Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 155
As soon as the word "Cai's family" was uttered, the flower hall immediately fell silent, and everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Xin.

However, Zhao Xin got up suddenly under the eyes of everyone, and walked to the main room on the east side of the second entrance.After entering the house, he closed the door.Everyone in the flower hall didn't know what was going on, they turned to look at Liu Sheng.Liu Sheng shrugged helplessly, and said "wait for it".

After Zhao Xin inserted the door, he sat on a chair and fell into deep thought.He felt that Tong Zhilin's matter was a bit weird, and he needed someone to think about it.

Why is it a one-pillar building in Dongtai again?I just arrived in Shanghai yesterday, and today I ran into Tong Zhilin by chance.As for the Cai family, shouldn’t they live in Dongtai Buncha Town? Why did they come to Shanghai, hundreds of miles away?
What is that power in the dark going to do?Zhao Xin felt a little guilty. Since he first landed on Xiong Island, there seemed to be some kind of force pushing him to have entanglements with Dongtai Xu's and Shen's, and the entanglement became deeper and deeper.

From Lu Shoushan, Pan Xiucheng, and Xu's brothers who escaped from Ninggu Pagoda, to Shen Jingdan's father and daughter in Nagasaki, to today, almost all of them are related to Dongtai Literary Prison.Even Huang Maocai got in touch because of Shen Jingdan; and Shen Jingdan is Shen Xuan's adoptive father.

Zhao Xin's heart suddenly moved. "Could it be, could it be that God in the dark asked me to come here to avenge them?" But he quickly denied this idea.Are the souls still alive?Then come out and sit down and talk.This is too ridiculous!

But today is Tong Zhilin and Cai's family.So what's next?If you follow this line, will you meet Liu Yong, He Shen, A Gui, Qianlong...
What would happen if it was all over?Kicked back to another time and space by God, call it a day?

The more Zhao Xin thought about it, the more headache he felt.After such entanglement, I don't know how long it took, when I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the house.

"Master, Xu Dayong is back." It was Lu Shoushan's voice.

Zhao Xin sighed, got up slowly and opened the door, nodded at Lu Shoushan, and walked towards the flower hall.

Xu Dayong was wiping the rain and sweat off his face with a towel, and said after finishing wiping, "I've found out, the owner of that family is Cai Hu."

"What! Say it again!" Pan Xiucheng, who was sitting in the hall, and Lu Shoushan, who was following Zhao Xin, took two steps forward, tugging at Xu Dayong's collar and shouting.

"Ah?! Brother Lu, Brother Pan, Hu, the head of the household is called Cai Hu." Xu Dayong trembled in surprise, not knowing what he said wrong.

"Sure enough, it's the Cai family!"

"Heaven pays off! It's really the Cai family! Master and madam, I can finally avenge you!"

Liu Sheng walked over, separated the three of them, and said to Xu Dayong, "How did you find out? Where is Wu Siyu? Tell me from beginning to end."

"Revenge? What's the situation?" Xu Da rolled his eyes wildly, frightened by Lu and Pan's reaction, he didn't know how to start.Wang Yuanfang took a look, picked up the cup of tea that he had just filled, and handed it to Xu Dayong.

"Drink your saliva first, sit down and talk slowly. The two of them are not to you."

"Yes." Xu Dayong bowed his head and nodded, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, touched his buttocks on the round stool, and began to speak slowly.

"Me and Angkor, oh no, it's Master Wu"

Three hours ago, Xu Dayong brought Wu Siyu to the small courtyard on San Mao Ge Zhi Street.

"Master Wu, that's right there." In the drizzle, Xu Dayong raised his chin to indicate to Wu Siyu where the courtyard was.

Wu Siyu looked at it for a while, and then said to Xu Dayong: "You stare here, I'll go around." After speaking, he walked towards the intersection on the north side of the yard alone.

After more than half an hour, Wu Siyu had walked all the streets and alleys around the yard.He memorized the terrain in his heart, and found that the streets and alleys around the yard formed a "Tian" shape, but the center of the "Tian" character was not in the middle, but on the upper right corner.The small courtyard is located in the small square on the upper right.

The north side of the "Tian" shape is Hanjiaxing Road, the east side is Sanmaogezhi Street, the south side is Yang Pidgin, and the west side is Laoying (sound with gate) road.Because of the rain today, there are not many pedestrians on the north, east, and west roads; but the boats on the pidgin to the south are coming and going.

The courtyard where Tong Zhilin is located is not big.Xu Dayong said on the road that it is an ordinary small courtyard with two entrances, occupying only half an acre of land.Wu Siyu took a closer look, and found that the gray-white courtyard wall was not too high, about two meters; however, a lot of lime had fallen off the wall, and it looked like the whole wall was chewed by a dog.

Wu Siyu pretended that the shoelaces were loose, went to the courtyard wall and squatted down, pretending to tidy up the oil shoes.At this time, a few coughing sounds were heard in the courtyard.Other than that, there was no movement.

When he returned to the vicinity of the grocery store, he found Xu Dayong leaning against the door frame, chatting happily with a shop assistant inside.Wu Siyu coughed, Xu Dayong looked back, turned around and walked over quickly.

"Sir, do you have any broken silver on you?"

Wu Siyu thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and took out a piece of broken silver the size of a small fingernail from his pocket.This was distributed to everyone after Zhao Xin crushed a few pieces of silver ingots with pliers before coming to Shanghai.

"Master, wait for me for a while." Xu Dayong took it, then went to the door of the grocery store, said a few words to the clerk, and then gave the broken silver to him.

After Xu Dayong told Wu Siyu the news after the investigation, Wu Siyu asked him to go back and report it quickly, and he watched here first.

"The family's surname is Cai, and the head of the household is Cai Hu, who is said to be from Tongzhou. The yard was bought a year ago, and it has been more than half a year since we moved here. The clerk at the grocery store said that two months ago, Mr. Cai His father fell ill, and several doctors were unsuccessful. The old butler listened to the advice of the shopkeeper of the grocery store this morning, and went to the Temple of the City God to ask for amulets to ward off disasters and illnesses."

After hearing this, Ding Guofeng scolded: "This bastard surnamed Cai has done something utterly unconscionable, and still wants to ask the gods to bless you? Dreaming!"

Lu Shoushan and Pan Xiucheng looked at each other, walked to the entrance of the flower hall, kowtowed three times to Zhao Xin, and shouted, "Master!!"

"You two want to take revenge?" Zhao Xin said calmly, sitting at the top of the flower hall.

"I beg you, master, to fulfill you!"

"Get up and answer, let me ask you a question first." Zhao Xin was noncommittal, and asked in a calm tone: "Who killed the Xu family?"

Pan Xiucheng said first: "The Cai family! And that Tong Zhilin!"

"Is that true? If you think so, then even if Tong Zhilin and Cai Hu are killed, the Xu family's hatred will still not be avenged, and the dead will not be able to rest in peace."

Lu Shoushan thought for a while and said, "Xiucheng, you're wrong. It's the imperial court."

Liu Sheng nodded: "Shoushan is right! If the court is not overthrown and the system is eliminated, the same thing will happen again in the future."

Fatty Huang was trembling aside, he didn't expect this group of outsiders to suddenly talk about overthrowing the imperial court.It would be fine if it was in Beihai Town, but this is Shanghai, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty!

Shen Jingdan twirled his beard with an expressionless face, but his heart was beating wildly.

Zhao Xin turned to Shen Jingdan and said, "Boss Shen, is there a study in the backyard? We want to use it to discuss something."

Shen Jingdan knew that it was inconvenient for people like Zhao Xin to say something in front of him and Lao Huang, and he and Lao Huang didn't want to get involved in these things.So he got up and led Zhao Xin and others to the study in the backyard. Xu Dayong also followed in, but Lu Shoushan asked him to guard outside the door.

Everyone entered the study, and after Lu Shoushan closed the door, Zhao Xin said to Liu Sheng and the others: "It's not too late, let's discuss it, what will we do at night?"

Liu Sheng turned his head, seeing that Xu Dayong was not there, he asked Lu Shoushan to let him in.

"How many people are there in Cai's yard?"

"I heard from the clerk at the grocery store that there are always seven or eight people, but there will be no more than 20."

"I'll go! This difference range is too big."

"Why don't we use drones?" Ding Guofeng remembered that it was still raining outside as soon as he said the words.

Wang Yuanfang thought for a while and said, "Let me talk about two questions first. First, those who act cannot start from Shen's house, otherwise it will drag down Boss Shen and Boss Huang. Second, even if it is raining, we cannot Action. And once the action is successful, we will leave Shanghai immediately. In addition, the hands and feet of those involved in the action must be clean, and strive to make this matter a no-brainer."

Zhao Xin reacted quickly, and immediately said, "This matter is easy to handle. Shoushan, you can ask Boss Shen if there are any dilapidated temples or old houses outside the north gate or west gate of the county town."

At this time, Lu Shoushan knew that Zhao Xin and others were going to help him avenge the Xu family, and he was overjoyed, so he quickly agreed, and hurried out of the house to find Shen Jingdan.

"As for the retreat, I went to talk to Shen Jingdan and asked him to arrange a boat. Our original plan was to go to Yangzhou; to the south of the house was the Yangzhou Pidgin. We boarded the boat from there and walked along the Wusong River into the South Canal for two days. We have arrived in Yangzhou."

At dusk, a wupped boat stopped at the intersection of Pidgin and San Mao Ge Zhi Street.The boatman rowing the oars was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, as if he was waiting for someone.

After nightfall, the heavy rain of the day turned into fine and dense drizzle.The road was so muddy that even the watchman was reluctant to come out in such weather and road.

On the side of the main road leading to Jing'an Temple outside the west gate of Shanghai County, there were chattering voices coming from a dilapidated house. Seven people were wearing dark gray coats and dark gray hoods, with only their eyes exposed.After they packed up, they turned out from the low courtyard wall and went to the street.

These people stuck to the wall of the street, stopped and walked all the way, and sneaked outside the small courtyard on the north side of San Mao Ge Zhi Street.

Xu Dayong, who was hiding in an alley and was observing the courtyard, suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him, and knew that the person who did the work had arrived.He turned his head and looked, suddenly startled!
Seven dark shadows were squatting behind him, the eyes of the first one were like cold stars in the rainy night.

"How is it?" This is Wang Yuanfang's voice.

"My lord, one person came out at night, and returned after half an hour. No one else came out."

"Okay. You retreat and wait for us on the boat."

Wang Yuanfang nodded to the people behind him, and after waiting for a while, the seven of them rushed to the outer wall of the courtyard at a fast pace.Liu Sheng found a good position, facing the street, squatted down and took a horse stance; Ding Guofeng took two steps back, sprinted, stepped on Liu Sheng's knee, and rushed upwards, Liu Sheng took advantage of the situation and pushed hard, Ding Guofeng was on the ground. Climbed up the wall.He first leaned on the wall and looked into the yard for a while, then gestured to the six people outside, and then disappeared on the wall.

This wall-climbing location was selected by Wu Siyu in advance. He observed the area carefully for a long time in the afternoon, and confirmed that it was not a kitchen or a toilet behind the wall.

The other six people outside the wall hid in the shadows and slowly moved towards the courtyard gate.After a while, I heard two "da da" sounds from the yard.After a while, the courtyard door was gently opened.

In order to prevent the door from making any noise when opening the courtyard door, Ding Guofeng carried a whole pot of soybean oil with him, and he poured half of the pot of oil into the two door hinges for lubrication.

As soon as Wang Yuanfang saw the courtyard door opened, he immediately waved his hand, and six people entered in a file.

The rain kept falling, and a trace of bloody smell slowly drifted from the small courtyard, and then accompanied by the autumn wind and drizzle, it blew over the street.

In the two main rooms in the east and west of the second entrance courtyard, there were a few exclamations suddenly.

"Who? Who is it?!" Cai Hu, who lived in the main room on the west side, was awakened by the sound outside the door. He stood up and saw that the door was actually open, and the rain mixed with the cool wind was blown into the house, which made him shiver.

Since the Xu family was punished by the court in the 46th year of Qianlong, the Cai family has not gained any benefits.Originally, he wanted to sue the Xu family, and get back the eight hectares of paddy fields that his family had sold.Who would have thought that he would suffer and be jailed, but the emperor saw clearly the selfish intentions of the Cai family and only let him be released on bail.What a waste of effort!

Cai Jiashu, father and son, and Tong Zhilin were released from prison. After returning to Dongtai, the reputation of the Cai family was completely rotten.Don't mention Becha Town, the entire Dongtai knows that the second son of the Cai family is a pair of bastards!Not to mention being dishonest in being a person and doing things, he actually ruined the Xu family and the Shen family of Nuo Da; who dares to associate with them!

Seeing that the neighbors in the countryside are avoiding their family like a plague god, Cai Jiashu and his son gritted their teeth for the last time and decided to separate from the boss of the Cai family.After the separation, Cai Jiashu and his son knew that their reputation in the local area was already notorious, so they had to go to other places to make a living.After a few years, I even made a small fortune and had some savings.Cai Hu heard that the soybean business was booming here in Shanghai, and he also knew people in Shandong, so he moved his family to Shanghai County to settle down.Not to mention Tong Zhilin, who is already in his 50s, has been following Cai Jiashu and his son all these years.In order to prevent others from knowing that they belonged to Dongtai, Cai Jiashu and his son sent money to the local Zongjia, under the pretext that their family was from Nantong Prefecture, and then registered locally.

Who would have thought that the soybean business has not yet been completed, and Cai Jiashu has been ill since last month.Cai Hu couldn't even see a few doctors.Tong Zhilin heard that the talismans in Chenghuang Temple were very effective, so he volunteered to ask for one.Unexpectedly, he was bumped into by Lu Shoushan!

"Master Cai, it's me." In the darkness, a deep voice sounded faintly.

"Who is a good man? If you are asking for money, I still have dozens of taels of silver in my family. Please let my family go."

"Yinzi, we're not interested. We're not interested in your family either. I want the heads of three people, and I'll leave!"

"Ah? Come on! Come on!"

"Young Master Cai, don't bark. The servants in the house have already been tied up and thrown into the kitchen. Madam Cai, please stay with them."

In the pitch-black bedroom, a bright light suddenly appeared, shining directly on Cai Hu who was huddled in a corner of the bed and the woman behind him.The two people on the bed were blinded by the strong light, and quickly raised their arms to block it.But he saw two masked men rushing out from the darkness, rushed to the bed and grabbed his woman within a few steps.

Cai Hu tried desperately to stop him, but with a sound of "Pa!", a big man slapped him on the face with his backhand; Cai Hu suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.

"Master! Old, oh..." Cai Hu's woman saw her husband fainted and was about to call for help when a strong man took out a ball of cloth from his body and stuffed it into her mouth; then his hands were cut behind his back and tied Get up, and finally even your feet are tied.Only then did the two strong men carry the terrified woman to the kitchen.

Lu Shoushan stared at Cai Hu who was unconscious on the bed, and took out a bright dagger from his waist
Cai Hu, who was in a coma, felt a cold object sticking to his face, one by one; he wanted to raise his hand to drive it away, but found that he couldn't lift his hand at all.When he gradually regained consciousness, he saw through the bright light in front of his eyes that the sharp knife edge was sticking to his face; just as he was about to push it away with his hands, he found that his hands and feet were bound tightly.

"Heroic man, spare your life! Heroic man, spare your life! Take everything in the house." Cai Hu snotted and burst into tears, begging for mercy.

Lu Shoushan sneered, took out a hemp rope, strangled Cai Hu's mouth fiercely, and wrapped it around twice.Cai Hu didn't give up until she couldn't make a sound.

"Master Cai! Do you know who I am? Do you still remember the Xu family in Becha Town? Where are Shen Xiucai and Xu Xiucai? Do you remember the servant next to Master Xu?"

"Hmm~~" Cai Hu, who was crying bitterly, was taken aback suddenly, and he stared straight at Lu Shoushan's exposed eyes.After watching for a long time, he couldn't recognize who it was.How could Cai Hu remember Xu Huaizu's servants back then.

"Today, I, Xu Shan, will avenge Xiaowengong's family! Cai Hu, you must die!" After Lu Shoushan finished speaking, the sharp knife in his hand stabbed fiercely from Cai Hu's chin upwards!
In the main room on the east side, Cai Jiashu, who had been bedridden for many days, suddenly woke up from his sleep, raised his hand to touch it, and found that he was already sweating profusely.

Nightmare!Cai Jiashu has been having nightmares every day recently. He dreams that the Xu family's men, women and children are jumping on him and biting every piece of flesh on his body.The talisman of shit cost a lot of incense money, but it's useless!
Cai Jiashu turned over to get the cotton cloth next to the pillow to wipe off his sweat, when he suddenly found a person standing in the dark room.

"Master Cai, do you still remember me?" Pan Xiucheng turned on the flashlight, tore off his hood, and stared viciously at the terrified Cai Jiashu. A deep and hoarse voice sounded in the room.

"You, you are! Cough cough cough cough" Cai Jiashu seemed to know this person, but he couldn't remember.He only felt short of breath, and coughed uncontrollably.

"Master Cai, your life is very comfortable. Damn you! You have killed so many people, don't you have nightmares every day?! There are 160 people in the Xu family, and there are two students of Master Xu, Xu Xiucai and Shen Xiucai. There are 57 people in the house. Today, I will collect debts for them!"

"What?! The Xu family! Come here." The big case in Dongtai six years ago came to mind, and Cai Jiashu was shocked. He desperately raised his hand and was about to shout, when a cold light flashed in Pan Xiucheng's hand, and a sharp knife stabbed fiercely. It entered Cai Jiashu's heart; at the same time, another big hand covered Cai Jiashu's mouth.

"You son of a bitch! This knife is for Mrs. Xu! This knife is for the master! This knife is for the young master!" Pan Xiucheng cursed in a low voice, and at the same time stabbed Cai Jiashu's heart with one knife after another.

The donated blood sprayed out as the blade moved in and out, drenching Pan Xiucheng's upper body.He raged on Cai Jiashu like crazy until a strong arm held him down.

"It's all stabbed! Everyone is dead. Hurry up, cut off the head and get out immediately!"

In the wing room in the front yard, Tong Zhilin was shot in the forehead, he was already dead, but...
"This is breaking the rules, you have to cut off your head." Wu Siyu said softly and angrily.

"how?"

"I can't do this, just kill it."

"Oh, forget it, I'll call Lu Shoushan over."

After burning an incense stick, six black shadows slipped out from the main entrance of Cai's house, three of them carrying an oilcloth bag in their hands.After Ding Guofeng and the others went out, he closed the courtyard door and bolted it; he ran up to the top of the wall with a run-up at a promising position by the wall, and then turned out of the courtyard.

A quarter of an hour later, after the seven people were picked up by the awning boat waiting in the middle of the night on Pidgin, the boatman Ah Si supported the penny with all his strength, and the awning boat slowly sailed towards Zhujiabang.

After more than an hour, the Wupeng boat docked at the junction of Wusong River and Zhujiabang, where a thousand-stone sand boat had already been waiting.After the eight people boarded the sandboat together, they headed towards the South Canal.

(End of this chapter)