"Are you saying that the spies are no longer in the house they have registered in the household books?" After listening to Yang Chen's report, the county commander Zhu Xuan suddenly changed color, and almost bounced up from his seat.

Because he is very aware of the seriousness of this matter, and now that the Mongolian army is attacking the city in a hurry, once these spies cannot be found out as soon as possible, and let them make trouble again from it, disturbing the hearts of the people and the army, then the already precarious Biantou Pass is really in danger of being lost. And the responsibility of he, the local county magistrate, is too heavy, and even if he dies here, he may not be able to compensate for the mistakes he has compensated.

Yang Chen's expression was also solemn, and he nodded silently when he heard the words, frowning deeply. When Zhu Xuan saw it, he finally couldn't sit still, so he immediately got up and paced in the room, and at the same time chanted words in his mouth: "How is this good, should people ask the whole city, anyway, there are less than 1,000 households in this partial county, as long as you do your best, there will always be some clues in a day or two." ”

When these words reached Yang Chen's ears, he hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him: "Your Excellency, don't do this, then you will fall into the hands of the Tartars." Originally, the people in the city were panicked because of the Tartar siege, and once the whole city was over, it would make everyone panic, and if someone instigated it from the side, I am afraid that the people would be completely chaotic......"

"Your concerns are not unreasonable, but the official is a little too impatient." Fortunately, Zhu Xuan is not a person who insists on going his own way, and after hearing this, he nodded his head thoughtfully, and quickly dismissed this unreliable idea, but the question is still there: "But how to find those spies now?" ”

After a pause, he looked at Yang Chen longingly: "Yang Dianshi, you are the original criminal department of the capital to investigate the case, there will always be some way, right?" ”

"This ......" Yang Chen suddenly fell into confusion. Although he is meticulous and good at capturing details that others can't see, but now that there are no clues at all, it is not easy to find three people from this county town of 20,000 people out of thin air.

Seeing him silent, Zhu Xianling's heart sank: "Can we just passively wait for them to act, and then deploy defenses everywhere?" ”

"Naturally, this is not possible. In this world, there are only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves. Moreover, the county government also needs to guard the yamen and take care of the whole county, so it is impossible to be on guard at all times. Lu Zhen shook his head slightly, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he was thinking about something.

His move made Zhu Xuan look forward to it again, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"The only clue is that they must have a conspirator, otherwise it is impossible to hide in my Biguan County for a long time without leaving any horses. Moreover, the person who took them in and helped them cover their whereabouts could not be their people. Because this time, just in case, we have already brought all the Mongolian people in the county into the county office, and it is impossible for anyone to slip through the net. There were not many people in these people's homes. Yang Chen said that he judged himself, but he still couldn't come up with any accurate points and clues.

Zhu Xuan stared at him for a long time, and then asked, "Is this the end?" Still don't have any other clues? ”

"Xia Guan is thinking, what is there in this county that our Han people would cooperate with such Mongolian people of unknown origin and obviously ill-intentioned. Naturally, he could not be a person close to the government, nor could he be a businessman or scholar with some status, because they all knew very well what a terrible disaster it would bring to themselves and the entire family if the matter was revealed. In the same way, it is very difficult for ordinary people to have the courage to take in Mongolians without reporting them to the government, even if those Mongolians can give them enough benefits, it is still difficult. After all, this is a partial pass on the edge of the Great Wall, and no one has ever been injured by the people? Yang Chen thought about it while slowly saying his thoughts.

Zhu Xuan nodded again and again thoughtfully: "What you said is right, these are indeed very reasonable." But according to what you say, isn't it impossible for me to have these hidden places in Biguan County? Unless they disguise themselves as beggars, they can stay in the county without being noticed. ”

Yang Chen shook his head resolutely: "This is impossible." The identity of a beggar is certainly not noticeable, but it is also inconvenient in many things. For example, if the Qingler was able to pass on the relevant news so easily, it must have used their strength. And if a few beggars can use birds such as pigeons to pass on books, it is enough to shock the world, I am afraid that they have already been discovered by the government. ”

"It's not, it's not, so where else can they hide? Could it be that heaven and earth have failed? Zhu Xuan suddenly complained a little frustratedly. Either he was short-tempered, the situation was so urgent that he could not be allowed to continue to delay.

However, Yang Chen, who had a bit of Taishan collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, still followed his own train of thought and said: "Of course it is impossible to go to heaven and earth, in fact, excluding the people in the government, businessmen and scholars, as well as ordinary people and beggars, there are still some different people in my county." ”

"But who is it?" Zhu Xuan hurriedly asked.

"Street gangsters and ruffians." Yang Chen narrowed his eyes: "These people are of low character, and they have never regarded themselves as good citizens of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they can get benefits, they will not hesitate to sell their own Lao Tzu Niang." If there is anyone else in my county who will conspire with the Tartar spies and take them in regardless of the righteousness of their family and country, there are only such people! ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, and after listening to this analysis, Zhu Xuan suddenly felt his mouth open, and he was excited, and said: "What Yang Dianshi said is very true, there is a chance that this matter will fall on these ruffians!" But then, he frowned again: "It's just that there are a lot of such characters in my county, and they are used to making trouble, once you search at will but find nothing, I'm afraid there will be more trouble." ”

Okay, there were no clues just now, but now that we have clues, our Zhu County Order has begun to look forward and backward again. Fortunately, Yang Chen already had his own opinion after thinking about all this, and immediately said: "Don't be embarrassed, I think I have already guessed who the guy who dares to hide these few spies is." As he spoke, he rummaged through the household books at hand for a while, and finally settled somewhere, and pointed with his hand: "If what I expected is right, it should be this person!" ”

Seeing Yang Chen's determined face, Zhu Xuan's spirit was even more vibrant: "Then everything depends on Yang Dianshi." As he spoke, he solemnly bowed his hand.

"Where is the responsibility of the lower officials, how dare they not be undedicated?" Yang Chen hurriedly returned the salute, and then strode out of the door, and went to order the people and horses to prepare to rush to the destination to take people.

————

Like many towns in northern Xinjiang, the area around Beiguan is particularly dilapidated because of the constant attacks by the Mondeans, and the houses here are naturally more dilapidated than in other places, and many poor and dilapidated people naturally take root here.

At this time, Yang Chen brought more than 20 officials from the county government to one of the alleys, which looked extremely narrow and was full of all kinds of messy debris.

Because the war in front is still going on, there is no one here at this time, and it seems to be exceptionally quiet, and there is no movement for the sudden arrival of the county office.

When Yang Chen saw this, he turned his head and ordered: "You are each divided into five people to guard both ends of the alley to prevent the thieves from escaping suddenly, and the others will go in with me." ”

The officers hurriedly agreed, and then some people with knives and guns and other weapons were outflanked and guarded at the entrances and exits at both ends of the alley, all of them nervous, obviously still worried about the Mongolian spy.

After Yang Chen saw that they were all standing in place, he led the other dozen or so people into the alley, and came directly to the fifth house according to the address recorded in the household book.

This house looks really dilapidated, not only the courtyard gate is broken, but even the roof tiles are not much left, I am afraid that a heavy rain will fill the mountain.

But Yang Chen didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and only after holding the iron ruler did he let one of his subordinates step forward and knock on the door.

The heavy knock on ......the door was particularly piercing in this somewhat silent environment, and it was heard far away. Soon after, a somewhat lazy and nervous voice sounded inside: "Who came to Grandpa's house at this time?" ”

"Lao Hu, the silver you owe us has passed for three months, if you don't pay it back today, be careful that Lao Tzu tied you up and sold it to the rabbit nest in Taiyuan." An errand officer had already received Yang Chen's guidance, and instead of revealing his identity as a member of the yamen, he came up with a fairly appropriate reason. After all, a person like the other party always has a bad debt outside.

I didn't want to say this, but I provoked the other party to scold: "Mother, don't you plan to slander people just because grandpa is wide now, and you don't inquire about my current identity, and you still owe people money?" Despite all the swearing, he walked to the door and opened the door.

At the moment when the courtyard door opened, Yang Chen, who had been waiting in front of the door earlier, had already moved with lightning, his right leg kicked out quickly, and kicked the broken door wide with one kick. Because at the moment of breaking the door, he had caught a glimpse of a figure flashing there, which was obviously the target he was looking for.

And the person behind the door was kicked by him and immediately became a rolling gourd, first ouching and screaming, wanting to scold. After seeing clearly who was pouring in later, his face changed dramatically, and he exclaimed: "Fourth...... Four old men ......"

This target, which was quickly determined by Yang Chen, was the broken settlement in the city that had been proven innocent by relying on Yang Chen's methods to solve the case earlier-Hu Sui!

————

Forget this.,Please look back at the first chapter.,You must not have thought that there would be such a foreshadowing.。。。。 Passers-by have already said that any trick has the possibility of working again.