Luo Shengfei is a native of Jincheng County. His grandfather worked as the housekeeper of the Xin family for thirty years and was highly regarded by the Xin family. In his father's generation, he started to start his own business and did some grain business. With the help of the Xin family
Next, the grain business grew bigger and bigger.
When Luo Shengfei took over his father's business, they were already the largest grain merchant in Longyou. With the unremitting efforts of two generations, the Luo family was not only a large grain merchant, but also had a greatly improved social status. Luo Shengfei not only had a third-grade honorary officer,
The daughter also married the eldest son of Xin as his concubine. In addition, King Qi hosted a banquet for hundreds of Lanzhou gentry at the Yellow River Restaurant, and he was also invited.
But every household has a difficult book to recite, and the Luo family is no exception. Luo Shengfei's youngest son is called Luo Gan. He was doted on since he was a child. As a result, he became rebellious when he grew up and hung out with a group of friends all day long. Although he did not steal,
But eating, drinking, whoring and gambling are indispensable without him.
Luo Gan was particularly fond of gambling and lost all the money his parents gave him. Six months ago, he was tricked and lost a grain store in the West Market worth ten thousand taels of silver, so he only had to pay off his gambling debt of one thousand taels of silver.
Early this morning, the Luo family's grain store was forcibly occupied by the Liu family. Of course, the Liu family also occupied it reasonably and legally. They had the land deed in their hands, so they had to give it up if they didn't want to.
There is also a Luo's grain store on Yongdengmen Street, which is the largest warehouse among the eight grain stores of the Luo family.
Luo Shengfei was checking the grain in the warehouse at this time, with a gloomy face and a sulky look on his face. The West Market grain store was taken away, leaving him with nothing to do, and the Xin family had no way to help him.
At dusk, a waiter came to report that the female leader of the inner guard came and asked to see her by name.
Luo Shengfei knew this well and immediately asked his clerk to invite the female leader of the inner guard in.
Luo Shengfei met the female leader Li Chenghua once before, and today is the second time.
Not long after, Li Chenghua came to the back hall of the grain store with two of his men. Li Chenghua smiled slightly and said: "I'm disturbing Dongzhu Luo again!"
"You're too polite, Commander Li, please take a seat!"
Although Li Chenghua was a woman, Luo Shengfei did not dare to neglect him, let alone look down upon him. If a woman became the leader of the internal defense, she would be more powerful and cruel than a man.
Li Chenghua sat down and two burly men stood behind her. Li Chenghua said calmly: "We got the news that something happened at Luo's Grain Store in Xishi early this morning. You should know about it!"
"Hey! Unfortunately, the family has a traitor. The grain store worth ten thousand taels of silver was paid off by him as a gambling debt of one thousand taels of silver."
Luo Shengfei was very sad. Although he was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to do so. The land deed was in the hands of someone else, and it was such a powerful family.
Li Chenghua pondered for a while and said: "We have investigated and found that your son was set up by a person nicknamed Little Black Wolf. The people who gambled with your son are all in the same group."
"I know this little black wolf. The traitor admitted to confessing everything, but what can I do? This little black wolf sold the land deed to Liu Shengdian at a low price and ran away without a trace."
"But what if I tell you that this little black wolf is a warrior of the Liu family, and that Liu Shengdian asked him to set up a trap to defraud the son of the land deed?"
"ah!"
Luo Shengfei stood up and asked, "Did Commander Li catch this little black wolf?"
Li Chenghua nodded, "This little black wolf is hiding in Weizhou. We have caught him and he has confessed everything."
Luo Shengfei gritted his teeth with hatred, "Damn thief, he has been peeking into my grain store for a long time, and it was indeed him who did it."
"That's right, but the West Market store is just the beginning. All your food will be swallowed up by him. I can tell you that his plan is very simple. Once you and your eldest son suddenly die, your youngest son will inherit the family business, and all your food will be eaten by him.
The grain store will be lost to the Liu family by your son within three years."
Luo Shengfei sat down slumped, and after a while he asked: "Can you help me?"
Li Chenghua shook his head, "No one can help you. You are the only one who kills the Liu family first. Dongzhu Luo, last time I came to see you, you told me that you knew nothing."
Luo Shengfei was silent. Last time he did not dare to speak because he was worried that the Xin family would not allow him to speak freely. But this afternoon Xin Zheng came to see him and specifically told him that there was no need to worry and that he could tell everything he knew.
Of course Luo Shengfei knew that once he opened his mouth, he would completely offend the Liu family. With the strength of the Liu family, the Luo family was no match for the Liu family. Once the government failed to defeat the Liu family, he would inevitably suffer brutal revenge from the Liu family.
But then again, if I stay silent, will the Liu family let me go?
Just like what the female leader in front of me said, if she and her eldest son died suddenly, and the youngest son took over the family business, the Luo family would really be finished.
Luo Shengfei let out a long sigh and said: "Pang Wuyuan is Liu Yuan, the second son of Liu Shengdian. His mother's surname is Pang, and his nickname is Wulang, so he changed his name to Pang Wuyuan. He is proficient in Tubo language and surrendered to the Tibetans when he was in Shanzhou.
The Tubo army came to Lanzhou, so the Liu family was safe and sound."
"Then why did he disappear suddenly?" Li Chenghua asked.
"I don't know the reason for this."
"What's your guess?"
Luo Shengfei thought for a while and said: "I guess it has something to do with your army entering Longyou. The Liu family was afraid, so Liu Yuan suddenly disappeared."
"Will the Tubo army let the Liu family go?"
"As far as I know, the Tibetan army did not cause trouble to the Liu family."
Li Chenghua asked calmly: "I'm very curious, why didn't the Liu family use the Tibetan army to seize your grain store?"
"How not?"
Luo Shengfei said bitterly: "All the food in my shop was robbed by the Tibetan army, and the shop was also sealed. The Liu family's grain shop continues to operate. If the Tibetans can occupy it until now, they will probably auction the shop. All my grain shops will be auctioned."
It was taken over by the Liu family."
Li Chenghua took a sip of tea and asked slowly: "We have always suspected that the Tibetan army has an intelligence point in Jincheng County, but we can't find it. If this intelligence point was established with the help of the Liu family, where do you think it will be?"
Luo Shengfei pondered for a long time and said: "There is an old Qiang leather goods shop in the Xishi Fur Street. It was originally the Pang family's grassland leather goods shop. It was suddenly renamed three months ago. The owner and the waiters all became Qiang people. Most people will not notice it, but I know
, that leather goods shop is nominally owned by the Pang family, but actually belongs to the Liu family. I have always been curious. That store is in a good location and has good business. How could the Liu family sell it, and sell it to the Qiang people? There is one more thing.
I am the shopkeeper of a grain store in Xishi, and once I saw Liu Yuan in a leather goods store."
Li Chenghua nodded, "Thank you. If you are willing, you can hand over your son to the inner guards for strict discipline. After three months, we will ensure that he is reborn and becomes a different person."
Luo Shengfei thought of his hopeless son. He had no choice but to treat him like a dead horse. Maybe handing him over to the internal guards could really save him.
He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I'll hand him over to the inner guards, as long as I can save his life."