Small word alley.

It is already night in the capital, and there are many lights on the streets connected outside the alleys, and inns and wine shops are all doing night trading.

The alley has been darkened, and the more well-off people light oil lamps, ordinary candles, and those who want to save more money, but there is no light in the house.

Wantang led people to arrive, and according to the agreement with Xu Jian, several entrances and exits of the alley were blocked, and even the alley next door was left with manpower.

At the agreed time, Wantang asked people to light torches.

He personally led the team and knocked on the door from the first room.

"Guard the yamen to track down the fugitives, open the door quickly."

A rough voice sounded in the alley, and in a short time, several doors opened.

Then, the chickens and dogs crowed, and the whole alley became lively.

"Official, didn't you just come to ask yesterday?"

"Those thieves are very cunning, prevent them from killing a horse pistol, and the people who are serious don't have to worry."

"That's right, big guys are cooperative, let's leave after checking, and we won't delay your sleep."

"If you want me to say, the capital is so big, the officials searched here, and the thieves ran there, it is very difficult to search!"

"We have to search from above, we are also working and eating, and we must not be lazy."

"Move quickly, there are still seven or eight alleys to search in one night, and it's too late to grind."

The common people are cowardly officials, and they are all honest people who make a living honestly at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the serious atmosphere in Beijing in recent times is also well understood.

In addition, I was searched once yesterday, and I know what the process is, so I am very cooperative.

Open the door of the courtyard, let the official take the portrait and compare it, and let you see the places in the house where people can be hidden.

Wan Tang commanded while reminding loudly: "Check carefully, be careful with your hands, don't break other people's things, and let the outside say that we are guarding the yamen, a group of big bosses!"

If you dare to be hairy, let me know that I will whip you with a few whips!

By the way, after checking yesterday, I immediately told me what was missing in the house and what I fell!"

"My family is fine."

"It's the same at home, I haven't fallen and I'm not missing."

Someone answers, and someone responds.

With such words in the past, even if he was annoyed by the repeated searches of the government, he acted more obediently.

Even those who have not yet been searched have opened the door in advance, and the family is waiting in the courtyard.

In one of the rooms, it was still dark.

The sound of the neighbors opening the door came in.

A young woman came in and whispered to the table, "The alley outside the back door is also guarded, and you can't get out. What now?"

"Light a candle." That's humane.

At this time, if anyone doesn't open the house, or pretends that no one is at home, it will be particularly eye-catching.

Soon, the candle lit up, reflecting half of the face of the person at the table.

It's mediocre, there are no characteristics, it's just Tong Gonggong.

"You go and open the door first," he told the little woman, "it's just a search in the government, how it was yesterday, and how it is today." You'll panic before they see the problem."

The little woman bowed her head, walked out quickly, and squeaked open the door.

Father-in-law Tong also came out of the house and walked unhurriedly to the yard.

He didn't panic.

The master has Chengxi around him to take care of them, and after leaving the capital, he will plan step by step according to the agreed method.

It's a hard road, but it's not going to be long.

The master needs to leave a liaison in the capital and dispatch people with relationships everywhere, and Father-in-law Tong will take on this responsibility.

To take on this important responsibility, it is not only necessary to win the trust of the master, but also to be born face to face.

In the past few years, Cheng Xi has been in contact with a lot of people, once he is described as having facial features, the notice is posted on the streets and alleys, even if he is dressed in disguise, it cannot be said that he is foolproof.

Father-in-law Tong is much safer.

He left the palace in his early tens, and it has been thirty or forty years.

Even if the saint found out that his real surname was Lao, and he had served Zhang Xuan's servant and master, no one could recognize him at a glance or two.

It's been too long.

A young man and a little old man, how can they be the same?

He has basically not walked outside these years, and the only one who has seen him is Su Chang.

Su Chang runs errands for Su Yi, and the master's great cause depends on Su Yi's efforts, can Su Chang go to the yamen to denounce him?

Without his portrait, no one would recognize him as Father-in-law, as long as he didn't show his timidity.

As for the garrison yamen that was searched for two days in a row......

After checking today, it won't come again tomorrow!

After a short time, Wan Tang brought two of his men in.

This is the note that Fu Guogong showed him

Motioning for one hand to enter the house to check, the other holding a torch illuminated the faces of the old and the young, Wan Tang checked the roster: "Li Qian's?"

Little Women: "Yes."

"Just the two of you at home?" Wantang asked again.

"Yesterday I also told the other officials," replied the little woman, "The man went out to run a business, saying that it would be three or four months before he returned, and he was worried that I would be the only one at home to take care of him, so he asked me to bring my father, and the father and daughter would take care of them."

Wan Tang looked at Gonggong Tong and took the roster in his hand: "Your name is Qian Guang."

Father-in-law Tong nodded: "Yes, my hometown is in Yongcheng, and I arrived in Beijing yesterday."

"Yongcheng people?" Wan Tang raised his eyebrows, "Say a few words of Yongcheng to hear?"

Father-in-law Tong thought about it, opened his mouth and said a few words, "The official is hard" and "The official is very lucky".

Wan Tang smiled, looked at the father and daughter a few more times, and said, "I'll turn left and right."

The little woman breathed a sigh of relief.

Father-in-law Tong looked out the door.

The other door was also being questioned, and the torches were lit, and there was a family standing, and when he looked over, he met the eyes of a woman and a woman there.

Father-in-law Tong was stunned.

Who's that?

A mother-in-law who looks like this at the door?

At first glance, it looks familiar, but when you think about it, it seems to be a little familiar......

Father-in-law Tong was shocked, and subconsciously took half a step back, wanting to stay away from the torchlight.

A thought crossed his mind, reminding him that something wasn't quite right.

Could it be that the garrison yamen once again checked the small word alley, not where to point or where, but to target?

Are they coming for him?

There is no portrait of him in the yamen, so the woman is here to recognize people?

No.

No one should know him, and he doesn't know the woman......

Just a little familiar, where had he ever seen her?

For a while, Father-in-law Tong had no answer.

Unease came to his mind, and he could only hint that he couldn't panic.

He has a fake beard, a coarse cloth coat, and a slumped back, how can he be so easy to recognize?

In the courtyard opposite, the woman observed for a moment.

The mother-in-law is the grandmother of the He family.

Speaking of which, she hadn't seen the little mouse for decades, that is, when the county lord asked a while ago, she pondered for a long time, and could barely recall the facial features of the little chamberlain.

But after all, it's been too long, who knows what a little mouse will look like when he's older?

"It seems to be him," Grandma He's tone was uncertain, "Removing the beard, being younger, seems to be a little interesting."

Lin Yunyan stood behind the door panel, facing the He family's grandmother, but the people in the courtyard on the opposite side couldn't see her.

Tonight, they suffer because they don't know anyone.

Su Chang recognized it, but it was not a good idea to let him recognize people.

First, if this is Li Du's strategy, he wants to catch the ghost and deliberately attract people to the small word alley, then Su Chang, a chess piece that has surrendered, will be exposed.

After that, it would be impossible for them to obtain information about Su Yi through Su Chang.

Moreover, what if Su Chang jumps back again?

Let Su Chang clearly know that it was Xu Jian who robbed him twice, and it was also Xu Jian who stared at the house early in the morning before the accident in Chenmi Hutong, and it was Xu Jian who sat back and watched Li Shao being searched out by the two yamen there.

This is undoubtedly a hindsight for the two of them.

Therefore, Lin Yunyan went to invite the He family's grandmother, and before Wantang took people into the alley, she first entered the house through the back door of the alley next door.

They gave the money, explained that they had identified the fugitives from the house opposite, and stayed here.

Seeing that it was an old man, a young man and two daughters, the hostess of the house was very enthusiastic, muttering to them to introduce the neighbors opposite.

"The man's name is Li Jincai, and he said that he was doing some small business, and he was not at home for half of the tenth."

"It's okay to earn it, his daughter-in-law Li Qian buys a bunch of food and drink, and occasionally changes some jewelry."

"I asked her why she didn't save some money to have a baby, and she said that men have few days at home, and they were afraid that it would not be safe for the money to be stored at home, so they would put it in the money bank except for daily food and clothing."

"I didn't hear that Li Jincai was going to go far away, but he left suddenly, it seems that he will be going to go for several months, and yesterday Li Qian brought his father here."

"I just said that I came from such a long distance, and my daughter-in-law also said that maybe the people themselves knew that they were going to go far away, and they had arranged it a few months in advance, but they didn't tell the neighbors, it turned out that the father was a fugitive!"

"Grab it! Hurry up and arrest them all, otherwise people will be panicked every day."

When the opposite door opened, Mama He was observing.

It's just that the previous end was too dark to see clearly, and when Wan Daren entered, the guard's torch shone on the little old man's face, and it was clear.

"I think so." Mama He made a judgment.

Lin Yunyan bowed slightly.

It's best if Mama can recognize it, but it can't be confirmed, but it doesn't necessarily mean that she can't cheat.

She came out from behind the door, turned her head to look over, smiled at the corner of her lips, and looked at the little old man.

Under the light of the torch, the little old man is older than Lin Yunyan's imagined father-in-law, and it should be the relationship between the beard and the posture.

As soon as the two sides looked at each other, she was keenly aware that the little old man's face stiffened.

Lin Yunyan smiled again, smiling meaningfully.

The back of the child's neck is cold.

He was still wondering who the woman was, but he didn't expect that there was a person hiding behind the door panel on the opposite side.

That's the county lord of Ning'an.

He recognized it at a glance.

The county lord will be here, which proves that the search is for him tonight.

What to do?

Instinct made him want to run, but his legs were nailed to the ground.

Wan Tang is just a few steps on the side, with his own arms and legs, can he run more than 10,000 commanders?

What's more, the entire alley is now full of officials.

Is it easy to get caught?

Father-in-law Tong was unwilling, but he still saved a trace of luck.

He knew the lord of the county, and the lord of the county did not recognize him.

That mother-in-law, that mother-in-law......

Father-in-law's eyes widened suddenly, and he remembered.

It's her!

She was a cook who worked in the imperial dining room in the past!

Before Master Zhang passed away, he went to the imperial dining room to order food, but the housekeeper ignored it, and a cook took advantage of the evening to make a simple message for him before the fire stopped.

At that time, Master Zhang ate so deliciously.

Looking back, Master Zhang himself knew, and while wiping his tears, he said that he should go back to serve His Highness, and he must take care of His Highness, and said that this dish was the most satisfying she had eaten in recent years......

However, this cook has already left the palace, how can she be with the county lord of Ning'an after decades?

Decades, can the cook really recognize him?

A few thoughts rolled through his mind, and Grandpa Tong took a deep breath.

needs to be identified, indicating that it was not the cook who revealed his identity.

Who, exactly?

Who betrayed him?!

Father-in-law Tong is desperate to find an answer.

The master had no choice but to break out of the shell, and Father-in-law Tong hid here after leaving the long-lived house.

Li Jincai followed his master, and Tong's father-in-law borrowed the identity of his mother-in-law's father Qian Guang to live in Xiaozi Hutong, and yesterday the yamen came to check and it went well, I thought that I was hiding from the world, but the result was ......

What went wrong?

He went out this morning to visit Master Ding.

Could it be that Lord Ding promised to continue to contribute to his master on the surface, but in fact betrayed them?

Still is......

Or Su Chang?

When he came back, he did pass by West Street, but he didn't pass by the spice shop, could it be that he was still seen by Su Chang?

Su Chang sold him to the Auxiliary Duke and the Garrison Yamen?

Was it Su Chang who betrayed, or did even Su Yi see the wind and rudder?

The huge waves in his heart were surging, and the fear of being arrested had been overshadowed, and Father-in-law Tong was full of satisfaction with only the worry of his master.

Su Chang betrayed, and all the things that Su Yi arranged through his hands after the discussion will be exposed.

Su Yi also betrayed, and the master was in danger!

In any case, he has to leave some messages, and he can't let his master know about it!

On the side, Wan Tang, who was looking east and west, had actually been paying attention to Tong Gonggong, and he had a look and an expression in his eyes.

At this moment, seeing the other party's vacillating and anxious appearance, without the county lord confirming with him, Wan Tang also saw that this was the person they wanted to arrest.

Seeing that Tong Gonggong's body moved, Wan Tang pounced directly without saying a word, and caught the person with his backhand.

"Pain, pain, pain! What are you doing, sir?"

"Let go of my daddy!"

Wan Tang moved, and the guards were not ambiguous, and took out a rope to tie up the two of them.

The people were escorted back to the garrison yamen, and the manpower here in Xiaoci Hutong was also withdrawn.

Wan Tang didn't rush to interrogate, but only asked people to pinch the little old man's face and tear off his fake beard with great effort.

Hearing the sound of saluting Xu Jian outside, Wan Tang got up and greeted him out: "Grandpa Guo, Lao Wan has a lot of credit tonight, right?"

It's better than cooperating with Lao Shan.

Lao Shan has cheated him several times.

Xu Jian walked in, followed by Shenchen.

There was a rope in Shenchen's hand, and three people were tied behind him, each with a blue nose and swollen face.

"Who are these?" Wan Tang said curiously.

"They're all in a bunch." Xu replied briefly.

These people live in the alley next door, and the back door of the house where Father-in-law Tong is hiding is facing the back door, thinking that Li Du left a hand, and if Father-in-law Tong has an accident here, they will report it.

Waiting for the garrison yamen to leave, they had a movement, and they were caught by Xu Jian, who was waiting for the rabbit.

As he spoke, Xu Jian walked into the lobby and said hello to the person whose fake beard had been torn off so hard that his skin was red around his mouth.

"Father-in-law," he said, "should I still call you a little mouse?"