Chapter 89 Assassination

Although it already exists in the north, even if it is to provide food for two million people, it will still require millions of stones to lay the foundation.

"That's not just buying it casually, it's very difficult, isn't it? Buying food in large quantities in any dynasty was very dangerous.

This is only the first batch of the Zheng family, and the Dutch will also join this business. By then, hundreds of ships will transport grain, and the price of grain in the capital will not rise even if it wants to."

"Speaking of grain prices, the price of grain in the capital has stopped rising recently due to the supply from Changpingcang. However, because official grain is less, the price of grain has not fallen back."

Chongzhen was still very temperate every day. After watching movies and TV shows, he would also carefully read memorials. His habits over the years did not change at once, so he could tell the latest status of food prices without asking anyone.

"There is so much grain in Changpingcang?"

"I'm also very surprised. Maybe the officials of the Ming Dynasty still have some achievements?"

Chen Ye listened to Chongzhen's unconfident statement, but remained skeptical. He believed that most officials in the Ming Dynasty were not greedy, and it was better to believe that a sow could climb a tree.

"Maybe it's because Changpingcang in the capital is better managed."

After chatting with Chongzhen for a few more words, Chen Ye stood up and was about to leave, when Gao Yushun came over.

"Shopkeeper, half an hour ago, there was a call on the intercom of your house on Huichang Street, saying that two foreigners from the Netherlands were looking for you to discuss business and were waiting for you."

"Dutch people? Oh, it's those two."

"Then the shop owner will have to deal with these foreigners again."

When Chongzhen heard this, he remembered that these two foreigners were the partners Chen Ye had mentioned before, and they had also delivered tens of thousands of taels of gold to Chen Ye.

Chen Ye, guided by the young eunuch, left the palace and arrived at Huichang Street after a while on his bicycle, but this time he did not choose to pass by the store.

The road was blocked and it was almost impossible to do so, so he took a detour and rode for more than ten minutes. As he approached his house, there were more and more pedestrians.

Chen Ye carefully avoided the people selling goods and pedestrians, feeling as if someone was observing him.

Just when we were still more than a hundred meters away from the house, two people suddenly rushed out from the corner. A salesman who passed by Chen Ye quickly put a bag on Chen Ye's head.

Of the two people who rushed out, one hugged Chen Ye, while the other held a cinnabar iron rod and hit Chen Ye on the back of the head.

Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei, who were following Chen Ye, were separated by several distances from each other. As they were about to protect them, someone else attacked them and stabbed them with daggers.

[The system predicts that the user will be attacked and has turned on the self-defense mode. 】

In an instant, the person hugging Chen Ye felt an irresistible force coming towards him. Chen Ye just struggled reflexively. His arm holding Chen Ye felt pain for a while, and then he was pulled away involuntarily.

The person who hit Chen Ye hard on the back of the head several times, as if hitting a stone, made his hand hurt and trembled so much that he couldn't believe that he was knocking someone.

While Chen Ye broke free without any pressure, he understood through the system that because someone was restraining him, he could now choose to take away the restraint, which was the headgear.

He can also move to a designated location instantly, which at the same time strengthens his body strength and avoids all damage.

"This damn thing is even more invincible than invincible! Others can't trap me even if they want to."

After Chen Ye sighed, he took off his hood, accidentally put it on his head and tore it to pieces.

The people around were joining in the fun and wanting to see the merchants, and the soldiers from Shuntian Mansion Central City were maintaining order.

There were also Jinyiwei, the spies from Dongchang here, and they saw Banduma and Abel who Chen Ye was about to say hello from a distance, but they didn't react for a moment.

Everything happened so fast that they didn't react until Chen Ye was hit with a stick several times and had to take off his hood.

The four eunuchs who were guarding Chen Ye were desperately trying to get closer to Chen Ye. Unfortunately, due to system reasons, Chongzhen did not give Chen Ye much protection.

"Someone is committing murder in the street!!!"

"Hurry up and protect that big shot on the Godway bike!!!"

"Someone stabbed the shop owner!!!"

"Beep beep beep! beep beep beep!"

"Come on, someone! Someone is assassinating the shop owner!!"

The already lively street seemed even more lively, while Chen Ye calmly held the iron rod that continued to hit his head.

"Brother, you've been knocking for so long, aren't you tired?"

He was stunned by the assassin holding the iron rod. He wanted to whip but felt that he was being clamped tightly. His hands were numb from the shock. Shouldn't the hooded head have turned into a rotten watermelon?

How can I still talk to myself? What’s the point?

"Ghost!"

"Run!"

The two of them wanted to pull away immediately, but as soon as they turned around and took off in the air, Chen Ye had already held their collars with one hand and lifted them up.

The two of them kept kicking at Chen Ye, and Jin Yiwei was the first to rush over. He happened to see the two assassins kicking Chen Ye down in a rhythmic manner, and his expressions were instantly distorted.

"Why are you still standing there? Arrest people! Pick them up!"

"Ah, oh, rescue is late, please forgive me the shop owner."

The Jin Yiwei man said in an accusatory tone, and at the same time he reached out to grab the kicking legs of the two men. One of the assassins stabbed Chen Ye with a knife that he swung wildly, and the Jin Yiwei quickly grabbed his wrist.

The other assassin was holding an iron rod and angrily threw the iron rod at Jin Yiwei. Jin Yiwei endured the pain and grabbed it. Chen Ye felt that the two of them were getting tired of kicking his little brother.

Although the system has made him immune to damage, he still feels uncomfortable being kicked all the time, right? So he clamped his legs and twisted his butt twice.

"Click"

“Ouch!!!!!”

"ah!!!!"

Following the two screams, everyone in Jinyiwei shivered. Looking at the assassin who had fainted from the pain, and then at Chen Ye who had loosened his legs again, he felt a chill all over his body.

My father-in-law can’t do this, right? Is the legendary Sunflower Book true?

After handing the assassin over to the Jin Yiwei, Chen Ye greeted Abel and Banduma who came over to show concern, and agreed to go home after discussing the matter the next morning.

As soon as they walked back to the house, Caiwei and Caidie hurried back. They heard the sound of the intercom in the shop and knew that Chen Ye had been assassinated. They quickly ran over worriedly, but they had already been cleaned up.

If you are worried, you must check Chen Ye, especially after hearing that the eunuch from the East Factory who followed Chen Ye said that Chen Ye suffered a devastating blow to his lower body, he became even more worried.

Chen Ye had no choice but to work hard to prove that he was not kicked out.

In the palace, after Chongzhen sent Chen Ye away, he was eating when he suddenly received a system reminder to turn on the guard mode, so he quickly asked Chen Ye.

As a result, Chen Ye didn't reply for a few minutes. He waited anxiously for Chen Ye to escape before knowing the beginning and end of the matter. After confirming that Chen Ye was unharmed, Chongzhen was not only relieved, but also a little excited.

This means that Chen Ye will not be harmed in any way, and neither will he. The system did not lie to him.

"Gaobanban! Gaobanban!!"

"Your Majesty, I am here."

"Immediately take Dongchang and Jinyiwei's people who are good at torture and send them to prison. Today there were several assassins who tried to assassinate the shop owner, but they failed."

"Ah? Who is so bold as to attack the shop owner?"

"Huh, who is it? Let me guess what kind of power it is? It seems that the East Factory and the inner palace are not clean enough. Give me the walkie-talkie."

Chongzhen felt angry when he thought about it. Someone was definitely trying to deal with him. Seeing that Chen Ye was the most helpful to him, he wanted to chop off his arm.

"Wang Banban, notify the surveillance department to step up monitoring around the clock and focus on the investigation of today's assassination. I want to know who is so bold, over!!"

After the call was completed, Chongzhen thought carefully. Chen Ye was most likely assassinated today by nobles or some businessmen groups.

Because of Chen Ye's existence, their cake has been touched, and he also said that Chen Ye took the initiative to pay taxes.

"Don't let me know who it is. If your hands and feet are clean, I will make you have to accept it in the future. If your hands and feet are not clean, then don't blame me for killing people."

Chongzhen, who was muttering to himself in the palace, had a ferocious look in his eyes.

In the prison, there were only four assassins brought alive, one who put a sack on Chen Ye, one who hugged Chen Ye, one who knocked Chen Ye, and one who attacked the guards.

The ones who put up the sacks and those who dealt with the guards had been beaten to the point where they had lost more air and less air. On the contrary, the two who attacked Chen Ye directly were fainted from the pain and only their feet were injured.

Two basins of water were poured down, but the two of them didn't wake up, and a series of loud mouths were made, but the two of them still didn't wake up. The hundreds of households in jail saw the problem.

"You're not awake, are you? You, prick their feet with thick bamboo needles."

"yes."

The jailer held a sharp bamboo as thick as his finger and stabbed the two unconscious assassins hard, then stirred them.

“Ouch!!!!!”

"Stop disturbing it, don't disturb it! We're recruiting!"

"My lord, I fainted again."

The two jailers let go of their hands and looked at the two people who had passed out again without feeling the slightest bit of unbearable.

"You are serious, why did you let them faint again? If we can't be found out this afternoon, let alone drinking, the commander will skin us."

After a while, the two woke up, and this time they talked honestly without pressing any questions.

"We are from Shanxi. We were exiled and hid in the outer city to beg. The day before yesterday, someone paid us to go into the inner city to kidnap or assassinate a young man.

He gave us money and asked us to bribe the soldiers who were inspecting the road and let us into the inner city."

"Which door did you come in from? Where have you been staying these days?"

"We lived in a private house not far from that house, and a couple living there were tied up by their people. The person who came into contact with us was a middle-aged porter.

Entering the city, I only know that it is coming from the direction of Tianjin."

"In the direction of Tianjin, you don't even know which door you came in from, but you know the direction of Tianjin? Pull out two fingernails and insert two bamboo sticks!"

"I say, sir, stop using torture, I say!"

After listening to the description, Baihu quickly connected a sequence of events, but just like that, he felt that the matter was even more difficult to investigate.

The remaining two half-dead people also gave the same answer, indicating that they entered the city in the same way, and they all entered the inner city through the Shun City Gate.
Chapter completed!