Gao Jianling was escorted back to the Yuanzhou government office. The gatekeepers looked at each other in shackles when they saw him, and no one dared to ask more questions. One of the officials ran away and ran to the back house to inform Han Yongjun.
Han Yongjun was stunned when he heard the news and hurried forward. On the way, father and son met.
Gao Jianling was handcuffed behind his back and looked very embarrassed. When he saw his adopted son, he was so ashamed that he lowered his head.
Seeing Mou Rongtian and Yang Huan were there, Han Yongjun asked: "Father, what have you done? Master Mou, General Yang, why do you want to arrest my foster father?"
Mou Rongtian said: "Brother Han, your adoptive father killed Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, sixteen years ago."
Han Yongjun shouted: "No! This is absolutely impossible! Don't accuse my adoptive father unjustly."
Mou Rongtian said: "Brother Han, please calm down. We did not accuse him unjustly. If you don't believe it, ask him yourself."
Han Yongjun pulled Gao Jianling and asked: "Father, is what Mr. Mou said true?"
Gao Jianzheng found it difficult to speak and nodded slightly.
Han Yongjun shook his head in disbelief and said: "How could this happen? My foster father, General Li Rusong fought against the Japanese pirates and was a great hero respected by thousands of people. Why did you kill him? Why on earth?"
Gao Jianling said: "Hey, it's hard to explain in one sentence."
Mou Rongtian said: "Let's get the evidence first. Brother Han, we will talk about the reason later."
There was a jujube tree at the back of the Yamen. Gao Jianling pointed to the tree and said, "The things are buried under here."
The two guards started digging with shovels. They dug to a depth of more than a foot and found an iron box. The guards took it out and handed it to Mou Rongtian.
There was a lock on the box. Mou Rongtian did not ask Gao Jianzheng for the key. He pulled out the tiger-head knife and cut off the lock with a "choking" sound. He opened the lid of the box and saw a folded paper inside. He took it out and unfolded it.
Look, the general content written above is how Tian Feng instructed Gao Jianzheng to kill Li Rusong. There is a red handprint under the text.
Mou Rongtian put this piece of evidence into his arms and asked Gao Jianzheng: "Where is General Li's head?"
Gao Jianling said: "Dig again, just below."
Mou Rongtian ordered the guards to continue digging. After a few shovels, a round package was dug out, and the guards handed it to Mou Rongtian.
Mou Rongtian opened the package, and a skull was revealed. Mou Rongtian tied the package again, handed it to Shi Yi and said, "Yanzi, take it."
Shi Yigan smiled and said: "You should hold this thing, I'm so scared when I see it."
Mou Rongtian smiled and held it in his hand.
Gao Jianling said: "Master Mou, I want to have a few words with Jun'er alone."
Mou Rongtian said: "Okay." With him and Yang Huan there, and Gao Jianzhong wearing shackles, it was impossible to escape, so Mou Rongtian agreed to Gao Jianzheng's request, told everyone to go away and wait under the eaves of the corridor.
Han Yongjun said sadly: "Father, you have taught me since I was a child that I should be an honest man, aboveboard and open-minded, but why did you kill General Li?"
Gao Jianzhen briefly explained how Tian Feng saved his life and how he instructed him to kill Li Rusong, and then said: "For the sake of justice, I did this hateful thing as a father. I really regret it."
Han Yongjun said: "It's the abominable Tian Feng who harmed you, and the foster father made a mistake in making bad friends, and that's why you're like this."
Gao Jianzheng said: "Tian Feng, this thief, will not end well." He glanced at Mou Rongtian and others, and saw that they were far away, and whispered: "Jun'er, do you want to save your adoptive father?
"
Han Yongjun said: "Of course I want to save him. As long as my adoptive father says a word, I will fight with them."
Gao Jianling said: "That's not possible. You go to Liaodong to find my father's master. As long as he receives the letter, my father will be saved."
Han Yongjun was startled and said: "Father, isn't your martial arts inherited from your ancestors? My stepfather has passed away, how can you still have a master?"
Gao Jianzheng said: "My father's martial arts is not passed down from my ancestors. It's just because my master thinks that I am incompetent and my martial arts is low, and he is afraid of ruining his reputation as an old man, so he won't let my father mention it."
Han Yongjun said: "I see, wherever your master is, I will go and deliver the message."
Gao Jianling told who his master was and where he was.
Han Yongjun was shocked and said: "My adoptive father's master is actually that senior!"
Gao Jianling said: "Don't make any noise, don't let Mou Rongtian and the others see it. You can set off again after your father is taken away by them."
Han Yongjun nodded and said, "I understand, kid."
Mou Rongtian looked at the father and son from a distance, and his intuition told him that Gao Jianzheng was not willing to submit to the law, and seemed to want Han Yongjun to try to save him. He was too far away and could not hear the conversation between the two.
Although he is proficient in lip-reading and can decipher what the speaker is saying by watching his lip movements when speaking, he can only decipher Chinese. He cannot decipher the conversation between the two in Korean.
At this time, the two men came over and Gao Jianzheng said: "Master Mou, we can go."
Mou Rongtian said "hmm" and said to Han Yongjun: "Brother Han, we will see you later."
Han Yongjun returned the favor and said, "See you later."
As everyone walked out, Mou Rongtian said to Shi Yi: "Yanzi, follow us secretly to see if there are any tails following us. We will meet again after we leave the city."
Shi Yi nodded.
There was a troika and nine war horses parked in front of the government office. Mou Rongtian and Gao Jianzheng got into the carriage, with a general driving in front, General Yang Huan of the Imperial Guard and seven generals riding behind. Everyone left the government office and headed towards
Go south.
In order to avoid Dongchang's pursuit, Mou Rongtian wanted to go to Geoje Island to take a boat back to the Ming Dynasty, so he headed south.
A spy from Dongchang followed Mou Rongtian and others from a distance until they were out of the city. After walking a few hundred meters, a dart flew from behind. He was of low martial arts and did not hear the sound of the dart breaking through the air.
One dart and he was killed instantly.
A moment later, Shi Yi appeared next to the corpse of the Dongchang spy and said with a smile: "You just want to keep an eye on us these two times. You must have lost your life." He leaned over and pulled out the nail on the back of the spy's neck.
Put the free-hand dart on the person's clothes, wipe off the blood on the dart, and insert the dart into the dart bag.
Shi Yi caught up with the team, replaced the driving general, and let him drive. The curtain of the car was opened. Shi Yi turned to Mou Rongtian in the car and said: "Brother Tian, there is a tail from Dongchang, who was arrested."
I'm done."
Mou Rongtian said: "Well, you did a good job."
That day, Tian Ergen failed in his attempt to assassinate Gao Jianling, and was injured and returned to Dongchang's secret liaison office in the royal capital. Pang Jianfeng was not sure that he could take down Gao Jianling on his own, so Tian Ergen sent a letter to Yan Shoufeng to send troops for reinforcements.
He sent two spies from Dongchang to wait on the slope of the house diagonally opposite the government office. The two men found out that Mou Rongtian and others had escorted Gao Jianling back. One of them went back to report the news to Tian Ergen, while the other stayed behind and saw Mou Rongtian.
When they left, he followed them and lost his life.
Tian Ergeng received the news and took Pang Jianfeng and four local Dongchang spies with him. He hurried to the government office and found that Mou Rongtian and others had left. Following the road signs left by the spy who was killed by Shi Yi,
The spy's body was found.
Tian Ergen guessed Mou Rongtian's intention and said: "This kid Mou Rongtian is very cunning. He is afraid of being kidnapped by us and does not dare to go north to return to Beijing via Liaodong. He wants to go back by boat. This guy and Goryeo Navy General Li
We are friends with Li Pei, so he must have gone to Geoje Island to look for Li Pei, let’s chase him quickly.”
Although the reinforcements from Dongchang have not arrived yet, Tian Ergeng feels that Gao Jianzheng has lost his combat effectiveness. Together with Pang Jianfeng, he should be able to defeat Mou Rongtian and Yang Huan.
Gao Jianling sat in the carriage, looking lonely, thinking: "All these years of hard work have been in vain, it is really sad. Fortunately, I am not old yet. After I am rescued, I will start over and create another career. I hope
Jun'er can successfully find the master."
Thinking of his mentor, Gao Jianzheng recalled the past.
After his father passed away, Gao Jianling was often bullied by the bad boys on the island. One day when he was twelve years old, he went to collect firewood in the mountains. As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, six bad boys gathered around him. One of them was Er Leizi.
He is the boss of these bad boys.
Gao Jianling asked timidly: "What do you want to do?"
Er Leizi smiled mischievously and said: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to play with you."
Gao Jianling asked: "What are you playing for?"
Er Leizi said: "Let's play guessing and hitting the mouth."
Gao Jianling didn't dare to disobey and said, "Okay then." He and the second laizi guessed their fists, and each put their right hands behind their backs. The second laizi shouted "Rock, Scissors, Paper!" He stretched out his right fist and fired.
It's "stone".
Gao Jianling stretched out his right palm, and what came out was "cloth".
The rules of playing "rock, paper, scissors" are that rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and paper beats rock. Therefore, Gao Jianling won the first game.
The second scoundrel didn't want to be slapped in the mouth by Gao Jianzhen, so he acted like a scoundrel and yelled at Gao Jianzhen: "You were too slow to do it, I even got rid of the stone. The cloth you just got out doesn't count this time."
Gao Jianzheng did not dare to argue and said: "If it doesn't count, just don't count it."
Er Laizi said: "Let's come again." He shouted "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" but was not in a hurry to make a move. After Gao Jianzheng showed the "Scissors" gesture, he made "Rock".
Gao Jianling didn't dare to say anything when he saw his second-rate son playing with him.
The five bad boys shouted: "The boss has won, the boss has won!"
The second scoundrel waved his hand and gave Gao Jianling a big slap in the mouth, which made Gao Jianling's cheeks burn and hurt.
The second-rate man smiled evilly and said, "Let's do it again."
Gao Jianling said: "I have to collect firewood, so I can't play with you anymore." He was about to leave.
The second-rate boy stopped him and said, "You can't do it without playing. If I don't slap you a hundred times today, you won't be able to leave."
Gao Jianling was scared and aggrieved, with tears in his eyes, and begged: "Don't hit me in the face. My face will be swollen. My mother will be worried. I don't want her to worry."
"Hey..." Er Laizi said with a bad smile, "It's okay if you don't slap me in the face, just kneel down and kowtow to me a hundred times.
Gao Jianling knelt down on the ground obediently. Amidst the happy laughter of the six bad boys, he kowtowed one by one and counted "one, two, three..."
Tears burst out of my eyes uncontrollably, and I started sobbing, counting with sobs in my mouth.