Fujiwara Nakaichi laughed a few times, and then said sharply: "You are really ridiculous, you can't catch Meisa, you must not be able to find Meisa now, right?" I think now Misa has left Wenchuan City, hahahaha......"

Tai Hao was stunned when he heard this: "So, you really met?" ”

Fujiwara Nakaichi "snorted" and stopped talking.

Tai Hao continued to ask, "Did she see us arresting you?" ”

Fujiwara Nakaichi showed a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "That's right, so Misa has already run out of the city, and even if you dig Wenchuan City three feet into the ground, you won't find her." ”

Taihao's brow furrowed even tighter, and he took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions. He knew that Fujiwara Zhongichi's words might not be true, but he still couldn't help but ask, "Then where were you when you met?" ”

Fujiwara Nakaichi raised his chin and said with a look of disdain, "You don't need to know this. ”

Taihao was silent for a while, and then said slowly, "Fujiwara Zhongichi, I hope you can answer my question honestly. If you dare to lie, I will treat you more harshly. ”

Fujiwara Nakaichi sneered and said, "Do you think you are qualified to threaten me?" I'm telling you, Misa has left Wenchuan City, and she will never come back here. And I'm ...... And definitely not to betray my country. ”

Tai Hao laughed coldly and responded: "You gang of pirates, in the land of our Eastern Empire, are making waves, acting recklessly, lawlessly, and committing great crimes!" Do you still think what you are doing is right? Even if you don't confess anything about the Japanese invaders, the official will still kill you, and those who enter Wenchuan City to persecute the people like you will be broken into pieces! In the end, Taihao ordered Fujiwara Zhongichi in an unquestionable tone. Fujiwara Nakashi answered, and then stopped talking.

Taihao didn't speak again, he just glanced at Fujiwara Nakaichi lightly, and then turned to leave. His heart was full of doubts and uneasiness, but he knew that the most important thing now was to find Misa's whereabouts as soon as possible.

After leaving the dungeon, Tai Hao instructed Tie Shen, Tai You, and Teng Xu to be strictly guarded, and there must be no slackness.

Later, Taihao asked the warden Honggao, "Where are all the prisoners who were arrested for colluding with foreign enemies?" ”

Warden Honggao replied respectfully, "Lord Hui, those prisoners are all locked up in Cell No. 1 and Cell No. 2. ”

Taihao nodded and said, "Take this official to take a look." ”

When they came to cell A, Taihao looked into the cell, and cell No. 1 and cell No. 2 were the two largest cells in the Wenchuan City prison. The two cells were surrounded by jailers for fear that an enemy would come and rob the prison. Honggao introduced: "According to the instructions of the adults, some jailers have been recruited from the people of Wenchuan City in the past two days to strictly guard these important prisoners. ”

Tai Hao lowered his voice and asked, "What are the nine prisoners in Taichuan City?" ”

Honggao pointed to a corner of the nail No. 1 cell and said, "The nine in the corner are, and the tallest one is Pengshi." ”

Tai Hao looked at the nine prisoners and said in a deep voice: "In a few days, they will be taken to Taichuan City to be beheaded, and they must be watched in the next few days." ”

Honggao said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely ensure the safety of the prison!" ”

When Tai Hao left the Wenchuan City Prison, it was already late, but he still went to the various outposts in the city and asked the soldiers at each outpost if they had found any suspicious women. But all the soldiers said that they didn't find it, and Taihao wondered: Could it be that Misa really ran away from the city?

Because it was late at night, Taihao was exhausted, so he decided to go back to the City Lord's Mansion to rest.

Tai Hao had just returned to the City Lord's Mansion, and in his room, he found that the housekeeper had prepared some meals for him. Busy until so late, Taihao was indeed hungry. At this time, the housekeeper came to Taihao's room and reported: "My lord, the bodies of those two officials have been carried away by the soldiers brought by Si Gong and Zhu Li. According to the orders of the adults, all the family members searched all the rooms in the house, but found no trace of Misa. ”

Taihao said: "The housekeeper has worked hard, that beautiful yarn should have escaped by now." ”

At this time, Ruoshui came to Taihao's room crying, knelt beside Taihao with a "flutter", and said, "My lord, I was wrong, you punish me!" ”

Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly retired to Taihao and closed the door.

Ruoshui said bitterly: "My lord, I don't know that Meisa is pretending to be a wolf, or else...... How could I bring her to the City Lord's Mansion? ”

Taihao looked at Ruoshui and said, "Ruoshui, don't cry, stand up quickly!" You just showed kindness and saved him, there is nothing wrong with you, you were just deceived by her. ”

Ruoshui choked up and asked, "That'...... Will the adults still blame me? ”

Taihao said: "I won't blame you, it's late, go back to your room and rest!" ”

Ruoshui wiped her tears, stood up and saluted Taihao, and then left the room silently. Taihao looked at her departing back, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Although this Ruoshui is a little naïve, her kindness and integrity are commendable.

After Taihao finished eating, he lay on the bed, because he was too tired, and soon fell into a deep sleep, and he had no dreams all night.

The next morning, Taihao opened his eyes and suddenly thought of something. The housekeeper told him that Misa had eavesdropped on her conversation with her brothers in her room outside the door several times that night, and that the content of their conversation was to find the hiding place of the samurai of the Wakoku Kingdom. Since Misa had heard about it, she must have informed the samurai of the Wa Kingdom about it, and it was likely that they had already moved their hiding place.

Taihao got dressed and went directly to the yamen without breakfast.

Ji Ting, the judicial officer, was waiting to report to Tai Hao about the investigation in the cat temple yesterday, and when he saw Tai Hao coming, he hurriedly said to Tai Hao: "My lord, after some investigation in the cat temple yesterday, I really found two suspicious pilgrims, and after further interrogation, they really disguised themselves as the people of Wenchuan City and mixed into the city's wokou, and in the second half of the night, they caught a few more, and after strict interrogation, they were going to take herbs in the underground cave under the cat temple. According to their confessions, a total of eighty of them came, distributed all over Wenchuan City, and a total of twenty were caught last night, but the others all disappeared, I think they must have heard the movement and ran away......"

Tai Hao said: "Ji Ting did a good job in joining the army, where are the twenty widows now?" ”

"I've all been put in prison." Ji Ting said, "Do you want to interrogate them again?" ”

Tai Hao asked, "Did they confess any useful information last night?" ”

Ji Ting replied: "They have all said that they have tortured those would-be robbers, but their purpose is to enter the city and rob the merchants, and before they succeeded, they were arrested by us. Their commander is a man and a woman, the male is called Fujiwara Nakaichi, and the female is called Misa Murakami......"

"Misa Murakami?" Tai Hao said in a deep voice, "It turns out that the full name of that Meisa is Murakami Meisa, a total of eighty people came in, twenty were arrested, and the remaining sixty should have been reported by Meisa and fled together." ”

Ji Ting said: "The lower officials will go to check again, and we must find out the remaining sixty widows." ”

Taihao shook his head and said: "Don't check it yet, take good care of the widows in the prison, they will come out by themselves." ”

Tai Hao called Sihu to join the army Geng Guang and asked: "Geng Guang has joined the army, is Qingao Island east of Wenchuan City within the jurisdiction of Wenchuan City?" ”

Geng Guang said: "Lord Hui, Qing'ao Island is indeed under the jurisdiction of our Wenchuan City. ”

"How many people live on that island?" Tai Hao continued to ask.

Geng Guang replied: "There are only a few fishermen living there on that island, and the number is not very large, less than twenty. ”

Tai Hao said: "Please ask Geng Guang to join the army to check, is there a person named Meisha on that island?" ”

Geng Guang took the household registration book and began to look it up, and after a while, he reported to Tai Hao: "Lord Hui, there is indeed a fisherman's daughter named Meisha. ”

Tai Hao muttered: "It seems that Meisa is not lying, but Qingao Island is the land of our Eastern Empire, why is Meisa a samurai of the Wa Kingdom, is there a duplicate name?" ”

Tai Hao was well aware of the seriousness of the Japanese invaders infiltrating Wenchuan City, and if those Japanese invaders were allowed to take the opportunity to do anything wrong in any territory under the jurisdiction of Wenchuan City, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, he decided to send a team to Qing'ao Island to investigate Misa's origins and whether there was an infiltration of the Japanese forces on the island. So, Tai Hao ordered Ji Ting to lead a team of twenty soldiers to Qing'ao Island to investigate.

As soon as Ji Ting left, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "Lord Qiqi, there is a self-proclaimed lord of Shechuan City outside the city gate, who wants to enter the city, do you want to let him in?" ”

When Taihao heard the arrival of the lord of Shechuan City, he hurriedly got up and ordered the soldiers to welcome Lord Yuzhen into the city. Soon, Yu Zhen was led by the soldiers to the antechamber of the yamen.

Yu Zhen is a middle-aged man who looks very majestic. He saluted Taihao and said, "Lord Taihao, below is the city lord of Shechuan City, Yuzhen, who received the invitation of Lord Taihao, and came to your land. ”

Tai Hao smiled: "I really didn't expect Lord Yuzhen to arrive so soon, please take a seat!" ”

Tai Hao personally poured a cup of tea for Yu Zhen, and then said: "Presumably, Lord Yu Zhen already knows that the purpose of inviting you here is to discuss the matter of joint resistance against the Japanese. ”

Yu Zhen said: "Lord Taihao has already explained in the letter that this official already knows about this. ”

Tai Hao said: "A few days ago, officials from the seven cities around Wenchuan City, Suchuan, Jintang, Yuechuan, Mingchuan, Taichuan, Fuchuan and Quanchuan came here, and we discussed some decisions to resist the Japanese. But at that time, due to the negligence of the official, he forgot to invite Lord Shuzhen, but fortunately, thanks to the reminder of Lord Nian Yan, the lord of Quanchuan Castle, the official hurriedly asked his subordinates to go to Shechuan City with a letter to invite Lord Shuzhen to come. ”

Yu Zhen said: "For the anti-Japanese thing, this official has been doing it in Shechuan City. At present, several pirate leaders who are colluding with the Japanese pirates at sea have all gone out of Shechuan Castle, and if they are not properly managed, the official is also responsible. ”

Tai Hao waved his hand and said: "Lord Yuzhen can't say that, as the lord of a city, we can manage the security, economy, and people's livelihood of a city...... But we can't control the minds of the people in the city, those who don't want to live and work in peace and contentment in the city, but want to go to the sea to be pirates and collude with foreign enemies, this is beyond our control, so where is the responsibility of Lord Yuzhen. ”