreds of officers and soldiers are now hiding in Fan's house and may be launched to pursue them at any time.

Liu Sheng couldn't help but feel strange when he saw that the last cart of the red lady team was leaving from the south street entrance of the town, but there was no movement from the officers and soldiers at the Fan family mansion.

While he was looking carefully through the binoculars, he saw dozens of men dressed as ordinary people coming out with knives and heading straight to the Zhang family's mansion, killing everyone they saw.

When he saw the younger woman, he pulled her into the house.

There are even those who do things directly in the yard without being particular about it.

For a moment, the Zhang family mansion was filled with cries, screams, and ferocious laughter, which could even be heard faintly in the restaurant where Liu Sheng was.

'It seems that the Fan family and the officers and soldiers hiding inside want to destroy the Zhang family. '

With this thought in his mind, Liu Sheng quickly went downstairs.

Ma Jin, who was guarding below, saw him and asked: "My boss, the bandits have left, should we leave too?"

Liu Sheng said: "You go and tell them to leave from Beijiekou. I'll go do some errands and I'll be there in a moment."

After saying that, Liu Sheng went straight to the Zhang family mansion.

He didn't want to fish in troubled waters - when he saw hundreds of officers and soldiers hiding in the Fan family, he gave up the idea of ​​fishing in troubled waters.

Because it is too dangerous.

He is going to the Zhang family now just to cause some trouble for the Fan family and the officers and soldiers.

This is not a troublesome thing to do - there are about a hundred archers tied up in a relatively remote courtyard of the Zhang family.

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