Lu Ming

Chapter 664 Sharing the Great Cause ([-])

In the early hours of the morning, the heavy rain all night finally came to an end.The surroundings are completely silent, and the air is filled with the smell of moist flowers and plants.

When Dongfang was slightly pale, the yawning successor jailer walked across the front path to the door of the "unit" and knocked on the door.

Unexpectedly, with this fist, the door opened in response to the sound, and he stepped into the door with some doubts. The jailer found that the door room was empty, and there was no trace of the colleagues on duty.

This scene of completely violating the "regulations" made him very confused.

Next, the successor brother who suddenly realized that something was wrong, hurriedly searched for the inner courtyard.As he walked, he yelled the names of his colleagues.

The one who responded to him was the awakened prisoner.Through the thick wooden door, these medieval scum made all kinds of weird noises from the small window.

When the brother on duty came to the middle courtyard and saw the same open door and the same empty office, he was finally sure: something happened.

Trembling, he pulled out a single knife from the scabbard hanging on the wall. The successor brother was sweating profusely, his hands were trembling, facing all kinds of mocking and shouting from the prisons on both sides, his whole body was on guard, with both hands holding the knife, and moved to the death row step by step. in front of the door.

As expected, both doors of the death cell were open.

And when the successor brother entered the death row compound, the first thing he saw was the open door of a death row.

After ten breaths, a shrill scream sounded from the death row: "It's not good, someone is robbing the prison!"

At the same time that the successor brother crawled out of the prison, the east gate of Hanyang Fucheng, which is closest to the river bank, slowly opened.

Every day at this time, all kinds of traffickers who have been waiting outside the city will rush in with fresh agricultural products.At the same time, a group of men in bunts and bamboo hats threw a handful of money into the basket, and walked out of the city gate quickly against the flow of people.

Originally, he wanted to interrogate one or two of the patrolmen, but because of the face of the big money, he didn't meddle in other people's business anymore.

After discovering the accident, the government office reacted very quickly, after all, the location of the prison is in the outer office.Lu Gao, the magistrate of Hanyang who hadn't woken up in Houya, was shocked when he heard the news, and rushed to the death row in his outer robe in minutes.

The facts of the case are clear at a glance.

Seeing the anti-poetry on the wall, and looking at the corpses of the prison guards thrown into a pile under his feet, the prefect of Lu was furious, and immediately ordered the four gates to be locked, mobilized government soldiers and horses, and searched the city.

However, it was too late.

When the searchers learned that many men with suspicious appearances had left the city as soon as the gate opened in the morning, they immediately went out of the city to hunt them down.Soon, the pursuers found the riverside wharf, and after asking the enthusiastic Chaoyang people, they learned that a group of middle-aged men boarded the riverboat and set sail at the dawn of the sky.

At this point, everyone who understands knows that there is no game. The thoroughfare of nine provinces is not just for fun.The criminal entered the Yangtze River, that is, he jumped into the sea: the river boat can not only cross the river to Wuchang, but also go south to Dongting to enter Sichuan, or travel thousands of miles to Jiangling.

With the strength of Hanyang Mansion, there is absolutely no way to hunt down the criminal in multiple directions.

The magistrate Lu Gao who heard the news had a splitting headache.He couldn't catch anyone, and it was difficult for him to explain to Wuchang that such a big anti-thief case happened right under his nose.

Although the situation is not good, there is still a response that should be given.So Lu Gao sent people to Wuchang Mansion to report the letter, signed the arrest document at sea, and mobilized troops to block the line from Hanyang to Xiaogan-the most likely culprit was returning to the old lair of Shanluo in the north.

However, Lu Gao, an official close to the people, knows in his heart that as long as these daring rebels have a little experience in the world, they will find a place to avoid the limelight first.

A high-intensity blockade cannot last.This is not only the Ming Dynasty, even in later generations.For major and important cases, various checkpoints are set up on the main roads of the city, and the intensity is usually the strongest within a week.The prefect Lu knew that no matter where this group of rebels planned to go, they must find a place to nest up first, and make plans after the wind passed.

The game between the official and the thief has reached this point, and the rest is almost a clear card.Now Lu Gao can only hope that his subordinates will be able to find traces of the perpetrator in the next period of time.

Thinking of this, Lu Gao couldn't help having a headache again: It has been confirmed that before and after the incident, Du Chong, the head arrester of the Hanyang Mansion, and Bao Shinan, the head prisoner, disappeared.

As time went by, in the afternoon of that day, Lu Gao got more information: Du and Bao disappeared in the afternoon yesterday, they disappeared together, and there were some relatives of them.

It doesn't take much clever deduction, even an ordinary person can guess at this time that the disappearance of Du Bao and his wife must be related to this shocking case.

The dilemma for Lu Gao is that he can't be sure now whether Du and Bao were slaughtered by the rebels, or whether they were accomplices of the rebels and escaped together afterwards.

Although the latter inference seems unlikely, after all, Bao and Du left their house and disappeared with their wives and children, and they also took a group of subordinates with them.However, this is a possibility after all, and Zhifu Lu lacks more information now, so he cannot draw conclusions in advance.

"Check it out, let me check it out, dig three feet to dig out the thief!"

Lu Gao, the magistrate of the mainland, was furious, with a murderous look on his face, and he was furious at a group of officials kneeling under the hall.

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What Lu Zhifu didn't know was that the gang of thieves who were running away was hiding in Hankou Town, which was less than 20 miles away from him.

The information was the same as the official investigation: the rescue team left the east gate of Hanyang City in the early morning of that day, and then boarded a riverboat that had been arranged long ago.After that, the river boat actually wandered around the river, and it didn't take long before dropping off the passengers at the pier in Hankou Town downstream.

After Tian and Da got off the boat, they got into a carriage directly.Afterwards, the carriage drove around Hankou Town several times to confirm that there was no follower behind them, and Tian and Da were finally hidden in a secret courtyard.

This small courtyard is a safe house specially prepared by Wuhan Station. It is the result of the renovation of the left-behind personnel of Wuhan Station during this period of time.

The terrain of the small courtyard is very hidden, surrounded by other courtyards, similar to a courtyard, there is no ordinary courtyard door at all.If you want to enter the small courtyard, you can either look for it from the row upon row of roofs, or go through the secret door in the firewood house in the outer cover courtyard.

After Tian and Da lived in the small courtyard, they first rested in peace for a few days.During this period, Zhou Yi came to visit every day, not only bringing food and clothing, but also some written information such as residence newspapers.

Both are literate.After reading the filtered information, they can have a general understanding of what happened outside after being imprisoned, especially the situation of the northern peasant army.

In this way, he lived in seclusion in the small courtyard for five days.

On the sixth day, Zhou Yi came to the house as usual.

It's different from the past.Today Zhou Yi came to the door, not only brought two followers, but also changed his clothes: a strange double-breasted blue Taoist robe, which is called a windbreaker in later generations.

"Brother Tian, ​​how is today?"

After the meeting, Zhou Yi took care of Tian San's body as usual.

Tian San got up hurriedly when he heard the words, and thumped his shoulders hard: "Brother Lao Zhou is worried, it is already well."

"Okay, okay." Zhou Yi smiled and sat on the bamboo chair: "So, it will be easy to travel."

"Walking?" Tian Da, who was on the side, keenly heard the meaning of Zhou Yi's words.So he asked eagerly: "Brother Zhou, is the official dog's interrogation loose?"

"Of course."

Zhou Yi nodded and said: "The day before yesterday, the city of Hanyang was unsealed. Since yesterday, half of Xiaogan's checkpoints along the way have been withdrawn."

"Then hurry up and leave." Tian San, who had escaped from the dead, didn't want to stay in this ghostly place in Huguang now: "My body is already in good health, I can walk in the army, and it's enough to fight with the officials. .”

"Brother came today to discuss this matter."

When Zhou Yi said this, his expression became serious: "There is only one thing, today I have to get acquainted with the two of you again."

When Tian and Da heard the words, their hearts were agitated, and they stood up together, and with the etiquette they met for the first time in the world, they cupped their hands and said solemnly: "Please enlighten me, brother."

Tian and Da had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Prior to this, during the dealings between the two parties starting from Xiaoguan, Zhou Yi had always covered up his own origin.

This situation continued until Tian and Da escaped from danger.

Tian Da had asked about this matter after being settled in the small courtyard that day, when he clearly realized that Zhou Yi and the others were not his own brothers from Shanluo.It's just that Zhou Yi was busy arranging many affairs at that time, so he replied to them: "I will take care of you with peace of mind, and I will know sooner."

In this way, it dragged on for a few days, and when the wind outside died down, Tian and Da had cultivated their emotions, and Zhou Yi came to the showdown today.

The next moment, Zhou Yi stood up, made a big gesture, and said loudly: "Zhou Yi, the contemporary disciple of the Iron Umbrella Sect, has met two benefactors."

"Oh." After hearing this unfamiliar sect, Tian Da was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly clasped his fists in return: "It turned out to be Daoist Zhou in person, cough. This has been a long time, long time. Thank you, brother, for saving your life."

"Hehehe, I haven't heard of it, so why have I looked up to it for so long?"

After seeing the ceremony, Daoist Zhou looked like a fairy, and he spoke freely and naturally: "The Iron Umbrella Gate is a hidden sect, even the Taoist Court, I am afraid that the ancestors of each sect have heard of it."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yi waved his sleeves: "Let's all sit down. Make tea, we need a long talk today."

Next, Zhou Yi began to memorize the content according to the document written in advance by the intelligence department: "My Iron Umbrella Sect belongs to the lineage of the ancestor Chen Tuan, and I am the descendant of Cao Sanren, the disciple of the ancestor who closed the door."

"The Iron Umbrella Gate belongs to the authentic sect of real Taoism. Inside the gate is the authentic copy of "The Preface to the Dragon Picture" handed down by the ancestor Chen Tuan, and there is also a real explanation of the picture preface. "

"Nowadays the world is in chaos, and the morality of the Great Ming Dynasty has declined. It is a sign of the rebellion and the change of the world. Ten years ago, I, the current suzerain of the Iron Umbrella Sect, used great perseverance and great power to push the sequence of the Yilong diagram, and finally solved it. , Your Lord Li Zicheng is indeed a real dragon who rises in response to the current calamity in the world."

"Therefore, Pindao got the order of the suzerain and went down the mountain a few days ago to lead the disciples of the outer sect to help and help"

(End of this chapter)