Lu Ming

Chapter 659 Rescue the thief ([-])
The confluence of rivers and rivers in the greater Wuhan area is densely covered.In the city of Hanyang, not counting the water system that goes around the city and the nearby large and small lakes, there are as many as five or six waterways passing through the city.

"Yunkelai" is a traditional high-end restaurant located beside the Neihe River, and it is a time-honored sign in Hanyang City.

This restaurant is elegantly and simply decorated, with elegant seats and boxes on the second floor.After Xiao Guan came out of the government prison, he rushed to Yun Kelai immediately.After getting out of the car and entering the door, Xiao Guan went straight up to the second floor, opened the door and entered the No. [-] box A.

And the two idlers who followed Xiaoguan all the way, naturally, they didn't have the kind to open a box to order wine and food.Seeing Xiao Guan enter the inner room, they had no choice but to occupy a common table in the outer room, and asked for a pot of tea under the clerk's contemptuous gaze.

As soon as Xiao Guan entered, there were fragments of voices floating in the box from time to time.Although the two idlers really wanted to eavesdrop on the door, but because of the other drinkers upstairs, they had to pay attention to the two poor guys, so they had no choice but to give up.

After about a cup of hot tea, Xiao Guan came out of Jiazi No. [-] with a big smile on his face.At the end, he put half of his foot inside the door, raised his hands in a bow, and said to the door: "You two, please rest assured, with my little caretaker, everything will be in order. Just wait for my news."

After speaking, Xiao Guan went downstairs and went home.

Seeing Xiao Guan's movements, one of the two idlers also went downstairs, continued to follow Xiao Guan, and checked whether he had returned home.The other man named Hu Liuzhi sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and stared at Box No. [-] of Jiazi.

After half a stick of incense, the guests in the box finally came out.

Before people go out, the shouts come first.A voice with a strong Gansan accent resounded through the second floor: "Xiaoer, pay the bill!"

When Hu Liuding took a look, he found that the people who came out of the box were two big men in short cotton robes, felt hats, and cloth shoes with thousand layers of soles.

These two big men are similar in appearance, as if they were poured out of the same mold. They are both big and round, with fleshy faces, fierce eyes, and bulging waists.

Hu Liu pointed out that this kind of idler is used to sneaking around in the market, and he can get a few coins all by his own eyesight.After checking the eyes of these two big men, Hu Liuzhi knew that they were the kind of gangsters with lives in their hands, or horse dealers and salt lords who traveled everywhere.

So Hu Liuzhi, who remembered the faces of the two, immediately lowered his head and concentrated on tasting the tea on the table.

Not long after, the big man went downstairs, and Hu Liuzhi soon heard the voice of the waiter seeing off the guests with a long voice.The next moment, he threw a few copper coins on the table and got up quickly.

However, the ending disappointed Hu Liuzhi.After the two big men went out, they hired a small boat at the river pier behind the store and walked along the inner river in the city.

On the empty river wharf, it would be too obvious if Hu Liuzhi beckoned to "block the car" and chase after him like the police movies of later generations.Besides, he is an idler, and he doesn't have the guts to test the other party's vigilance with his own life.

So Hu Liuzhi turned around and left.

Walking non-stop all the way, Hu Liuzhi finally returned to Yaxi Street next to Futai Yamen, and entered the prison through the familiar West Bianmen.

In an office room in the prison, the prison boss Bao Shinan, his apprentice Gu San, and another idler Ma Diao'er have already been waiting for him in the room.

After Hu Liuzhi entered the house, he didn't dare to hide anything, took a deep breath, and poured out everything he saw later.

What Hu Liuzhi said, Bao Shinan twitched his beard and heard it clearly.After that, he walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back and his head bowed, and then began to question the two idlers.

After half an hour of tossing and turning, Bao Shinan carefully questioned all the details.In the end, he nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it's exactly as the old man expected."

Speaking of this, Bao Laotou, who has always been known to be stingy, was in a good mood, and unexpectedly took out a few pieces of silver from his arms: "You two are also considered veterans in the street, and this errand was done well today. This is a silver reward. There's more to come."

"Thank you, Grandpa Bao!"

"Starting tomorrow, keep a close eye on me. Do things carefully and don't miss out."

"Order!"

Seeing the two idlers happily picking up the money, Bao Shinan promised again: "You will be rewarded not only for the money, but also for the hard work you do this time. I will make a guarantee here: when the work is over, I will hang the two of you to the execution room." Under Hai Butou's door, I will receive a piece of silver as a white servant."

It is probably the ultimate goal of the idler world to upgrade from an idler who chooses his own job to an administrative temporary worker who eats free food.

Hu Liuzhi and Ma Diao'er, hearing Bao Shinan make such an important promise, hurriedly bent down and bowed, and nonsense about Grandpa Bao's kindness and virtue came out of his mouth like money.

"There is only one thing, this matter is of great importance, don't let me get away with it!"

Promising enough benefits, it's time to emphasize discipline.Bao Shinan immediately pulled his face again, and glanced at the three people in the room viciously: "If anyone pours yellow soup into their mouths, it will give me a leak, then I will make another guarantee today: I will definitely invite Hai Butou Mingmei to marry you, and send you here." This prison eats rice!"

"I'll know how powerful it is, so please rest assured, Master Bao!"

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While Bao Shinan was presiding over the meeting, the same scene was unfolding at Wukui Bridge, Zhouji Inn, Azi No. [-] Courtyard, and the temporary headquarters of the rescue team.

Those present included not only Zhou Yi, Huang Zhong, and Mao Tai, the troika, but also Xiao Guan, as well as the two team members pretending to be big men from Shaanxi.

There are also two team members with unfamiliar faces, reporting the situation: "Target No. 1 returned to the government office after seeing Xiaoguan enter the house with his own eyes, and entered through the west side gate."

"The same goes for target No. 2. After discovering that the connector was on board, he returned to the government office."

"The matter is clear." After listening to the reports of the two team members in charge of anti-tracking, the operation captain Mao Tai was the first to speak: "This Bao Shinan wants to make a great contribution to catching the rebels. So he sent out manpower to track the small tubes and put them on the long line." .Catch us big fish."

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Zhou Yi, leaning on his chin in a pensive state, was not in a hurry to express his opinion. Although from the information obtained from monitoring Bao Shinan in the past few days, everything was very consistent with the script of "capturing the head of Bao Shinan and catching the traitor".

What affected Zhou Yi's statement was the "unreasonableness" he faintly perceived.

As an agent with later generations of thinking and specialized in intelligence analysis, Zhou Yi was acutely aware of something wrong at this moment: Bao Shinan was behaving strangely.

In the late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued, and class conflicts could not be reconciled.Eight years have passed since the peasant uprising in northern Shaanxi that broke out in the seventh year of Tianqi (1627) has continued to this day.

Over such a long period of time, large-scale peasant uprisings followed one after another.To be honest, all parts of the Ming Dynasty are more or less immune to this chaotic situation.

In other words, everyone is skinny.

If it is said that in the early years, the guards could get a lot of rewards for catching a few rebels, but now that there are rogues everywhere and there are as many rebels as dogs, how much benefit can they get by catching a few rebels?
What's more, this time Bao Shinan actively mobilized his private subordinates and contributed his personal resources to investigate this case.

Not to mention whether the rebel can be caught in the end as he wishes, even if he is caught, the truth is more than the sacrifice?
In short, from Zhou Yi's point of view, Bao Shinan was either out of his mind, or there were other unknown reasons that led to such a deadly behavior.

However, generally speaking, Zhou Yi is still acceptable to the current situation.

One of the variables that the rescue team was most afraid of was that Bao Shinan disregarded March 21 and [-] and publicly reported to the government office that he had discovered the rebel gang. At that time, the rescue team had to withdraw immediately, and the rescue operation would be tantamount to a failure.

In the current situation, no matter what kind of big chess Bao Shinan has in private, as long as he doesn't expose the matter to the sky, then Zhou Yi will have the confidence to complete the task.

"So, Lao Huang, you should go and investigate urgently. In the previous Tianda rebellion case, what kind of rewards did Xiaogan inspectors get after capturing the rebels?"

Zhou Yi, who originally thought he was going to make a statement, suddenly issued such an order, Huang Zhong was slightly taken aback when he heard the words.

The next moment, Huang Zhong realized that this was equivalent to a formal order from the deputy station master and team leader, and nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll go and check it myself."

"We have too little information right now, so I can't make a final judgment." Zhou Yi turned his head and said to Mao Tai: "Captain Mao, you still need to closely monitor Bao Shinan's whereabouts and collect information. All hands belong to you." transfer."

"Ok."

After arranging these, Zhou Yi gently reached out and patted Xiaoguan on the shoulder: "Little Guan, although you haven't been trained at the headquarters, you are naturally a good material for intelligence."

"Come with me, and then practice the technique of debridement and dressing, it will be used soon."

At noon on the second day, Xiao Guan, dressed in plain robes, appeared in the alley beside the government office again.

Not long after, Xiao Guan saw Tian Da again in the death row.

This time, Bao Shinan, the cell leader, did not show up, and it is impossible for him to accompany Xiao Guan every time.Instead of Bao Shinan standing behind to monitor, it was his apprentice, Gu San.

Xiao Guan still brought food and wine this time.

After Xiao Guan left yesterday, Lao Zi not only replaced Tian Da with a new straw mat, but also provided clean coarse uniforms and normal standard meals.

In addition, the jailer also fetched two buckets of water for Mr. and Mrs. Tian to wash.

So after meeting Tian Da today, Xiao Guan found that his mental outlook has improved a lot.

However, Tian San still had a high fever after some care.Apart from being able to drink a few sips of water, he was still groggy for the rest of the time.

Fortunately, this time, Xiao Guan brought what Tian San needed most.

Across the fence, Xiao Guan learned and sold, first took out a knife and alcohol, and treated the wound on Tian San's shoulder.

Next, Tian San melted the fever-reducing elixir "Huang'an Powder" that he brought from the "Luoma City Old Chinese Medicine Doctor" into the water, and asked Tian Da to feed Tian San into his mouth.

In the end, Tian San left behind a small packet of medicine powder, and told Tian Da to feed Tian San the medicine and change it in time. This is the same for internal and external application.

After doing all this, Xiao Guan rewarded the prisoner with silver again with a smile, and then walked out of the prison with a smile in the sound of the prisoner sending him off.

(End of this chapter)