The next day, a large-scale search of the mountains began, and three days later, the Song army returned to Hangzhou.

In the Hangzhou Mansion, Zhao Ta pointed to a person in front of him and said lightly: "His name is Fang Gu, he is Fang La's nephew, but he is a few years older than Fang La. ”

Zhao Kai looked at Fang Gu suspiciously: "Second brother, are you serious?" I still think that if he is caught, it is Fang La, and the pseudo-queen and pseudo-prince ministers all died in front of him, how can it be a stand-in? ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and said: "This Fang La only has a crude jade seal on his body, and he doesn't have the token of the Ming Sect Master, this is the biggest loophole, and Fang La's own martial arts are strong, but when he was arrested, he couldn't even commit suicide, isn't it a joke?" ”

Zhao Kai retorted: "Maybe he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is ruthless in killing others, but he can't kill himself?" As for what Demon Sect tokens are as important as jade seals? I think this is true, or hurry back to Beijing to resume your life! ”

Zhao Ta smiled slightly: "Third brother, this Fang La is a figure who comes and goes, flying up and down, if the real golden cicada escapes from the shell, and then gathers some demon thieves who have slipped through the net, can you start again and sneak into Tokyo to take revenge?" Don't forget, you also have a part in this encirclement and suppression! ”

"How can I be afraid of this kind of grass!" Zhao Kai said disdainfully, and suddenly remembered in his heart that he saw corpses all over the field and flesh flying on Bangyuan Mountain, and his voice was slightly weak: "Since the second brother insists that Fang La is fake, then the identification is, and I am not in a hurry to go back!" ”

Zhao Ta looked at Tong Guan and said: "It's not enough for Fang Gu alone, Tong Shumi, your disciple Mu Shuang and Fang La, also have dealings, so call them to distinguish together." ”

Tong Guan is not steady, if Fang La escapes with the golden cicada's shelling scheme, he will take the troops back to restore his life like this, and hand over a fake Fang La to Emperor Daojun, and if the real Fang La comes out again in the future, he will not be able to eat and walk around.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Tong Guan said busily.

Half an hour later, Hangzhou Prison.

The three of them took all the generals from all walks of life to stand in front of the gate of Fang La's prison.

I saw that at this time, the prison was dim, Fang La was stripped of his robe, chained to the pillar, he stuffed rags in his mouth, but his eyes were wide with anger, looking at the people outside the prison, and making an angry sound of "woo".

Zhao Ta looked at him for a moment, and the other party said, "Go in and have a look." ”

Fang Gu had a weak heart, how could he dare to see Fang La, but Zhao Ta asked him to identify him, but he couldn't help but obey, so he had to be ordered to go into prison.

He lowered his body slightly, and when he went to the front, Fang La saw that it was him and immediately became excited, and the chain "clanged" and made a chaotic sound, so frightened that Fang Gu hurriedly retreated.

Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes: "Remove the rags." ”

The rags in Fang La's mouth were taken off, and he immediately scolded: "Fang Gu, you beast who betrayed your ancestors, you still have the face to come to see me?" ”

Fang Gu panicked, but everyone outside was watching, so he had to say stiffly: "Thirteenth uncle, nephew is also for the good of the Fang family, why do you say you can't do it, you want to rebel?" This is a big crime of the Nine Clans, if it weren't for the nephew's abandonment of the darkness and the light, I'm afraid the Fang family would be completely ruined in your hands. ”

"You damn thing, my family doesn't have a wicked animal like you who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and betrays the clansmen! I can't wait to cut you with a thousand knives to eliminate the hatred in my heart! Fang La spit out a mouthful of blood and sprayed Fang Gu's head and face.

Fang Gu was also angry: "Thirteenth Uncle, you said that you have no shortage of food and drink, and you also have a lacquer garden to operate, what kind of demon sect did you join, and you rebelled and became a traitor, I think you are the one who betrayed the ancestors of the Fang family, I'm sorry for the Fang family, you deserve to die!" ”

Fang La screamed angrily when he heard this, his eyes were bloodshot, and he stretched out his head to bite Fang Gu, so that Fang Gu almost fell.

The two jailers next to him hurriedly came over and held him down, Zhao Ta frowned and said, "Plug your mouth again, Fang Gu, you check carefully!" ”

Seeing that Fang La couldn't move, Fang Gu wiped the cold sweat on his head, and snorted: "I don't care if you are called Uncle Thirteen, you are the rebel Fang La, I will call you Fang La, you traitor can remember when you were a child, you went to the tree to touch the bird, fell and fell to the head, scratching a long wound, and the scalp was turned over at that time......

As he spoke, he went to pick up Fang La's hair, and when he saw that there was indeed a wound that had healed a long time ago, more than three inches long, he hurriedly looked back at Zhao Ta.

Zhao said: "How? ”

Fang Gu said: "Lord Wang, there are indeed scars. ”

Zhao Ta said: "Keep watching!" ”

Fang Gu turned to the side again: "I remember that you thief has a cyan birthmark on his waist!" ”

He looked down and saw that there was a birthmark, shaped like a crescent moon, and he couldn't help but say, "There are too!" ”

Then he scratched his head and turned to the back: "I still remember that you thief once went into the water to fish, and was bitten by a turtle in the back, and that time he screamed in pain, and he didn't dare to lie down at night, and it was a full month." ”

After speaking, he tore the cloth pants behind Fang La, and with a "hiss" sound, Fang La made a "woo" angry sound, and Fang Gu shouted after looking at it: "Lord Wang, there are also old traces of this turtle bite!" ”

Zhao Ta had a gloomy face: "Come out!" ”

Even if these scars were the same as Fang Gu's memory, he still didn't believe that this was Fang La, but even these traces of his childhood could be made, and he was afraid that Fang Gu wouldn't be able to check anything anymore, after all, Fang La could not answer when asked about secret and private matters, and could only be screened by looking at his appearance.

At this time, Tong Guan said to Lin Chong standing in the shadows outside the prison: "Can you see the truth or falsehood? ”

Lin Chong's heart was pounding, when Fang La took down the gag rag just now, he was afraid that he would find out that he had called out his name, so he couldn't wait to leave this prison immediately, and hurriedly said: "The disciple looks at the appearance and voice right, it should be Fang La...... However, the disciple did not have much contact with this thief chieftain, so what he said may not be correct. ”

He wished that Fang La would die immediately, but he really couldn't tell if this was Fang La, so he talked and shirked it.

Tong Guan looked at Zhao Ta and said, "Lord Wang, this ......"

Zhao Ta looked inside, only to see that Fang La was also looking at him, he sneered: "A fake is a fake, you Xibei really think that this king has no choice!" ”

Fang La's eyebrows moved, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhao Ta turned his head to look at Yao Pingzhong and said, "Xiyan, did I let the person you find bring it?" ”

Yao Pingzhong stepped forward and said: "Lord Wang, only two of the five have been found, and the remaining three are missing, and they should have left Hangzhou." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "Two is enough, they can corroborate each other!" ”

Zhao Kai wondered: "Second brother, who are you looking for this time?" ”

Zhao Ta whispered a word, everyone was stunned, and then showed a look of sudden realization, Tong Guan said: "The prince is really good, with these two people, I'm afraid it's true or false!" ”

Zhao Kaipi said with a smile: "The second brother is really skilled, this kind of thing can be thought of, or I underestimate the second brother!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "How can I compare with the third brother, Zhilan Yushu makes Fengyue, and the ten-mile flower field is famous!" ”

Zhao Kai's face immediately darkened and was silent, everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and lowered their heads one after another.

Yao Pingzhong went out to call someone, and two women came in a moment, dressed in cloth and hairpins, and their faces were covered with black cloth.

These two people are not on the side, they are Fang La's concubines in Hangzhou Qian Palace, Zhao Ta didn't kill these women at that time, they all let them go, a total of five people, and two of them were found at this moment.

If you want to say that the most familiar Fang La in the world must be his wife Shao Yuxian, but Shao Yuxian is dead, even if he is not dead, it is impossible to prove it, Zhao Ta suspects that Shao Yuxian actually knows that this is a fake Fang La, but in order to let the real Fang La escape, such a game is laid down, but the price of this game is really big.

In addition to Shao Yuxian, the most familiar with Fang La is not his son minister, but a few concubines he has in Hangzhou, after all, some things can be faked, but some cannot be faked......

The two women covered their faces, this was ordered by Zhao Ta, after all, they hid their identities and became good family members, and they couldn't break their peaceful lives because of this.

The second daughter saw the ceremony, and then Yao Pingzhong took it into prison.

Fang La was slightly stunned at first when she saw these two women, but then her face began to be bad, as if she had thought of something, and began to struggle desperately on the pillar.

Zhao Ta said lightly: "Light more lamps and candles, you don't have to be taboo about anything, you must watch carefully!" ”

There was a lot of butter and wax burning in the prison, Yao Pingzhong stepped forward to look at Fang La with a cruel smile on his face, Fang La's eyes showed a trace of horror, Yao Pingzhong stretched out his hand and tore it violently......

After a while, the three of them walked out of the gate, and Zhao Ta looked at the second daughter and said, "How?" ”

The two daughters both whispered: "Back to the prince, this is not Fang La in prison!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone exclaimed, and Zhao Kai looked at the second daughter with interest: "You two...... How can you tell? ”

The two women looked at each other for a moment, and then whispered a few words shyly.

Zhao Kai immediately laughed when he heard this, but he couldn't laugh a little without laughing, and his face was ugly.

All the generals also looked gloomy, there was no doubt that these two former concubines of Fang La would not make a mistake in identifying Fang La's authenticity.

This is the person who is closest to him except for Fang La's wife, and it is absolutely impossible to admit the difference.

What these two women said is secret evidence, which is difficult to fake, and it has to be believed, but if you believe it, you have to face the fact that they caught a fake Fang La, and the golden cicada has really escaped from its shell.

Zhao Ta waved his hand, Yao Pingzhong took the second daughter away, and he looked at the crowd: "What do you say?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, Tong Guan took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, it turned out to be true or false, if he went back to his life, in the future, Zhen Fangla would run out and make trouble again, but it would be a big joke.

"Lord Wang, now there is no living mouth in the capital of the big and small thieves, only this fake Fang La......" Tong Guan said cautiously.

Zhao Ta said: "What does Tong Shumi mean...... The only way to do this now is to ask for the real news from this person's mouth? But since he dared to pretend to be a thief chieftain, he had to kill himself before, showing that he was not afraid of death, what could Tong Shumi do? ”

Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said: "The minister believes that he is not afraid of death, but the minister does not believe that he is not afraid of torture, life is better than death under torture, and the minister does not believe that he will not recruit!" ”

Zhao Tan nodded, there is no other way at this moment, but to move, after all, Tong Guan is right, not afraid of death does not mean that he is not afraid of torture, Tong Guan was born in the court, and has led troops for many years, he is extremely good at punishment, and there are few people in the world who are afraid of it.

After that, he was executed immediately, and the jailer inside ripped off the rags in the mouth of the fake Fang La, and asked again, it was true that the fake Fang La still bit his own house, so there was nothing to say, and all kinds of torture instruments were immediately moved over.

Zhao Kai only watched for half an hour before turning around and running away, saying that his head was dizzy, but in fact he couldn't stand this bloody scene, Zhao Ta moved a chair and sat in front of him with his eyes closed.

All the generals are accompanied, after all, time is pressing, and it will be beneficial to the arrest to ask Fang La's movements as soon as possible.

Tong Guan's torture methods are superb, even if more than a dozen kinds of punishment go down, but he did not let this person fall unconscious, at first he gritted his teeth and endured it, then he screamed, and finally wailed.

But every time he stepped forward to ask whether to recruit or not, he still said that he was Fang La, bent on death.

Until it was getting dark outside, Tong Guan didn't interrogate even half a word, so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pot, turning around.

Zhao Ta asked people to prepare meals and send them over, and they ate in prison with everyone, and continued to be tortured and interrogated after eating.

He has been speculating about the true identity of this person in his heart, if he can't tell the true identity of this person and prevent his psychological defense from collapsing, then even if he is tortured to death, he may not confess.

The person who can be a stand-in is not as simple as Tong Guan thought, he will confess under torture and say anything.

This kind of person has extremely strong willpower, and after all kinds of special training, he will even feel less pain than ordinary people.

Fang La is the leader of the Ming Sect and the Emperor of the Holy Prince, and the choice of stand-ins must be selected by thousands of people, but the appearance is not good, and the will, roots, character, and all aspects must be taken into account.

Moreover, the Ming Sect is martial arts, and the training of this stand-in must be strict and strict, so as to ensure that once the substitute dies, it is not only to prevent disasters, at least the real body does not take the initiative to show up, which will make the whole world think that the real body is dead.

Zhao Ta's head hurts a little, it stands to reason that such a similar stand-in, maybe only Shao Yuxian knows that it is fake, and he didn't even see Chen Hoop Bucket, so it is absolutely impossible to hide it silently all the time, at least there should be an identity, he is disguised or masked on weekdays, and he can walk in Mingjiao, and this identity cannot be too low, so it is reasonable.

Otherwise, where would you recognize so many characters? Familiar with so many things? The Ming Sect is so big, it's not enough to just rely on Fang La to tell him!

Zhao Ta smoothed out his head little by little, and began to think from the flag bearer, this person's level cannot be too low, not to mention the large number of flag bearers, the power is not so big, and many places are not allowed to go.

Could it be a scattered person? This is possible, but the identity of the Sanren is still a little insufficient, and the Sanren and the Dharma King can open their doors outside and recruit disciples and believers on their own, so it is a little wrong, this person will not leave Fang La too far since he is a stand-in, otherwise it will lose its meaning.

So the Lightmaker? Zhao Ta suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the people in the prison.

Could it be a messenger of light?

There are four light envoys in the Ming Sect, which are divided into front and back, left and right.

The left envoy is the Seven Buddhas of Fang and the next leader of the Ming Sect.

The right envoy is he, and the number of Uighur Mingjiao is counted.

The former envoy is Shenlong Jiu Chen Fan, whose whereabouts are unknown at the moment.

Queen...... Who is the Queen?

On the list of the leaders of the Central Plains Ming Sect that Liyan Nazha gave him, the Empress of Light did not have a name.

Riyanaza explained that the Queen of Light is the shadow of the Sect Master, and it is to protect the existence of the Sect Master at special times, and it can be risked for her life, so she does not need a name.

The shadow of the Master? Zhao Ta thought of this and stood up suddenly, isn't the shadow of the sect leader the other side of the sect leader? In other words, it can also be a stand-in for the Master!

He stepped forward and walked into the prison, but Tong Guan was puzzled and hurriedly followed.

Zhao Ta came to this person, although this person was covered in bruises, he was still awake, and at this time, a pair of bloody eyes stared at Zhao Ta.

Zhao Ta looked at his eyes and said word by word: "I know who you are!" ”

This person's face was already numb, but when he heard this, he tried to move the corners of his mouth, squeezed out a sneer, and spit out a few words weakly: "I...... It's Fang La......"

Zhao Ta shook his head, and the corners of his mouth also showed a smile: "You are not you Fang La, you are the light-Ming-queen-envoy of the Ming Sect!" ”

As soon as he spoke, the man's sneer immediately stiffened, his eyes looked at Zhao Ta, and he gradually lost his mind, as if he didn't believe that these words came out of Zhao Ta's mouth.

Zhao Ta continued: "You are the Empress of Light, the shadow of the Ming Sect Master, and you are also ...... Fang La's stand-in! ”

The man's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't, and his eyes rolled suddenly, and he passed out.

"Lord Wang......" Tong Guan was overjoyed when he saw this, he knew that Zhao Ta was right, this person's willpower was extremely strong, and he had been tortured but he had always remained sober, although he had his means in it, but this person himself was also working, but at this moment, he was clearly hit by Zhao Ta's words, and his heart broke the defense, and his mental will collapsed instantly, and he passed out.

Zhao Ta nodded, let out a sigh, and then turned around and walked out, saying as he walked: "Don't let him die, wake up and ask where Fang La went." ”

Tong Guan nodded, since this person's will was destroyed, it would be much easier to make him confess......

Zhao Ta returned to the Hangzhou Mansion, went to the guest room for dinner, and left at midnight.

On the morning of the second day, before he could go to the prison, Tong Guan came to the door.

Seeing Tong Guan's complicated expression, Zhao Ta asked, "Have you confessed?" ”

Tong Guan said: "Lord Wang, recruit ...... But it was recruited, this person's real name and surname, and the identity of the Demon Sect were recruited, and he was indeed the queen of light. ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and wondered, "Where did Fang La go?" ”

Tong Guan smiled bitterly: "This person doesn't know where Fang La went, he said that Fang La would never tell him this kind of thing, even if he was tortured again, he couldn't say it." ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin when he heard this: "The truth is so, but he can't be ignorant, Fang La can hand over his wife and children to him, and let him decide whether to kill or not to kill in the end, then he will definitely know something!" ”

Tong Guan said: "This person said...... Fang La had been looking at the map before leaving, he paid attention to Fang La's eye expression, saw that he had stopped in four places and pondered, suspecting that Fang La had gone to one of the four places on the map. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Tan frowned and said, "Which four places?" ”

Tong Guan said: "He said that Fang La's first look was Hebei. ”

Zhao Ta said: "Hebei Tianhu? The two of them had dealt with each other before, but it was possible. ”

Tong Guan nodded and said: "The minister is also thinking about Tian Hu, this person said that Fang La's second sight of the Taizhou seaside, the minister pondered that it should be the Xianju Lu master's bag." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Lu Shisang is the head of the Ming Sect, but he joined the sect late, and he is not close to the Ming Sect General Altar. ”

Tong Guan said: "Fang La may not have known that the thief department of Lu Shi Nang had been broken up by the ministers, and Lu Shi Nang only ran into the sea with a few dozen people, if he knew it at this moment, he would not go again." ”

Zhao Ta pondered for a moment and said, "Where is the third place?" ”

Tong Guan said: "That person said that it seems to be Guangnan West Road, and it seems to be Jinghu South Road, he is not sure about this, after all, the two are adjacent."

Zhao Ta said: "It's not Guizhou's Gao Jiu Change, or Dongting's Zhong Laoqi, these two are both thieves and thieves, Wang Qing put Luzhou for a while, these two and Song Jiangtian Hu, they all brought people to help!" ”

Tong Guan continued: "The fourth place is due west, according to the man, it seems to be ...... It seems to be in the West Sea or among the mountains to the south, and the minister thinks that this should be the place where Fang La feels that there is no place to take refuge and finally wants to die. ”

Zhao Ta said: "If you don't take refuge, it's really safe to go to Tubo, after all, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and my Great Song Army can't reach it. ”

Tong Guan said: "What the prince said is extremely true. ”

Zhao Ta pondered for a moment, and immediately called Zhao Kai and the generals to discuss the matter.

Hearing the fake Fang La's confession, Zhao Kai was puzzled: "How can there be so many places to go, that person can't be lying, right?" ”

Tong Guan said: "The minister has interrogated carefully, that person has broken his will, his heart is like ashes, and he doesn't look like a lie, and if he really lies, just say two places casually, and he won't pull any map." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "As long as he says the place, we will inevitably pursue it, there is really no need to pull any maps, waste energy and scheming." ”

Zhao Kai said: "So what's the right now?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Although Fang La has been away for a few days, he still has to send troops to chase him, the various prefectures have already issued official documents for sea fishing, and the prefectures, counties and countryside are full of his portraits, how far can he go?" ”

Zhao Kai said: "Even so, where he doesn't leave the crowd, isn't it like looking for a needle in a haystack to pursue it?" ”

Zhao Ta looked at him: "The third brother can talk to the official family about this." ”

Zhao Kai said stupidly: "It's just chasing, I didn't say I wouldn't chase!" ”

Zhao Ta ordered someone to spread the map of the army on the table, and said: "Although that person said that there are four possibilities, in fact, there are five places, Hebei Tianhu, Xianju Lu Shinang, Guizhou Gao Jiubian, Dongting Lake Zhong Lao, and ...... Tibetan tribes. ”

Zhao Kai frowned at this time and pointed to Tubo's position: "How do you chase here?" From western Zhejiang to Tubo, you can take several military routes, who knows which one Fang La will take? ”

Zhao Ta said: "I'll send troops to chase after Tubo!" ”

Zhao Kai immediately said: "Then I will go to chase the direction of Tianhu in Hebei, after all, this king has conquered Tianhu and is familiar with the road...... However, if I chase over there and don't see Fang La, I'll go back to Beijing directly! ”

Zhao Ta said: "I didn't catch Fang La, how can you get back to the official family?" ”

Zhao Kai said angrily: "That king will be stationed in Hebei for a while, and after you haven't caught Fang La, go back together." ”

Zhao Ta smiled and said, "How does the third brother know that Tong Shumi and I can't catch the thief chief?" ”

Zhao Kai snorted coldly.

Tong Guan looked at the two and said, "Which way is the minister going?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "I don't have many soldiers here, Guizhou and Dongting Lake are thieves' nests, and they need to be subdued by a large team of military horses, so Tong Shumi will take those two roads, as for Lu Shinang, although the army is defeated, he still has to go and see, there is not too many people and horses, and the prince will just go once." ”

Tong Guan said yes, and then began to arrange, leaving 50,000 troops to guard the Liangzhejiang Road, searching for the remnants of the thieves, to prevent the remnants of the Ming Sect from making chaos, and then he took all the soldiers to Dongting Lake, and asked Liu Yanqing to take all the way to Guizhou.

Zhao Ta left 10,000 men to guard the city of Hangzhou, and asked Yao Pingzhong and Zhang Xian to lead 20,000 troops and horses to Tubo to search along the road.

When the two of them were leaving, he secretly confessed and asked the two of them to take advantage of this opportunity to go westward to Hongjue Temple in Niutou Mountain, Jiangning, and transport all the huge amounts of gold, silver and jewelry to the Longyou Protectorate, and then ask Wu Song to obey his orders.

A few days later, Zhao Ta took Du Yan, Wu Song, a hundred blood-colored vanguard regiments, and three thousand cavalry, and went straight to Xianju......

(End of chapter)