If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 39 Bastard Batan, who do you look down on?
Not long after, Ding Xiu led a team of royal guards to a warehouse in the northwest corner of the workshop.

According to Su Niang, this warehouse is the property of a Shanxi merchant named Tian Jinshan.

The Tian family is a large business family. On the surface, it is doing legal business, but secretly, it is trading grain, ironware and other strategic materials strictly ordered by the imperial court with the Jurchens.

They even used the convenience of caravans to travel north and south to deliver various news in the pass for the Jurchens.

The reason why Su Niang knows this is because she is in an invisible network.

The people who weaved the web were the Jurchens headed by Huang Taiji. They secretly weaved a huge espionage network, or a network of relationships, in the capital.

Hongyunfang is one of its secret strongholds.

So is this warehouse.

However, Su Niang's knowledge is limited. She only knows some situations in Sichengfang, but not other places.

But one thing she is sure of is that Li Yongfang and his son are also in this network.

It's just that the father and son are very cunning and never come forward in person, so it is not easy to get conclusive evidence.

"Surround them up and kill anyone who forces a breakthrough!"

"Yes, Lord General Banner!"

For this operation, Ding Xiu specially ordered his men to bring him his Miao knife, so that the fighting would be more enjoyable.

A heavy slash of the knife can split a horse in half, let alone a human being.

"People inside, listen up. The Jinyi Guards are ordered to handle the case. Everyone goes to the courtyard and squats down with their heads in their hands. Anyone who resists will be shot without mercy!"

After roaring twice, there was silence in the warehouse.

"Yichuan, take a few people to guard the outside. The rest of you, follow me and fight in."

As soon as he rushed into the courtyard, someone shouted loudly in the room: "Masters, please don't do anything, let's come out..."

"get out!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Following the response, a dozen waiters walked tremblingly from the house to the courtyard and squatted down with their heads in their hands.

Ding Xiu stepped forward, took a look, and asked coldly: "Where is your shopkeeper?"

A waiter murmured: "My lord, the shopkeeper...the shopkeeper has something to do and has been away for the past few days."

"Not here? Haha, such a coincidence?" Ding Xiu sneered, and then ordered: "Passenger A!"

"exist!"

"Take two people to tie up all these people and take them away. The rest will enter the house and search."

"Yes, Lord General Banner!"

After a while, a group of subordinates came over to report.

"Reporting to your lord, we have searched the second floor and there is no one there!"

"Report to your lord, the backyard and stables have been searched, but no one is there!"

"Sir, the warehouse has also been searched, and there is no one..."

"No one?" Ding Xiu couldn't help but frowned, and then shouted loudly: "Cheer up, check carefully, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find the person."

Tonight's action was sudden, almost a temporary decision. He didn't believe that the other party would be so well-informed and escape in advance.

Moreover, the person Ding Xiu wants to arrest most right now is the owner of this inn.

Others may not know it, but he knows clearly in his heart that this Tian Jinshan is the Tian family of the eight great imperial merchants "Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, Tian, ​​Zhai, and Huang".

Zheng was worried that he could not find the opportunity to deal with these eight traitorous businessmen. Now, the opportunity finally came to him.

Ding Xiu had already planned to use this as a breakthrough to uproot these eight families in one fell swoop.

Firstly, it can cut off Houjin's material sources to the greatest extent, and secondly, he can also take this opportunity to make a fortune, which he can use for rebellion.

As far as Ding Xiu knows, these eight families are fully worthy of the four words "wealthy and powerful".

In addition to the business houses all over the world, there are also the bank accounts and banks of Huitong Tianxia, ​​the first of its kind. The assets in their hands may exceed hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

These profiteers made money from the hard-earned money of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they turned around and handed the Jurchens knives. Who would they kill if they didn't kill them?
After a meticulous search by a group of Jin Yiwei, something was finally discovered. "Report to your lord, a hidden secret passage was found in the warehouse."

"elbow!"

Ding Xiu immediately brought several people to the warehouse.

The floor of the warehouse is covered with wooden boards, and the entrance to the secret passage is one of the wooden boards. Even if you step on it, it is difficult to find anything fishy in it.

Fortunately, a Jin Yiwei used the hilt of his knife to knock one wooden board after another. Hearing that the sound of the wooden board was not right, he pried it open with force, and then discovered that there was a secret passage underneath.

Generally speaking, at this time, most of the people leading the team will order their men to explore the way.

But Ding Xiu did not do this. Instead, he ordered his men to go to the backyard to find some hay, mix it with chili peppers, put it on fire at the entrance of the secret passage, and then pour some water.

When the thick smoke came out, several of his men took turns fanning them to let the smoke pour into the secret passage.

Sure enough, this game of smoking mice and hares that I played as a child was really effective. After a while, I heard a faint cough from below.

"Everyone, get ready, the prey is about to appear."

"Cough cough cough..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a clearer sound of coughing and a rush of footsteps.

Ding Xiu shouted deliberately: "Get ready, come up and chop each one to death!"

"Don't do anything..." A loud shout came from below: "Ahem, cough, cough...we won't resist..."

"Okay, put out the fire first. If you dare to play tricks, I will turn you into bacon."

Not long after, Chu Erniu, the storekeeper of the warehouse, and three tall and burly boys rushed up from the secret passage in embarrassment.

Ding Xiu ordered: "Tie him up!"

"Yes!"

Several Jinyi guards responded, then strode forward to take someone.

Unexpectedly, one of the waiters suddenly got angry, took out a knife from his waist and rushed towards Ding Xiu.

Its explosive power and speed were quite astonishing. Before the guards could recover, the guy had already rushed to Ding Xiu, apparently wanting to take Ding Xiu hostage.

Once you get it, you have a chance to escape.

The wishful thinking was very loud, but I was blind and found the wrong person.

Ding Xiu didn't even bother to pull out the knife, he just raised the scabbard and swiped it with a "bang" sound, making the guy stagger back a few steps and almost fell to the ground.

Almost at the same time, a man slashed at him with a knife, causing the man's palm and knife to fall down to his wrist.

"what……"

A scream like a slaughtering pig rang out in the warehouse.

Seeing this, Chu Erniu looked pale and shouted with a stern expression: "Why are you here to arrest people? What kind of royal law have we violated?"

Ding Xiu sneered: "You will know it when you get to the imperial prison."

"You... are really lawless. I know your methods are nothing more than torture. I don't accept it, I want to see the official, I want to sue you..."

"Snapped!"

Just as he was roaring with all his strength, Ding Xiu stepped forward and slapped Chu Erniu in the face, causing Chu Erniu's blood to splash. He spun around half a circle and chipped a few of his teeth.

"You bastard, who are you looking down on? I am the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, am I not an official? Tie them all up and take them back to the imperial prison."

"Yes, Lord General Banner!"

"grown ups……"

At this time, a guard in golden clothes hurried over outside.

"What's the matter?"

"Brothers met a master in an inn. Two brothers died and five or six were injured..."

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(End of this chapter)