Riding a horse all the way to the Xibian Gate, Chen Yue's heart was relieved when he saw the long coal cart carrying coal inside and outside the Xibian Gate. Everything is as usual in Xibianmen, and he is completely safe.

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Today's person in charge of guarding the door is Zhou Wen of 100 households, and with the continuous promotion of Chen Jianghe, this former small banner, the employees of Chenjia Coal Yard, have also been promoted to 100 households. Seeing Chen Yue rushing over with more than 20 cavalry regardless of it, Zhou Wen was shocked.

"I'm in a hurry to get out of the city, by the way, my dad is in the city?" Chen Yue restrained the war horse, and the crowded west gate was no longer suitable for galloping on Pegasus.

"General Chen, he is on duty at the Beijing Camp Yamen in the city, and he is not at the head of the city. I'll clear the crowd for you, young master, right away. Seeing that Chen Yue looked very anxious, Zhou Wen didn't dare to delay more, and hurriedly led people to the city gate, and ordered the coal truck to lean aside, giving Chen Yue and his party a way out of the city.

"Lord Chen."

"Lord Chen!"

Many of the coal merchants who transported coal were old acquaintances of Chen Yue, and they came forward to say hello when they saw Chen Yue.

"Lord Chen, you have pitted us so hard!" Suddenly, a voice sounded, which made Chen Yue stunned, turned his head to look, and couldn't help but be happy, but standing next to him was the coal merchant Lao Hou, who now has no longer the free and easy appearance he used to have, and he actually pulled the coal car in a cloth suit and short clothes.

"I said, Lao Hou, how did you become like this, you are a big shopkeeper, how can you do such physical work?" Chen Yue couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Excellency, you're still smiling! At the beginning, you borrowed tens of thousands of catties of raw coal from me, and you made a lot of money, but Lao Hou and I were very miserable, and now I can't afford to hire workers, and if you don't pull coal yourself, you will starve to death. The old marquis said bitterly.

"Hey, what are you talking about, didn't I lend your coal to give you a profit, I heard that later my shopkeeper Wu paid all the money according to the market price, how can you rely on me if you fall into this situation!" Chen Yue said with a smile. Officially relying on "borrowing" millions of catties of raw coal from these coal merchants, the Chen family honeycomb coal monopolized the entire Beijing market. During the months of the Manchu invasion, the city gate of Beijing was always closed, and the other coal yards had long been out of coal, only the Chenjia coal yard still had a steady stream of honeycomb coal, and it was difficult to make a fortune!

"In the end, I am in breach of contract, I paid the deposit of the coal yard, the profit you gave is not enough, coupled with the rise in prices, I have been sitting on the mountain for months, and the little silver at home cannot afford to spend at all, and now I can only take my son to pull coal." Lao Hou sighed.

"It's all old friends, so let's do it, next time you go to Xishan to pull coal, report my name, and the purchase price will be cheaper for you." Chen Yue said, taking advantage of the boss, after all, he was a little embarrassed.

"Really? Thank you so much! Lao Hou was suddenly pleasantly surprised, with Chen Yue's promise, he was bound to make a lot of money, and his family's business was expected to recover.

Chen Yue nodded, didn't talk any more, and led his cavalry out of Xibianmen, galloping towards the original coal yard, where thousands of troops under his command were stationed.

Yang Zhengping and the Iron Lion greeted them and told Chen Yue that everything was normal.

Chen Yue entered the big tent, washed it a little, changed into a military uniform, and ordered to bring in the hemp pole.

Ma Chuang took the collar of the hemp rod and carried him into the tent.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Chen Yue asked lightly.

"Boss!" Looking at Chen Yue, who had a calm face, Ma Zhu was a little drumming in his heart, and shouted tentatively.

"Don't call me boss, I don't have a brother like you!" Chen Yue finally became furious, "I colluded with others to sneak attack me, I appreciated you in vain, promoted you from a ruffian to the steward of the coal yard, and received a lot of silver every day, this is how you repay me!" ”

"Boss, I didn't!" Ma Pole fell to his knees and cried out in horror.

"None? Why didn't you greet me with a smile on your face at that time, and why didn't you say a word when Wu Liang warned me? It's clearly colluding with the enemy and trying to kill me, but I'm still quibbling! Chen Yue became more and more angry, walked to the hemp pole in a few steps, lifted his chest clothes, and pulled them up.

"Boss, I, I'm forced! They threatened to kill me if I didn't listen to them, not only me, but my family! In the face of Chen Yue's powerful deterrence, the hemp pole finally couldn't hold on, and his eyes dodged and he didn't dare to look at Chen Yue at all.

"Threat, then tell me who they are and how they threaten you!" Chen Yue loosened the hemp pole's placket, let him collapse on the ground, and asked coldly.

"That man is a steward of the Gongshun Hou Mansion, I have dealt with him before, and he came to me and said, My lord, you will soon lose power, let me help him. I didn't say yes at first, but he immediately turned his face and threatened to kill not only me, but also my family. I had no choice but to say yes.

Boss, I'm sorry for you, but I can't help it, he said that you have offended too many people, from Lord Chen Yan, to most of the princes and nobles, and even the fathers-in-law in the palace, they all want your life. Even if I don't listen to them, you won't be able to save your life. ”

"Oh? Did they promise that if you would listen to them and lure me into a trap, they would give you a future and make you an official or something. Chen Yue asked coldly.

"No, no." Ma Zhu denied it tremblingly, but looking at his hesitant appearance, Chen Yue knew that he had guessed correctly.

"Besides Gong Shun Hou Wu Weiying, who else is there?" Chen Yue asked again.

"I, I don't know, I know the steward of the Gongshun Hou Mansion, and I don't know anyone else, but I feel that those people don't seem to be familiar with each other, and there may be other people besides the Gongshun Hou Mansion." Ma Zhu thought about it and explained everything he knew.

"Boss, spare your life, for the sake of our brothers for many years, spare me! For Wu Liang's sake, please spare me! Finally, Ma Pole pleaded with tears in his eyes.

Looking at the begging hemp pole, Chen Yue hesitated a little, the person in front of him had a complicated relationship with himself, he grew up together, and later often bullied his stupid predecessor, and he relied on the silver he took from him to have the first pot of gold, but later he also saved his life and gave him a good future. It is said that this relationship is already very close, but in the face of other people's threats, he still betrayed himself.

It is said that he should kill him, but thinking about his past friendships, thinking about Wu Liang who reminded him of his tragic death, Chen Yue couldn't do it in the end.

It's just a little gangster who goes with the flow, and it's useless to kill him!

", don't let me see you again!" Chen Yue said coldly.