Chapter 222: Waiting for the Marquis

After the outer wall was opened, the personnel of the two brocade guards couldn't wait to rush out, but unfortunately, the sword light flashed in front of them, and the five White Lotus Sect people formed a semicircle, waving the machetes in their hands.

The two people who went first fell down screaming, and more people rushed in behind, some wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and some people were squeezed in by the people behind.

The Ouchi guards who were guarding on the ridge around the house outside discovered the movement underground, they pounced from the roof and went directly into the ground, whether they were their own people or people from the White Lotus Sect, they rushed all the way, everyone felt tight, and they couldn't move at all.

The five White Lotus Sect members who had already been wounded were then thrown out like scarecrows.

The people behind did not dare to be careless, so they rushed up and tied the five men with ropes, like a butcher tying up a pig to be slaughtered.

The four Ouchi guards did not show their weapons in their hands, and rushed directly into the passage alone.

They rushed to the end of the passage, only to find that the passage had turned into three, leading in three directions. They exchanged glances with each other and then rushed in from three directions each.

When they rushed out of the three passages to meet, they were dumbfounded, and the passages in front of them became nine.

At this time, Liu Shouyou also rushed over with a large number of Jinyi guards, and he was completely stunned when he looked at the nine passages in front of him.

"At the end of the nine passages is eighteen, then thirty-six, and then seventy-two." One of the Ouchi guards sighed.

"Then send someone to search each channel!" Liu Shou said hoarsely.

"No, we can still be sure to get out when we go in, you people may not be able to get out if they go in, these passages are escape channels for them, and they are living traps for you." One of the Ouchi guards sighed.

When Liu Shouyou heard him say this, his heart was cold, it seemed that this time it was empty, but unfortunately it was only one step away.

Of course, he would not think that the people hiding here were the five outside, that they were obviously not afraid of death and made self-sacrifices, in order to delay for a while, and the main characters had already fled.

"Is there no way around it?" Liu Shou looked at the four internal guards with a blank eye.

"No, since we know that they are coming, it will be difficult to get out, tomorrow only four city gates will be opened, and each of us will sit at one city gate, so they don't want to go out of the city, and then we will slowly look for them, slowly consume them, they will not live a lifetime underground." A large internal guard said.

"Well, that's the best way to do it." The other Ouchi guard agreed.

Liu Shou was helpless, although he was in charge of the case, he also knew that the key was these four masters, otherwise he would meet a real master, let alone arrest people, and he would simply be the master who gave away his head.

"Let's withdraw first, we still have to go back to the palace, the emperor is waiting to hear the news." The four Ouchi guards didn't say much, and left directly.

Liu Shouyou had no choice but to announce the withdrawal of troops, and of course some people were left here to guard the passage.

After returning to Beizhen Fusi, he locked up all the people he caught, but when he was about to interrogate, he found that the five White Lotus Sect cadres actually committed suicide en masse.

Liu Shouyou touched his head, he couldn't understand how they committed suicide, he couldn't even move his fingers, and the rope that bound them showed no signs of relaxation.

"Demon law." A hundred households of Jinyi Wei were afraid of color.

"Judge the butcher and his mother-in-law, and dig everything out of their mouths." Liu Shouyou commanded.

He was gone, and it was about to turn into a bloody hell, and he couldn't bear to listen to the sounds.

The mother-in-law was already frightened when she was caught, and these fierce interrogators had not yet punished her, and she was already scared to death.

The butcher was bolder, but unfortunately he suffered a lot.

By the time the morning came, his body had been separated, no different from the sheep he had been separated from in the meat case, except that he was still alive, and he was trying to swallow his last breath and die happily.

Liu Shouyou reviewed the confession and repeatedly used torture to extract a confession several times, but there were no major discrepancies, so this should be the case. It's a pity that the butcher knows too little, and only one thing is the biggest gain, that is, the six or seven portraits he recognizes, so that he can confirm that Xiao Yanfeng, the great elder of the White Lotus Sect, has come to the capital in person, and another important person is actually the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect.

Liu Shouyou was so shocked by the news that he almost jumped, and then he trembled with excitement, which was different from the trembling when he found those people, this time he was even more excited and trembling even more.

Then came the good news that although those people had escaped from the ground, they had found one of their strongholds somewhere in the city, and there was movement in it, and it was supposed that the people who had fled last night had fled to this stronghold.

"They've been spotted." Liu Shouyou found it the next morning, and said excitedly.

"Found it? Where are they. "Besides, I didn't expect Liu Shouyou's efficiency to be so high.

"They are hiding in a stronghold, and our people are watching." Liu Shouyou kept rubbing his hands excitedly.

He also knew that the emperor had an order to seal the marquis, not only to kill the White Lotus Sect leader Zhao Quan, but also several generals under him, and there were two people who entered Beijing City this time whose rewards were in line with the title of marquis, one was Xiao Yanfeng, the great elder of the White Lotus Sect, and the other was the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect.

This Xiao Yanfeng turned out to be a famous martial arts master in the Central Plains, and later joined the White Lotus Sect and became a bandit.

That holy woman was the spiritual symbol of the White Lotus Sect, and catching her or killing her could cause a huge psychological blow to the White Lotus Sect followers.

In Liu Shouyou's opinion, these people were simply specially used to send him a reward for the marquis.

The Jinyi guards are neither pure military attachés, but they are also not civilian officials, although the commanders of the Jinyi guards in the past dynasties are still in the ranks of civil officials, and there is no marquis, but the palace is guarded, but this time the emperor in order to eradicate Zhao Quan, but the reward has been raised, and the identity of the rewarded person is not restricted. Even if it is a civilian, as long as he can kill Zhao Quan, he can still be a marquis.

"Brother, this time is the indicator of the two marquises, as long as you can catch them, the titles of the two marquis will be in hand. You can rest assured, this is the first thing you discovered, and the marquis title is indispensable for you. Liu Shou is generous.

There is a reason why he is so generous, I am afraid that the chaos will ruin his big things, so it is better to appease him and let him honestly wait for the reward.

"I'm not interested in this, big brother still wants to catch them first." Besides, he laughed.

"You see, this is the White Lotus Sect bandit Xiao Yanfeng, this is their holy daughter, but she can't see her face clearly when she is veiled. This is ......."

Liu Shou didn't say anything about last night, but he took out a portrait to show him.

Besides, read it carefully and keep it in mind.

"Since you've found them, why don't you close the net, aren't you afraid of long nights and dreams?" Besides.

"I can't run them, but they are mainly active underground now, these turtle grandchildren, digging underground tunnels in all directions, our people turn when they enter it, there is no way to chase them, so they have to stare on the ground, and as soon as they show up, they will start to collect the net." Liu Shouyou said hatefully.

"They're underground?" Besides, I don't understand.

Liu Shouyou explained to him that these White Lotus Sect people didn't know when they started, digging tunnels under the ground of the city, leading to their various strongholds, and some of them were to confuse the pursuers, pointing to dead ends. Only those who really know the map of the underground tunnels can't go wrong.

"They still have this hand?"

Besides, it's really amazing, how much effort it takes to dig such a big project underground, the key is to keep it secret, not to be discovered by neighbors, which shows how difficult it is.

"How many of them must be hiding in the city?" Besides, I really don't believe that this is any remnant now, it is clearly a very powerful force.

If this is the remnant, how were they in their heyday?

"It's hard to say, for many years, I've been trying to find out what they are about, but I've never been able to do it." Liu Shou has a way.

"Since that's the case, let's send more people in, and then start searching one pit after another, can't we destroy the underground network of the White Lotus Sect at once?" Besides.

"It's not that easy, they don't just dig tunnels, they also have all kinds of mechanisms in it, you can close and open the tunnels at will, you can also block many tunnels, if you send a lot of people in, they will introduce people into some tunnels, and then close them, and those people will have to suffocate inside. They also have all kinds of poisonous smoke, fog and even some demon methods, which are impossible to prevent. "Liu Shou has a way.

"Then if they stay underground, won't we have nothing to do?"

"No, but I don't want to pay too much price, in addition, this is the capital, if it collapses everywhere, it may have an impact on the feng shui of the capital, which is a big crime. So it's better to wait for them to get to the surface and then catch them, they can't live underground for a lifetime, they have to come out. "Liu Shou is confident.

Moreover, he didn't have much hope that he could successfully catch the leader of the White Lotus Sect, he didn't know the inside story, but he also knew that people definitely didn't come from thousands of miles away to Liu Shouyou to send people and marquis qualifications, and since he dared to step into Beijing City, he was sure to go out. Otherwise, people wouldn't have come.

He asked Liu Shouyou to arrange these, that is, to move, as long as all aspects are moving, his opportunity will come.

The main target he has to deal with is not the White Lotus Sect, but the Ancestor Protector Sect, if he can take advantage of the situation to involve the Empty Dao Gate and get it a few more times, it will be even more refreshing.

"We have the files of the leading figures of the White Lotus Sect, right?" Besides, he asked.

"Of course, if you need it, ask someone to bring you one." Liu Shou has a way.

"Yes, the archival portraits of the main characters are needed, the more detailed the better." Besides.

After a short time, a clerk brought a box containing dozens of files, and he took the box and went back to his yamen.