Taiyuan Mansion, Fan Yongdou Mansion.

Fan Yongdou is the richest man in Shanxi, and his mansion is unrivaled in Shanxi in terms of size and luxury.

Two huge stone lions stand at the door of the mansion, a color of terrazzo brick wall, green tile block, the entrance is a huge rockery, in front of the rockery erected a silver boulder.

The book says: "Heaven and Earth Fan Mansion" four big characters.

The boulder is made of snowflake silver, about eight feet high, about four feet square, I don't know the geometry of the silver, the sunlight is shining, and the people who flash can't open their eyes.

The rockery passes through the wall, and there is a house built below.

All kinds of strange stones are surrounded by a group of houses, and all the houses in the middle are covered, and there is not a single flower and tree, only to see many different grasses, or pulling vines, or leading vines, or hanging on the top of the mountain, or through the stone gaps, hanging eaves around the columns, lingering on the steps.

Xu is there something big in the house, and seven or eight warblers and Yanyan are very anxious to leave with tea.

Fan Mansion Middle Hall.

"Lao Fan, you have the most knowledge, let's talk about what to do first!" There were eight old men sitting in the hall of Fan's house, and an old man with a big belly about fifty years old on the left asked out loud.

The huge atrium with carved beams and paintings is still extraordinarily spacious, even with eight people seated and a few servants waiting.

"Alas! Since the disappearance of the dog, the old man has been worried all day long, and the few people who accompanied him have also been killed by the old man's cane, although the old man has many descendants, but only this eldest son has become a weapon.

Three years ago, the old man had handed over all the family business to the boss, if he had three long and two short, the old man ...... The old man is poking a hole in the sky, and he will definitely seek justice for him! ”

Fan Yongdou has been crisscrossing Shanxi for forty years, how could he have suffered such a big loss, besides, Fan Jian is the successor of his Fan family, he is dying, if the eldest son has three long and two short, is it difficult to hand over the family business to those few children who only know how to hook up with other daughters-in-law?

"Lao Fan, everyone wants to listen to your opinion, not to listen to your nagging here, a few of us who are not the root of their lives were trapped by gangsters, and now we only know that the person's name is Zhao Si, not a local, and there are traces of other things that can be found a few steps."

Guest Liang had a clear idea and talked about the current situation, but he was still depressed.

"The eight of us are the richest people in the whole Shanxi, and even in the entire Ming Dynasty, who is so rampant, dare to go against our eight families at one time, let the old man catch him, the old man has to take off his skin with his own hands, it is difficult to understand the hatred in my heart!"

It was Huang Shulang's father Huang Yunfa who spoke, although his second son was a little timid, but he was the most favored in his Huang family, for no other reason, Huang Yunfa was afraid of guilt, and Huang Shulang was the only son of his wife.

"Brother Yongchang, what flaws can be found in the Immortal Residence Restaurant?" Fan Yongdou asked Wang Dengku, who was the next head, Yongchang was Wang Dengku's expression.

"Alas! When the old man went to the fairy house, the fairy house was already empty, and there was no one left from the boss to the next person, and there were only some leftovers left in the whole restaurant.

Under someone to check, the dish is not poisonous, but the wine has been tampered with, and it is sweat medicine! ”

In addition to the eight giant businessmen who lost their sons, the most unlucky one was the boss of the Immortal Residence.

On that day, Liu Hong gradually rushed away, and the dozens of people left behind did not leave in a hurry until half an hour later.

Joke! provoked eight bullies at once, and whoever doesn't run is a fool.

This matter is because of Wang Dengku, that day Wang Youcai happily said to him that there is a big business, he is also happy for his son, Wang Youcai has not learned since he was a child, and when he is thirty years old, except for taking more than ten concubines and giving birth to many grandchildren, he is useless.

"Under the county order of Mengxian County, I interrogated the big-headed soldiers who guarded the city, who knew that they insisted that they had never seen any gangsters enter or leave the city......"

Wang Dengku said with a calm face.

"Humph! Who knows if what you said is true or not, isn't it a trick secretly made by your Wang Dengku! The old man put his words here today, if it is really a trick you played, the old man will never die with you! ”

Jin Liangyu was originally ranked first among the eight giant merchants, more than ten years ago, during the Battle of Ningjin, he secretly sent a large number of grain, grass and ordnance to Jiannu, and was secretly made bad by the Wang family to reveal his whereabouts to the Mongolian tribes.

At that time, Mongolia had not yet completely annexed the Jurchens, and as a result, the Jin family suffered huge losses, and it has not yet been replaced.

Although there is no clear evidence after the incident, everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, and they all know who made the trick, and the Jin family and Wang Dengku's family have also formed a feud since then.

Although the grudge for more than ten years has faded, it has not been very harmonious, and two days ago, Wang Dengku suddenly sent someone to visit his house, so he wanted to give them a big deal and mend the deadlocked relationship between the two families.

Jin Liangyu also accepted this feeling, but the result was that Jin Kaiyan, who was regarded as the successor of the Jin family, never returned.

"Put P, don't say that the old man's own son is also in prison, if the old man wants to deal with your Jin family, why do you need to use a trick?"

Wang Dengku slapped the table and stood up.

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel, it's all old-fashioned things, how can you mention those old things again, if it was really Yongchang's doing, according to his temperament, how could he discuss this matter with you and me here? The old man believes that Brother Wang is also a victim of this matter, don't hurt the peace! ”

Fan Yongdou was the oldest, and a few words made the rest of them dispel their doubts about Wang Dengku.

"Humph!" Jin Liangyu seemed to be dissatisfied with Fan Yongdou speaking for others, and snorted coldly and said goodbye.

"Master, I just don't know who threw nine letters into the house!" A few people were frowning, and Li Fubao, the housekeeper of the Fan Mansion, walked in from outside the hall and said.

"Nine letters? Steward Li, you are not confused, even if the gangsters come to report, at most one letter will be repaired, what is the reason for nine letters? ”

The atmosphere in the hall was already dull, and when nine letters came in at once, the first thing that everyone thought of was that someone took advantage of the fire to rob them.

"Master Liang, the old slave doesn't dare to say that the stakes are high, these nine letters were tied to a brick and thrown into the mansion together, and he also smashed the head of a subordinate, and the subordinate is still bleeding profusely!

The old slave immediately went out to check, but he was gone! ”

Li Fubao took out a thick pile of letters from his waist and showed them to everyone.

"What are you talking about, quickly bring the letter to the old man!" Fan Yongdou said coldly and angrily.

Li Fubao didn't say anything more, hurriedly presented the letter to Fan Yongdou, and bowed and retreated.

Fan Yongdou took the letter and hurriedly opened them one by one.

"This ...... It's my son's handwriting, come and see it! Although the handwriting was a little sloppy, Fan Yongdou immediately saw that it was the handwriting of his son Fan Jian.

Hearing that it was the main master, the other seven people bounced up from their chairs, no longer the decadence of the elderly.

"Son! O my son! Huang Yunfa looked at his son's letter and burst into tears.

Although the eight people have done a lot of bad things in their lives, and words such as full of evil and difficult to write are not enough to describe, but the tiger poison does not eat children, in their opinion, it is natural to bully others, and bullying their own sons is extremely evil and unforgivable.

After crying for a while, a few people remembered that these eight letters were all letters from their son asking for help, so what about the ninth?

Fan Yongdou opened the ninth letter under the gaze of several people, and several people hurriedly leaned over to read it.

"Your Excellency the Eight Profiteers, I guess you know who I am!"

If Lao Tzu knew who you were, he would have sent someone to divide your five horses into corpses, Fan Yongdou just read the first sentence and blew his beard angrily and glared and scolded secretly.

"I heard that the family of the eight profiteers is very rich, I don't know whether it is true or not, and I and thousands of my brothers are very poor, and now the cold is suddenly rising, I think how to get a handful of your wool to survive the cold winter, I think that you profiteers will not refuse!

I heard that the old man of the Gu family in Meng County was in the hands of you, I didn't say much, and when I sent the wool, I sent the old man Gu together, the old man Gu was missing a hair, and I let the dogs have a hair!

Observers should send the wool to the Longwang Temple at the foot of Baiyun Mountain within one day, and do not report to the official, otherwise, I will tear up the ticket.

Written down, Nicholas Zhao Si. ”