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Chapter 848 The Young Man Comes to Control the Water

Suning felt as if he had had a very long dream, and it was a nightmare that made him unable to breathe freely. In the nightmare, he was in the deep of a river. He wanted to desperately float himself out of the deep water but he was powerless because he felt that he had no way to control his body at all. It seemed that he could only wait to drown in the water.

Thinking that it was a nightmare and there would be a moment to wake up, Suning quickly forced himself to wake up quickly. He woke up in horror and widened his eyes in fear. What made his scalp numbing was that he was really in deep water. Fortunately, he successfully controlled his body when he woke up, and then he struggled to float to the surface without hesitation, and then swam frantically towards the distant shore.

Although he realized that he had traveled through time again, he also realized that the travel arranged by the "system" was random, and that both he and the "host" might be in danger. Therefore, his travel was not as free and comfortable as he had imagined, but was often accompanied by unpredictable dangers and unknown fears.

When he felt his feet on the ground again, Su Ning knew that he was alive again. He lay on the shore in surprise and gasped for breath. Soon the smile disappeared from Su Ning's face because he found a new memory in his mind. The experienced Su Ning knew that he had traveled through time again and returned to the world of "The Story of Minglan" that he had experienced before, but this time he traveled through time to become the male protagonist Gu Tingye.

"System, what on earth are you trying to do?"

[The first time you came, you were a loser, but this time you came, you are the king]

"Heh! So you asked me to come here to show off?"

[Host, this is a fusion world. You will meet many unexpected characters. This can be considered a new attempt.]

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In Yangzhou, Su Ning, who was only fifteen years old at this time, carefully recalled the following plot. The Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion had completed the betrothal to the Sheng family, and he was attacked by the Bai family when he went out boating on the river with Sheng Changbai. This led to the male protagonist drowning and being usurped by her.

Once again magically revisiting the old dream of "Knowing Your Destiny", Su Ning had a completely different mentality. You must know that Su Ning had not been recognized by the system at that time, so naturally there was no omnipotent space world. Moreover, "Knowing Your Destiny" is a world viewed from a female perspective. All the men in it have defects of one kind or another, and the defects of the male protagonist Gu Tingye are more, more complete and more fatal. It can be said that the tragedy of the male protagonist is entirely because he played a good hand of cards badly.

Thinking of the deadly crisis he was facing from the Bai family, Suning decided to solve it in a new way. He didn't plan to engage in bluffing and face-to-face confrontation like in the original drama. After all, the Bai family would be his mortal enemy in the future, so it would be better to get rid of them once and for all.

In Yangzhou, the Bai family mansion was completely different from the chaos outside where people were searching for Suning. At this moment, the Bai family mansion seemed very quiet. They just sent a few people to look for him as a pretense. Every member of the Bai family fell asleep with joy because they finally got rid of their mortal enemy, Suning. Soon, all of Mr. Bai's property would belong to them, which naturally made everyone in the Bai family fall asleep happily.

Not long after, the people from the government office who were desperately searching for Suning's whereabouts also withdrew. After all, they were not made of iron, and working for the government was just a way to make a living, so they soon went back home in groups of three or two to rest, and then the night in Yangzhou became even quieter.

Suddenly, many dark shadows appeared near the Bai family mansion. They all jumped over the high wall of the Bai family mansion with ease and started their night hunting.
"It's time to pour out the night fragrance!"

Yangzhou was still so peaceful and quiet in the early morning. Nothing had changed because of the disappearance of Ningyuan Hou's second son, Suning. After all, this kind of thing was best left to the big heads in Yangzhou City to deal with. With the old man's clear and bright shout, the whole Yangzhou City seemed to be slowly waking up from its sleep.

At this time, the old man who was walking the streets selling night incense noticed something unusual. Normally, at this time of year, the Bai family's servants would have already been out, carrying buckets of night incense from each courtyard. But today, the back door of the Bai family mansion was unusually quiet. Puzzled, the old man peeked through the crack in the door into the Bai family's house, only to see a terrifying sight he would never forget.
"Oh, someone's dead."

Soon, all the government offices in Yangzhou were dispatched. Even the Yangzhou garrison troops were dispatched under the prefect's orders. This shows how sensational and unprecedented the events of last night were. Yangzhou's prefect, Wang, looked at the stunned Sheng Hong with a panicked look and asked, "Master Tongpan, what kind of plague has befallen our Yangzhou? The second son of the Ningyuan Marquis is missing and still hasn't been found, and last night the three major salt merchants were slaughtered by bandits."

"What? The three major salt merchants were all slaughtered? I thought it was just the Bai family." Sheng Hong, who was still stunned just now, immediately widened his eyes in horror, realizing that this was a shocking case.

"Oh! It seems that I can't continue to be the prefect." Wang Zhizhou was worried about his future. No matter what, he could not avoid his responsibility.

"Sir Magistrate, such a vicious and cruel bandit is beyond the capability of us scholars to contend with. It seems that we still need to request the dispatch of troops to round up and capture him. I believe the officials and ministers will not blame us." Sheng Hong, whose face turned pale due to fright, forced a smile to comfort the Magistrate, but he was also very worried about his own future.

"Oh! Let's hope! Now that Mr. Bai's grandson is missing and the entire Bai family has been slaughtered by bandits, it seems that the Bai family has no suitable heir."

"Sir, are there no survivors from the other two big salt merchants?" Sheng Hong then looked at the magistrate with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"Yes! They were all killed in the same way! And every family left behind a blood letter signed by "Fang La."

"Fang La? I've never heard of such a person in our Song Dynasty?" When Sheng Hong heard such an unfamiliar name "Fang La", his face showed even more doubts.

"Maybe it was our Yangzhou salt merchants who provoked our mortal enemy. I even suspect that the second son of Ningyuan Marquis was attacked by this Fang La." The prefect naturally knew nothing about this "Fang La". After all, the Fang La in history had not yet been born, so he could only guess at it and said to Sheng Hong.

"Well, the prefect's analysis makes sense, and I also feel that this is very likely."

At this moment, Sheng Hong looked at the horrific sea of corpses and blood in front of him, and felt his stomach churning. If it weren't for Wang Zhizhou looking at him with a frown, Sheng Hong would have run to the side and vomited violently. As a scholar, he had never seen such a horrific scene.

"My Lord! You have to make a decision for our Bai family!" At this moment, an old woman rushed towards Wang Zhizhou and Sheng Tongpan, shouting at the top of her lungs, and knelt down heavily in front of the two Yangzhou bosses.

"Who are you?" Wang Zhizhou and Sheng Hong looked at each other in surprise, and then Wang Zhizhou looked at the newcomer with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"Master Magistrate, I am the old maid of the Bai family mansion. People call me Nanny Chang. I searched for my son Ye all night last night. I just found him by the river at dawn, and then I heard the news that our entire Bai family was massacred. Please make sure to catch these bandits!" Then the old maid began to explain with tears in her eyes, and finally kowtowed to the two bosses again.

"What? Gu Tingye was found?" At this time, Wang Zhizhou and Sheng Hong looked at the young man not far away with surprise, feeling that the guilt on them was reduced a lot.

"Found it! This is our Ye-ge, Gu Tingye, the second son of the Ningyuan Marquis." As expected, Nanny Chang, with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, pulled the young man aside and explained to the two Yangzhou leaders. "Oh? Young man, are you really the second son of the Ningyuan Marquis?" Prefect Wang, who had never seen such a nobleman before, couldn't help but look at the young man in question.

"Master Magistrate, this young man is indeed the second son of the Gu family. I met this child when the Earl of Zhongqin came to my house to propose marriage." Before the young man had time to respond to the Magistrate's question, Sheng Hong on the side explained to Magistrate Wang in ecstasy.

"I am Gu Tingye, the second son of Ningyuan Marquis. I would like to meet the governor and the magistrate of Yangzhou. Please tell me the details of the Bai family tragedy." The young man was naturally Su Ning who had traveled through time. He pretended to be sad as he greeted and asked.

"Second son of the Gu family, the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou were all slaughtered last night by a fierce bandit named Fang La. Naturally, your Bai family mansion is in a tragic state with no one left alive." Wang Zhizhou sighed when he thought of the tragic plight of the three major salt merchants. On the contrary, Sheng Hong looked at Su Ning helplessly and explained.

"What? Fang La?" Su Ning pretended to be shocked and angry. Then he turned to look at the bewildered Nanny Chang and asked, "Nanny Chang, have you ever heard my grandfather mention this person?"

"No!" Nanny Chang naturally shook her head in confusion. Although being a salt merchant was bound to offend others, she had never heard of such a deep hatred.

"Second Master Gu, don't waste your energy asking. This Fang La is not a local bandit from Yangzhou at all. He must be a pirate or a desperado who fled here from somewhere." Seeing that Su Ning had a sad face and wanted to find out something, Sheng Hong shook his head and explained with a wry smile.

"My Lord Prefect, My Lord Tongpan, it's impossible for just one or two people to have committed such a shocking crime. These desperate criminals definitely came in groups. I don't believe there won't be any clues left behind."

"Hey! Second Master Gu, these matters will naturally be handled by the government. You should arrange the funeral of Mr. Bai and the Bai family as soon as possible!" This matter has already caused headaches for everyone in Yangzhou City. They really don't want Suning, a wealthy nobleman, to interfere casually.

"Your Excellency the Magistrate is right! So, I hope you gentlemen can search further. I will be very grateful."

"Don't worry! There will naturally be officials who will search through it."

"Thank you, my Lords."

Yuan Wenchun of the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion heard the news that Su Ning had been found, and immediately came to the Bai family with a look of surprise on his face. He ignored the so-called miserable situation of the Bai family at the time. After all, he was also from a military family. Instead, he hugged Su Ning tightly with a look of surprise on his face, "Tingye, you are finally back safely. Your sister-in-law and I were so scared."

"I'm sorry for making Brother Shi and sister-in-law worry! This is Tingye's fault." Su Ning immediately looked at Yuan Wenchun and the woman behind Yuan Wenchun and bowed to apologize.

"Tingye, what exactly happened at that time?" Yuan Wenchun looked at Su Ning with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"At that time, Sheng Changbai and I were attacked by a group of criminals. I fell into the water due to my injuries. When I woke up again, I was already on the shore. Fortunately, I soon met Madam Chang who came looking for me."

"So that's how it is! It seems that Nanny Chang is really a loyal servant of your family." Yuan Wenchun looked at Su Ning and Nanny Chang beside him with a thankful look. If they really couldn't find Su Ning, then their Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion would be in trouble.

"Brother Shi, I'm going to stay in Yangzhou temporarily this time. Please give a message to my Gu family, telling them not to worry about me."

"Okay! It seems that after this incident, Tingye, you have become more mature and considerate of your family so carefully."

"Brother Shi, you are so kind!"

With the assistance of the Yangzhou government, the Bai family's affairs were quickly dealt with. As for the specific consequences of this tragedy, that was not something Suning needed to worry about. Anyway, he could not escape the punishment of the Yangzhou prefect. After all, he was not only the local official of Yangzhou, but also the direct person in charge of the local Yangzhou army. Even Sheng Hong might miss out on promotion because of this.

"Brother Ye, our Bai family is in a mess now. What should we do next?"

"Madame Chang, from now on, there will be only two of us in the Bai family. This will actually save us a lot of trouble."

"Brother Ye, be careful with your words! Make sure no one else hears you."

"Madam Chang, I know you're worried about the Bai family's assets. I sent a letter to Bian Jing a few days ago. I'm sure our people will be here soon. Besides, the Bai family's original shops have been operating normally."

"No! Brother Ye, the gang of tigers and wolves in your Gu family are no match for the Bai family. I'm worried that you will be eaten alive by the Gu family."

"Haha, don't worry! I won't let the Gu family get in touch. I haven't just been hanging around in the red-light districts of Bianjing these years. I've already cultivated my own people with my grandfather's financial resources."

"That's good! That's good! Brother Ye, you are as amazing as your mother."

The tragic massacre of the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou was of course carried out by an AI robot sent by Suning. Originally, they only wanted to kill the entire Bai family, but they were worried that this would arouse suspicion from others, so they killed the three major salt merchants at once, which saved a lot of trouble for their future expansion.

Soon, Suning's AI robot took control of the entire Bai family business, and began to slowly devour the other two salt companies. You must know that behind it stood the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Although the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion is now a skinny camel on the decline, it can still make these Song Dynasty merchants fear and surrender.

(End of this chapter)