A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 287 Casting the Net
A new day dawned in the early morning. Because it was too early, the road was foggy. Walking on the street, after a while, the clothes on my body got wet.

Chef Zhang went to work in Xianju Building as usual.

"Master, why don't you change your clothes?"

The apprentice's voice woke up Chef Zhang.

"Ah, what, oh, no, thank you, bring me one. Forget it, I'll change it myself."

After saying that, without waiting for his apprentice's reaction, he went to a room in the back kitchen.

"It's strange, master, what's wrong today?" The apprentice saw that Chef Zhang didn't match what he was saying, but he didn't think much about it and just assumed that the master didn't sleep well last night.

Noon, the back kitchen of Xianju Building
"Chef Zhang, is the steamed fish ready? Master is waiting for his meal." A waiter reminded loudly.

"Okay, okay, Xiao Liu, serve it to the young master." Chef Zhang was carrying a plate of steamed fish, but there was too much sweat on his head, and it almost dripped on the fish.

"Hey, my chef, be careful, if it drips on it, we will both be ruined." The waiter surnamed Liu shouted when he saw Chef Zhang's Han Shui almost dripping on it.

"Oh, luckily there isn't. Please serve it to the young master quickly."

Chef Zhang forced a smile.

The waiter surnamed Liu didn't care too much, carefully carried the steamed fish and served it.

"Excuse me, please give way, be careful of burning! Hey, sir, please excuse me, thank you..."

Several disciples in the back kitchen saw that Chef Zhang was not in good condition today.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"I don't know"

A usually favored apprentice stepped forward and said with concern: "Master, if you feel uncomfortable, why don't you go and have a rest? As long as it's not a big deal, our brothers can take care of it."

Chef Zhang refused and said, "No, it's just a little hot and a little tired today. Let's continue working."

On the third floor of Xianju Building, there is a private room often used by Li Yong.

Li Yong was very happy to eat Chef Zhang's steamed fish. Sure enough, he never got tired of eating this steamed fish. It didn't take long for Li Yong to finish the whole plate of steamed fish.

Then he took another sip of wine.

Suddenly Li Yong felt a little hot and warm in his abdomen. Li Yong didn't take it seriously, thinking it was because of drinking.

"Someone is coming!"

The door was pushed open.

"Son!"

"Go and call me today's share."

Soon, Xiao Taohong, who was on duty today and lived next door, entered the room.

"Oh, Master, why are you so busy these days? I'm almost sick..."

"Haha, I am the head of Zaoqiang's family. How can I only focus on the love between my children? I don't want to be King Zhou and Emperor Dang."

The guard guarding the door didn't wait long before the sound of fighting sounded in the room.

It's just that this time the battle lasted extra long.

Night, fire, fire, fire shooting into the sky, fire shooting into the sky all over the city.

Zaoqiang's granary was maliciously set on fire, along with the granaries of various grain stores.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" "It's gone!" "It's gone!"

After a night of fire fighting, the fire was only controlled near the granary and did not spread to surrounding residential buildings.

"Check, check for me, I want to see who is blind and dares to burn down my Li family's granary." Zhang Ye was like a gambler who lost money, his eyes were red and he roared at the man in front of him.

You know, this is thousands of stones of food. If you can't find the real culprit, you will be in misery. Although Li Yong looks like a promiscuous young man, he knows his methods very well.

"Steward, the heads of the Xin family, Wang family, He family, An family and more than a dozen families are here."

A fellow came running in to report.

"What are they doing here!" Zhang Ye didn't respond, "Let them come in."

"Guanshi Zhang, I can't live anymore, I really can't live." The heads of the families were led by the head of the Xin family.

Zhang Ye said irritably: "Why can't I survive? Tell me more carefully."

The head of the Xin family has burned almost all the food in the city, and all the food stores have suffered huge losses. He asked him to find the real culprit. Also, in two days, the city will run out of food, and he and others need to get out of the city. To mobilize a large amount of grain and grass from outside, Zhang Ye was asked to issue customs clearance documents.

Zhang Ye couldn't decide this kind of thing. He asked these people to go back first, and he would give them the news by night at the latest.

When Zhang Ye arrived at Xianju Tower to report the situation to Li Yong, Li Yong was fighting.

Waiting for the battle to end, a weak woman came out, and Zhang Ye quickly went in.

Li Yong was seen leaning on the edge of the cave with sweat profusely and his face a little pale, and kept drinking tea.

"What's the matter, so urgent!"

Zhang Ye looked at Li Yong's look and said with some worry: "Master, are you okay? Your face looks a little bad."

Li Yong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly felt irritated for no reason: "Hurry up and tell me what's going on."

Zhang Ye quickly told all the recent events and the things that the Xin family members needed to pass.

"I understand. I will immediately ask someone to bring you the customs clearance documents. In addition, you must ensure that the county does not have enough food, otherwise I will settle the old and new accounts for you."

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Ye retreated, and Li Yong relaxed for a rare moment, and suddenly thought of something: "Come here, please bring me Ding's doctor."

"Sir, you have had sex too frequently, which has made your body a little weak, but the problem is not serious. I will prescribe you some decoction to strengthen the kidneys and spleen. Drink three bowls after meals every day, once in the morning, noon and evening, but You can no longer have sexual intercourse, and you will be cured after five days of indignity.

However, remember not to have sex again, otherwise it will lead to physical depletion and lifelong death. "

Li Yong had Dr. Ding sent out and gave him several hundred dollars to thank him for his visit.

At Zaoqiang City Gate, a continuous stream of grain trucks stopped at the gate.

"Master Jun, this is our customs clearance document!"

A man dressed as a shopkeeper showed the customs clearance documents to the officers and soldiers guarding the gate.

The young officer checked and found that it was correct. He was about to have someone check the big car to see if there was any contraband.

"Okay, there is no need to check so carefully. This is a document issued by the young master. There must be nothing wrong with it. The city is short of food now, so let them get in quickly.

Go in early so that the people in the city can feel at ease earlier, and don't block the people behind. "

An officer who was obviously a junior officer spoke up.

"Yes, Junhou."

Then he turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Okay, come on over."

"Hey, thank you, Master. Master, please don't refuse this gift."

The young officer who secretly accepted the gift was now in a better mood, watching the motorcade continuously drive into the city gate.

Now, there should be no panic over food in the city. However, these guys are all strong young men. Are young men so easy to find now?
The young officer was a little confused, but his superiors had spoken, so there was no need for him to say anything offensive.

The head of the security team was given the task of investigating the fire culprit, so he spent the whole day running around in various burned granaries.

He found that the traces of burned grain in Li's granary were different from the traces of burned grain in other houses. It seemed that the traces of those houses were somewhat similar to the traces of burned grain husks, but he did not say it out loud. Instead just go find the arsonist.

Soon, he discovered that the last place where the arsonist disappeared was in a residential yard in the east of the city.

The head of the security guard did not lead his men in rashly. Instead, he ordered people to monitor the situation first and not to act rashly. He then returned to the county government office and reported the situation.

"What, found it?" Cao, the thief in charge of catching the robbers, said happily.

"Zheng Zhi, take people immediately to arrest this person. This is the person the young master wants."

Zheng Zhi immediately came out and agreed. Wei Tie had long expected that Zheng Zhi would grab him for such a famous thing. He was used to being picked peaches.

Arriving at the east of the city, Zheng Zhi took his subordinates and looked at the quiet house in front of them. When Wei Tie nodded expressionlessly, Zheng Zhi led his men and rushed in.

Soon, the sound of fierce fighting came from inside.

"Squad leader, why don't we go in and help?" a subordinate on the side said.

Wei Tie looked at his brothers who were following him without any regrets: "Don't worry, just wait."

Soon, the sounds in the yard gradually subsided, even reaching the point of silence.

"Bang!" There was a sound of shattering tiles.

"walk into!"

Wei Tie took the lead and entered the yard.

All I saw were a bunch of government officials under Zheng Zhi lying scattered in the yard. Each one of them had their necks wiped. It was obvious that they were surrounded and killed by professionals.

Zheng Zhi slumped against the wall, his head drooped weakly, and he made no sound.

"Team leader, there is a secret door here that leads to the alley next to it. The murderer should have escaped from here. Should we chase him?"

Wei Tie looked at everything in front of him: "Forget it, we can't beat them if we catch up, it's just a few more lives."

Then he pointed at a dozen unfamiliar corpses and said, "Isn't this ready-made? It's just that squad leader Zheng was anxious and rushed in with his own people before we could finish gathering.

We were unable to rescue him, and Team Leader Zheng and a group of his subordinates were all killed by the murderer. Fortunately, both sides suffered losses. We appeared in time and killed the last two people, who were the real culprits of the arson. "

"Here, squad leader, isn't this bad?" A Yamen servant hesitated.

Wei Tie looked around at the brothers who were staring at him: "All brothers have been with me through life and death. The shortest one has been three years, and the longest one has been more than ten years. I would like to speak to all of you from the bottom of my heart.

Are we really serving the people now? Is it for the common people, or is it acting as a hawk for the Li family? If you can trust me, old Tietou, don’t ask any more questions. I am thinking about your safety. "

"I listen to the squad leader."

"me too."

Seeing that everyone supported him, Wei Tie also laughed rarely.

In Xianju Tower, Li Yong, who was unable to vent because he had taken a lot of tonic medicine, felt that everything in front of him made him upset, but he had not completely lost his mind.

"What? We caught him, where are the people?"

"Dead? Are you a waste?"

"Zheng Zhi is also dead? His men are also dead? No, this is wrong, let me think about it!"

Li Yong, who was about to scold his men, heard that Zheng Zhi and all his party members had died in the arrest, and his intuition immediately made him realize that something was wrong.

But the more he thought about it, the more bored he felt. Uncontrollably, images of himself and women emerged in his mind. He suppressed the thought and took a big gulp of cold water. His mind suddenly cleared up for a moment. He seemed to Something came to mind.

"Tell me, what is the name of the new county magistrate?"

(End of this chapter)