Chapter 469 Assassination

"Who is it?"

Just after Jia Lian put the guard and others under house arrest, on the way back to his residence, there was a thin line on the high wall in front of him. The powerful black shadow flashed past, immediately causing the soldiers to shout and be alert.

"Whoosh~!"

There was a sound of a sharp arrow piercing the air, piercing the gold and cracking stone and rushing towards Jia Lian.

The expressions of all the guards changed drastically. Fortunately, someone reacted in advance and pushed Jia Lian away, barely avoiding the attack.

When the black shadow missed a hit, it didn’t take any notice. It immediately jumped off the wall and ran into the darkness.

"Chase!" After Liu Xianglian saw that Jia Lian was fine, but his bodyguard Feng Fei was shot, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that the opportunity to make a meritorious service had come, Liu Xianglian immediately chased after him.

"There is no need to chase."

Jia Lian looked very calm. Seeing Liu Xianglian and others looking over in surprise, he said: "I know who wants to assassinate me. Officer. There may be more than one assassin, so you must not mess up your position, light up all the offices, and patrol closely."

　"Yes..."

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The news of the assassination of the imperial envoy spread like a gust of wind.

"These salt merchants are so courageous! What can we do..."

In the government office, Wu Zhirong complained endlessly. He knew that the trouble was getting bigger and bigger, but he still couldn't He had to change his official uniform immediately and headed towards the Salt Patrol Censor's Yamen.

Along with him, there were two fellow intellectuals and several colleagues from Yangzhou Prefecture who came after hearing the news.

But after entering the Yanxunyan Yushiyamen, Jia Lian was not seen, only some murderous officers and soldiers, who left them in the courtyard and ignored them.

After a long time, a low-level official affiliated with the Salt Patrol Censor Yamen revealed the news to them:

Although the Imperial Envoy was fine, he was very angry.

This undoubtedly made Wu Zhirong and others secretly relieved, but at the same time worried, wondering how Jia Lian would react after the assassination.

This is something no one expected.

When the prefect Wu Zhirong and others received the news, the salt merchants would naturally know it too.

Wang Shanxiang, the vice president of the Salt Bank of the Wang family, was stunned when he heard the news.

　“Who did it?”

　He couldn’t figure out who had such courage. Even if it was him, it was just a casual mention that day. If he was really asked to do this, he still had great concerns.

His wealth to his name is more than a million? Having a lot of wealth, when accumulating this wealth, you do more bad things, and there is always less fear in your heart.

But no matter what, anyone living in this world still has some respect for the imperial power.

"Is it Zhou Boru, the old fox, or the Bai family?"

After thinking for a long time, Wang Shanxiang was still ready to go to the Zhou Mansion.

Usually, everyone will come to the Zhou family to discuss major issues related to the entire salt industry. This is the tacit understanding among the salt merchants over the years.

Although everyone is in a competitive relationship, the profits of the salt bank are too great, so they must unite to avoid outsiders taking advantage of the loopholes.

Wang Shanxiang was suspicious, and so were the other salt merchants.

In the Zhou family manor, when Zhou Boru heard the news, he, like others, felt that one of his colleagues could not sit still, violated his plan, and took the lead in attacking Jia Lian!

When I was angry and wanted to call several other family members to come over to question me, I suddenly felt something was wrong.

Having served as the president of the Salt Bank in Yangzhou for many years, he ranks second in terms of understanding of the overall situation in Yangzhou, but I am afraid no one dares to rank first.

After careful consideration, he felt that no one in Yangzhou City had any reason to fight to the death to get rid of Jia Lian.

Although Jia Lian was sent by the emperor, he was a knife hanging over the heads of all their salt merchants. So they had the motive to take action against Jia Lian, but it was not time yet.

Although Jia Lian seemed too greedy and domineering that day, according to their plan and multi-pronged approach, they were still able to force Jia Lian to take the initiative to retreat.

Now that their plan has not been carried out, who is crazy enough to assassinate Jia Lian?

Excluding the salt merchants, only those from the Salt Transportation Department are left. But most of those officials were not low-level officials. Even if they were afraid that Jia Lian would find out evidence of their crimes, they would not dare to take action against Jia Lian.

After all, even if Jia Lian died, the court would immediately send a stronger lineup down. The same will happen to them when the time comes, and they will even die even worse.

Only the salt merchants, who have powerful means in the court, dare to assassinate the court official, because they are sure to suppress the matter through connections after the incident.

That’s what happened to Ellsworth. But something went wrong. The power behind them failed to suppress the matter completely, which led to the imperial court sending a Marquis of Zhenyuan down.

While he was thinking, his son came in and announced, "Master, Master BaiHe and other gentlemen from several other families all came over because of the assassination of the imperial envoy. "

"Let them in. ”

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Just when the salt merchants gathered together to suspect and criticize each other, a group of people came on horseback from the gate of Yangzhou City.

“Open the city gate! ”

Although according to the time, it was already time to close the city gate, because the visitor was someone from the guard, and he was carrying a token of the guard, the guard did not dare to disobey. I ordered the city gate to be opened.

"I don’t know why the guard asked me to open the city gate so late? "

"Don't ask if you shouldn't ask too much. "

The people around the chief had some bad habits, so the city guard had no choice but to tolerate it.

But not long after, he heard the faint sound of fighting and iron horses outside. The city guard was shocked by the sound.

Could it be that some bandits were planning to attack Yangzhou City?

Soon he understood that he had guessed wrong. The officers and soldiers of the brigade, and as the officers and soldiers entered the city, he understood the general outline of the matter:

There was an assassin in the camp who wanted to assassinate the imperial envoy. The imperial envoy was furious and sent troops into the city to arrest the assassin!

This...

Yangzhou City is a little chaotic.

At night, people can hear people riding horses and swords on the street The people didn’t know what was going on, so they could only close the door tightly and hide in their homes to pray to Buddha for peace.

Those who were bolder could only dare to Climbing the ladder up the wall and looking outside, I couldn't see anything.

Inside the Salt Censor's Yamen, Wu Zhirong and others waited for most of the night before finally seeing Jia Lian.
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Jia Lian came out wearing a cloak. Supported by a group of soldiers, he stared at them expressionlessly.

"My lord..."

Several chief officials of Yangzhou City, who usually would shake Yangzhou City three times by stamping their feet, were full of uneasiness at this time.

Jia Lian waved his hand, waved his cloak, and There is a sense of freedom and ease.

"I know what you are here to do. I can only tell you. I am fine, but by my side, the brothers who have been loyal to me for many years, But he was hit by an arrow and it was difficult to cure, which almost endangered his life.

Therefore, I am in a very bad mood. Sirs, do you understand? ”

Only then did Wu Zhirong and others realize why they came here.For so long, Jia Lian never summoned them, and although the imperial officers and soldiers ignored them, they had great intentions of guarding them.

It turned out that the imperial envoy suspected that some of them were up to something evil.

"It is the fault of the official and others that caused your Excellency to be frightened. Don't worry, Your Excellency, I will immediately ask the Yangzhou Prefecture's government officials, officers and soldiers to hunt down such daring villains in the city..."

"No need. The assassin has been caught."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, officers and soldiers immediately pulled out a beaten man with a bruised nose and swollen face and dirty body.

As soon as this person saw Wu Zhirong, he immediately stepped forward like a dog and called out: "Master Fu Zun, help me~!"

Wu Zhirong's expression suddenly changed and he quickly retreated. , and shouted: "Where did you come from? I don't know you at all! Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy is wise and powerful, and you know everything. Don't try to bite me and deceive the public. You dare to assassinate the Imperial Envoy. You are really a daredevil. There is a dead end."

Wu Zhirong scolded and looked at the expressions of the people around him.

Seeing the other officials looking at him in shock, Wu Zhirong's heart sank, and he quickly said to Jia Lian: "Please be more careful, sir. I really don't know this person, and I definitely don't know him." I dare not be disrespectful to you, let alone send someone to assassinate you.

There must be someone who wants to deliberately frame Xianguan. You must make the decision for Xianguan and don't be deceived by villains. "

Seeing that Jia Lian was indifferent, he began to suspect in his heart that it was just when Jia Lian was about to accuse him and move him, that he heard Jia Lian say coldly: "Why are you panicking? I have already interrogated him clearly. This person is a domestic slave of the salt merchant Zhao family. Hahaha, I haven’t taken action against them yet, but they have taken a preemptive strike. Does this mean I have no way to deal with them?”

Wu Zhirong His expression suddenly relaxed, and he heard the murderous intent in Jia Lian's tone, and immediately echoed: "The Zhao family, who don't know whether to live or die, actually sent someone to assassinate you. I will send someone to arrest the Zhao Ye family right now." Returned to the police..."

"No need, I have my own opinion, you can just wait here. I would like to remind you that before I come back, you adults had better not leave this place, otherwise It would be bad if there is any misunderstanding."

After saying that, in front of Wu Zhirong and others, Jia Lian got on his horse and led a group of soldiers around the side door and ran out of the Yushi Yamen.

The expressions of Wu Zhirong and others changed. Looking at the guards who were meticulously guarding the entire compound, they looked at each other and knew something was wrong.

After staying in the courtyard for a while and seeing Gao Kui and several people in the side courtyard through the corridor, Wu ZhirongThe faces of the others turned pale and pale. At this moment, no matter how slow he is, he understands that something big is going to happen.