Hearing this muffled groan, Yang Heihu was overjoyed, jumped up, and slashed at the black shadow with another knife. The other person was in the air, and the knife had already been slashed out, and he felt a strong wind hit the back of his head, and he couldn't help but be shocked. Just now he relied on his martial arts,
Seeing that the enemy was injured again, he was so overwhelmed that he did not call the guards in the manor, but he did not expect that the enemy had backup.
At this time, Yang Heihu wanted to call someone, but he had no time to do it. He had no choice but to lift the knife behind him. Halfway through, he received a heavy blow on his neck and fell down.
The man behind him snatched the steel knife from Yang Heihu's hand and waved it casually. Where the blood burst out, Yang Heihu's head was already missing, his eyes were wide open, and he could not rest in peace.
"What a knife!" Liu Ziqiu wiped off the blood on the knife and asked, "Are you okay?"
The dark figure who came in earlier covered his chest, shook his head and said, "A little flesh wound."
"Take his head away and wait for me outside the village!" Liu Ziqiu was about to leave, but turned around and saw the unopened letter on the table, and stopped again...
When we returned to Changshan Village, the east was already white. The villagers stayed up all night and were waiting at the entrance of the village. Gao Xiuer was relieved when Liu Ziqiu came back.
Liu Ziqiu jumped off his horse, nodded to Gao Xiuer, then threw Yang Heihu's head to Xiao Dapeng and said, "Let's go and pay homage to your grandfather first!"
Xiao Dapeng respectfully kowtowed three times towards the new grave at the back of the village, presented Yang Heihu's head, suddenly knelt in front of Liu Ziqiu, bowed his head and said: "Brother, I will listen to you in everything from now on!"
Liu Ziqiu helped him up and said: "Second uncle entrusted you and Changshan Village to someone, so someone should do his best."
Wei Zheng frowned and said: "The Yang family will never give up and take precautions early. Wei spent the whole afternoon in the village yesterday. Such defense is more than enough to deal with ordinary thieves. If the imperial army arrives, it will be vulnerable."
Liu Ziqiu said confidently: "Don't worry, the Yang family dare not retaliate!"
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Yang Jishan slept very deeply and didn't wake up until three o'clock in the morning. His head was still heavy and he couldn't help but muttered: "Did you drink too much yesterday?"
Although he had practiced martial arts for a few days, he didn't have the experience of Yang Heihu. How could he know that there was such a thing as a scent? It's funny, Liu Ziqiu got his scent from a few rogues in Luoyang.
Yang Jishan stretched out and was about to hug his concubine who was sleeping next to him and have some intimacy with him when he was suddenly shocked: "You, what's wrong with you?"
"Sir, I want to sleep a little longer, but why..." The concubine was woken up by Yang Jishan, and she opened her eyes drowsily. She was about to act coquettishly, when she suddenly sat up in shock: "Ah! My, my hair
!”
This concubine used to have hair that was more than five feet long, but now it is long and short, turning into a mess of grass. Of course, the longest part is no more than three inches.
Yang Jishan shouted: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"
Two maids outside the door hurriedly ran in, but when they saw something hanging from the beam, they both screamed. After all, Yang Jishan had practiced martial arts and was more courageous. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was tied with a strand of black silk.
The written deed. Qingsi was clearly cut from the concubine's head, but the written deed was the contract he signed with Changshan Village.
Yang Jishan was furious: "Quick, call Yang Heihu!"
Another maid ran in in a panic and said tremblingly: "Master, no, it's not good! Manager Yang is in charge of him, he..."
Yang Jishan had an ominous premonition and asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong with him!"
The maidservant's face was full of horror, and it took her a long time to explain clearly: "He, he was killed, and he doesn't even know where his head is!"
Yang Jishan gritted his teeth and said, "It must be those loaches from Changshan Village who did it! I will go to the county right now and ask the prefect to send troops to flatten Changshan Village to vent my hatred!"
Suddenly I heard the beloved concubine whose head was shaved and gnawed by a dog crying and saying: "Sir, you can't go."
"Why?"
"Look at me here." Thinking of her beautiful hair, the concubine felt very sad and choked up, "If they wanted to take the slave's life last night..."
Yang Jishan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. The other party had shown mercy, otherwise he would have been gone long ago! After a long silence, Yang Heihu finally sighed: "I will go and see Yang Heihu first, but sooner or later I will avenge this!"
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In Yang Heihu's house, a headless corpse fell beside the bed, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood. Two of Yang Heihu's followers were waiting fearfully for Yang Jishan's lecture.
Yang Jishan covered his nose and was about to speak when he suddenly saw a letter on the table with the seal opened. He couldn't help but be startled. He remembered what Yang Heihu reported yesterday and became furious.
The Yang family has strict laws, and no matter how high Yang Heihu's status is, he is still just a domestic slave. He is not qualified to open the urgent letter sent by Yang Xuangan. Based on this alone, Yang Jishan can punish him.
Yang Jishan suppressed his anger and took out the letter. When he took a look, his face changed drastically.
It turned out that Yang Guang was a suspicious person. His ability to ascend the throne of emperor was indispensable for Yang Su's contribution. However, he was afraid of Yang Su's great achievements. When Yang Su was seriously ill, he sent people to visit him again and again, but he only hoped that Yang Su would be killed soon.
Death. Yang Su understood Yang Guang's thoughts and refused to take the medicine, so he died within a few days. In the final analysis, Yang Su was actually forced to death by Yang Guang.
After Yang Su's death, although Yang Guang ostensibly granted officials and titles to Yang Su's sons, he was secretly guarding them. The Yang family knew this very well, so on the one hand they tried their best to please Yang Guang, and on the other hand they tried their best to please Yang Guang.
They were also careful to avoid being caught. But the seven Yang brothers hated Yang Guang in their hearts. Yang Xuangan had been plotting a rebellion for a long time, but he never had the chance.
Conspiracy is not a trivial matter. Yang Xuangan has been secretly planning since Yang Su died of illness last year. In addition to people and money, he also needs support from all aspects, especially the support of wealthy and powerful people.
Now Yang Guang's most trusted person in the court is Yuwenshu, who holds the most power. The power of the Yuwen family has surpassed that of the Yang family. Yang Xuangan cannot defeat Yuwenshu for the time being. On the one hand, he makes friends with the powerful children, and on the other hand, he contacts various local forces. These actions
They all need money, and there are many ways to make money, but Yang Xuangan only fell in love with salt.
The biggest feature of salt is that it is an official monopoly. Monopoly can bring huge profits. Of course, it is impossible for all of these huge profits to belong to the court, and most of them still flow into private pockets. Those who can get a piece of the pie are all powerful and powerful families in various places.
Yang Xuangan saw clearly that whoever controls the production areas of salt will have contacts with these powerful people and can exert influence on them. There are two major production areas of salt in the country, one is Jianghuai and the other is Yuhang. Yang Guang once did
Yang Xuangan, the general manager of Guojiangdu, did not dare to interfere with the Jianghuai Saltworks, so he turned his attention to Yuhang.
Originally, the six Yang Xuangan brothers were officials in the court and had always followed the rules. Yang Guang had gradually relaxed his vigilance towards them. Unexpectedly, a month ago, an assassination incident suddenly occurred in the palace, resulting in the death of two of Yang Guang's personal guards.
One died and the other was seriously injured, and Yang Guang also ordered the execution of Yang Xiu, who was under house arrest.
But Yang Xuangan knew that Yang Guang was only doing this to hide the truth from others. He had never stopped tracking down the murderer behind the scenes, and the Yang family was also one of the suspects. If Yang Guang found out that the Yang family controlled the largest salt farm in Yanguan County, with Yang Guang's intelligence
Being suspicious, they can definitely guess Yang Xuangan's intentions, and the Yang family is not far from being destroyed.
Therefore, Yang Xuangan sent someone to deliver this urgent letter, asking Yang Jishan to transfer the management of the salt farm to Changshan Village. The Yang family would only pay a 65% dividend, and Yang Jishan would withdraw and return to Luoyang. Yang Xuangan was not worried about losing his interest in the salt farm.
After all, without the backing of the Yang family, the operation of the salt farm cannot be so smooth. Moreover, Li Xian, the manager of the salt farm, has received many benefits from the Yang family in recent years. He should know where his butt should sit. In the final analysis,
He just wanted Changshan Village to block the front and the Yang family to hide behind the scenes.
At the end of the letter, Yang Xuangan emphasized again that he should return to Luoyang as soon as possible to discuss a very important matter.
Holding this letter, Yang Jishan's face was filled with uncertainty.
To be honest, if he had to choose between the remote Yanguan and the bustling Luoyang, he would definitely choose to stay in Luoyang. If this letter had come a few days earlier, he would have happily handed over the salt farm to the people of Changshan Village. But
It was different now. Suffering such a shameful humiliation and having him surrender in despair was simply more uncomfortable for the hot-blooded Yang Jishan than killing him.
But he didn't dare to disobey Yang Xuangan's order. Not to mention that an elder brother is like a father, he didn't dare to delay at all just because of the huge and important matter mentioned in Yang Xuangan's letter.
A gentleman's revenge is never too late! Ten years is not too late! A thought flashed through Yang Jishan's mind. He gritted his teeth and shouted sternly: "Yang Heihu has already died somewhere after he opened the secret letter privately! If anyone dares to talk nonsense outside, hum!"
He sneered and made a beheading gesture, and everyone fell silent.
Yang Heihu was one of the most powerful slaves of the Yang family. If he was killed at home, but the Yang family did not dare to say a word and spread the word, who would take the blame for the Yang family? Yang Jishan can be considered a rough and a fine person.
In the afternoon of that day, Li Xian, the manager of the salt farm, came to Changshan Village and said that the Yang family was going to hand over the management of the salt farm to Changshan Village, and the profits would be divided monthly. When the villagers heard the news, they were all jubilant. Wei Zheng frowned, puzzled.
Only Liu Ziqiu knew it because he had read Yang Xuangan's letter.
However, Yang Jishan was still a little stingy. He proposed that the previous accounts should be written off and the new cooperation method would start from the winter month. Entering the winter month, the weather is getting colder, the production of salt is not as good as before, and the profits are naturally greatly reduced. Liu Ziqiu
The goal has been achieved, so naturally I will not argue with him on this matter.
When the villagers dispersed, Wei Zheng looked around and said to Liu Ziqiu quietly: "Wei always feels that there is something fishy about this matter. You cut off the hair of Yang Jishan's favorite concubine, and you went too far. The Yang family is bound to be in trouble."
Revenge must be guarded against."
At this time, Liu Ziqiu no longer concealed anything and told the whole story about the contents of the letter.
Wei Zheng pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's still wrong!"