Chapter 37 Chapter Fourteen

After Wu Ya, Di Gong called Hong Canjun, Tao Gan, Qiao Tai, and Ma Rong to the inner Ya, and began to explain in detail the generational grievances between Mrs. Liang and Lin Fan. "About fifty years ago, there lived two wealthy merchants on a street in Lizhiwan, Guangzhou City. One was named Lin, and the other was named Liang. Both were prosperous in business, and their merchant ships sailed as far away as Java, Persia, Dashi, and Daqin. The Liang family had a boy and a girl. The boy was named Liang Hong, and the girl was named Liang Ying. Then Liang Ying married Lin Fan, the only son of the Lin family. Since the two families became relatives, they respected and helped each other, and lived in harmony. Soon Mr. Lin Mr. passed away. Before he died, he asked his son Lin Fan to guard the family business, strive for self-improvement, and maintain the blood relationship between Lin and Liang.

"Lin Fan is a dissolute boy who does not do business. He eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles. The business has suffered repeated setbacks, and he has lost a lot of money. He gradually ruined the family business. Mr. Liang is old, so he took over the business of the firm. I handed everything over to my son. Liang Hong is a diligent and thrifty person, hard-working and well-managed. The business has improved very much, and it is even more prosperous than when Mr. Liang was there. "Liang Hong often gave out money to help his sister-in-law Lin Fan. Sometimes he recommended a few good businesses that could make a lot of money at his fingertips. But Lin Fan never realized that the money Liang Hong gave him was not worth his extravagance. Liang Hong also Gradually, I felt powerless. I only hated that iron could not be made into steel. Then Liang Ying also routinely persuaded her husband to change his ways and work hard. Unexpectedly, Lin Fan became angry and scolded her that the Liang family underestimated his Lin family, and all Liang Hong brothers and sisters were full of good intentions. It is regarded as malicious, so it is often cut to the teeth, and the curse is endless.

"Liang Hong married his wife Rong, who was young and beautiful. Just five years later, she had given birth to two sons and a daughter. But Liang Ying was barren for a long time. Lin Fan added fuel to the fire and resented him even more. Lin Fan saw Rong's appearance Mei didn't realize that her heart was moved, and she had evil thoughts. He knew that the Rong family was a wealthy family, Rixiu, and he was unwilling to do things that were immoral, but a plan was slowly born in his heart, which was very vicious. He plotted to occupy the Rong family and invade the Liang family in one fell swoop. Industrial furniture.

"One day, Lin Fan inquired that Liang Hong was going to the gold market in Panyu County to collect the account, and the account included the amount entrusted to him by the other three gold markets in Guangzhou. Lin Fan then bribed the two bandits. Lin Zili killed Liang Hong and robbed all the gold and silver. "So Lin Fan ran to Liang's house and told Mrs. Rong that Liang Hong met gangsters cutting the path on the way. He robbed the gold and silver and was injured. He was rescued and carried to an ancient temple nearby. There is no danger of life. He said that Liang Hong meant to temporarily conceal the fact that he was robbed by gangsters for a while, and once he had collected the amount of compensation from the three gold markets in Guangzhou, he would secretly return to Guangzhou to deal with his own affairs, otherwise This matter will greatly damage the reputation of his Guangzhou firm and his status in Guangzhou. Lin Fan said that Liang Hong asked Rong to go to the ancient temple to meet him that night, and agree on a proper way to make up the amount of compensation.

"Rong believed it was true, so he followed Lin Fan to the ancient temple. After entering the ancient temple, Lin Fan showed his true face as a beast. While telling Rong about Liang Hong's death, he asked Rong to remarry him. Rong was ashamed and angry , struggling to resist, Lin Fan raped her. Early the next morning, Rong bit his fingertips, wrote a bloody letter on a silk handkerchief, and hanged himself. "Lin Fan was careful, and found the blood book on Rong's body. The blood book said: "The thief of Lin Fan deceived me. This body is already dirty, and I can't serve Weng Gu to raise children. The only way to redeem my innocence is death." Lin Fan He tore off the line of characters "the Lin Fan thief tricked me" on the silk handkerchief and burned it, and stuffed the rest into Rong's sleeve. Then he hurried to Liang's house again.

"Old Mr. Liang and Mrs. Liang have heard the news of their son's death, and they are crying so hard that they are dying of pain. It turns out that one of Liang Hong's assistants escaped from the forest and rushed home to report the bad news. Lin Fan wept for a while in a hypocritical manner. Then he comforted Mr. Liang and Mrs. Liang, and asked where Mrs. Rong was, and asked her to go to the woods to collect the corpse. Mrs. Liang said, "Mr. Rong disappeared early in the morning, so there may be accidents." Lin Fannai sighed and said: "My son-in-law has something that I have kept in my heart for a long time, and now I dare not tell it. The Rong family has an adulterer who lives in an ancient temple outside the city. Now that her brother-in-law is killed suddenly, maybe she has already gone to the ancient temple to discuss with the adulterer. It's over." Upon hearing this, Mr. Liang rushed to the ancient temple in a hurry, and saw Mrs. Rong's body hanging on the beam, and a corner of silk handkerchief fluttered from his sleeve. Mr. Liang took it out and saw that it was a blood book , After reading it, I was greatly mourned.——The daughter-in-law Rong really had an affair with others, and now she regrets it, and she died. Mr. Liang was sad and ashamed, and died that night after taking poison when he returned home.

"Mrs. Liang—that is, Mrs. Liang who came to the Yamen to denounce Lin Fan—is a very delicate person. She manages the family well and has a tenacious personality. In the early years, she helped Mr. Liang to support the Ruo family business. She doesn't believe in the Rong family. There will be such filth, while changing the family business and compensating the amount of money and silver of the three gold markets in Guangzhou, while secretly sending people to the ancient temple to investigate. The people sent came back and reported that Rong's confession in the ancient temple In the final suicide note written by the testimonial, there was a faint trace of the word "Lin Fan" left on the layer of ashes on the confession. And there were embers of silk handkerchiefs burned in the incense burner, which were different from ordinary incense ash. Mrs. Liang felt that this was strange, and she Suspected that it was Lin Fan who raped Mrs. Rong and slandered her reputation, Mr. Liang committed suicide.

"Ms. Liang then went to the yamen of the Guangzhou Metropolitan Government to beat drums and appeal for grievances, and sued Lin Fan. However, everyone in the Guangzhou Metropolitan Government received bribes from Lin Fan, and there really was a wild head who came out and admitted that he had an affair with the Rong family." - Yamen rejected the pleadings , will not be accepted. "At the same time, Lin Fan's wife also disappeared. Lin Fan sent people to search everywhere, but there was no sign of it. People speculated that Lin Fan must have killed his wife secretly, and destroyed or hid the body. He hated the Liang family. Everyone in the Lin family, Liang Ying did not give birth to an heir for his Lin family, so naturally he also hates them. ——The above is the general content of the first certificate, and the date of issuance was twenty years ago."

Duke Di sucked up a cup of strong tea in one gulp, scanned his four followers with sharp eyes, and continued talking. "Then only Mrs. Liang, her two grandsons and one granddaughter were left in the Liang family. The property was sold to pay off the accounts of the three gold markets in Guangzhou, and after several funerals were held one after another, the property of the Liang family stopped. Thanks to Mrs. Liang's dismal management, the Liang family's business has revived again, and the business has gradually grown. Mrs. Liang supervises her grandchildren's schooling, and at the same time independently supports the Liang family.

"At this time, Lin Fan organized a smuggling group with the ill-gotten gains he had robbed to make huge profits. Gradually, his smuggling activities were noticed by the government. Lin Fan had another plan. First, he could divert the attention of the government from him. Second, Take the opportunity to finally destroy the Liang family. "He bought a lot of money from an official of the Harbor City Shipping Department, stamped several boxes of prohibited items with the Liang family's company name, and secretly hid them in the bottom holds of two galleons that were about to go to sea. Then he sent someone out Mrs. Liang was the first to be sued for smuggling. The government heard the news that the ship was stopped for smuggling, and those boxes of prohibited items were seized. So the government sealed up the Liang Ji business and lost all the property of the Liang family. The Liang family was destroyed, and Mrs. Liang was impoverished .

"Can't live in Guangzhou, so Mrs. Liang had to take her grandson and granddaughter to take refuge in the farm of a family member in the countryside. Unexpectedly, half a month later, they were ransacked by bandits again. Only Mrs. Liang and her eldest grandson Liang Kefa escaped from the flames and blood. The grandson, the granddaughter, the housekeeper and two servants were all brutally killed by the bandits. Afterwards, the government investigated and only captured four young bandits and beheaded them for public display. The public anger also calmed down a little. But Mrs. Liang was not intimidated. She knew that Lin Fan She can bribe both the government and the bandits. She has sorted out all the indictments of the nine murder cases committed by Lin Fan, and is going to sue the government whenever she has the opportunity. "Two years ago, the capital appointed a new governor of Guangzhou, and officials such as Biejia, Changshi, and Sima under the governor were also transferred. Lin Fan was timid, so he brought a few personal slaves and a group of beautiful women The concubine of Lin Fan secretly left the city of Guangzhou by boat.——A butler was appointed to take care of the affairs of the Guangzhou firm. Mrs. Liang heard that Lin Fan had escaped from Guangzhou and came to Puyang to live in seclusion, so she also chased him to Puyang.——Thereupon The lawsuit between Lin and Liang finally reached the Puyang Prefecture Yamen. "When Mrs. Liang came to Puyang Yamen, she could only sue Lin Fan for kidnapping her grandson Liang Kefa.——As soon as Liang Kefa arrived in Puyang, he went to Lin Fan's mansion every day to investigate and secretly visit. When he was in possession of a large amount of criminal evidence of Lin Fan Madam Liang knew that her grandson might have been killed, so she poured out all the decades-long grievances between the Lin and Liang families, in order to remind us that Liang Kefa's disappearance is related to Lin and Liang's The feud between the two families is related, and it is a new homicide committed by Lin Fan after nine deaths. However, there is no evidence that Liang Kefa’s disappearance is directly related to Lin Fan. —— No wonder Feng Xianggong refused to accept this case Yes. As for the feud twenty years ago, it should be the matter of the governor of Guangzhou. How can he do it for him? "I thought about Lin Fan's whereabouts back and forth, and I asked myself why Lin Fan chose a small place like Puyang as his hiding place, instead of going to the big port of the capital to live a life of luxury and luxury. Reminiscent of his greedy nature, I suspect that what he is doing in Puyang is a business of smuggling salt. Tao Gan said that his mansion is near the Shuibei Gate, which has always been deserted and desolate, and it is a good place for him to do criminal activities. .Although there is an iron gate under the Shuibei Gate, a bag of salt can be broken into pieces and sent out of the iron gate to escape the checkpoint of the government and be transported out of Puyang by the canal. Lin Fan is outside the Shuibei Gate Isn't there a farm, the waterway is connected, and it only needs two boats on both sides of the water gate to meet each other. Tao Gan can see that there are warehouses and docks outside the farm, which can prove what he is doing. "However, Lin Fan has probably sensed that the government is chasing him for his crimes, so he has sent his family wealth and concubines back to his hometown. There are only a few domestic slaves left in Puyang. He is secretly eradicating all traces of smuggling, and finally tailed leisurely. And go.—I'm worried that we won't get the evidence of his smuggling in time." Hong Canjun couldn't help but interjected: "Master, it seems that Liang Kefa has already found out his criminal activities. Can't we try to find Liang Kefa and then pursue Lin Fan's smuggling crime? Maybe Liang Kefa is being imprisoned by Lin Fan In a secret place." Di Gong shook his head and said solemnly: "I think Liang Kefa is no longer alive! Lin Fan is extremely cruel, how could he let a single descendant of the Liang family stay in the world alone? He dared to kill Tao Gan that day , Ma Rong had arrived in time, otherwise Tao Gan would have died like Liang Kefa." Hong Canjun said dejectedly: "Liang Kefa has been missing for two years, and it seems hopeless to find out where he was killed." Di Gongdao: "That's true. I want to frighten him now and set up a suspicious formation, which will make him feel uneasy, dizzy, and exhausted. Then he will put all his eggs in one basket and take risks, thus messing up the formation and revealing his flaws. In the end, we Caught and brought to justice. "Now let's do these few things first. Hong Liang, go and inform Lin Fan that I'm going to visit his house tomorrow. You might as well let him know that the government has become suspicious of his whereabouts, and tell him not to leave Puyang for now. Then they sent an order to the soldiers guarding the city gate to check every Guangzhou person entering and leaving Puyang, especially to monitor the boat traffic at Shuibei Gate. "Tao Gan, you lead a team of migrant workers to clean up the ruins on the partition wall of Lin's house, while carefully monitoring the movement of Lin's house. You have to go to the Shipping Department once and ask them to intercept every cargo ship of Linji Company and seize prohibited items. . "Qiao Tai took one or two soldiers in disguise and went fishing by the canal of Lin Fan's farm outside Shuibeimen, and carefully observed the movement of the farm. It would be better if the servants of the Lin family became suspicious. Disturb his position and make him fearful and terrified all day long." Hong Canjun smiled and said: "My lord, the three armies came out together, beating gongs and drums, and the sound was frightening. He didn't shoot arrows, and he didn't show his sword or gun. Seeing this situation, Lin Fan must have panicked and showed his true colors. He came here rashly." Fight, and finally fall into the trap of the master, and catch him without a fight." Di Gong nodded and said: "I'm afraid that Lin Fan's scheming will not act recklessly, and the golden turtle will not take the bait, so he broke the bait in vain."