Chapter 191: Peel back the cocoon, the secret of the Jingshi's underground! Punishment, see if you confess!
"It's Du Ying!"
Cao Jixiang frowned: "Which Du Ying?" β
"Deputy Commander of the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses, Du Ying!" Song Qian replied.
Cao Jixiang remembered that there was indeed this person: "Is it the father-in-law of the king of Jingzhou?" Du Ying? β
"Yes, that's him!"
"Why did he buy you a house?" Cao Jixiang asked.
Song Qian hesitated, not daring to speak.
Cao Jixiang had people executed.
"Du Ying got a batch of ordnance from the Beijing camp and wanted to do smuggling."
"This house is in a great location."
"But recently, because the clan has poured in too many dingkou, the housing prices in Jingshi have skyrocketed, and many abandoned old houses have been sold at high prices.
"Some small clans have already gone to live outside the city."
"The villain relies on his father's legacy, and the family still has some savings. I found a few uncles in the army, and they introduced this house. β
"In terms of seniority, the villain still has to call Du Ying uncle."
"At that time, the villain's mouth was worn out, so it was easy to say, and in the end, Du Ying agreed to sell the house to the villain."
"But it's not to sell, but to let the villain take shares and do business together."
"This house was given to the villain......"
Song Qian Luoli is rambling.
Cao Jixiang understood that this house belonged to Du Ying, Du Ying gave it to Song Qian, and dragged Song Qian to do ordnance smuggling together.
To put it bluntly, he used Song Qian as a backing.
"From which battalion did the ordnance flow from?" Cao Jixiang asked.
"The villain doesn't know, Jingtai changed the camp to the army in eight years, and it was all disrupted, and the villain didn't know which battalion it was."
"Who is it?" Cao Jixiang stared at him.
"Du Du Li Shu."
Cao Jixiang frowned, if he remembered correctly, in the battle of Xuanzhen, Li Shu had already fallen and died.
I shouldn't be able to find out.
He couldn't be sure if the man was real or fake.
"That's him, the villain is the ordnance he got from him." Song Qian was very sure, but unfortunately he had no evidence.
"What's there?"
Song Qian said that in addition to firearms, there are all of them.
"Armor, bows and crossbows, too?" Cao Jixiang frowned.
Song Qian nodded.
Cao Jixiang had people record it.
But today is not a problem of smuggling in Chajingying.
It is the problem of privately hiding soldiers in the Chajing division.
"That Du Ying, did you recruit private soldiers?"
Song Qian nodded, and said very vaguely: "The Beijing camp eliminated the old and weak, and some soldiers were eliminated, hehe, naturally they were all absorbed." β
Cao Jixiang didn't understand: "Let's be more detailed." β
Song Qian plucked up his courage: "Adult, the villain said, can you keep the villain's whole family alive?" β
"Ben Du Kebao, say it!" Cao Jixiang was impatient.
"It is Your Majesty's will to transform the Beijing camp into an army and eliminate the old and weak."
"But the real situation is that most of the eliminated soldiers are strong soldiers."
"Even, after the victory of Xuanzhen, the Heavenly Family passed down a holy decree to leave part of the Beijing camp in Xuanzhen, and how many soldiers disappeared in this stay."
"The villain also knows that the army recruits young people every year, but although these young people have military registrations, they are not in the Beijing camp, but appear in the backyard of the family, which is not uncommon."
"Those tough veterans, maybe in a certain battle, the battle report is gone, but I have become the family of the powerful."
"Lord Cao is in charge of the patrol camp, it must be clear, right?"
Song Qianyu is not shocking, and he is endless.
It's almost like to use a bomb to kill Cao Jixiang.
Cao Jixiang's eyes trembled, and his eyes burned: "How do you know this?" β
"The villain is a hereditary military household, and he should have taken his father's position and entered the guard."
"But the villain with ulterior motives harms me!"
"They eat and drink spicy food, but the villain lives in a slumber, why?"
"The villain is not convinced!"
"So the villain dares to say!"
Song Qian kowtowed respectfully.
Cao Jixiang squinted, but he couldn't see through this Song Qian.
Is this Song Qian diverting his attention?
Or is it really dissatisfied with the military household system?
Perhaps, it's both.
"Song Qian, you go with Bendu!"
Cao Jixiang couldn't bear such a big basket.
To bring Song Qian into the palace, wait for the emperor to decide.
Song Qian looked at his family.
"Peace of mind, Ben Du left two people to guard the house, whoever dares to touch your family, Ben Du will kill his whole family!"
Cao Jixiang said: "Let's go, let's go meet this Du Ying for a while!" β
He looked at Song Qian deeply, this Song Qian is not simple.
The stubborn disease in the army, the emperor must be clear, but the emperor is reluctant to uncover this layer, what is the reason?
But Song Qian wants to open the big hole, what is the picture?
Song Qian gritted his teeth and kowtowed to the ground: "I beg the lord to send my family to the patrol camp and prison, so that the villain can feel at ease." β
"Yes!"
Walking out of Song Qian's house, Cao Jixiang stopped and looked back at the house: "Tang Xian, you stay, check carefully, this governor always feels that this Song Qian is wrong." β
"Mark and obey!"
Cao Jixiang led his troops to Du Ying's house.
At this time, Fan Qing was at Du Ying's house.
Du Ying is over seventy years old, but he is not deaf or blind, and his smile is like a spring breeze, entertaining Fan Qing.
Fan Qing is good at dealing with businessmen.
Dealing with these military attachΓ©s, on the contrary, they are tied.
"Lord Du......"
"Just call my brother."
Du Ying said with a smile: "My brother is only a few years older, and when it comes to serving His Majesty, it depends on you young people." β
You're a few years older, but you're in your forties.
Fan Qing sent someone to secretly investigate Du Ying's mansion.
Du Ying's mansion is very large, but there is nothing suspicious.
It's just that his daughter, who is the concubine of the king of Jingzhou, has some connection with Ding Quan, and there is only this clue.
"Brother, if you want to check, you can check it boldly."
Du Ying arched his hand and said: "My Du family is loyal to His Majesty, and I have no two hearts for Daming." β
"The boss is full of strength, and the younger generation admires it."
Fan Qing is waiting for Xiao Wu's feedback.
After chatting for a few more words, Xiao Wu appeared at the door and shook his head at Fan Qing.
Fan Qing stood up: "Lord Xie Du is hospitality, and the juniors retire." β
He didn't dare to hold it up.
Now His Majesty has expanded the territory and reused the lords, and the military attache has been revealed.
So he didn't want to offend the military attachΓ©, no one knew that the Du family would be valued by the emperor one day and soar into the sky.
Du Ying kept it again and again, and sent it all the way to the door of the mansion.
Fan Qing also smiled.
Standing at the door of the mansion, Fan Qing kept saluting with the attitude of a junior.
Dongchang Fanzi, but also talk about human feelings.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves.
Cao Jixiang took the lead, wearing an official robe and a black cloak, agitating in the wind, and his morale was like a rainbow.
Suddenly grabbed the reins, the war horse neighed, flew off the horse, and was in good shape.
Hold up the holy decree from his bosom: "Your Majesty's secret decree, check all the mansions of the Jingshi!" β
Du Ying's face twitched, and he quickly knelt on the ground and said goodbye to the holy decree.
Then he said: "Lord Qiqi Cao, Lord Fan of Dongchang has already checked my house." β
He knew Cao Jixiang.
Cao Jixiang didn't care, and glanced at Fan Qing.
With a cold snort, he stepped directly into Du Ying's mansion.
The patrol camp and the factory guard, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and the case can be handled in coordination, but it must not be related.
The emperor's suspicion is serious.
Factory guards, patrol camps and other institutions dare to collude with each other, that is the old birthday star eating arsenic and looking for death.
Fan Qing's official rank is low, and he salutes Cao auspiciously.
Nor do they speak.
They all know it.
"Du Ying, gather your family, all the panting children, come here and kneel!"
Cao Jixiang looked back, his face fierce: "Listened?" β
Du Ying trembled: "My lord......"
Hello!
Cao Jixiang took out his waist knife and put it on Du Ying's neck: "Ben Du asked you, did you hear it?" β
Du Ying swallowed.
Compared with the easy-to-talk Fan Qing, the patrol camp is really notorious.
Especially Cao Jixiang, who was originally a party of the king of Mobei, didn't know what ecstasy soup was applied to the emperor, but the emperor not only did not kill him, but made him the camp governor of the patrol camp.
"This is the official to do it!" Du Ying complied.
Cao Jixiang glanced at Fan Qing, who hadn't left: Boy, learn a little, you are still too tender to handle the case.
Then he led people into Du Ying's mansion.
The people who patrolled the camp were divided into two teams, one team surrounded Du Ying's house, and the other team followed Cao Jixiang into the mansion.
"My lord, what shall we do?" Xiao Wu looked at the majestic patrol camp and was envious.
"Let's take a look."
Fan Qing didn't understand, did the patrol camp find something?
Otherwise, why are you so unkind to Du Ying?
He walked into the lobby.
I saw Cao Jixiang killing.
Cao Jixiang slashed Du Ying's eldest son with a knife, laughing like a madman: "Du Ying, still don't confess?" β
"My lord, what did you ask the lower official to confess!"
Du Ying cried: "Son, ah...... Lord Cao, you must give justice to the lower officials today, otherwise you ......"
A blood-stained blade rested around his neck.
Cao Jixiang smiled and asked, "Otherwise, what?" β
Du Ying was not afraid: "Otherwise, the lower officials will go to Fengtian Hall to sue you!" Please let Your Majesty call the shots! β
"Humph!"
Cao Jixiang smiled: "You have many sons, carry them to kill!" Kill one more! β
The voice is falling!
Fang Xing slashed his head.
Du Ying's second son was cut off.
The brothers, with their two heads, stared at each other on the ground.
Fan Qing was dumbfounded, is this the way the patrol camp acts? Kill people directly, regardless of reason? Isn't Cao Jixiang afraid of being blamed by the palace?
He thought Gong Hui was a wicked person.
But compared with Gong Hui and Cao Jixiang, they are both great good people.
Cao Jixiang is the real evil.
Du Ying was frightened.
The two sons died in the blink of an eye.
No matter how many sons he has, he can't stand such a killing!
"Go on!" Cao Jixiang sat and drank tea.
Fang Xing grabbed the third son.
"What do you want to know, sir!"
Du Ying was scared of being killed, and kept kowtowing: "What do you want, please say it directly, I Du Ying can do it!" β
"Kill!"
Cao Jixiang flicked his fingers.
Another head fell.
Three sons died.
Du Ying collapsed: "What the hell are you going to do!" β
Cao Jixiang moved his fingers and asked Fang Xing to pull Du Ying's last son out.
Du Ying had six sons and eight daughters.
But there were two sons, who had died, and only four remained.
Now, that's all that's left.
A lone seedling in his fifties.
When dragged out, the person lay on the ground and was dragged out of a humanoid path.
Fang Xing was disgusted and kicked him twice.
It turned out that this man had been scared to death!
"What a fucking piece of shit!"
Fang Xing came over to report: "Camp Governor, people are scared to death!" β
Cao Jixiang was happy: "After the dignified military attachΓ©, just this guts?" How else to go to the battlefield? β
Du Ying saw with his own eyes that his four sons were all killed!
His whole person looked like crazy: "Cao Jixiang! This official and you are incompatible! β
"Shout what? Is it higher than the glottis? β
Cao Jixiang sneered: "Isn't it just a few sons!" What a big deal! β
"Your son is dead, and there is a grandson, pull it out and continue to kill!"
Du Ying cried and laughed, and people were going crazy.
He looked at Fan Qing as if asking for help, hoping that Fan Qing could help say something.
But Fan Qing was also confused.
There is no evidence in the patrol camp, so he killed the military attache without permission, and when His Majesty blames him, how should Cao Jixiang end?
But Cao Jixiang drank tea slowly and didn't speak, just waiting for Du Ying to say it himself.
"One breath, one kill!"
"Anyway, he has a lot of Du family."
"I can't finish killing!"
Cao Jixiang spoke slowly.
Du Ying's body was weak, and he had already determined in his heart that the matter was leaked!
But he wanted to fool the past.
Cao Jixiang told him, whether you say it or not, it is all over the house, and since the governor has used the knife, none of your family wants to live.
The only difference is, do you want to die with the nine clans?
"Master Cao, what do you want!" Du Ying cried, and the septuagenarian lay on the ground crying, unable to bear to look directly.
"Isn't it at odds with Bento?"
"Won't you go to Fengtian Temple to sue the governor?"
"Don't ask the emperor to call the shots?"
Cao Jixiang smiled: "Don't you have a hard mouth? β
Du Ying was anxious.
Every second moment, a grandson dies.
Cao Jixiang is not in a hurry, it is your grandson who died anyway.
Du Ying prostrate on the ground and kowtowed: "My lord, spare the official!" Please! β
In the face of life and death, his sesame mung bean petty official is not a fart.
"Do you know why Ben Governor is here?" Cao Jixiang finally asked.
Du Ying shook his head.
Cao Jixiang asked Fang Xing: "How many people are still alive?" β
Fang Xing didn't do it himself, he went out and came back to report: "This old man is too capable of giving birth to children, seventy-seven grandsons, and only killed twelve." β
"It's too slow, ten, ten kills!" Cao Jixiang dusted off the dust on his body.
Du Ying kowtowed to Cao Jixiang: "Please, my lord, leave an incense for my Du family!" β
"You have a lot of great-grandchildren, after killing your grandson, you will kill your great-grandson, there are still great-grandsons, and there are many more behind! I can't finish killing! Hahaha! β
Cao Jixiang smirked.
Fan Qing was full of disgust for Cao Jixiang, who was completely a murderous demon king.
What exactly did Du Ying do?
Letting you kill at will?
That's a court official!
"I say!"
Du Ying howled and cried: "Xiaguan and Song Qian, get a batch of ordnance from the Beijing camp and smuggle it!" The subordinate is guilty! β
Fan Qingden was dumbfounded.
Smuggling ordnance?
It must be sent to Mobei!
These ordnance, in turn, killed the Ming army!
"That's it?"
Cao Jixiang put down the tea bowl: "This matter, as for the governor himself, is it coming?" β
Fan Qing was even more shocked.
Du Ying's face was blank.
"Twenty of them together! Ben Governor has no time to waste here! β
Cao Jixiang snorted coldly: "After killing your family, I will kill the family of those who are in-laws with you." β
"As long as you are panting, don't even think about living!"
Cao Jixiang's eyes were sharp.
"Please leave an incense for my Du family, leave an incense!" Du Ying kowtowed frantically.
"Where did the ordnance smuggling go?"
Cao Jixiang slowly stood up: "Come on, dig the entire mansion three feet into the ground, and search it for the governor!" β
Fan Qing was good at observing words and feelings, and immediately noticed that something was wrong, and couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask the camp governor, what do you mean, that batch of ordnance is in Du Ying's mansion?" β
"What do you say?" Cao Jixiang stared at him.
Fan Qing saluted respectfully: "The lower officials are willing to assist in the investigation, not for merit, but for the truth." β
Cao Jixiang looked at him: "Fan Qing, right?" Know how to be a man, very good, this governor allows you to help investigate. β
"Xie Yingdu!"
Fan Qing saluted.
Take someone out of the hall to investigate.
He has a special interest in investigating cases, and he doesn't understand why Cao Jixiang shouted at Du Ying to kill him?
Did Du Ying offend him? Or is Cao Jixiang so cruel to everyone?
He wanted to figure it out.
Cao Jixiang looked at his back, this kid was a little interesting.
Du Ying cried on the ground and murmured: "Where is the heavenly reason, where is the heavenly reason? β
Cao Jixiang was upset when he listened: "Throw him out and let him watch the killing with his own eyes!" β
The battalion members of the patrol camp and the Dongchang Fanzi cooperated with the investigation.
I turned the whole mansion upside down, but I didn't find anything.
Fan Qing took a teapot, slammed it, drank a belly of herbal tea, and spit out a mouthful of turbidity: "A small deputy commander, living in such a big house?" β
This detail he hadn't discovered before.
I thought it was because Du Ying's family had a large population, so the house was big enough.
But I really relied on my legs to walk once, only to find that it took me more than half an hour to walk around the whole house.
Even if Du Ying is allowed to be the commander for 10,000 years, he can't afford to buy such a big house in Beijing, and how much is the commander of the envoy?
"My lord, this courtyard originally belonged to the richest merchant in Beijing."
"Then the rich merchant was gone, and the house was empty."
"Du Ying bought it from the capital governor, the price was 1.2 million taels of silver, and the payment was in cash."
Xiao Wu sent someone to get the file, and it was recorded in the file.
"1.2 million taels? The governor didn't suspect it? Fan Qing thinks it is impossible.
Those who buy such mansions in one go are not wealthy businessmen who have made registers.
If a deputy commander comes to buy it, he will be impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate when he turns his head, and when he is the inspector of the imperial history, he eats dry rice?
Absolutely impossible!
Wait a minute!
Wealthy businessman?
"Does this Du Ying have any contact with the rich businessman?" Fan Qing asked.
Xiao Wu shook his head: "No, what is said under the mark is recorded in the file." β
"There is something wrong with this file, it should have been tampered with."
Fan Qing walked through the courtyard and went to the garden to see, the garden was in the style of Su's garden.
However, it is recorded in the dossier that the original owner of this courtyard was a Shanxi businessman, so he should not appreciate the Suzhou garden, right?
Looking at the garden made of strange stones, Fan Qing seemed to think of something.
Brushing aside the hanging willow branches, he quickly climbed up a rockery, looked down on the whole garden, and suddenly listened: "What sound?" β
"It's like the wind."
Xiao Wu put his ear to the rockery: "It's like the sound of the wind passing through the cracks in the rockery." β
"In the Soviet-style garden, the wind will blow through the stones, and the friction sound will be used to create the beautiful scenery of listening to the wind in the mountains."
Fan Qing's eyes were like lightning: "But Ben Du sounds so weird?" Like bellows? β
"With such a good view, how can there be bellows? Odd! β
"Come on a few people, dig up the rockery for the official!"
The more Fan Qing thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
Looking down at the overall situation again, combined with it, I found something wrong.
"My lord, why do you suspect that there is something wrong in this mountain?" Xiao Wu wondered.
"Look at this mountain, why is a piece missing? This is true for a lot of stones. Fan Qing found it on several stones.
"It's like a sword slash!" Xiao Wu said suddenly.
Fan Qing nodded.
Let people dig quickly.
As a result, after digging a few times, nothing came out.
Fan Qing held on to the stone, jumped down, grabbed a shovel, dug deeper, dug very deep, continued to dig, and after shoveling a few more shovels, the shovel could not move.
"Quick, please come over to the patrol camp!" Fan Qing said to Xiao Wu.
Then let Dongchang Fanzi form a battle formation and do a good job of defense.
Soon, a large number of patrol campers came.
Shout!
A sharp arrow came out of a crack in the mountain and hit a battalion in the chest.
A great number of men fell.
A lot of arrows and crossbows flew from the opposite side, and many campers were hit.
"There's a crossbow!"
After all, the battalion had never been on the battlefield.
Bullying good people is really hitting hard stubble, and it is nothing.
Some even peed their pants in fright.
Fan Qing was also stunned for a moment.
Du Ying actually practiced private army!
Also harboring bows and crossbows!
This group of people dared to use crossbow arrows against the patrol camp and the East Factory.
It's not a rebellion, it's a rebellion!
"Don't panic!"
Fan Qing roared: "The direction of the bow and crossbow is not in the mountains, but in the ground!" β
"Their sight is limited, as long as they get out of their sight, they are safe!"
"Everyone look for cover, don't move!"
"Xiao Wu, you go to Mingdi, please come over to support!"
Fan Qing quickly made the optimal solution.
Sure enough, the man hid behind cover, the arrows and crossbows shot into the air, and the hidden enemies also stopped firing.
Shout!
As soon as Xiao Wu raised his crossbow, he was hit by an arrow in his arm.
Fortunately, Xiao Wu dodged quickly, otherwise he would have been stuck in his chest.
"How?" Fan Qing was anxious.
Xiao Wu has been with him for many years and is his confidant.
"My lord, it's okay!" Xiao Wu gasped in pain.
Fan Qing gritted his teeth, he didn't know how to fight.
But the arrow was on his neck, and he had to find a way to save himself.
Calm down!
Be sure to calm down!
He repeatedly told himself that the more he got to this point, the more calm he became.
He began to analyze.
Hidden enemies, can see them.
Now there is no archery, which means that the enemy is on the opposite side, fortunately, it did not go deep into the garden, otherwise it would have been dumpling.
"Brothers, don't panic!"
"Listen to my officer's orders!"
"Don't move yet."
Fan Qing took the arrow from Xiao Wu's hand, looked at the nearest big stone, confirmed the distance, and began to gather momentum.
Suddenly, the body rolled and rolled around on the ground.
In an instant, more than a dozen arrows pierced the ground behind him.
Shout!
Fan Qing took the opportunity to shoot at the sky, causing the arrow to shoot out.
He leaned against the stone again.
There was a pain in his abdomen, and an arrow grazed his ribs, breaking a piece of skin.
Fortunately, it is not poisonous.
Minor injuries only.
"Friend opposite, this official is Fan Qing, the commander of the East Factory!"
Fan Qing said loudly: "This is a dead place, and this official has already explored it." β
"If you surrender, this official will intercede with Your Majesty, and maybe you will be recruited into the army to serve the country."
"Fart, Lao Tzu doesn't work for the dog officials!" Underground, a voice was heard.
Sure enough, under the ground!
Just dug right.
The gang hid under the rockery.
"Listening to the accent, it looks like a Shandong person."
"It's not like Du Ying's private soldier."
"Then why are they at Du Ying's house?"
"Judging from the proficiency of using a bow and crossbow, he is a marksman, more powerful than many crossbowmen in the army."
Fan Qing peeled off the cocoon and quickly analyzed: "They have no fear, does it mean that there are roads underground that can lead to other places." β
"Little Five, Map!" Fan Qing said in a low voice.
Xiao Wu, who was simply bandaging, immediately took out a thick bamboo pipe from the waistband of his trousers and carefully threw it over.
Fan Qing caught it.
Open the thick bamboo pipe, and there is a map of the Jingshi rolled inside.
Fan Qing quickly determined the direction of Du Ying's house.
The house is strategically located, close to the Drum Tower, close to Dongzhimen and Andingmen.
But it's the closest to Andingmen.
Tunnels, can you dig outside the city?
The foundation of the Jingshi city wall is very deep, and it stands to reason that it cannot be dug through.
But when did this gang start digging? How long have you been digging?
Fan Qing didn't dare to think about it.
Where is the horse army?
When will it arrive!
When they arrived, would the gang have escaped through the secret passage?
But if you can run for your life, why do you have to confront the official army?
What are they waiting for?
Fan Qing quickly made a decision, he couldn't wait for the horse army to come to help, he had to rely on himself.
"Xiao Wu, you took people and burned down the whole house!"
Xiao Wu's face was full of confusion: "My lord, someone shoots arrows when he moves, how can he burn it?" β
"It doesn't have to be on fire, it's just smoke."
Fan Qing planned to dig through a piece and put smoke inside.
Xiao Wu can't collect cigarettes, and burning the house is even more unrealistic.
Simply take off your clothes, collect a ball, and light it directly with a fire breaker.
Fan Qing asked for a shovel, threw it over, and began to dig down.
When you encounter a hard ground, you use a shovel to knock it hard.
It's a slate.
Fan Qing smashed it with a stone, and it was smashed open in a few clicks.
At the moment of smashing open, he rolled his body and immediately avoided the hole.
Sure enough, sharp arrows shot from inside.
"Throw it over!" Fan Qing shouted.
Xiao Wu wrapped the clothes with a belt, and he had already gathered the fire and threw it directly.
Fan Qing screamed, it was too hot.
He didn't care about the heat, and threw his hand into the hole that had been dug through.
But the mess was too big to throw in.
Fan Qing shoved it with a shovel.
There were screams from inside.
And messy footsteps.
"Escape!"
Fan Qing looked around: "If you want to take credit, go with Lao Tzu!" β
There were a few people in the patrol camp, they took off their clothes and threw them into the sky, and when the sharp arrows were fired, they quickly ran to this side.
Fan Qing gathered more than a dozen people who were not afraid of death.
His face was sweaty, hot, nervous, and scared.
"Regardless of whether it is successful or not today, the merit will definitely be revealed, and Your Majesty will definitely not hesitate to reward!"
Fan Qing first encouraged and boosted morale.
Throw away useless equipment and take only knives with you.
Fan Qing went first.
The basement was illuminated by firelight.
Fan Qing jumped down, this basement was carefully built, the shelves were very high, and the walls were illuminated by torches.
There are messy footprints on the ground.
It should have been withdrawn.
Something is wrong, why wait so long when you can withdraw?
Fan Qing swallowed and foamed, his eyes were firm: "Lao Tzu is in front, you follow!" Watch out for the traps! β
Sting! Sting!
After walking for a while, Fan Qing seemed to hear the sound of fire, behind an iron door.
He kicked away and retreated, fearing a crossbow.
As a result, there was nothing but the sound of fire burning.
The inside is lit with fire.
Not a torture chamber, but a forging chamber.
There were iron-smelting tools on it, a fire still burning on the stove, scattered weapons on the ground that had not been taken away in time, and iron ore being smelted.
And there is molten iron under construction on the stove.
There are also bellows that have not moved.
Fan Qing immediately understood that the sound of the wind he heard above was most likely the sound of a phoenix chirping on the mountain after the bellows were pulled.
As far as the eye can see, not only swords are being made, but also armor is being forged.
Fan Qing swallowed his saliva, this time it was really stabbed.
However, the credit is also huge!
"Quick, go after it!" Fan Qing pursued along the Yonglu road.
Chen Shao led the army belatedly.
"Mr. Chen, how long has it been since Ming Di died?"
Cao Jixiang shouted: "Why did you come so late? β
He was so anxious that he regretted not letting Fang Xing lead the team, otherwise he wouldn't have let that gang of thieves escape.
Chen Shao scribbled his hand, he was sweating: "This official is in Chaoyangmen, and when he heard the news, he hurried over!" Grandpa Cao, what happened? β
Cao Jixiang didn't have time to talk to him.
Take him to the back garden, talking as he goes.
Chen Shao was taken aback: "Forging room? β
"Fan Qing came to report, and the basement is full of directions."
"It's very easy to get lost when you just go in."
"Fan Qing guessed that this group of people should have dug the secret passage out of the city, and they had already evacuated in time."
Cao Jixiang was quite distressed.
Chen Shao immediately ordered the army to go down.
Search along the tunnels.
I was so busy that night fell, but I found nothing.
In the underground of Andingmen, Chen Shao and Fan Qing met: "Can you have a harvest?" β
"Back to my lord, there is no harvest yet."
Fan Qing was sweating all over his head, sweating too much, and almost dehydrated.
It's very hot in the basement.
They have already reached the end, but this location should have dug through the city walls and gone out of the city.
"My lord, guess below, this group of people should have a serious identity in the city." Fan Qing analyzed.
"How?"
Chen Shao's impression of Fan Qing has become better.
I found out that this guy is a talent.
"My lord, have you noticed that it is too hot in this basement, and we who practice martial arts all year round can't stand it, let alone ordinary people?"
Fan Qing kept wiping his sweat.
Chen Shao handed over a wine bag, which was filled with water.
Fan Qing was also polite.
Unscrewed it, tilted his head and poured it, and drank a lot.
Only then did he wipe his sweat and continued: "You see, this basement is definitely not built in a day. β
"It is speculated that this basement may have been repaired for several years."
"It's not possible for everyone to live in the basement all these years."
"You should have noticed that there is not even a latrine in here."
"Therefore, in Jingshi, they must have a serious identity."
"But it can disappear in the open for a certain period of time, and it will not arouse anyone's suspicion."
Chen Shao listened and nodded: "Who might it be that you analyze?" β
Fan Qing smiled bitterly: "My lord, the analysis is useless, you have to find out the evidence." β
"Nope."
"Master Fan, in the past, we paid attention to evidence in handling cases."
"Not today."
"Your Majesty is in the Fengtian Palace, you must have been waiting in a hurry."
Chen Shao alluded to that as long as the analysis is out, he can arrest people at will.
"Under the mark, it is believed that the dung workers who collect the buckets." Fan Qing's analysis makes sense.
Because there are only dung workers, the common people are reluctant to deal with them, and naturally they will not have an in-depth understanding of their movements.
Changing to a guy in a shop, whenever he disappears, it will arouse suspicion.
And.
To build a basement, a lot of soil had to be excavated, and materials such as stones, stone slabs, and wood had to be brought in, and cars had to be used.
There are cars in the carriage and horse shop, but the handlebar style of the carriage and horse shop often deals with people, and it is impossible to disappear suddenly, which will arouse suspicion.
There is only a manure man's car, which is not checked, and going back and forth does not arouse suspicion.
"This official thinks you have a reasonable analysis!"
Chen Shao immediately said: "The entire Jingshi, you are the most familiar with the East Factory, you Fan Qing go and catch it, whether it is a person or a ghost, you must catch it!" β
"Mark and obey!"
Fan Qingben did not want to use analysis to convict.
But the matter is in a hurry, the emperor has been waiting for a day, but the more he investigates, the bigger it gets, and it is difficult to deal with it.
"Please keep it a secret." Fan Qing was worried that someone would leak secrets.
Chen Shao nodded and watched Fan Qing leave.
He continued to look at the basement.
How did the gang get out?
Is there a secret passage on it?
Twenty paces apart, he left two men behind, two in each room, and he took the rest with him, probing repeatedly.
Geng Jiuchou and four others.
When you are sent out of the palace, you can't just check the merchants.
They mainly investigated officials in the DPRK.
You can only open the Chaoyang Gate and check the official's residence.
When you enter a house, you have to let everyone in the mansion stand in the courtyard, and his people turn the whole mansion over and turn it over to check.
The four have a clear division of labor.
Divide all the official residences outside Chaoyang Gate into four parts, and each of the four people is responsible for a corner.
It's going to be dark.
Zhu Qiyu has already received the report.
"Please Your Majesty strictly investigate!" After Wang Hong finished reading the report, he was shocked.
In the land of the capital division, there is such a group of thieves hidden, building weapons and armor underground, what are they going to do?
The gang also shot arrows at the factory guards and killed more than a dozen battalionmen from the patrol camp.
What are you going to do?
"Now you want to investigate strictly?"
Zhu Qiyu held back a vicious anger: "Who is it before, I am not allowed to check this, check that!" β
"The ministers are guilty!"
The courtiers didn't expect it either.
There will really be people who are bold, this is not a rebellion, but a rebellion.
Who is it?
Not to mention anything else, just this basement, digging through a huge amount of silver, plus all kinds of equipment, to recruit manpower, it is unimaginable, how much silver is needed.
And most importantly, how do you make it airtight?
The courtiers couldn't figure it out either.
Zhu Qiyu was also stunned.
I really don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.
"Wait, I'm not making trouble?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Without Your Majesty's foresight, we would still be in the dark."
"Wait for the rebels to be stormed into the mansion and the family to fall into the hands of thieves."
"Fortunately, Your Majesty's Divine Mandate of Heaven has predicted it in advance, so that we can solve our catastrophe!"
Wang Hong picked up the good ones and said.
Now, I am really in a cold sweat, and I am extremely afraid.
People who dare to forge weapons in Beijing and want to rebel can't do anything?
Don't forget, the courtiers standing on the temple of Fengtian are the ones with vested interests.
"Humph!"
Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Zhuqing, in the middle, can there be a thief?" β
The courtiers fell prostrate on the ground, not daring to speak.
"Now turn yourself in."
"I give you a chance to live, but you can go to Mobei and be an ordinary person."
"If I find out."
"The opportunity to go to hell and be an ordinary person is gone."
Zhu Qiyu said quietly: "Stand up, eh?" β
Waited for a long time.
No one of the courtiers spoke.
are all pretending to be sages and gentlemen.
Zhu Qiyu doesn't believe it, no one in the court protects him?
Could it be that just a group of rebels can sit on the throne?
This is the Ming Dynasty, not the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms!
Who is the master behind this group?
He was also wondering if it was Zhu Qizhen.
But the Jingshi has gathered so many princes, if you really talk about the bloodline of Taizu, there is really a slight possibility of inheriting the heir.
Maybe someone will have a convulsion in their head and want to rebel to ascend to the throne.
After all, there are examples ahead, aren't they?
Zhu Qiyu didn't know who to suspect.
"Good!"
Zhu Qiyu slowly stood up: "Since you are all my loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, then I hope that you will have a beginning and an end." β
"Don't be found out."
"When the time comes, it will be difficult for you to die."
Zhu Qiyu turned around and asked Feng Xiao: "Can the door be closed at noon?" β
"Back to the emperor, it's closed!"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at the courtiers inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, he didn't dare to walk through the courtiers.
The face has been completely torn, the whereabouts of that group have been exposed, and sooner or later they will be caught.
Maybe the thief will take the risk and assassinate him in the Fengtian Temple.
Feng Xiaoxin comprehended.
Order all the officials outside the hall to enter the palace.
Zhu Qiyu walked through the side door, walked out of the Fengtian Palace, stood on top of the Fengtian Gate, and looked down at the black oppressive clan.
Du Ying's Mansion.
Cao Jixiang was torturing Du Ying.
Du Ying didn't even have a personal shape: "Xiaguan doesn't know anything......"
"Still pretending?"
Cao Jixiang's hands were full of blood: "This governor is giving you a chance, but you don't cherish it!" β
"I killed several of your sons and grandchildren before."
"Look at them now, it's cheaper."
"If you enter the prison of the patrol camp, you should know how lucky you must be to die now!"
Cao Jixiang's eyes were red.
Obviously, the thieves were at their feet.
He let him go!
At that time, it was good to let Fang Xing lead the team, and the credit would not be snatched away by Fan Qing, obviously the credit for this matter was on him Cao Jixiang.
As a result, Fan Qing became the first credit.
The key is that the gang of thieves is gone, and the emperor is furious, and he has sent someone to pass the decree, so he must catch them all.
Cao Jixiang didn't dare to slack off.
Du Ying barely held his eyelids: "Anyway, old man, I don't have a few days to live......"
"So you don't recruit and let your family suffer?" Cao Jixiang asked.
Du Ying shook his head: "I really don't know." β
"A mansion bought for 1.2 million taels."
"There are rebels in the house."
"But the owner of the house said that he didn't know anything!"
"Fool fool!"
Cao Jixiang took the tooth extraction tool and pried Du Ying's mouth open, one, two, three, four......
Pulled out the few remaining teeth in Du Ying's mouth.
Blood kept pouring out.
Du Ying is over seventy years old and can't stand such a toss.
"Okay, if you don't recruit, Ben Du can't do anything about you."
Cao Jixiang smiled strangely: "The brothers have been busy all day, and they are all tired, so they relax and relax." β
He looked at Du Ying: "These are your daughters-in-law, granddaughters-in-law, and great-granddaughters-in-law, you don't feel distressed, but the governor has already sent someone to arrest your daughter." β
"Including the concubine of the King of Jingzhou!"
Cao Jixiang said calmly: "You will see with your own eyes how many sins your daughter will suffer!" β
"She, she's the princess, you, you dare to move?" Du Ying's eyes widened.
"Princess?"
Cao Jixiang sneered: "Even if the prince rebels, he will have to die!" β
"King Han back then, that was Emperor Xuanzong's own uncle, what was the end?"
"What's more, a distant county king?"
"Ben Du wants to torture and kill, just the waste!"
Cao Jixiang restrained his anger: "Do you know that the sins they suffered all stem from you, Du Ying!" β
"Do it!"
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