Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 110 Leaking clues
Capital, South City.

Dai Quan, with a large number of people from the Imperial City Division, came to the South City Gate, quickly screened the people present one by one, and released most of them, leaving hundreds of suspicious people detained in the Bingma Division. In the prison.

Order the soldiers on both sides to return to their own camps, call Niu Jizong and He Yongxi and other generals to reprimand them severely, and ask them to go back to appease the soldiers, and return to the camp after completing the compensation matters.

Dai Quan led the people from the Imperial City Division to the prison overnight, preparing for the night trial of the spies.

"Ma Mengquan, can you find any clues about the people you selected?"

Qianhu Ma Mengquan of the Imperial City Division was trembling there, unable to say a word, what should I do.

"Return to Dugong, I don't know about the humble position, I can only say that it is roughly the same, there may be."

"Huh? It's possible, but it's gone. You guys haven't even caught the tail of the Taiping Sect for so many days, waste!"

Dai Quan was obviously angry. He had spent so much energy, mobilizing a large number of soldiers from the Bingma Division and so many capable manpower from the Huangcheng Division. Tell me this.

When Ma Qianhu saw that Neixiang scolded him, and it was undisguised, he wiped off his sweat and relaxed. This test is over, because Neixiang scolded him because he was partial. If he didn't scold you one day Yes, this is dangerous.

Of course, the censorship during this period of time does not mean that there is no gain for the Taiping Sect.

"Supervisor. I found out that the people of the Taiping Sect have a habit of arranging some spies to observe closely every time they finish a case. Unlike the White Lotus Sect, they run faster than rabbits when they commit crimes, and they can't catch anyone. .”

Hearing that there is still good news, Dai Quan let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh, you mean that He Yongxi still has a brain, and there are spies from the Taiping Sect among those arrested on the spot?"

"It's the superintendent, but I don't know if he was caught this time. All the local people with guarantors have been released. There are still hundreds of people who haven't had time to screen, but they can be found anyway."

Ma Qianhu firmly believes that this time it is impossible not to gain nothing, and Dai Quan likes to accept the confident appearance,
"It's easy to handle, everyone is interrogated one by one, and those who are known or guaranteed will be released, and those who don't will be fine."

"Yes, Governor, I will do it for the humble position."

Ma Qianhu went straight to the prison with a large number of people from the Imperial City Division, inspected the people separately, and reported their identities and names before they could leave after verification by the guarantor.

And Dai Quan asked Xiao Huangmen to go out to buy some cooked food, wine and meat, set up a table at the entrance of the prison, sat there and drank some wine.

And the people from the Imperial City Division came in and out one by one, interrogated in the prison and then went out to the market for verification. Those who were verified correctly were released, and those who were not verified were kept.

The people from the Imperial City Division acted very quickly. In two hours, with the cooperation of a large number of personnel, they screened out more than a dozen people who did not have ID certificates, or who could not be verified.

As for the members of the Taiping Sect at the Chengdong Inn, there were no spies waiting to be released in the evening. At this time, the old leader Chu realized that something was wrong, and quickly asked everyone to move to the next secret courtyard. This was Chu Yiyue himself. The back road that has been prepared for a long time, if no one comes here to check after a period of time, then come back.

In the Bingmasi prison, Ma Qianhu came to report the results of the screening, Dai Quan nodded and motioned Ma Qianhu to sit down and eat something.

Ma Mengquan thanked the governor sincerely, sat down and ate with small bites.

"You did a good job. You are also a veteran. This screening is very meticulous. The miscellaneous family can see it. I will interrogate the remaining dozen people. You can eat here."

"The duke should go with you in a humble position."

"No, you stay here and keep an eye on the gate. I'll take Ji Baihu with me."

"Respect."

Dai Quan didn't pay attention, and led the people from the Imperial City Division into it. The lights were brightly lit all the way, but it couldn't cover up the cold atmosphere underground, and the people locked up in the cells on both sides kept shouting for grievances.

Dai Quan touched his nose, the smell was really bad.

After entering the inner prison, it is an empty place, which is specially used for interrogating criminals.

Dai Quan came to the upper seat and sat down.

"Ji Baihu, start picking people up and bring them all up."

"It's the Duchess,"

Ji Yunhui Baihu led people directly to escort the thirteen people out of the prison, tied them to the iron backrest on the wall, and then hung them up.

These people turned pale with fright and kept begging for mercy.

Dai Quan just asked, who is from the White Lotus Sect, who is from the Taiping Sect, or which family you are from.

And the people on the wall didn't speak, they just begged for mercy.

Dai Quan didn't feel embarrassed, just waved his hand, and the people of Huangcheng Division took the whip soaked in salt water and whipped it, and the screams were endless, very desolate.

It's almost done,
"Stop. The miscellaneous family will ask again, and those who claim to be from the family can go back. This squat whip is just an appetizer, and there are more criminal laws below."

One of the timid ones cried out;

"My lord, my lord, I say, I say."

"Oh, you said."

"My lord, I am the servant of the concierge of Prince Jing's Mansion. I came here to see what happened. I dare not hide the truth from the Duke."

"Who sent you here?"

"Return to Dugong, I was sent by the porter butler of the palace, just ask me and you will know."

"Then why didn't you say it before?"

"Duke, if I tell you, I will cause trouble for the palace, and the little one will be sold."

Dai Quan didn't ask any more questions and directly signaled to someone to check, and the people from the Imperial City Department immediately went out to check.

"It's good to count you alone. If someone comes here, put him down first. If you dare to lie to the miscellaneous family, the miscellaneous family will make your life worse than death. Of course, it is correct after verification. You can leave, and I will give you money as compensation."

"The little ones don't dare, the little ones don't dare."

"Besides, you have to think about it. After passing this village, there will be no such shop."

After saying this, Dai Quan went back to sit down, but the faces of the people on the wall were uncertain, and two of them couldn't help revealing their identities, claiming to be the subordinates of Prince Zhongshun, and came here to check what happened. It was ordered by the prince himself.

Dai Quan was also surprised when he heard that, Zhongshun King Zhou Jian'an hadn't made his debut since the battle outside the pass, and he was even banned in the mansion after returning to Beijing.

"Go and verify,"

"It's the Duke."

"Let me ask you two, has King Zhongshun ever come out of the mansion?"

The two were so frightened that they dared to talk nonsense, and said bluntly,
"Returning to Dugong, I have never left the mansion, and I have arranged for my servants to do anything."

"Well, did you ever say something?"

The two knelt there and shook their heads again and again,
"My lord, the two of us are just porters looking for news, how do we know about the inner courtyard, please learn from the governor."

"It's true."

Dai Quan nodded, glanced around again, and smiled when he saw that those people were still indifferent.

"For the rest of you, you don't have much time. You can say it before the verifier comes back. After that, you can say another word."

And the rest of the people didn't open their mouths. Dai Quan knew that there were not only people from the Taiping Sect, but also spies from other forces. It's really interesting, this time a big fish was caught.

After waiting for a while, the people from the Imperial City Division came back and reported the verification situation, which was all true.

Dai Quan didn't procrastinate, and let the three of them go back. The three came and kowtowed to thank them, and ran out after rolling and crawling.

After the three left, Dai Quan got up formally.

"Come here, put on the torture, change one by one, until you open your mouth."

"Yes, Duchess."

The people from the Imperial City Division were not polite, and directly used the torture to serve them. The prison was horrific for a while, and the screams frightened the whole prison to tremble, and they did not dare to make a scene.

After the torture, no one opened his mouth. Dai Quan instantly thought of two words, dead man.

It's not as simple as a big fish behind it, Dai Quan sat there quietly without saying a word, and Ji Yunhui, a hundred householder of the Imperial City Department, asked,

"The governor still uses heavy punishments,"

"Go ahead, put on the soldering iron."

This sentence made these dead men break into cold sweats. Someone on the spot had a mental breakdown and confessed. It turned out to be a spy from the Northwest Zoroastrian Cult. This result also shocked Dai Quan. The Taiping Cult did not interrogate and popped up a Zoroastrian Cult. How could this Dawu Always out of sect.

Dai Quan wanted someone to take them back to the cell first, and then continued to look at the rest of the people. Before the execution, there were five people who could not hold their breath.

Dai Quan cursed bad luck, and the remaining three people did not carry it over and finally confessed. The three of them were spies of the Taiping Sect, responsible for inquiring about news.

"Where is your stronghold in the capital?"

"There's a tavern at the corner of the fifth block in Dongchengfang, that's it."

"It can't be here, can it?"

"Then I don't know, that's where our spies received orders. As for other things, we are not qualified to know."

Seeing that they were like that, Dai Quan couldn't ask any questions, so he asked the people from the Imperial City Division to take him under strict supervision. In addition, he sent people to take people to the small restaurant and arrest them when it was appropriate. After returning in vain, this matter made Ma Mengquan pay attention.

Ji Yunhui took the order to go, but just about to leave, he asked Dai Neixiang what to do if there was no one there, and Dai Quan replied without thinking, then don't arrest people, there will always be someone who stares at them for a long time The clues came out, this behavior showed that the members of the Taiping Sect did not leave the capital at all.

Only then did Ji Yunhui understand what Duke Du meant.

"The governor is wise!"

(End of this chapter)