Today's three watches, the first one is presented, begging the official to collect and vote, thank you.

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On the last night of May, it was scaryly dark, and the great south wind blew all day to wash away the heat; At the time of the second watch, in addition to the laughter and excitement in the Qinglou Song Workshop, most of the people in Luzhou City fell asleep early in this rare cool night.

On the small bridge to the south of Su Ji Luxi Manor, more than ten black shadows quickly crossed the bridge deck, and they came to the long grass next to the outer wall of Su Ji Granary.

A tall masked man in the lead gestured, and the two masked men behind him touched the silent courtyard from east to west, and after a short time, the two of them returned to their waists and whispered softly in the tall man's ear.

The tall masked man nodded slightly, reached out and took out a bulging leather bag from his arms, and everyone behind him also took out the skin bag one after another, and followed the man to quickly touch the courtyard gate.

More than 10 people stuck to both sides of the courtyard wall, listening attentively, there was no sound inside and outside the courtyard, only to hear the south wind sweeping the surrounding woods and long grass, making the sound of waves and grass blades rubbing 'Xiuxiu'.

The tall masked man gently pulled out the bright saber on his waist, rushed to the front of the courtyard gate, stretched the thin blade into the gap in the courtyard door and moved up and down, after finding the position of the iron bolt, he gently played with the tip of the knife, and after a while, a faint 'click' sound sounded, the man's face was happy, and he stretched out his hand to push the courtyard door, and the courtyard door slid open silently.

The figure retreated, flashed behind the door and listened, the courtyard was dark and gloomy through the crack in the door, and there was no movement, and the tall masked man gestured, and everyone turned sideways into the courtyard.

The tall masked man was Scarface Heiqi, according to the secret investigation a few days ago, he had already figured out the terrain, personnel and location of the Su Ji granary, and this time he came to burn down the Su Ji granary when the night was dark and the wind was high.

Scarface Black Seven made a quick gesture, and the group of people divided into two groups, one to the east and the other to the west, avoiding the residences of the two warehouse guards in the middle, and running towards the granary.

On a southerly day, when it is the best time to dry and damp, the doors and windows of the granary are all wide open in order to dry the hot and humid air generated in the silos, and the two groups of masked people enter the granary without much effort.

These people are all veterans of murder and arson, and at this moment, without commanding, they pulled out the skin plugs one after another, and poured the liquid inside into the small warehouse in the warehouse; Scarface Hei Qi made a gesture to ask his subordinates to speed up, and reached into a grain pile to grab a handful of rice, lifted the face towel and put a few in his mouth to chew, with a satisfied expression in his eyes.

After pouring the oil on the grain stack, the grain stack emitted a pungent smell, and Scarface Black Seven stared at the granary where the group of people had entered to the west, and after a while, he saw a flash of fire, and the grain stack had been lit there; Hei Qi made a gesture, and everyone quickly took out the fire and blew it up, and lit the grain stack; The two teams rushed through the open courtyard as fast as they could, and rushed out of the grain depot.

The fire rose up, and with the momentum of the night wind, it instantly became a blazing fire, and in a short time the fire had already rushed to the roof; The people who were lying in the long grass poked their heads and looked inside, but they saw more than a dozen disheveled men screaming out of the two or three rooms in the middle of the granary where the guards lived, they first looked at the skyrocketing fire on the roof of the warehouse on both sides, and shouted in panic, and then some people began to take a wooden basin and barrel to scoop up the water in the large vat in the corner of the courtyard to try to put it out, but the fire was extremely fierce, and these people's efforts were in vain; After the Kerala explosion, the beams of a granary burned down, scalding several of the men who splashed the water.

Seeing that the fire was no longer under control, the scar-faced black seven in the long grass straightened his waist, ripped off the black towel on his face, and said with a smile: "It's done, disperse from the south, north, and east gates into the city, throw away all the knives and firearms on your body, and come to the second floor of Mingyufang to find me, tonight each person has two sisters, play until dawn." ”

The crowd smiled and scattered, and disappeared into the wilderness.

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The granary was on fire, and on the hillside to the north, Su Jin stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the sky-high fire thoughtfully.

"The Shaodong family is really like a god, the whereabouts of this gang of thieves are completely under the control of the Shaodong family, which is really admirable." A chubby master laughed on the side, he was the son of the old shopkeeper Zhang, who was taken by Su Jin as the chief shopkeeper of the cloth village, and sent Zhang Deli to manage the tenant fields in Luxi Manor.

Su Jin asked, "Is the food all settled?" Is it safe? ”

Zhang Deli bowed down and said: "All arrangements have been made last night, and the place was personally selected by the shopkeeper Hou, in Zhaojiazhuang, ten miles away from here." ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "You still need to pay more attention to this matter, the responsibility is heavy, and you also know that the thieves are worried about us; From today onwards, you have to go to inspect every day, assist the granary steward to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and in the spring of next year, Su Ji will add a grain shop branch in the city, and then see how you perform, if you are conscientious, you will be the big treasurer. ”

Zhang Deli hurriedly thanked him, the young owner was ready to reuse him again, after the shopkeeper of the cloth village was removed, Zhang Deli was scolded by his own old man, and even the in the family ignored him, which made Zhang Deli unbearable.

He also knew that the reason why Su Jin asked him to come to Luxi Manor to take charge of affairs was completely because of the old man's face; Zhang Deli also has self-esteem, and he also wants to change the old man and the young owner's opinion of him through his own skills.

"Shaodong, since you know that this gang of thieves is coming to do bad things, why don't you notify the government to send officers and soldiers to wait, or organize your own people to capture this gang of thieves and send them to the official?"

Su Jin said with a smile: "Show the enemy to be weak, the soldiers are not tired of deceit, repair the plank road in the open, and Chen Cang in the dark." ”

Zhang Deli scratched his head and asked puzzledly: "Young owner, can you make it clearer." ”

Su Jin really wanted to say to him: With your IQ, it is difficult for me to explain to you.

"Realize it yourself, and when you can understand the meaning, you will be a qualified treasurer."

Zhang Deli rolled his eyes and stopped talking, the young owner was like a deep pool and couldn't find out his depth, he talked too much but showed timidity, what he didn't understand, it was better to go home and ask the old man.

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After returning from a conversation with Yan Biyun, Su Jin began to plug his loopholes, first asking the shopkeeper Hou to quickly find a safe place, and then using the night to secretly transfer all the food.

The remaining grain stacks were stuffed with straw and a layer of grain was spread on the surface to camouflage, and Yan Biyun sent people to secretly follow the Scarface Hei Qi and his gang, and as soon as Hei Qi and them left the city tonight, Su Jin received the news, so there was the scene just now.

After tonight's thrill, Su Jin really understood that this was no longer a matter of making money and losing money, but a life-and-death struggle, and the reason why he chose to retreat and did not organize people to capture the thief on the spot was to take this reason into account.

What if you catch it? Anyone can buy the inspector to save the gang of robbers from the knife of Hei Qi, and then send it to the government It will be a bad situation, is it stupid to stand up and accuse the prefect of colluding with the Chamber of Commerce to exchange death row prisoners? Poking out such a big basket without evidence is self-defeating.

And now this choice is the best policy, so that the Chamber of Commerce thinks that Su Ji's grain is burned, so that Su Ji will turn from the bright place to the dark place, after the Chamber of Commerce gets the plan, it will definitely not put Su Ji in its eyes again, and the vigilance will be much smaller, which will be more beneficial to the implementation of the plan in Su Jin's heart.

"And let you be proud and see who has the last laugh."

The sky was getting brighter, and in the dawn, Su Jin sat in the mule cart back to the city with a smile, and behind him was a piece of rubble with green smoke, which was originally the secret granary where Su Ji stored 80,000 stones.