Great Tang princess

Chapter 473 Arrest and Interrogation

In Qingzhou, outside a residential house on the edge of the street, more than [-] young people gathered.

These people wore uniform black military uniforms, and their beards were cut very short, with almost only a layer of stubble. The only function was to make people see that they had beards.

In this matter, they all looked serious, gathered in front of this private house, looked at each other, and nodded to each other.

This is the residence of the man who provided Angui with the weapons and armor. After several days of investigation, the situation inside has been clearly grasped.

This man's name is Chang Daowen, he is the son of a shopkeeper of a teahouse, he has a first wife, a concubine and a few servants in his family, and there is no one else besides that.

He is thirty-two years old, but has no children. The most important thing is that he is low-key. No one in the neighborhood knows him, and he hardly interacts with his neighbors.

After a few days of investigation, it was found that he had moved to Qingzhou less than a year ago. According to the records, he seemed to have come from Hebei Road.

Originally, Junchen meant not to catch for the time being, but to follow and observe for a few days to see if he could catch the big fish behind him.

However, this guy passed by for several days, except for going out for a walk every day, he couldn't find any deliberate actions.

At the beginning, the hidden guard who was in charge of tracking fell into self-doubt, wondering if he had missed something.

However, after investigation, it was found that he was just strolling around, taking a look around, taking a different route every day, but he had no contact with anyone at all.

Rather, if someone came towards him, he would instinctively avoid it, as if he was completely unwilling to interact with other people.

He was calm, but Lai Junchen was anxious. Although the princess didn't set a time limit for him, she made it clear that patience has a limit.

This is even more frightening than the limited time. After all, the limited time only takes you how long you have left. In this case, you can only rely on guesswork.

After tracking him for a few days, it will be the tenth day of May soon, Lai Junchen doesn't plan to wait any longer, and directly orders him to be arrested.

The big deal is to use some means after catching him. I don't have so much time to waste with him.

Now that the order was issued, the members of the secret guard changed into military uniforms, and came to Chang Daowen's house early in the morning to lurk.

Except for the members of the hidden guards lurking at the door, both sides of the street have been controlled by the dark guards, preventing pedestrians from passing.

As for the pedestrians coming and going on the street behind them, they are all non-staff members of the hidden guards.

These people have not received military training, and there is no dangerous breath on them.

They walked back and forth on the street, turning a blind eye to the twenty or so dark guards lurking at Chang Daowen's gate, and just pretended to be in a hurry or walked slowly on the street, just like ordinary people.

Through the follow-up investigation in the past few days, it can be known that this guy will go out for a walk every morning, return home about an hour later, and then stay at home for a whole day without going out at all.

After the order was issued, the members of the dark guard immediately carried out the task deployment.

First of all, although according to intelligence, Chang Daowen has a wife and servants, but it is not certain that their relationship is really what it seems on the surface.

It is not impossible for them to be in a partnership, so everyone must be treated equally without any chances.

This is what Li Yuechen told them when they were training in the army. No matter if the target is a woman, the elderly or a child, they must not be underestimated, otherwise they may die.

……

Seeing that it was almost time for Chang Daowen to go out, a group of secret guards had already ambushed on both sides of the gate and got ready.

After a while, footsteps sounded from inside the gate, and the guards on both sides of the gate looked at each other and gestured to each other.

As the door opened, the servants opened the door and saluted respectfully: "Ah Lang."

Chang Daowen nodded, looked up at the few passers-by who occasionally passed by, and walked out.

The moment he stepped out of the gate with one foot, the hidden guards on both sides of the gate suddenly jumped up, rushed into the gate one after the other, and rushed towards the two people inside.

Seeing a black shadow flashing in front of him, before Chang Daowen could react, his mouth was covered with a hand, and he fell to the ground.

With a muffled "bang", Chang Daowen fell to the ground, only to find that a young man with a very short beard was already pressing on him, and the same was true for the servants next to him, who was pressed down by a man in black short hem clothes body.

He was about to ask something, when the person on top of him put the black ax on his neck, and shouted in a low voice: "If you dare to make a sound, I will kill you!"

At the same time, dozens of black figures filed in from outside the gate. Their bodies were so low that the sound of their footsteps could hardly be heard. When they entered the courtyard, they had already dispersed in different directions. The last person even Close the door.

And from the beginning to the end, the pedestrians on the street outside didn't take a look this way, they still walked on the street at a slow pace, as if what happened here was in another dimension.

Chang Daowen was stunned by such a set of smooth cooperation. He can guarantee that these people definitely planned it beforehand!

First, the two came in and controlled themselves and their subordinates in a tacit understanding, and the rest dispersed to find other people. They didn't say a word halfway, and their actions cooperated tacitly as if they were one person.

These scattered people also held black lacquered axes in their hands, and some of them held bows and crossbows. Judging from their positions, they obviously had received battle training.

Although it was said that he had been warned, the hand covering Chang Daowen's mouth and the ax on his neck did not relax at all, obviously to prevent him from being caught.

In this situation, don't say anything, Chang Daowen didn't even dare to open his mouth, because the man riding on him was staring at him all the time, without any relaxation.

He knew that as long as he dared to open his mouth to shout, the other party's ax would definitely cut his neck.

……

Not long after, all the people who entered the house came back again, and some of the hidden guards were still detaining his wife, concubine and several servants of Chang Daowen.

"Captain, everyone in intelligence is here!" A hidden guard said to the captain who was pressing on Chang Daowen.

"En!" The captain nodded, then got up from Chang Daowen, waved his hands and said, "Tie up these two and take them back!"

Only then did Chang Daowen dare to say: "Who are you? You know..."

"Shut up!" The guard next to him raised his leg and kicked his ass, "It's not time for you to speak yet!"

Although he staggered from being kicked, Chang Daowen did not dare to continue speaking, because the hidden guard on the opposite side had already raised the ax in his hand.

After the two team members tied up Chang Daowen, they thought for a while and said, "Leave a few people here to search carefully to see if there are secret passages or other objects. I will take these people back for interrogation now."

"Yes!" The dark guards agreed.

When Chang Daowen and the others were escorted out of the gate, there were already several carriages waiting at the gate, and they were brought into the carriage and drove towards the dark guard stronghold.

……

Several people were brought with black cloths on their heads, so they didn't know where they were taken.

On the way he was brought here, Chang Daowen already felt a shock.

He thought that in his impression, these people caught him, and they should chat easily because they completed the task during the escort, so that he might be able to find some clues from the clues of their chat, so as to figure out Who are they and where are they being taken.

However, these people were extremely quiet along the way, not saying a word to each other, and he was covered with a hood, so he didn't know where he was taken or the identities of these men in black.

After an unknown amount of time, he only felt as if he had been brought into some kind of building, and then he went down the stairs again, and the surrounding light became obviously much darker.

And it smelled like a damp smell, presumably it should be a cellar or something.

After a while, the hood on his head was taken off, and he looked around carefully. It was pitch black, and there were only a few candles not far in front, so that he could not see his fingers here.

He first raised his hand and looked at it. There were two metal rings tied to his wrist, and there was an iron chain connecting them together in the middle.

Needless to say the function of these handcuffs, just look at it. The exquisite design made him frown.

There is a chair not far in front, and a figure is sitting on the chair. It doesn't look very old, but its eyes are shining brightly.

He squinted his eyes to identify it carefully, and the alarm bells rang in his heart.

The person in front of me may not know me, but my own people know him!

Lai Junchen, on the surface, is a businessman who runs a drug store in Qingzhou. He has excellent connections. Basically, he is very close to bigwigs and officials from all walks of life in Qingzhou. His background is extremely complicated!

But Chang Daowen is very clear that this guy belongs to the princess!The quality of official salt suddenly improved a lot the year before last, and at the same time the price dropped sharply, almost becoming the price of cabbage. I heard that it was made by the princess.

And the person in front of him was sent by the princess to manage the official salt.

……

Seeing his reaction, Lai Junchen on the opposite side smiled slightly, thinking in his heart that he had made the right bet.

He was still a little anxious at first, but now he calmed down completely, sitting on the chair and crossing his legs: "Yo, it seems that you know me!"

Chang Daowen was shocked, but on the surface he remained calm: "Why did you say that? This should be the first time I have met you..."

"Okay, you don't have to play that trick in front of me! Since I have captured you today, I have already got some evidence!" Lai Junchen's tone was very relaxed, and he lowered his head and picked at himself as he spoke. With a confident attitude, he blew on his nails and said with a smile, "Do you know that hiding armor is a serious crime of treason?"

"Why did the nobleman say that? I don't understand! I am the son of a wealthy businessman in Qingzhou City. The last time my grandfather met with the nobleman, I am still by my side..."

"Oh? Just now, didn't you say you were meeting me for the first time?" Lai Junchen grinned, his eyes full of pride and confidence.

Chang Daowen was shocked, he didn't expect this person to be so sharp!It seems that today I am more than lucky.

"Okay, I don't bother to play charades with you here..." Lai Junchen waved his hand, "This time I have arrested your family, including a total of 18 people. If you take the initiative to tell everything about you, and The others didn’t say anything. The official let you go, and the others will give you the maximum punishment; if other people confess and you refuse to obey, then let the others go, and you will be given the maximum penalty; if you and others have said everything, then Everyone will have a lower penalty..."

Listening to Lai Junchen's description, Chang Daowen immediately understood the stakes.

There are two options to confess on your own initiative, either to be let go directly, or to receive a lower penalty; but if you don't tell... you may not be let go, and you may face the highest penalty.

I just don't know what the so-called maximum penalty is.

Perhaps because he understood what he was thinking, Lai Junchen continued: "Speaking of which, the crime of treason now will be punished by Ling Chi. I wonder if you have heard of it..."

Ling late!

Hearing this word, Chang Daowen couldn't help shivering.

He has really heard of this. Since the newspaper came out, he has also bought every issue and watched the national news.

He knew that Xu Jingye was executed by Ling Chi in the end when he rebelled, and he was cut hundreds of times before he died.

The point is that he also heard that the punishment actually cost thousands of knives. Xu Jingye was only so brief at that time because the executioner was not familiar with him.

Thinking of the possibility of himself being tortured like this, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Lai Junchen stood up suddenly: "Well, I only give you two hours to think about it, think it over yourself!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left the cellar directly, his steps were extremely confident, as if he was not worried that he would not speak at all.

……

Chang Daowen, who was sitting on the chair, looked at the handcuffs on him, and didn't say much for a moment, but looked curiously at the two men in black in front of him.

The two people had their feet apart, their hands behind their backs, and they had kept this posture standing on both sides of the front since the headgear was taken off just now.

Their faces were expressionless, and they didn't even glance left and right. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't even feel that they were breathing.

To be honest, if he hadn't seen these people bring him back with his own eyes, Chang Daowen would probably think that these were two paper-wrapped men.

With these two people watching here, it was impossible to escape. The black ax on his thigh reflected even under the weak candlelight in the cellar, enough to show its sharpness.

With no hope of escape, Chang Daowen had to think carefully about Junchen's conditions, trying to find a way to solve it.

And the two men in black on the opposite side just stared straight ahead, as if as long as he didn't make any excessive moves, they wouldn't be able to see him.

Chang Daowen was startled by such a scene. Who is this princess, who can train soldiers like this?

Even the slayers raised by the big families from a young age can hardly achieve this level of order and prohibition.

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