Chapter 142 Another bad news
"Can't find it?"
In an inn in Taiyuan Prefecture, Zhao Yu frowned slightly.
From the moment they entered Taiyuan Mansion, Zhao Yu sent people to investigate Shangguan Jinhong's whereabouts.
The reason why the Money Gang was not mentioned was because Zhao Yu knew that the Money Gang was still developing secretly and had not surfaced.
According to Zhao Yu's memory, he vaguely remembers that the Money Gang emerged overnight in the world. No one knew about the existence of the Money Gang before that.
But what Zhao Yu didn't expect was that they couldn't find any clues about the famous Shangguan Jinhong.
He came to Taiyuan Mansion in a furious manner, but he couldn't even touch his shadow. This made Zhao Yu feel as if he had been punched in cotton.
However, judging from the batch of grain and silver that Lu Jianxing was robbed along the way, at least there are people from the Money Gang or King Yun in Taiyuan Mansion.
"Sir, Commander An has sent a secret message!!"
Just when Zhao Yu was thinking about how to dig out Shangguan Jinhong, a small flag official came in quickly and delivered a paper tube in front of Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu opened the paper tube and pulled out a piece of letter paper that was half the size of a palm.
"Oh, there are really some people who are not afraid of death..."
After reading the letter, Zhao Yu sneered and put the letter in his hand into his arms.
The secret letter from An Jianqing said that the strongman had already sent it to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and Yuhuatian had also given him a lot of monetary compensation.
What made Zhao Yu sneer was that after he left the capital, some officials above him planned to take advantage of the tens of thousands of stones of polished rice he left outside the city.
But unexpectedly, overnight, dozens of officials from the Criminal Department, the Household Department, Shuntian Prefecture and other government offices had their heads removed overnight.
Only then did the entire capital realize that the granary in the outer city, which seemed to have few people on duty, was actually a reminder.
Not to mention touching it, whoever dares to make a move on the grain and rice in the outer city will have their heads removed without anyone noticing.
As for the person who took action, Zhao Yu knew without thinking that it was definitely Jiang Yuyan.
After all, those officials are not decorations. No one around him except Jiang Yuyan can take off dozens of officials' heads in one night!
"correct!"
When Zhao Yu thought of this, an idea flashed in his mind.
Since there was no trace of Shangguan Jinhong, he stopped looking and asked An Jianqing to go back to Longshan to stock up on private soldiers.
Once King Yun can't sit still, Shangguan Jinhong will definitely jump out!
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu turned around and took the pen and paper from the table beside him. After writing a secret letter, he asked Jin Yichuan to send it to Jin Yiwei with a letter falcon!
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But what Zhao Yu didn't expect was that after several days of sending this letter, there was no movement from either Taiyuan Mansion or the capital.
On this day, Zhao Yu, dressed in disguise, was taking Jin Yichuan and others to a wine shop and teahouse in Taiyuan Prefecture to inquire about information.
"There are countless victims. We here in Taiyuan Prefecture can't hold on for long. I heard that hundreds of thousands of refugees have gathered in Kyoto!"
"Doesn't the imperial court care? Didn't I hear that as early as more than ten days ago, there was a porridge outside the capital offering porridge?"
"That little thing is of no use. Food prices are skyrocketing in the entire North Zhili, and those profiteers are hoarding food at this time and waiting for a price. If this continues, it is estimated that the refugees will not be far away."
"Hush, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs..."
Zhao Yu and others were in a teahouse, and all they heard was about the snow disaster in Beizhili.
At first, Zhao Yu didn't understand why the Money Gang sent people to intercept the little grain and silver escorted by Lu Jianxing.
For King Yun who wanted to rebel, that little thing was not even enough to fill the gap between his teeth.
But after hearing these people's words, Zhao Yu suddenly understood.
King Yun not only intercepted Lu Jianxing's grain and silver, but also sent people to plunder what was distributed by the imperial court.
If food and silver are not in place, more victims will starve to death. When more and more victims cannot survive, they will definitely take risks.
As long as the life-saving straw for the victims is cut off, riots will definitely break out in Beizhili, and this time is exactly the best time for King Yun to rise!
In the eyes of King Yun, hundreds of thousands of victims were just an opportunity to accomplish something.
Just when Zhao Yu was thinking wildly, a strong man from Qiao Zhuang's Supervisory Department quickly walked up to Zhao Yu and whispered: "Sir, something happened!"
Zhao Yu frowned when he heard this, then stood up and followed a strong man out of the tea shop.
"What happened?"
After walking out of the tea shop, they found a remote street corner. Zhao Yu looked at the anxious-looking warrior in front of him and felt a bad premonition in his heart.
"My subordinate was ordered to go to a wine shop to investigate, but he got into a dispute with someone upstairs in a wine shop. The two men who were accompanying me were assassinated!"
The powerful man who spoke lowered his head and did not dare to look up at Zhao Yu's face.
Because of that strongman, Zhao Yu went straight to Taiyuan Mansion to fight with Shangguan Jinhong with his life.
But this time, because of a moment of carelessness, two more people were assassinated. One can imagine how Zhao Yu would react.
"died?"
Different from before, this time Zhao Yu's face seemed to be quite calm, but his voice was so cold that it made people feel chilly.
"No, my subordinates have sent them back to the mansion!" Lishi shook his head quickly and then said to Zhao Yu.
The day after everyone arrived in Taiyuan Mansion, Zhao Yu asked someone to find a house in the city as their place to stay in Taiyuan Mansion.
After Zhao Yu heard this, he walked out of the corner of the street without saying a word and walked towards the mansion where they settled.
After two sticks of incense, Zhao Yu and his party arrived at a house in the north of the city.
"Where are the people?"
After entering the house, Zhao Yu immediately asked about the whereabouts of the two people who were plotted. At this time, Zhao Yu also keenly noticed that something seemed wrong with the expressions of the remaining warriors opposite.
"If you want to get back to me, sir, it will be in the west wing..."
The left-behind warrior wanted to say something more, but after seeing Zhao Yu's calm expression, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
Zhao Yu came to the west wing, and before he opened the door and entered, he smelled a very pungent smell of blood.
Pushing the door of the west side room, I saw a strongman lying on the bed dying, and the other one had no breath at all!
Zhao Yu walked forward quickly and came to the dying warrior.
I saw an arrow wound on the left arm of this strong man, and the surrounding area of the wound had turned black and spread. The other strong man who had lost his breath was hit by the arrow in his chest.
"It's Xiujian..."
Jin Yichuan, who came in with Zhao Yu, could see the origin of the wound at a glance.
"Who took action?!"
Zhao Yu slowly raised his head and stared at the strongman who was delivering the message.
"Sir, the person who took action was a ten-year-old child..."
Lux said, a look of shame flashed across his face.
Chapter completed!