Guo Shouzhong is not only the confidant of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, the head of the "Chaofeng" organization, but also the mastermind behind this "accident".
When the chaos broke out, Guo Shouzhong stood in a safe position not far away and watched the whole process of the disaster with cold eyes.
In the end, Guo Shouzhong's expression flashed with fear again, and he shook his head reluctantly and commented: "This job... is really well done!"
Guo Shouzhong only conveyed Zhu Hejian's instructions to Jiang Xiao, instructing Jiang Xiao to create an accident that would cause heavy casualties to those around Huo Zhengyuan without threatening Huo Zhengyuan's own life, and also allow Huo Zhengyuan to witness the casualties of those around him.
The tragic situation completely frightened Huo Zhengyuan.
However, the specific means of executing the mission were all decided by Jiang Xiao, and Guo Shouzhong would not interfere.
In fact, this task is not easy to complete. If the people around Huo Zhengyuan are seriously injured and Huo Zhengyuan witnesses it, it will easily implicate Huo Zhengyuan himself. If he is not careful, he will kill Huo Zhengyuan by the way; if he must save Huo Zhengyuan
It would be difficult for those around Huo Zhengyuan to suffer heavy casualties, and it would also be difficult for Huo Zhengyuan to witness the tragedy at close range.
Not to mention, there are even more requirements such as not exposing traces, not leaving evidence, etc.
Guo Shouzhong asked himself, even if he planned it himself, it would not be easy to complete this task.
But Jiang Xiao still quickly found a specific method and completed the task properly.
He first found a mule cart and fed the mules with crazy drugs, causing the mules to suddenly lose control and go crazy, running rampant on the streets.
But Jiang Xiao did not intend to use this crazy mule to cause death or injury to the people around Huo Zhengyuan, because it was difficult for him to control this mule cart to cause precise damage, and he could not guarantee Huo Zhengyuan's safety. He just wanted to use this out-of-control mule cart to cause harm to people around him.
A chaos.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the "Chaofeng" dead soldier could hide his presence and secretly lurk near Huo Zhengyuan and others. Then he took the opportunity to trip Jiang Zheng and several of Huo Zhengyuan's followers to the ground, leaving these people behind.
Unable to get up in the chaos, he could also take advantage of the chaos to push Huo Zhengyuan himself to a safer position.
In the end, he took advantage of the panic of the people and caused a trampling accident!
In the chaos and panic, everyone was too preoccupied with themselves, so naturally no one paid attention to these small actions of the "Chaofeng" dead soldier.
In addition to the "Chaofeng" dead man, nearby passers-by were also involved in this trampling accident. Everyone needs to bear responsibility, and they all instinctively try to distance themselves from each other, and they do not hesitate to lie to prove themselves.
If he is innocent, he will definitely provide all kinds of perjury to the government and actively assist the "Chaofeng" organization to obfuscate the truth.
At the same time, kerosene, hay and other materials were also placed in the mule cart in advance. With a little movement, a fire could be quickly ignited and all the evidence would be burned!
In this way, even if someone wanted to investigate the truth afterwards, they would not be able to find any physical evidence at all, and the witness statements must be contradictory and cannot be fully trusted. The death of "Xiao Feng" who really caused this "accident"
The soldiers, on the other hand, took advantage of the chaos and left the scene of the accident in advance, as if they had never appeared.
In the end, Jiang Xiao not only successfully completed Zhu Hejian's instructions, but also caused heavy casualties to the people around Huo Zhengyuan. On the premise of ensuring Huo Zhengyuan's life, Jiang Xiao allowed Huo Zhengyuan to witness the tragedy with his own eyes, and at the same time, he did not leave any traces with him.
The evidence completely concealed the truth behind the scenes.
Apart from the large number of innocent passers-by being implicated and the heavy casualties, Jiang Xiao's plan had almost no shortcomings.
But neither Zhu Hejian, nor Jiang Xiao, nor Guo Shouzhong cared about these innocent passers-by who suffered heavy casualties.
Therefore, although Guo Shouzhong did not like Jiang Xiao's behavior and believed that Jiang Xiao was always too noisy when doing things, he had to admit that Jiang Xiao was a criminal genius and perfectly executed the tasks assigned by Zhu Hejian.
It's no wonder that the seventh prince Zhu Hejian can always tolerate Jiang Xiao's behavior.
This person is really too stable when doing things. He is cruel and cruel, but also thoughtful and very good at hiding the truth in the fog of chaos.
In a certain way, Jiang Xiao and Zhu Hejian are a perfect match!
After having such thoughts in his mind, although Guo Shouzhong was very satisfied with Jiang Xiao's methods, deep down in his heart he became more and more repelled by Jiang Xiao, believing that although this Jiang Xiao could not appear in public, he still threatened his position.
But Guo Shouzhong quickly shook his head to suppress the strange thoughts in his heart, not daring to continue to think deeply, and quickly turned around and left.
"Huo Zhengyuan originally lacked courage. After he witnessed this disaster with his own eyes, he would be so frightened that he would no longer dare to act casually. He would easily compromise, and then His Highness the Seventh Prince would also easily do it.
After eliminating the hidden dangers and influence of the 'Zhao Party' in southern Zhili, we only need to focus on dealing with Zhou Shangjing and those wealthy gentry families...
At the same time, Huo Zhengyuan is a bachelor of the imperial court. If he dies unexpectedly or is seriously injured, it will definitely attract the attention and strict investigation of the central government. But now Huo Zhengyuan is still safe and sound. It is just that several of his followers have suffered heavy casualties. It seems that
It is another accident. It cannot be regarded as a major event and will not attract the attention of the imperial court. It is easy to reduce the impact of this accident..."
Thinking of this, Guo Shouzhong relaxed a little and quickened his pace when leaving.
He needs to report the progress of the mission to Zhu Hejian as soon as possible and accept Zhu Hejian's commendation.
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In this world, everyone has their own ideas and positions. Even an insignificant person may flap his butterfly wings and change the direction of the situation.
In short, everyone is a variable and no one can control everything.
Not only is Zhu Hejian, who has exhausted all the agencies and is unscrupulous in his tactics, unable to control everything, but even Zhou Shangjing, who is extremely resourceful and calculating, cannot control everything.
Any plan that seems to be taken for granted may have unpredictable consequences due to the unintentional actions of some little person.
But compared to Zhu Hejian, Zhou Shangjing was more clever in that he was willing to face the impact of these variables and discovered the existence of Jiang Zheng in advance.
In Zhou Shangjing's view, Jiang Zheng is a very independent young man who complements Huo Zhengyuan's personality and is likely to influence Huo Zhengyuan at a critical moment and change Huo Zhengyuan's thoughts and stance.
However, Zhou Shangjing could not figure out whether Jiang Zheng's variable was good or bad for him.
As for the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, he always ignores the existence of small people.
For example, Jiang Zheng, even though he was a staff member of Zhao Junchen and a disciple of the great scholar Yang Xun, was still just a small figure in the eyes of Zhu Hejian, which could be described as insignificant.
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Therefore, Zhu Hejian could not imagine that the accident he explained not only did not allow the "Zhao Party" forces in South Zhili to leave quickly, but instead strengthened Huo Zhengyuan's determination to personally lead the situation!
Zhu Hejian originally wanted to use this "accident" to intimidate Huo Zhengyuan, shake Huo Zhengyuan's determination and will, and make Huo Zhengyuan never dare to act without authorization again.
At the beginning, Zhu Hejian was sure that he had achieved this intention.
Seeing the heavy casualties among Jiang Zheng and several of his followers, Huo Zhengyuan was frightened on the spot. He was a smart man and guessed that this "accident" might be someone plotting against him, but he did not intend to fight back.
Thinking about self-protection, he then reported the news to Zhao Junchen as soon as possible and asked Zhao Junchen to come forward to seek justice for him.
However, when Huo Zhengyuan heard Jiang Zheng's advice to him again before he passed out, and thought about Jiang Zheng's efforts to save him when he was in danger, he, who had always lacked courage, could not help but be infected and touched, and gradually
I made up my mind and firmed my stance!
He squatted there and stared blankly at Jiang Zheng's weak appearance after he fainted. After his expression changed like this for a long time, Huo Zhengyuan suddenly stood up and glanced at the nearby situation with a firm expression.
Because Huo Zhengyuan publicly revealed his identity, many people rushed to the area to help.
At the same time, the only follower under Huo Zhengyuan who was lucky enough not to be seriously injured, named Huo Changle, also hurried to Huo Zhengyuan's side and asked concerned about Huo Zhengyuan's physical condition.
After Huo Zhengyuan took a deep breath, he announced loudly: "I am a great scholar of the imperial court, Huo Zhengyuan, envoy to patrol the southeast! The people listened to the order and stayed where they were, waiting for the officials to come and investigate!
You are all witnesses to this accident and have an obligation to provide evidence to the government. If you are unwilling to cooperate with the government investigation, you are sheltering criminals. If you are reported by someone afterwards, you will be punished for the crime of sheltering!
But don’t worry, everyone, I guarantee with my own reputation that I will never make things difficult for you after the government investigation. As long as you cooperate with the government investigation, everyone can receive the reward of ten taels of silver from me!"
Many people originally wanted to leave the scene in time, but after hearing Huo Zhengyuan's assurance, they still hesitated and stopped.
But there are also many people who quietly speed up their departure.
After all, people in this era have almost no confidence in the credibility of the government.
Huo Zhengyuan knew very well that he was limited by the lack of manpower and could not control all the people to stay where they were and wait for official questioning.
Huo Zhengyuan also knew very well that if this "accident" was not just an accident, the real person behind the scenes must have left the scene long ago.
But Huo Zhengyuan still wanted to leave as many witnesses as possible and investigate the truth as much as possible.
Afterwards, Huo Zhengyuan dragged Huo Changle, the follower who was luckily uninjured, to his side, and said in a low voice with a serious tone: "Changle, the people around me have suffered heavy casualties now, and you are the only one who luckily has not been affected too much.
, so you have many and heavy tasks ahead, but you must handle them all properly!"
Huo Changle nodded quickly and replied: "Please give me your orders, sir!"
"First rush to the East Garden and send a message to Zhou Shoufu and Song Chengren on behalf of me, asking them to send all the famous doctors in the East Garden to come here to treat the wounded. If Zhou Shoufu still wants to force all the famous doctors to stay in the East Garden
Within a few days, you tell them that 'Zhao Party' will do things on its own in the future and will never cooperate with any actions of 'Zhou Party' again!
Then no matter what Zhou Shoufu's response is, you have to leave directly. There is no need to stay in Dongyuan to wait for the news. Then rush to our temporary residence in Nanjing City to inform Huo Yuanfu and Huo Yuanshou who are staying there of the news, and ask Huo Yuanfu to rush there immediately.
He came here to meet with me and wait for my orders. Huo Yuanshou, holding his official name in his hand, immediately left Nanjing and rushed to the Suzhou Governor's Yamen to report the news to Mr. Huangge!
Let Huo Yuanshou tell Mr. Huang Ge by the way that I have made up my mind and will definitely implement the plan discussed with him last time. If he is still hesitant and unwilling to cooperate, it will affect his subsequent cooperation with the 'Zhao Party'
, the 'Zhao Party' will not support him to stay as governor of Southern Zhili! I will also tell Huo Yuanshou that when he arrives in Suzhou, he will summon all the people we have left in Suzhou City and ask everyone to come to Nanjing City immediately to communicate with him.
Meet!
After explaining Huo Yuanshou and Huo Yuanfu, you still can't be idle. You must contact Qian Lai, the big shopkeeper of the United Shipping Company in Nanjing City, as soon as possible and tell him not to sleep tonight.
After the official handles the matter here, he will visit him overnight to discuss a major matter with him!"
After hearing Huo Zhengyuan's solemn and continuous instructions, the attendant naturally did not dare to neglect. After repeating the order to ensure that it was correct, he immediately turned around and ran away from Huo Zhengyuan quickly.
Huo Zhengyuan took a deep breath again, lowered his head and took a deep look at Jiang Zheng, who was seriously injured and was unconscious, and his expression became more determined.
Huo Zhengyuan is not a gentleman who repays kindness, but he is not an indifferent and pure villain either.
If conditions permit, he will still try his best to stick to some things.