Chapter 100: A City-wide Search

Duan Nian hurriedly took a young man over to open the door, and then a team of yacha broke in.

"Who are you, and who are you in your family?"

The head catcher who led the team saw that the middle of the three was the oldest, so he pointed at him and asked him to step forward and reply.

"Back to the official, we are a father and son who are engaged in the leather business, and we have always collected leather goods in the surrounding villages and resold them to Yunzhou Mansion. This is our residence in Yunzhou Mansion, our family has been living here for more than a year, these officials can ask the surrounding neighbors. ”

Duan Nian hurriedly took two steps forward and replied with a fist in his fist.

This house was indeed bought by Duan Zhengming more than a year ago, and he originally wanted to arrange for someone to come to Yunzhou Mansion to monitor Pei Guangqing's movements nearby, so there are people living here on weekdays, and they are disguised as doing a leather business, but they are not afraid of government inquiries.

"Okay, you don't have to be afraid, it's just that there are murderous bandits in the city tonight, and for the safety of the whole city, the government will conduct a thorough investigation of the whole city. You cooperate, if you have nothing to do with the bandits, it will be none of your business after the search. ”

After searching all the way, the head catcher has already been proficient in the process, and after saying to Duan Nian with a stiff face, he waved his hand and signaled the yacha behind him to enter the small courtyard to search.

The catcher walked around the small courtyard, and then walked to the well in the backyard, and saw a young man scrubbing by the well.

"Who is this?"

"Master Hui, this is one of our buddies, and we have a total of three workers to help collect the goods. It wasn't a bit muggy, so he came out and scrubbed it. ”

Duan Nian explained with a smile, and then waved at the young man who was standing in place.

"The officials are here to investigate the evil bandits, why don't you hurry up and get out of the way."

"Oooh!"

The young man nodded busily and stood aside with the basin.

The head catcher looked at the young man carefully, and found that he was not tall, he was not very old, and he had calluses on his hands, which showed that he was a person who did rough work, not like the person they were looking for. I looked at the well again, but I didn't find anything unusual.

"Head catcher, nothing to discover."

After the yacha finished searching, he reported back to the headhunter.

The small courtyard is not big, there are only two entrances, about ten houses, and a team of yacha took less than a cup of tea to search it clean.

"Alright, let's go ahead and search for the next one. You should also pay attention, and if you find anything abnormal, you must report it to the government immediately. If you dare to hide the court criminals privately, you should be punished according to the law, you know! ”

The head catcher waved his hand at the yacha, and then looked at Duan Nian and the others.

"Yes, yes, although the official can rest assured, if there is a discovery, the grass people will quickly report it to the government."

Duan Nian and a few people hurriedly nodded yes, and then the head catcher walked out of the small courtyard with the yacha, and then went into the neighbor's house next door to search.

Seeing that the people from the government were leaving, Duan Nian raised his hand to stop the people who wanted to speak, and asked people to quickly close the door, signaling everyone not to make extra moves, so as not to reveal flaws.

It wasn't until the sound of the government's search gradually faded away and it had already left the street, that Duan Nian asked people to notify Situ Junfeng and Yunmo in the secret passage of the well to come out.

"It's so dangerous, it's really thanks to Uncle Duan today."

Yunmo hugged his fists and thanked Duan Nian, although he and Situ Junfeng were hiding in the well, they could still hear the voices above, so they probably knew what was going on.

"I can't thank you, we were originally here to protect the young master. It's just that in this situation, it may be dangerous for the young master to stay in Yunzhou Mansion any longer. ”

Duan Nian smiled and waved his hand, and then looked at Situ Junfeng who was sitting on the side.

"This is also what I'm worried about now, with Pei Guangqing's shrewdness, I should have guessed that it was my people who sneaked into his mansion. Now he's going to lock down the city like this, just to find me.

It seems that this Yunzhou Mansion can't stay for a long time. ”

Situ Junfeng was silent for a moment, agreeing with Duan Nian's idea.

"But young master, now that the outside investigation is so strict, we can't get out."

Yunmo also understands that it is safest to leave Yunzhou Mansion and hide in the surrounding counties or mountains and forests now. But judging by the current investigation efforts, they are likely to not even be able to get out of the city gate, and they will be discovered.

"If you want to get out of the city, you can't rush for a while, now is the time when Pei Guangqing is the most rigorous investigation, and going out at this time is to throw yourself into the net. Let's hide here for a few days, and when the city can't be found for a long time, and the guards are tired, let's find a way to sneak out of the city. ”

Situ Junfeng smiled at Yunmo, and then looked at Duan Nian.

"Duan Nian, I will be tired these days, and you will pay more attention to the movements of the government."

"The young master is polite, please take refuge here for a few days with peace of mind, and when the guards in the city are relaxed, I will send the young master to leave Yunzhou Mansion safely."

Duan Nian gave a salute to Situ Junfeng, and then went out to arrange things. It's a surprise tonight, there are a lot of follow-up things to arrange, and he has to find a way to pass the news to Duan Zhengming.

In the study of the government of Yunzhou Mansion, Pei Guangqing had already changed his clothes and came to the study to listen to the search results of the yacha.

"My lord, so far, I have searched one-fifth of the city, and now I have found nothing."

Master Chai said the news he had just collected and said to Pei Guangqing.

"Let them speed up, be sure to search the whole city, and then carry out surprise searches from time to time, so that the 'thieves' must not have a chance to hide."

Rubbing his eyebrows, Pei Guangqing beckoned to Chai Zhushu, beckoned it to his side, and lowered his voice.

"By the way, do you have someone to pass on the news to your master? What does the other party say? ”

"My lord, they said that we should investigate in the open, they are hidden in the shadows, once they find the three princes and others, they will solve them, and they will never have to worry about the future. My lord, they also said that this is the meaning of the second prince. ”

Chai Zhushu approached Pei Guangqing's ear and said in a low voice.

Pei Guangqing listened to his words and immediately turned his head to look at him, and Chai Zhushu quickly nodded, indicating that what he said was true.

"Hey, it's ruthless! Yes, it is necessary to follow such a master in order to jointly seek hegemony, but the current prince is too weak, and there is no support from the maternal forces. It seems that my Pei's vision is still good. ”

Pei Guangqing touched the short beard on his chin and nodded with a smirk.

"But my lord, is this really not going to implicate us? After all, the third prince came to our Yunzhou Mansion on the emperor's order, if this was really assassinated in our realm, would the emperor blame us? ”

After thinking about it, Master Chai was still a little worried. After all, it is still the emperor who is in charge of the dynasty now, not the second prince, and when it is really time to be held accountable, it is difficult to guarantee that the second prince will not abandon the car to protect the handsome, and they will be the unlucky ones at that time.

"Don't worry, we have what the second prince and Prime Minister Chen need here, and they will not dare to give up ours easily."

Thinking of the iron mine and secret weapon workshop in his hands, Pei Guangqing's confidence is very sufficient.

"That's what your lord said! Hehe......"

Immediately understood what Pei Guangqing meant, and Chai Zhushu immediately laughed......

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