Chapter 1196: Get him out of Huainan!

After glancing at the contents of the secret letter, Murong Qingwu's eyes flashed with surprise, and then she fell into deep thought.

Ying'er, who was serving at the side, saw the change in Murong Qingwu's expression and couldn't help but become curious about the contents of the secret letter. However, as a maid, she also knew the rules very well. Although she was curious, as long as Murong Qingwu didn't say anything, she would not ask...

After thinking for about half a cup of tea, Murong Qingwu asked:

"Ying'er, have you learned about Feng Yuning's recent movements?"

Faced with this question, Ying Er thought for a moment and said:
"The Censorate is currently looking for him. Rumor has it that he hid in a military camp somewhere to avoid being wanted by the Censorate. He also wants to contact some people in the coordination department and wants a pass token to avoid being wanted!"

"But it is said that someone at the Coordination Office is very ruthless, even though Feng Yuning helped them a lot and made them a lot of money."

"But facing the current situation, they want to make drastic measures and kill Feng Yuning and let Feng Yuning take all the blame!"

"So they pretended to agree to Feng Yuning's request and wanted to lure Feng Yuning out to kill him, but Feng Yuning had been with them for so long and was very familiar with the style of the spies in the Coordination Office, so he also took precautions and finally escaped!"

"This happened almost ten days ago. Since then, Feng Yuning has disappeared and there is no news of him anymore!"

Listening to Ying'er's introduction, Murong Qingwu calmly glanced at the secret letter again, and then casually handed the secret letter to Ying'er beside her...
Ying Er took the secret letter and just glanced at it, then she said in shock:
"This Feng Yuning actually found Wang Xing and asked us to help him escape? The people we planted were so secretive, how did he know?"

Murong Qingwu heard this and said quietly:
"Back in Luo'an, I met Feng Yuning several times. At that time, I just thought he was a scholar with some talent. I never thought that after not seeing him for so many years, he would become so difficult to deal with!"

Listening to Murong Qingwu's sigh, Ying Er also asked in a deep voice:
"Madam, leave this matter to me. I will get rid of this evil and make sure I do it cleanly!"

Murong Qingwu shook her head upon hearing this. Seeing this, Ying'er advised anxiously:

"Madam, we have finally managed to place a few people in our positions. We cannot let Feng Yuning ruin your plans!"

Feeling Ying Er's determination, Murong Qingwu said with a smile:

"I understand the truth, but you can't do this for Ying'er. Your goal is too big. An Miaoyi's people are always watching us. If you leave An Miaoyi, she will know immediately, and then things will be even more troublesome!"

Ying Er understood Murong Qingwu's idea after hearing this, but she still said with some doubt:
"Madam, if I don't do this, who will? All the master's men have left!"

Murong Qingwu also spoke with a little helplessness:
"It seems that this matter can only be handed over to Wang Xing!"

"Will Wang Xing be able to do it? Madam, forgive me for being frank, but Wang Xing's subordinates are either accountants or shop assistants. They have no problem doing business, but can they do something like killing people and destroying bodies?"

Murong Qingwu said in a deep voice:

“Ying’er, don’t worry! I had anticipated this situation before, so I asked Wang Xing to recruit a group of killers. These people are said to be very skilled, and it cost me a lot of money. It takes a thousand days to raise soldiers and only a moment to use them. Now it’s time for them to come and solve the problem for me…”

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Huainan, Shouchun

In the north of the city, there is a very imposing mansion covering an area of ​​ten acres. On the plaque at the main entrance of the mansion are written two powerful characters - Sun Mansion!
The Sun family, owners of the Sun Mansion, are a local aristocratic family in Huainan. Generations of family members have served as officials in Huainan. With deep roots, they own a large amount of real estate, land, tenants and servants!

But the most important thing is that the current Censor in charge of the entire Huainan S law and criminal law is none other than Sun Xiuquan, the current head of the Sun family!
At this time in Sun Xiuquan's study, Sun Xiuquan, dressed elegantly in casual clothes, looked at his friend Ma Jingui who was silent in front of him and said:

"Brother Ma, there is no need to hesitate now. It's not that we want to make things difficult for Murong Yuliang, but Murong Yuliang sees you and me as thorns in his side. Marshal Ye is inspecting Huainan this time, and Murong Yuliang will definitely use this opportunity to target you and me!"

"If you and I choose to stay put now, I will be at the mercy of others and it will only be a matter of time before I end up in prison!"

Hearing what Sun Xiuquan said, Ma Jingui was very conflicted. He and Sun Xiuquan were both natives of Huainan and had many interests in Huainan. He was also a leading figure of the Huainan local faction in the Provincial Government and the Censorate. Many of his officials were also local gentry and wealthy families in Huainan...

They were very supportive of the Yijing court's efforts to lift Xu Zhaojie's tyranny and restore Huainan's economy and people's livelihood. That is why they also put in a lot of effort in destroying the Zhennan Army!
However, when faced with the Yijing court's plan to implement reforms in Huainan, their attitude was very complicated. On the one hand, they supported tax cuts and policies that encouraged the development of industry and commerce, but on some issues that involved their interests, they were clearly opposed!
This also resulted in a very short honeymoon period between Murong Yuliang, the airborne governor, and the local faction headed by Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui, and various conflicts soon emerged. Murong Yuliang's move to recruit a group of wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan to invest in building factories in Huainan ignited the fuse of the crisis between the two sides!
The gentry and wealthy families in Huainan believed that Murong Yuliang's move was to find a group of people from Jiangnan to steal the jobs of the local people in Huainan and infringe on their interests, so they deliberately made trouble for him.

Although Murong Yuliang had promised to create a good business environment when he brought these Jiangnan merchants to invest, he was parachuted into Huainan by Ye Mingsheng and he had no roots in Huainan. This led to the fact that despite Murong Yuliang's repeated orders, the people in charge of the execution acted on their own and disobeyed his orders in secret!
However, Murong Yuliang had been in the officialdom for so many years and had rich experience. He quickly took advantage of the differences and contradictions within the Huainan local faction and formed his own team in Huainan by instigating and winning over the local faction...
After forming the team, Murong Yuliang insisted on implementing reforms. He even planned to conduct a major assessment of officials in the entire Huainan, trying to completely take control of the entire Huainan power into his own hands.

Murong Yuliang's move undoubtedly completely touched upon the fundamental interests of the local faction, making the already tense relationship between him and the local faction even more incompatible. For this reason, Sun Xiuquan, the provincial governor, found the deputy governor Ma Jingui and prepared to work together to talk to Murong Yuliang and persuade him to change his mind and give up the so-called big assessment, or to let him, the provincial governor, and Ma Jingui, the deputy governor, also participate in the assessment.

Out of his own interests, Ma Jingui also agreed to Sun Xiuquan, and the two of them found Murong Yuliang. However, facing the showdown between the two, Murong Yuliang not only did not compromise, but his attitude was very tough. He even said that if necessary, as the governor, he would apply for garrison intervention!
Faced with Murong Yuliang's tough attitude and his refusal to back down, Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui didn't know what to do. They could only continue to trip up Murong Yuliang in secret, causing the reforms and assessments promoted by Murong Yuliang to stagnate.

Just when the relationship between the two sides was spiraling down, there was news that Ye Mingsheng was coming to Huainan for inspection. At first, Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui didn’t realize anything, but soon they got a message from Murong Yuliang’s close friends...

The news was that Murong Yuliang was secretly collecting evidence of the two of them, and was preparing to take advantage of Ye Mingsheng's visit to Huainan to impeach the two of them to Ye Mingsheng!
After hearing the news, Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui immediately panicked. They knew that Murong Yuliang's daughter Murong Qingwu was Marshal Ye's concubine, and Murong Yuliang himself was also the Yun Lao of the Fengwu Army. Although it was rumored that he had made a mistake, he was transferred from the position of Governor of Jiyu to Huainan!
But it is obvious that compared with these surrendered ministers and generals, Murong Yuliang and Ye Mingsheng have a closer relationship. It is precisely because of this relationship that they are so cautious when facing Murong Yuliang and dare not play hardball with Murong Yuliang. If it were someone else, they would have let the other party know what it means that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake!

And the most important thing is that their own asses are not clean. If Murong Yuliang really digs out something, it will be troublesome!
After all, the examples of Liu Zhengyue, Sun Jingan, Ye Baode and others are right in front of us!

Faced with this sudden crisis, Sun Xiuquan and Ma Jingui initially thought of finding someone in the court to speak for them, but time was too tight and Marshal Ye's inspection team would arrive in Huainan soon, so they had no time to act!

So Sun Xiuquan had no other choice but to prepare to attack Murong Yuliang with the idea of ​​striking first to gain the upper hand and suffering later!
Of course, Sun Xiuquan’s action was not intended to kill Murong Yuliang and send this governor Murong to heaven...

No matter what, Murong Yuliang was the governor of Huainan appointed by Ye Mingsheng himself. It is easy for you to kill him, but you cannot bear the consequences of killing him!

Sun Xiuquan's main idea was still based on the political struggle. He felt that there was nothing wrong with you, Murong Yuliang, but that did not mean that the people around you and your subordinates were just as fine as you. He used this as a breakthrough point and soon obtained certain evidence!

In order to make himself appear less targeted, Sun Xiuquan planned to launch a large-scale operation when Ye Mingsheng's inspection team was about to arrive in Huainan. The ostensible purpose of this operation was to eliminate the remnants of the Zhennan Army and local bandits and bullies in the Huainan area and improve public security in Huainan!

In order to make his actions seem more natural, Sun Xiuquan also planned to bring in Ma Jingui, the deputy governor, and prepare to put on a big show for Marshal Ye who came to Huainan for inspection in the next few days!
At this moment, under the gaze of Sun Xiuquan, Ma Jingui, who had been pondering for a whole cup of tea, seemed to have made up his mind and asked:

"There's news from the Marshal's inspection team that they will arrive in Kangyin around May 7th. Brother Sun, how are your preparations going?"

Sun Xiuquan smiled slightly and said:

"Brother Ma, don't worry, everything is under control!"

“I have arranged everything. Doesn’t Murong Yuliang want to impeach you and me to the Marshal? I will make him fall flat on his face first. Once something happens, Murong Yuliang will definitely be in big trouble…”

Feeling the confidence in Sun Xiuquan's words, Ma Jingui couldn't help but ask:
"Brother Sun, what evidence do you have against him?"

Sun Xiuquan smiled and said:

"Brother Ma, I can't tell you now. You'll know the truth in a few days!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Jingui also insisted:
"Brother Sun, if you don't tell me the truth, I really don't have confidence, and I don't know how to help you!"

Hearing Ma Jingui's implicit meaning that if you don't tell me the truth, I won't help you, Sun Xiuquan was silent for a while, then he opened the drawer of the desk, took out a file and handed it to Ma Jingui.

"Brother Ma, I, Sun, trust you!"

Ma Jingui took the file and started reading it immediately. After reading a few pages, his expression changed slightly. He then raised his head and asked Sun Xiuquan solemnly:

"Brother Sun, this is a serious matter. Tell me the truth. Is this true or did you make it up?"

Facing Ma Jingui's question, Sun Xiuquan said very seriously:

"Brother Ma, I did forge some things before, but I can guarantee that the contents of this file are absolutely true. The witnesses and evidence are all here. I have already locked on to the person, and he is hiding in that place!"

"Our Governor Murong is really desperate to go against us. He is willing to take anyone and anything!"

“This time, Murong Yuliang is doomed to fail in our Huainan! I want him to get out of Huainan in disgrace and never dare to set foot in Huainan again. By then, I will be the governor, and my position as the Censor will be yours, Brother Ma…”

(End of this chapter)