Liu Ziguang was furious. A kidnapping incident could actually occur in the heavily guarded imperial envoy's camp, and the one who was kidnapped was his beloved Liu Xiaomao. What on earth did these guards do for food? Liu Ziguang severely punished the leader of the guards who was responsible for staying in the camp.
After scolding, the leader knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy. In fact, he was helpless. After the Shanghai rebellion subsided, Liu Ziguang no longer needed so many guards around him, so the number of escorts was reduced to about a hundred people, and
The main task of these people is to protect Liu Ziguang. The guards will follow him wherever he goes. Usually there are only seven or eight people left to guard the camp, and they are all standing guard at the door. No one is guarding the backyard wall, so this incident happened.
things happen.
In broad daylight, on the crowded South Street, the "young lady" of the admiral of the South Factory was kidnapped. No one would believe this if I told it. It was indeed a bit unbelievable. Liu Ziguang went berserk for a quarter of an hour.
Then an order was sent to summon all the people in the South Factory to intensively investigate the case, but they had to be tight on the outside and tight on the inside to avoid making too much noise.
Someone asked if they should notify Changzhou Prefecture and ask local officials to block four gates and search the whole city. Liu Ziguang immediately gave him a slap in the face: "Nonsense, isn't this forcing the kidnappers to jump over the wall and kill the hostages!"
Although Liu Ziguang is cruel to outsiders, he is always kind to his own family and never beats or scolds his subordinates. Now he beat and scolded the guards and made a mess. This shows how important Liu Xiaomao is in his mind and everyone is silent.
I didn't dare to say any more, so I had to wait for the arrival of the Nanchang team.
Within a moment, the Nanchang detectives led by Sun Dasta arrived at the scene. A large group of fans wearing flying fish suits, bullfighting suits, and embroidered spring knives all knelt in the yard and listened to Liu Ziguang's scolding. This was their first time.
Seeing the factory governor losing such a temper, a group of fanboys who were showing off their power outside were like well-behaved rabbits, not daring to speak and kneeling in the yard to listen to the reprimand. The scene was spectacular. The fans also felt that something like this happened.
He was too embarrassed to see anyone, so he secretly made up his mind to capture the kidnapper and cut his body into thousands of pieces in order to relieve his hatred. Fortunately, Liu Ziguang finally saved some face for them and did not let them kneel for too long. After all, it was more important to save people and he was beaten.
After some scolding, the detectives started the investigation work in full swing.
It seems to be an ordinary kidnapping and extortion case, but the person who was kidnapped was a young lady from the imperial envoy's family. The extortion was not money but the last item of the auction, advanced technical blueprints. This was clearly a serious transnational espionage case.
Nanchang immediately launched an investigation and divided into three groups. One group hired hounds to follow the pursuit based on the smell left at the scene. Another group asked the servants at the camp to see if there was any mole. There was also a group of people who specifically searched for people in Changzhou City.
Suspicious person.
Nanchang Fanzi led several hounds with keen sense of smell over. They first smelled the shoes that Liu Maotai had worn, then chased them all the way out of the boudoir, rushed to the backyard wall and barked non-stop.
"It seems that the thief climbed over the wall from here." One fan said.
The thieves opened the back door and led the hounds to continue following the scent. However, the hounds lost their target and wandered around blankly, barking randomly into the air. It seemed that the thieves started taking some kind of transportation here. The imperial envoy
Outside the back wall of the camp is a secluded alley with few pedestrians. The fans searched around and finally found an old beggar in a doorway not far away. The fans used the embroidered spring knife to fiddle with the sleeping beggar and knocked him out.
Xing asked: "Did you see two young women coming down from the wall over there?"
"Yes, those two pretty girls climb out of the wall every day. Their movements are faster than those of the old thieves." The old beggar said, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"I didn't ask you before, but I asked you if you saw anything this morning?" Fanzi said, kicking the old beggar.
"I just went to bed and didn't see anything." The old beggar said while rubbing his leg that was numb from being kicked. There was no fear in his expression. He looked like he was an old man, maybe he was still a disciple of the Beggar Gang.
"Step back!" came a shout from behind. It turned out that Liu Ziguang was worried about the detective work and came to supervise it in person. He asked the young and energetic fanzi to step aside and stand in front of the old beggar. He stretched out his hand to the side and said,
One of his subordinates took a piece of silver. Liu Ziguang placed the silver in front of the old beggar and said, "This thing may remind you of something."
The old beggar used a dog-beating stick to pull the silver in front of him, grabbed it and stuffed it into his arms, and said with a smile: "I remembered, something strange happened this morning."
"Then let's talk about it. If you do, I will still have some money to reward you." Liu Ziguang took another ingot of silver from his subordinate and tossed it in front of the old beggar's face. The old beggar's eyes followed the money as it flew up and down.
Swallowing his saliva, he said: "There were four of them, all wearing silk clothes, driving a carriage to take away the two little girls. I also saw..." The old beggar looked around with sly eyes as he spoke.
After a few glances, he continued mysteriously, "Those four people are all thieves. They held bright knives on the necks of those two little girls. You don't know how scary they are."
Liu Ziguang's heart immediately jumped up, and he quickly asked: "Where did the carriage go? What kind of carriage is it? What do the four people look like? How tall, short, fat and thin are they?" The old beggar was confused by his question, and for a moment
Scratching his head and speechless, Liu Ziguang knew that he could not remember it for a while, so he simply waved his hand and asked his men to take the old beggar back for questioning. After the old beggar was picked up from the ground by two gangsters, he still said: "My
silver..."
The two men took the old beggar back for questioning, and the others continued to follow the carriage. However, Changzhou City was full of bluestone roads, and the carriage could not leave any rut marks at all. The hounds could not find the scent, so there was no way to pursue them. Everyone was worried.
Suddenly, a fan found several colorful silk threads under the wall. He picked them up with a knife and asked, "What is this?" Everyone gathered around to take a look, and it turned out to be the silk threads on the sachets worn by girls.
"Han Xue'er seems to like to bring sachets with her on weekdays." A guard said. These guards have more contact with maids on weekdays. They all covet the charming Han Xue'er. She can wear whatever clothes and jewelry she wears on weekdays.
The investigation made it clear that they had the most say on whether Han Xueer had something on her body.
Sun Gang, the stall owner, took the silk thread and put it under his nose, sniffed it, thought for a moment and said, "Get down and search carefully to see if there is anything else on the ground."
The Ouchi guards lay on the stone floor and searched carefully inch by inch. Within a short while, they found a few small particles, which were identified as cinnabar, realgar, and fragrant medicine in the sachet. Sun Gang held these particles in his hands and presented them to Liu Ziguang.
He was asked to make a decision in front of him. With the factory supervisor here, he, a big stall owner, did not dare to give orders casually, but Liu Ziguang did not give him a good look: "Detective detectives are your profession, why do you want me to do it?"
"Got the order!" Sun Gang clasped his fists and turned around to direct. The hounds were divided into three groups and followed the direction the beggar said, specifically looking for the smell of spices. Sure enough, they found a few more small particles not far ahead.
The hounds barked excitedly. When they encountered a fork in the road, the hounds split up to look for spices. There were not many spices in the small sachets, and the carriage was fast, so it was only possible to find a few small particles from a long distance, and during the day
There are many pedestrians and cars in Changzhou Prefecture, so some particles must have been crushed or kicked elsewhere by the flow of people and vehicles, causing misdirection. However, this is not difficult for the fans of Nanchang, who searched with incomparable patience and meticulousness.
Look at every corner of the street and never let go of any clues.
After a hard search, I finally found traces in a dead end opposite Tianning Temple. The spices stopped spreading at the entrance of the alley. This alley was empty and no one could be seen, but the sound of horses neighing could be heard.
Gang sent an experienced fanzi to pretend to be a salesman and walked in. The fanzi shouted in a proficient Changzhou dialect. While shouting, he shook his rattle and walked to the door pretending to be a shoe carrier.
He touched the ground, walked around in a circle, then came out, stretched out his hand in front of Sun Gang and reported: "I found a handful of cinnabar grains and a pile of horse dung at the door. I tested the temperature and found out
It's a little warm, I guess I just entered it not long ago. The thieves and hostages may be in that yard."
Sun Gang nodded and asked everyone to disperse and surround them, sealing the entire alley. He also sent people to call the local land security guards and inquire about the situation in the alley. The guards drew their weapons and went through the houses and ridges to surround them.
The land security guard of the block was quickly arrested and answered in front of Sun Gang tremblingly: "My lord, there is a family from the north living in that house."
"Northerners? How dare you let the Tatar spies live here and fail to report what you knew?" Sun Gang said angrily, holding the handle of the knife in one hand.
"My lord, you are wronged. They are not Tatars. Tatars are all rat tails, whips, and bald heads. They are all serious citizens of the Ming Dynasty."
"Then are there four boys in this family? What do they look like? Is there anything special about them? Does their family have a carriage?" Sun Gang continued to ask.
"That's not true. It's just a couple, but they both have rather peculiar looks. The woman has a basin face, and the man has small eyes and a flat nose. He also likes to add "Smida, carriage..." after speaking.
"Stay back for now. I'll settle the score with you later." Sun Gang waved back the security guards and saw that the guards were all in place. He was about to launch a general attack when suddenly Liu Ziguang stopped him: "They have hostages in hand. Attack by force."
I’m afraid we’ll both be destroyed, so I’ll do it.”
"How can you put yourself in danger, sir? It's better for us to do it." Sun Gang quickly dissuaded him.
Liu Ziguang smiled slightly: "Which one of you is better than me?"