On a sunny morning, the gate of Yecheng was suddenly closed, and at the same time, the gate between the south city and the north city was also closed.

Yecheng as the national capital, the daily flow of people in and out of the city is very high, not only there are many residents in the city, there are also many residents outside the city, there are also many merchants in and out of the city, and the city gates are very lively every day.

Officials who came to Beijing from other places for business, or officials who set off from the capital to go to all directions, frequently entered and exited Yecheng every day, and a large number of melons, fruits, vegetables, poultry, livestock and sheep were continuously transported into the city to provide necessary food for the residents of the Great Zhou capital.

Now as soon as the door suddenly closes, Yecheng is like a horse that has tripped over its leg in a gallop, and it stops running in an instant.

The people who wanted to enter and leave the city gate gathered more and more inside and outside the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate kept explaining that the gate was being ordered, but the crowd became more and more agitated and the noise became louder.

The noise came to an abrupt end after a large number of troops poured into the streets, and the well-informed residents of Yecheng realized that something was wrong.

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Simen, who was still smiling with a smile on his face just now, immediately stiffened his waist, and shouted loudly to all kinds of people in front of him: "This official is ordered to close the door, if you have any opinions, go and talk to the official army yourself!" ”

"There are traitors who tried to sneak into the palace, and after the incident, they tried to escape out of the city, if you shout to get out of the city again, you are the same thief!"

Simen also wanted to exert his authority, and an official army general came over with his troops and announced the latest announcement to the frightened people: "Wait for you to return to your home as soon as possible, the workshop will be closed in a while, and those who are still walking on the street at that time should go to the prison!" ”

"Also, if you see a suspicious person, you must immediately report to the owner of the house, if you catch the traitor and his comrades, the government will have a heavy reward!!"

"Those who don't live in the city, just be inspected here, don't run around and get caught saying they're good citizens!"

"Those who dare to collect suspicious people, and those who dare not report it, will be punished according to the traitors and henchmen, and they will be beheaded all over the house!!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the people gathered at the city gate scattered like birds and beasts, each rushing in the direction of his own house, and the people, who were not the inhabitants of the city, stood on both sides of the road with bitter faces, being examined by the soldiers.

Such scenes were played out at the city gates, and those who rushed back to their homes had to be questioned by soldiers stationed at various street corners on the way, and if the soldiers thought that their behavior was suspicious, they would be detained on the spot.

After everyone finally rushed to their respective residences and fangs, the owners of the houses had already led some residents to recognize people at the entrance and exit.

If there are people who are not in the Honribo and want to fish in troubled waters, it is very difficult because only the residents of the Honzato are allowed to enter, and even so, these residents who want to go home have to be questioned by the officers and soldiers.

The entrance and exit of each lane were guarded by soldiers, and all the residents who returned from the outside had to explain what they had done outside, and lift their sleeves and trouser legs for soldiers to check for wounds on their bodies.

Women were no exception, but in order to avoid provoking a popular uprising, the slaves and maids brought by Li Zheng and the owner of the workshop were searched.

Of course, it is impossible to search the body, let alone search the body of the female dependents, even if the above requires this, the officials and generals on the scene cannot be stupid to do it.

Probably ask a few words, register the family members of the He family and let them go, and be polite, so as not to settle accounts in the future.

After all, the number of people who could enjoy such treatment was in the minority, and most of the city's neighborhoods were tossed and turned, as soldiers began to search from house to house, rummaging through all kinds of houses.

Such a situation occurred last year, when it was the wedding of the Son of Heaven, and as a result, the Son of Heaven was stabbed by the rebel thief, seriously injured and unconscious, and finally the rebel thief escaped from the palace with witchcraft.

Today's situation is even more torturous than then, because in a certain area, the soldiers who are conducting searches are constantly pestling the ground with wooden sticks, apparently to discern whether there is a basement or tunnel underground.

The soldiers were in good spirits, and they brought shovels and began to dig the ground, and the head of the household saw it on the side and cried that there was no tunnel here, and was restrained by the soldiers.

The soldiers worked hard to dig the soil, and it didn't take long for the shovel to hit hard objects in the ground, and everyone felt that this was the "portal" of the tunnel entrance, and the digging action was getting faster and faster.

As a result, several clay pots were dug up, and the mouth of the clay pot was sealed with mud, and when I opened it, it was full of copper coins.

The head of the household saw that the soldiers' eyes were not right when they stared at the copper coins, and he was so anxious that he shouted that this was the family's savings for many years, but the wolf saw where the meat was so easy to loosen his mouth, and the money in several clay pots was instantly reduced by half.

The soldiers who got the sweetness were full of energy, left the head of the household who wanted to cry without tears, and turned to the next door to find a tunnel, and the Shangguan wanted to catch the thief and find the tunnel, so they felt that they had worked hard to dig out some "gadgets" and take some as hard-earned money.

There were weeping, scolding, and banging in the streets, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians in the streets, and soon the dogs barked, not from the inside, but from the streets, and it was the barking of many hounds.

The soldiers of the brigade trotted briskly through the streets, and the first few soldiers led more than a dozen hounds, as if they were chasing their prey during a hunt, but now they were not hunting, but tracking.

At the front of the procession, several eunuchs were mixed in, holding some handkerchiefs, clothes and other items in their hands, sniffing the hounds from time to time, so that they could follow the smell of the owner of the clothes.

Dogs have sharp noses, and hounds have a more sensitive sense of smell and can track their prey based on the scent of their prey, so in order to pursue the rebels and rescue the hostages taken by the rebels, the Forbidden Army sent a large number of hunting dogs to assist in the search.

And among these hounds, there is a small white dog, which is very weak among a group of fierce hounds, and its barking is also small, and it looks a little weak.

It was the queen mother's pet, and the eunuchs brought it out to help him find his master, and when he saw that the hounds often slapped the little white dog with bad intentions, one of the eunuchs picked it up.

The hounds sniffed around on the ground with their heads down, and led the team around the corner, leaving the area where the other teams were looking for an authentic lane, and moving on to another lane.

As they walked, the hounds suddenly became excited and barked louder and louder, and the soldiers let go of the leashes, and the hounds then roared and rushed forward, stopping outside the gate of a courtyard and barking incessantly into the courtyard.

Seeing this, the leading generals were overjoyed, and immediately ordered the courtyard to be outflanked before and after, and after a while, the soldiers forcibly broke open the courtyard door and rushed in, thinking that they would encounter resistance, but the courtyard was empty and there was no one.

The hounds barked and ran to the backyard, stopping outside a room, where the soldiers slammed open the door and rushed in, only to find nothing unusual inside.

Just like the living room of an ordinary family, the room has all the furniture, the floor is very clean, and there is no different color floor.

The hounds entered the room and barked around the couch, which the soldiers moved away from and struck the floor with sticks, echoing differently from the other floors in the room.

Faced with the smooth and flat floor, the soldiers had nowhere to start, so they smashed the floor with the hammers they had brought, and in a few moments smashed the stone slab, revealing a black hole in the ground.

The entrance to the cave was found, and the soldiers were excited, but they did not dare to go down easily, so as not to be injured by the thieves who might be lurking in the cave, and wanted to let the hounds in, but they were afraid of hurting the hostages.

After weighing the pros and cons, they let the hounds take the lead and enter the cave, and the people followed, taking advantage of the hounds to make a mess of the thieves in the tunnel, and then they took advantage of the mechanism to subdue the other party and take the opportunity to save people.

The hound and a dozen soldiers entered the tunnel, and the other soldiers and eunuchs gathered around the entrance of the cave and outside the room, waiting for the good news one by one, but after a long time, the dog and the man returned, but only some clothes were brought back.

These are all women's dresses, made of silk and brocade, very luxurious, I think they are worn by the Queen Mother and Queen Di, and there is an obviously damaged dress, and there are some blood stains on it, which seems to be worn by the orchid who held the princess of Shu hostage.

There are always signs that this is the tunnel where the traitors enter and leave the palace, and the hostages held by them have already changed their clothes, and now they are missing, and they are a step late.

At the same time, the little white dog held by the eunuch disappeared after jumping down when he was admitted to the hospital, and he was never found again.