Chapter 900 Landing
Fan Yuqin didn't know how he returned to Beppu. He sat in a sedan chair in a daze, then returned to Beppu in a daze. After entering the mansion, Fan Yuqin locked himself in the study and sat quietly. This time he sat from dusk to late night, and from late night to Dongfang Fanbai.
All night, Fan Yuqi was as lifeless as a living dead person. Until the next day, the butler was really worried about him and bravely went to the study to find him. When he opened the door, he was startled and was shocked when he saw Fan Yuqi's appearance. He hurriedly called someone to invite the doctor. At the same time, he and several servants rushed to carry Fan Yuqi directly into the bedroom and put it on the bed.
Fan Yuqin is not young anymore, but he is nearly fifty years old and has always had a good bone because of his well-maintained care. Even a few white hairs can't be seen. But in just one night, Fan Yuqin seemed to have grown a lot aged a lot. Not only did he lose his energy, but he also had countless white hairs on his head.
When he was carried to the bed, Fan Yuqi still had his unsightly eyes, with no popularity in his eyes, and was replaced by endless hollows. He let the butlers go as if they were dead. When the doctor rushed to take Fan Yuqi's pulse, he couldn't help but sigh, prescribed some calming drugs, and told Fan Yuqi to take his mind and leave.
After feeding the medicine, cooking some porridge for Fan Yuqi to take care of it, the housekeeper took the people out of the bedroom. After Fan Yuqi and others who were lying on the bed, all his eyes that had been open finally closed slowly, but tears couldn't help but seep out of the corners of his eyes, and the tears slowly fell.
In just one day, except for the Fan family, the famous merchants in Shanxi, including seven of the eight imperial merchants, were all caught in one place. The Taibai Tower Incident that day was shocking. The people who had just sent Geng'e and Ortai were drinking and chatting and laughing up the building. In a blink of an eye, a group of ferocious soldiers rushed up and arrested everyone before everyone could react.
For a moment, everyone didn't know what was going on, and some even tried to struggle and shout. But who would have thought that the leader's guerrillas pulled out their knife and shouted the most and scolded the most.
With this knife, a head instantly separated from his body and blood gushed out like a fountain, scaring everyone's faces pale and he no longer dared to resist at all. Some timid guys even fainted on the spot.
The one who had just arrived in front of him was now a prisoner. Everyone was dragged out of Taibai Building like a dead dog. When they arrived outside the restaurant, they saw three people standing not far away. Two of these three were naturally Geng E and Ortai, while the other was Fan Yuqin.
"Fan Yuqin! You... you sell your friends and seek honor! You won't die well!" Chang Dachun, who was dragged out of the door, saw Fan Yuqin at a glance, and his eyes burst into endless anger. At this moment, he had already concluded that all this was Fan Yuqin's fault. Not only did he not plead for them, he also took advantage of the imperial envoy and the general. Otherwise, what would be the case?
As Chang Dachun shouted and scolded, the others also immediately saw Fan Yuqi standing with Geng E and the others. Everyone was cursing and stared at Fan Yuqi fiercely as if they were about to eat him alive. At this time, Fan Yuqi's pale face became even more miserable. Just as he was about to say something, Ortai, who was standing beside him, raised his hand to stop him, and glanced at him with a stern look.
It was at this moment that the courage that Fan Yuqi had just plucked up disappeared instantly. At the same time, the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers directly blocked all the people who were scolding with cloth, and then took them to the street corner one by one to kneel down one by one. Then the guerrilla team led the team to take out a piece of stuff and loudly declared everyone's crimes.
Taibai Tower is in the most prosperous area of Taiyuan, where people come and go on very lively on weekdays. Now that this is the case, many people have come soon, and more people come to watch this scene.
The crimes announced by the guerrillas are very simple. After verified, these merchants had secretly interacted with Daming and sold out the secrets of the Qing Dynasty to obtain benefits. The crime of treason was conclusive. Some evidence was also presented in public, and these evidences were conclusive and could not be refuted at all. Because Shanxi is now in war, all of them were executed on the spot by the resolution of the imperial envoy Geng E and the General Ortai.
With the sound of gunfire, the huzi, who had already been ready, walked forward with a big knife with his shirtless hands. After drinking a bowl of wine, he raised the ghost-headed knife and cut his head cleanly.
Under the ghost-headed knife, these twelve people (one of them was cut in the restaurant) were like chickens waiting to be cut without any ability to resist. Amid the screams of the onlookers, their heads were cut down in the cold light.
A moment ago, these big figures in the eyes of ordinary people have now become headless corpses. The fallen head rolled aside, and their eyes were still staring, and the last anger and horror they had during their lifetime remained in their eyes.
Fan Yuqi clearly saw that Chang Dachun's head was rolling closest to him, and he was facing him. His eyes were wide open, staring at him, as if he was still silently scolding and cursing himself.
Seeing this bloody scene, Fan Yuqi couldn't help but shake it. Ortai was very clear-headed and almost supported Fan Yuqi, and said kindly: "Jie Xiu has never experienced this scene. It seems that he was a little scared. Geng Xiang, please let Jie Xiu go back and rest earlier?"
"What E Shuai said is that it is difficult for him to let Jie Xiu observe this matter today. Many things will need to be done by Jie Xiu. Jie Xiu, you are a loyal minister and a capable minister. The Qing Dynasty will not treat the Fan family unfairly. After the same E Shuai handled the matter, there are still many things that need to be relied on Jie Xiu."
Geng said sincerely and kindly. He and Ortai didn't look like they had just ordered to kill so many people, and there was even a smile on their faces.
But this smile seemed so terrible to Fan Yuqi, and behind this smile there was endless coldness and cruelty.
Fan Yuqin is not a fool. He knows the reason for this scene very well. Even if he didn't expect it at first, he had already figured it out just now.
If he hadn't given nearly half of his family fortune to Geng'e today, and because of the death of his beloved son, Fan Yu-jin and the Ming Dynasty were irreconcilable, he had worked hard to prepare a lot of food and grass for the court and put it together to the Qing Dynasty, perhaps one of the people lying on the ground now would be himself.
Moreover, there are several other reasons why Geng'er and Ortai did not attack him. In addition to the reason mentioned just now, the second reason is that Fan Yuqin's identity is different from that of ordinary merchants. Although other imperial merchants also have official positions, their official positions are at most fifth and sixth ranks, but Fan Yuqin is from a second rank, wearing a red top.
Although his official position is not a real position, it is not something that ordinary imperial envoys can kill just by saying that they can kill. They must be executed in the name of the emperor.
As for the third reason, Geng'er and Ortai's purpose is very simple, which is to seek the industry of these merchants. But the problem is that even if you have money, you need to have channels to purchase supplies. If Fan Yuqi is killed, who will do this next?
It is precisely because of these three reasons that Fan Yuqi was finally let go. But is it lucky to let go? Of course not! Geng E and Ortai deliberately left Fan Yuqi here, allowing him to watch the execution. Not only was it a policeman, but everyone in the world knew that Fan Yuqi was standing on the side of the court and one of the decision-makers in this matter.
Otherwise, when those soldiers arrested people, they would forget to block everyone's mouths? They deliberately let people see Fan Yuqi and scolded him on the spot. In this way, Fan Yuqi could not wash it clearly if he fell into the Yellow River. The only thing he could do next was to be a completely puppet according to the requirements of Geng'er and Ortai.
After decades of crossing the shopping mall, Fan Yu-jin has reached such a height. Not only is it famous in the business world, but it has also won the supreme honor of Fan Yu-jin, who became a second-rank official. From then on, it can be said that all his thoughts have been lost. The reputation of the Fan family has disappeared from now on. The entire Shanxi and even the whole world are probably unable to be washed away.
All of this made Fan Yuqi want to die on the spot, but he couldn't die because he knew clearly that once he died, it would not only be his own life, but hundreds of people in the Fan family would probably be wiped out with the other thirteen merchants.
Chapter completed!