"Uncle, it's not good, the officers and soldiers have surrounded the master's house."
In Tianjin City, Li Ji Grain Store, a boy ran over and said to the shopkeeper.
"No, something happened. Let's go. Let's go immediately."
"Go through the back door," the shopkeeper Qin Feng said after a pause.
Different from the ignorance of other traitors, shopkeeper Qin Feng has been worried that the court will settle accounts after he stepped on this pirate ship.
Although Qin Feng was unwilling to be a traitor, the darkness of the past and the rampant dog officials made him have no feelings for the Ming Dynasty at all.
In addition, if you were not a traitor at that time, you would die, so he followed the Li family and became a traitor.
After His Majesty ascended the throne, the atmosphere in the officialdom changed and the people's lives were much better than before, but Qin Feng could not go back.
After that, the slaves became homeless dogs. The traitor leaders of the eight major Shanxi merchants were executed by nine clans.
Qin Feng was at the scene when 8 major Shanxi merchants were executed by 9 clans.
After seeing what happened to the eight major Shanxi merchants, he was worried that the imperial court would kill them for countless days and nights.
Later, seeing that the court did not pursue the matter further, everyone slowly relaxed.
But two years ago, he suddenly received a letter from Jian Nu. If Yang Yan disobeyed, he would hand over the evidence of their affair with Hou Jin to the court.
In desperation, the Li family had no choice but to move their strategic center to Tianjin. On the surface, they were honest businessmen, but in fact, they secretly transported grain, farm tools and other materials for Houjin.
Now that the owner's house has been ransacked, there is a high probability that the incident has occurred.
The protective umbrella behind the main family did not warn in advance, which shows the court's determination on this matter.
"Haifang, hurry up, stop packing so many things, just take the silver coins and leave." Qin Feng saw the boy in front of him still packing things and said a little angry. If it weren't for the fact that Qin Haifang was his nephew, he would I was too lazy to talk to him.
"With so many things, it would be a pity not to take them away," Qin Haifang said.
"Here you go, what can't you buy if you have money? If something happens to the master's family now, it will most likely affect us. You are just waiting for the officers and soldiers to come, and you won't be able to leave even if you want to."
Qin Feng patted the young man on the head angrily, and pulled him away quietly through the back door regardless of the other party's opinion.
Just half after they left and burned the incense, a group of soldiers surrounded the place.
After rummaging through the store and failing to find Qin Feng's uncle and nephew, they left two people to stay here while the rest continued to the next store to investigate.
Tianjin is no better than the capital city, with only a few government officials. Although there are more Jin Yiwei here, many Jin Yiwei cannot reveal their identities due to work requirements.
In addition, the local army does not go into the city from time to time to arrest criminals like the Beijing camp.
And localities do not have the right to directly mobilize the military.
For various reasons, we can only blockade Tianjin first, concentrate our efforts on arresting the big ones, and catch the rest later.
As for the escape of the criminals, no one is worried at all. Tianjin City has been closed. Until all the traitors are caught, they are only allowed in but not out.
Although Tianjin is more complicated, after all, its development time is limited, the city is only that big, and the total population is only that large. It won't take long to check back and forth.
In addition, this operation has been prepared for a long time, and most of the traitor arrest warrants have been prepared.
Even if those traitors are powerful, they still cannot escape justice.
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"Uncle, the city gate is closed now, what should we do?" Qin Haifang said after sticking his head out of an alley not far from the city gate.
"I told you to leave quickly. You have to get something. You can't get out now!"
Although he knew in his heart that the officers and soldiers must have blocked the city gate long ago, Qin Feng still couldn't help but complain.
"Officers and soldiers... what should we do now?" Although he wanted to explain, Qin Haifang had to change his words when he saw his uncle's stern face.
'Come with me. 'After thinking for a while, Qin Feng said softly when he saw soldiers coming from a distance.
Qin Feng knew that the imperial court had zero tolerance for traitors since he witnessed the imperial court beheading the eight major traitor families and some of their protectors.
But the decision of the master's family, especially his little slave, can be made?
From the moment he sold himself to the Li family for survival, Qin Feng was firmly bound to the Li family.
Liaodong was restored, Jiannu fled to North Korea, and the imperial court was victorious.
The Li family cut off contact with Jiannu, and the court did not pursue the matter, so Qin Feng felt relieved a little.
Later, Jiannu sent people to find him. Although Qin Feng was unwilling to wade into this muddy water, the wealth and silk were so attractive, and coupled with the threat of Jiannu, he had no choice but to come to Tianjin with the Li family.
After arriving in Tianjin, the clever and loyal Qin Feng was appointed by the Li family as the shopkeeper of the grain shop.
After having oil and water, my mind naturally became more active.
Qin Feng, who knew that there was no future for him as a traitor, began to secretly leave a way out for himself.
Make friends with the yamen servants so that you can get information easily. and profit from it.
I bought a small house in the outer city as my own small vault and necessary hiding place.
Make friends with the crew of the long voyage in private so that you can escape by sea if something goes wrong.
In Qin Feng's view, such preparations were foolproof. In his view, judging from the mouths of the officials, it was impossible for the court to choose to take action without leaking some rumors.
But the fact was beyond the other party's expectation.
There was nothing abnormal yesterday, but today the army went into the city to arrest people. After this situation, all the backup plans Qin Feng prepared did not take effect.
If his nephew hadn't gone to his master's house temporarily for some business, and found out that something happened at his master's house, and hurriedly came back to tell him, he would probably have been arrested as well.
Thinking of this, Qin Feng suddenly felt that his eyes were dim.
"Does the imperial court insist on leaving me to die?" Although he was very careful, he was suddenly knocked into the hands of the army as soon as he came out of the alley, Qin Feng said with trembling heart.
Even now he doesn't feel that he did anything wrong. Instead, I felt it was the court's fault.
From his point of view, if the court had not been dark and he had no way to survive, he would not have joined the Li family. If he had not joined the Li family, he would not have become a traitor.
If you don't consider yourself a traitor, then naturally there will be nothing more to come.
"Master Jun, I wonder what you want from us?" Seeing that the other party did not arrest him immediately, Qin Feng realized that the other party did not know him, so he suppressed his fear and said.
"The court is arresting criminals now. There may be dangers on the road, so go back quickly.
Remember to close the doors and windows after you go back, and wait until the Ming soldiers knock on our door before opening it again.
Later, the army will conduct door-to-door inquiries and give you a receipt. Within 7 days after the incident, you can take the receipt to the government to collect food according to the standard of 3 kilograms of food per person per day. "The soldier explained.
