Chapter 152: The Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit
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Zhou Shifa walked into Chen Xin's door excitedly, waiting for Chen Xin and Liu Minyou inside, the inspection team set off on time, but they were using a carriage, and they couldn't see anyone from the outside, so as to prevent the Houjin spies from finding out that Chen Jingdan was not among them.
Chen Xin broke away all the guards, leaving only one sea dog. Zhou Shifa said at this time: "My lord, Chen Jingdan has recruited all of them." ”
"What did you recruit?"
"His original name was Chen Yijing, a native of Pingdu Prefecture, who was responsible for delivering news to Li Yongfang's son-in-law Wu Changchun, and later Wu Changchun was arrested by Dongchang, Chen Yijing fled to Dengzhou and changed his name to do business."
Liu Min had two hands to support his head, and he was a little disappointed that Chen Yijing was really a spy, and he was a long time ago.
"Who is the leader of the Jiannu Meticulous Work in Dengzhou?"
"The oldest traitor...... Li Yongfang. ”
Chen Xin was stunned for a moment, then slapped the table and stood up, "Huang Taiji This is a stinky move, in his heart, Li Yongfang is not of much use, he has already received the effect of the golden bone, and he was sent to Dengzhou to be born and die." But the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty remembered Li Yongfang, who was useful to Lao Tzu, and immediately deployed to arrest him. ”
"Yes, the subordinates have already deployed the most elite manpower, and they will definitely catch Li Yongfang."
Liu Minyou asked on the side: "Is there any Chen Jingdan in the Civil Department...... Partner? ”
Zhou Shifa replied respectfully: "According to Chen Jingdan's confession, he said that it is estimated that no one is willing to do this, so he has never considered pulling people into the gang, but his subordinates still need to be further verified." ”
Liu Minyou hurriedly said: "If you verify, don't cast a wide net to investigate, I don't want everyone in the Civil Department to be in danger, this will affect their work, and the danger is greater than that of a traitor." ”
"My subordinates understand."
Chen Xin turned around twice. Hehe smiled, "Chen Yijing confessed without asking for it?" ”
"He mentioned two things, one is not to harm his family, and the other is to save his life, and his subordinates agreed after listening to his information."
"What does he have in exchange?"
Because Li Yongfang wants to roll cigarettes, Chen Yijing knows the address of Wantong, he once used makeup to monitor there, according to his confession, Li Yongfang should not be in the courtyard of Wantong. Because he hadn't seen it, and there should be a tunnel inside Wantong, leading to another hidden point, he had seen a carriage in Wantong going out of the city, and he followed it. Find a few new piles of dirt near where the wagon returned. ”
Chen Xin frowned and asked, "If there is an authenticity, how can you find it?" ”
"Chen Yijing found that the excavation time was more than a month ago, that is to say, it was leased or bought and sold in the last two months, and he should have been prepared when he informed Chen Yijing of Wantong's address. It will not be too far from Wantong, and his subordinates will put the range within fifty steps, and send spies who are familiar with Chaotianmen to inquire, and they should be able to find out tomorrow. ”
Chen Xin nodded. "Sue Chen Yijing, if you can catch Li Yongfang, you will spare him a life. I'll mobilize troops to block the nearby intersection if I don't find it. And they went over next to each other. I'm going to see this pony tomorrow," ......
"Within 50 steps of Wantong shops, a total of seven have been leased and bought and sold recently." Wu Jianzhong spread out the map and pointed out to Zhou Shifa, and Zhang Dong also got together. There is also the deputy captain of the internal operations team.
"There are three husbands and wives who are small businesses and operate in the city market. There are children and parents living together, the base can be ruled out, there is another tofu workshop, there are a lot of people in and out, not suitable for digging passages, and there is a large compound, which is a merchant from Jinan Prefecture, and it should not be the situation of purchasing goods and bulk transactions in the trading company. The remaining two households are the most suspicious, and they are both weekdays where few people enter and leave......"
Zhou Shifa nodded while listening, Wu Jianzhong also spoke very seriously, this is one of the reasons why he likes Dengzhou Town the most, even if there is some disharmony between them, but when doing things, there are few people who are involved in personal reasons.
Zhang Dong interjected and asked, "In the covered Jiannu calligraphy and painting stall, there is only one person living at night, do you want to stay this time?" In the future, if there are new people coming to Jiannu, you can find it through the calligraphy and painting stall in guò. ”
Zhou Shifa shook his head after thinking for a moment, "No, we can't go wrong this time, in case the shop has a back door or tunnel, and we notified Li Yongfang after we got away, we won't lose more than we gain." Arrest people at night, the entrance to the tunnel is narrow, it will not be in the garden, it must be in the room of the most important person, if Li Yongfang lives in another place, then the most important person in Wantong must know the place, otherwise they will not be able to contact. We'll wait in those rooms, and we'll catch him at the exit. After this person was caught, he was tortured, and he must ask for the place before dawn, and surround Li Yongfang's hiding place before opening the city gate. ”
"Lord Chen has transferred the special service team and the 1st Guards Division to be used to assist us in encircling the designated area. Recently, someone in the army proposed the establishment of a military intelligence bureau and wanted to separate a piece from the intelligence bureau, but Lord Chen temporarily suppressed it. This time it was the number one traitor who was arrested, Lord Chen personally came to supervise the battle, and the military people also watched, everyone cheered up, and the action must be quick and quiet, not to lose the face of the intelligence bureau. ”
Several people nodded at the same time, all of them gearing up. Wu Jianzhong said coldly: "Li Yongfang lost his Shun, defected to the barbarians with guerrillas, set a precedent for traitors, gave advice to the old slave when he was in Sarhu, and did countless evils after occupying Liaodong, this time he will be killed in Dengzhou." ”
"That's a good point." Zhou Shifa clapped his palms and said to a few people: "The following tasks will be assigned, and the official will be personally dispatched in the city, and the official will be responsible for controlling the surrounding area of Chaotianmen Street and coordinating with the generals of the regular soldiers." ”
After Zhou Shifa finished speaking, he said to Zhang Dong: "Tonight's operation will be carried out in several places at the same time, several people from the Chen family outside the city will be in charge of the third operation team of the internal service, and you are responsible for directly attacking Wantong shops, calligraphy and painting shops and several suspicious locations at the exit of the tunnel." ”
Zhang Dong nodded slightly, but there was no surprise on his face, he wanted to arrest Li Yongfang, but Zhou Shifa did not arrange for him.
Zhou Shifa turned his eyes to look at Wu Jianzhong, "You have been following Liu Xingzuo for a long time, and you are most familiar with Li Yongfang, you are responsible for arresting Li Yongfang's people, and leading two teams in the field to stand by on both wings of Chaotianmen." According to my estimate, the place where Li Yongfang is located will not be too far from Chaotianmen, otherwise it will be inconvenient to send messages back and forth, and it will not be possible to know whether Wantong is safe in time. ”
Zhang Dong pointed to the sketch, "The subordinate plan is to dispatch the first, second and third squads of the internal operation to attack Wantong Shop. After the operation began, the guards controlled the roads around Chaotianmen Street, and everyone was strictly forbidden to go out and move. Although those two households are the most suspicious of the exit of the tunnel, the other families must also send people to guard, once they are empty, they will enter the other ones, and there must be our people at each intersection, and they will blow the whistle and call in case of emergency. ”
Zhou Shifa interrupted and asked, "When approaching at night, it is easy to alarm the dogs in the households. How do you arrange that, and how do you send signals to get everywhere to do it together? ”
"That's how the subordinates arranged it......" ......
Dengzhou was silent at night, and a team of more than 100 people marched on the empty Chaotianmen Street, and the defenders of Chaotianmen had to change their guards before the third watch. It's this time of the day, and the sound of neat footsteps echoes through the streets. As the army marched, the barking of dogs from the surrounding people rang out.
A watchman happened to pass by, and he hid on the side of the road, letting go of the marching army, rhythmically beating the watch, with the sound of the watch. More than 30 black shadows burst out of the back street, and the barking of dogs provoked by the barking of dogs on the street did not seem harsh.
They listened quietly for a while, and fished across the fence with their ropes as usual. After waiting for a while, he leaned against the wall with a short ladder wrapped in cloth, and quietly slid into the wall one after another, under the cover of the neat footsteps of the army.
This location is where there are no wings in the three entrances. There is a main hall, a main room and four side rooms. At this time, it was pitch black, and the team members who had already seen the courtyard map arrived at the door of the target house in groups, and some others entered the second and first entrances.
Zhang Dong, dressed in black, squatted in the courtyard to observe, the main house has no windows, only a door, it looks very weird, there is a strange place is the most suspicious place, Zhang Dong estimates that the tunnel should be there. After everyone was in place, Zhang Dong let out a squeak of rats, and immediately a man retracted from the wall, and he came out into the street and waved the arquebus in his hand at the groom.
The husband turned his eyes to look at the street, several black shadows had arrived at the door of the calligraphy and painting shop, and also shook the fire rope in his hand, and the husband immediately shook the lantern in his hand towards the bell tower in the distance, and the south side of the bell tower in Dengzhou was facing Chaotianmen, and the signal of the lantern could be seen. Then there was a moment of waiting, and the footsteps of the army were fading away.
"Dang", the bell of the third watch rang, and the clear bell spread throughout the city, and even outside the city could be heard clearly. Waiting for the action teams in various places to be launched at the same time, the troops that had just passed immediately dispersed to the various intersections, and a new group of men and horses appeared in the direction of Tianmen.
In the courtyard of Wantong shop, the sound of breaking the door sounded, and the members of each group quickly broke open the door, and several people rushed into the house in a group, and a few screams came from the three wings, which were cut off immediately. A strong man at the main gate slammed into the door, the bolt snapped and the team members rushed in before the second bell rang.
Zhang Dong followed the back of the team, only to hear the low voice of anger inside, it turned out that there was an extra wall inside, and the door was very strong, the strongest man in the action team could not break open it at one time, and a member of the team behind was breaking the door with a hammer.
Behind the door there was the sound of toppling furniture, the leaves of the door were shattered piece by piece under the blow of the sledgehammer, the strong man stopped the hammering, went up and kicked with his feet, the wooden blocks fell one after another, and the bookshelves and wardrobes piled up inside were also pushed open by the strong man, and when they rushed in, eighteen bells had just been struck.
When Zhang Dong walked into the room, the two team members had already turned over two planks under the bed, and found the entrance to the hole, one of them held a short knife, jumped in with a torch, and then jumped in the two, Zhang Dong stopped the others, jumped down and took a look, the hole is very narrow, but can walk upright, the torch light in the hole flashed, Zhang Dong judged the direction, it was to the southeast, there was a house with the biggest suspicion, Zhang Dong couldn't help but sneer......
In the houses southeast of Wantong Shops, there are some messy debris, and a few rats squeak and scurry around the house. A plank on the ground was suddenly jacked up, revealing a hole, and several rats scattered in all directions.
Then a head popped up, and he didn't have time to look around, and he panicked out, but he was not in a hurry to escape, but quickly grabbed a thick wooden stick next to him, supported it under a roller, and pushed forward with his shoulder, which rolled slowly and went to the mouth of the hole. There was already a faint fire at the entrance of the cave, the man gritted his teeth and made a sound of muttering, desperately pushing the mill, a torch just appeared at the entrance of the cave, the man shouted, with all his strength pushed, the mill just pressed on the hole, covering the torch underneath.
There was a roar at the entrance of the cave, and the bottom of the mill shook with a bright light, and the people below pushed hard, but the mill did not move.
The person who escaped took a few breaths, looked left and right in the house, ran over to open a cabinet, took out the baggage in it, listened quietly at the door for a while, and then opened the door, outside was an ordinary single-entry courtyard, he stepped out, just realized that something was wrong, and the two black shadows around him had already swooped up, pressing him down to death, and one hand covered his mouth.
A torch was quickly lit, and there were several other people around, one person turned out from the courtyard wall to report the news, and the other person came over to pull up the hair of the person on the ground, and a cold voice sounded, "This person is not Li Yongfang." ”
Lao Jiang bit his lip and made up his mind not to speak, only to hear another voice say: "Torture, you must ask Li Yongfang's place before dawn." ”
Lao Jiang knew that it was not easy to suffer, and stared at the movements of these people, thinking that they wanted those knives and forks to come out, but saw that they took a few pieces of cotton cloth, and another person brought a bucket of water.
"Is this also called torture?" Old Jiang felt strange in his heart.