Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2717 The Capital (71)

"It's good for the head of the family to be considerate." Cao Sheng said.

Speaking of which, the posture can be regarded as sufficient. Min Zhanlian immediately took out a set of arguments he had prepared, saying that their group was entrusted by a big man in the opposition to go to the capital to collect the "vital points" of a certain dignitary. matter".

"...To tell the truth, I have already said too much, and I have to ask my lord to keep my mouth shut."

Cao Sheng's complexion became very ugly. No matter what happened, it would be easy to make a fuss if the big shots were involved. He said immediately: "Of course I won't talk too much about brother's affairs. It's just the weather in the capital these days If it's not right, there might be some evil wind. Be careful at home."

Min Zhanlian thought to himself that this was almost the same as what the third master of Luocheng said.It seems that there is indeed an undercurrent in the capital.

He wanted to repeat the other party's words, but Cao Sheng didn't want to say anything more, so he got up and left.

Watching Cao Sheng leave, Min Zhanlian said in a low voice, "Xiao Wu."

"The head of the house..."

"You take someone to watch Cao Sheng and see who he is going to see."

Since Cao Sheng made a special trip to greet him, it was obviously entrusted by others, so he would definitely relay the answer to his family immediately.This person is very likely to be related to the kidnapping of Condensed Cloud.

Xiaowu has no name and surname, and is an orphan.He has been a pickpocket (pickpocket) since he was a child, and at the age of 12, he worshiped a master and became a "snitch" who came and went high and high, and he was well-known in the world.He is extremely cautious, most of the time he does not show his face, and no one knows his name, the only known name in the world is "Little Five"

Since the Australians came to Lingao, Lingao has become a "broad land", and Xiao Wu also came to "get rich", but he didn't expect to be planted the first time he returned to Lingao, and fell into the hands of the national police.After several twists and turns, he was transferred from the tenth section of the police to the special service team, where he specialized in tracking and investigating with his expertise.He has two direct subordinates: one is an old man who looks like an octogenarian, and the other is a middle-aged lady who looks like a village woman.

Xiao Wu nodded silently.Not only does he seldom show up, he also doesn't talk much when there are many people.All in all, if you don't pay special attention to it, you can hardly notice his existence.

"Xiaoqian, you go to Luocheng again tomorrow, and play like Third Master Qin."

Xiao Wu went there for two days and brought back the news: Cao Sheng had sent a subordinate to Tongzhou early in the morning to handle important matters for him.Xiao Wu left the old man to monitor Cao Sheng, and he and his wife followed him separately to Tongzhou, where he was waiting for someone in a teahouse called "Hou Yuan".

"Hou Yuan" is also a teahouse frequented by Jianghu people. He waited there not long before a figure with the appearance of a groundstick came.The two chatted secretly at the table for a long time.After they dispersed, Xiao Wu kept a close eye on this person and asked the old woman to follow Cao Sheng's men back to see if he had contact with other people on the way.

Xiao Wu stayed in the teahouse and watched him secretly for about half an hour before seeing him leave the "Hou Yuan", and he quietly followed.After finding the other person's residence, it was easy to find out all about the person.

This person himself is not worth mentioning, he is just a local ruffian in Tongzhou, but he also has another identity, that is, he is the assistant of the school captain in the local Jinyiwei yamen.

Hearing this, Min Zhanlian's eyes lit up, isn't this exactly what Cao Sheng said!

Xiao Wu also felt that this discovery was of great value, so he stayed in Tongzhou to continue monitoring.The next day he went to Hou Garden for tea again, during which time he met four people.

"This is the situation of these four people. I have inquired about them one by one. The most likely one is this Liu Xiao." Xiao Wu said that the other three people were either local businessmen in Tongzhou, or local idlers, helpers, fast People like Ban, but this Liu Xiao has an unusual status.

"This person worked in Jinyiwei during the Tianqi period. Wei Zhongxian lost his job after his defeat, but then he got hooked up with a dignitary from another family, doing dirty work for others. He has a special status. He often travels between the capital, Tongzhou and Tianjin. He is very familiar with people from all walks of life."

Min Zhanlian nodded secretly: That's it, this Liu Xiao is the most suspicious.Such a person's sudden interest in a group of Jianghu people who came to the capital to "do business" can only show that he is on guard against something.

"Where is everyone?"

"He's still in Tongzhou. This man has a house in Tongzhou with a woman. It should be a foreign house." Xiao Wu said that he secretly inquired through the neighbors around him and knew that this kind of Liu Xiao came once or twice a month. The stay is only two or three days indefinite.But I have been staying in Tongzhou for seven or eight days recently, and I go out and wander around every day.

Originally, Min Zhanlian had only one point of hope, but now he has two or three points of confidence after listening to it.This person stayed in Tongzhou, apparently to monitor the passengers entering and leaving the capital, and the time coincided with the time when Treasurer Leng was kidnapped.Once Ning Yun is kidnapped, Lingao will definitely send someone to the capital to preside over the overall situation as soon as possible.These people can only pass through the channel of Tianjin-Tongzhou-Jingshi.

I don't know how much he spent for the "leader masters" at various piers along the way, but the effect is obvious.As soon as they arrived in Zhangjiawan, Cao Sheng came here to find out.

However, Cao Sheng's investigation showed that their disguise was quite successful, otherwise Cao Sheng would not have said something specifically to persuade them not to enter Beijing.No matter how shrewd Liu Wei is, he is unlikely to question the judgment of Cao Sheng, an old gangster.

"Xiao Wu, you send a subordinate to keep an eye on Liu Xiao all the time. Don't disturb him."

After Xiao Wu left, Xiao Qian who returned from Luocheng also brought important news.

Xiaoqian went to Luocheng for the second time to look for Mr. Qin, but there was no one in the teahouse. After asking the waiter, he found out that his brother-in-law Liu Xiaozhuan had died and was attending a funeral.

"... When I heard about it, I went to his house and kowtowed to pay two taels of silver. He was very considerate and asked me what I wanted to do when I came to the capital, and if he could help me."

The reason for Xiaoqian is ready-made. He said that he came to the capital to do a "big business" in Nancheng, and planned to run away from Nancheng, and he wanted to ask him to take care of him when the time came.Qin Sanye fully agreed.When the two talked, they mentioned Liu Xiaozhu's death.

Qin Sanye had nothing to hide, he told everything about Liu Xiaozhuan's inexplicable running to Haidian and being robbed and killed by people on the side of the road.

"Where did he really die?!" Min Zhanlian asked, his pupils shrank when he heard this.

"Exactly!"

"What date was the body found?"

"Twelfth lunar month 23."

"Okay!" With that good voice, all the people present were happy.Because this is a very important piece of information: in the information that Heliansheng handed over to them, it was clearly mentioned that the attack on the silver car escorted by Liao Sanniang happened the day before.

There is no doubt that Liu Xiaozhu is one of those robbers.

According to Xiaoqian's information, Liu Xiaozhuan is a rascal, this kind of person has neither the courage nor the strength to be a robber in the crossroads - especially this kind of cart escorted by escorts.There is only one possibility for him to get involved, he is entrusted by others.

Since Shopkeeper Leng was kidnapped, this was the first clue that directly involved the kidnapper.

"So, behind Liu Xiaozhuan must be the kidnapper..." Zhou Ruolan was thoughtful, "It's a pity he died!"

"Don't worry," Min Zhanlian said, "he's dead, but everyone around him is still alive. Just ask them one by one, at worst, he will also kidnap Mr. Qin for interrogation—how many friends does his brother-in-law have, what are their details, He sure knows."

The tense atmosphere in the room relaxed a bit.Xiaoqian said: "Speaking of the people around him, I also inquired about a piece of news, which is also related to the case."

"what?"

"This Liu Xiaozhuan has been working in Nanyuan for the past few months..."

Liu Xiaozhuan spends his days idle, whoring and gambling all day long.The house is empty.So Qin Sanye's wife forced Qin Sanye to find a job for his brother.Although Third Master Qin is the leading uncle in Luocheng, he stomps his feet and trembles three times in the south of the city, but it is still a bit difficult to find a job with less work and more money.In the end, after entrusting several middle-aged people, they used money from the eunuchs in the palace to find a job in Nanyuan to take care of eunuchs who were recruited by the capital but failed to officially enter the palace.

It is said to be taken care of, but in fact it is to distribute money and rice on a daily basis.Not only is it idle, but it can also be corrupted.The eunuchs are extorting and blackmailing outside, and they have to give them a little share of the "managers".This money is to be filial piety to the guard eunuchs of Yuan Yu, but just embezzling money and rice is not a small sum of income.

"It turns out that Liu Xiaozhuan and those two eunuchs are in the same group!" Zhou Ruolan said, "It's a pity that the two eunuchs were killed!"

"The eunuch only knows Liu Xiaozhuan. You haven't seen the confession and it's clear: the person who brought them here also died."

"But I don't understand. Why did you send two eunuchs to Wu Yanluo's team? The characteristics of eunuchs are too obvious..."

"That's not necessarily the case, unless you strip off every corpse and every prisoner for inspection..."

This remark caused a burst of laughter from the crowd, Min Zhanlian also smiled, and said, "Everyone, don't think too complicatedly. The enemy may not think so much. Besides, who would have expected that Old Feng of Liansheng would do this ?”

"That's true." Zhou Ruolan said, "He Liansheng's information said that these two eunuchs are also very good at fighting, and they will not lose the wind against the bodyguard."

"The eunuchs of the Yumajian are very capable of fighting, and they can also deploy troops." Min Zhanlian said, "Leaving aside other things, there is obviously something in Nanyuan, which is worth our efforts to find. Tomorrow we will set off for the capital."

With clues, everyone has a bottom line.One after another wanted to go back to their room to prepare, Min Zhanlian called Xiaoqian and Xiaowu to stop.

"You will separate from us in the middle of tomorrow, and enter Luocheng alone."

"understand!"

"When you arrive in Nancheng, you should work hard on Mr. Qin and the people around him, and find out all the people who are related to Liu Xiaozhuan. Especially who he has good friends with in Nanyuan and has close contacts."

"it is good."

"Xiao Wu, go to Tongzhou, keep an eye on this Liu Xiao, check his details, and find out what kind of god he is."

　This chapter is actually 314 chapters, the title cannot be modified, the next update will be 315 chapters

　　
　
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