Before the first contact between the two, Su Changsheng spent some effort to inquire about some of Yao Hong's local industries and social exchanges in Jiaxing.

As time goes by, Yao Hongfang's business has been better.

He secretly manages the private salt industry and controls the huge private salt trade network. On the surface, he is a famous antique merchant, specializing in some rare antiques for high-ranking officials to enjoy.

Hey, this is a coincidence!

After observing for a while, Su Changsheng decided to take some risk to get in touch with Yao Hongfang.

He spent some money to buy a suit, dressed up as five or six, like a romantic celebrity, and asked him openly at the door of Yao Hongfang's house-

Official Yao, do you still remember the old friends of Qingyuan Mansion?

Yao Hongfang was stunned at that time. He was stunned for a while and looked around, then he looked at Su Changsheng in surprise.

"Qingyuan Mansion...Su Family?"

“That’s right.”

"Are you from the Su family? But I heard that the Su family is gone."

"The old friend has passed away, and the grandson of the old friend is still alive. Please ask the villain to come and visit. If the official is willing, tomorrow at noon, Jichu Pavilion on the second floor of Huichun Building, waiting for the big carriage and discuss important matters."

After saying that, Su Changsheng turned around and left openly.

Because his posture was too casual and casual, Yao Hongfang did not react until Su Changsheng walked away.

After reacting, he fell into deep thought.

The Su family and Su Dingguang of Qingyuan Prefecture are indeed his old friends. The two are both private salt dealers. In the early years, when Su Dingguang just took over this industry, he also learned from him.

One of them went south and the other was in the north. The well water did not interfere with the river, and the relationship was even more harmonious.

Logically speaking, it is difficult for them to have any sincere friendships such as their private salt dealers who are so arrogant and ruthless that they kill countless people, but Su Dingguang and him were really surprised to have an appetite.

He even remembered that Su Dingguang once got drunk and denounced the incompetence of the current official family in front of him. He was also lamenting why Yue Fei could not be a ruthless person and just be Liu Yu, which was better than dying from an unjust sin, which was heartbreaking.

That time, Su Dingguang was very drunk.

Yao Hongfang just kept this silently in his heart and did not tell anyone about it. After this, Su Dingguang seemed to have forgotten about it and never mentioned that incident again.

Later, Su Dingguang died of illness, and he sent someone to attend the funeral. In this way, the old friend of Qingyuan Mansion who came to find him was not Su Dingguang, but Su Yonglin, the grandson of his old friend.

Su Yonglin's matter is not simple.

Although it has not caused any social discussion on the surface, in the entire network of private salt dealers, Su Yonglin, who made a plan to kill his protective umbrella and then escape, is already a legendary figure in everyone's words.

The profession of private salt dealers can actually be divided into domestic and wild ones, which is easy to distinguish between the two.

Those who are surrounded and suppressed by the imperial army at any time, and those who are never dead are wild.

Every time the court strikes hard, it is the one who is safe and sound.

It is said that it is domestic support and this group of people has not been eliminated.

As one of them, Yao Hongfang felt that he was a domestic pet that could make money, so he made money for the court officials who held the power behind him, satisfying their various strange desires, and adding chips to various transactions between them.

With their protection, you can survive in this extremely profitable but extremely cruel industry.

Every private salt dealer who can survive in this land relatively nourishingly is almost domestically supported and has endless obligations to his owner. Logically speaking, pets must be loyal to their owners and cannot be a rash.

But Su Yonglin's unexpected existence broke this balance.

According to internal first-hand information, Su Yonglin drugged his protective umbrella Sun Yuanqi and killed Sun Yuanqi, but he disappeared and no trace was found so far.

The Su family seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. The three coalition of private salt dealers organized by the big man went to attack the Su family in a fierce manner, but was lost.

The big men in the court were extremely dissatisfied with this, but they had no choice but to order them to avoid talking about this matter.

So everyone kept silent, for fear of angering the big guys and smashing everyone's jobs.

Everyone needs to make a living. Countless people live on this industry. People above sneeze and fall on the heads below are full of hail.

Yao Hongfang knew this truth, so of course he kept silent about this matter, for fear of causing trouble, so he asked the person above to see that he was uncomfortable and could beat him up if he tried to take action.

As a result, I never thought that I would avoid talking about it, but the disaster itself came to me.

Do you want to meet?

Go see you normally?

Or do some tricks and arrest this person and ask Su Yonglin's whereabouts and then dedicate it to the big man, so that he can make great contributions?

Yao Hongfang locked himself in the study and paced back and forth, and walked around several circles. Suddenly, he saw the traces of his old friend who had been hanging on the wall.

[It is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar]

When an old friend wrote this character while he was slightly drunk, he became the only trace left by his old friend. Yao Hongfang collected it and hung it in his study as a souvenir.

Now I saw it by chance, and my thoughts returned to the night when my old friend was on the verge of collapse.

"I would rather be a centurion and die on the battlefield than be a corrupt official here! Why doesn't he let me go to the battlefield? Why!!"

The old friend's shouts still echo in his ears. Yao Hongfang looked at the vigorous and powerful words and felt a lot of emotion.

On the afternoon of the next day, Yao Hong came down to a Jichu Pavilion on the second floor of Huichun Building with his old servant. He pushed the door open and saw Su Changsheng sitting on a chair and smiling at him.

"Officer Yao, you are here."

Yao Hongfang looked around and then at his old servant.

"Hold outside and wait for me to come out."

"Here."

The old servant obediently retreated and left the space for these two people.

So only Su Changsheng and Yao Hongfang were left in the exquisitely decorated Jichu Pavilion.

"I thought you would be fully prepared. Once I brought someone to catch you, you would run away immediately, but now it seems that there are only you and me here. Are you not afraid that I will bring someone to catch you?"

Yao Hong walked to the opposite side of Su Changsheng with a wide open mind and sat down.

"Of course I have to make some preparations. After all, I don't know much about the character of the official, so there are still some small countermeasures, at least I can get out of it. However, judging from the current situation, the official did come from himself, so these methods were not used."

"Are you monitoring me?"

Yao Hongfang grabbed a small piece of pastry in front of him and ate it.

Su Changsheng smiled.

"There is no way. Once our group of people are exposed, they will definitely die. They will ruin Alang's affairs. In order to fulfill their mission, they must make some preparations. Please forgive me."

"Hmph, since you want to talk about things, don't hide your head and tail. Tell me, what exactly should Su Yuting do when he finds me?"

Yao Hongfang stared at Su Changsheng.

"Do you still remember the words of my Alang?"

"How can I not remember?"

Yao Hongfang smiled confidently: "I am not close to his grandfather, but I also have friendships. For those who are in our industry, this friendship is rare, so I still remember it fresh. Tell me, what do you want to do with me?"

"Don't you ask where my Alang is now?"

"I will know when you are willing to say it."

Yao Hongfang picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.

"Too."

Su Changsheng smiled and said, "My family Alang has a huge number of antique calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures. I hope to find a way to take action and exchange it for copper coins, especially the copper coins of Song State."
Chapter completed!