In the lobby of the Operation Office of the Thirteenth Battle of Dongchang, Xiao Chen and Wei Qi looked at each other, seeming to read the desired information from each other's eyes.
There is no other reason to kill a magistrate who loves his people like a son except to kill and silence him.
Hearing what Wei Qi said, Xiao Chen suddenly remembered that when he was handling a case in Shunyi County, the dead soldier of the Jinyi Guard killed the Shunyi County Magistrate with a sword in front of him.
At that time, I sat at the gate of Shunyi County Government and regretted for a long time because I did not rescue Zhang Qishan, the magistrate of Shunyi County, from the hands of the other party.
If Duan Shixiong, the magistrate of Changping Prefecture, hadn't called him in for questioning later, he would have probably never recovered from his fall and lived in trouble all his life.
Jin Yiwei's soldiers killed the magistrate of Shunyi County in order to cover up the truth about Liao Xianghe's case.
Someone in Gu'an County murdered the magistrate in the street, and there must be a conspiracy behind it.
"Have you checked the yard?" Xiao Chen asked softly while looking at Wei Qi.
Shaking his head, Wei Qi said: "No. In Gu'an County, I am just a commoner, so I have no right to investigate the case. That's why I came to the capital to ask for your help in investigating this case. Although this case is not
It must be related to the Prince's case, but the secrets hidden in the courtyard should be quite big."
"Yes, if you dare to attack a magistrate, the conspiracy behind it should be quite involved. I don't have a clue right now in the capital, so I might as well go with you and let's go and see what's going on in this yard.
"Xiao Chen said.
"Leave now?"
"Well, without further ado, it's time." Xiao Chen stood up, walked to the gate, and walked towards the training ground.
Wei Qi followed closely behind.
On the training ground, Liu Rufeng had selected fifty elite captains and was about to report to Xiao Chen. When he saw Xiao Chen approaching, he hurriedly greeted them.
"Fifty elites have been selected and are ready to join the battle at any time." Standing at attention, Liu Rufeng reported in a serious tone.
"Call Duan Tianming, bring this elite team of Shenji Service, and set off with me immediately."
"Yes." Liu Rufeng replied.
On the official road of the capital, a group of people left the capital, passed through Fengtai Camp, and galloped towards Gu'an County.
Looking at the horse team galloping by and the clothes of the people on horseback, a soldier on duty at the gate of Fengtai Camp turned around and ran into the camp.
After a while, a single horse rode out of the Fengtai camp and headed straight for Gu'an County along the official road.
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In Gu'an County, in the inner courtyard of shopkeeper Li's house, Hu Yanqing put his hands behind his back and looked quietly at the cage-like house not far away.
"Are you sure that the magistrate of Gu'an will not wake up?" Hu Yanqing said.
"My subordinates are very measured in their actions. They will not kill the Gu'an magistrate, but they will definitely prevent him from waking up." A man behind him with a sword hanging on his waist bowed and replied.
"This morning, shopkeeper Li came in to question me, saying that I shouldn't do anything on the land in Gu'an. He said that doing so would attract the attention of the government and bring trouble to us." He tilted his mouth and called Yanqing coldly.
A smile appeared on his face.
"This subordinate knew that, so when he took action, he picked up a brick from the street and slapped it on it. It looked more like the people were dissatisfied with the Gu'an County magistrate and was behind it. The strength of this subordinate
"The magistrate's brain has probably been beaten to a pulp, and even if he wakes up, he will definitely be like a fool and not remember anything." The man said very confidently.
"Are you afraid that people from the government will come to investigate the case?" Hu Yanqing asked calmly, but his eyes never left the cage-like house in the distance.
"We are hiding here. If the officials come to search, something big will happen. Therefore, I will try my best to make this matter more like a fight between common people," the man replied.
Hu Yanqing turned around slowly, with no expression on his face: "You should kill the county magistrate with one knife."
"Ah?" The man was very puzzled, "Wouldn't this tell the government that this was a premeditated murder. In Gu'an County, private use of swords is not allowed."
"Shopkeeper Li came to me this morning and his tone was very excessive. I really hope that the government will investigate this matter thoroughly. It would be best to involve his yard and his people as well." Hu Yanqing's face showed
, full of cruelty.
"Then what should we do?"
"Take the hostages and leave. I don't want to stay in Gu'an for another day."
Man: "..."
We are both our own people. Now that General Hu Yan and Shopkeeper Li are in such incompatible situation, it is really difficult for me to do anything.
In the future, if Mr. Wang finds out, his team may need to be rectified.
When he was still ten miles away from Gu'an County, Xiao Chen reined in his horse and slowed down.
"What? Not going into the city?" Duan Tianming caught up behind him.
"Liu Rufeng is on standby with the Shenji Military Elite Team. A few of us put on casual clothes and go into the city." Xiao Chen said, taking off his Dongchang school captain's uniform, revealing the casual clothes underneath.
After hearing this, Duan Tianming also took off Dongchang's uniform, took the clothes from Xiao Chen's hand, and handed them to Liu Rufeng.
Wei Qi originally dressed like a commoner, so there was no need to change anything.
"There are people coming and going on this official road. How about I take the team and go to the wasteland on the edge?" Liu Rufeng said.
If you want to hide it, hide it thoroughly.
"That's fine, but you have to make sure you can see our summoning fireworks." Xiao Chen nodded.
"Yes, I understand this." Liu Rufeng responded.
When Liu Rufeng led the team to the wasteland on one side, Xiao Chen, Duan Tianming and Wei Qi, three people on horseback, slowed down their pace and walked slowly towards the direction of Gu'an County.
"I feel that we should go directly to search the courtyard. If they get the news, I'm afraid the building will be empty again." Duan Tianming turned his head to look at Xiao Chen and suggested.
Xiao Chen shook his head: "It's already the second day since the incident in Weizhi County. If they wanted to run away, they would have run away long ago. So far, we don't have any evidence, it's all speculation. Although Shopkeeper Li
He is just a businessman, but he is also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty after all. If a large-scale search is carried out, it will be okay if there is something, but if there is not something, it will definitely have a great impact on others in the future."
Xiao Chen turned his head again and looked at Wei Qi next to him: "I heard from Wei Qianhu that shopkeeper Li did a lot of good things for the people when he was doing business in Gu'an. Especially during the spring sowing every year, the imperial court distributes
There are never enough seeds. Magistrate Wei goes to shopkeeper Li to borrow them. For a person who has done things for the people, until there is no conclusive evidence, we should try to minimize the impact on him."
"The matter is urgent. I think we just want to leave it alone. We'll search the yard first," Duan Tianming said.
The prince has been missing for many days, and the whole Dongchang people are in an impetuous mood.
Since the whole yard is suspect, just conduct a search directly.
"Then if the search is over and nothing is found, how can I explain it to others?" Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Dongchang is handling the case. What do you need to explain?" Duan Tianming said.
Looking at Duan Tianming, Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly: "We at Dongchang exercise the rights given by the emperor. It's okay to be arrogant and domineering occasionally, but we can't develop an arrogant and domineering style because of this. Shopkeeper Li is not only a member of the Ming Dynasty
The common people, especially the common people who have done a lot of good things for Gu'an. If we want to search the yard, we must do it when we are sure."
"You're right, maybe there's no whereabouts of the prince, and I'm a little anxious." Duan Tianming nodded, acknowledging his mistake.
"The whereabouts of the prince are unknown, and the factory official is detained in Jinyiwei Prison. We are all under pressure. However, we cannot lose our principles and mess up our position because of pressure. This time, we not only have to rescue the prince, but also to bring this group of people to justice.
Dig them all out and catch them all." Xiao Chen said slowly.
"Yes, use Shenji's firearms to beat their bodies into sieves." Duan Tianming said with relief.
"There is no need to beat the others, just beat the leading man in black into a sieve." Xiao Chen also said viciously.
Wei Qi on the other side could clearly hear the conversation between the two, but the following sentence was a bit unclear.
Could it be that the man in black who took the lead had something to do with Brother Xiao?
"Why only attack the leader, and capture the king first before capturing the thief?" Wei Qi interjected in confusion.
Duan Tianming was stunned, but didn't know how to answer. He pointed at Xiao Chen and said, "Ask him."
"Brother Xiao, why?" Wei Qi asked stupidly.
Xiao Chen put on a straight face and coughed a few times: "Because I can't beat him."
