Matai Street is still some distance from the Qinhuai River. Liu Ziguang and Zhu Tianxia went there on horseback, while the others walked in batches and met again when they arrived. According to analysis, the river house should be the residence of a famous prostitute who was redeemed by Mr. Zheng.
.The house is close to the Qinhuai River, with beautiful scenery, quiet and elegant, and a small and exquisite courtyard. It is really a good villa.
The group of people stopped at the corner of the road at the entrance of the river house. In order not to attract attention, they walked very dispersedly. When they saw Liu Ziguang approaching, Duncan, who had come to investigate earlier, ran over and reported: "General, I have sneaked in. Two people entered."
In the yard, in addition to the four soldiers, there is also an old guard, two maids and a rough lady, and then there are the host and hostess. The soldiers are all waiting in the side room for dinner. The old lady and a maid are cooking.
, another maid is waiting on the man named Zheng and the woman to drink and write poems."
"Bah, I can't tell that this old boy surnamed Zheng is still a man of culture and writes poetry. It must be obscene poetry. Listen up, everyone is ready with cloth and sacks to cover their faces. They are divided into three groups. One group is a guard.
One group will go with me to arrest people, and the other group will deal with the soldiers. After that, search for valuables, be careful not to hurt anyone, and don't take the opportunity to bully other people's maids and sisters. No sound is allowed during the entire operation, and all gestures are used to communicate! Did you hear that?
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Several guards around them whispered "order" and quickly divided their duties. A few ordinary-looking people were responsible for guarding, standing at important intersections and gates respectively. This group was the smallest, with only four people.
The arrest team was led by Liu Ziguang. The team members were Zhu Tianxia, Ding Libin, and a few guys who were former thieves. They were all veterans who had tied up meat tickets many times, and they were even better at searching for money. The other team was led by Duncan.
He is a big man with a strong back and a strong back, responsible for controlling those few soldiers and all the people in the yard.
In the early spring season, it gets dark early and lights have already been turned on. There are not many pedestrians, which is convenient for committing crimes. Several big men rush to the wall of the small courtyard, working in pairs, holding hands, and letting the third person step on it and push hard.
As soon as he was sent off, a person entered the yard. Duncan was so good at lightness that he didn't need anyone to support him. He ran a few steps, stepped directly on the fence, grabbed a branch in the yard, and gently fell into the yard.
There was no sound at all.
After a moment, the door opened a crack, and Duncan's black hand stretched out from inside to wave.
"We got it inside, let's go!" Liu Ziguang led the arrest team and filed in through the gate. They saw that the old man at the concierge had been knocked unconscious. His mouth was gagged with rags and tied tightly. There was no sound in the side room, and a follower
Wei stuck his head out, raised his thumb, and made a sign of success, and the four soldiers were solved. There was no suspense in the kitchen, and the two girls were easily captured.
Liu Ziguang led everyone quietly to the main room. The lights were bright inside, and two figures were talking and laughing inside. Liu Ziguang waved his hand, and the two people stood by the door, carrying sacks and rags in their hands. The other person stood at the door ready.
Knocking on the door, Zhu Tianxia followed closely behind, preparing to enter and arrest him. Everyone put face coverings under their eyes, dressed in standard Chinese-style banditry.
Liu Ziguang stood in the dark, touched a pebble in the flower pot, and signaled that he could knock on the door. The man responsible for knocking on the door knocked the knocker politely and said nothing.
A woman's voice came from the room, "Why does it take so long to make a shad? Xiaocui, hurry up and bring it in. The master is already hungry." "Yes, madam." This was the answer from the maid named Xiaocui.
Everyone laughed silently and evilly, and they were still eating shad. Let’s eat Grandpa’s iron fist later. The door of the house was opened. Before Xiaocui could scream, the big man at the door covered his mouth, grabbed him, and twisted him.
He was tied up, gagged and blindfolded.
Just as the door opened, the pebbles in Liu Ziguang's hand flew out, he broke the window paper and entered the room, putting out the big candle. The arrest team swarmed into the room, and a woman's scream came out from the dark room.
And the man yelled "Bold, you guys...".
The scream was forcibly stopped before it ended, and the man's angry shouting also ended. Both of them were gagged, put into sacks, and carried to the yard.
The search team immediately started taking action. The house was not big, and there were not many places to hide things. Even if there was a secret room, it could not be hidden from a few soldiers who were habitual thieves and kidnappers. Candles were lit again in the main room, and several people were collecting all the valuables on their own.
stuff.
Liu Ziguang called Zhu Tianxia to come over and beat him up, and took the lead in kicking Mr. Zheng a few times as a demonstration.
Zhu Tianxia was obviously robbing a house for the first time. He was extremely excited, even happier than he was when he made a little fuss yesterday. He ran over and kicked the sack containing the officer of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War.
Liu Ziguang was still giving technical instructions. From time to time, he stepped forward to demonstrate. He signaled Zhu Tianxia to kick Mr. Zheng in the mouth, and pointed to his own teeth, indicating that he must fulfill his promise and kick Mr. Zheng all over the floor.
tooth.
Mr. Zheng whined in pain and rolled on the ground. Zhu Tianxia kicked him very much to relieve his anger, "I told you to show off! If you dare to disrespect me and beat me with a stick, I'm going to rebel against you, you rebellious guy!"
I thought silently in my mind. The force on my feet became even more vicious.
The search team in the room soon had results. One person called Liu Ziguang to go in and take a look. When he went in and took a look, the accountant, Premier Liu, who was used to seeing big winds and waves, couldn't help but be shocked.
Mr. Zheng obviously has a hobby of collecting real money and silver. The heavy mandarin duck bed was moved away, and the brick floor below was pried open by habitual thieves with swords. A small cellar appeared in front of him, which was neatly packed.
There are many gold ingots, as well as round and exquisite machine-made gold coins without square holes, and there are also many large silver ingots of fifty taels each, but in general there are more yellow and less white. The dazzling light lights them up.
The bedroom was lit up with two candles, and there was golden light everywhere.
Haha, it's developed, and it seems to be more abundant than the goods in the iron factory's vault. "Pack them all up and take them away!" Liu Ziguang ordered in a low voice.
Another guard brought over a dressing box. The beautiful box had been torn apart. There were a lot of well-printed papers in the interlayer. The guard didn't know how to read, so he brought it over to Liu Ziguang. There were no banknotes in it, just some paper.
Things that are more valuable than banknotes include the deeds of large parcels of land in Jiangnan and the unnamed share certificates of Suzhou Silk and Satin Factory. What a good boy, he has cash, real estate and stocks! He is really a master of financial management and investment.
I will do justice to the huge amount of property of unknown origin. Liu Ziguang stuffed the valuable bills in his arms, picked up a few gold coins, walked out of the room, and looked at the gold coins under the moonlight. There were dragon patterns and four stars on them.
The words "Da Song Gold Coin" are written in thin gold letters. There are also foreign exchange.
Over there, Zhu Tianxia was already a little tired from playing. He found a cane somewhere and was beating Mr. Zheng. Liu Ziguang signaled him to stop, pulled him aside and stuffed a few foreign exchange gold coins into him.
Cleaning up Zheng's house is worse than beating him ten times, that's about it, don't kill anyone."
The people in the house had already packed up the gold, silver and jewelry. A few copper Xuande stoves and the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were originally intended to be taken with them, but the target was relatively big and the market price was not high, so they gave up.
Liu Ziguang made a "huh-hu" gesture, and everyone put their gold and silver on their bodies without leaving any trace, and went out through the gate in batches. Then the small group disappeared into the night.
As for the people of the Zheng family, those few soldiers were knocked unconscious and they will wake up soon. Then they will naturally rescue the adults, their wives, and the maids.
Liu Ziguang and Zhu Tianxia were riding on the road together.
This time, he unintentionally obtained a large amount of gold and silver treasures from this act of beating people. Liu Ziguang was very happy. Yesterday he robbed Xiaoluan of a vote, and today he cleaned up the Zheng family. The total sum is probably three to four hundred thousand taels.
Looks like this, money comes in quickly.
Zhu Tianxia's face was a little dark, "A fourth-grade Yuanwailang actually has so much money. How is it possible with his salary? Corruption and bribery, the Ministry of War is so rotten."
One day when I have the power, I will definitely clean up these moths, Zhu Tianxia secretly promised. But then again, this Liu Ziguang is really an interesting person, and I have a very good temper. Being with him these two days, not only
I made a small fortune and had a very exciting time, which I have never experienced before.
"By the way, Brother Liu, the propeller boy is still obsessed with the internal combustion engine you mentioned last time. Can you tell me about it tonight?" The scientific boy remembered this matter.
"No problem, let's just find a place to chat... By the way, I have to rush back to report the situation to the eldest lady. I was so busy having fun that I forgot about the real thing." Liu Ziguang suddenly remembered that he hadn't told the eldest lady yet.
Miss, they are about debt collection today.
"Well, you go and do your work first. I'll come to visit you tomorrow. I'm afraid Master Zheng won't be able to go to the Ministry of War to sit in court tomorrow, so you don't have to go. Tomorrow we will study the improvement of the Flying Divine Wings." Zhu Tianxia was very happy.
He said understandingly.
"Okay, come find me tomorrow at the Lianfeng. I live there and help you pick out some soft swords and hidden weapons that you can find handy, so that we don't have to tear down the table legs to fight in the future."
After listening to Liu Ziguang's words, the two looked at each other and laughed heartily. They had fought together and shared the spoils. This kind of friendship is very precious.
"Then let's say goodbye and see you tomorrow." Zhu Tianxia said goodbye, spurred his horse to run in the other direction, and ran ten feet away. Liu Ziguang noticed that the experts who were protecting Zhu Tianxia jumped out of the darkness and followed him.
He also disappeared behind him. What a mysterious young man. I have to ask the eldest lady, a know-it-all, if there is anyone like Zhu Tianxia in the capital.
The eldest lady and the others were still waiting in the Duke's Mansion. Liu Ziguang grabbed the horse's belly and ran along the road in the direction of Confucius Temple.