Feng Wen was taken away directly under the shouts of 'big father' and 'father'.
The faces of the Feng clan members were full of panic and anxiety.
Feng Dong had a gloomy face, and the hand holding the bamboo stick was shaking.
When Feng Zhen saw this, he yelled at his clansmen several times angrily, scolded them and left the scene, and then returned to the lobby with an uneasy expression.
Feng Dong could no longer sit down.
Feng Zhen's eyes were full of worry and he said in panic: "Father, what should we do?"
"Awen knows something about the situation."
"Have the officials asked something about it?"
Feng Dong lowered his head gloomily, pondered for a while, and finally shook his head and said coldly: "Probably not. If the situation is really asked, the government will not only bring Feng Wen with them this time, but you and me too." It needs to be taken away together, but even if it is not taken away, the effect is achieved."
"Now everyone in the clan is in danger."
"If it happens a few more times, I'm afraid many people in the clan will fall into panic."
"The situation will become increasingly serious by then."
"It seems now that the government has probably made all the preparations, one step after another, without giving us any room to think. They just want to create waves of panic to scare the relevant officials and us merchants. It continues to fall into panic and anxiety, and then exposes more problems and flaws, and then solves the sinking of the ship in one fell swoop.”
"We all miscalculated!"
Deep regret flashed in Feng Dong's eyes.
He had developed fear.
The government's methods are too harsh and cruel.
They were not given any time to react. By the time they reacted, they had already fallen into the government's plan. Wave after wave of pressure made them breathless. Now with Feng Wen Being taken away, everyone in the Feng family was in panic.
If he guessed correctly.
Other families may be like this.
People are confused.
What made Feng Zhen even more panicked was.
Now they have no countermeasures at all.
The government has already expressed its attitude and ignored the salt and iron matter.
Therefore, they thought that determining the public opinion of the government would have no effect at all.
The government's measures were too quick.
He had had a premonition that something was not going to happen since the news leaked out, so he had already thought that when the local turmoil became more fierce, he would join other merchants to go to the government, take the opportunity to explain their respective situations, and take the opportunity to warn the relevant officials, but he He never expected that before his idea started to be implemented, the government had already taken action in advance and put the relevant officials under supervision.
Don't give them any chance to make up for the leaks.
even so.
Although he felt uneasy, he could still calm down.
But with Feng Wen's arrest, the situation has taken a turn for the worse.
He had a premonition.
Feng Wen will not be the last.
The government will definitely continue to take action, continue to exert pressure, and force each family to fall into extreme panic step by step. At present, only one person has been arrested, which has caused panic among the people in the clan. If a few more people are arrested, the situation will be even worse, and the government will Those arrested were all those in charge of the clan.
I'm afraid this is intentional.
As time goes by, the pressure on everyone will only increase.
And the longer time goes by, the more unpredictable things will happen. Even if the Feng family members can stay calm and say nothing, what about other families?
There are nearly ten salt and iron operators in Guanzhong.
No matter how big the business is and how determined the family is, it cannot withstand such pressure.
And the government is very insidious.
They stared at the juniors at first.
How can the will of the younger generation be as strong as those like them?
Feng Dong's eyes were solemn.
He already had an ominous premonition.
They're in trouble this time!
Feng Dong looked at Feng Zhen and said in a low tone: "Now you go inform the clan and let them calm down. Our Feng family is running our business without any fault. Let them not panic or worry about being interrogated by the government. If the government comes again, Hire someone and let them deal with it calmly.”
"Okay." Feng Zhen nodded.
When Feng Zhen left, Feng Dong collapsed to the ground.
The breath is empty.
He struggled to grab the corner of the desk and moved it over with all his strength.
He put his hands on the case and kept thinking about how to solve it.
In a moment of thought.
He thought of the nobles of the Six Nations.
Just for a moment, he shook his head.
The nobles of the Six Nations are too far away from Guanzhong. When the news reaches the nobles of the Six Nations, and when the nobles of the Six Nations respond, I am afraid that the Feng family has long been defeated by the Yi tribe. At that time, even if the nobles of the Six Nations take the opportunity to build momentum and attack them, the Feng family What's the point?
The government acted too quickly this time.
It's so fast that it doesn't give the outside world any chance to intervene.
immediately.
He thought of putting pressure on the government again.
After thinking for a while, he also shook his head.
The time has passed.
The advantage now lies with the court.
Even if they unite to put pressure on the government, they may not get any results. The government can't delay it, but it is still some time before the spring plowing. The government can completely wipe out all the merchants like them before the spring plowing. Even if Guanzhong breaks out in the future. It was a huge turmoil, but it had nothing to do with them.
Feng Dong also felt troubled.
In their expectation, the purpose of causing trouble before spring plowing was to put pressure on the court and then obtain some benefits.
Now it has become a rope to strangle oneself.
He had never felt that more than ten days were so long.
It seems as if several springs and autumns have passed.
Meditated for a long time.
Feng Dong's eyes were full of despair.
He couldn't think of a way to break it, let alone a solution.
They are trapped in a time deadlock.
Every time the time goes forward, the officials, the captured merchants, and Huai County are like three big mountains, constantly pressing on them, making them breathless and timid. Shockingly, this suffocating pressure was enough to crush them to death.
One wrong step and one wrong step after another.
But Feng Dong didn't know where he went wrong.
They clearly planned extremely carefully, but the outcome was completely unexpected.
All their arrangements came to nothing.
It is even more precarious now.
He couldn't figure it out.
I really can’t figure it out.
In this extreme anxiety, Feng Dong completely lost sleep.
Late at night.
The sound of footsteps came again outside Feng's house.
The people of the Feng clan, whose hearts were already tense, were in suspense again.
But this time it was not the government.
It was a letter sent by merchant Cheng Zheng.
Feng Zhen forced a dry smile on his face and asked, "How is the Cheng family doing now?"
The visitor looked around and sighed: "The situation is not optimistic. The government is obviously cruel this time and wants to take action against us. We all miscalculated this time. We did not expect that the government would be so cruel. We did not expect that the government would be so cruel." The government can be so cruel."
"But it's useless to talk about this."
"The top priority is to get things sorted as soon as possible, otherwise."
"Danger!!!"
"What does the head of the Cheng family want?" Feng Zhen couldn't help but ask.
The visitor smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "What else can we do now? We can only bow to the government."
"I hope the government can give me a way to survive."
"well."
Feng Zhengong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Brother Cheng, for telling me."
"The letter has been delivered, I'm leaving first." The visitor looked around, with deep anxiety in his eyes, and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to go back this time."
"But it would be nice if the letter can be delivered."
Hear the words.
Feng Zhen was stunned.
But after looking around, I suddenly understood.
He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Cheng, take this very seriously."
The visitor nodded and did not stay long, his figure quickly disappeared into the dark night.
Feng Zhen stood at the door of the house, looking into the distance.
Some noises were faintly heard.
a long time.
Feng Zhen sighed, looked at the cloth in his hand, closed the door tightly, quickly went to the lobby, and handed the letter from Cheng Zheng into Feng Dong's hand.
He said: "Father's guess is correct."
"The government is indeed closely monitoring our contacts."
"When the Cheng family members sent a letter, they were captured by the government. During this trip, the Cheng family lost at least ten people."
"We're really being targeted this time."
Feng Dong rubbed his somewhat cloudy eyes, put the letter sent by Cheng Zheng under the candlelight and read it carefully. After reading it, he handed the cloth to Feng Zhen and sighed: "Cheng Zheng didn't give it to me." There is no good solution, just let us go to the government to plead for mercy and let the government be lenient."
"But bow?"
“Did the government put us down?”
"The government is spending so much money now because they want us to solve the shortage of salt and iron. However, the salt and iron on our books cannot support the consumption in Guanzhong at all. Unless the salt and iron that are 'sinking' are handed over, but those Can you hand it over? Do you dare to hand it over?"
"unable!"
"Once exposed."
"We will be wiped out in an instant."
"The only thing we can do at the moment is to kill the salt and iron on the ship. In addition, we can shirk the incident of the shipwreck. We don't know about this. Maybe someone in the clan has resentment and did this in private. Something audacious.”
"besides."
"Nothing else can be admitted."
"The only promise I can give is the remaining salt and iron in the store."
"The government needs evidence to convict."
"As long as we don't give up the salt and iron, our families still have a glimmer of hope."
"If we are confessed, we will all die."
"But the government has been investigating. If the investigation continues like this, sooner or later it will be found out." Feng Zhen said uneasily.
Feng Dong looked fiercely and said, "You can't identify him even if you find him."
"The sunken ship cannot be recognized."
"You can't admit the matter of salt and iron."
"We didn't know anything about these things. Someone in the clan concealed them."
"That's all."
"Only our Feng family can be saved."
"Once someone recognizes me or you, Mrs. Feng will not be able to withstand Qin Ting's anger."
"The matter has come to this, we can admit defeat."
"But never admit guilt!"
"Fortunately, there are very few people in the clan involved this time, and you didn't really handle it. You just gave instructions and instructions in the dark, so you have a chance to clear away the suspicion. As for Feng Wen and Feng Wu, it depends on Their fate is sealed.”
"Extermination of clans and annihilation of relatives."
"This time it's up to you to make the decision."
Hear the words.
Feng Zhen's face changed slightly.
He never expected that his father would say these words.
Feng Wen and Feng Wu are both his sons.
How cruel and heartless is it to allow yourself to dump all your problems on them?
Feng Dong sighed softly.
He is old.
There is not much difference between genocide and kinship annihilation for him who has only a short time.
But it's different for Feng Zhen.
He is still young.
It is undoubtedly very difficult for him to make a choice.
However, Feng Zhen is the leader of the Feng clan, and the lives of the entire clan are in his hands.
He has to make a choice.
(End of chapter)
