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Chapter 337
A patriarch's face suddenly changed when he heard the words, and he tremblingly said with a bit of surprise: "Patriarch, you are..."

Chen Yuan laughed loudly and said, "I told you, no matter who wants to deal with our Chen family, they will have to pay the price."

Seeing Chen Yuan's gritted teeth, the clan elder pondered for a while and said, "If it becomes a big trouble, the world is so big that there really is no room for our Chen family."

Chen Yuan just glanced at the elders and said with a sneer: "You don't think that Li Huan will let our Chen family go, right? From the moment Li Huan decided to attack our Chen family, it was already doomed for our Chen family to escape. Let's see what happens to those people who were targeted by Li Huan in the end."

Hearing what Chen Yuan said, even if it was a fluke, they couldn't help being silent at the moment, because Li Huan's reputation was too strong.

Even if the Xie Qian family who used to be the elders of the pavilion were targeted by Li Huan, they ended up dying. As for their Chen family, although they mentioned Chen Wenliang, who was the censor of Zuodu, they agreed In comparison, Xie Qian, who is still the elder of the pavilion, is still incomparable.

The Xie family all ended up in a family raid, and their Chen family would not be any better than the Xie family.

As for why Li Huan wants to deal with their Chen family, even they themselves know that as long as Li Huan wants to deal with them, they don't even need to label their Chen family. Shameful things are enough to make their Chen family die several times.

Chen Yuan waved his hands at several clan elders and said, "Hurry up, otherwise, the Chen family will really be destroyed."

Watching several elders leave in a hurry with a few core children of the family, only those dozen or so figures remained in the remote courtyard.

These people are all dead men raised by the Chen family, and they are loyal to the Chen family. One of them stepped forward and said to Chen Yuan: "Patriarch, where is your son..."

Chen Yuan turned his gaze to the Chen family's mansion where the sound of killing was still coming from afar. Needless to say, his son was leading people to fight with Jin Yiwei's people at this moment, otherwise, they might not be able to leave the mansion calmly.

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "There's no rush, we'll talk about it when our people arrive."

The Chen family is worthy of being a wealthy family that has been entrenched in Yangzhou for decades. Even though the Chen family has only risen for decades, it has taken root in the past few decades, and its background is really not bad.

Especially when the Chen family was involved in the business of private salt, the most indispensable subordinates were desperadoes who dared to fight and kill.

If there is no powerful guard team, it is impossible for the Chen family to intervene in the smuggling and selling of smuggled salt, even just relying on their official connections.

The most indispensable thing in this world is people who sacrifice their lives for money, especially a family like the Chen family that runs a salt smuggling industry. The number of desperadoes they raise is by no means comparable to that of ordinary families.

When Li Huan went to Fujian to investigate the case, the rich families in the local area could even easily pull thousands of servants and family members to attack the imperial envoy.

You must know that many of those wealthy families are from sea merchants, and it is also expected that they can pull together a group of desperadoes who survive at sea.

If it is said that the southeast coast can pull up an armed force, it must be a sea merchant, then if you look at the inland of Ming Dynasty, with such ability and strength, the salt merchants can definitely be regarded as a group.

Just as maritime merchants need to fight for profit with pirates at sea, salt merchants also face great dangers, and they also have to fight with their lives to keep their salt profits.

As the largest salt merchant family in Yangzhou, the Chen family has controlled armed forces these years, so how can it be as simple as dozens of dead men?

That is, the sudden arrival of Lin Pingzhi, Chen Yao, and the others, and the news that Chen Wenliang was imprisoned had not yet spread, even the Chen family had just received the news not long ago, and the Chen family did not have time to take too many precautions.

Otherwise, when Jin Yiwei rushed into the Chen family to take people, what Lin Pingzhi and the others faced would be more than just dozens of dead soldiers led by Chen Long.

However, Chen Yuan, the helm of the Chen family, was not without a little precaution. When Chen Yuan got the news of the warning from the capital, Chen Yuan instinctively took precautions.

Many people in the Chen family did not know that Chen Yuan quietly recalled a guard who specialized in smuggling salt back to Yangzhou City, and placed them in a courtyard of the Chen family.

Of course, this is not to say that Chen Yuan predicted in advance that the capital would send people to arrest their Chen family members, but that his instinct of doing things all the time made him subconsciously make such an arrangement.

Now Chen Yuan is very proud of his subconscious actions. If he hadn't called a guard back in advance, no matter how angry he is and how he wants to make trouble at this moment, if his subordinates have nothing to do As a human being, I am afraid that he can only be hunted down by Jin Yiwei like a bereaved dog.

If it wasn't for the Chen family raising those dead men, and if Chen Long hadn't brought those dead men to block Jin Yiwei, perhaps the core members of the Chen family would be taken over by Jin Yiwei right now.

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Chen Yuan, with the help of his subordinates, put on an obviously carefully crafted armor.

Chen Yuan, who was in his forties, had a burly figure, and his body was not weak. Now that he was wearing armor, he really added a bit of aggressiveness and courage.

Gently stroking a spear in his hand with a big hand, Chen Yuan said in a serious tone: "Chen has not killed anyone for more than ten years, but today he is going to kill again."

A confidant of Chen Yuan looked at Chen Yuan who was wearing armor and holding a spear, his eyes flashed with memory and excitement, and said: "The patriarch is not as powerful as before, but this old slave suddenly remembered those unscrupulous people who slaughtered Xiaoli Village with the master overnight. The happy past of Yanhu, who knew the uplifted Yanhu, and the fire of the Black Water Gang."

Hearing his confidants mentioning his glorious past, Chen Yuan's face was filled with strange brilliance, his eyes swept over a dozen of his confidants and he said in a low voice: "Today Jin Yiwei came to the door to arrest people, my Chen family is in great trouble, everyone dare Follow me to kill all those court hawks?"

Immediately, all the confidantes and subordinates said in unison: "I am willing to die for the patriarch!"

These people don't have two minds for Chen Yuan. One is that they have been both prosperous and hurt with the Chen family. If the Chen family is defeated, they will not have a good end.

More importantly, the safety of their families and relatives is in the hands of the Chen family. Don't look at Jin Yiwei arresting the members of the Chen family, but with so many people in the Chen family, it is not possible to capture them all in a short time.

If anyone of them dares to turn against the water, they are afraid that their relatives will be slaughtered by the Chen family immediately.As for whether those members of the Chen family can do such a thing, as Chen Yuan's confidant, the Chen family has committed countless tragedies over the years, and the Chen family has never hesitated.

While cupping tea, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps. Everyone followed the sound and saw a group of murderous men and horses rushing in. There were nearly a hundred people.

The confidant who took the order to go away said to Chen Yuan: "Master, I have brought you here."

Chen Yuan's eyes fell on the hundreds of guards who looked like ghosts and spirits. These people were all desperadoes who had seen blood and killed people. They were all fed by their Chen family with gold, silver and beauty. Going to attack the government, these people may not frown.

So Chen Yuan just looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Everyone follow me to kill!"

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and left, while the group of people showed a fierce look on their faces, even faintly excited, and followed Chen Yuan without any hesitation.

At the same time, in the Chen Mansion, Lin Pingzhi slashed down with one of Chen Long's arms, and as Chen Long was injured, several Jin Yiwei immediately rushed forward and tied Chen Long tightly.

With one arm drooping, Zhu Chang, who was soaked in blood, looked at the miserable few subordinates beside him, and then looked at the corpses lying in the huge yard. A gust of wind blew by, and the bloody air rushed towards his face. Zhu Chang couldn't help but After a while of fear.

But after taking a look at the captured Chen Long, Zhu Chang hurriedly said to Lin Pingzhi, "Your Excellency, you are all right!"

Lin Pingzhi glanced at Zhu Chang and said, "Zhu Qianhu has worked hard, how is the injury?"

Zhu Chang looked at his injured arm, tried his best to smile and said, "It's just a little injury, nothing serious!"

At this moment, Mao Qing, who was covered in blood, came hurriedly from the backyard with a few Jinyi guards, and shook his head at Lin Pingzhi with a serious expression on his face: "My lord, the secret passage was found in the backyard. escaped from the secret passage."

Lin Pingzhi frowned. This was the first time he presided over such a big event. Originally, he had made all the preparations, even anticipating that the Chen family might rebel. In order to prevent the lack of manpower, Lin Pingzhi Pingzhi even used Li Huan's power to force Zhu Chang, a thousand households of Jinyiwei in Yangzhou, to transfer the local Jinyiwei to assist.

It's just that Lin Pingzhi never thought that apart from those servants who were not afraid of death, there would be dozens of dead soldiers in Chen's mansion.

It was these dozens of armored soldiers who forcibly stopped them. In contrast, Jin Yiwei could only rely on the superiority in numbers to fight.

Mao Qing said in a low voice: "My lord, the members of the Chen family will definitely not be able to escape far. Do you want to go to the magistrate's yamen to see the prefect of Yangzhou, and ask the other party to cooperate in sealing the city gates, and send troops to search the entire city to arrest the members of the Chen family?"

Due to excessive blood loss, Chen Long, whose face was pale, suddenly laughed loudly and said: "You dog thieves, just because you want to arrest people from my Chen family, it is simply delusional, which one of the Yangzhou yamen does not have it?" I have benefited from our Chen family..."

Zhu Chang's complexion changed involuntarily when he heard the words, and he looked at Chen Long wishing he could strangle Chen Long to death.

The Chen family is over, but don't implicate other people.

But judging by Chen Long's posture, it's like breaking a can and breaking a pot. The Chen family is having a hard time, and they don't want to make it easier for others.

Noticing the change in Zhu Chang's expression, Lin Pingzhi suddenly showed a smile at the corner of his mouth. He glanced at Chen Long faintly and said to Zhu Chang: "Zhu Qianhu, order someone to take Chen Long with us, and we will go to the magistrate's yamen together."

Chen Long couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and looked at Lin Pingzhi in astonishment, as if he didn't understand why Lin Pingzhi took him there because he said that the officials in Yangzhou Prefecture were closely related to the Chen family. Prefect Yamen.

Zhu Chang came back to his senses, nodded quickly and said, "I'll take you to the magistrate's yamen right now."

Soon dozens of Jinyiwei left the Chen residence like a tide, but compared to when they came, the number of Jinyiwei was not only reduced by more than half, even many of them were covered with blood and scars.

Naturally, such a big commotion on the Chen's side cannot be concealed, especially when Jin Yiwei surrounded the Chen's house earlier, many people were already alarmed.

It can be said that in Yangzhou City, all influential families or forces pay attention to the actions of the Chen family.

I don't know how many people are secretly guessing what happened, it's all right, why Jin Yiwei surrounded the Chen family.

The influence of the Chen family in Yangzhou City was unmatched. As a result, the Chen family, which was called the No. [-] family in Yangzhou, was targeted by Jin Yiwei.

What happened in the capital has not been spread yet, and the distance from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River is even thousands of miles. Even if there is a Grand Canal, the speed of news transmission cannot be so fast.

Because of this, except for a very few people, no one really knows why Jin Yiwei surrounded the Chen family.

I thought it might be a farce, after all, the Chen family can be regarded as having all eyes and hands, with the Zuodu censor around, the Chen family has nothing to fear at all.

But when Jin Yiwei forcibly broke into the Chen Mansion, many people were stunned, but what really exploded was the shouts of killing that came out of the Chen Mansion.

If it is said that many people were watching the excitement of the Chen family before, but when there were shouts of killing in the Chen residence, some alert people almost collapsed to the ground in fright.

It seemed that he was frightened by the madness of the Chen family. The person who sent someone to watch the movement of the Chen family hurriedly withdrew him like a snake and a scorpion. His reaction seemed to be that he was afraid that he would be implicated by the Chen family if he had any ties to it. .

Of course, there were also some people who didn't withdraw their eyeliner and just kept watching the movement of the Chen family.

prefect yamen
Yangzhou Mansion is a large mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yangzhou City is an important city. Naturally, it is not ordinary people who can sit in the prefect of Yangzhou.

At this moment, Xu Lin, who is the magistrate of Yangzhou, was sitting in the hall with several officials, all of them looked solemn, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, and a guard walked into the hall and said to Xu Lin and the others: "My lords, that Lin Qianhu from the capital led people into the Chen residence..."

After the officer's words fell, an official couldn't help shaking his hands, and the teacup fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "This... how is this possible, I, the Chen family, have always been law-abiding..."

Obviously this person is a member of the Chen family. With Chen Wenliang, an important court official, it is really not difficult to install his family in the Yamen of Yangzhou Prefecture.

The rest of the people looked at Chen Rui with strange eyes. No one in Yangzhou city knew what the Chen family was doing. Fortunately, Chen Rui could tell the Chen family's law-abiding words.

With a light cough, Xu Lin didn't look at Chen Rui's reaction, but frowned, looked at the guard and said, "How is the Chen family?"

The officer's expression changed slightly, and Gulu swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, the two sides seem to be fighting, and I secretly looked for a high place to watch, and I saw many people in the Chen residence wearing armor and holding sharp guards. Fighting, I wish the people brought by Qianhu died a lot..."

"what!"

With a crash, the water glass fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Several officials stood up in shock, their faces full of horror.

(End of this chapter)