[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

On the return trip, I took the waterway and had nothing left, so naturally I didn't need to act anymore.

It was the inland river, and Xue's family was quite well connected in the inland river water transportation. If the wind went smoothly, Jinling would be half a month away.

Xue Xun was not in the mood for sightseeing along the way, so he ordered people to go back straight away. He had already prepared everything when he set off, and he didn't intend to go ashore to buy things.

Xue Xun was just too lazy to bother, and the people waiting on the shore would be blinded. No, if I think of a mountain, I will be the one.

At night, Xue Xun was lying down, and Tie Xue came over and said: "Master, someone attacked the chisel boat?"

Xue Xun was terrified, and immediately got up and asked, "How is the situation?"

"It was discovered early, the boat was safe, and people caught it. They caught seven of them and put them in the hold." Tie Xue said.

"Have you tried it?"

"When the subordinate came down, Mr. Ma was interrogating." Tie Xue said in a deep voice, Tie Xue also came from the Secretary of General Administration, with excellent skills, he lived up to his name.

"I'll go and have a look." Xue Xun pulled his coat and put it on, and hurried down to the cabin on the bottom floor.

There is a large room at the end of the cabin, which is usually used for cargo such as poultry and livestock on merchant ships. On this ship, it was turned into a torture room.

In the middle room, five people were hung on the torture rack, their bodies were covered with cuts and bruises, the blood stained the cloth, and there were three corpses lying under their feet.

"Master." Mr. Ma stood up and bowed his hands.Dirty and narrow cabin with no air circulation and the smell of blood lingers around, making people sick to smell. The scene of cruel torture is seen in the eyes, and screams and groans are heard in the ears. Mr. Ma who created such a scene is a middle-aged scribe with With a three-inch goatee and a wide robe with long sleeves, he looks like a Confucian benevolent gentleman.

"Sir, don't be too polite. How's the trial going?" Xue Xun pretended he couldn't see it. Those people who came and rushed to dig Xue's boat must be water bandits who are used to doing cases on the river, and they don't deserve sympathy.

"Master, it has been interrogated. It is a water bandit from Jiaolong Village. This is the famous Jiaolong Eight Immortals in the underworld." Mr. Ma said softly, as if introducing a beautiful scenery.

"The Eight Immortals don't cross the sea in their own territory, so what can they do on my Xue family's boat?"

"As entrusted by others to be loyal, Jiaolongzhai took the money and married them." Mr. Ma pointed to the three corpses at his feet and said, "I'm not good at learning, and I don't have arrogance. This subordinate has only sat here for a while. Zhong, just recruited everything, and thought it was some kind of fairy method, with bones."

"Mr. is well-informed, so these small tricks are naturally no longer in your eyes." Xue Xun complimented, and he believed that the restrained Mr. Ma would not show off in front of a few people who were destined to die.

"Master Xue, Master Ma, we are the ones who are too blind to see Mount Tai and offend you, please hold your hand high and let our brothers live." A man begged for mercy: "I'll wait for the waves on the river to go back and forth, but just to make a living. , It is the big Qiu family in the city who wants to embarrass the nobleman. My brothers and I are just human bayonets, and we don’t hold the handle of the knife in our own hands. There is a wronged person and a debtor. The nobleman wants revenge, it is the Qiu family."

"Didn't it be said that the rule is that you can't betray the buyer?" Xue Xun has also heard a few anecdotes from the world.

"Hey——" Mr. Ma laughed sarcastically, and said: "Master thinks highly of these thieves too much. They are really strong. They have already made their name in Nuoda, and they have gone ashore for nothing. They still need to beg for life on the water."

Mr. Ma was also a well-known figure in the Jianghu in his early years, and later he joined the General Secretary by chance. He has not mixed in the Jianghu for decades, and there are legends about him in the Jianghu.No, once the names are announced, these water bandits will also have to call them "Master Ma".

The facts were clear, so Xue Xun retreated, sat down again and poured tea, and asked Mr. Ma, "Do you have any ideas about this matter?"

"Master Rong, the subordinate still insisted on killing the matter directly, and the body sank into the river without anyone noticing."

Xue Xun originally thought of sending these water bandits to the government, or directly chopping them up and floating them in boats in the river as a deterrent.Even if the Xue family loses the position of Secretary of General Administration, it is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others.The flag of the Xue family had already been flying on their boat. These people were just the first wave of temptation.

"What if Xiaoxiao can't be deterred?" Xue Xun asked.

"My master is too worried. The most terrifying thing in the world is not murder, but the unknown. These people never come back, and the master doesn't respond. Those people are naturally anxious, hesitant, afraid and frightened while waiting day after day." Mr. Ma said deeply. Familiar with the psychology of water bandits.

"Sir, what you said makes sense." Xue Xun sighed. He was also waiting day after day, anxious and afraid. No one made a statement or expressed responsibility for his sudden arrival here.

After hearing Mr. Ma's casual words, Xue Xun thought of himself instead, determined to take life more seriously and live a better life, not to be moved by the simple psychological hints of the people behind the scenes.

"Master Mingcha, don't forget, His Majesty has taken back the General Secretary."

Xue Xun nodded seriously, "Sir, it is true."

His Majesty has taken back the General Secretary, and Xue Xun has long stated that the properties of the General Secretary and the Xue family are absolutely separate, and there is no confusion. If corpses are piled up with great fanfare, how can it be explained that there are so many good hands in the Xue family? Did they dig up the General Secretary? corner?Did you deceive the king?

Xue Xun was inexperienced. Seeing Mr. Ma's careful consideration, he was given full responsibility for this time.I couldn't help asking one more question: "Sink the body into the river, won't they fish it out?" At this time, people with good kung fu are completely comparable to frogmen.

"This subordinate has a giant rot medicine in his hand, which can melt away the skin and flesh, and throw away the bones. Who knows whose it is?" Mr. Ma stroked his goatee, and said something that didn't match his gentle appearance, and asked, "Master, would you like to see it?" See?"

"No need, it's so safe, sir, I can rest assured." Xue Xun hesitated.

The big boat of Xue's family sailed quietly in the night like this, without stopping or making any noise, sailing away as usual in the dark.

The people waiting on the shore did not wait for the noise of the accident on the ship, nor did they get an echo from the person sent out, and they had no choice but to take the opportunity to talk to them. Everything merged into the night, silently and extremely mysterious.

With the Qiu family as pathfinders, more people followed suit.

Xue Xun nominally handed over to the Secretary of General Administration, but there are still a large group of elites who followed Xue Xun back to Jinling. These talents are the foundation of the Xue family.In the eyes of these people, the Xue family is more trusted than the imperial court.Why?Because the Xue family is rich!

Those who are still in the Tongzheng Department will really have to live on their death salaries.The Department of General Administration has strict discipline, and it is not allowed to make money in private. Extortion and buying and selling information are all serious offenses in the punishment hall. The Xue family has to pay twice the salary standard set by the Taizu. There are also rewards, which can drive good players.So the Xue family almost occupied the southern market, but the life of the Zhen family in the same city was not necessarily more luxurious.

Xue Xun took away the elites, took away the funds, and was waiting for Chen Munan to catch him blind.Nothing has ever been more irritating than having it and then losing it. Chen Munan is well aware of how the General Secretary operated in the past. He either went to the emperor to ask for a large sum of money to make up the gap, or he let his subordinates start making money on their own, no matter which way , will only damage the foundation of the General Secretary, and the emperor will not tolerate it.

Do you really think the Xue family has no temper?

These are follow-up measures, and now Xue Xun is facing a steady stream of attacks on the river.

Xue Xun ordered people not to stay, and the sailors were divided into three groups, traveling day and night, and not staying on the water too much.This seems to be a way of admitting cowardice and avoiding it, attracting more people to share a share of the pie.

The big ship flying the flag of the Xue family still didn't stop, and there was no movement, and the people sent out went into the sea like mud cows, and there was no response.It wasn't until Xue Xun arrived at the port that he abandoned the boat and boarded the car. The property of the man behind the attack on Xue's boats began to be attacked, and they suddenly realized.It's not that Xue Xun has given up, but is just waiting for the follow-up measures to take effect.If it wasn't for this incident, they wouldn't even know that there were spies hidden in their property.

Countless wealthy businessmen who wanted to take advantage of the fire, and one party in power, all stumbled and sighed: "Didn't he say that he handed over the Secretary of the General Administration?" Hearing so many comments from Xue Xun who was so humble that he was almost cowardly, how could he suddenly be so humble? Become a tiger?

Xue Xun delayed going out for more than a month, and when she saw Xue Wangshi again, her belly was already visibly raised.

"A Su, why are you standing at the door and blowing the wind?" Xue Xun walked into the second door amidst the greetings from the servants, only to see Mrs. Xue Wang wearing a red cloak standing at the door to greet him, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Brother Hao has finally come back, how can I not welcome him?" Xue Wang said with a smile. She has been worried these days and has worshiped countless Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, but she dare not write to disturb him, and even the maids don't know her heart Thoughts.Seeing her praying to Buddha frequently, I just thought she was worried about the baby in her womb.

"I promised you to return safely, how could I break my promise?" Xue Xun smiled and helped Mrs. Xue into the house, and then asked Zhu Qing who was waiting on the side: "How is your wife these days? How is your diet? How is your daily life? Can someone help me?" Annoy your wife?"

Zhu Qingfu saluted and said: "Master, my wife is doing well, three meals a day are well eaten, and extra meals are needed from time to time, and I sleep well at night. It's too late for the servants to take care of my wife, so how dare I bother her."

"Extra meal? Have you asked the doctor? Did the doctor say that a big appetite is good or bad?"

"Brother Hao~" Xue Wang said coquettishly, "I asked the doctor, don't worry." At this time, thinness is considered beautiful, and it is embarrassing for a woman to eat too much.

"Okay, okay, as long as A Su is happy." Xue Xun raised his hand as a sign of surrender.

Accompanied all the way into the main house, Mrs. Xue Wang repeatedly ordered: "Juanbi will serve the master to freshen up, Weilan will pass the meal, and Hulu will invite the doctor to come. The master is tired from the boat and car. After grooming, he will take the pulse and prescribe medicine to recuperate."

Xue Xun gave Xue Wang admiringly. It seems that during the days when he was out, Xue Wang did not relax in his study, and made remarkable progress.

When Xue Xun followed Juanbi out, he sent him away as a pretense. He had always been served by a servant for washing and bathing. Mrs. Xue Wang was pregnant, so he didn't want to give wrong hints to the maids.If it wasn't for the fear of hurting Xue Wang's housekeeper's enthusiasm, he didn't even want to do it.

After washing up, having a meal of comfortable home-cooked food, and asking the imperial physician to check the pulse, Xue Wang felt relieved.As soon as she relaxed, Xue Wangshi began to feel sleepy and yawned again and again.

"Good lady, let's go and have a rest. There are servants in the room waiting for you." Xue Xun said softly, coaxing Mrs. Xue to sleep, and then he strode towards the living room. Youwei visit.