The rich family smells of wine and meat, and there are bones that are frozen to death on the road.

When many people inside and outside Guang'an County were hungry and could only wait for some wealthy families to give them some porridge and soup to save their lives, the merchants who spent a lot of money to buy hundreds of thousands of stones of grain were gathered together at this time, and were having a banquet in the largest restaurant in the county, drinking and roaring, and the sound of silk and bamboo were really happy.

Not only these businessmen are here, but even the county masters attended the banquet today. They ate the best dishes and drank the wine for many years, and occasionally made a few jokes with the beauty of Ruyilou beside them. The atmosphere was quite harmonious and warm.

It was not until after three rounds of drinking and everyone was drunk that at the command of the county magistrate, they shut off the beauties and servants around them, leaving only about twenty of them in the lobby.

At this time, although the county magistrate was still red, his eyes were not drunk: "Are the matter arranged?"

The others were also excited, and Boss Zhou took the lead and said: "Don't worry, sir, we have arranged the personnel, we are the most trustworthy people under our command. They can act after the second update."

"What about the aftermath?"

"They will light a fire and then burn the entire granary. In this way, we can say that the food has been burned, so I hope the person named Ling has no place to deal with it."

"Haha, very good. Remember, after the matter is done, Boss Zhou, you will have to take over this batch of food. Then..."

"Don't worry, Lord County Master, I will follow the previous agreement and do the matter properly and never leave any trouble to the government. There will be corresponding money, and it will be given as prescribed, with a lot of money."

"That's good. You also know how much the matter is involved. If it is really leaked, the house will be raided at the least, and the head will be unsecured..." County Magistrate Huo glanced at them one by one, "So there must be no mistakes in this matter. Since someone is not with us, we can only kick him out first."

Everyone said yes again, and then they were eagerly waiting for the news from outside to come back. The first update was over, and everyone was not interested in asking the beauty to drink with him, so they chatted or toasted. The mood at the banquet was not too high. County Magistrate Huo sat on his head, closed his eyes and rested, waiting for the final result.

The hour passed in a blink of an eye. After knowing that the second update had passed, everyone was no longer interested in chatting and drinking. They couldn't help but sweep their eyes to the closed hall door. However, as time passed, no one was coming.

It was not until the second half that everyone was anxious and restless when the door of the hall was suddenly knocked open. Suddenly, everyone turned their heads and looked over. Even County Magistrate Huo opened his eyes suddenly, unable to hide his emotions in his heart.

At a glance, Boss Shu quickly asked, "How is it? Is the matter done?"

This man who seemed to be fearless on weekdays was full of panic at this moment. When he saw his master, he said, "Master, something happened...is happened. The people we sent were ambushed in the granary. Only two of the thirty brothers fled back, and the others... were all left there..."

"What?"

"This is impossible!"

"Who did it?"

The gentry and businessmen who were always sure to win were all stunned at this time and didn't care about anything else. They kept shouting, and it was hard to accept such a result.

You should know that the people sent out to grab food this time are the most trusted and strongest subordinates of each family. Now they have been wiped out, and only two people have escaped back? Ling Li is a foreigner with only a dozen helpers around him, and it is reported that they are all staying in the inn, so why are they so capable?

County Magistrate Huo couldn't say a word for a long time. The result was too impactful, which made him stunned for a while. After staring at Boss Shu and a few of the leading men, he suddenly stood up, shook his sleeves, and left on his own.

Obviously, as an existence with a higher status than theirs, he had to pay attention to the benefits of his success, but once the matter failed, it was not within his responsibility to end it. Others, who were hit by this, could not come back to their senses for a while and could not stop the county magistrate from leaving.

After a while of chaos, Boss Shu shouted: "Stop it!" Everyone calmed down and looked at the leader's colleague to see what he would do next. He did not disappoint everyone, and immediately said: "Bring those two people in here, I want to ask them what happened."

After a while, two tall men in gray and black clothes and were tall, they could tell at a glance that they were tough guys. However, at this time, their faces were a little pale, and they had several scars on their bodies. They shrank and did not dare to meet the gentry and merchants.

"Which family are you from?" Boss Shu asked slowly after Qiang calmed down.

"The youngest one is from the Yin family..." After a moment of silence, one person whispered, and the other person stumbled for a moment before reporting that he was from the Li family. The two heads of the families suddenly turned dark, and this look was too ugly.

"Tell me, what happened? Why are you the only one who escaped? Everyone else has left the warehouse?"

"That's right... it's true. We sneaked over after entering the update. We originally wanted to take down the warehouse guards first and then transport the food away. As a result... the three people who climbed over the wall first suddenly lost their news. Masters, we really didn't even hear any movement. This is really weird..." When talking about the previous situation, he was still scared and even his voice was raised a little.

"What after that? You sent someone to climb over the wall again?"

"No, it's all like this, who else dares to climb over the wall alone? So we decided to go around the back door and break into the warehouse directly. But the result... the result..." The man became more and more excited when he said this, and his body was trembling.

"What's the result?" Boss Zhou couldn't help but ask loudly.

"As a result, there were more than a dozen powerful people in the ambush there. As soon as we arrived at the door, they rushed over from both sides. We couldn't resist it at all, and we were forced into a dead corner, and we couldn't even run away... It was because we were more lucky that we took advantage of the chaos to get out of the siege, otherwise..." After fear, we couldn't even say anything later.

The other person even opened his mouth and couldn't speak. Obviously, his expression ability was limited, so he was not as good as this person.

As this story goes, everyone's expressions become more and more ugly. They are both frightened and even more confused. Where did Lingli come from so many helpers? Also, how did he guess that someone would go to the warehouse to seize grain, so he arranged this move early? What's more important is, where did he get the courage to fight back like this?

Confusion, anger, unwillingness... All kinds of emotions kept surging in everyone's hearts, and finally turned into fear, fear of Boss Ling and the forces behind him. Because they were already convinced that this guy was much more difficult than before.

Finally, everyone looked at Boss Shu. As the strongest and most financially powerful among the gentry and businessmen, whether everyone wants to admit it or not, he is the well-deserved leader here. If there are problems, he naturally has to come forward to solve it. Even Boss Zhou, who has always been inconsistent with him, also looked over.

This feeling of being regarded as a leader is certainly good, but it also means responsibility. Boss Shu's face became more and more serious. After a while, he said: "The most urgent task now is to quickly let the county government come forward and take those people into our own hands. It is better to lock them all in the prison than to fall into the other party's hands. Lao Zhou—"

With his greeting, Boss Zhou subconsciously agreed, and then realized something was wrong, but he was one step too late and could only hum: "What do you mean?"

"Didn't your nephew be the headmaster in the county government? Let him take people over quickly and grab those people." Boss Shu gave his orders as a matter of course.

Although he was unhappy, for the sake of the overall situation, he could only agree: "I'll let someone pass on a message to him."

"It's a good job." Boss Shu smiled with satisfaction and said, "As for others, go home now and order the people below to stop talking nonsense, and be sure to suppress the matter. As long as the rumors cannot be raised, the other party will not be able to take advantage of the problem."

Everyone also said yes, and the banquet was just apart. But at this moment, Boss Zhou, who was about to leave, suddenly turned around and said, "Old Shu, are you planning this? Just pretend nothing happened, and then let the Ling person continue to be arrogant here?"

Boss Shu glanced at him and smiled unabated: "Of course not, otherwise, don't talk about you and me, even the county magistrate will not accept it."

"Then what else do you have?"

"Well, you will know after tomorrow." Boss Shu kept it a secret and then left with only Boss Zhou and a group of people who were also confused and confused. Although they were dissatisfied, they were helpless.

Many people were destined to be unable to sleep this night, and naturally they also included Li Ling and the others. After the third update, they still did not sleep, as if they were waiting for something.

Finally, with a clattering sound in the outer yard, Li Moyun and Yang Zhen bounced up almost at the same time, protected Li Ling, and said in a deep voice: "Who?"

"I, Xue Jiong." The voice came from outside the door. As the door opened, he had already flashed in, and then looked at Li Ling with some admiration: "Boss Ling is indeed a clever idea. Someone really wants to touch the warehouse tonight to grab the food, but it just fell into our hands. And, indeed, not long after, someone came to the yamen and asked for all those people, saying that they would be severely punished..."

Not only was Li Ling not surprised or angry at all when he heard this, he let out a sigh of relief: "Sure enough...but don't relax too much. I dare to assert that they will make trouble in the past two days, and this time the situation should be even bigger."

Li Moyun and the others were annoyed when they heard this: "It's really too much to deceive others. Young Master, don't we fight back?"
Chapter completed!