Liang Zicheng didn't know who the "friend" Xie Yutian mentioned was. Seeing that he was very anxious, he knew he was a very important friend, so he called his junior brother who was riding on horseback to get on his horse. The rest of the people were led by the fifth Wei Canghai, who followed him in a escort boat.

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The more urgent it became, the more evil moths appeared. When they arrived at the junction of Zhili and Shandong, they were stopped by a group of officers and soldiers.

Zhao Sanduo asked suspiciously: "I didn't see these soldiers when I went to Dezhou. Where did they come from now?"

Xie Yutian stepped forward: "Fellow military lords, would you like to do this for your convenience..."

"If it's not convenient, leave the guys behind you and follow us to the governor's office."

"Excuse me, where is the governor's office?"

"Where else could it be? Of course it's the Shandong Governor's Yamen."

It turned out that after Yuan Shikai took over the post of governor of Shandong, he received rumors that someone wanted to get rid of him. He knew best why someone wanted to kill him, because the failure of the reform reform was due to his informant. Of course, the reform martyrs wanted to kill Tan Siping.

The death of the Six Gentlemen was blamed on him.

Yuan Shikai was extremely thoughtful and knew that he was in the open and the killer was in the dark. There is no fire without fire. Since someone threatened to kill him, he had to take precautions before they happened.

The first thing Yuan Shikai did when he took office in Shandong was to strictly crack down on the rebellious party. On the surface, he supported the former governor Yuxian's policy of appeasing the Boxers, but secretly he strictly restricted the Boxer Rebellion and ordered people to register violations at various forums of the Boxer Rebellion.

The number of parishioners was recorded, the number of parishioners was counted, and troops were sent to check the important roads in various places. The parishioners were not allowed to move around freely. Once they were found to be related to the reform party, they were arrested and imprisoned in prison.

This group of green battalion soldiers arrived at the junction of Zhili and Shandong. Zhao Sanduo missed them when they left Zhili, but caught up with them when they came back.

When the officers and soldiers saw a group of people coming from Shandong, all riding horses and carrying weapons, they suddenly felt like they were facing a formidable enemy, and they all pointed their guns at Xie Yutian and others.

"Dear military lords, we are from the Xiejia Escort Bureau in Taierzhuang, Shandong, and we want to send an important escort item to Cangzhou..."

Xie Yutian said as he took out the escort agency's seal and showed it to the officers and soldiers for review.

"Let's see what this thing is doing! Who knows if it's a forgery or not. We just follow Master Yuan's orders. Those who carry weapons are strictly prohibited from entering and exiting Shandong. You'd better follow us to the governor's office honestly."

Liang Zicheng said: "Brothers, this place is hundreds of miles away from Jinan Prefecture. Every time we go back and forth, we will delay important events. It is convenient for others. My friend has the seal of the escort agency, and he also has friends in the army. You see

Do we look like thieves?"

"My lords, please forgive me. The bowls of Duan Guan's family are under the control of the officials. Master Yuan's military orders are as high as mountains. I forgive you, the young ones, for not daring to show personal favoritism."

When the officers and soldiers saw the arrogance of these people, they couldn't help but become polite when speaking.

Shao Changtian said: "You military masters have worked hard. I am the commander of Linqingshui Pass. I used to guard the water transportation in Dezhou and was a subordinate of Mr. Li Zheng. I don't know which military commander recognizes Mr. Li... I will rush back to Dezhou to ask Mr. Li for help.

It’s not difficult to write a souvenir, but I’m in a hurry today and I’m afraid I’ll miss the deadline, so I ask you to be accommodating, military masters.”

Although Shao Changtian spoke sincerely, Yuan Shikai was very strict in his military management, and no one dared to make the decision to release these officers and soldiers. Shao Changtian had to return to Dezhou and ask for a souvenir from the garrison master to pass the test.

After all this trouble, it was already late at night by the time we arrived at Hejia store.

Wei Canghai had arrived a long time ago. He disguised himself as a fortune teller and went to the door of He Mansion. He saw that He Mansion was holding a grand wedding. The guests and villagers were all beaming with joy. It didn't seem like anything big had happened. He tried to inquire politely from the villagers, but to no avail.

Seeing that it was getting late, he left Zhuangzi and went to the intersection to wait for Xie Yutian and others to arrive.

When Xie Yutian saw Wei Canghai and learned that there was nothing unusual in He's house, he immediately lost his mind. He was not sure whether Zhong Yishi had entered He's house or not, nor could he guess what she was going to do.

So there was another suspicious case.

Zhao Sanduo said: "With so many of us gathered outside Zhuangzi, people from the Hejia store will be suspicious if they see it. Why not go to Dananzhuang to eat something first, and then we can discuss it slowly."

Xie Yutian was still worried about Zhong Yishi and was hesitant. Gao Xiang understood his thoughts and said: "Master, Junior Brother Huang Yi is guarding outside the Hejia store. I will go find him to find out the news."

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Gao Xiang did not go to Huang Yi. He knew that he owed his master too much and wanted to atone for his sins, so he climbed over the wall and entered the He family manor.

Huang Yi was guarding outside the west wall, Wang Zhengyi's men were guarding the north, and Gao Xiang entered the manor from the southwest corner near the rural road.

The southwest corner happened to be the horse farm and the oil mill. Gao Xiang jumped into the yard of the oil mill and rummaged around, but found no silver box. He went out and walked fifty steps east, entered another yard, and then walked north along the wall.

, passed a moon gate, which was a rice warehouse, and went in to search again, even the rice bins were opened, but still no harvest. Further north is a drying field, with a small courtyard on the left and right, where Wang Zhengyi and Tan Zuan live

In the yard on the left.

However, because Wang Zhengyi was not worried about the money, he took off the mat on the bed and went to sleep at the door of the theater. Tan Zuan was young and sleepy, so Gao Xiang entered the room and groped for a long time without noticing him.

Gao Xiang searched several houses one after another, but found nothing. He was very suspicious. He continued walking north and wondered, why was there no one in such a big yard? If the money was hidden in the manor, there shouldn't be no one on duty.

That means Yinzi is not in the manor at all. After thinking about it, he arrived in front of the theater door. Although Gao Xiang's steps were very light, Wang Zhengyi still heard it, sat up suddenly and shouted: "Which one?!"

Gao Xiang was startled. He stopped and looked at Wang Zhengyi. He calmed down and said bluffingly: "Don't you recognize me? The gardener heard some movement outside the north wall. I'll go take a look."

Gao Xiang's original intention was to deceive him, and when he let down his guard, he flew over and knocked him unconscious. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhengyi could not recognize all the people in the manor, and he happened to have people outside the north wall, thinking that it was his people who had done it.

After hearing the movement, he believed Gao Xiang's words and said: "Oh, don't worry about the outside world, you can go and have a rest."

Seeing that he was not suspicious, Gao Xiang did not provoke him and continued walking north, saying, "It's better to go and have a look. Don't let the thieves get in over the wall."

The more he said this, the more credible Wang Zhengyi felt, thinking that it was He Shaobai who had asked him to patrol with all his heart. Since he had this intention, it was not easy to stop him, so he sat still and Gao Xiang walked over in a swagger.

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Gao Xiang felt guilty, turned around the theater, hid under the eaves of the back door, and let out a long breath.

At this time, the sky began to turn white, and Gao Xiang was a little depressed. He didn't want to go back empty-handed. He thought for a while and thought to himself, "A dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor." He simply went to the front door of the theater, grabbed the old man who was enjoying the cool air, and asked.

Did he know that He Shaobai had not brought anything in?
Chapter completed!