Chapter 9: Struggle for Power
Chang Sihao was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, where did the witnesses come from? Could it be that they were talking about Ah Yao, Ah Xiang, and Chun Tao? No, they hid in the medicine storage room during the whole process, and they didn't see the situation outside, how could they testify? Moreover, they were three people, but Brother Chen said that there was a witness, could it be that there were people who had escaped by luck?
Chen Sheng read his expression early in the morning, and smiled gloomily: "The witness I said is not a living person. ”
Ah Yao Daqi muttered to himself: "It's not a living person, is it a dead person?"
Chen Shengyi said slowly: "Exactly." Ah Yao looked at his expression, it didn't look like a joke at all, and she couldn't help but feel an inexplicable panic in her heart.
The thunder faded, and the three of them faced each other silently, but the sound of rain in their eardrums suddenly became clear.
Chang Sihao's expression was calm: "You mean Qin Yi." ”
Chen Sheng nodded: "Yes, only the uncle's body has not been buried, if you check it, maybe you can find some clues." Chang Sihao said: "Good idea! Let's go find Jue Xiang and open the coffin for an autopsy together!" But seeing Chen Sheng's face was calm and his steps did not move, he said strangely: "What?" Chen Sheng said: "The parents of the body and skin, even after death, should not be moved lightly, otherwise it will be very disrespectful, if this matter is notified to the young master, I am afraid that he will not agree." In addition, you have heard what he said in the spirit shed today, he believes that it was done by Juhao Pavilion, if he does this, it is only if it is verified to be in line with our inferences, if there is no evidence, he will definitely be regarded as fearful in his heart, looking for an excuse to escape the battle of revenge. ”
Chang Sihao smiled indifferently: "Brother Chen, whom I knew before, is not like this. ”
Chen Shengyi sighed: "Alas, how Jue Xiang looks at me, I don't care about it, in order to find out the truth, I must do this autopsy, although the paper can't hold the fire, but before the conclusion comes out, I still don't want to let him know first, Brother Chang, I know that your knife skills are wonderful, I want to ask you to dissect and destroy the corpse as little as possible, and it is worthy of the uncle." ”
Chang Sihao thought to himself that he was skinning and removing bones all day long in the army, and he was extremely familiar with the human body, so it was probably not a problem to dissect it, but after all, he and Chen Shengyi were both people with foreign surnames, and it would always be a little unreasonable to tamper with his uncle's body without notifying him. Moreover, if it is verified that the murderer is someone else, it is impossible not to let him know. It seems that Brother Chen is not very sure, and this move is nothing more than to avoid a war of words and more trouble. Considering the current attitude, there is really no way to do this. After hesitating, he nodded and said, "Okay, so if you don't notify him first, when will we do it?"
Chen Shengyi: "Everyone is still drinking, now it's raining and windy outside, and there are only two maids in the spirit shed, just send them away, it's time to do it." ”
Chang Sihao looked sideways at the two bamboo umbrellas by the door and smiled.
The plain lamp in the flower hall is tall, extraordinarily bright, Qin Juexiang sits in the chairman's position on the opposite door, Ma Mingshao on the left hand side, two vacant seats on the right hand, Gu Weixin, Mo Ruzhi, Yu Zhide, Zhang Chengju These people sit outside, and the rest of the characters open another side table. Mo Ruzhi wanted to stop it, but was stopped by Qin Juexiang, and told everyone not to worry, they could get drunk and rest, so the hall was even more lively.
Qin Juexiang saw it in his eyes, and secretly thought in his heart that it might not be difficult to lead a gang and a faction, it was nothing more than to grasp the hearts of the people and make them perform their duties to ensure that the organization could operate stably and normally. Although I am a little too young to convince the public, these grandfather's old subordinates have served in the Qin family for many years, and they have a kind of inertia in their feelings, and they can be used for me as long as they are well maintained. Some unaccustomed problems, small and silent, will pass with one eye open and one eye closed. As soon as he thought of this, he thought of Chen Shengyi again, and a pimple twisted in his heart: "Originally, I wanted to toast him with a few glasses of wine at the banquet to ease the atmosphere, but I always felt that it was difficult to open my mouth, and when he was hesitating, he withdrew from the table under the pretext of an excuse, as if he sensed that he was deliberately avoiding." Although this person is annoying, but in the Qin family's foreign affairs, the days are deep, the prestige is quite high, and now he is friendly with Brother Chang, it is not easy to move him, fortunately, the generals under him Wen Zhengyin and Yan Ruzhi are dead, and they have lost two arms, this person covets the beauty of the fourth aunt, and his brain is also stupid, and he will gradually limit his authority in the future, and slowly try to do it, it should not be difficult, but I have to deal with others, and I must first build up my right arm. Thinking of this, he held the pot and came to pour wine for Ma Mingshao.
Ma Mingshao hurriedly got up, bowed his waist to hold the cup, and said in his mouth: "The young master is tormenting his subordinates, why is Mingshao restrained?"
Qin Juexiang poured the cup full, smiled and motioned for him to sit down, and said: "Brother Ma doesn't have to be polite, thanks to you this time, otherwise the rudder is only afraid that it will be a mess, now is the time to be in ruins, inseparable from people, Qibei Mountain died in the hands of Tibetan monks, and no one takes care of internal affairs, so you can stay in Taiyuan to help me." ”
His words were not loud, but which one in the room was not deep in internal strength, deaf and clear? Listening to the other sound in his words, he actually had the intention of letting Ma Mingshao serve as the head of the Qin family on behalf of Qi Beishan, and exchanged glances with each other, and the flower hall suddenly fell silent.
There are many consortia in Shanxi, and among the Jin merchants, they are all rich and rival countries. The Qin family is in black and white, monopolizing almost all the economic lifelines in the local area, its wealth is far from being comparable to other merchants, the two major managers of the Qin family are responsible for internal and external affairs, the chief manager is in charge of the interior, and grasps the mobilization of all wealth and economic operations in the organization, and can directly appoint and dismiss the backbone leaders above the middle level of each rudder, and have the right to nominate the rudder and deputy helmsman, and the status is so high that it can be said that it is under one person and above ten thousand people.
In addition to the few masters who came back from Datong, most of them were middle-level leaders brought by Ma Mingshao from the rudder, and when they heard that the helmsman had the hope of leapfrogging and being promoted, they would follow the phoenix, and they would also rise to the top, and they were happy in their hearts, engrossed, and listened carefully.
Ma Mingshao said: "The subordinates do not have virtue, their intelligence is mediocre, since they have been in charge of the Changzhi rudder, they have never made any achievements, and they have no military achievements. ”
Qin Juexiang waved his hand: "Brother Ma, our own brothers, there is no need to be polite." As the so-called family is poor and filial sons, the country is in turmoil and loyal ministers, the rudder has suffered a catastrophe and a complete defeat, and now everything is in order, as stable as Mount Tai, all rely on your strength, if you have no talent and virtue, how can you set things right and turn the tide at this critical moment of survival? Besides, such a great achievement, is it still small? You were originally the helmsman of the rudder, and this time you should be promoted to the rudder by merit. ”
Ma Mingshao avoided the table and bowed down and said, "The young master has a good reputation. Ming Shao has been in the Qin family since he entered the Qin family, but in seven or eight years, he was wrongly loved by the old lady and the uncle, and the promotion of the two managers was promoted to the lord of a rudder in just a few years, and it was already an exceptional grace, Ming Shao knew that he was mediocre, and he did not dare to make a slight mistake, and he would do it himself, which was worthy of maintenance, and finally there was no fault, and he had already thought that he would let Xian only wait for the Lord to find a talent, how dare he hope for more. The rudder affairs are not trivial, according to the views of the subordinates, the Qi Mengqiao Qi helm master of Jincheng, the Chi Fengkuan Chi helm master of Yuncheng and the Datong An Zi Tengan helm master are all veterans of the Qin family for more than 20 years. ”
Ma Mingshao's subordinates listened to the anxiety in their hearts, thinking that the eldest husband should be in the world, and the wealth and glory should not be compromised, why should the helmsman be so modest? Could it be that he was afraid that the elders would not be convinced? The youngest among them, An Ziteng, was also over 50 years old, and he was half of the people who had entered the earth, so where did the fearful come from?
Gu Weixin said: "Young master, Changzhi is also one of our big rudders, can not be left unattended, according to the opinion of subordinates, the important thing now is to settle down, strive for stability, it is not appropriate to carry out personnel transfers, and the helmsman is not familiar with the rudder situation, and it is not appropriate to arrange it in a hurry." ”
Before the words were finished, a voice at the adjacent table said: "Reasonable, reasonable! This is too right! If you want to say that you are familiar with the situation of the rudder, then no one can be higher than Gu Ye, Gu Ye has always followed the general manager of Qi, and he is familiar with both official and private vehicles, and he is very handy in handling affairs, and now that the chief manager has unfortunately passed away, it is most appropriate for Gu Ye to succeed him. ”
The tone of this person's speech was very calm, as if he was sincere, but everyone present could feel a different layer of meaning when they heard it, and Ma Mingshao's subordinates couldn't help but let out a cold snort and ridicule.
Gu Weixin got up, turned around and glanced at the faces of everyone at the adjacent table, and said loudly: "What Gu said just now has absolutely no intention of belittling the helmsman!
There was a chair sound, and the five people at the adjacent table stood up at the same time, glaring at him, only the person who spoke just now did not move, he sat firmly with his back to Gu Weixin, laughed twice, and said: "Jiang Mou's words have no other meaning, why is Gu Ye so excited and unable to hold his breath?"
Gu Weixin shouted angrily at his back: "Don't be obedient here! You have something to say, it's obvious that there is a needle hidden in the cotton, is it stupid to be someone else!"
"Hahahaha. ”
The man laughed and got up, calmly pulled out the chair, turned his face and bowed to the ground: "Master Gu misunderstood, the little one has no other meaning." It's just that the original little one really supported Gu Ye's succession, but now that he saw it, he changed his mind, if he was the position of the chief manager, it would not be the blessing of the Qin family for such an impulsive and irritable person. Although this person made a big gesture of salute, it seemed that he was deliberately contrived, without any respect, and when he spoke, he did not look at Gu Weixin, and his expression was extremely frivolous.
Gu Weixin was so angry that he hit the top beam, and suddenly heard a broken drink, and someone scolded: "Jiang Muxian, you are so bold! You dare to be so rude to Gu Ye during the banquet!