Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1877 Removing the Old and Closing the New ([-])
It was 06:30 pm, which is still bright in August.The outside of the Golden Flower Temple has been newly organized by the Australians. They are called the police in Newspeak.The security chiefs and Paijia of several Baojias outside Xiguan also took "security activists" to watch outside to maintain order.

Several nearby streets were blocked by refusal horses, and everyone who entered or exited had to be interrogated, and those who were suspicious were temporarily detained, and the chief security officer of the original guarantor was called to bond and bring them back.

The common people can only watch from afar.There was a well-informed person who chatted with the people around him, and swore that the witchcraft case had been solved, and the people from Guandi Temple were the culprits.This time, the whole city's search and arrest is to catch the righteous master and punish him with canonical punishment.

The search and confiscation of the Guandi Temple took a little longer than expected. The Huazi who gathered in front did not resist, and when they saw the police coming up, they dispersed in a rush. They were arrested one by one at various street intersections. If they run away, they will inevitably be shot and reduced to a row of corpses covered by reed mats at the root of the temple wall.It took a lot of effort in the back house, and the police used tear gas to drive out the crying female servants and servants inside.

In general, the action did not encounter much resistance, not even decent resistance.Facing the iron fist of the dictatorship, the beggars are still very sensible.

The gate of the Jinhua Temple was open, and the steps were stained with blood—it was left behind by an ignorant man who was pierced by a bayonet.

All the Guandi people in the temple have been cleared out and taken away immediately. The police and the national army are all entering and leaving the temple gate. They are conducting a comprehensive search under the command of the special search team of the Planning Institute.

Under a kapok tree at the intersection of the street, there is a folding table.This is the command seat of the elders.The key to cracking down on local evil forces is that "the chief evil must be dealt with". Gao Tianshi is already dead and cannot enjoy the treatment of being "full of evil" and being judged by a public trial. He wears it.

Cui Hantang was wearing a Taoist robe, with a lot of magic weapons to subdue demons on his body, fanning the wind while watching the search process.As the two veterans leading the team at the Jinhua Temple, besides serving as the chief and deputy team leaders respectively, Daoist Cui also has a special mission. According to the investigation of the witchcraft case, the people of Guandi Temple are deeply involved, and it is likely that they are in their lair. What secrets are hidden in it.Ask him to be responsible for "palm palm eye".

There is another reason that I can't tell: the people of Guandi Temple were deeply involved in the witchcraft case, so Cui Daochang was required to be there to give the young police force a sense of courage—the naturalized people here in Guangzhou Mansion are no better than Lingao, feudal superstition There is still a market for one set.

The one sitting next to him drinking tea was the new "prosecutor" Shen Ruiming.It was the first time for him to participate in this kind of hunting activity, and he felt that everything was new.

It is said to be "commanding", but in fact Cui and Shen are only responsible for giving orders and setting a general direction.The specific implementation is still in the charge of senior naturalized police officers.

This work is gradually coming to an end, and with the latest report, both Cui and Chen showed disappointment on their faces—this raid on the old lair of Guandi Temple was a failure!

Not only was Gao Lingxiang not captured, even his wife and children were not captured.Only a few concubines were left behind.

Gao Tianshi survived with three sons and two daughters.The daughter is married.Only Gao Lingquan, Gao Tianshi's fourth son, was arrested in Gao Zhai. He was a well-known playboy in the local area. When the police rushed in, he was fooling around with one of Gao Tianshi's concubines. Get off the woman.

Although Gao Lingquan is well-known among the local dandies and villains, he is not a key figure.

As for Gao Lingda, who has not yet been arrested, his sense of existence is even weaker.When his wife mentioned the man, her expression was indifferent, as if she didn't care about the man's life or death at all.

Several trusted masters of the Gao family who were in charge of important affairs also disappeared without a trace.

Because Shen Ruiming had just arrived, he had no intuitive understanding of the people and horses in Guandi Temple, so he was somewhat ignorant of this result.But for Cui Hantang, who was directly involved in the witchcraft case, the result was disappointing.

Temporary interrogation of the arrested persons, all said that these persons had just left two days ago.Gao Lingxiang's wife and children had "returned to their mother's house" and left. As for Gao Lingxiang, he was still giving orders in the Jinhua Temple during the day yesterday, and he found out that the room was empty early this morning.

From this point of view, Gundam Ling ran very hastily, and his actions were hidden, so that the hidden stakes monitoring them outside the temple were not found.It should have gotten fairly accurate information before running.

Cui Hantang murmured: "I think Mayor Liu is going to go crazy this time..."

Not one important person was caught. Even Shen Ruiming, who knew nothing about the local situation, knew that there was a big problem: "I think someone leaked the secret."

"There are spies!" Cui Hantang gritted his teeth.

"That's for sure!" Shen Ruiming nodded. He had already read a lot of witchcraft case files, and his memory of Han Yue's betrayal was still fresh. It seemed that Han Yue was not the only traitor in the city government.

At this time, a dozen or so filial piety women were escorted from the temple and staggered past, all of them with gloomy complexions and sad expressions.Cui Hantang called the police leading the team to stop:
"Who are these people?"

"They are all Gao Tianshi's concubine," said the policeman.

"There are more than a dozen little wives in this Huazitou!" Shen Ruiming said in surprise.

"What is this? Gao Tianshi is the 'prefect of the local government'. What is it to marry more concubines?" Cui Hantang looked at these women carelessly, from middle-aged women in their 40s to teenage girls, all ages. have.Huanfei, Yanshou, and thin are all different, but the same thing is that they all have a pair of small feet.

"This Gao Tianshi is really a waste!" Cui Hantang watched the group of female prisoners walking away, feeling a pity, patted his stomach and said, "New Taoism just needs female Taoists..."

Shen Ruiming stopped his words: "Many cadres in our judicial office don't have wives yet!"

"Damn, I'm just talking, don't be so impatient."

The two were chatting, and the police came to report that the people inside had been cleaned up, and the two chiefs were invited to inspect it.

As soon as I entered the mountain gate, I saw that the temple was very large in size, but the house was dilapidated, the walls were down, and the house was slanted. According to the standards of the Senate, it was considered a dilapidated house.Inside the mountain gate, the corridors and side halls on both sides of the corridor are inhabited by beggars.According to investigations, there are hundreds of beggars living here, and the dirty environment can be imagined.

All the beggars here have just been taken in, and there are still ragged clothes, reed mats, and all kinds of broken pots and pots left by them inside and outside the room... A stench filled the air. Cui Hantang thought that Liu San had already He once told the city government that some temples and ancestral halls where beggars gather are likely to become important sources of infectious diseases in summer.He couldn't help frowning.

It is much better to go through the second entrance courtyard in front, and the third entrance is much better. The main hall here is the place where the regimental leaders "office", and there are all public cases and instruments of torture.The "imperial pole" that symbolizes the authority of the group leader is being carefully removed from the base by several policemen.

This "pole" aroused their great interest. From the looks of it, the yellow cloth cover outside the pole was already rotten and could be broken at the touch, and many places were wrapped with yellow cloth.The opening at the top of the pole is pasted with a seal and stamped.The seal is very new, and it was changed during the New Year depending on the date of inscription.The two didn't know seal script, and didn't bother to know what was written on it, so they told the soldiers to open the cloth cover and see what the "Imperial Bestowed Dragon Head Pole" looks like.

Regarding this "imperial gift pole", the elders have all heard the legend about it. It is said that this pole was bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was transported by a special messenger from Nanjing. It is made of red sandalwood hardwood, with dragons carved on it... The pole has always been spiritual, and whenever there is a crisis in Guangzhou, there will be a ghost... The words are so magical, so Cui Hantang really wants to see the true face of this thing.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the cloth cover was pulled away a little, the white stubble of the wood was exposed. Although the color was dull with age, the rough texture that had not been polished and painted was still very clear.

Judging from the wood grain, it is obviously not red sandalwood, not even hardwood, it should be ordinary wood such as pine and cypress.

Pull the cloth cover up again, but there is still white stubble on it, let alone carved dragons, there is not even a trace of paint.Pull it to the top, where there is a dragon head in the legend, but there is no dragon head, it is just a piece of wood that was hacked randomly, and it is fixed on it with nails.

"This is the imperial pole?!" Shen Ruiming looked at the "pole" in front of him, really surprised.

The elders did not really believe in the legend about the "rod bestowed by the imperial court". Even if there was such a thing back then, it is unlikely that the pole has been preserved to this day, and it is likely that it was made later.

I didn't expect this thing to be so rough. According to Cui Hantang's words, it is "the fake is made without any sincerity." No wonder no one has ever seen the yellow cloth wrapped around the pole being opened.

"Damn it! Is this a thick stick!" Cui Hantang shouted, "This is the family heirloom of the Gao family?!"

The Gao family has held the head of the regiment in Guangzhou for more than 200 years, relying on the supreme authority of this "imperially given pole". Pole" is not difficult.

Just fooling around like this, a wooden pole that doesn't know where it came from, didn't even paint it, wrapped it in yellow cloth, it became a symbol of the Gao family's authority-it has been used for hundreds of years.A strong sense of absurdity welled up in Shen Ruiming's heart.

"Chief, what should we do now?" Several police soldiers also found it unbelievable. After a moment of silence, a policeman asked cautiously.

"This thing is too thick and too long to be used as a stick," Cui Hantang rubbed his chin. "It's too thin and too short for building a house. I see that it's useless for chopping firewood..."

(End of this chapter)