Chapter 32: One Step Slower
As soon as the sky lit up, the black-clothed guards who temporarily lived in Pangjiazhuang and the black-clothed guards who stayed in the county government of Xinyue County all got up early, and hurriedly escorted the Qin prisoners on the road after breakfast, striving to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible.
Whether it is Shao Zhonggong or Wu Zhao who led the team, even Jing Xiu, or other ordinary secret guards, they didn't sleep well this night, and some even had insomnia, who didn't worry about those princes who took the night to save people?
No matter how stupid people are, they know that their fate is their own, and if they want to live longer, they have to be cautious, so everyone is vigilant and vigilant at night, and fortunately the night is safe.
The group of people in charge of Lang Wei Wu Zhao safely and smoothly escorted the Qin prisoners back to the imperial capital, put the Qin prisoners in prison, and strictly guarded them, which was a sigh of relief.
After that, Wu Zhao stayed in the official office, Lang Wei Tang Qing patrolled the city, and the other two Lang Wei Shen Qing and Guan Yunshan each led their headquarters out of the city and went to Pangjiazhuang to welcome the triumphant return of Shao Zhonggong.
Shao Zhonggong happily led a large group of people back to the imperial capital, but because of the Qin prisoners, more than a dozen members of the Pang family, and more than a dozen cars of the Pang family's property, the speed of the march was slow.
But he is not in a hurry, anyway, the credit can't be lost, as long as he returns to the imperial capital safely, everything will be fine, so he is not in a hurry.
When the nearby villagers heard that Pang's house was raided, they all came to see the excitement, and Pang Hua Pang usually oppressed the villagers and did a lot of evil things.
Some bold villagers even knelt down to thank them, calling Shao Zhonggong the Qingtian master who eliminated harm for the people, which made Shao Zhonggong's body and bones a little lighter.
In this era, reputation is a good thing, Shao Zhonggong not only loves power and silver, but also loves reputation, so he naturally accepted the praise of the people with a cheeky face, and even wrote these contents in the secret fold to the Son of Heaven.
“…… The people said goodbye, complained bitterly about Pang Hua's crimes, knelt down to thank the slave and maid for eliminating harm for the people, and called the master of the blue sky, the slave and maid were ashamed to be, this is the emperor's teaching, and the slave and maid have always remembered in their hearts......"
Well, in terms of shamelessness and sycophancy, Shao Zhonggong is also a master-level master, and when the Son of Heaven saw it, he could only accept this high hat with a smile and scolding.
Halfway through, Shen Qing and Guan Yunshan arrived with a large team of men and horses, escorting the team of Shaozhong Palace back to the imperial capital.
When Cheng Xiaoyun received the news, it was too late to send a killer to intercept and kill, so he could only sigh helplessly, but he didn't have any reaction.
Since this case is related to the prince's rebellion case, the relationship must be cleared up, and Zheng Heng, the unlucky bastard, must evaporate from the world.
This night, the county lieutenant Zheng Heng also lost sleep, thinking that it was just an ordinary civil case, but he didn't expect the black-clothed guard to intervene, and he could only let go, waiting anxiously for Xiaoyun's instructions.
After dawn, Wu Zhao escorted Pang Hua and the others away, although he was half relieved, he still felt inexplicably weak in his heart, until noon, when he received a message from Hu Erniang about Cheng Xiaoyun's appointment, he was relieved.
This matter is considered to be messed up, he is afraid that the Lin family will be angry and abandon him as an outcast, or even be exterminated, but obviously the Lin family did not give up on him, otherwise Cheng Xiaoyun would not have secretly made an appointment with him.
Zheng Heng was waiting for Cheng Xiaoyun in a large private house, this large private house is one of the properties under his name, which is used to support the outer room, and the woman has been driven by him to go shopping on the street, and it will take a while to come back.
He sat on the chair, thinking about how to explain to Cheng Xiaoyun, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, which made him can't help but let out a painful scream.
A small white and soft hand covered his mouth from behind, the force was terrifying, and his face was pressed against a soft body.
As life passed, Zheng Heng smelled a familiar fragrance in his nose, he had seen Hu Erniang a few times before, he was familiar with the fragrance emanating from her, and he also knew that she was Cheng Xiaoyun's right-hand man.
It's a pity that he can't do anything, even if he wants to avenge himself, he can't do anything, and the boundless darkness quickly overwhelms him.
After a while, a short, stout, bearded, and ugly-looking man came out of the room and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Shao Zhonggong returned to the black-clothed guard office, and immediately interrogated the prisoners, the two main criminals couldn't stand the torture of torture, and honestly confessed, the black-clothed guards arrested people according to the list of addresses they confessed, but they were a step too late, and the people had already run away and disappeared, so they could only offer a reward for wanting.
Although the black-clothed guard is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, it is a private soldier of the royal family, and it does not belong to the official establishment of the imperial court.
Don't look at the reward notice of the black guard, it is not the official sea fishing official document of the imperial court, but it is stamped with the badge of the royal family, but it is more authoritative than the official sea fishing official document, and the bounty is high, and it can basically be cashed, which is the favorite of many Jianghu people who make a living by helping the court arrest fugitives.
Pang Hua is just an insatiable and greedy landlord who is afraid of death, and he has not yet been tortured, but he was frightened to death when he saw all kinds of torture instruments in the gloomy torture room, which made the secret guard in charge of the execution cry and laugh, and hurriedly asked Lang Zhong to wake people up, and Shao Zhonggong was still waiting for a confession.
After waking up, Pang Yuanwai honestly explained all the ugly things done by his ancestors for eight generations, to be fair, this unlucky one had nothing to do with the prince's rebellion, and was killed by Cheng Xiaoyun and Zheng Heng.
The two injured were brought by Zheng Heng personally, saying that they were friends in the rivers and lakes, and they were injured in the battle with the enemy, and they temporarily recuperated in Pangjiazhuang for a period of time.
Zheng Heng is the third in command of Xinyue County, a proper person with real power, and he is even more bullish than the second-in-command book, and no matter how good he is, he can ignore the orders of the first-in-command county order, and all kinds of non-cooperation will bring down the county order.
Such a powerful figure, of course, Pang Hua has to fight desperately, how could he refuse Zheng Heng's request?
As for Mr. Cheng, he has only met once, he doesn't know his name, and he doesn't know where he lives, but he is very familiar with Zheng Heng, and his status is very high, even Zheng Heng has to nod his head and flatter him, the cliff is a very valuable big fish.
Shao Zhonggong wanted to catch this big fish very much, so he had to catch Zheng Heng, the county lieutenant, first.
However, not long after the talent set off, some of his subordinates hurriedly came back to report that Zheng Heng had found it, but the person was already dead.
When Jing Xiu rushed over, the secret guards had already blocked the scene, and the experienced case-handling veteran was investigating the scene, looking for clues that the murderer might have accidentally left behind, and someone else was interrogating Zheng Heng's good friend Xiao Taohong.
Xiao Peach Blossom and Yahuan Qiu'er came back from shopping and found that Zheng Heng was dead, and they were so frightened that they came back to their souls for a long time and hurriedly reported the case.
A few arresters happened to be patrolling nearby, and when they received a report from Xiao Taohong, they couldn't help but be stupid, Zheng Heng was a county lieutenant, their top boss, but now he suddenly hung up, what is the situation?