This is a bit strange. The people who went to China Merchants Bank to redeem the Lan family's bank notes were from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the people who bought the Lan family's tung oil from Yutai Oil Shop were also from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Using the Lan family's money to buy the Lan family's goods is confusing.

Fan Xiaodao said: "Perhaps the Northern Zhou people don't know where the money comes from?"

During this period, Lan Zhili spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Presumably, he would not be living in a place like Baihua Building. You must know that with this money, you can easily buy Baihua Building. Judging from the records of redeeming silver notes,

Some of these people are from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and they also work as accountants and stewards for many officials in the DPRK. It can be seen that they have a lot of activities in the capital. Thinking of the previous case of Sun Mengwu, if it is true as they said, thousands of dollars were stolen for a woman.

Two taels of silver would only give others the impression that Lan Zhili was a dandy, but with such intensive and generous spending, no one would believe him if he said he had no purpose.

How credible are Lan Zhili's words at home?

Li Zhixing killed Xiao Yilu, who treated him well, and why? Was he sure he wanted to take action against Xue Yingxiong?

Jinyiwei is the largest spy agency in the dynasty. Any disturbance will not be hidden from their eyes. But for such a conspiracy against Duke Jingguo, will they not receive any news?

After giving some instructions to Boss Jin, the two of them walked out of the bank.

Zhao Xing frowned, "I'm afraid things are not as simple as they seem. There must be some conspiracy involved."

"Should we inform Mr. Xue?"

"It's necessary."

The two walked a few steps and saw an oil shop outside. There was a notice posted on the door, "High-quality tung oil, reward one hundred and fifty cents per pound." When the two saw this, they walked in and the shopkeeper

Seeing the two officials coming in, he cautiously caught up and asked, "What do you two officials do for you?"

"This tung oil costs one hundred and fifty cents per pound? Is the business good?"

The shopkeeper knew what was going on. Seeing that the two of them were interested, he smiled apologetically and said, "Thanks to the official, the business of the shop is pretty good. If the official needs it, please tell me a place and I will send the small one to you. Where can I use it?"

I need your money!"

Fan Xiaodao asked: "If I buy it in bulk, how much does it cost per pound?"

"How much to buy?"

Fan Xiaodao said: "Ten thousand catties."

The shopkeeper chuckled and said, "The official is joking. Our capital city is no better than the local area. The imperial court controls tung oil. Each oil mill can only store five thousand kilograms at most. Ordinary people can only buy ten kilograms at most in addition to registration and filing. Some

Rich families or court officials can only buy up to one hundred catties at a time. For example, our oil shop usually only prepares a thousand catties, and the rest has to be stored in warehouses outside the city. If you ask for ten thousand catties, I am afraid it will be the biggest Yutai.

Oil mills don’t have that much inventory either.”

After hearing the shopkeeper talk about Yutai Oil Factory, the two of them had some thoughts.

Fan Xiaodao asked again: "How much oil does Yutai Oil Store have in the city?"

"The imperial court approved eight thousand kilograms. However, not long ago, their shopkeeper Feng Liuzhi was switching goods between several oil mills in the city. It seemed that he had taken a big order. The shortfall was more than ten thousand kilograms. Our oil mill is doing business on a small scale.

I only gave them two thousand catties, and there were two or three others who gave them a lot of goods."

"What about the price?"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hesitated and said: "This..."

Zhao Xingdao: "It doesn't matter if you say it, we just want to understand the situation and we will never talk nonsense."

The shopkeeper said: "The price of buying goods from us is eighty cents per catty. I don't know about other stores, but it's about the same price."

"Then do you know who their buyer is?"

The shopkeeper chuckled and said: "Of course they won't talk about this kind of thing. Besides, their oil shop is rich, well-connected and powerful. Even if they knew it, we wouldn't be able to steal it, so why bother asking."

After chatting for a few more words, the two left.

According to the information obtained from the shopkeeper of the oil mill, Yutai Oil Mill has an inventory of 8,000 jins, and another 7,8,000 jins of goods from several oil mills in the city. Therefore, there are about 18,000 jins in the oil mills, and no more than 20,000 jins at most. This kind of

If the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division knew about the business, they would be put in jail. However, this is the case with business. If there is no profit, you can't start early. If you want to do a profitable business, you will do it even if it violates the law.

It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profit.

Four days ago, Xiao Yilu exchanged 2,500 taels of silver from China Merchants Bank. According to the market price of the oil shop, he could buy 20,000 jins of tung oil instead of the 10,000 jins that Lan Zhili said. Combined with what he said just now, the two of them

I am even more certain that Lan Zhili is lying.

"If I remember correctly, when the Yutai Oil Mill was seized, they still had more than 8,000 kilograms of tung oil in their oil depot. Do you want to transfer the guards who were guarding it?"

Since this is the scene of a crime, Yutai Oil Factory has been sealed off. If Li Zhixing wants to get tung oil, he must not get around these people. Fan and Zhao are responsible for this case, and only two people have the right to remove the guards. It was previously discussed with Lan Zhili

Yes, the guard was transferred and the two of them turned into associates and went with him to trade with Li Zhixing's people.

Zhao Xingdao: "Follow the plan first, and then act as the situation arises. I'll go to the Military and Horse Department to check the recent operating conditions of the major oil mills."

Fan Xiaodao said: "Our six gates are having a big fight with the Army and Horses Division. If you want to go over, aren't you afraid that Feng Qianjin will put on your shoes?"

Zhao Xing laughed and said, "When have I ever been afraid of them? It's late, don't you still have to go find Mr. Xue?"

The two agreed on a meeting place and went their separate ways.

…

Blue Mansion.

Lan Zhili's face was solemn. He came to the study, made sure there was no one around, and walked into his study. The study was very simple, with only one desk, two rows of bookshelves, and a bookcase. Lan Zhili came to a vase.

, turned the vase, and heard a creaking sound at the back of the study. After a while, the bookshelf moved away, revealing a secret door. Lan Zhili opened the secret door and walked in.

The secret door leads to the underground, the secret passage is blocked, with several barrel oil lamps hanging on both sides, and at the end is a secret room.

This house belonged to a court official. When Lan Zhili bought it, he took a fancy to this secret room in the study, which could be of great use at critical moments.

There were two people in the secret room. One of them, tall and tall, with white hair and a silver mask, was none other than Tamur Li whom the government was searching for throughout the city. He was also the survivor of the Jinling Li family case. Li

Zhixing. The other man is over sixty years old. He wears a blue satin gown. He is slightly bloated, but his eyes are full of shrewdness. If anyone is familiar with Jiangnan shopping malls, he should be able to recognize that this person is one of the invisible rich in Jiangnan.

Lan Zhitu of the Jiangnan Lan family, of course, before that, he had another identity, Lan Huaien, the steward of the Li family in Jinling.

Li Zhixing sat on the Taishi chair, and Lan Huaien stood at one side with his hands down.

Lan Zhili saluted the two of them and said, "Third brother! Foster father!"

Lan Huaien asked: "Fourth Young Master, did those two head catchers get any gold?"

Lan Zhili said: "I only received one tablet."

"One ingot? Interesting!" Lan Huai'en said, "I have been in shopping malls for so many years, and I have greeted countless officials. Some are upright and don't take anything, and some are greedy. But when faced with so much money, they only accept a penny.

This is the first time I’ve seen such a person. This kind of person is even more difficult to deal with.”

"Why?"

Lan Huai'en said: "Everyone has his own agenda. People who are upright, honest, and honest are greedy for clarity. Such people are not suitable for officialdom at all. As long as they use a little strategy, they can be ruined. Greedy officials only need to be satisfied.

His appetite can easily make him our lackey, and such people can be easily controlled by us. But people like them who neither pretend to be noble nor stick to their principles need to spend some effort to deal with them.

Already."

Lan Zhili said: "I have discussed with them according to my adoptive father's instructions. The two of them are eager to solve the case and have agreed to go to Yutai Oil Factory with me at midnight tonight. At that time, we can act according to the plan."

Li Zhixing, who had been sitting on the chair without saying a word, suddenly said: "These two people have saved your life, so they can be regarded as your saviors. Don't you feel guilty in repaying kindness with enmity?"

When he was on the run, Li Zhixing disfigured his face and swallowed charcoal, which changed his voice. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse, like a leaky bellows, with a hint of guttural sound.

Lan Zhili's expression changed slightly, then his eyes were determined, and he said in a deep voice: "Compared with the hatred of our family, let alone innocent people, even if they are relatives and friends, what does it matter? How did the court treat our Li family back then?

?Besides, they are the court hawks and dogs who work hard for the person named Zhu and act as a harbinger of the tiger. Everyone can find them and kill them."

Li Zhixing glanced at Lan Huai'en and said, "Butler Lan, you have raised my fourth brother over the years, thank you for your hard work!"

Lan Huai'en said: "The third young master is serious. Back then, the villain opened a cloth business and was plotted by the villain. If it weren't for the help of the master, he would have died without a burial place. After entering the Li family, the master regarded me as a confidant and saved my life."

, I have no way to repay the kindness of knowing you. In the Jinling case, the villain was doing business outside and escaped a disaster. Over the years, I have been awake all night because of my failure to avenge the master. If it weren’t for the eyes of the sky, the third young master and the fourth young master could

Escape the disaster, otherwise the villain will have trouble sleeping and eating. In the past twenty years, the villain has been thinking about avenging the master all the time. However, it is within his ability and he can only concentrate on doing business well. After twenty years of planning, he just waits for the return of the third young master.

.”

Li Zhixing stood up and took off his mask, revealing an extremely ugly face.

It is this face that enchanted all living beings in the capital twenty years ago and made countless famous ladies forget about food and drink. Now, it is scarred and the facial features are distorted, just like a yaksha in the dark. Under the dim light of the secret room, it looks a bit strange.

Creepy.

Because of the emperor's greed, the Jinling Li family was destroyed.

The whole family was beheaded and nine tribes were killed.

The three people in the secret room are the three survivors of the Li family in Jinling.

When the crime occurred, Lan Huai'en went out to collect a sum of money. When he came back, the Li family had been liquidated. The whole Jinling was full of blood, and the water in the Qinhuai River was unclear for several days. Lan Zhili, it should be said, was Li Zhili's mother.

, that Persian girl was pregnant with Liujia and was made a prostitute. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lan Huai'en spent a lot of money to buy the Persian girl and changed her real name to Lan Zhitu.

With a sum of money and his outstanding business acumen, he established the Jiangnan Lan family in twenty years, and Lan Zhili was the posthumous son of Li Yuantu.

Until ten years ago, when they learned that Li Zhixing had fled to the Northern Zhou Dynasty under the alias Tamu Li, the two parties established contact. With the help of his connections in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they quickly opened up the Northern Zhou Dynasty's trade and brought the Lan family's business to a higher level.

It was at this time that a long-planned revenge plan emerged in Li Zhixing's mind.

The three of them came to another inner hall, which was an "ancestral hall".

It is densely packed with spiritual tablets, hundreds in number, and in the center is the tablet of Li Mingyuan, the head of the Li family in Jinling.

When Li Zhixing saw these familiar names, he thought of how they died tragically and abandoned their bodies in the wilderness twenty years ago. Now there is not even a tomb. Even if they pay homage, they still have to secretly hide in this dark room, like a rat crossing the street.

Just like that, a burst of anger arose in my heart.

More than a hundred years ago, the Li family in Jinling was still a martial arts family. However, under the new policies of the imperial court, the Li family surrendered to the imperial court, gave up martial arts, and completely became a family of merchants. They lost the tradition of a family of martial arts and had no force to back them up.

In the eyes of some people, their wealth is just fat meat that can be taken away at any time, and their lives are just lambs to be slaughtered.

You must know that their ancestors had a white-robed swordsman, a hero who broke into the palace with a sword and forced the emperor to bow his head and admit defeat.
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