The deputy commander was killed in the dark alley, and two of them were killed together. This incident alarmed the prefect Yang Shiwei and Zheng Liqi, the envoy of the extermination, after half an hour.

Two purple robe officials led the team to travel. Because such a serious case just happened, both of them brought dozens of Yuan Yili-Advisors and more than 100 guards. Zheng Liqi was carrying the soldiers of the thief camp, with bright helmets and armor, and Yang Shiwei was surrounded by the wing troops of the city defense camp. The two arrived almost back and forth. After looking at each other, they saw the gloom and helplessness in each other's eyes.

"It seems that something big is going to happen in Fuzhou."

After preliminary exploration of the scene, Zheng Liqi ordered all the servants of the He Mansion to come over to ask questions. Unexpectedly, he asked about the matter related to the Nan'an Marquis Mansion.

The young man who came to the door to invite someone was Yang Yingming, the head of the Marquis's house, who came to ask for a meeting, and then He Yitang followed him.

"This incident is also a strange thing." Yang Shiwei said: "Zhang Tiansheng, Houguan County, has reported that the prince of Houfu sent someone to the county to report the case, and has also reported it to the mansion. The head of the clerk Yang Yingming and the iron merchant He Jia privately taught each other, took the benefits of the He family and sold inferior weapons to the Nan'an Group to train. The prince was furious after learning the inside story and wanted to arrest Yang Yingming for questioning. The Yang man injured several generals and ran away, but now he is missing."

"Trouble." Zheng Liqi frowned greatly. Of course, he was on the side of Xu Zixian. From a legal perspective, the Marquis' Mansion first reported the case, and Yang Yingming was the main criminal of embezzling military pay, so he should have collected it. The murder case in front of him involved in the Marquis' Mansion was not so easy to get rid of.

Zheng Liqi wished he had never been here. He frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "Since the Hou Mansion first reported the case to the Grand Mansion, I want to interrogate the previous process and find out the reason for the crime of Yang. Can Fuzhou Mansion do it first?"

"It should be." Yang Shiwei said: "Tomorrow I will send someone to Nan'an to inquire about investigation and see if what the Marquis's mansion said is true. If it is true, this matter should be a dispute between the He family and the Jietou who took the kickbacks, resulting in such a bloody case."

"I will not take preconceptions." Zheng Liqi said: "When the government has investigated, we will send someone to review it."

“Okay.”

After Yang Shiwei left, Zheng Liqi called a confidant and ordered: "Tonight's incident involves the Nan'an Marquis Mansion. Although it may not matter much, the Nan'an Marquis should be more careful. Recently, the sound of a roar in the city was wrong, and I was a little worried. You can tell the King of Qi without missing a word."

The confidant agreed and said, "What does the King of Qi say? I will bring it back to the master without missing a word."

"No," Zheng Liqi shook his head and said, "Your Highness the King of Qi will not say anything like this, and he will not say a word."

...

The King of Qi was indeed as Zheng Liqi expected. After hearing the report, he had no expression. He just ordered the servants of the royal family to get two stagnant of money as a reward for the Zheng family's head.

Recently, there has been a bad news in the city, and someone has long said it to King Qi.

It seems that there are strong people who are accumulating strength in the dark, but there are only some vague clues.

The King of Qi did not think that it was targeting him, and not to mention anything else. Although the five imperial guards were controlled by King Zhao and Lin Douyao respectively, and Liu Guangsi did not swear to the King of Qi, no one knew that the King of Qi had considerable confidence in Liu Guangsi. Once there was a police officer in the royal palace, Liu Guangsi's army would be the strong force to rush to the royal palace to guard the royal palace as soon as possible.

Not only that, among the five armies, King Zhao and others only controlled the senior management of the commander Yuhou and others, and seemed to have firmly controlled several armies, but among the middle and lower military officers, most of the people were old subordinates who had been sent by King Qi.

King Qi just hid this in his heart, and hoped that he would never need those hidden strengths.

The three hundred generals in the royal palace have been alive for the rest of their lives. To be honest, as long as the entire imperial guards with more than 2,000 people come to attack, even if thousands of soldiers and private soldiers are dispatched, they may not be able to break the defense of the royal palace.

No one dares to take the blame for the world and attack a prince.

The emperor was furious, and the two palaces were furious. The court would send troops to Fuzhou. Even King Zhao would not want to see such a scene.

It is not targeting himself, of course it is impossible to deal with King Zhao or appease the envoy Lin Douyao. In addition to these real power figures, King Qi could not imagine where this undercurrent would be heading?

At this time, the King of Qi was awakened by the people sent by Zheng Liqi. Could it be that this storm was vaguely directed at the Marquis of Nan'an's Mansion?

The thief of Qishan?

It is unlikely that the power of Qishan thieves only proves the incompetence of Fujian garrisons and civil and military officials. Or rather, they are afraid of the five thieves at the sea.

If the Fuzhou garrison really dispatched all the navy and attacked from both sides of Qizhou and the sea, of course, they could also take down the Qishan thieves at any cost.

But in this way, the anger of the five thieves on the sea was really unbearable in Fuzhou.

At least within three to five years, wars will surely continue, and the coastal Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou will be attacked by pirates one after another.

Even coastal areas such as Guangnan East Road will be attacked.

The matter is too big and the court can't hold it. In fact, the emperor and the two palaces know it well.

Otherwise, why have the two governments never issued strict orders to eliminate the Qishan thieves?

Chen Yutai came out to commit suicide himself, and the five thieves behind him would not stand up for him. It would be two different things to force the officers and soldiers to encircle him.

The power of Qishan thieves is mainly in Qizhou. They can stir up storms in Fuzhou City. Qishan thieves really don’t have this ability.

"Come on." King Qi could not suppress the deep worries in his heart. He asked to come in, polish the ink and pen, and quickly wrote a short letter, and then ordered: "You can stay at the city gate tonight, and open the city gate tomorrow morning and quickly send a letter to the Marquis of Nan'an's Mansion."

After giving the letter, King Qi wandered around the room with his hands behind his back.

Until now, he is not sure if someone is targeting Xu Zixian, but the intuition that decades of officialdom and battlefield career have given him telling him that there is no wind or waves. The recent tense situation and this bloody incident tonight are undoubtedly involved in the Nan'an Marquis Mansion.

He only hopes that Xu Zixian can be vigilant and guard against possible sneak attacks.

As for the frontal attack, the King of Qi was not sure at the moment. Under the current situation, someone would take such a bold move to deal with the future Prince of the State, the third-rank General Zhaowu, and the regiment training envoy of Fuzhou Prefecture.

King Qi's eyes were solemn and his brows were furrowed. He was not sure yet, and of course he would not take action.

But if something unexpected happens, can Xu Zi resist and wait until he takes the rescue?

"Mingda, I can only hope that you will be careful in everything!"

...

The Chinese New Year will be celebrated in a few days. On the road to Fuzhou, the number of Semu merchants remained in normal circumstances. Among the local merchants, the number of large merchants has decreased significantly. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, many wealthy merchants stopped their business and were waiting for the Chinese New Year.

The number of small and medium-sized businessmen has increased significantly. They will go to various places to purchase various New Year's goods. By the end of the year, they will be the most careful of the most frugal family. As long as they have enough money to take out, they will choose to spend some money at the end of the year.

Or buy some adult clothing, children's floral cloth, and valuable gadgets. Add a few pieces of clothing, buy cotton and re-spin the bedding, buy some daily necessities, repair or purchase household items, or iron tools in the farmland, etc.

As for food, it is the most important thing.

The main reason why a nation becomes a foodie empire is actually to put it bluntly or not.

The population is large and the area suitable for breeding and farming is too small, so of course the big foodies have to eat everything. They swim in the water flying in the sky and run on the ground. As long as they are living things, there are no creatures that the big foodies empire dare not speak.

By the end of the year, wealthy families can make gold and silver jewelry, buy satin into pieces, various books, stationery utensils, antique utensils, change into sets of furniture, buy clothes, hats, boots, etc.

Most of the poor and adults are reluctant to make new clothes. They will not easily make new clothes without waiting for their rags to cover their bodies.

In fact, as for Xu Zixian, he only had new clothes during the Chinese New Year when he was in his childhood, but his parents were still wearing old clothes. That was a memory from the 1970s and 1980s.

At this time in the Great Wei Dynasty, what people really want to spend money is to reward their mouths.

The body is overdrawn a lot during the work of one year. Children are generally malnourished. They work hard and frugally for the end of the year. They only have to rest and indulge in spending savings during the Chinese New Year. Compared to being generous in their daily lives, they can buy meat to increase nutrition to their children and repair the body that adults have worked for a year.

Most of the people coming and going on the official road are these small and medium-sized merchants who buy New Year’s goods. At most, they drive a big cart, most of them hire porters who walk on their own, or even carry the loads themselves, and walk dozens or hundreds of miles with their feet to bring different goods to different places, using this to make profits.

This is also the most leisurely time of the year when the group donated donation is the most. Most of the small and medium-sized merchants did not meet the donation standards. Later, Xu Zi simply became more generous and issued a warrant. During the ten days during the Chinese New Year, local merchants would be allowed to leave as long as the goods were not worth more than a thousand guan.

This time, the reputation of Nan'an Hou Prince became more and more popular. After the opening of the group to donate, a trace of dissatisfaction among the industrial and commercial groups disappeared.

There are many fools who don’t understand the truth, and there are many idiots who don’t hit the wall and don’t look back. However, most people still understand the truth. The imperial court’s lack of troops cannot prevent theft, and starting a group training is a helpless move. The Nan'an Houzi has to make money no matter what method they want, whether it is fundraising, levying, or levying miscellaneous taxes. In short, this is the power given to Nan'an Houzi.

The letter from the Zhengshi Hall that practices military and political affairs is the guarantee of power given by the two governments. Under the letter, even the Pacifier Office could only bow down and obey the order.

This is the authority of the prime minister under the Great Wei political system. Although the right prime minister was regarded as powerless, how could the old prime minister have been in power for many years, so how could he really have no influence or political skills?

The Nan'an Houzi's approach has been to weigh the pros and cons as much as possible, and the impact on the industrial and commercial class is not very big.

Only the Semu businessmen were not very happy. They were just the New Year in China, and the New Year had no effect on them, and even made them feel bored.

Because every New Year, people will rest, the work of making silk in the cloth will stop, large factories will stop working, and business will stop business, which will cause a lot of trouble to the merchants of Semu.

Although they can rest in Fuzhou, Quanzhou or even Dongfan Island for a while, and keep drinking and meat every day, profit is what makes them happiest. For the sake of enjoyment, why run thousands of miles to the Great Wei?
Chapter completed!