Chapter 52 Draw the salary from the bottom of the pot

The autumn wind rises and the autumn rain falls. The whole Daliang City was covered with a layer of thin and dense cold rain. Although it was still a little bright, there were few pedestrians, and some of them also stepped up their pace to their residences.

In this bleak dusk, a drunken man with an obvious rosacea and shaking his way allowed the rain to keep hitting his head and body, without speeding up his pace. This man's name is Wang San. He used to be a gangster, but after the previous blow to the underworld, his life became very difficult.

In the past, those creditors who were borrowed by him have never asked him for money for fear of acquaintances. But in this month, the creditor has come to his door repeatedly, and even threatened to sue him of dealings with the underworld and ask him to return the money, which made Wang San's life more tight, and he immediately returned some money.

Such a day made Wang San unable to drink less wine in the past, which made him miserable. But his situation has obviously been different these two days. Not only has he paid off his debts, but his pockets have also bulged, which is enough for him to spend some time. That's why he, who was drunk today, walked slowly on the streets of Daliang, singing out-of-tune songs in his mouth.

Wang San felt that the time had come. When he was almost desperate, a servant of a rich family gave himself such a good opportunity. As long as you do what he says and go to the government to complain, you will get dozens of taels of silver. Where can you find such a good job? And he also said that he would be asked to help again in a couple of days, and as long as he denied what he said before, he would still have a sum of money.

Wang San has also been in the capital for so many years. Naturally, he also has some insight, and it is easy to see what the plan is in it. But now he has money in his eyes. No matter what kind of conspiracy he is and who wants to be unlucky, just take the money to do things.

When Wang San came to his dilapidated house, he had an idea. It was too shabby here. The wind was leaking everywhere, and it was almost winter again. It was uncomfortable. Should I change my residence? Anyway, I got dozens of taels of silver this time, and if I get it next time, I should be able to rent a good house with more than 100 taels of silver.

While calculating his future, Wang San continued to move forward and quickly came to the door. Then, he stopped, looked sideways, and said unhappily, "You... who are you? Why are you standing at my door? I don't remember a creditor like you... Oh..." With that, he burped a lot.

"Are you Wang San?" This is a man who hides his face in the shadow of the house, emitting a chill from his body that makes people afraid to get close, and his voice is colder than this autumn rain.

However, because he drank too much wine, Wang San obviously did not fear or warn this dangerous guy, but nodded with alcohol: "Yes, it's me. Who the hell are you?"

"It's you." The person in the shadow grinned, then walked out and passed by Wang San. Wang San stood there motionless. It was not until the man turned the corner and disappeared that he heard a hiss from his throat, but the sound was also extremely weak and looked so inconspicuous on this cold rainy night. Then, Wang San's not strong body fell to the ground, and blood kept flowing out of his throat, and was washed away by the falling rain and faded...

The same thing happened in several corners of Daliang City on the same night. When the dead were found, it was early the next morning. There was no trace at the scene, and the deceased had no signs of being robbed of property or other revenge, which gave the head of the capital government a headache.

"What?" Fang Jingshou suddenly bounced up from the seat and stared at the confidant in front of him with incredible eyes: "Say it again! Who are those who were killed?

It was already noon, but Fang Jingshou, who was used to getting up late, had just learned the news. Even the eldest son of the Fang family, who has always been stable, is a little messy, which shows how great the impact this matter has on him.

And the confidant did not hesitate and said again, "Today, there were more than 20 murders in the city... The little ones were surprised after hearing about the location of the deceased, so they went to have a look. Unexpectedly, the killed dead were all the pawns we arranged to deal with Guoansi. They were all killed and killed.

"..." After confirming and knowing that he didn't hear it wrong, Fang Jingshou sat down in the chair and turned a little pale. Without thinking too much, he knew who killed these people. He didn't expect this Xu to be so bold that he would kill so many people as soon as he took action. But this doesn't really scare him. What really scares him is that Xu Jinghong will fight back now that he has seen through this is a conspiracy.

In the past, he didn't care much about Xu Jinghong. No matter how powerful he is, this is Daliang City. He has become a court official again. Can he still fight against himself? But now it seems that the other party is completely unfettered by his own identity and still does not follow the rules, which is too threatening.

Fang Jingshou quickly thought of the murder case of the Fang family in Lingzhou. If Xu Jinghong really made up his heart to deal with his own family, can he really deal with it with the current strength of the Fang family? The cold air had spread all over his body and flowed to his limbs, making him speechless for a long time.

"Young master, what should we do?" Seeing that Fang Jingshou had been silent, he couldn't help but be at a loss and couldn't help asking.

"Go, go to the Cao family and the Li family now, and invite several princes..." After being asked, Fang Jingshou recovered and made arrangements: "Be careful all the way and don't let anything happen."

"Yes!" The man did not dare to neglect and immediately took the order out.

Half an hour later, Li Jian and others appeared in Fang Jingshou's study, but Cao Yun disappeared, which made Fang Jingshou's heart suddenly worried, only that something happened to him: "Why, why didn't the young master of the Cao family come?"

"Young master, the young master of the Cao family said that he was sick and couldn't go out these days."

"..." Fang Jingshou's face was a little gloomy again. Naturally, he knew that Cao Yun was not physically ill, but afraid. After learning that those who designed to frame Guoansi were killed one by one, he was certainly the most afraid as one of them. Presumably now he must let the guards of the Cao family stay around his yard. Naturally, he will not come out to take risks at will.

Other people don't laugh at Cao Yun. To be honest*, they will make the same choice as Cao Yun. After a moment of silence, Li Jian said, "Brother Fang, we really underestimated him this time. What should we do next?"

"I'm afraid this calculation won't work, right? Other people have been killed by Xu one by one. The only ones alive are Cao Yun. He has said that he will not go out, that is, he will not be involved in this matter again. Liang Da, the son of the Liang family, gave his own opinions earlier.

Fang Jingshou looked at the reaction of the crowd and knew that they also held the same view, and couldn't help sighing in his heart. These people are too desperate. Once they encounter a real threat, they don't want to overcome difficulties, but retreat. In fact, this is also determined by their excellent living environment. Since they have everything, why do they have to fight for their lives?

"It seems that this is the only way..." Fang Jingshou admitted very reluctantly, but then said, "But we don't have all opportunities. This time, Xu killed so many people. As long as we catch a little omission, it is enough for him to lose his life. So I think that after giving up our previous plan, we should still do something, such as investigating those murders with the Gyeonggi government, and maybe we can find some clues.

"Brother Fang is right. However, we don't have such talents, so this depends on Brother Fang. As long as you have sufficient evidence, we will fully support it!"

Fang Jingshou's proposal was exchanged for such an answer, which made him feel more chilly, but very weak. Not to mention that these people are not subordinates of the Fang family, even if they really want to rely on the Fang family, these families can still disobey their father Fang Yuanshan before he opens his mouth. In the end, Fang Jingshou dismissed these incompetent allies with a gloomy face, and then locked himself in the study and began to plan the next step.

At the same time, the emperor in the palace, who had always been the most blocked, learned about this situation before many people. In addition to shock, his face was more happy: "Ha ha, Xu Jinghong is too bold to think of using such a fierce and direct way to deal with the current problem."

Huang Yue respectfully echoed, "Yes, this Xu Jinghong is bold enough and his hands are fierce enough. More than 20 people became ghosts after his order, and most of them were still confused ghosts - they didn't know that they had been killed because of this. However, to be honest, the old slave still admires this, because there is really no better solution other than that.

"Well, they used yangmou, which could not be broken and avoided. However, Xu Jinghong's practice is to draw money from the bottom of the pot and eliminate the threat in one fell swoop. It is indeed the most suitable way to crack the road. However, there is something wrong with this matter. If there is any mistake or any flaw left after killing so many people, Xu Jinghong will be in trouble.

"Your Majesty can rest assured that it is the twelve zodiac and others who have nothing to do with him, so it doesn't matter what is found out by the Gyeonggi government."

The emperor was even more surprised: "In order to kill such a few guys without any threat, he used the people to kill the hall? Xu Jinghong's meticulous mind is even more than my cognition. Well, now I have more confidence in him. It seems that the person I trust is indeed a capable person who can eradicate these rebellious ministers for me.

"Your Majesty is wise and picked him out early. It's really my blessing in the Song Dynasty!" Huang Yue gave a good thumbs up. The two ministers then looked at each other and smiled, obviously more satisfied with Xu Jinghong.

Xu Jinghong is also very satisfied with the results, and the future problems have been eliminated. Even if Cao Yun is left, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Presumably, he has been scared out of his courage now. Why don't he dare to come back to Guoansi to make trouble? If he really doesn't know what's good or not, thinking that his identity is special and no one can hurt him, Xu Jinghong doesn't mind removing him. However, if it is not necessary, Xu Jinghong still intends to use official means to make him pay the price.

But now there is another tricky problem in front of Xu Jinghong, which he didn't expect when he made the decision. Wang Guben was so serious and tricky that he couldn't find a clue for a moment, so he thought of Xu Jinghong, a friend, who came to the National Security Department for help in person.

Let the culprit of the case investigate and solve the case, which makes Xu Jinghong feel very strange. However, he also knew that this was a sign of the other party's trust in him. In the last time he dealt with the underworld, he showed his unique side, which made Wang Guben admire him very much. Naturally, he would ask him for advice when there were difficulties.

After explaining the situation of the case, Wang Guben frowned and sighed: "This case is really strange. More than 20 murders actually occurred overnight, and the crime scene of these cases is in every corner of the beam. If it is inferred from common sense, since it is a simultaneous case, there should naturally be some connection, even for the purpose of a group of murderers.

"But after investigation, I found that these victims did not have any intersection, and it was completely impossible to be a case. These poor people have three meals, but the rich have a large industry, and there are even some famous people in Beijing. If there is any internal connection between these people, even I feel incredible, and it is even more impossible for anyone to kill them at the same time. This case is really elusive.

Seeing the other party's embarrassed appearance, Xu Jinghong just comforted and said, "There are many questions in the world that can't be solved by common sense. Why should Brother Wang pay too much attention to it? Moreover, I heard that these people have no relatives in their families, which is naturally much less stressful for Gyeonggi Province.

"That's true, and I don't know if the murderer took action from this point." After a wry smile, Wang Guben suddenly looked at Xu Jinghong: "But I'm very strange at one thing. As far as my brothers said, they found that these people did not have nothing in common, at least one point is the same. That is, they have been to the Guoan department before, or have committed an accident or complained. I don't know what Xu Dusi thinks about this?

When Xu Jinghong heard his words, he began to pay attention. Although he was shocked, there was not much change in his face. Thinking about it, with Wang Guben's ability and the eyes and ears of the Gyeonggi Province in Daliang City, it is not difficult to find out the relationship between these dead and Guoansi.

However, Xu Jinghong had already prepared for this. He just smiled and said, "So, is Brother Wang suspect that our National Security Department has attacked these people? So what about the motivation? Because they come to sue, I'm going to kill people, which is too far-fetched and too hard to convince, isn't it?

"This..." Wang Gu originally just wanted to test it, but it was really difficult to judge Xu Jinghong's appearance.

At this time, Xu Jinghong continued, "And even if I don't mention any motives, I can tell Brother Wang that we people in the National Security Department are not the murderers you mentioned."

"Oh, what is this on?" Wang Guben couldn't help asking again, which showed that he was still very suspicious of Xu Jinghong and others. In fact, this is also understandable. The only thing these dead have in common is that they are related to Guoan Division. How can he not doubt it? It was only because the other party was not small that he didn't dare to force himself, so he knocked around.

Xu Jinghong was not angry because of the other party's suspicion, but just smiled and said, "Because we all have evidence. Didn't you say that most of the cases were sent from dusk to midnight yesterday. At this time, my brothers and I were drinking in Fanlou. How could we have to go to so many places to kill people?

"This... is just that your brother drinks, which is not a certificate."

"Of course, it's not just our brothers, otherwise we wouldn't have gone to such an expensive place as Fanlou. It was a noble man who drank with us - His Royal Highness King Jing. If you don't believe it, I can invite Your Highness to question you.

"This... is not necessary. I can trust Brother Xu!" Wang Guben's expression was a little embarrassed, and he also understood that he couldn't ask anything here in Xu Jinghong. Although the royal family has declined, it is not that such a small government office as the Gyeonggi Province dares to offend at will.

"In this case, the subordinate dares not bother Lord Si." Wang Guben finally got up and said goodbye. He could no longer investigate, otherwise he would completely turn against Xu Jinghong, which he didn't want to see.

"I'm really sorry that I can't help you find out the case. However, if you have any questions in the future, you can come back to me for details. Xu Jinghong got up with a smile to see the guests off and sent him directly outside the second hall before turning around, while Wang Guben left Guoan Division with a wry smile.

Even professionals like Wang Guben can't get the desired results, let alone those people of the Fang family. Although they had a purpose to investigate, it was impossible to find any clues. In the end, they had to give up, which also made Fang Jingshou very angry, and their design was thus resolved.

However, soon, he will no longer have to be unhappy about this matter, because bigger things have come quickly. On the first day of September, Xu Jinghong, who had just been appointed as the head of Guoan for a few days, suddenly openly confronted the Cao, Li and Liang families in front of everyone, saying that they colluded with the underworld and committed many illegal things...