Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() At this time, the salt merchants in Yangzhou remembered a key person, that is Wang Mi.But when they went to Qi's house to inquire about Wang Mi's whereabouts, Qi's family replied: Wang Mi has left Qi's family with his whole family, and his whereabouts are unknown.

After the Patriarch of the Qi Family was assassinated and died, at the clan meeting of the Qi Family, Qi Chun'an, the eldest son of the Patriarch of the Qi Family, was elected as the new Patriarch.That Qi Chun'an is in his early thirties this year, and has followed his father to help manage the family business for more than ten years, and he is also very shrewd and capable.

So when the Patriarch of the Qi family was assassinated, Qi Chun'an actually regarded Wu Shigong as one of the suspects at the first time, so he also secretly arrested Wang Mi's family at the first time.

But before Qi Chun'an arranged people to go to Henan to find out whether Wu Shigong was suspected of assassinating his father?At this time, a series of tragedies happened in Henan immediately shocked Qi Chun'an.

And at this time, of course Qi Chun'an no longer has to look for evidence that Wu Shigong assassinated his father.But for Qi Chun'an, he found that his Qi family was suddenly in a very bad position.

Let's talk about revenge first.If Wu Shigong just assassinated Qi Chun'an's father, then Qi Chun'an could pay for revenge, or spend a lot of money in the officialdom, so that Wu Shigong couldn't afford to go around. There are many tit-for-tat methods that can be adopted.But the prerequisite for using these methods is that Wu Shigong still has to abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, at least on the surface.

But when Wu Shigong assassinated Qi Chun'an's father, and then unabashedly swung his butcher knife at the Yangzhou salt merchants in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion, Qi Chun'an had no choice.

You know, Wu Shigong is a military officer after all, and he has powerful force in his hands. If the two sides go head-to-head and kill each other, it will be the Qi family's disadvantage.

And Wu Shigong's undisguised and arrogant killing seemed to be telling Qi's family clearly: I killed the head of Qi's family, and I also wanted to kill the salt merchants in Yangzhou, but what can you do to me?And Wu Shigong's confession was clearly told to everyone, if you want to take revenge, just let them go.

Just like the saying goes: if you are stupid, you are afraid of being stunned, and if you are stunned, you are afraid of dying.Wu Shigong has shown a reckless attitude, so the conventional method of retaliating against Wu Shigong will definitely not work.

Let's talk about the relationship between the Qi family among the salt merchants in Yangzhou.Originally, the assassination of the head of the Qi family should have aroused the same hatred among the salt merchants in Yangzhou.But when Wu Shigong showed his brutal methods, he frightened those Yangzhou salt merchants. This is not the way to do business, it's too bloody.

And when those salt merchants found out that Wu Shigong had also been assassinated once, they seemed to have found the reason.Those salt merchants immediately united to put pressure on Qijia, asking Qijia to give the salt merchants an explanation.

The occurrence of this kind of situation almost made Qi Chun'an feel bad.He just wanted to curse: Wu Shigong killed those salt merchants and robbed their salt goods. To get revenge, those salt merchants should also go to Wu Shigong, but now those salt merchants are looking for Qijia relentlessly, but Not daring to look for Wu Shigong, what is the meaning of this?Are those salt merchants trying to pick a soft persimmon?

But although Qi Chun'an was full of anger, at this moment, he didn't dare to turn against those salt merchants, and he didn't even dare to meet them.Because of the death of Qi Chun'an's father, the foundation of Qi's family is already somewhat unstable.

But also because of this reason, Qi Chun'an will never hand over the living Wang Mi.Because if Wang Mi confessed that he really sent someone to assassinate Wu Shigong, it would definitely be a disaster for the Qi family.Because absolutely no one would believe that Wang Mi's assassination was just his own behavior, not the master of the Qi family.

But also because he wanted to solve the doubt in his heart, Qi Chun'an still wanted to know from Wang Mi whether Wang Mi sent someone to assassinate Wu Shigong.

Wang Mi has been locked in the dungeon where he can't see his fingers for more than ten days. During these days, there is no other thing except for a little light that comes through when Wang Mi is delivered three meals a day from the small hole under the entrance of the dungeon. There was no movement, and no one came to talk to Wang Mi.At this time, Wang Mi's spirit was about to collapse.

On this day, the door of the dungeon was suddenly opened. Wang Mi squinted his eyes and hadn't adapted to the light coming from outside the door, so he was dragged out by several big men.

When Wang Mi was finally able to see the situation outside clearly, he found Qi Chun'an's gloomy face in front of him.

Wang Mi immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Qi Chun'an and cried, "Master, this is really not a small matter."

Qi Chun'an looked straight at Wang Mi for a long time, then sighed and said: "Master Wang, you are also an old man of Qi's family, and I don't want you to suffer from that flesh and blood. Just say it clearly, in the end Did you send someone to assassinate Wu Shoubei of Runing Mansion?"

"The little one really doesn't know! The little one doesn't have such courage at all!" Wang Mi kowtowed until his forehead was covered in blood.Of course he wanted to deny it desperately, because he knew that as long as he admitted it, he would have absolutely no way out.

But when Qi Chun'an saw Wang Mi's denial, he was not moved. He sighed again, and then said to Wang Mi: "Don't you think about your family? Your grandson is only over one year old. I went to see it just now, and it looks really cute."

After Wang Mi heard this, he suddenly forgot to kowtow in horror. He straightened his neck and looked at Qi Chun'an, struggling repeatedly in his mind.

Seeing that Wang Mi still didn't respond, Qi Chun'an let out a long sigh for the third time.He told the guards of Qijia beside him: "Send shopkeeper Wang back to the dungeon. Wait a while, ask the guys that shopkeeper Wang brought back from Henan, they should know something. Since shopkeeper Wang wants to The underground family reunited, and I fulfilled his wish."

Qi Chun'an's words broke Wang Mi's defense all at once. He struggled out of the guard's hands, wept bitterly and then kowtowed: "Eldest young master, this is all done by the little subordinates! The little one is just Confused, did not dissuade them, this is really not a small matter."

Wang Mi's confession made Qi Chun'an's pupils shrink suddenly.Although Qi Chun'an was somewhat prepared for Wang Mi's assassination of Wu Shigong, but when he heard Wang Mi's confession with his own ears, he still felt very upset.

After a long while, Qi Chun'an tried his best to digest the news, and said to Wang Mi: "Actually, if you confess or not, there is no way out. But your confession, at least gave your family a way out." There is no way out. In this way, I will choose a less painful method for you."

After finishing speaking, Qi Chun'an motioned behind him, and a guard protecting Qi Chun'an immediately took out a jug of wine and walked towards Wang Mi.And Wang Mi saw the guard getting closer and closer with the wine, he shrank back in horror, and blocked the direction of the guard with his hands, trying not to let the guard approach.

Seeing this situation, Qi Chun'an ordered: "Help him."

Then, some of the guards held down Wang Mi's hands and feet, and some pinched Wang Mi's nose. When Wang Mi opened his mouth to breathe, the guard holding the wine poured the poisoned wine into Wang Mi's mouth.Not long after, Wang Mi's limbs twitched and his seven orifices bled.

Seeing that Wang Mi died, Qi Chun'an went on to order the guards: "As long as I hear a little bit of news about today's incident, you and your whole family will not live anymore."

"Oh!" The guards quickly agreed.

"Also, don't dispose of the corpse of Shopkeeper Wang, it may be useful in the future. You go to the homes of other salt merchants to inform them, and it means that tomorrow I will hold a banquet at the Braised Zhenlou to entertain all salt merchants. These days, I have also been hiding in Xizang, and it is time to make a break now."

"Oh!" The guards all agreed again.But after a while, the leader of the guard asked Qi Chun'an for instructions: "What should the family of the treasurer Wang who is locked up do?"

Qi Chun'an hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's better to close it first. But get some delicious food and drink for them to eat. They... they might still be useful. Sigh——!"