Chapter 199 Revenge
The second floor was in chaos at this time, with footsteps running back and forth and women screaming.
Qin Hanzhang had already stood up and stood in front of Su Qianqian. When he looked back, Su Xing also automatically protected Su Qianqian.
At this time, Dian Feng quickly came in from under the door curtain and ran to Su Qianqian's side.
The door was blocked by Qin Hanzhang's guards. The girls in the room didn't know what was going on and huddled together in panic.
"Don't wander around. Wait for me here. I'll be back soon."
Qin Hanzhang comforted Su Qianqian in a deep voice and walked out of the private room.
"My Lord, can I go with you? I love watching the excitement, but I am afraid of danger. I won't be afraid when I am with you."
Jiang Baipin suddenly stood up and followed Qin Hanzhang. The two extremely handsome men, one in a red robe and the other in a moon-white robe, stood together, which was very pleasing to the eyes and also very strange.
Qin Hanzhang did not comment and walked outside with no change in expression.
[Tongzi, what happened?] Why are you so quiet today? 】Su Qianqian called the system. This was not in the original book’s plot. She needed to know what was happening.
[Liu Zi was killed!] 】The system said quietly.
[Killed?] Who killed him? What's going on? 】Su Qianqian widened her eyes.
At this time, in a private room a few doors away, Liu Zi, who was still so proud half an hour ago, was now lying on the ground. Blood flowed from the wound on his vest and soaked his robe. A bloody dagger was thrown beside him.
Everyone else in the room ran out. A man in his forties, with a dull look in his eyes and blood on his hands and body, stood next to Liu Zi.
Qin Hanzhang ordered the guards to stop all the guests who were about to leave, including the girl who had been in the private room. At this time, Lin Niang also hurried over.
"My lord, the girls said someone died here." After all, Lin Niang was well-informed and was not panicked.
"Take the people who left this room to another room first. I have ordered someone to report to the city patrol department and bring the coroner to perform an autopsy."
The people from the City Patrol arrived quickly. The captain who reported Zhang Yong had been promoted to the position of Chief of the City Patrol. When he saw Qin Hanzhang was very respectful, he hurried in to conduct routine questioning of the witnesses present.
The result was soon revealed, and the case was very simple: Fang Youan was 39 years old and ran a woodworking shop in the East Market. His wife, Han, had three sons and one daughter. They had been living a comfortable life, but the eldest son, who studied hard, failed the exams many times, which made Fang Youan very worried.
Last year, he accidentally heard that he could buy a "protective subsidy" with money, so he became interested. However, when he heard that it would cost 20,000 taels of silver to buy a ninth-rank official position, he immediately lost hope until he met Liu Zi through an introduction.
Liu Zi vigorously advocated the "Everything Makes Money Association", where money could be put into the association to generate interest, and the money could be tripled in one year.
Fang Youan didn't believe it at first, so he took one hundred taels of silver first. Half a year later, he hurriedly found Liu Zi and took back two hundred taels of silver.
After this, he felt relieved and revived. He went back to discuss with his wife Han and took out all the family savings. He borrowed money from everywhere and scraped together 10,000 taels to hand over to Liu Zibo. He only had to wait for half a year to bring back 20,000 taels. This would allow him to buy an official position for his son, so that he could get rid of his status as a merchant who was looked down upon by others.
However, after half a year, Liu Zi always refused to pay him the silver. He had already found someone to sell the official position and paid a deposit of two thousand taels of silver. He was just waiting for the silver to be paid so that he could enter his son's name into the official list of the Ministry of Personnel.
Two months later, Liu Zi said that there are gains and losses in business. This time, the silver they took was used by the leader of the association to invest in overseas trade. As a result, there were strong winds and waves at sea, the ship was destroyed and the goods were lost. Only a small part of the silver could be taken back. The leader of the association still had to use his own silver to subsidize it.
This small portion is two hundred taels.
Fang Youan was naturally unwilling to do so. A lot of the 10,000 taels of silver was borrowed, and he was just saying that he had paid it back without any proof, and only got back 200 taels. So he went to Liu Zi to ask for the silver every day, and finally made Liu Zi angry, so he asked him to meet the master.
As a result, that night he saw the leader's back. Right in front of him, a group of people broke his eldest son's legs and threatened that if he dared to make trouble again, his son would be killed next time.
His eldest son was also unlucky. He had been studying all day and had never seen such a situation. His leg was broken and he was filled with fear and worry. He fell seriously ill when he returned home and died in less than a month.
The wife lost her beloved son, her money, and owed a lot of debts. She blamed herself for being so obsessed and instigating her husband to join the Wanwu Shengcai Club. She was so narrow-minded that she hanged herself while Fang Youan was away.
Fang Youan's wife and children were separated from him, his family was destroyed and he was completely hopeless. He wanted to destroy himself along with his family. Today he found an excuse to apologize to Liu Zi and even agreed to come to Yanyu Tower for entertainment and let Liu Zi pay the bill. He only asked Liu Zi to say a good word and ask the club leader not to embarrass him anymore.
Liu Zi happily invited a few people to have fun, but he didn't expect that Fang Youan took advantage of him drinking and sat next to him, suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the back.
Fang Youan had practiced this move for several days and had already memorized it by heart. When he thrust it in, it was like thrusting into a sandbag, without the slightest hesitation. Liu Zi only had time to widen his eyes and make a strange gasping sound in his throat before he fell to the ground.
The girl serving in the room was stunned for a moment before she screamed, and then everyone came to their senses and ran away.
Fang Youan confessed everything he had done, and only asked the captain to inform his parents and elder brother to adopt his two sons and one daughter under his elder brother's name, and to sell his own house and shop to repay his debts, and leave the rest for his children to spend.
When Fang Youan was arrested and taken away, he shouted to the sky: "Jinsheng, Jinsheng's mother, I have avenged you, and I will accompany you right away!"
Mrs. Lin ordered someone to clean up the private room. The guests said it was unlucky and hurriedly left to go home.
Su Qianqian was standing beside Qin Hanzhang at this time, looking at the place where Fang Youan disappeared, and sighed secretly. The people who were deceived were indeed stupid and greedy, but the people who deceived should be brought to justice.
"My Lord, the Wanwu Shengcai Society is also rampant under the emperor's feet. I don't know what kind of people can go beyond the law. Jiang is just running a small business. In the future, I will have to rely on your protection, otherwise I dare not sleep peacefully in Xijing."
Jiang Baipin acted very terrified, but he had no intention of leaving immediately.
"The emperor has his own government to prosecute those who disregard the law. Young Master Jiang has never disregarded the law, so why should he not be able to sleep peacefully? Fang Youan's case will be investigated by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice, and justice will be done to the wronged person."
Su Qianqian narrowed her eyes and smiled at Qin Hanzhang, flattering him: "Brother-in-law is wise, and the law is strict. How can we allow criminals to go unpunished? Tomorrow you must submit a report and make more contributions to the peace of the Great Qi!"
"Why don't you go back quickly? Are you waiting for more trouble to happen?" Qin Hanzhang suppressed the smile on his lips and reminded Su Qianqian with a stern face.
"Yes, yes, let's go back. Bye bye." Su Qianqian quickly put on the cloak handed to her by Su Xing, and they went downstairs together.
"Since such an unlucky thing happened today, all expenses will be waived as Lin Niang's apology. My Lord, gentlemen, please come and support us again some other day!" Lin Niang still had a smile on her face.
[There is such a good thing?] If I had known earlier, I would have said that I treated you and earned a favor! 】Su Qianqian felt regretful.
[This favor is not something you can earn.] 】The system said quietly.
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