Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2727 Capital (eighty)
There are four words in the letter: "Taoist Master Mu Shi".

This name has become famous in the Senate's emotional governance system in recent years.Especially after the witchcraft case, the name Taoist Mu Shi has always been looming, and many major cases vaguely point to this person.The Political Security Bureau highly suspects that this person is "Shi Weng" or his agent.

But so far, no clues about Shiweng have been found.The group has been shrouded in mystery.

Now I have found letters involving this person from Liu Zheng’s letters!This is tantamount to announcing that Liu Wei has a direct connection with Taoist Mu Shi, and Wang Yehao is likely to be the mastermind behind this group.

Just holding this letter in your hand is a great achievement!
This letter was written by "Taoist Mu Shi", reminding Liu Zhen that the thieves were searching for someone in the capital. The reward for finding the person had been mentioned at 1000 taels, and the reward for providing information was also 100 taels.In this situation, even if the master's power is there, some people will take desperate risks.Especially now that anyone can buy a ticket to go to the thief's territory.Therefore, special attention must be paid to internal control to prevent guards from becoming tempted to rebel.

"In this case, I can't help you, brother." Min Zhanlian thought to himself that he had to completely pry his mouth open.

He immediately told his subordinates to "keep a close eye on Liu Zheng to prevent him from committing suicide."

Zhou Ruolan asked: "Should we withdraw now or stay here?"

"Stay here and just send back the important news. You go and have a rest, and examine this old guy carefully at night: Nine times out of ten, he knows where Elder Leng is!"

"Going to Nanyuan?!" Wu Cheng was a little strange, "What are you going to do in that damn place?"

"Of course I have a reason to go. I'll give you 100 taels of silver, will you go?"

Wu Cheng swallowed hard, 100 taels!He could only earn less than 100 taels of silver even after working in the capital for three years!

But after all, he has been around the capital for a long time. Although he is not a member of the world, as a Taoist priest, he has a lot of contact with people in the world. He also heard a little bit about Leng Ningyun being kidnapped and Lian Sheng looking for someone to hang out. .

With his many years of experience, he naturally knows that there is a lot of substance here, and it is better to meddle less with it.

"This..." he said, pretending not to care, "what's there to do in this poor place? It's full of barren meadows, smelly river ponds, dense wild woods, and many wild animals. That's all. Now there are thousands of eunuchs placed inside, all of them are lawless, it’s like a chaotic dance of demons.”

"Just tell me whether you want to go or not." Li Rufeng said with a smile.There was a vague hint of menace in his smile.

"I...I...this..." Wu Cheng was a little flustered. He bit the bullet and said, "It's not that I can't go. It's actually the Royal Garden inside, and the four gates are guarded by the Forbidden Army. If you bring one or two people in, , Pindao’s face is just fine, but if there are too many people, I’m afraid it won’t work, please forgive Mr. Li.”

"Old Wu, you think I'm just a fledgling. Naturally, I can't compare to you in terms of the situation in Nanyuan. But when it comes to coming in and out, begging and robbing people on the street are hard to come by. Did you come out of the big red door?"

In the Ming Dynasty, there were four garden gates in Nanyuan. The Dahongmen in the north was the main entrance.The south is Nanhongmen, the east is Donghongmen, and the west is Xihongmen.Every garden gate is guarded by the Imperial Guards.Because Nanyuan has been abandoned for a long time, the imperial guards are ineffective, and many of the surrounding 120 miles of earthen walls have collapsed due to little repair.There are more than a dozen gaps, large and small.All are accessible.

Wu Cheng kept laughing, and then said that he had something to do and had to leave the capital for half a month. Li Rufeng could not let him slip away. He drew his sword and danced for a while. Now Wu Cheng could only agree to take them in to search the garden. .

"I'll start with the ugly words. Even though this garden is shabby, it is still a royal place. You guys have to be careful no matter what you do in there..."

"Look how scared you are!" Li Rufeng smiled and patted him on the back, "We are not gangsters, we are in the serious business of escorts and escorts, and now we have no choice but to go to Nanyuan. If you help us make it happen, , your benefits are indispensable!”

Wu Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, yes, I understand!"

"Since you agreed to lead the way, let's talk it over..." As soon as Li Rufeng started speaking, Wu Cheng interrupted him.

"Chief escort, please don't tell me anything. I'll just tell you what you want to know, where to go, and what to look for. I don't want to hear any more than that."

Li Rufeng smiled and said: "Well, you are also an old Jianghu!"

"It's true that the Yongding River is too deep and there are many immortals." Wu Chengdao said, "No matter how delicious the old rice in the capital is, Pindao still wants to eat it for a few more years."

"Please tell me first what's going on in Nanyuan."

Even people in Heliansheng knew very little about Nanyuan.There is no other reason.This place is not only a royal garden, but the place is also really huge.Ordinary people pay little attention to it, and thieves who commit crimes rarely visit. "The old name of this place is 'Fang Fei Bo'. It was originally a place where Emperor Yuan Dynasty let eagles hunt. There is now a stone platform inside, called the Eagle Terrace. It is said to be a place for Haidongqing to dry his feathers. It was only in this dynasty that the name was changed. Nanhaizi..."

The name "Nanhaizi" is because there are five "Haizi" (lakes) here, and there is "Beihaizi" in the imperial city, so this royal garden was named "Nanhaizi".

Nanyuan has four gates, including Beihongmen, Nanhongmen, Donghongmen and Xihongmen.Later, more palaces, palaces and administrative offices were built inside it, and eunuch officials were dispatched to manage it.There is an inner prison yamen in the Admiral Shanglinyuan.

"The Admiral Shanglinyuan Internal Supervisory Office is located near the Red Gate of Beida. The person in charge now is Eunuch Cao."

The Admiral Shanglinyuan Yamen was not one of the 24 Yamen. He was an idle yamen in the palace and was basically excluded from the palace power circle.However, because there are "sea households" and official fields in Nanyuan, as well as various incomes from hunting, firewood and fishing, it is still quite attractive to some senior eunuchs who can't get ahead.Therefore, to get this job, you need to walk up to the peak.

"This Eunuch Cao, it is said that he got this job because he curried favor with the eunuch in charge of the Bell and Drum Division and worked through his connections."

It turns out that Eunuch Cao and Eunuch Yang still have such a relationship!Li Rufeng nodded slightly

"How many eunuchs are there now?"

"There are about 100 posts, but in fact, there are only 30 or [-] people on duty every day. In the summer and autumn, there are more people coming. Eunuch Cao himself doesn't go to the yamen often, and sends a young eunuch to the yamen every day to pick up and deliver official documents. It's important. The official business will come."

In addition to these more than 100 eunuchs, there were also three to four hundred hired "helpers", most of whom were idle men in the capital.Originally, there were not many such servants, but because Nanyuan took in eunuchs, many more were hired in the name of "taking care of them."On weekdays, about a hundred people go to work.

"How many of the Imperial Guards are on duty?"

Wu Cheng looked at him with some panic, but he didn't dare not say anything
"There are 80 people at each city gate. The soldiers from the 'Twelve Guards' will be on duty in turn."

Having said this, Wu Cheng couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Li, head escort, what do you want to do?"

Li Rufeng smiled and said: "I have to do something important. Don't worry. I won't involve the government!"

"Although this Nanyuan is deserted, it is still a royal garden. You should always act with caution..." Wu Cheng gave some more advice before continuing.

Whether they are eunuchs, helpers or on duty, most of them gather in the duty room and Yamen of the fourth gate, and few people go to other places.Because now Nanyuan houses many eunuchs who cannot enter the palace.They roamed in groups in Nanyuan, hunting wild animals, and from time to time went out through the gap to the capital and neighboring counties and villages to beg, steal, and even rob.He said that he asked the eunuch in charge of Nanyuan to "strictly control" him.In fact, they don't care at all. They only focus on corruption to make money for relief.

"Where do these thousands of eunuchs live? They can't sleep in the open every day, right?"

"Live in the houses of the Sea Gates."

When Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty established Nanyuan, he specially moved households from several northern provinces to guard and clean the garden. They were called "Haihu". There were a total of 24 households, each with [-] acres of land.These [-] households live in various "Haihu villages" in Nanyuan.The two largest ones are located near Beihongmen and Donghongmen. In addition, there are seven or eight small villages scattered throughout the garden.

It is said that there are [-] households in Haikou. Because of the heavy exploitation of government tenants, many people have fled over the years.Nowadays, every resident in each village has only one out of ten.The official fields were abandoned, so they were very desolate inside. Many villages were abandoned, and the eunuchs occupied the magpie nests and lived in them.Although many of the houses in the camp have collapsed, leaving only broken walls, it is still much better than sleeping in the wilderness.There are also some gangs, relying on their strong power, to simply occupy some of the unused government offices in the garden.
"These eunuchs are very difficult to mess with!" Wu Cheng warned, "Everyone says that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. They don't even have sex, and they are even more unscrupulous. There are fights and killings every day, and people die. There is no need to bury it. If it is thrown away in the woods and meadows, it will be eaten by wild boars and wolves in less than ten days. The imperial guards and eunuchs inside do not dare to interfere with their affairs!"

After listening to his introduction, Li Rufeng thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know the locations of these camps?"

"A few of the elders know that I have never been to the villages there..." Wu Cheng's eyes flickered.

"Go and give each one ten taels of silver."

"...There are roads between the villages, and you can probably reach them along the roads." Wu Cheng swallowed, "It's just that you, the chief bodyguard, have to assign two bodyguards to me, and I also need to get a horse." Mule..."

Li Rufeng looked up and laughed: "Yes! Just don't worry."

At this point, he felt that he could speak more clearly and asked seriously: "Taoist Priest! If you want to hide someone, where in Nanyuan would you hide this person?"

(End of this chapter)