Chapter 80 Attacked
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Chongzhen's face, and then he said, "I heard that the emperor is benevolent and loves the people, so I don't think he will cover up for me."

Wang Chengen also echoed: "Yes, since the young master has already filed a complaint with the emperor, I believe there will be good news soon."

Chongzhen remembered what he had told Shi Fenglai and immediately smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry. Wait for two days and see."

He caught a glimpse of the luggage again and frowned, "What are you packing for, brother?"

Wang An was stunned, and this time it was his turn to be embarrassed.

After thinking for a moment, Wang An said earnestly, "Although the current emperor cannot be considered a tyrant, the person being sued this time is after all Duke Cheng, Zhu Chunchen. We must be prepared for an uncertain future."

"Brother, I plan to flee to Jiangnan immediately if the situation gets bad. If Zhu Chunchen is chasing me closely, I will have to find a way to escape overseas!"

Chongzhen was shocked and his heart began to lift.

Wang An was the imperial tutor he had appointed but without any official title. What would happen to the Ming Dynasty if he was allowed to leave like this?
What should the people do?
The most important thing is, what should Chongzhen do?
"Brother, you can't leave!" Chongzhen held Wang An's hand and said sincerely, "It's only been a short time since we met again, why are we going to part again?"

"And... we still have to go overseas, to such a far place!"

Chongzhen suddenly became confused. It was already difficult for him to accept Wang Anqi's idea of ​​leaving the capital, not to mention that he kept saying that he wanted to go overseas.

Living in the Ming Dynasty, we can at least communicate through letters, and then try to invite him back to the capital.

But if Wang An really crossed the sea to go overseas, we wouldn’t know how to find him in the future. After all, those overseas barbarians don’t give much face to the Ming Dynasty nowadays.

Wang An sighed and said helplessly: "If it weren't for a life-and-death situation, I would be reluctant to leave my hometown! Do you really think I like being a wandering ghost?"

"But if Zhu Chunchen starts to make trouble, not only will your brother's life or death be in jeopardy, but it may also implicate you, my dear brother, which is not what I want."

Wang An kept saying that Zhu Chunchen wanted to deal with him, but he had already asked Shi Fenglai to convey the order to Zhu Chunchen, not only asking him to return the coal mine he had occupied, but also ordering him not to harass Wang An again.

However, this matter is indeed difficult to say out loud, so for now I have to calm Wang An down first. After a while, Wang An himself will understand that nothing will happen.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen smiled and said, "Speaking of the coal warehouse run by brother, I have never seen it before. I wonder if brother would be willing to take me on a tour?"

"This... is as it should be!" Wang An nodded, stood up, and called everyone out of the herbal medicine shop.

Speaking of which, my cousin is quite pitiful. He invested more than 20,000 taels of silver, but before he even saw a penny in return, it was taken away by Zhu Chunchen.

Although Wangji Coal Warehouse was on the verge of closing down and the owner himself was about to flee, he still wanted to let others see his property with their own eyes.

It's good to know that you didn't create a shell coal warehouse to deceive other parties' investments, but you actually produced something real.

It’s just... bad luck!

The group first walked to Youanmen, and then headed south from Youanmen to Baimajing.

After arriving at the coal warehouse, they found the huge coal warehouse empty and the workers were temporarily sent home by Wan An because they were unable to produce due to lack of raw materials.

Wang An brought Chongzhen and Wang Chengen into the coal warehouse. Just as he was about to ask them to sit down, he suddenly saw seven or eight thugs already sitting or standing in the room.

Wang An and the other two were stunned for a moment, and the other party had already blocked the door.

The burly man in the lead laughed strangely and asked, "Who is Wang An?"

Wang An felt something and sighed, "I am. As the saying goes, one person is responsible for his own actions. They are innocent, so let them go!"

The big man sneered and took out a dagger. Seeing this, the others also took out their weapons and surrounded Wang An and the other two. The big man sneered and said, "If you want to blame someone, blame them for their bad luck. It's also your fault for bringing them to this place. Now that they are here, I can't let them go."

"Killing to silence the witness? What a cliché..." Wang An sighed helplessly, holding on to the last glimmer of hope and said, "How much silver did Zhu Chunchen give you? I, Wang An, will give you three times as much. Can we just pretend we never met?"

The big man was stunned and subconsciously asked, "How do you know it was the Duke who asked..."

He stopped talking halfway and said angrily, "How dare you try to trick me, little bastard!"

"Go ahead, kill this boy, get the reward and go to the brothel!"

Seeing the group of thugs approaching with knives, Wang Chengen hurriedly stood in front of Chongzhen and shouted, "There are assassins!"

The green-skinned man was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "You are so scared, are you still expecting someone to save you?"

However, before he could finish his words, the door behind him and the doors and windows around him were knocked open at the same time.

Several figures rushed in, and the big man's laughter was still stuck in his throat when one of the figures drew his knife and slashed his throat, which immediately turned into a series of "cracking" sounds.

In the blink of an eye, four of the seven or eight young men were lying down.

At this time, Chongzhen suddenly shouted in a low voice: "Leave him alive!"

The remaining three young men looked at the steel knife that was less than an finger away from their heads, and their stiff bodies collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Several puddles of smelly liquid immediately overflowed from their crotches.

The stench and smell of blood filled the cabin, making people want to vomit.

Although Wang An has lived two lives, he has never seen anything like this.

He stared at the dead bodies, then suddenly covered his mouth and rushed out the door.

Chongzhen followed out nervously and saw Wang An leaning against the wall and vomiting violently.

Wang An wiped his mouth until he had nothing more to say. He was still in shock and said, "Brother, where did you find this guard? He's so fierce!"

Chongzhen did not answer, but his face was terribly gloomy.

At this moment, one of the guards came out swinging a bloody long knife, approached Chongzhen and whispered, "Qi... Your subordinates have already made inquiries. This group of people was hired by a steward named Zhu Wuneng under Duke Chengguo, specifically to kill the young master!"

Chongzhen punched the wall hard and shouted angrily: "I... am so lawless. In broad daylight, under the emperor's feet, this Zhu Chunchen actually wants to kill people for revenge!"

Chongzhen originally wanted to say that he had already ordered Zhu Chunchen to return the coal mine, and the matter should end there.

Who could have imagined that the decree was issued that same day and disobeyed that same day!

In fact, just now in the room, Wang An had already tricked out the origins of these young men, and Chongzhen also heard it.

But he still couldn't believe that Zhu Chunchen, who he thought was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, not only disobeyed the order but even wanted to kill people in revenge.

This is simply a blatant contempt for imperial power!

(End of this chapter)