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Chapter 121 5.3 Extermination of Salt Merchant Cheng Mansion
Chapter 5

5.3 Extermination of salt merchants and delisting of Chengfu

Five days later, the Cheng family mansion in the inner city of Yangzhou.

"Master Lin, your manpower is sure to be reliable, right?" Wei Xu asked worriedly. If it wasn't really impossible, he really didn't want to use other people's manpower, not at all.

The Eight Great Salt Merchants have operated in Yangzhou for several generations. The Dashun Dynasty has been doing this for more than a hundred years. Although it has been cleaned many times in the middle, the inheritance has always been there.

Thinking of Lin Ruhai's dead men who have been lurking beside Lin Ruhai for nine years, Wei Xu is not sure that there are no other spies among the more than 100 people.

"How do you think I've survived to this day? There are less than three hundred saltmen in total. These people either directly have enmity with the salt merchants, or their families have enmity with the salt merchants, otherwise I would not dare to use them.

The less than a hundred people in front of them were selected from among them, all of whom had blood feuds with the salt merchants, and the others were all placed on the periphery. " Lin Ruhai said coldly.

"That's good, wait a minute and assign the strong crossbowmen I have integrated for you according to the predetermined plan. These people were also your crossbowmen before, and their level is not bad.

Next, my people will lead the team in, as long as you let them be obedient and obedient, we are familiar with this kind of work, as long as they are obedient and don't make trouble. "Wei Xu nodded and said,
During these five days, he naturally couldn't be idle and bored, but cooperated with Lin Ruhai to integrate reliable manpower, but the most important thing was to supplement equipment, that is, strong crossbows and gunpowder packs.

This time when he came to Yangzhou, Wei Xu stood on the standpoint of "thinking about defeat before winning". He had no choice but to bring five female disciples with him besides two girls and a maid, because there was really no one available. .

In this case, he arranged for Xu Fei to gather his manpower in advance, and the generals gathered [-] of them, who could be used as cannon fodder when necessary to cover his safe retreat.

For this reason, he even brought only three of the only five female disciples with him, and the other two stayed on the boat all the time, ensuring that he would keep an eye on the Xue family boatmen, and ensure that they could set off at any time if necessary.

Fortunately, the situation this time was unexpectedly good. The Cheng family was too desperate and blatantly assassinated Jia Min. As the saying goes, "clay figurines also have three parts of soil", let alone an official like Lin Ruhai.

The brutal death and injury of his family members, coupled with Wei Xu's powerful fanning, made the inspector censor completely explode, and finally decided to take action.

In this way, the thirty pairs of crossbows that Wei Xu carried in the warehouse below the deck would be useful, that is to let Lin Ruhai dispatch reliable and elite crossbowmen and train them to use them.

These weapons plus the same number of long knives were originally prepared for the rabble that Xu Fei's subordinates had gathered, so that they could rest assured that they would work hard at critical moments, otherwise these people might not be able to count on them.

Today's action plan is very simple, including Wei Xu, plus three female disciples and Xu Fei, each of the five people will bring about ten Yanding, sneak into Cheng's house in five ways, and launch a night assault.

Six of the Yan Ding were crossbowmen. Once they encountered Cheng's family members during the march, whether it was the nursing home or any other target, they would shoot and kill them immediately after discovering them, so as not to leave any future troubles.

The routes of all the groups have been planned in advance, thanks to Lin Ruhai for the distribution map of the Chengjia Manor and the rough patrol route of the guards, which happened to be targeted training during these five days.

After cleaning up, everyone went back the same way. Whenever they found any houses of the Cheng family along the way, they threw gunpowder bags and continued to retreat after confirming that they were ignited.

The rest of Lin Ruhai's Yanding subordinates were in charge of surrounding Cheng's mansion. Once the fire started, they would be on alert immediately, but they would kill any living beings who came out of the yard, and they would never leave behind.

"Don't worry, I have already told them that as long as they succeed today, the Eight Great Salt Merchants will have to become the Seven Great Salt Merchants. They are more eager to succeed than you are now." Lin Ruhai's expression was indifferent, and his wide-open eyes showed deep hatred .

"That's good. I'll open the door first. Everyone will act according to the plan. Remember, never make any noise without permission!" Wei Xu made a final confession before waving his hands and leading people forward.

Apart from the four disciples, there were only ten of the best crossbowmen behind him, mainly because the first line should not be too high-profile; followed by another twenty crossbowmen, and finally the assault group Yanding.

As for the rest of Yan Ding who was in charge of the siege, all the above-mentioned personnel had to enter Cheng's house before launching the siege, trying to ensure that no major conflicts occurred before the fire broke out.

"Who is it—er!" Nearly a hundred steps away from the gate of Cheng's house, a group of people ran into three men dressed as men who came forward to ask, Wei Xu waved his hand without hesitation, and a row of crossbow arrows flew into the air. past.

Passing quickly along the way, within a distance of less than a hundred steps, they ran into three waves of secret sentries. A total of more than ten people were either dealt with by crossbowmen or Wei Xu, and none of the four disciples had time to make a move.

"My lord, how much money have these salt merchants accumulated? Every time I see their mansion, I think they deserve to die." Xu Fei looked at the two-foot-high wall in front of him and sighed.

"I have offended too many people, so I can only surround myself like this. I don't feel at ease when I go out without more than a dozen bodyguards." Wei Xu sneered, "Wait a minute.

I went in first to open the door, and after other members of the assault team arrived, everyone moved forward as planned. Remember, the first is to ensure silence, and the second is to kill the enemy, otherwise we may have difficulty succeeding. "Yes, sir!" "*4.

With two walls as high as two walls, Wei Xu's current qinggong would take a little effort, let alone the four disciples. Although they also practiced the "Lifting Technique" of Tianlongmen, it took more than two years, and the effect was not good. protrude.

"Who is it!" As soon as he landed, he heard a low shout, and five or six men dressed as guards rushed over quickly, and the first one was tall and burly, who looked quite capable.

Wei Xu didn't think about communicating with them at all, and the meaning of the nursing home didn't seem to be in a hurry, probably because he was afraid of accidentally hurting his own people who returned in the middle of the night, but he didn't have such concerns!

"Clang——" the body rushed forward, and after a flash of sword light, the leader of the nursing home, with a look of astonishment on his face, fell limply to the ground clutching his neck. Jian Guang fell down.

With Wei Xu's current skills, facing this gang of relatively strong guards, it shouldn't be too easy to hit all of them with two swords in one second, but within a few breaths, all six guards were killed.

A sword broke the door stick, he pulled open the heavy door, and waved to all the people who had completed the assembly and grouping at the door, and the five groups all set off according to the designated route.

The area of ​​Cheng's Mansion is really not small, and the interior is similar to "Jiangnan Garden". Unfortunately, in the eyes of a group of killers, there are a few dull screams from time to time, which are quickly drowned in the huge courtyard.

After nearly half an hour, each group finally cleared the night nursing home, and then naturally set fire all the way as planned, and finally withdrew to stand by, and the rest of the work could be handed over to Yan Ding, who was in charge of the siege.

"It's flooded, put out the fire!" Before the task was completed, the blazing fire woke up the servants of Cheng's mansion, and soon the mournful shouts filled the whole manor.

"Don't worry about it, proceed according to the plan, complete the ignition as quickly as possible, and leave the rest to the surrounding personnel!" Wei Xu shouted behind him, and everyone moved faster. He didn't even bother to confirm the fire, so he threw it away The gunpowder pack retreated.

Soon, the entire Cheng Mansion was covered in flames, and the huge fire illuminated half of Yangzhou City, and also illuminated all the blushing people outside the manor, including Lin Ruhai and Wei Xu.

"Young master, we missed!" While waiting, a female disciple stumbled out of the gate, obviously injured, and no one followed except him.

"What's going on?" Wei Xu waved his hand back, and a dozen crossbowmen immediately stepped forward and lined up, pointing their strong crossbows at the gate by the way, "Have you met a master?"

"When we passed by an aunt's courtyard, the old thief Cheng Zhiying happened to be resting there. We alerted his close-knit expert, plus other bodyguards, and I was the only one who rushed out." The female disciple's voice was a little weak.

"Take her down to heal her wounds, you don't have to worry about it this time." Wei Xu frowned distressedly, and hurriedly arranged for another female disciple to treat her.

"Someone rushed out, let it go!" While speaking, someone from the crossbowman in front of him yelled, followed by the sound of a salvo of crossbow arrows and screams from inside the gate. No sound.

Not only the gate, but other gates of Cheng Mansion also had people wanting to rush out from time to time, but they were quickly killed at the gate, and the previous crossbowmen scattered out one after another, trying to kill the enemy from a distance as far as possible.

I would also like to thank the Cheng family for their tall courtyard walls. It is impossible to get through without any skills. Even with the addition of ladders, the surrounding Yanding can easily deal with those "refueling tactics" personnel who escaped.

The intermittent screams lasted for more than half an hour. In the entire Cheng Mansion, the height of the flames had already exceeded the roof by a lot, and the noises of the nearby people could be heard one after another.

"Master Lin, you should have made arrangements, right?" Wei Xu asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, as long as the common people see the Cheng's house on fire, no one will come to save them; I have also told the government that no one will meddle in their own business." Lin Ruhai said coldly.

"But Master Lin came in person?" Just as he was speaking, there was an old voice from inside the gate, and a man in a mess with disheveled hair appeared inside the gate surrounded by more than twenty people.

It was just because the corpses on the ground almost blocked the door, the group of people did not dare to rush forward, and finally the old man asked.

"Cheng Zhiying, go all the way well, you must be accompanied by the whole family, and you will not be lonely." Lin Ruhai stood up without any concealment.

"Hahaha, okay, I never imagined that this old man hunted wild geese all his life, but today he was pecked in the eye, but today the Cheng family was wiped out, and this old man is waiting for you, the Lin family!" Cheng Zhiying's voice full of resentment came out.

"Then you don't need to worry about it - shoot the arrow, go!" Lin Ruhai's indifferent voice fell to the ground, and soon there were screams inside the door.

(End of this chapter)