Soon, they figured out Liu Ying's activities in Tongzhou.
He appeared in Tongzhou as a fortune teller who divined and read feng shui. He was said to be quite effective and very famous in the local area. Tongzhou had a wide circle of friends, and he had friends in officialdom, shopping malls and in the world.
"Looking at fortune telling and feng shui? Have you checked him?"
"I didn't dare to show up directly. Fortunately, his business was very good. I listened to his words in the crowd. It was not an omission. It was indeed the golden point of plum blossoms that are easy to count." Xiao Wu was slightly surprised.
Min Zhanlian said: "It's not surprising that the detectives in charge of the Zhenfu Division often have special skills, and they are very familiar with the tricks of the rivers and lakes."
Xiaowu went on to say that Liu Zheng had a foreign house in Tongzhou and raised a woman. Every time he came to Tongzhou, he always lived in the foreign house.
"...This woman was originally from the Lehu family. It is said that Liu Wei spent a lot of money to groom her. Even the house and expenses cost no less than a thousand taels of silver. They even hired an old couple to serve her."
Zhou Ruolan said: "There must be something wrong with this person!"
Min Zhanlian nodded: No matter how well he earns from selling divination and reading Feng Shui, it may not be shocking to have an outhouse, but the cost of grooming a girl from the Lehu family is beyond the reach of ordinary people - even if he worked for Jin Yiwei.
Can't do it.
The abnormal consumption level means that he must have made black money, or is in urgent need of making more black money to fill the hole.
Desire is hard to fill. Min Zhanlian has been in the profession for fifteen years, and he has seen countless people fall for these four words. Speaking of which, if he had not been greedy for the high reward of the Nanwuliang Sect, he would not have fallen into the hands of the corrupt Taoist priest.
When Liu Wei was in Tongzhou, he sold divination in a teahouse. So it was difficult for Xiao Wu and the others to keep an eye on a specific person - for no other reason than Liu Wei saw and talked to too many people in one day, and the surveillance team simply couldn't track them one by one.
inquire about.
"This slick guy is indeed an old Jianghu." Min Zhanlian thought to himself. When they met at a teahouse, the people who were following him could track down the people he had met. But if the colleagues who drank tea also sold divination, there would be countless people. And both parties only need to
The message can be conveyed by secretly exchanging three-finger notes.
From this point of view, it would be very difficult to catch him in Tongzhou. In normal times, since he is on errands for the big shots in the capital and is only temporarily living in Tongzhou, he will have to return to the capital sooner or later. As long as he can keep an eye on him in the capital.
There are no traces, so you don’t have to worry about not finding the big boss behind the scenes.
However, it has been more than half a month since Elder Leng was kidnapped, and there is no news at all. Now everyone's hope is focused on Liu Zhen. He has no time to wait for changes, so he can only open a breakthrough from this clue as soon as possible!
After thinking over and over again, Min Zhanlian decided not to wait any longer, and directly asked for the relevant information by "asking the God of Wealth". It would be best if there was information about the whereabouts of Elder Leng; if not, he would be used as a bait to capture the person who came to contact him, and then follow the clues.
.
"What if you don't say anything until you die?" Xiao Wu was a little worried, "He is from Jinyiwei."
"Impossible." Min Zhanlian smiled, "We have traveled around the world for many years, and we still have this ability. He has only been a royal guard, and he is not a steel man. Besides, in addition to giving him hardships, you can also give him sweetness.
.These people are all greedy for money."
The plan was decided, and Min Zhanlian immediately assigned his men, made a plan, and prepared to capture him.
Unexpectedly, the plan was decided upon, and news came from Xiaowu again.
"Something happened at Liu Zheng's place!"
"What?!" Min Zhanlian suddenly became energetic. Only with changes can there be a chance.
"Last night, someone knocked on the door of Liu Zheng's residence. He was in a hurry."
In this time and space, people with some status will not come without telling you. They have to send someone to contact you in advance and set a date. Those who come directly are either very good friends or have something urgent to do.
"What does the person look like?"
"A middle-aged man in his forties, dressed as if he were a follower of a wealthy family. He seems to have traveled a long way."
"What about the accent?"
"Not from the local area, nor does he have a capital accent. Speaking of which... he is somewhat similar to Cao Sheng."
"Yes, yes," Min Zhanlian said, "This is the accent of Beizhili. Please go on."
"After this man entered Liu's house, he never came out." Xiao Wu said, "Originally, this was nothing unusual, but early this morning, the person who arranged to monitor the house reported that Liu Wei's woman came out to buy noodles in person.
Showing panic."
"Oh?" Min Zhanlian was immediately interested. Women rarely show up in public. Although women from the Lehu family are not that particular, judging from the surveillance these days, at least when Liu Wei was in Tongzhou, she rarely went out for shopping or the like.
Everything is left to the old couple around me.
"It's enough to go out and buy it in person, but she actually went to the lime shop!"
"Lime shop?!" Min Zhanlian's pupils suddenly shrank.
As the name suggests, a lime shop is a place that sells lime. It has only two uses: one is to mix mortar to build walls when building a house, and the other is to put lime bags in the coffin during funerals and burials.
Water absorbent and odor resistant.
From the outside, Liu Zheng's mansion shows no signs of needing repairs, and no carpenters or masons have come in or out recently. It's obviously not for house repairs.
Could it be that Liu Yi is dead?!
If you die of a sudden illness, even if you are in the guest place, you have to ask a local funeral shop to conduct a simple funeral, and then put the person in the coffin and bury him. There is no rule of burying him immediately after death. Besides, the coffin is not even sent.
What to buy lime for?
"Did you ask?"
"Yes, the man said that my wife's house needs to be repaired and asked them to send some lime there that day."
"Did she go to the masons afterwards?"
"No, I bought lime and went back in a panic. Since then, the door has been closed, no one comes in or out, and even Liu Zhen is nowhere to be seen."
"Tell everyone to keep watching," Min Zhanlian was very excited and glanced at Zhou Ruolan, "Ruolan, what do you think happened inside?"
Zhou Ruolan smiled slightly: "It goes without saying that someone died inside! There was probably blood spattered on the wall. I just don't know who died. I guess it was the guest who visited in a hurry. Oh, by the way, maybe
Liu Zhen will not be able to come out and sell divination for some time."
"You mean Liu Zheng was injured?" Xiao Wu didn't believe it.
"If he wasn't injured, why would he ask a woman to come out to do things?" Zhou Ruolan said, "Something must have happened. Liu Ying couldn't get out himself, and he couldn't trust the mother-in-law and his wife who were serving him, so he asked the woman to come out."
"If you get injured, don't call a doctor or buy medicine for red wounds?"
"Since he is a member of the Jinyiwei family, how can he not have red wound medicine with him? Besides, if he needs to buy lime, it must be that the treatment on site has not been completed."
Min Zhanlian thought about it carefully and found that Zhou Ruolan's speculation was not unreasonable. He thought for a while and said: "Well, the night is long and the dreams are many. Let's go visit him tonight and see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd!"
Liu Zheng's residence is not in Tongzhou City, but in Guanxiang outside the city, close to the canal dock.
This place is close to Tongzhoucang. Most of the people who live here are officials who work in Caoyun and Tongzhoucang. They are neither rich nor humble, and the transportation is convenient. It is also a quiet place in the bustle. It is an ideal place for people like Liu Zheng.
The house is built of gray bricks, and its front door is not very eye-catching in the streets.
Xiaowu's team has been monitoring the house 24 hours a day, so there is no chance of an ambush. After the second update, Min Zhanlian's team climbed over the wall and entered. They easily controlled the old couple in the concierge.
After a brief interrogation, the old couple confessed that they were the only two servants in the mansion, and there was no one else. "The master and his wife" were resting in the main room.
The two men immediately climbed onto the pillar and climbed on top of the room. One was holding a crossbow and the other was holding a sharp blade.
The crossbow is a ratchet compound crossbow specially made by Lingao. It has a charging spring and a built-in roller magazine that contains eight short arrows. It can be fired four times at one time. The four crossbow arrows are installed in the magazine. Although the size is limited
The range is only 25 meters, but it is enough for urban special operations.
Xiao Wu climbed up the wall, threw a handful of loose powder, and a bright silk thread immediately appeared behind the hanging flower door.
Although you can't see it, there must be a copper bell hanging on the other end of the silk thread. As long as someone opens the door, the bell will ring.
He squatted on the wall and just looked at the courtyard silently. His night vision was very good. Ever since he started eating this bowl of rice with his master, his master often bought him liver, fish and shrimp to eat, and often took him out to "do work" at night, so these
He developed a pair of "night eyes" during the year.
With a little dim light, he saw a path under the yard wall. Although it was dark, the color had obvious shades. From his experience, he probably knew that it was paved with gravel or shell fragments. As soon as one stepped on it, it would
It will make a sound.
Holding the wall with both hands behind his back, he quietly came down against the wall, with his feet touching the ground only on his toes. When he stabilized his body, he held on to the wall and moved little by little to the hanging flower door. He found a copper bell, held the tongue of the bell and cut it off.
silk.
He took out a small bottle from the treasure bag at his waist and quickly injected grease into the door latch and door hinge to prevent it from squeaking when it was started. Then he opened the hanging flower door and welcomed everyone in.
In the main room of the courtyard, there is a lamp like a bean, and there is a medicinal fragrance in the air.
Just as his men were about to rush into the main room, Min Zhanlian raised his hand to pause and signaled everyone to guard the doors and windows of the side room. After a moment, Min Zhanlian raised his hand and threw a stone at the corridor of the main room.
At this time, everything was silent, and the sound of stones hitting the steps was very loud. A woman in the main room could only be heard trembling: "Who is that person?!"
At this moment, the three team members who were guarding the door of the west wing had broken through the door and window and rushed into the wing like tigers pouncing on food. Not long after, two bamboo whistles were heard from the wing: Success!
Immediately, other team members broke into the main room and the east wing.
There were two bamboo whistles in the main room, but only one in the east wing.
According to the agreement, two sounds means the enemy has been captured, and one means there is no one.
Min Zhanlian made no move and remained alert. After a while, a bamboo whistle came from the direction of the backyard, and he breathed slightly and whispered: "Let's go!"