Chapter 15: Fire
In all fairness, in the laws of the Yan Kingdom, Song Yang still admires the article of 'the crime of a friendly person committing a crime by one degree'.
Since Jingtai ascended the throne, the Yan people gradually began to exclude foreigners, but the grandeur of the great country has not been damaged at all, as can be seen from the careful reception received by the Nanli mission when it transited, but etiquette is etiquette, I treat you warmly as the main family, it does not mean that you can act arbitrarily in my home, written into the rules of the criminal law, naturally 'treat everyone equally', Nanli people will be punished for breaking the law, and the people from these powerful countries such as Tibet, Uighurs, and Inurong will not be an exception...... Song Yang's admiration was only felt by feeling, and now the situation of the Nanli Mission has nothing to do with this Yan Guo Law.
I can't see anyone dead or dead, more than a dozen people are gone for no reason, how can Nanli is regiment continue to move forward, fortunately, it is still early to ascend the throne from the 'East', and the time is very calm, and I am not afraid of delaying for a while.
However, after three days in a row, not only did the lost people not be found, but more than 30 people in the mission disappeared, and the most outrageous thing was that there was also a Wupin official from the Taiwan Confession.
Anyone can understand that things will not be so simple. Lord Qiu is even more in a dilemma, once he leaves, he can't do anything, and if he stays, he is afraid that someone will lose it... What can be done at the moment is to restrain all his subordinates to stay at the post station, never go out, and strictly guard with the guards; Then he put on the temper of the chief officer of the Nanli mission, negotiated with the Yan officials, no matter what the specific situation was, first insisted that there were bandits in Jinshu City, and secretly kidnapped the Nanli officials, and the mission would be so completely blamed on the incompetence of the Yan soldiers.
Of course, Yan officials don't carry this black cauldron, they are still the same set of rhetoric, they are only responsible for reception, not the nurse of the mission, Nanli people themselves escaped from the team, and it has nothing to do with Dayan... This kind of war of words can't be fought, but as Lord Qiu's attitude becomes tougher and tougher, the pressure on the local Yan officials is still much greater, and they don't know what is going on. After all, it is their duty to take care of the mission, and the mission has lost dozens of people before and after, and if Shangfeng really wants to be held accountable, they will not be able to escape the blame.
Therefore, the government and garrison in the city gradually mobilized to help the mission find people, but after three days, there was no clue, and those Nanli people were like edelweiss falling on the stove, leaving not even a trace of sound or trace, and disappeared.
Not only are the two ends of the mission and the government busy, but Nanrong, Ayigo, Qishang and Baxia and others are also contacting the sect, but the forces of Gu and Fu are far away and basically can't help, and the main forces are still Qi Shang Pasha.
From the time I arrived in Jinshu City, ten days passed...... At midnight, Qi Shang came back from outside, looking slightly tired, and when he saw Song Yang, Xie Zimiao and others, he shook his head. There is no need to ask, there is still no news, and it is difficult for him to be busy for half a night.
Qi Shang took a sip of water and asked Song Yang: "Master Hou, do you have to find those people who were lost?" β
His own people were there, and the important officials in the mission were not lost...... Song Yang understood what he meant, and responded: "I think so, everyone came out of Nanli together, and they got along well all the way, so we can't just leave it away; And then there is the strangeness of this incident itself, people can't be lost by themselves, to put it simply, they are either killed or kidnapped. β
Luo Guan took over the topic and continued to say: "If you are killed, there are only two situations, one is that our people and the locals have a conflict; Then there is the Yan people who have extreme thoughts, and they hate the Nanli people for not dying, so they take action to harm them...... But dozens of lives before and after, no matter what the situation, can't hide our investigation. β
Qi Shang nodded, he and Pasha were born in the rivers and lakes, and they had already made a good reputation, and later followed Mrs. Bo to do things, and mentioned the two of them on the underworld of Yan Kingdom, which is not a big or small size, this time when they were looking for someone, they did not alarm Xie Men's lackeys for the time being, but visited several local gangs one after another, and the brothers had a name and were willing to pay, and several helmsmen were willing to help.
The head snake has already participated, if it is really the 'two situations of being killed' that Luo Guan said, it will not be able to hide from them.
"It's either killing people, or kidnapping people," Luo Guan continued: "There are also two situations for kidnapping people, one is like Fu Cheng, blackmailing and blackmail......" Before the great grandmaster finished speaking, Qi Shang couldn't help but interject: "It's not like it, I haven't seen anyone put forward the conditions for release until now." β
"In the second case, it's very troublesome." As soon as Luo Guan said this, footsteps sounded outside, and Pasha also came back, his face was gloomy, and he didn't greet politely after entering the door, and said straight to the point: "One of the families who helped me had an accident." β
Pasha and Qi Shang did the same thing, but there were at most seven or eight decent local gangsters, and the two brothers were looking for help separately. Like a few nights ago, last night the two brothers left the post house and went to their 'own' gang to go around, Qi Shang was safe and sound, but when Pasha walked to the last house, he was just in time for the corpses of his dead protΓ©gΓ©s to be transported one after another, and a total of more than a dozen people died before and after.
The reason why they came to this house in the last place is because they are the most capable of doing things, have the most developed ears and eyes, and have the best hope of successfully finding the missing person.
Seeing the corpse transported back, Pasha didn't care at the time, eating this line of food is inevitable, fighting and killing, dead people can't be said to be commonplace, but it's not unusual. However, the helmsman surnamed Wang of that family went back to the inner hall for a turn, and when he came out again, he handed it to Pasha with a silver ticket in his hand: "We can't do your errand, and the silver money will be returned in full." β
Pasha frowned: "What do you mean?" β
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand to point to the dozen or so corpses placed in the courtyard: "They are all brothers who went out to help find people on my orders." β
Only then did Pasha know that these lives were all related to him...... The protΓ©gΓ©s sent out to find people were all killed, and the cause of death was without exception, and there were blood-red palm prints on their chests, all of which were killed by people who were smashed with heavy hands, and a few of them were good hands, and there was no chance of escaping.
If you look closely at the handprints on the deceased's body, it is not difficult to find that these palm prints are not of the same size, and it is obvious that there are many murderers, not one person.
All the people who were sent out to find out the news died tragically, Wang Duoye has been in the rivers and lakes for decades, how can he not know when he sees this, this is a warning from the other party, and they are not allowed to interfere in finding people again.
With the power of other people's palms alone, it is difficult to deal with one person, not to mention that there are many murderers... From this, the helmsman also understood that the door was born and died in vain, and the people were by no means a force that they could deal with, and as for Pasha's Vito, he naturally had to retreat.
Pasha confiscated the money, but only said that he would give his dead brother a home, and returned to the inn. After explaining the matter clearly in a few words, Pasha added: "Now the news of his family's tragic death should have begun to spread on the Tao, and no one will help us." β
Song Yang exhaled and sulked: "It's okay if you don't help, this matter is not something they can manage...", and turned his head to look at Luo Guan: "Please continue." β
"The people of the Nanli Mission have been kidnapped, if it's not blackmail, what else can they do for? I had done similar things for Jingtai before, and I suspected a group of people, and I couldn't do it directly, so I found an opportunity to arrest their people and go back to interrogate them first. β
Luo Guan's thoughts were almost the same as Song Yang's, and the news brought back by Pasha confirmed their speculation, some people suspected the Nanli Mission, but they couldn't kill them directly, so they arrested people first and went back for interrogation. From now on, it is not difficult to guess one step further, what is the interrogation? Ask if there are any really important people in the mission, and what does the mission have to do with the army that Hong Yao rebelled against...... The transit mission was nothing noteworthy, but after the Hongyao mutiny, it was inevitably very suspicious.
The foreign envoy is suspicious and involved in rebellion, and the yamen of the Great Yan State who is responsible for investigating this kind of thing is only one ...... "Wuyiwei?" That makes sense, no wonder the local government can't even find out a fart, and no wonder the local strength will collapse at the touch of a button. Wu Yiwei's secret investigation, although it is not as good as our Chang Tingwei, but it is also self-contained, and it is normal to do things without notifying local officials," Qi Shang narrowed his eyes as he spoke, and his words changed: "Being entangled by this group of unjust souls, this matter will be endless." β
Song Yang and his entourage entered the mission, and they all changed their appearance and changed their identities, except for a few heads of the mission such as Lord Qiu and the chief general of the Praetorian Guard, others did not know their identities, and only regarded them as ordinary attendants.
The identity of the captured Nanli people is generally not high, even if the other party is really Wu Yiwei, who is good at extorting confessions by torture, they can't ask what they don't know, and the identities of Song Yang and others will not be exposed for the time being. Otherwise, the Nanli Mission would have been wiped out a long time ago...... If Jingtai knew that Luo Guan, Song Yang, and Xie Zimiao, the culprits of the Yipin Fight back then, were in the mission, how could he care about any Dayan's demeanor.
However, although they know that the other party can't find out anything for the time being, everyone can also understand that some of them are annoyed along the way, inherited from Chang Tingwei, and now Wuyiwei is also good at a trick of 'unjust souls and death', as long as the mission is still in Dayan, they have to keep pestering, and when they find an opportunity, they will kidnap a few people and go back for interrogation and continue to investigate.
Pasha was succinct: "Contact the master." β
Qi Shang and Pasha came from Mrs. Bao's side, and knew that the two masters had been busy with gold recently, and the Nanli envoy 'Shame' didn't seem to have much to do with them at first, so the brothers were only looking for people in the local area, and they didn't alarm the masters.
Song Yang frowned: "No need." β
He didn't know what Mr. Bo was busy with, but he knew that he was definitely not around, and the books had been going back and forth for several days, and it took a long time to transfer people, and the point was, even if Xie Men's lackeys made a move, what could he do? Unless the Great Yan Dynasty is overthrown and Wuyiwei is uprooted, the other party's pursuit of the mission will not stop, and it will be useless to involve Mr. Bo, but it will make Wuyiwei even more suspicious.
In contrast, it is better to ask Xie Men's lackeys to help, it is better to be more careful yourself, and raise your spirits to no longer let Wu Yiwei have a chance to kidnap people.
For Song Yang, Xie Zimiao will not deliberately retain his own strength, but the situation in front of him is very clear, Mr. Bo will not change anything, she did not insist, just nodded to Shang Paxia, signaling them to listen to Song Yang's words.
Pasha didn't talk nonsense, but Qi Shang still couldn't help but be verbose, and said to Song Yang: "Master Hou, it's not that I'm cheap, it's best for you to have a number in your heart, the people of the mission, nine out of nine, were arrested by Wuyiwei; In their hands, after so many days, ten out of ten are dead. You don't have to think about saving people, if you want to take revenge, this is their territory, with our current manpower, not to mention whether you can fight or not, it's not easy to track down..."
Nan Rong Youquan, who had been sitting on the side and didn't speak, said at this moment: "We are already anti-thieves, and it is natural for us to be tracked down by them, if we are investigated once, we will retaliate once, and everyone will not have to do anything." β
The reason is clear, not every time you suffer a loss, you can immediately get back to the field, even if it is an immortal, it is impossible to take over the world, Song Yang nodded, and said to Ayiguo: "Send a message back to Yanziping, please prepare the people of the Fire Dao, calculate the time to come to Dayan, I will meet him in Jingcheng after I return from the Uighurs." β
Aigo happily agreed, and of course asked indispensably: "Your baby is going to burn the palace again?" As she spoke, she grinned and said, "No matter who provokes you, you will go and burn the turtle shell of Jingtai Turtle... This is really worry-free, but I don't have to say that I didn't remind you of the baby, Yanren is not a fool, he burned the palace twice before and after, and the third time he burned again, beware of burning his surname. β
Song Yang coughed: "If you don't burn the palace this time, let's not say that the Yan people are hopeless to prevent arson, even if they can really burn it, they have to burn it, where is the palace?" β
After the second fire, Jingtai abandoned the ominous place where the two fires broke out, and did not rebuild the Yan Palace, it seems that it is planning to choose another site to rebuild a new palace, but it has not yet been determined.
Song Yang didn't have the leisure to burn the ruins of Yan Palace again, this time he wanted to burn the Wuyi Wei Yamen, from the past life to the present life, 'the monk can't run the temple' is an eternal truth, can't find Wuyiwei? There are in the Yamen of the Eye City. Of course, arson to retaliate against Wu Yiwei is still just an idea, whether it can be burned or not depends on the specific situation in the city, Song Yang will not do nothing, but he will not force anything, the big deal is to say that Fang Chang.
After listening to Song Yang's explanation, Ayigo said with a smile: "The Fire Dao Man is really a treasure, whoever gets him can be the No. 1 thief in Tianzi." β
Song Yang also smiled, and turned his head to look at the eldest class in the room: "What do you think of it?" β
In Pingyue, the right prime minister was always taken by Song Yang's side, and the old man didn't say anything, but said lightly: "I can think of it, you have all finished speaking." β
Song Yang nodded, didn't say anything more, stood up and went to find Lord Qiu, at least there is no hope of finding people and saving people in Jinshu City, since this is the case, if you give Wuyiwei one more day to find a chance to arrest people, the most important thing to do now is to set off as soon as possible, be careful and leave Dayan as soon as possible.
But unexpectedly, he had just walked to the door of the big house, when there was a sudden commotion from the first floor of the post house, and then thick smoke billowed and gongs sounded in all directions.
Before he could go to Eye City to set fire again, the post house caught fire first.
Song Yang was startled at first, and then suddenly realized...... Since it is 'haunted by unjust souls', how can Wu Yiwei, who has found nothing so far, stop here?
This is not a fire that can burn people, but with the shout of 'go to the water', a large group of Yan people rushed to the post house to put out the fire, and the officials of the mission had to withdraw out... It is conceivable that after a chaos, I don't know how many Nanli people will disappear inexplicably.
(To be continued)