"Click-"

Yan Dashan broke the wooden crutch on his leg, and after a crisp sound, everyone looked at Yan Dashan, and the audience was silent.

Bao Xinglong looked at the wooden crutch in his hand that was not broken, and it seemed that it was not the crutch that was broken with a click just now, and after a while, he asked in a low voice: "Brother Yan, are you okay?" ”

Yan Dashan's wrinkled old face with three layers of skin gradually turned from red to purple black, the muscles on his face twitched, he gritted his teeth, held his breath, looked at Bao Xinglong, and spit out four words word by word: "Hurry up...... Look for...... Big...... Husband......

After saying that, he fell to the ground and fainted in pain.

……

A group of old men were in a hurry, and finally Yan Dashan, who died before he could get out of the school, moved into the carriage and sent him to the hospital for medical treatment, Bao Xinglong looked back at the dozens of shopkeepers and guys who worked hard with him back then, and now they are all bad old men in their seventies and eighties, and suddenly became angry, and a wave of anger disappeared without a trace, sighed, and waved his hand at them: "You all go back, this matter is over." ”

"How can this be done, we have to get justice! We can't swallow this breath, insulting Master Bao is insulting us, and we must not spare Wang Shichong's father and son! ”

Just when the old men said that they couldn't give up, and Bao Xinglong didn't know how to persuade him, a notice came from outside the door: "Master Bao, the general of the secret guard has arrived." ”

Bao Xinglong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, please!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to those old men and said, "Shopkeepers, today's matter is over, and I will not swear to be a person if I don't swear to be a person this time." I have an appointment with the Dark Guard General, so I won't greet you. ”

When everyone heard that the Dark Guard General had arrived, they all rejoiced. They all felt that there would be a satisfactory explanation of this matter, so they took their leave and left Baofu.

Bao Xinglong invited Zhen Mingku into the mansion, and before Zhen Mingku could speak, Bao Xinglong said: "General Zhen, the old man has something to ask for, please help me." Avenge this dung-stuffing. ”

Zhen Ming's bitter face was embarrassed, "I understand Master Bao's mood, but I'm afraid this time it's not that simple." Master Bao, your family has a big business, and the wealth is rival the country, Wang Shichong takes a fancy to your Wuliang King, and he is planning to take advantage of you. Now he's got an excuse again. Master Bao, you can get rid of this conniving subordinate guys, so as to fill the charge of hurting people's lives, it is not easy, Wang Shichong will definitely bite to the death, even if it is the emperor's personal trial, as long as the evidence is conclusive, the Bao family may not be able to escape this catastrophe......"

"General Zhen. I know that there are difficulties in this matter, otherwise I would not have asked the general to come out. As long as you can let Lao Yu personally slaughter Wang Xuanshu's shaft, Lao Yu is willing to give half of the Wuliang King's industry that he has created for most of his life to General Zhen! ”

Bao Xinglong's irritable appearance like thunder and his beard stood upside down, which made Zhen Mingbitter secretly frightened, what Wang Xuanshu did this time really angered this eighty-year-old man who had always been self-contained.

Bao Xinglong saw that he was silent, thinking that he couldn't look down on the revenge of the Bao family's half of the industry, after all, the general of the secret guard already had such a large fief as Longmen Town, and there was really no need to provoke Wang Shichong for him, so he hurriedly said:

"The old man knows that General Zhen you have a fiefdom in Longmen Town, and you don't care about the old man's meager industry, but if General Zhen is born one day in the future with the idea of becoming the king of himself, the five grain king's transportation channels and veins all over the country will make the general You will never fall into the predicament of lack of food, this is the old decay for most of his life, the branches, transportation fleets, water transportation, etc., even if there is General Zhen's financial resources, it may not be able to be established within a few years, with the support of the five grain kings behind the old decay, plus General Zhen's eloquence, The soldiers of the Dark Guard are wide, not to mention Luoyang, even the world, and half of them are in General Zhen's pocket! ”

Zhen Ming laughed bitterly: "Master Bao is really exalting me, I have never had any ambitions, I am used to being lazy, not to mention competing with others for the world, even if I give this world to me, I may not dare to ask for it." ”

"General Zhen saw the fate of the old decay today, could it be that he hasn't been touched yet? This kind of thief who was insulted by his grandchildren before he died, and he was not guaranteed in his later years, although he had thousands of family fortunes, he did not have the ability to resist at all, and General Zhen was not afraid that he would encounter it once in the future? ”

Zhen Mingku was noncommittal, but said: "Master Bao doesn't have to say anything, I should try my best to mediate the affairs of the Bao family." ”

Bao Xinglong did not give up, and said: "General Zhen, do you know why Wang Shichong wanted to attack the Bao family?" ”

"Why?"

"Because of General Zhen's business dealings with the Bao family, the Bao family's grain transportation network is all over the place, Longmen Town is rich in grain, and the Bao family is needed to transport the network and distribution points, so to speak, the Bao family is the most inseparable ally of the Dark Guard to a certain extent, this should have been something that only you and me and a few shopkeepers know, there must be a traitor in the Wuliang King, and Wang Shichong knew about the money and goods between Longmen Town and the Wuliang King......

Zhen Mingku's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he vaguely smelled a hint of conspiracy.

Bao Xinglong continued: "General Zhen and Wang Shichong are incompatible, Luoyang City is already known to everyone, Wang Shichong does not dare to mobilize troops and horses to compete with General Zhen, you can only secretly use this kind of small conspiracy to uproot the allies around the Dark Guard little by little, isolate General Zhen, once these obstacles are removed, Wang Shichong's next move is General Zhen you, you may think that he has nothing to do with you, but if he is secretly poisoned, you and your wife will be unable to prevent it......"

Zhen Ming thought for a while, raised his head and asked: "What does Master Bao mean is that this grain accident of the Wuliang King was completely planned by Wang Shichong's people, and the bureau made by the big shopkeeper inside the Wuliang King?" This is strange, Master Bao should be a cautious person, and the person entrusted with the important task must be a trustworthy old subordinate, how can he be bought? ”

Bao Xinglong nodded: "The old man has been thinking about this problem since he woke up yesterday, the white shopkeeper and the Yi shopkeeper died strangely, now it seems that Wang Shichong sent someone to assassinate them, the two of them are responsible for the purchase and inspection of the goods of the Wuliang King, and there has been no major mistake for decades, after their death, the Qi family promoted the two younger shopkeepers, although they are young, they are also old fellows who have been cultivated by the old man for many years, and they are loyal to the Wuliang King, it is impossible to do this kind of ......."

Zhen Ming pondered for a moment and said, "If someone deliberately planted the blame at this time, the Bao family might be able to escape." ”

Bao Xinglong hurriedly asked, "Has General Zhen thought of any way?" ”

"If this matter is not a problem with rice, but someone deliberately poisoned the rice, as long as you find out the person who poisoned and force him to tell the mastermind behind the scenes, the King of Five Grains will be able to get rid of suspicion, can Master Bao tell the names of the new two shopkeepers?"

"One is the shopkeeper of Wu Xing of Shop No. 3 in the north of the city, and the other is the shopkeeper of Shop No. 8 in the south of the city, you mean, they were bought by Wang Shichong and deliberately blamed the King of Wuliang? The old decay asked people to come over and ask them face to face, where was the king of Wuliang sorry for them, and he did such an ungrateful thing! ”

"Don't startle the snake for the time being, this matter needs to be carefully investigated, if it is really Wang Shichong who bought them and secretly did something, they will not admit it, please pretend that you don't know anything, cooperate with the interrogation of the Criminal Department, don't let Wang Shichong's people see the clues."

Bao Xinglong's expression was shocked, and he nodded: "The old man is confused, everything is according to General Zhen's meaning." ”

Zhen Mingku, who asked some more about the inner workings of the Wuliang King, turned around and entered his bedroom, opened the locked cabinet, took out an account book, went out of the room, and handed the account book to Zhen Mingku.

"Here are the accounts of the five grain kings in the last month, with the documents and signatures of the shopkeepers in various places to collect grain and transport, which should be helpful to General Zhen's investigation."

Zhen Ming took the account book hard, comforted Bao Xinglong, and asked him to recuperate, and finally let him be ashamed, so he got up and said goodbye.

……

Coming out of the Bao Mansion, a sense of crisis surged in Zhen Ming's bitter heart, Bao Xinglong Wuliang King had an accident, he didn't realize that this was a conspiracy against the Dark Guard, until Bao Xinglong reminded him, he was a little alert.

The violent death of the two shopkeepers of the Five Grain Kings was mentioned on Luo Shixin's letterhead and the report of the Intelligence Department of the Dark Guard, but it did not attract his attention.

In spite of this, there are still so many emperors in history who died violently in the prime of life, and they were vaguely mentioned in the history books, and there are undoubtedly many ghosts who died unjustly, and those who murdered them are often the closest people around.

Even if it's not a violent death, chronic poison is one way to do it.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that he was already in a position coveted by everyone unconsciously, in the midst of a struggle for power and profit, and he still didn't know that danger was coming.

The ordinary life he wants to live is gradually getting farther and farther away from him, and the enemies he inexplicably provokes always spring up like mushrooms before he knows it, whether it is the old enemies of the past, or those who have inflated ambitions, regard him as an obstacle, and hide in the shadows to release dark arrows.

He is not afraid of open swords and guns, but if he takes action against the people around him, secretly bribes the servants and maids in the house, and lets them poison and assassinate them in the meal, even if he is a hundred times more careful, he will not be able to prevent it.

Although his meals were prepared for him by Zhang's own cooking, it was difficult to ensure that someone was doing the tricks in the ingredients.

There are too many methods of poisoning in this era, and even a famous doctor like Sun Langzhong may not be able to know what kind of toxin the victim died of, so he can only attribute it to a violent death.

It's just that he comes from the 21st century and has an epoch-making product that combines 21st century technology, and there is not necessarily no solution, all he needs is to be aware of the danger and watch out for it. (To be continued......)