The thin man Li Tiaoyuan is the criminal master of the Cangwu County Order, and he is the first confidant of the county order.

And the old man who asked him to serve carefully today was Zhou Youliang, who was sentenced by the governor of Liangguang.

Zhou Youliang came to Cangwu County this time to arrest the Jiangyang thief White Ape.

Eight years ago, there was a Jiangyang thief wearing a white ape mask in the Guangzhou government, who specialized in robbing the rich and noble, robbing the rich and helping the poor.

Later, Li Shizhen, who was the prefect of Guangzhou at the time, set a trap and ensnared the white ape, and was sentenced to death after the autumn.

After the white ape was beheaded, in addition to the people who had received his favor, they secretly thought of his goodness, but the people did not dare to tell his deeds at all.

Seven years have passed like this, and a year ago, a mysterious person wearing a white ape mask appeared again in Cangwu, under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture.

Ten miles and eight townships near Cangwu County, because the government is incompetent, the people are not happy, in addition to being exploited by the government, the people are often robbed by a group of bandits nearby.

Every autumn harvest, the bandits go down the mountain, grab grain and kill people, and do all kinds of evil.

The leader of the bandits, the bandit number 13 Taibao, has dozens of guns under his hands, although the government has surrounded and suppressed, but in addition to exploiting the people a large amount of silver, he didn't even see the shadow of the bandit and went home.

The first time the white ape struck, he single-handedly broke into Dayu Ridge, ambushed for two days and two nights, and finally when the Thirteen Taibao went down the mountain to rob, Thunder shot and killed him under the knife at the cost of serious injuries.

The white ape killed all the bandits in Dayuling, and the cottage was also burned to the ground.

Then the white ape disappeared for three months.

Three months later, when the white ape reappeared, it was in Cangwu County.

The eldest man of the Huang family, known as the Yellow Half City, was beheaded by the sudden appearance of a white ape when he was listening to a play in the restaurant.

The white ape then left a roll of white cloth, threw it on Master Huang's corpse, and floated away.

There are bold people, who have the courage to lift the white cloth, and it is written that Master Huang colluded with the Dayuling bandits and robbed the passing merchants.

In the following half a year, the white ape shot many times, picking out those who did many evil deeds, and the Guangzhou government has jurisdiction over a state of fourteen counties, and every once in a while, there will be news of the white ape committing crimes.

The news reached the ears of Li Shizhen, who had been promoted to the governor of Liangguang because of his merits, and he was greatly enraged.

The death of the white ape under his rule was one of his many political achievements, and after eight years, a white ape appeared again.

In the ears of political opponents, it is indispensable to be accused of killing good people and taking meritorious deeds.

Li Shizhen was furious and sent his subordinates to sentence Zhou Youliang and ordered him to catch the white ape within three months.

After Zhou Youliang got the order, he took people to Cangwu County non-stop, secretly met with the Cangwu County Order, and laid a net here.

Li Tiaoyuan poured Zhou Youliang a full bottle of wine again, and said meaninglessly: "The little one still hasn't figured it out, why are adults so sure that the white ape will be ambushed by this?" ”

Zhou Youliang glanced at Li Tiaoyuan with a smile, and the white ape was in the middle of the ambush, which made him feel very good.

"In this world, there is no case that cannot be solved," Zhou Youliang picked up the wine glass, but did not drink it, looked at the crystal wine in the wine glass, and said:

"I went through many files of the white ape and found that he committed 37 major crimes within a year."

"The wicked people who died in his hands include peddlers and pawns, businessmen who are very rich, and there are also talented people, high-ranking officials and nobles, and the government searches Guangzhou Mansion poorly, but there is no trace of him, have you ever thought about it, why?"

Facing Zhou Youliang's question, Li Tiaoyuan shook his head blankly.

"The white ape is not a fairy, it can not eat or drink, as long as it is a human being, it still exists in the world, eating and drinking Lazar will always leave clues."

Zhou Youliang shook the wine glass in his hand and said: "I have a perfect system for taking care of my body, and I need to be guided by the road when I travel far away, and I need to check the waist card in and out, especially after the white ape committed the crime, the inspection of various major roads is unprecedented. ”

"Even so, the white ape can still walk freely in the counties and commit crimes calmly, which can only show that he is actually hiding among us."

Listening to Zhou Youliang's analysis, Li Tiaoyuan was thoughtful.

The Qing Dynasty's body sticker system, that is, the waist card, is equivalent to each person's identity certificate, the front will be detailed to burn the surname, ministry, residence, birthdate, place of origin, length, appearance, the back of the burning agency and date, every three years.

In this era of inconvenient transportation, the photo sticker is the only way for the people to enter and exit the checkpoint, once they commit a crime, they can follow the map and trace their family roots.

And the special industry is the ship household waist card, the warehouse waist card, the salt waist card and so on.

The government even stipulates that all provinces and localities and villages and towns under Weizhou County should set up a first-class chief for every ten families, and a first-class general for every hundred families, to inspect thieves and spies.

Those who have a suspicious face and no waist card have nothing to hide under such a strict supervision system.

After the white ape committed the crime, although the counties strengthened the examination of entry and exit, and the arrest was even more patrolling the township, there was no clue.

Zhou Youliang said proudly: "In another direction, if the white ape is hidden among us, entering and leaving the city on weekdays, and has a legal identity, it will naturally be able to get out of the search again and again." ”

"However, when he assassinated those people in the government, he did it many times in the blue sky and daylight, that is, he entered the city through the checkpoint in the bright light."

Li Tiaoyuan's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhou Youliang with amazement: "Could it be..."

"The waist card he holds is fake."

Zhou Youliang said affirmatively: "The Guangzhou government has always had to register when entering and exiting the checkpoints, and I asked people to check the records of all the white apes entering and exiting the checkpoints on the day of the crime, and after careful screening, I really found out a few identities that were not on the register." ”

Zhou Youliang also guessed that every time the white ape made a move, he was fighting alone, and there would be no organization behind it.

Then if you want to get a fake waist card, you must go through some dark channels.

"Imitation and sticking, even if the people in the government have that guts, the white ape will not look for them, so he doesn't have many options left."

Zhou Youliang stretched out his chopsticks and took a bite of food for himself, chewing carefully: "As for those who dare to forge a photo sticker in the lower nine ranks, when the government really exerts its strength, a few people will be able to escape the search." ”

Pointing to the wine shop in the distance, Zhou Youliang said: "The people inside have been replaced by my people, the whole street is covered with eyeliner, as long as the white ape appears, it is equivalent to entering an ambush." ”

"Your Excellency is so clever." Li Tiaoyuan was convinced.

Upstairs in Mingyue, the two of them were pouring and drinking, and the sound of gunshots and screams was heard far away in the middle of the night.

Seeming to feel Li Tiaoyuan's nervousness, a trace of disdain flashed in the depths of Zhou Youliang's eyes, and he put down his wine glass and said: "The gunman who came from Guangzhou Mansion with me this time, although he is an elite soldier of the Green Battalion, but for a martial arts master like Bai Ape, unless he is caught off guard, it will have little effect." ”

Seven steps away the gun is fast, seven steps inside the punch is fast, it's not just talking.

In this era when firearms are still very primitive, a boxer who has learned martial arts is enough to shoot down the gun in your hand or even kill the gunman the moment you pull the trigger.

The only way to deal with these big boxers is to fill them with human lives.

Dozens of rounds, hundreds of firearms in a volley, no flesh and blood can resist.