Lu Ming

Amidst the sound of horseshoes, the carriage shuttled through the streets and alleys of the capital.

The black four-wheeled carriage pulled by two horses is a new gadget brought by the traversers, which can often be seen in British movies in later generations.

The only difference: In the movie, Sharma is 1.8 meters tall at the shoulders, taller than most adults.Today, there are only two ordinary Mongolian horses serving Annan's envoys.

Xuanwumen is not too far from the starting point of Huangchenggen, and the carriage will arrive all the way west.It's just that there was a little bit of trouble today: "The horseman, why did you take a detour?"

Although Ruan Hong and the others were not familiar with the roads of the capital, their sense of direction was fine, especially when they saw the carriage passing Xuanwu Gate from a distance.

"Senior officer, the Ministry of Industry has been changing the bridge slab at Xuanwu Inner Bridge for the past two days, so no cars can pass. We need to bypass the bridge over the moat in front."

"Oh"

While talking, the taxi took a detour and drove the guests straight to the southwest corner of the inner city.

At this time, the guests could no longer see Xuanwu Gate, because the carriage turned into a mysterious alley.

After half a stick of incense time, when Ruan Hong and the two of them frequently opened the bamboo curtain to look around, they found that the carriage turned abruptly and turned into a secluded alley.

The first one you enter at the entrance of the alley is the front of an inn with an inner splayed wall.There are four gold-plated characters written on the plaque at the door: Tongfu Inn.

He was about to drive past the door of the Tongfu Inn. Suddenly, the carriage turned again and rushed straight to the side door of the inn that was wide open next to it.

Feeling something was wrong, Ruan Hong shouted sharply in the car: "Stablekeeper, where is this?"

"Passing by to refuel, the axle is a bit rough."

While speaking, the round-faced stableman steered the carriage and rushed into the gate.At the same time, the two doors rubbed against the back of the carriage, were pushed tight, and closed.

"call"

Before the wheels came to a complete stop, six or seven strong men in shopkeeper's attire suddenly rushed out from both sides, and they stretched out their hands and yanked open the car door.

"What are you waiting for?"

Between the elbow and the armpit, Ruan Hong hadn't even uttered a question when he received a sharp blow to his Adam's apple.While strangling his own neck and retching, he was forcefully pulled out of the car with three hands and two legs.

At the same time, the deputy envoy who had been punched on the bridge of the nose was also pulled out of the car from the other side by someone pulling his hair in a bun.

"Liu team, how to deal with it?"

"Take it to the basement and interrogate slowly."

The round-faced guy who got out of the car, looked carefully, was actually in his 20s, but his round face looked a bit younger.

It's just that at this moment, he doesn't have the horseman's philistine at all.Instead, there are fierce eyes and a fierce temperament.

Give an order, despite the desperate struggle, the two Annans were stuffed with cloth strips, and then pushed horizontally by several big men to the backyard of the inn.

Reaching into his bosom, he took out a copper-cased pocket watch and looked at it. The young man known as Team Liu ordered again: "Chaoshou alley, Huixian Inn, not far from us. One group. Wang Gui, the person who will take you goes first. Touch the row and wear casual clothes."

Thinking about it, Team Liu added: "The target is a single male, with a high probability of having an Annan/Fujian-Vietnamese accent. This person should be in a long-term private room, which was rented at the same time as Ruan Hong came to Beijing."

The black and thin middle-aged man named Wang Gui should be right away.

Immediately afterwards, Team Liu issued another order: "The rest of the mobile personnel at the Tongfu site, prepare the cars, sedan chairs, sleeping pills, ether, Jinyiwei, Wucheng Bingmasi and Wanping government uniforms, and then move to the Huixian Inn."

All the team members stood at attention: "Yes."

He ordered someone to bring a poor horse on duty with a saddle and bridle, and Team Liu got on the horse: "I'll report to the station chief. If you find the target, don't move rashly. Unless the target receives a letter from someone and shows signs of fleeing, you can take it down immediately. I have to live. I'm not here, and the action will be presided over by Wang Gui."

Before going out, someone turned his head and added: "Don't forget to divide your hands and follow up with the reporter."

"Yes."

After hastily making arrangements, Liu Dui drove his rough horse all the way to Uncle Zhongyong's mansion.

People in this era don't have the traffic regulations to pull over, and Team Liu is not an urgent courier who has the right to go racing in the capital, so he can only hurry to Uncle Zhongyong's mansion at a leisurely pace.

After less than half an hour, Team Liu arrived at Uncle Zhongyong's mansion.

Here, it's home.Soon, some action members in ordinary clothes came to lead the horses.As for Team Liu, after asking where Xue Haiyuan was, he went straight to the small study.

The small study is usually a place where insiders use for secret talks.After Team Liu came, he first greeted the guards in front of the door, then knocked on the door and entered.

On the sofa in the small study, Xue Haiyuan, who was playing with a string of sandalwood beads, was making arrangements in a low voice with a middle-aged man with a sharp face beside him.

The latter is Li Feng, the deputy head of the Beijing Railway Station who only crossed last year.

Seeing Liu Dui enter the door, Xue Haiyuan stopped talking and waved his hands: "Liu Wang is here, sit down."

Liu Wang, the first waiter in Hangzhou who was forced to follow the thief.After murdering the clerk of the Hangzhou County Yamen under the coercion of the thief, he officially followed the thief.

In the passionate years that followed, he kidnapped bullies, murdered gentry, burned Wu Sanye's private pier, caused a mass tragedy of Taihu gangsters, worked hard for the time-traveling cause, and finally grew into a loyal imperialist minion.

After that, Liu Wang moved to the north and south, and was finally transferred to a more important position: the captain of the Beijing station operation.

"Station Master, the two Annan people are under control. I'll send someone else to Chaoshou Alley to find out about that hidden problem."

"Well, hurry up."

Greeting the panting Liu Wang to sit down, Xue Haiyuan thought for a while and asked, "These three Annan people, do you know who is the most important?"

Liu Wang quickly replied: "After I finished my report, I will personally interrogate envoy Ruan Hong."

"Ha ha."

Glancing at the smiling and silent deputy station chief, Xue Haiyuan shook his head: "We found out that the time is too short, and I didn't explain it to you."

"Ruan Hong and the others are nothing but tools for Chongzhen to poke the commander's face. They belong to toads who crawl on their feet, don't bite people, and respond to people."

"Actually, the time when Ruan Hong was the most powerful has long passed. Do you think anyone in the court still cares about him?"

When Liu Wang heard this, he realized that he had made a mistake before.Licking his lips, he changed his plan: "I'll personally preside over the capture of that dark man when I get back."

"This shadow is very important."

Xue Haiyuan once again mentioned the important word: "In the past few years, who is our enemy and who is our friend in the capital has generally been made clear."

"But this Anzi is a demon mirror delivered to the door. It is said that this person often haunts the mansions of the rich and powerful."

Liu Wang patted his thigh and understood: "Arrest and interrogation. Let's see if the person behind Anzi's confession is different from what we know."

Xue Haiyuan stretched out his finger, and nodded at the other party in the air: "That's right! ~ See if any of the two or five boys are checked out, that's the most important thing."

"I guess there is." Liu Wang rubbed his hands excitedly: "Station Master, I will make an action plan, and I will make these people look good later!"

"If you come up with any plan, don't make it. Just know who it is."

Xue Haiyuan twirled the beads, a narrow smile appeared on his face, and he murmured: "When the calamity of his year came, three shackles covered his feet, and five burning hearts were mixed with life and death in the mud, struggling helplessly."

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But Liu Wang said that after reporting to the leader, he changed into an unremarkable short robe, and then hurried to Chaoshou alley.

Chaoshou Hutong is just outside Xuanwu Gate.There are many streets and alleys intersecting here, and there are flower markets, mule horse markets and vegetable markets around, with convenient transportation and complex environment.

Looking at the entrance of the alley from afar, Liu Wang glanced around according to the standard deployment and control mode during training, and Liu Wang saw the peripheral team members squatting on the side of the road, making hints to him.

After getting off the horse and passing by the team members slowly, Liu Wang knew the location of the monitoring point.Then he didn't enter Chaoshou Hutong, but turned into a narrow street parallel to the Hutong.

This narrow street is called Jingsi Street, and there is a theater in the middle of the street.

The team members wandering in front of the building saw the captain coming, and hurriedly led him to the private room on the second floor.

To the west of the second floor, directly opposite, is the backyard of Huixian Inn.

"How about it, report the situation."

After entering the door, he took the binoculars from the team leader Wang Gui. Liu Wang searched and asked, "Did anyone find it?"

"I found it. It's a tea merchant who claims to be from Guangli. His surname is Li, and his name is Li Fuyin. This person is the only long-private room in Huixian Inn, and the rest of the characteristics are also in compliance with the conditions."

"What about people?"

"The third room on the east wall of the backyard, room B No. [-], I didn't go out today."

Upon hearing this, Liu Wang used an [-]x Zeiss telescope to search the row of guest rooms on the east wall: "Have our people been arranged?"

"Go in, and the three vacant rooms in the backyard have been rented."

After finding the target guest room in the camera, and observing for 5 minutes, Liu Wang put down the binoculars: "The expulsion of Ruan Hong was a matter of early decision. So if someone wants to report to this ill-informed An Zi, or investigate Ruan Hong The whereabouts will definitely be today, no later than Fangya."

"It's already four o'clock in the afternoon, and it won't be long before the release. So, let's wait for today and this night. If nothing happens, we will start abducting people tomorrow."

"Yes!"

After making a plan, Liu Wang began to deploy manpower.Dozens of people, including the members of the second team who came later, dispersed and closely monitored Jiangxian Inn.

The tenant named Li Fuyin did not appear in the following time.It was only before dinner that I finally went out and stretched my legs and feet in the backyard.

This activity allowed Liu Wang to see the face of the target.

After a while, the buddy brought rice.Watching the dark and thin man go back to his room, Liu Wang looked at his watch again and ordered: "Send a message, pay more attention for the next few hours."

"Yes."

All information is time-sensitive.

From Liu Wang's point of view, if the forces connected with this dark boy want to call the police, they will definitely do so today.Otherwise, Anzi might know about it tomorrow or something unexpected happened, and the information would lose its timeliness.

The current capital city, like other cities in Ming Dynasty, has a curfew in the middle of the night.So the Messenger will definitely appear sometime in the next period, if any.

Although this conjecture is logical, no one contacted Anzi until it got dark.

At this time, the theater building where Liu Wang was located was already brightly lit, and the guests arrived for tea.Not a moment later, the sound of Beijing opera babbling floated into the private room.

Suppressing the boredom in his heart, Liu Wang put down the binoculars and signaled for a shift change.Sitting down, he picked up the pastry on the table, biting while reflecting on the loopholes in the arrangement.

No, in the next second, the team member in charge of observation shouted: "There is movement!"

Liu Wang jumped up in shock.

Huixian Inn is a time-honored brand with a large number of tenants. This time is the peak period of people coming and going.Therefore, if the observer said there was movement, it must be that someone deliberately approached the door of Anzi's room.

Sure enough, in the shot Liu Wang held up, a man dressed as a servant will pass through the corridor and stand in front of the door of Room B No. [-], raising his hand to knock.

Since only the lanterns in the corridor provided the light, Liu Wang could no longer see the faces of the visitors clearly.

"Wang Gui, you should go to set up outside the inn now, bring a few veterans, and follow this person yourself."

The team leader Wang Gui has the most tracking experience in the action team.

"I approve you to bring a night vision goggle."

Since this Anzi is a key figure, he can't be stingy with resources.Considering that there are no street lights and ubiquitous light pollution in this era, in order to be safe, Liu Wang had to ask Wang Gui to bring a night vision device to follow.

Wang Guiying said yes, turned around and went downstairs.

At the same time, the servant-like person knocked on the door and quickly disappeared inside.

Not long after, about half a stick of incense, the servant opened the door and hurried out of the hotel.

Soon, a peripheral team member ran into the private room panting, and whispered: "Report, the group leader led four people to follow."

"Go and notify everyone, the highest level of alert!"

There was excitement in Liu Wang's eyes: "If my guess is right, this guy is about to check out."

A proven imperialist villain with a lot of experience.

as expected.Only half a stick of incense had passed after the servant left, the door of Room B and No. [-] opened again, and the dark and thin target came out with a burden on his back.

Li Fuyin gently closed the door, stood in the courtyard, and looked around.After finding nothing wrong, he turned his head and went to the front yard cabinet.

Li Fuyin's current mood is extremely panic. The Ming court actually drove Master Ruan away in the early court!
According to the prior agreement, if something like this happens, Lord Ruan should meet at the Huixian Inn.But now it's getting dark, and Mr. Ruan has no news.Li Fuyin had a strong premonition in his heart.

This premonition prompted him to hastily pack up and go out to check out.

Walking quickly to the counter, Li Fuyin said to the shopkeeper who was making plans in fluent Chinese: "Old Qi, just now a villager sent a letter saying that my father is ill, and I have to go back to my hometown as soon as possible."

Shopkeeper Qi, who was wearing a single piece of presbyopic glasses, was startled when he heard the words: "Oh, this is a big deal. Shopkeeper Li will leave tomorrow?"

"Let's go tonight, and meet the villagers first."

"Oh, is that house still reserved for you?"

"No more."

"Okay, please wait a moment until the old man settles the rent."

Just as Li Fuyin let out a long breath, a thick arm with flower stripes suddenly stretched out from the side, pushing him aside.

Li Fuyin, who was terrified, leaned on the counter and looked at it, but he was a big man with a big arm and a round waist, with a beard on his face, and he was actually a big man with half his arms bare in this weather.

The next moment, the gangster who pushed Li Fuyin aside arbitrarily, slapped the cabinet case, shaking the shopkeeper's pen and ink: "Damn it, what a shitty old shop. I've been here for less than three hours. Come half lice!"

Before the words were finished, as the big man moved his thick palm away, a bunch of lice that had been slapped to death appeared on the counter.

The old shopkeeper Qi who was also taken aback, apologized hastily when he saw this, repeatedly accompanies him, and called the clerk, ordering another clean bedding for the big man.

After making such a fuss for a stick of incense, the big man returned to the room cursing.

Next, the shopkeeper checked out Li Fuyin.

Li Fuyin, who had finally completed the formalities, went out of the shop, and after a little identification of the direction, he changed the burden on his back to another shoulder. Li Fuyin bowed his head and walked towards the entrance of the alley.

Unexpectedly, within 20 meters, he was startled by an abrupt greeting: "Guest officer, do you want to take a car?"

Looking up, he saw a round-faced stable boy half lying on the front seat of the four-wheeled carriage, with his feet on the horse's buttocks, looking at him with a smile.

"No money, no sitting."

Like a frightened bird, Li Fuyin didn't want to deal with anyone at all at this time.Lowering his head again, he hurriedly stepped up.

The general walked another 20 meters, and another sudden shout came oncoming: "Stop, what are you doing?"

Li Fuyin raised his head in astonishment, and a lantern stretched out in front of him.Behind the dim light, there are four patrolmen in livery and armed with swords and spears.

"Vice lord, the younger one is a servant, a good citizen."

"Housekeeper? Which family? Seeing that you are carrying a burden, and your business is sneaky, could it be that there are thieves inside?"

Li Fuyin was in a hurry: "How can you imprison someone's innocence? I'm from the residence of Shi Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

As soon as he said this, the sound of horseshoes suddenly came from the left side, making Li Fuyin turn his head inadvertently.

At this moment, a thick arm with flower dragon stripes stretched out from the right side, and tightly strangled Li Fuyin's neck.Immediately afterwards, a white cotton towel with a strange smell covered his mouth and nose.

Before the thin Li Fuyin struggled, he first felt the air, and then he was stuffed into the carriage. At this moment, Li Fuyin saw a smiling round face from the corner of his eyes.

In the carriage, Li Fuyin, whose mouth, nose, waist and legs were held down by several big hands, first struggled desperately a few times, then he felt his head gradually becoming dizzy, and finally fell into the silent darkness.

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Early the next morning, Uncle Zhongyong's mansion, small study.

Liu Wang, who hadn't slept all night, looked haggard, but his spirit was very excited.Handing over a piece of material with both hands, Liu Wang said excitedly: "Station Master, all have been interrogated. There really is a traitor!"

"Hehe, I thought so too."

After receiving the material, Xue Haiyuan read it leisurely, and then handed the material to Li Feng, the deputy station chief who was sitting beside him: "How about the three Annan monkeys?"

"They are all locked in the basement of Tongfu and can be disposed of at any time."

"Let's put aside the traitor for now. You go back now and deal with those three yourself."

"Yes."

Seeing Liu Wang turn and leave, Xue Haiyuan lowered his head and pinched the bridge of his nose, and said a little tiredly, "Finally, another incident happened."

Seeing Xue Haiyuan's preoccupied appearance, Li Feng, who knew the inside story, asked softly, "Are you still worried about the Tartars?"

"That's right." Xue Haiyuan sighed, "Te [-] and Te [-] haven't moved at all, and I'm on pins and needles right now."

"Or." Li Feng thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "I personally took people to get Te Er Duan, and then left a note to stimulate them for a while."

"Hehe, Lao Li, Lao Li, it's still too late for you to time travel."

Xue Haiyuan was amused by Li Feng's thoughts: "I know you are a master of tactics. But haven't we traveled through time now? We are all expensive daughters who can't sit still. Even if we do this kind of thing, we will let the subordinates What are you going to do?"

"Let's talk about it." Reaching out to pat Li Feng's shoulder, Xue Haiyuan analyzed: "These people don't move, it must be because they didn't receive the order. It's meaningless for you to take them."

"But it's not an option to wait passively like this. Tianjin seems to be very anxious."

"Yes." Xue Haiyuan lowered his head again and pinched the bridge of his nose: "It's a thousand days to guard against thieves, so don't be anxious."

As the saying goes: There is no book without a coincidence.

Just when the two bosses were having a headache about something, the head of the intelligence team of the Beijing Station came quickly outside the small study room: "Station Chief, Teyi has made an action."

"Huh?" Xue Haiyuan immediately sat up from the sofa upon hearing this.

"Early this morning, a few leather goods dealers from outside came into Teyi with a small amount of goods."

"Hey hey."

Xue Haiyuan patted his forehead, and let out a sigh of relief: "Finally, I am looking forward to it."

Li Feng also relaxed at the same time.Waving his hand, he immediately ordered: "Add more people to monitor closely, and notify the station master and me as soon as there is any movement."

"Yes."

After the intelligence team leader left, Li Feng rubbed his hands: "You estimate that you can come in a few days."

"Familiarize yourself with the situation, hold a meeting, contact White Gloves and hand over the post." Xue Haiyuan was completely relaxed at this moment: "It will take three days anyway."

A prophecy.

Three days later, a letter of worship from Lu Kuan, the sixth-rank official who is now the deputy envoy of Qianning and the former Bing Bei Dao, who is now at home, was delivered to the Zhongyong uncle's mansion.

Lu Kuan was not made to wait for long.Soon, a young man in a three-piece suit brought Lu Kuan and his entourage to a secluded side hall of Cao Mansion.

In front of the side hall, Lu and Kuan received special treatment: several agents in black clothes searched them.

At the same time, in the side hall, Liu Wang was whispering in Xue Haiyuan's ear: "Station Master, this is a Tartar, do you really not need guards?"

Xue Haiyuan waved his hands helplessly when he heard the words: "This is a negotiation on our land, have you read too many dramas?"

"Let's talk about it." Xue Haiyuan waved his hand, signaling Liu Wang to go out quickly: "With the deputy station chief here, who would dare to seek death and use violence?"

At the same time that Liu Wang was going out through a hidden door, Lu Kuan and Lu Kuan were also led into the same room with a sofa and coffee table.

Glancing at the large silver mirror hanging on the wall, Lu Kuan stepped forward and cupped his hands in a salute: "The student has met Master Xue."

"I have admired you for a long time." Xue Haiyuan shook hands with Lu Kuan enthusiastically: "Sit down, everyone sit down."

After calling everyone to sit down, Xue Haiyuan introduced Li Feng who was sitting beside him: "This is Master Li."

"Oh, Jiu Yang."

The next moment, Xue Haiyuan stared at the middle-aged attendant in ordinary attire and asked, "Where does this come from?"

There was an inexplicable silence in the room.

"Master Xue probably noticed it." After a long silence, the attendant slowly got up, bowed and saluted, and said slowly with a fluent Hebei accent: "My Xia Meng Qiaofang is the special envoy of Emperor Chongde. "

"Hehehe, I don't know who it is, it turned out to be Meng Shenzheng!"

At this moment, Xue Haiyuan finally matched the person in front of him with the historical data in his mind.