On April 10th, April 11th...April 12th, shortly after walking into the side courtyard of Yunzhongfu Yamen, Mandu Daru met Gao Puhu and his party who came out in a hurry. The two groups faced off for a while.
Gao Puhu, who had not slept well, bowed and saluted, and stepped aside to the side of the road. After Mandu Daru and others passed by, he walked dejectedly toward the outside of the Yamen, with the breakfast bag still wrapped in his sleeves.
Hu cake.
"How's it going over there, Lao Gao?"
After going to the public room assigned to the patrol officers and shooing away some people, Mandu Daru started talking to a few of his confidants: "It doesn't look very satisfactory."
"You should be scolded. I haven't finished eating the cakes in my sleeves and I'm in a hurry to go out." The person who answered was Mandu Daru's old comrade in the army, nicknamed "Lao Dao". He was tall, with a pockmarked face, and was good at
Torture is also good at observation, and it's obvious that he also saw the clues in Gao Puhu's sleeves.
"In the past two days, I heard that there was almost a fight. The lost young master's father was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He was running around everywhere. Last night, Liang Wang took the opportunity to attack the commander. I guess the prefect was also attacked here.
Scolding. If the master is scolded, will Gao Puhu feel better?"
There were well-informed police officers around who talked about this matter, and some people smiled and said: "Fortunately, we are fine here."
There is a reason why there is nothing here. Wanyan Xiyin said hello to Yunzhong Mansion when he was promoted to Mandu Daru. His most important task at the moment is to arrest the Black Flag spies and ensure the progress of the May competition. Therefore
The matter of Xun Gui's disappearance could not be settled here for a while.
Mandu Daru thought for a while: "Is there no progress yet? Have we found anything here? If it is a general kidnapping, someone should come to make demands now."
"The strange thing is that there is no request. In fact, according to the current situation in Yunzhong, who is really trying to get rich? Who dares to get into trouble at this time? I'm afraid the water is deep here, and maybe people from the east can do it themselves. A big living person
, I was shopping in an antique shop, and there were guards following me outside, but they suddenly disappeared. There is something mysterious about this matter..."
"It's possible if it's a black flag..."
"Maybe there is, but... arrest a few nobles and make the two sides quarrel more? At the risk of exposing yourself? How great can the benefits be..."
After everyone discussed it, Mandu Daru said: "It's hard to say now, let's continue to investigate. He can't catch him, but we caught him. It's a good thing."
April 12th passed peacefully, followed by April 13th. Things in the yamen were trivial, and the pursuit of black flags and clowns continued. He knew that results would appear sooner or later, but for now he could only accumulate in this way.
.
On the afternoon of the thirteenth day of his arrival, he suddenly received a summons from the Ceres God Mansion. Mandu Daru hurried there. Xiyin met him in the study, briefly asked about his work, and then turned to another topic.
"Have you heard about Wanyan Linqi?"
"The humble position knows..."
"Do you think it's possible that Black Flag did it?"
"Bizhi feels... there is indeed... a certain possibility... Bizhi has actually been secretly pursuing clues to this matter these past few days..." Mandu Daru answered cautiously.
Xiyin nodded: "Check more about this matter." Then he waved his hand, "You can go back."
Mandu Daru understood, and after leaving, he mobilized his men and began to investigate the case in Gao Puhu's hands. His investigation was already a little late at this time, and most of the first-hand information was concentrated in Gao Puhu's hands.
It's not easy to ask Gao Puhu for it, just let people inquire in secret.
On the night of April 14th, the two groups of people met again on the road to the side courtyard of the Yamen. Gao Puhu hesitated slightly, then retreated to the side of the road and bowed his hands in salute. This time his action was much crisper. Mandu
Daru walked over with his chin raised. When Gao Puhu and his group disappeared at the end of the corridor, Mandu Daru, who had been walking forward, turned around and frowned slightly.
"Lao Gao has a problem." Lao Dao, who was on the side, also came closer and whispered.
The two gangs have always had a grudge. Two days ago, Gao Puhu was busy working on Wanyan Linqi's case. He was scolded by the prefect so much that he didn't even have time to eat breakfast. After seeing Mandu Daru, he reluctantly gave in. Today
Although the light at night was dim and the other party seemed to be giving way just like the previous two days, the look on his face was obviously different.
The case was solved so quickly?
But why not promote it?
Aren't the bosses still arguing and wrangling?
Mandu Daru was puzzled. After a while, he arranged his personnel. On the one hand, he began to investigate Gao Puhu. On the other hand, he began to go to Wanyan Linqi's father to observe and inquire about the kidnapped young nobleman.
, whether he came back or not.
On April 15th, news came back that Wanyan Linqi had not returned, but the prison in the north of the city where Gao Puhu was currently had extra guards posted, so it was possible that someone had been captured.
In the huge Yunzhong Mansion, there is not just one cell on the government office side. The small cell in the north of the city has not been used by many people in the past. Later, most people tacitly agreed that it was a stronghold and private cell used by the chief constable near the north gate. It was full.
Du Daru hesitated for a moment, thinking of Xi Yin's interview two days ago, and immediately ordered his troops and headed towards the north gate.
Thick white clouds are rising in the sky of the city. The sun is like a sharp sword, shining directly through the gaps in the clouds. People are walking on the street, and everything is normal. At this time, the knife falling towards Xifu has already pierced the heart of Yun Zhong.
Inside.
In the afternoon, when he arrived near the cell at the north gate of Yunzhong Mansion, Mandu Daru saw that several groups of private soldiers from the royal palace had surrounded the area. Although they had not established formal support, many of them knew how to read the wind.
Passers-by have already taken a detour.
"Something's happened..." There seemed to be countless ants crawling behind his head. Mandu Daru ordered his men, "Go and notify the God of Ceres that something is going to happen..."
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After noon on April 15th, Wan Yanchang arrived at the courtyard with a prison in the north of Yunzhong City. After entering the slightly spacious lobby, he saw Zong Bi and the other two Jurchen princes, and then two more princes.
Arrive here together.
"It's not a good idea to have a private court in Nianhan," he questioned.
Zong Bi replied: "If you don't look at a big case in private, it won't be tried."
Wanyanchang arrived in Yunzhong on the eighth day of the lunar month, and on the ninth day of the lunar month, he knew about the kidnapping of Wanyan Linqi, a junior. Since then, Zongbi continued to use this incident to make troubles - this is not surprising. He arrived in March
Starting from Yunzhong, there have been tense confrontations and conflicts between Zong Bi, Zong Han and others every day. After all, this time they came here to divide the power of the Xifu. Wan Yanchang does not reject such a fight for every inch of land.
.
From the afternoon of the ninth day to the fifteenth day of the lunar month, only six days passed, Zong Bi said that the case had been solved, and that the whole matter would even play a decisive role in the East-West dispute. Wanyanchang was doubtful, but he probably guessed.
Guess, the whole thing may have spread to the highest levels of the cloud.
The old file brought up by the yamen servant was about half a foot high. At the top was a few new confessions. There were also some blood-stained swords, guns, tokens and other things as evidence. I don’t know where they were obtained from.
Four prisoners and the rescued little Xungui Wanyan Linqi were brought along.
The interrogation began in front of six Jurchen princes.
The whole thing is not complicated.
One of the four prisoners, a member of the Black Flag Army, together with a woman from the Ceres Mansion, kidnapped Wanyan Linqi on the afternoon of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. When Chief Gao Puhu found them, the woman from the Ceres Mansion
Taking advantage of the chaos to escape, the member of the Black Flag Army was arrested. After being tortured for half a day, the member of the Black Flag Army confessed a series of shocking inside stories:
For more than ten years, Chen Wenjun, the "Mrs. Han" in Gushen Mansion, relied on her status to convey important information from the Jin Kingdom to the south for a long time. She first colluded with the Secret Intelligence Department of the Wu Dynasty, and later cooperated with
The Wu Dynasty also formed an alliance with the Chinese army.
After the fall of the Central Plains, this "Mrs. Han" not only delivered countless important information to the south, but also directly or indirectly helped a large number of anti-Jin martyrs and Black Flag members escape danger in the Jin Kingdom. It was the important information she delivered that
On behalf of the Black Flag Army in the south, he found out the truth about the Jurchens' Fourth Southern Expedition. The confession stated that without the assistance of this information, it would probably have been several times more difficult for the Chinese Army to win the Southwest Battle.
According to the confession of this Black Flag member, Gao Puhu later produced a large amount of evidence that he had saved regarding the transmission of messages and the arrangements for the escape of Han slaves or prisoners. He then captured three people who had no time to escape and were involved.
The underworld figures further prove the authenticity of all this information. Some clues even vaguely point to Wanyan Xiyin, the god of grain who has always admired Sinology...
Wan Yanchang and several others looked through the confessions and evidence, and clues were pieced together into a web in the words and words. After a long time, Wan Yanchang put down the file, clapped his palms on the table, and stood up.
"It just happened to be such a coincidence. After I was caught, the evidence was prepared one by one. None of the important figures from the Black Flag and Wu Dynasty were missing in these confessions, leaving only these three gangsters to prove these things... You
What kind of idea do you have!"
He approached the Black Flag member among the four prisoners. The man kneeling on the ground was covered in blood and was emaciated. His hands were hanging on the ground. When he got closer, he could see that all the nails on his ten fingers were gone and they were all bloody.
Wan Yanchang raised his foot and stepped on his right hand. The man screamed and fell to the ground, twitching and wailing, with blood and saliva flowing out of his mouth.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
The sound of crying echoed throughout the room.
The prisoner in Black Flag didn't answer, but Wanyan Zongbi from behind stood up: "——Uncle, is this important?"
Wan Yanchang looked back at Zong Bi, then at the eyes of the other four people. After a moment, he sighed slightly.
"...It's not important anymore."
He let go of his feet and walked outside. There were white clouds in the sky outside. The Black Flag prisoner on the ground was lying in a pool of blood. His right hand, which had all the nails removed, started to bleed again. He just lay there, looking outside.
He screamed a few more times, with blood and saliva flowing out. The three prisoners next to him were all famous gangsters in the clouds. Their eyes hated him, but looking at him twitching on the ground, they felt...
No one dared to really get close to him.
"Ahhhh...hehehehe..."
He seemed to have lost his temper, and after the pain passed, he laughed creepily several times.
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Mandu Daru didn't know what exactly happened. He kept running outside throughout the afternoon and evening.
After discovering that the guards outside the prison were unusual, he knew that the matter was out of his control, and quickly sent someone to notify Ceres. However, the person sent there came back shortly after and reported that Ceres was not at the house, and even though he was there,
In the mansion, there were so many officials visiting every day that even some small detectives could not jump in to report the matter.
In the evening, he recognized Zong Bi's figure in the crowd coming out, quickly turned around, and went to Gushen Mansion in person. It was getting late at night, and he waited here until he was close to the house, and then Xiyin's car appeared outside.
On the road, Mandu Daru no longer cared about etiquette at this time, rushed directly to the driver, and loudly asked for permission.
The motorcade stopped, and Wanyan Xiyin opened the curtain there and asked Mandu Daru to come over and talk. Mandu Daru reported to him what he had seen in the afternoon. The old man in the carriage looked serious and indifferent.
After Dudalu finished speaking, he looked at him slowly for a moment with a somewhat complicated expression.
"I understand." He said, "Go back."
"..."
Mandu Daru was slightly stunned, but then the car started driving and he bowed and backed away.
It was almost late at night, and Mandu Daru returned to the government office with questions and met his two companions who had not dispersed. One of them told him that in the afternoon, relatives from his family came over and asked him to
He immediately went to his cousin's house. It seemed that something had happened to someone. How could Mandu Daru still have the mood to pay attention to his distant relatives at this time? He waved his hand and put the matter behind him. Then he gritted his teeth and took out the old password from the yamen.
Night clothes.
A group of three people drove to the north of the city again, changed their clothes near the prison, and climbed in from the side of the courtyard wall. The three of them had all been scouts in the army, and now they were public servants, so they were familiar with sneaking in this way.
After arriving at the prison, he knocked out the two night guards, and then went to the innermost part of the prison where the prisoners had been basically emptied.
The innermost cell is also the most important. After exploring along the corridor, there are still lights inside. Two jailors moved a table and sat there eating and chatting. Mandu Daru quickly charged in, and one of them reacted.
Then he knocked him unconscious and pointed the blade at the other man's neck.
Comrade Lao Dao also came over immediately and restrained the jailer.
At this time, Mandu Daru had time to look around the surrounding cells. There were four prisoners in the innermost cell, all of whom were guarded separately. He even knew a prisoner in the cell on the left who had been tortured. He immediately frowned.
Frowning, he found the key and walked over.
"Coyote, what's going on? Why did you come in?"
The man nicknamed Mountain Dog used to be an information dealer, and there was even a personal relationship between the two. Although Mandu Daru was still wearing a mask at this time, the other party listened to the voice, took a closer look, and then quickly moved toward this person.
He rushed over and tried to grab all of Du Daru's clothes through the bars of the cell. His voice was low and urgent.
"Something's going to happen, something's going to happen, all of us are being tricked, that Black Flag beast..."
"What's the black flag?" Mandu Daru grabbed the opponent's hand with his backhand.
The mountain dog pointed to the innermost cell. The half-blooded prisoner in that cell was different from the other three. He had no curiosity at all about the sight of someone rushing in. He just sat quietly on the straw and leaned against the door behind him.
Wall, looking at a small window on the inner wall, watching the starlight seeping in from there.
He seemed to be humming something softly.
"That guy belongs to Black Flag... He fell into the trap... The East and the West are going to fight, and we can't wait for the competition..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why did we start a fight?"
"He brought out Mrs. Han. The evidence is conclusive. He can't run away, and neither can the God of Ceres... He brought out Mrs. Han..."
Mandu Daru listened to the other party's voice, and the surroundings suddenly seemed a little quieter. The words "He took Mrs. Han out" echoed in his mind, and he was settling into reality. There was something in his stomach.
Writhing, as if he wanted to spit it out. He thought of Wanyan Xiyin's eyes on the street not long ago, and then he let go of the "mountain dog"'s hand, walked quickly to the cell over there, took out the key, and was about to open the black door.
In the room where the prisoner is, he wants to kill him with one knife!
The lock was opened, and with a soft "click" sound, he heard the young man in the cell humming something, and then there was another sound from behind.
"—There's no point in killing him, my lord."
People came over one after another from the other side of the cell, led by Gao Puhu, each holding a crossbow in his hand. Mandu Daru took two steps and pointed the long knife at the prisoner's head. He heard the other person snort in his throat.
What……
"...live on the shore."
Turning his head, Gao Puhu opened his hands and walked over: "The scene has been passed in front of the six princes! The evidence is as high as a mountain! Come, sir, you were personally promoted by Lord Gu Shen to be the inspector. Now you can
Kill him with one knife and kill the witnesses for Lord Ceres!"
Mandu Daru hesitated for a moment. The two comrades outside had already made a defensive posture. Gao Puhu didn't care and walked straight into the cell.
Mandu Daru held up his knife against the black flag prisoner, while staring at Gao Puhu: "This beast really... bit the God of Ceres?"
Gao Puhu smiled: "If it hadn't been for him, we wouldn't have known that it was because of the God of Grain that our West Route Army lost so much information and that so many people died in the southwest."
"Do you know that without the God of Ceres, I, Dajin..."
Mandu Daru gritted his teeth and spoke every word, but before he finished speaking, the Black Flag prisoner whom he held against with a knife seemed to slowly raise his head, and a hoarse voice came out from his mouth: "Man,
Du, Da, Lu?"
Mandu Daru turned to look at him. The face of the Chinese prisoner sitting on the ground was bruised and bruised, and his hands were bloody. His clothes seemed to have been tortured. Between his messy hair, only his tired eyes could reflect some light.
. He looked at him quietly, and then said hoarsely: "You killed Lu Mingfang, right?"
"...It's me, how about it?"
"I have been thinking about how to retaliate against you." The Chinese prisoner spoke straightforwardly. He turned his head away and continued to look at the starlight coming from the small window above. "Later, I investigated and found out that you have a
son……"
"Son..." Mandu Daru frowned. Gao Puhu on the side seemed to be slightly surprised when he heard the prisoner's voice. He looked at him and then at Mandu Daru: "He has no son...
…”
"You quit the army and became a catcher. For the sake of merit and advancement, you offended many people and did not dare to have children. In fact, you gave birth to a child and sent it to your distant cousin to be raised. He said he was the posthumous son of a comrade in arms. You are very sad.
Don’t look at it. I am eleven years old now, and I do look a bit like you..."
He looked at Mandu Daru again: "You are busy with work. Please see him more when you go out. I have arranged everything for you. We are clear about Lu Mingfang..."
Such calm words made both Mandu Daru and Gao Puhu slightly stunned. Mandu Daru suddenly remembered what his companion told him in the yamen at midnight about his distant cousin coming... Hearing this made him laugh.
The sound sounded faintly.
"Heyhehe ... Hey, hey, hehehehehe ..." The Huaxia Army captured by the tip of the knife looked at the Mandaru, and gradually laughed at this time. The laughter turned from a low to high, setting off the gloomy cell
Like a ghost, I just heard him smiling: "Hey hey hey hahahahaha... Look, look at his eyes, hahahahahahaha, Xiao Gao, Xiao Gao, have you seen it, Mandu, haha... Daru,
Hahahaha... Look at him, everyone, look, is he going to cry..."
The "Xiao Gao" in his mouth was naturally Gao Puhu. At this time, he was like a child who discovered an interesting toy. Regardless of whether the tip of the knife was on his head, he couldn't help but reach out to grab Gao Puhu's trouser leg.
Mandu Daru's hand shook, and Gao Puhu rushed over and snatched the knife from his hand. The two fought several times in the cell. The Chinese prisoner did not care about the light of the sword and sat on the ground laughing.
"Hahahaha, Mandu Daru, your son's eyes look like yours... Beat him to death, kill him, go out and see your son, I'm late and I don't even know if he still has eyes, hahahahaha
Haha, hurry up and fight——"
Gao Puhu snatched Mandu Daru's knife and kicked the Chinese prisoner with a strange and intoxicating laugh into the corner. His body curled up into a ball, still snoring on the ground, and there was still laughter.
Humming an extremely weird melody.
"Huhuhuhehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe one one one's one's own"
This may be the last thing that made him feel happy. Starlight shone in from the tiny window, and the lights in the cell swayed, projecting the figures of everyone on the gloomy wall. Gao Puhu was stunned for a moment in such a strange atmosphere.
After all, he was still standing between the prisoner and Mandu Daru. Mandu Daru seemed to be frozen there for a while, and then he slowly took off the black mask from his face, glanced at the crowd, and walked straight from
Walk out of the cell.
They infiltrated in private, and a group of detectives originally wanted to catch them, but at this moment, everyone knew about Mandu Daru's son, and couldn't help but look at each other. Gao Puhu was embarrassed for a while, and finally waved his hand.
Get out of the way. When Mandu Daru walked away, he waved his hand and whispered: "My condolences..."
"Hahahahahahaha -" beside him, crazy laughter burst out: "Jie Mie Shunbian, hahahahaha, Xiao Gao, you are so good at talking. Hahahahaha, Jie Mie Shunbian hahahahaha, you see I like you -
Don’t fight…cough cough cough cough…”
This unbridled laughter reached Mandu Daru's ears from afar. Veins popped up on his forehead. He wanted to use the knife to fight back desperately, but finally gave up. He hurriedly left the prison and faced his cousin.