late Qing Dynasty arrest

The squires, wealthy households, and Huang Kaohao’s subordinates in the village, Huang Kaohao opened four tables of banquets and invited a chef. There were already more than 30 people in the living room. It is the heart that moves at will, there is no accurate spectrum.Huang Kaohao specially introduced to Li Guolou two big landlords from neighboring villages, Wang Chuanren and You Defu, and regarded Li Guolou as a big shot.

Li Guolou glanced at Jin Erzi, he must have been on the bed last night and revealed his old background to Huang Yueshi, letting Huang Kaohao know that he was very popular in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.There is still a blank card ticket on him, so he can arrest whoever he wants?Anyone who dares to offend him will be put in prison first and eaten with rats and cockroaches for a few days.

The wine and dishes are very rich, and the white wine and yellow rice wine are all famous brands, not the kind of local roast that is brewed in a jar.

Li Guolou didn't know why Huang Kaohao wanted to get close to him at the banquet. It turned out that these big landlords wanted to buy flintlock guns and build up their village's armed forces.This kind of thing is not difficult for him. He patted his chest and agreed to the request of the three big landlords. The price guarantee is half of the price set by the Equipment Bureau. This market price is something he can do.Fake foreign devils don't know the tricks of buying and selling guns, so what kind of fake foreign devils are they?

Li Guolou didn't know the principle of spreading the word to ten and ten to a hundred. He didn't want to do arms business at first, but he accidentally made a few small arms deals with big landlords near the capital because the price was so attractive. , Not only made a few business deals with friends, but also offended a certain prince in the capital.What awaited him was yet another accident.

There was also a banquet in the living room next to the dining room, which was the entourage of some distinguished guests. The whole Huang Kaohao mansion was full of joy, and the atmosphere was filled with the sound of cheers.

Landlords like Wang Renren and You Defu have high identities and are not as stingy as Huang Kaohao. They both have big families and big careers, and they don’t want to stay overnight without maids around them. The two got drunk and got into the carriage and left Huang big house.

Li Guolou bid farewell to the guests, unwilling to have any more disputes, and was the first to go back to the bedroom to look at his handwriting and map.Li Guolou went all out this time, and asked Huang Yi for two oil lamps to brighten the bedroom.

But Huang Kaohao was really drunk this time, he was lying in the dining room long ago, and was carried back to the bedroom.As for the actions of Jin Erzi and Huang Yueshi, after the two long-term workers left, they were a bit blatant. Jin Erzi took advantage of his drunkenness to speak nonsense and provocative words to Huang Yueshi, but was reprimanded by Huang Yishi. Huang Yueshi entered the room obediently and did not dare to mess around in the dining room.

Li Guolou used deductive reasoning, and now he could only have one reasoning hypothesis, that is, the missing Huang Yinyin was taken away by the villagers. Only by thinking about it in this way, would it be meaningful for him to make inquiries in Huangcun.As for whether Huang Yinyin is alive?Li Guolou believed that he was still alive. If Huang Yinyin was killed, the body should be found in Huangcun.Yesterday Huang Kao had drunk half of the wine and walked out, and went to the cellar to get wine at night.It gave him a flash of inspiration, and he also went to see the cellar built by the landlord Huang Kao this morning. It was so big that he could live in the cellar.Then the missing Huang Yinyin may also be kidnapped and taken to the cellar. Some people are despicable and shameful and can do the most indecent things.

Li Guolou had read a book, which said that a monk in a temple did this kind of thing of arresting women and gang rape, and was finally detected by the county magistrate.This incident was very sensational. It was written in the novel "Burning the Red Lotus Temple", which is a real historical case.There are big crimes and big crimes, and small crimes. The people here have long been hiding their dirt, and it makes sense that there are criminals hiding here.

After a day of investigation, Li Guolou gained some confidence. He used the method of exclusion, first excluding the old and the young from the families in the village.

A suspect's name was written on a piece of paper, and he also had to look at the suspect's address. Some families were adjacent to other people's homes, and the space was so small that it was impossible to dig a cellar.Li Guolou put the note aside again.

The oil lamp was shining, and Li Guolou, ignoring the chaos in his head after drinking, drank strong tea and looked at the map on the ground.The suspects were listed one by one, but there was no happy expression on his face. How to find the murderer among the many suspects was something he had to consider. How could he dig up all the suspects' homes? , if the missing Huang Yinyin is not found?Wouldn't it be a shame to lose his face.

Li Guolou made up his mind that he would have a psychological battle with these suspects to see who would not be able to survive.A few pieces of paper were put in his pocket, and God bless him, he put the murderer in his pocket.

After a sleepless night, Li Guolou opened the door, the courtyard was silent, the rooster hadn't crowed yet, a gust of cold wind was blowing on his face, he squinted his eyes slightly as if trying to see through the darkness of the sky.Holding a short-barreled flintlock gun in his hand, Li Guolou aimed at the old raven's nest on a big tree, "Crack!" Li Guolou made a strange sound, and hit the target with one shot.

Li Guolou's mouth can be straightened, and Huang Bing was bewitched by Li Guolou to fight. He brought twenty Huangcun servants and members of the militia to the Huang's mansion early in the morning, waiting for Li Guolou's order.

Li Guolou saw the big man Huang Juewu, who is also a suspect, but he won't say it now.

Li Guolou smiled and said to Huang Bing: "Huang Baozheng's organizational skills are superb. You've already got together early in the morning. I admire you so much."

Huang Bing glared fiercely at the twenty men under his command, to see if they were standing up straight and whether they were embarrassing him. After a round of scanning, it was okay, no one dozed off, and their eyes were wide open.

Huang Bing raised his thumb and said proudly: "Mr. Li, I'm not talking nonsense, my son, it's okay to ask them to go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire."

Li Guolou shook the flintlock gun in his hand, and the barrel shook a few times in front of everyone's eyes, and he shouted majesticly: "Listen up to me, if this action embarrasses me and fails, I will kill you." Let you eat in prison. If you do it well, you will all be rewarded. I have reliable news that the trafficker who arrested the two little girls in your village is from the village!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" In the originally silent courtyard, the guards and members of the militia yelled together, which aroused a few old ravens on the big locust tree to make a loud noise together.

Jin Erzi stood beside him standing still, standing like a bell like a kung fu master.

Li Guolou laughed at Jin Erzi a little bit in his heart. Last night Jin Erzi and Huang Yueshi didn't make any sound after tossing a few times in the next room. Is this still a kung fu master?Lose the face of the heroes of the rivers and lakes.

After thinking wildly, Li Guolou said: "Brothers, it's time to save face for the master! As the saying goes, you can raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. You are bathed in the rain under the royal grace, and you should be loyal to the country in times of crisis." , will a human trafficker frighten you?"

It turned out to be a human trafficker!The guards and militia members clamored together, ready to sacrifice their lives for the country and defend the glory of the Qing Empire with loyalty and blood.

Li Guolou stared closely at the expression on the face of Huang Juewu, one of the members of the militia, but saw that Huang Juewu's face was flushed, he was clamoring loudly, and his sleeves were rolled up, ready to fight.Li Guolou looked satisfied, there was no need to take out the piece of paper with Huang Juewu's name on it, this man was a slave who worked for the tiger, staying in Huangcun as a running dog to protect the integrity of the Huang soldiers.How can you not be hated if you are at the front of the battle at ordinary times.What was even more unbearable was that Huang Juewu had a big black dog with him, and the running dog and the black dog attacked together. Even he was furious and wanted to beat Huang Juewu.

Iron chains, shackles, water and fire sticks, waist knives are all available, and there are even ten earthen guns. The guards and members of the militia are armed in a variety of ways.

The soldiers were divided into two groups, and Li Guolou led ten people including Huang Juewu to arrest three suspected human traffickers.Huang Bing personally led another ten people to arrest the other three suspected human traffickers, and Jin Erzi went with Huang Bing.

Li Guolou told them to be fast, not to let the suspect escape, he wanted to live the human trafficker, and the life and death of the missing little girl Huang Yinyin depended on them.

Li Guolou was still a little worried, because one of the arrested suspects might be a spy of the Nian Army. He learned from Zhang Gazi that this man named Lu Leidun was one of the five families in Huangcun. One of those who gather for activities on several nights.Lu Leitton was a shopkeeper, and he walked out of Huangcun with a load of goods, and wandered the streets and alleys outside.Li Guolou still wanted to make a great contribution, but it depended on whether the other spies from the Nian Army would jump out and rescue Lu Leitton.But he didn't tell these guards and members of the militia that there were spies from the Nian army hiding here, otherwise they wouldn't dare to arrest people with a team of twenty local hooligans.

The six suspects arrested by Li Guolou were all bachelors. There were two widowers in their 40s, three old men in their 40s and no wives, and the other was Lu Leitton, a shopkeeper.The first person Li Guolou arrested was Lu Leiton, because this person might have a gun and he couldn't be arrested casually. If he fired a gun, it would be troublesome.

A group of 11 people walked westward, all the horses and donkeys were dispatched, and some people were driving the carts, as if they were servants demanding rent, preparing to catch chickens, ducks, sheep and pigs.There are also some chickens and ducks in the car, making the trick more realistic.

Huang Juewu swaggered to the front. He was very happy that Li Guolou looked up to him and asked him to be the pioneer, and he readily accepted the task.The village needs someone like him. No matter who comes to power, he has a foothold.

There was a straw dog in Luretton's yard, and the dog started barking before the whole party approached the door.Huang Juewu gave a fancy whistle, and the big black dog jumped out, barking at the grass dog across the wall.Seeing the situation, the grass dog knew that he was no match for the big black dog, so he swallowed and fled back to the kennel.

Huang Juewu stood at the gate of the yard and said loudly: "Old Lu, die for me, I'm here to collect taxes."

There was a cry in the room, "Oh! Got it, I'll get up right away."

Lu Leiton, a bachelor, hesitated for a while before opening the door, hurriedly walked towards the courtyard door, and said with a smile, "Fourth Master Huang, what brought you here today, I can't bear such a big battle."

Huang Juewu said angrily: "Your grandma is so slow, give birth to a baby. We have to run to many houses, all of them are like you, don't work."

As soon as the door in the courtyard was opened, an iron chain was quickly put on Luleton's neck, and two water and fire sticks hit Lureton's knees. Several guards cooperated seamlessly and knocked Lureton down in one round. on the ground.Let Li Guolou, who was hiding in the carriage, make a false alarm, and there is no need for him to snipe.

He said urgently, "Fourth Master Huang, what is this for? What law have I violated?"

Huang Juewu looked up to the sky with a long smile, and said: "Lu Leidun, the case you committed has capsized. Your good brother sold you, and you are waiting to beheaded." He added: "Brothers, search for me!"

A group of people like wolves and tigers rushed into the yard. They didn't know what to search for, so they searched everything first to make a fortune.