In fact, the Manchus were unable to operate the Huai River defense line a hundred miles away, so they only set up an empty shell in Xuzhou to command the Yamen and lead the Huaibei Green Battalion.

Therefore, Yinghua revoked the defense envoy originally set up on the national border, and handed over the border patrol to the border patrol volunteers under the military preparation roads of the provinces, which were directly managed by the Privy Council. Cao Zhan is one of the five border patrol Cao Shi in Jiangsu, and is directly under the Jiangsu Military Preparation Road Frontier Defense Department.

The main task of the border patrol is to manage the border post and guard against changes in the north. But Cao Zhan was busy arresting smugglers and smugglers, and cracking down on human trafficker groups that organized smuggling has become his main business. Jushengshe is such a human trafficking organization, which almost covers the human trafficking business in this section of the border in Jiangsu, and the backer behind it is extraordinary, but neither the Jiangsu Bingbei Road nor the Jiangsu General Police Station has found it.

Originally, there were no so-called "stowaways" between the two countries, but whenever the northerners came to vote, Yinghua always tried every means to arrange their livelihoods, after all, they were Chinese compatriots, and this morality could not be lost. But as time went on, Yinghua gradually found that more and more people in the south and north were controlled by human traffickers, and did not accept the arrangements of the Yinghua government, but disappeared and went to unknown buyers. This kind of smuggling out of the control of the government has become the target of Yinghua's vigorous crackdown.

Public opinion in the country criticized that before the northerners came to vote, the government either transferred it to the Colonial Affairs Bureau for overseas distribution, or transferred it to the Ministry of Industry as laborers, and there were also Yamen such as the Heaven and Earth Society, the Military Intelligence Department, and even the North-South Affairs Department to pick and choose and act as their clerks, and the Anglo-Chinese government was the biggest human trafficker. Now the north has direct business contacts with the British and Chinese people, robbing the government's business, so it has naturally become the target of attack, and it has also blocked the northerners' access to the south.

This seems to have some truth from an economic point of view, but from a moral point of view, it is completely irrelevant. If the government wantonly oppresses and exploits, it will take the Sanzheng ("Righteousness", "Righteousness", and "Orthodoxy") as the stage of the benevolent party. and the Mexican Party, led by the blind man, which is an excellent lever to impeach the bureaucracy. Therefore, the people in the south and north who are placed under the control of the government, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are taken care of, whether they go overseas. or working in the country, it is to give them a way to live.

The nature of human trafficking in the secret of the people in the north and south is different, that is, it is lost to black workshops for black labor, or it is a copy of the "Yangzhou Thin Horse" and other things in the previous dynasty, which is full of bloody oppression.

Cao Zhan is full of pride in his work, and every time he catches a member of the Jusheng Society, he feels more satisfied. In essence, he is still a scholar who abides by benevolence, righteousness and morality. The bloody battlefield battle was not suitable for him after all, and this kind of battle on the border made him feel that he had not only a trace of battlefield blood, but also the merit of saving people from fire and water.

"Cao Shi, I caught a big fish!"

When his subordinates reported that there were important people among the members of the Jusheng Society who had been captured, Cao Zhan became even more excited.

"Torture overnight, pry out their backers, and the contact person in the south!"

Cao Zhan gave an order, and quickly dug up something from the dignitary. Behind the Jusheng Society is a gang called "Triad" in the north. The boss of the gang is quite mysterious, and even this dignitary has never been in contact with him. This message is only indirectly useful, in contrast. This person's intentions are more valuable. He came to the south to reconcile accounts with anyone, and he didn't dare to leave traces on the normal customs clearance route, so he entered the country with this business.

"Cao Shi, don't you notify the Border Defense Department and the police station?"

Cao Zhan personally led the team to arrest the contact, and Cao Zhongxia reminded him that this was already a matter in the country, and although the border defense also had a position to intervene, it was still robbing the job of the Criminal Department after all.

"I don't know how widely this matter will be implicated, so I can't make a public announcement first." ..., Cao Zhan is a person who has led soldiers to fight. Knowing the stakes of this matter, Jusheng Society is arrogant, and the forces in the country associated with it must also have a background, and it is terrible to leak the rumors. Of course, with such a credit, he will not let go easily.

With the cooperation of the dignitaries of the Jusheng Society. The liaison quickly caught it, and when Yiyong found a thick stack of account books from him and handed them to Cao Zhan, the liaison stared at Cao Zhan with his eyes fixed on him, and sneered: "This business is not qualified for an official like you to interfere, if you still want to live, you will burn this account book and let me go, this incident will be regarded as if it did not happen." ”

Cao Zhan waved his hand, and bravely pounced on this guy who was still hard-mouthed, and he himself opened the account book, and by the light, the accounts came and went clearly, Cao Zhan frowned and thought, and his face gradually became iron-blue.

The night is thick, Tokyo is brightly lit, thousands of miles to the south, and Nanjing is not far behind. In the sparsely lit place in the east, on the outskirts of Dongguan County, a person is holding a ball of things, following the wide provincial road, staggering towards a village and town. Behind him, he followed in a hurry, and occasionally there was a sound of scolding and intimidation.

The town stands along the provincial road, and street lamps are erected beside the road, and the dim light reflects the figure of this person, wearing coarse cloth overalls, and embroidering the word "Huasi" on his back like a Manchu soldier. He entered the town, looked around anxiously, and was overjoyed to see a half-man's tall barrel outside a house.

"Stop! Fuck, I don't want to live! ”

"Shoot! I can't care so much about it, I can't let him pass things out! ”

The person who caught up behind didn't dare to rush directly into the town, but he was so anxious to see where he was going.

The silent night was shattered by the sound of a puffy gun, and the figure in front of him flickered, and after taking two more steps, he fell to the ground. The three or five men rushed into the town with guns in their hands and ran towards the man.

The aftermath of the gunfire was still drifting, but the town suddenly woke up from its slumber, the barking of dogs continued, the lights of the houses were lit up, the sound of footsteps was incessant, and the cries of "catch the thief" resounded in the night sky.

"! It's a veteran town! That guy really knows how to find a place! ”

"Let's go! If it's slow, you can't run away, and those veterans don't blink an eye when they kill people, let alone talk about any feelings. ”

"But that thing ......"

"If you don't want to die, take it!"

The pursuers were still shouting, and the palpitating copper whistle sounded, just like the red-clothed dispatching troops on the battlefield, which shocked these people to their hearts and galls, and they didn't care about the argument anymore, turned around and ran. As they say, this town is a military town, which was built along the national highway to accommodate veterans. In addition to the ration fields, the retired veterans can also do business next to the national highway, and the volunteers of the small town group are the backbone of patrolling road safety. Murder and looting here. You have to have the courage and ability to reach the sky.

"This is the twenty-second year of the Holy Dao, where did the thieves come from......"

"Is the man still alive? What kind of treasure are you carrying? ”

"Looking at where he went, it seems that he is going to the post house, or is he looking for Wang Yizheng?"

The young men of the town went after them. The old men with muskets gathered together and discussed, and they were all in ancient styles, most of them were the four years of the Holy Path, and even earlier the Eternal Calendar.

"Looking for me?"

A sturdy old man in his fifties parted the crowd, turned the man lying on the ground over, and then turned his head and shouted, "This man is still alive!" Get a doctor! Well!? ”

The man struggled with all his strength and grabbed the old man who was supposed to be Yizheng. With blood foaming in his mouth, he said bitterly: "This thing...... Hand it out......"

A thin package, the furoshiki has been stained with blood, and I don't know if it contains a book or an account book. The man lifted the package halfway, his arm suddenly drooped, and the pupils in his eyes dizzed.

"It's ...... Hand it to Wang Shishen, the director of the Eastern Hospital? Picking up the package, Yi Zheng was trying to distinguish the text of the delivery slip on it under the light, and read this sentence. His face also changed.

"This person is not a spy of the government, or a dark tooth of a newspaper, and the pencil he uses is a good product. You can't buy anything on the market. ”

The doctor came, but he only had time to perform an autopsy, and found two pencils from the arms of the deceased, and immediately came to a conclusion.

"Yizheng, maybe it's a big trouble, let's report to the official, and hand over this package......"

The lord of the town also came, and he vaguely felt that this matter could not be contaminated.

The Wang Yizheng was silent for a moment, and then shook his head: "Although I don't know his origin yet, he has done his duty with his life. I'm in charge of delivering tokens. I have to do my duty, and if he entrusts me with this thing, I will have to send it to the earth. ”

Lord Bo Nene said: "This, this package has not been posted with a post ticket......

Wang Yi was holding up the package, and the blood stains on it were scarlet and dazzling: "Isn't this enough?" ”

In the twenty-second year of the Holy Dao, the whole country, and people who were worried about state affairs were staring at the war in the Western Regions. In the midst of the prosperous world, an undercurrent is gradually surging, about to break the ice.

"This ledger covers too much of a wide range of topics, and it is only circumstantial evidence, and it cannot defeat anyone. Meng Ruan, you have to make a big fuss about this matter, I'm afraid that you will burn yourself. After all, this matter is under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, and you have crossed the line. ”

In the Yali of the Frontier Defense Department of Jiangsu Military Preparation Road, the director of the Frontier Defense Department, Cao Zhan's direct boss persuaded Cao Zhan to do so.

"Brother fool thinks, you either follow the right path and transfer this case to the Jiangsu General Police Department, or hand it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the Praetorian Guard Department, I can sign it."

Three days ago, Cao Zhan handed over a very hot account book from the contact, so he asked his boss to discuss. The advice given by the boss was very acceptable, but Cao Zhan was not satisfied. This case must not be lost to the chief police station, a provincial police station is not an opponent of the forces involved in the ledger, and if it is thrown to them, I am afraid that this case will disappear immediately. In the case of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this matter is more related to industry and commerce, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate can only exert its force indirectly, and cannot give full play to the value of this evidence. And the Praetorian Guard ...... It is estimated that it will be overplayed, and I don't know how many innocents will be affected, and the credit will not fall on him Cao Zhan.

"Consideration ...... under the job"

Cao Zhan did not reply directly, and the principal did not force it, and the subordinate officials of Yinghua were only in control, each with a share of duties, and the principal had to be forced, and Cao Zhan also had a position to refuse. But then again, Cao Zhan felt that his boss was afraid that he wanted to stay out of the matter.

The principal changed the subject: "But you found out that the backer of the Jusheng Society is the triad, which is not a small credit, I also heard about this triad when I was in the Privy Council, and the spies of the Privy Council should know the details of the triad." ”

Cao Zhan's heart moved, the main thing was to imply that he was borrowing from the Privy Council through private channels, but he was thinking of another private channel: his cousin Li Xiangyu. Li Xiangyu's Yinghua Lawyers' Association is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, there are all kinds of characters, and any relationship can be touched. Not only that, Li Xiangyu is a female champion in the Ming Law Department, and she is well versed in the law, so you can listen to her suggestions on this case.

From public and private, Cao Zhan was very entangled, he actually didn't want to see this cousin who was still engaged to him......

"That's it, this is a business matter, and Xiangyu shouldn't be entangled in private matters."

This entanglement was incinerated by the scorching ledger, and Cao Zhan made up his mind and decided to go to Jinling.

Of course, Cao Zhan's trip would be in vain, so he could only transfer to Tokyo, and Li Xiangyu was captured by the emperor and temporarily served as the clerk of the Caotang.

"Our monarchs and ministers are dedicated to handling this case well!"

According to the construction of Nanjing Wuya Palace, in the identical grass hall, Li Xi and Li Xiangyu are rubbing their hands. A look of excitement for a big job.

Li Xian is so idle that he rubs his skin and scratches his itch, Li Xiangyu is unwilling to be frustrated in the Grand View Garden, and the two monarchs and ministers want to dig deep in the matter of "joining forces with the north and the south to force the good to become prostitutes". ..., the preparations for the first two days also show. There is indeed a hidden force between the North and the South, rushing to trafficking in human beings. Li Xi transferred the Praetorian Guard's rough report on the various Fengyue places in Jiangnan, and one of the frequently occurring terms caught Li Shi's attention, that is, "Renshanfang".

This Renshanfang is looking for talented people in the north, and then matches the performing arts industry in the south.

Because this matter is through the official channels of the north and the south. There are formal entry procedures, and the artists in the performing arts industry in the south who are intermediated by Yan Shan Fang have signed formal work contracts, and they are not regarded as slaves, so the government not only did not leave difficulties, but encouraged and praised them.

But at this time, Li Xi had a little more heart, and he had another perception of this Renshan Fang. This Yan Sin Fang seems to only be a legitimate "high-end" business, but there are more people in the south who do not like it, how does Yan Sin Fang deal with it? Based on no business and no greed. The principle of only taking care of the non-management, if Li Shi runs this Renshan Fang by himself, the best way to operate is it. Sell those "resources" that have not been selected by the formal performing arts industry in the south to the informal performing arts industry and even Fengyue venues, and this way will definitely have to go through informal channels.

For example, it will be handled as a general northerner and southward affairs, and then bribe the relevant governance departments of the British and Chinese to erase these people who should have been sent to places such as the Colonial Affairs Bureau, the North-South Affairs Department, and the Ministry of Industry, and become black households, or even more direct smuggling.

Li Xiangyu made a deeper deduction, if this Renshan Fang can have this kind of channel. Then it's not just a person who sells talents. In other words, the "north-south exchanges" of talented people are "high-end businesses", while the "low-end business" is the sale of slaves for industries such as workshops and plantations in the south.

"I found out, the force presiding over this benevolence square is the triad!"

After rummaging through the Heaven and Earth Society and other intelligence agencies for a whole day, Li Xiangyu returned to the grass hall with the harvest and happily reported to Li Xiang.

"Triads? Chuan Shang Jun met ......"

As soon as you hear this name, you will know that it is the number of rivers and lakes. Li Xian subconsciously recruited Shang Jun, the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society. At present, the Anglo-Chinese intelligence system has been torn apart, and the litter of the military intelligence department Luo cat demon has been in the northwest for many years, although there is a Praetorian Guard in the country, but after the government affairs hall is governed by the prime minister, the intelligence spy scope of the Praetorian Guard has also shrunk from national security to royal security. The intelligence system for the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now only available to the Tiandihui, and Chen Wance's North and South Affairs Bureau has built a new intelligence team, which is also based on the backbone of the Tiandihui.

As the chief helmsman, Shang Jun will no longer sway around, and he will also sit in Tokyo like Li Shi, and the emperor has a trick, and he will arrive in an instant with a light carriage.

Shang Jun said: "This name is quite widespread, but there is only one triad with such ability in the archives of the Heaven and Earth Society......"

Sure enough, it was a professional, and the clues left by this triad many years ago were in the archives of the Heaven and Earth Society, and Shang Jun remembered it at once.

Li Shi and Li Xiangyu pricked up their ears and held their breath, and then they heard Shang Jun say a vaguely familiar name: "Zhou Kunlai ......"

"Zhou Kun came to this triad to combine his former Jiangnan team with the Jianghu people who were dismissed from the Cao Gang, as well as the remnants of the White Lotus Sect in Huaibei, Shandong. After I signed the "Beijing Treaty" with the Manchus, I gradually disappeared behind the scenes, and I don't know how many businesses I operated. If this Renshan Fang is really presided over by Zhou Kunlai, he has this ability and this relationship. ”

Shang Jun revealed the mystery, and Li Xian originally had the mentality of looking for things in his leisure, but gradually calmed down.

He suddenly sensed that he might have felt the aftermath of a great wind and thunder.

Just a few miles away, in the east courtyard on the east side of the Temple of Heaven, Wang Shishen was signing for a package. When the oil paper was opened, it was still a layer of furoshiki, and the brown and red blood stains on it were dazzling. ..., "Be careful! I'm afraid that someone will hand over the threatening letter, maybe there is poison or gunpowder hidden in it! ”

Zhu Yigui next to him exclaimed in surprise, while another capable old man in his early sixties snatched the package.

"Don't shout, how can there be so many wicked people? Alas, lightly start and don't tear up the contents inside, Du Junying! ”

Wang Shishen didn't think so, and when he saw the old man, he tore open the package in three or two clicks, and hurriedly reminded him.

Wang Shishen was imprisoned for a year because of the earlier Wuxi Zhidao case, and his reputation rose again because of this prison, and he was awarded the position of court officer, and he has become a well-deserved "leader of the clear stream" of the Eastern Court. Zhu Yigui, as his companion, also benefited greatly, not only was he re-elected as a member of the hospital, but his partner Du Junying, who was also nested in Taiwan, also entered the East Hospital. With the help of Zhu Du and the others, Wang Shishen's Mo Party not only ranked second in the East Courtyard, second only to the Dao Party, but even invaded the West Courtyard.

Under the leadership of Wang Shishen, the East Court has been extremely active in the past year, and has frequently fought with the Political Affairs Hall and even the West Court, but it has also obtained a lot of legal power and set up a lot of bills. Of course, it also offended many people, and there were even assassins who attacked Wang Shishen. And there have been more than one or two cases of intimidating Wang Shishen by post, and seeing that the package still has blood stains, Zhu Du and the others are of course extremely nervous.

"It's okay, it's just a bunch of ...... Books? ”

Du Junying opened the package, took out several large booklets, and opened them all with dense Arabic numerals.

"Ledger...... Let me see. ”

Wang Shishen didn't care about it, and took the account book casually.

After turning a few pages, his palm shook suddenly, as if this ledger had a stinger, and he whispered in his mouth: "Nanjing Anjia, deal with the triad!?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )