Chapter 408: Introductory Investigation
"Poof!"
Hearing Zhao Sanpao's shout, Li Yuanba almost suffocated to death without breathing.
This Zhao Sanpao is really a mountain cannon, 'open the door, check the room', how does it sound so much like the kind of police he played in the TV series in his previous life. The drama of the inspection room?
This guy, I don't know where to learn this hand?
Regardless of Zhao Sanpao's crazy slamming the door outside, the people in this small courtyard panicked at this moment.
Because this Anle Fang is relatively close to Anhua Gate, you can get out of the city gate just a few steps away, so this side is relatively remote.
Previously, Li Yuanba arranged for the soldiers and officials of the guards to search the entire Chang'an City, although these soldiers were also searching from house to house, but those remote areas were a little hasty.
In addition, this hidden mansion has been re-strengthened, and in order to hide the secret room below, the sound insulation measures of the house are very strong, so the two people left to guard the courtyard did not hear the chaotic footsteps between the streets.
At this moment, knowing that someone was knocking on the door, the people who stayed outside Yuanzi finally heard clearly.
There were only two people in the small courtyard house.
"Ward rounds?" A young man in a black robe with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the room muttered a little puzzledly, "What's the situation?" ”
"Let's go out and listen first, maybe it's just someone's prank!" Another old man with short hair and gray hair glanced at the young man and said.
"Okay, I'll go out and have a look first, if there is any accident, you quickly notify the following, so that they don't act rashly!"
The young man answered, got up, and walked out of the house, shouting as he went:
"What kind of room is it this big night? Be careful that Lao Tzu sues you to the government. Say you're harassing people's houses! ”
"Heh, the mouth is quite poor!"
Li Yuanba and the others outside the small courtyard immediately grinned when they heard this.
"The official is on an errand, hurry up and open the door!" Zhao Sanpao's face suddenly darkened, and his voice was obviously a little tyrannical.
This guy is really not good at tidying up, obviously not afraid of officials!
"Squeak!"
In this grinding and chirping time, the heavy courtyard door was pushed open from the outside, and the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes poked his head out.
Suddenly, I saw that outside the gate of this courtyard, so many soldiers, holding torches in their hands, the light of the full moon sprinkled on their faces. It seems a little eerie.
The young man's face was frightened for a moment, and then he calmed down and said, "You, what do you want to do?" ”
Zhao Sanpao looked at the young man and smiled, bared his teeth, and said, "We are the people of Shenwuwei, routine ward rounds!" ”
The young man seemed to be a little resistant, he tilted his head and looked at Zhao Sanpao and said, "Is there a warrant?" ”
Zhao Sanpao wanted to say something, but Li Yuanba behind him coughed lightly.
Zhao Sanpao naturally understood what was going on. He had already seen the strangeness of this guy, and pushed the door open with some rage, and said at the same time:
"Where did all that nonsense come from! Brothers, follow me in and search! ”
Zhao Sancang's strength is amazing. The two gates were directly printed with two palm prints by Comrade Lao Zhao.
And the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was so caught off guard that he didn't have a chance to react at all, and was pushed out at once, and then fell heavily to the ground. Stir up a cloud of smoke and dust.
"You ......"
The young man stared at the gods and guards who had entered the courtyard, and he only felt that this time he was afraid that he would be in big trouble.
But the good thing is that everyone is in the secret room, if not for a long search. I don't think I will find out the secrets in the courtyard.
Thinking about it in this way, the young people also relaxed.
"Poof!"
Patting the dust on his body, the young man walked a few steps closely, and Zhao Sanpao and the others entered the house in one step, whispering a few words in the ear of the gray-haired old man.
At this time, Li Yuanba also walked into the house, and just happened to see the young man and the old man whispering.
"Who are you two?" Li Yuanba asked.
"Back to the words of this military master, the little one's name is Zhu San, this is the dog Zhu Wen! Our ancestors have been farmers for generations, and there are a few acres of thin fields a few miles away from Chang'an City, and we can barely get by! ”
The gray-haired old man looked honest, and he spoke softly, but he really looked like an honest farmer.
"Oh!"
Li Yuanba nodded noncommittally and looked at the furnishings in the room, but saw that there were several quilts on the hardwood bed, and some clothes were stacked haphazardly.
Then there were only two tables in the room, and on the tables were two tattered teapots, and a few missing teacups.
The whole room was simply furnished as if it had been hastily furnished, and there was no other necessities of life.
Li Yuanba's eyes flashed, and he said, "Uncle, your courtyard seems to be newly renovated, right?" ”
The old man's face stiffened suddenly, and after a while, he did smile reluctantly: "The military master said that he laughed, the old man is a poor family, and the income from Bo Tian can only be used to make ends meet, where is there any other spare money to decorate the house?" ”
"Oh?"
Li Yuanba glanced at the old man named Zhu San with a smile, and said, "How did I hear that there has been a lot of construction in your yard recently?" And they kept pushing out cartloads of dirt, and I don't know where this dirt came from. ”
Zhu San was just about to answer, but at this time, Zhao Sanpao walked to Li Yuanba's side with an ugly face, and whispered: "Lord Wang, nothing was found!" ”
Li Yuanba bowed slightly, looked at Zhu Sandao, and said, "Uncle, you haven't sued me yet, where did the soil come from?" ”
"Someone must have deceived you, Master Jun, we just have a few sundries piled up in this small courtyard, and nothing else. And the old man's house is very cluttered, but there are no large items, you can check it again! ”
A hint of overshadowed joy appeared on Zhu San's face, which Li Yuanba keenly captured.
There is a problem, there is definitely a problem.
This was Li Yuanba's first thought, he simply stopped staying in the house, and led people straight out of the house and returned to the small courtyard.
In the small courtyard, as the old man said, there were some sundries in the east corner, including weeds, masonry, and dead wood...... To the west, near the wall, there is a newly renovated stable.
The stables took up almost a third of the courtyard, and it looked like it would take no more than ten days to cut down the timber used to build the stables or the hardwoods laid on them.
Li Yuanba's eyes lit up, and he pointed to the newly repaired stable and said, "Uncle, just now you said that your meager income from your thin field is only enough to make ends meet, what is the explanation for this stable?" The new stables were built, but there were no horses, that seemed a little weird, right? ”
……
Just when Li Yuanba noticed the newly renovated stable, in the secret room below the stable.
"What's the situation? How does it sound a bit messy? ”
Tashi and the others, who were trying to interrogate Zhao Zhanghe in the interrogation room, felt the faint sound of chaotic footsteps coming from above, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces.
"My lord, do you want me to go up and see what's going on?" Bosimon said in Tashi's ear.
"Adults don't have to go up to check, we have a way to contact the above!"
The man in black from before seemed to have expected Posimon to say this, so he continued to the two: "Two adults, come with me!" ”
Tashi glanced at Zhao Zhanghe, who was still tied to the cross stake, and said, "Let it go here first, and wait for the envoy to come back before continuing the trial!" ”
Zhao Zhanghe just sneered twice and didn't speak.
The man in black led Tashi and Bo Simon to the lounge in the middle hall outside, only to see that near the west corner of the lounge, there was a steel pipe that looked very similar to the water pipe of later generations.
"What is this?" Posimonchi said.
The man in black smiled and said: "Two adults, this is a tool that we have entrusted to the skilled craftsmen of Datang to make a tool that can communicate at any time, and we call it a microphone!" ”
As he spoke, the man in black picked up a small metal stick and struck it on the steel pipe.
"What are you doing?" Tashi asked.
The man in black explained: "This is connected to the iron pipe, and if you hit the pipe with a small metal stick, you can hear the sound on it. When I knock three times, I ask, 'Is there something?' If there is a problem, the above will respond, saying that it is a small matter and can be solved by yourself. If the response is two, it means that the matter is serious, and you must not go back to it! ”
Just as he was talking about this, the response came, 'Dangdangdang' three times, very short.
The man in black was stunned when he heard this, and his face immediately became ugly.
"Two adults, I don't think it's time to go out now!" The man in black said: "And we must call all the people in our secret room, this time, I'm afraid it's a big trouble!" ”
"What do you mean?" A puzzled look appeared on Tashi's fat face, and he said, "You only said it was twice, but now it rings three times, what does this mean?" ”
"The official sent to investigate, and there is a possibility of exposure at any time!" The face of the man in black was ugly.
"What?" Tashi shouted: "This place is so secret, how can it be found out, there are moles, there must be moles!" ”
The man in black smiled bitterly, and said in his heart: "If there is a traitor, let's think about how to avoid this catastrophe first!" ”
……
Seeing that Li Yuanba's target was directly aimed at the newly built stable, the faces of the so-called father and son all changed.
Just when Zhu San wanted to explain two sentences, Zhu Wen hurriedly said:
"Master Jun, this is a time ago to help a rich family outside the city to work, the rich old man was in the timber business, and the timber was stacked in a messy manner outside the manor of the old man. Before leaving, the little one was cheeky and asked the old man for some, and the old man was very generous, so he simply gave them all to the little ......" (to be continued......