Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 476 Hatred Explodes
[Sorry, this chapter is a bit late]

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As soon as it was dawn, Fan Ning rushed to the barracks. The first prison camp was heavily guarded. The bodies of the three killed guards were placed on stretchers and covered with white cloths. Li Han just came out of the prison camp with several soldiers. He met Fanning head-on.

Seeing Fan Ning's ugly face, he felt ashamed, and quickly stepped forward to salute, "The incompetent and incompetent guards caused the key criminals to escape. Please punish them severely."

"These things are not discussed in advance."

Fan Ning waved his hand, "Now I want to know who rescued him and where is he?"

"I report to you, the incident happened before five o'clock. The three guards were killed by a dagger, all of them were killed with one blow, and their throats were cut. Judging from the footprints on the ground, the murderer did it after walking in front of them. It means that the guards know the murderer, and secondly, the murderer's status is not low, at least above the team leader, or even a commander!"

"Why are you sure your status is not low?" Fanning asked.

"It's very simple. The guard rules are very strict. No one is allowed to approach the guards. Only the commander can suppress the guards. The guards dare not call the police for a while."

"Have you checked? Are there any suspects?" Fan Ning asked again.

Li Han nodded, "It happened to be raining last night, and the ground was relatively wet. We found footprints. The two of them climbed over the camp fence in the north. They probably didn't come back. Based on this, we checked that the team that was not in the camp last night was There are a total of four generals above, including two captains, one deputy, and one commander."

"Which of these four people is the most suspected?"

"It should be Commander Wang Que. He has a close relationship with Zhou Qing. He asked for leave and went home at noon yesterday. He said that the child was sick and has not come back yet."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that Zhou Qing has five concubines in the city. Has anyone arranged to monitor her?"

"The humble job has already arranged capable men to go into the city to monitor, and if we find out, we will know immediately."

Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "There is also this Wang Que, you should immediately send someone to the city to look for him. If he did it, he probably didn't come home last night."

"The humble job has sent someone to inquire, and there should be news soon."

As soon as Li Han finished speaking, he saw one of his subordinates rushing over and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The Commander of the Commander, I went to Wang Que's mansion to inquire about it. His wife said that he hasn't come home these days."

"Then is his child sick?"

"nor!"

Wang Que's suspicion suddenly increased from six points to nine points, and Fan Ning immediately ordered: "Take me to his tent!"

Wang Que's big tent is located in the southwest of Daying. He is in command of the Fifth Battalion and has 500 people under him. His deputy is Yuhou, surnamed Jiang.

"The comforter wants to see Wang Que's big tent, please lead the way!"

"As ordered, please make your way this way."

Jiang Yuhou brought Fan Ning to a certain tent, "This is Commander Wang's personal tent!"

Fan Ning opened the curtain and walked into the big tent, only to see that the big tent was tidy, with a bed and a table.

"Commander Wang does not allow others to clean up for him, and even his own soldiers are not allowed to easily enter his camp."

Fan Ning turned to Li Han and said, "Search his account thoroughly, looking for anything suspicious, including letters, leases, notes, etc."

Fan Ning suspected that Zhou Qing had been hidden by Wang Que, to see if Wang Que could find any clues here.

Several soldiers immediately ransacked the box and searched it. At this time, Fan Ning asked Li Han again, "Zhou Qing should have some money. I suspect that he is in the money shop. I also want to search his big account to see if there is any money left." evidence and the like.”

"The humble job has been searched, but no evidence of withdrawal of money was found. According to his personality, this certificate was placed with his concubine, and then he was instructed to remember the password. If he wanted to arrest Zhou Qing, he had to get the idea from his concubine.

"Have you been to his house?"

Fan Ning suddenly asked, "His hometown is in Gushu County, right?"

Li Han nodded, "I have sent Team Wang to take twenty men to Gushu County. His favorite person is his eldest son Zhou Yu. If he escapes, he will definitely give the money to the eldest son."

At this time, a soldier came over with several letters, "I have searched all of them, and only found these three letters."

As a result, Fan Ning flipped through the letter, and he couldn't help but startled, "The handwriting seems very familiar!"

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered, isn't the handwriting of the letter reporting Zhou Qing the same as this?

He immediately ordered: "Go back to the city immediately, and go to appease the envoy Si Ya!"

Fan Ning said to Li Han again: "Once Wang Que comes back, he will be arrested immediately. In addition, a temporary commander will be arranged so that the army cannot be disordered."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Fan Ning got on his horse and trotted along the horse path towards the gate of the camp with a few of his men.

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Sure enough, it was confirmed that the informant letter was written by Wang Que, which confused several people present. Wang Que killed Zhou Qing first, and then rescued him. What is the point of doing so?

After thinking for a long time, Fan Ning said in a deep voice: "There is only one possibility to do this. Wang really needs to cut off Zhou Qing's back, and let Zhou Qing do things for him wholeheartedly."

"Work for him?" Wang Anshi emphasized this sentence.

"Who is Wang Que, and Zhou Qing needs to work for him?"

Fan Ning said indifferently: "I only know that he is a small person, but the organization behind him is extraordinary."

Someone who even needs to write a whistleblower letter himself cannot be a big shot.

"He belongs to Zhang Yaozuo!" Liu Chu blurted out.

"Why are you so sure?" Fan Ning looked at Liu Chu suspiciously. He felt that Liu Chu was hiding something from him.

Liu Chu apologized: "Li Zhiyuan sent me a letter two days ago, he told me that Zhang Yaozuo's people are also in Yingtian Mansion."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Fanning looked at him with some dissatisfaction.

Liu Chu's expression was gloomy, Fan Ning glanced at Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi immediately retreated knowingly.

"Tell me! What's going on?"

Liu Chu sighed, "It was Li Zhiyuan who asked me not to tell you."

"Why?" Fanning was really surprised.

Liu Chu shook his head, "I don't know why?"

Fan Ning looked at him for a moment, then nodded, "I won't make things difficult for you, I will find a way to find out about this matter myself."

Fan Ning turned around and walked out of the hall. When he reached the door, Liu Chu suddenly whispered, "Li Zhiyuan's younger sister is the concubine of King Julu."

Fan Ning stopped for a moment, and then walked into the drizzle. He walked slowly towards the gate with his hands behind his back, feeling a bit bitter in his mouth. It was Zhao Zongshi who asked Li Weizhen to hide it from him.

"why?"

Is it because his son is going to become the grandson of the emperor?He lost his chance to become the throne, so he blamed himself?

Fan Ning was a little helpless, he hadn't defeated Zhang Yaozuo yet, and internal troubles had begun. If Zhao Zhongzhen really became the grandson of the emperor, would a battle for the position between father and son break out?
Fan Ning looked up at the drizzle in the sky, and remembered his relationship with Zhao Zongshi back then. At that time, Zhao Zongshi trusted him very much, and it can be said that he listened to his words. Their relationship was once very good, and Zhao Zongshi even promised him , if he ascends the throne, he will be the first to enshrine himself as Prime Minister.

But now?Zhao Zongshi no longer had any trust in himself, and he didn't even tell him such an important matter that Zhang Yaozuo sent people to carry out activities in Yingtian Mansion.

For a while, Fanning became a little disheartened.

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In the next few days, the gendarmes obtained by the army searched for the whereabouts of Zhou Qing and Wang Que, but the two of them seemed to have left Ying Tianfu, and there was no trace of them again. Ying Tianfu even found them in the Tianqiao money shop. Zhou Qing had [-] chances to save money and sealed it up, but no trace of Zhou Qing was found.

In fact, Zhou Qing has been hiding in a mansion outside the city for the past few days. When the search soldiers came to the door, he hid in the well. He heard footsteps walking back and forth in the courtyard, which really worried him. He was not worried about himself. It was discovered that the dozen or so soldiers were not enough to kill him. He was worried about his wife and children.

At this time, Zhou Qing didn't think about his five concubines anymore. Those women were just his playthings, and he wouldn't take them too seriously when he encountered a crisis.

What he really can't let go of is his wife and children, one is his wife who has been with him for 20 years, and the other is his eldest son whom he places infinite hopes on, these are the two most important people in his life.

Fortunately, the soldiers only searched once and never came again. Zhou Qing paced back and forth in the room all day, really worried.

These afternoons, Zhou Qing paced the room as usual. At this time, the far door opened, and Wang Que walked a few steps quickly. He had been out for a few days, and he probably just came back.

Zhou Qing rushed to the courtyard immediately, and asked repeatedly: "Have my wife and children been sent away?"

"I have two bad news to tell you. First, your two coins at the Jinqiao Money Shop have been found, and you probably won't be able to get them out."

Zhou Qing clenched his fists, then slowly released them, and asked, "Where is my wife and children now?"

"The second sad news is about them."

Wang Que sighed, and looked at Zhou Qing with regret, "We went one step too late, they were all killed by officers and soldiers unfortunately, Zhou Qing, please mourn!"

"what!"

This news made Zhou Qing's eyes crack.

(End of this chapter)