Chapter 50 Each has its own calculation
Fanlou is the largest restaurant in Daliang City. There are more than a dozen spacious rooms with a radius of 100 meters on the first floor alone. Far from Xu Jinghong's room, there is another room, among which are Fang Jingshou's brothers and several rich sons in equally luxurious clothes.
The children of these families usually call their friends to have a good time together in the gold-selling cave in Beijing. Today's Mid-Autumn Festival is naturally less likely to stay at home. And the women accompanying these princes are more beautiful and pretentious, which is much better than the quality of the dancers on Xu Jinghong's side.
It's a pity that these princes have not put too much energy on the beautiful (river crab) girl beside them. They have seen more of these happy women, and they are too familiar with their suit and are completely immune. Another important reason is that they are talking about a personal event and really don't have time to joke with the woman next to them.
Naturally, Fang Jingshou started this topic. As the eldest son of the Fang family, he naturally has the highest status among these companions. After taking a sip of Chinese wine, he said to others, "You must be having a hard time recently, right? Especially those old men, they are even more sad and uncomfortable, aren't they?
"Exact. My old man doesn't know what's going on recently. He doesn't like anyone and is angry about everything. Brother, I haven't raised a few women outside for a day or two. He asked someone to take these foreign houses back home a few days ago and taught them a lesson in front of me. I don't know what kind of fire this is. A snow-white-faced man immediately poured bitter water.
"It seems that Brother Cao has suffered a lot from him. Why don't you know what's going on?" Fang Jingning, the second son of the Fang family, smiled and said, "I don't know if other brothers know the origin of it?"
"Isn't it caused by the newly established Guoan government?" A man replied unhappily.
"Brother Li Jian is a sensible person. Yes, there have been some problems in our families recently, which has caused several old men to be in a bad mood, and my eldest brother called you together today just to share our worries. Fang Jingding also said.
Of course, these sons and brothers are idle, regardless of family affairs, but there are also a few who know the situation at home, and even the forces in Beijing. After listening to these words of the Fang brothers, they no longer dealt with them casually, but sat up straight and looked at the Fang brothers: "How can I say this? If we can really do this for our old man, our status at home will naturally improve a lot.
"That's right, but this Guoan company is not easy to mess with." At this time, Li Jian put forward different views: "especially the one named Xu Jinghong, who dared to offend so many people when he first came to the capital. In the end, he didn't even sell the face of so many of our families and just gave the underworlds in the city. Such a strong man, we want to say goodbye to him, but I'm afraid there will be no chance of winning.
In addition, we don't know what kind of strength he has to support us. This time, he has offended so many people, and even if he is not punished, he will never be reused by the court. But what about the result? He was not only promoted from a classless soldier to a fifth-class official in the current court. If there is no one to help him behind his back, I won't believe it.
After listening to his words, other princes who didn't even listen to Xu Jinghong's name several times disappeared. They have always liked to have fun. Even if Xu Jinghong has been in the limelight in Beijing, it seems to them that it is just a farce and does not want to know more about him at all. But now after listening to Li Jian's words, they suddenly found that this inconspicuous boy was really not easy to mess with.
"Brother Li, why do we need to grow other people's ambition and destroy our own prestige?" Fang Jingshou knew the bad thing as soon as he saw other people's expressions. Although these people also do evil, they are not bold, which is why they actually have no status in their respective families. But now he has to rely on these people to fight against Xu Jinghong and bring their whole family in. Naturally, he needs to give them confidence: "This Xu Jinghong is younger than us. What can he do? It was only because he was inconspicuous and careless that he took advantage of the loophole. In addition, he is not a man of officialdom, and many things failed to follow the rules, which gave him the upper hand several times.
"But now it's different. We have an understanding of him, and he is also a court official. He can no longer act without scruples as before, so it's not difficult for us to deal with him. Don't forget that this Guoan Division has the responsibility to ensure the stability of my Daliang City. As long as we work on it, we don't believe that we can't take it down.
"Of course, if everyone is really afraid of such a five-grade official, then think I didn't say anything. You can continue to live your previous life. But don't say that I didn't remind you that if such a good day can't be except for this person, I'm afraid it won't last long. The people in your family have greatly embarrassed him at the previous court meeting. With Xu Jinghong's style of behavior, he will definitely retaliate.
Fang Jingshou's words were both analytical and exciting, and also put out the consequences of not acting with themselves, which made it really difficult for those guys to choose for a while. After a long time, Mr. Cao slowly said, "It seems that Brother Jingshou is very familiar with this person. In your opinion, how much can we take action?"
"If we only take action at will, we are not sure of success. But if we can cooperate and design together to deal with him, I think it will be a great success. Fang Jingshou took a sip of wine and said, "And I have come up with a wonderful plan for his current official position, and I just need someone to cooperate with me."
"Oh, but what's the trick?" Several princes immediately became interested and quickly turned their eyes to ask.
"It depends on whether you are willing to cooperate with me. If you refuse, it's useless to say it, but there is a danger of leaking out. If you are willing to deal with Xu Jinghong with me, it is not too late for me to explain the strategy. Fang Jingshou sold a barrier here.
The princes had already been stimulated by his method and were eager to try. Now he is selling such a barrier. How can he stand it? Immediately, there is a humane: "Then let's deal with him with you!"
"Yes, our identity is much higher than him. Can't we deal with a five-grade official? Brother Jingshou, don't hide anymore and say what you think happily!"
Seeing that everyone had been persuaded by himself, Fang Jingshou glanced at the other two brothers, and the three brothers put up the corners of their mouths and smiled proudly. They know that it is much easier to deal with Xu Jinghong with these people this time.
These princes are still discussing how to deal with Xu Jinghong, but they don't know that their goal is also planning to attack them in the guest room of another Fanlou not far from them.
After listening to Xu Jinghong's words, the bosses were surprised, and then they were silent. After a long time, a person said on their behalf, "Lord Xu, I really don't know what you mean. What other forces are threatening us? The reason why we help those underworld people is also forced to do things. We are afraid that they will attack our store and family. How can there be other reasons?
"Real?" After asking a question, Xu Jinghong looked at the others. Those people nodded quickly and said, "That's it. Please check it clearly!"
This scene was in the eyes of the brothers behind Xu Jinghong, which made them all angry, but because their adults had not ordered much before they came in, they did not really have a real attack, but stared at the bosses with angry eyes.
Xu Jinghong is still prepared for such a situation. He knows that although these people are a little afraid of themselves, he is not worth mentioning compared with the fear of those families. However, he came prepared this time. How could he let them pass in a few words? So after sweeping their faces one by one, which made most people afraid, he said slowly: "In this case, I will no longer force you. Since you have to carry all the blame on yourself, you can only do business. However, I am also a reasonable person. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is a day for family reunion, so I won't take you to the government office. Tomorrow, early tomorrow morning, the people of Ansi in our country will come to the doors of each house, and it will not be as polite as today. Come on, see the guests off!" With that, his eyes drooped, but he ignored it.
When those bosses heard Xu Jinghong's words, they realized that their status was different from before. Now the other party has the confessions of those underworld people, and this alone is enough to sentence himself and other serious crimes. Now, they all changed their colors. They got up one after another and bowed their hands to Xu Jinghong and bowed, "Lord Xu, please check it clearly. We are really forced to be used by those traitors. We..."
"The officials you are talking about are naturally clear. However, the national law is ruthless. How can it be lightly judged because of your words? Think about those poor people who have been indirectly harmed by you. Who do they complain to? This time, I wanted to give you a chance to call you here and say this. Since you don't appreciate it, you have to do business. As long as you don't regret it.
"Big...Your Excellency..." Those businessmen suddenly lost their ideas. Among them, they are also shrewd people and can still see the stakes clearly. That's why they want to be perfunctory Xu Jinghong. However, under Xu Jinghong's strong expression, the statement they originally thought suddenly lost its use, and now there are only two ways left in front of them.
Either, cooperate with Xu Jinghong and happily prove that those families are evil, thus completely offending these amazing families in the capital. Or hold on, and the consequence is likely to be taken away by the National Security Division tomorrow. Xu Jinghong has left a decisive impression in dealing with the underworld. He must do what he says and cannot be changed.
Now, we can only make a choice between the present and the future, which makes it difficult for the bosses. One by one, they frowned deeply and began to weigh. In this regard, Xu Jinghong still drank wine and tasted the dishes leisurely, as if he had forgotten what he had just sent to the guests, waiting for everyone to give an answer. He is 80% sure that these people will submit, because businessmen are always realistic. When they can't pass this barrier, how can they think about the future?
Sure enough, after a low discussion, the man just said on behalf of everyone, "To be honest, my lord, we did take the risk of being blamed by the court to help those thieves secretly because of the threat of someone else."
It was not until this came to his ears that Xu Jinghong was really relieved. They had come to their side, which meant that the success of dealing with the family was several times higher. He put down the wine glass and looked at the shrewd and capable man in front of him: "What's your name? Which store's the owner?"
"Huang Wenbing, the small boss of Qifeng Pavilion." The man replied quickly.
"Boss Huang, you said that you helped those people because you were threatened by another force. So what is this force? Why did you say that?"
Looking at the others beside him, Huang Wenbing sighed and said, "Actually, adults already knew everything, so why should they make me happy? Can these gangsters be so presumptuous at the feet of the Son of Heaven because they have the support of one family behind them? And these big families need these underworld people to do some shady things for themselves, so the two sides hit it off immediately.
"Just because their identity is a little high after all, it is really difficult to always pass on messages with people in the underworld. Only these people in the world will want to send messages for both through businessmen such as us. And we are not only afraid of those gangsters harming shops and their families, but also afraid of the power of the family, so we will eventually do a lot of wrong things. Now that he has decided to say it, Huang Wenbing didn't cover up too much and said everything.
Xu Jinghong is still very satisfied with Huang Wenbing's attitude, but he is not satisfied with it: "There is no basis for it. What you want to prove is a rich family with a good status in the Song Dynasty. It can't be done without empirical evidence.
"This...we also have it." At this point, the businessmen have nothing to hide: "But before that, we must get our own protection before we dare to give these physical evidence to adults."
Xu Jinghong smiled, which was not expected by Sun Zaiyuan. He said that with the shrewd of these people, he would definitely keep a hand. Sure enough. He nodded and said, "Of course, the purpose of our Ansi was established to protect all the legitimate rights and interests of the good people in Daliang City. As long as you are willing to cooperate with me, you will naturally be protected."
After looking at each other and communicating with each other, these merchants said, "I have hidden the notes left by those big families when they ordered, but I don't know if these may be evidence?"
It turns out that when people in the world need to give orders to the underworld, they always pass through merchants. Over time, they were not patient to always call people into the house, so they asked their servants to secretly send letters to merchants, and then passed on their lives to the people in the underworld through them. In these processes, a few more careful businessmen began to leave some notes. Although the family was strictly ordered by them to see it and destroy it, they were disobeded and left a way for themselves to prevent people from crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. Now this has become a tool to deal with the family, and it can also be said that heaven is unhappy.
In this way, Xu Jinghong smiled with satisfaction: "If you can really get rid of these thieves who harm the people this time, you are all meritorious people, and then I will ask the court for credit."
"Don't dare, dare!" Everyone said eagerly. This time, it's not polite, but sincere. They dare not let people know that they have made such a decision, otherwise the end will be too miserable.
Xu Jinghong did not bother about this matter. On the one hand, he discussed with them when to bring all the physical evidence, and on the other hand, he called the dancer in again to make the banquet lively again. But now why are these businessmen still in the mood to watch the dance and eat wine? After staying for a while, they left one by one on the pretext that they had something to do at home.
Xu Jinghong didn't do anything to retain it. After everyone left, he suddenly said to the empty lobby, "Well, have you arranged all the manpower?"
A figure floated down from the high beam. He was a thin man, the mouse in the twelve zodiac animals. He saluted Xu Jinghong: "Your Excellency, don't worry, our manpower has been arranged. These people have been closely monitored. If there is any problem, we will report it as soon as possible."
"That's good." Xu Jinghong picked up the glass and drank it for the last time.
He was not completely relieved by these businessmen, so he used the most secret power in his hand. In addition to killing people, these masters of the shadow killing hall are also first-class in tracking. With them staring at them, those merchants will naturally not hide anything from him, which is really foolproof.
When Xu Jinghong took his brothers out of Fanlou and went back on their horses, the banquets waiting for Mr. Fang were lively. They have reached a consensus to deal with Xu Jinghong, and they have a strategy to force Xu Jinghong into the Jedi step by step, which is about to be applied to Xu Jinghong.
But after all, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so it's better not to say anything to disappoint. After everything has been settled, these guys began to focus on having fun. What they don't know is that someone has been faster and more determined to take action against them first.
The Mid-Autumn Moon is still the same, but now it seems that the moonlight is still a trace of blood...