Concubine

Chapter 329 Murder in the Prison

Based on this calculation, what Steward Su and Lu Jianzhong were talking about was probably referring to the smuggling of private salt.If they can intercept their batch of smuggled salt and capture Lu Jianli's younger brother Lu Jianzhong, they will hit the Achilles' heel of the Chuan Gang. Based on this criminal fact, the Chuan Gang can be classified as an organized crime of trafficking in illicit salt. If the group is banned, then Lu Jianli, Shopkeeper Lu and others can all be arrested and arrested, and the killing of Shen Zhizhou's wife and children by the boat gang and other crimes can be found out.

Yang Qiuchi originally wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, wait for the rabbit, and catch Steward Su and Lin Xiang. On the one hand, he conducted a surprise trial to find clues to the crime of the boat gang, and on the other hand, he wanted to see which officials came to protect them, so as to discover the behind-the-scenes protection of the boat gang.However, now that clues to the major crimes of the ship gang have been discovered, they can break through in one fell swoop, so there is no need to wait.Therefore, Yang Qiuchi decided to seize this rare opportunity and get rid of the boat gang in one fell swoop.

However, it is still unknown where they will traffic in the illegal salt and how to intercept it. Yang Qiuchi thought for a while and asked, "Where do you think the illegal salt will come from?"

Lin Xiangdao: "Our Bazhou Shu road is difficult, we can only carry it on our shoulders, small traders can walk around, but it is not feasible to sell illegal salt on a large scale, the cost is too high, and it is too easy to be exposed. Therefore, it is estimated that They don't go overland."

Yang Qiuchi nodded and said, "It is the most cost-effective and safest way to trade illegal salt."

"Your Excellency is right. As far as I know, most of the private salt in Bazhou is smuggled by merchant ships from wells in Fushun County and Jiangrong County (now Zigong), and then goes up the Jialing River via Chongqing. , through Shunqing Prefecture to Baoning Prefecture for distribution and wholesale. If the boat gang wants to traffic illegal salt, it is most likely to come from this route.”

"It makes sense!" Yang Qiuchi nodded and said, "I just don't know when they said it was delivered before the full moon?"

"I guess it should refer to the fifteenth month of this month."

"Today is the [-]th, and there are only four days left. There should be still time, but we must hurry up." Yang Qiuchi was very happy, "If the information you provided is verified to be true, I will treat you leniently!"

Lin Xiang was very grateful and kept bowing.

Yang Qiuchi was secretly complacent, it seemed that his trick of framing Lin Xiang and forcing him to rebel still had an effect.This Lu Jianli thought that Lin Xiang was just a small shopkeeper and didn't know their criminal inside story. He didn't expect that he overheard an important conversation between Butler Su and Lu Jianli, and leaked important news about their major criminal activities. We must seize this opportunity and give the boat gang a fatal blow!
Since Lin Xiang overheard Steward Su saying this news, Steward Su must know the inside story, so Yang Qiuchi decided to pry his mouth as soon as possible.

Steward Su and Lin Xiang were both detained in the northern recidivist cell of the Yamen Prison, but, in order to prevent collusion of confessions, they were respectively detained in the east and west buildings of the recidivist cell.

Yang Qiuchi and the others came to Steward Su's prison in a hurry. Yang Qiuchi glanced at Steward Su lying in the haystack, and was slightly surprised when he saw him lying there motionless. explain?"

It was dark, and it was raining lightly outside. Although lanterns were lit in the aisle of the cell, the light was still very dark. Yang Qiuchi couldn't see clearly, but Song Yuner noticed something wrong at a glance, and exclaimed: "No! Butler Su was killed by someone. Shot!"

Yang Qiuchi's heart sank, and he looked intently. Sure enough, he saw Steward Su lying on his back in the haystack, with a carved feather arrow sticking out of his throat!

The guards in charge of this cell turned pale with fright. A homicide happened in the cell, and they were repeat offenders.

Two of them had the guts to open the cell door, Yang Qiuchi shouted: "Don't move! Everyone get out!"

Song Yun'er knew that Yang Qiuchi was worried that if they moved around, they would destroy the scene. She followed Yang Qiuchi for many days, and of course knew the importance of protecting the scene. Qiu Chi, follow behind him to protect at any time.

Nan Gongxiong and other guards were both surprised and thankful that the killer actually sneaked into Mr. Yang's side to kill. Fortunately, Mr. Yang was fine, but even so, they were shocked into a cold sweat and hurriedly took precautions.

Yang Qiuchi held the key of the prison cell, first carefully looked around the situation, and then carefully avoided the place where there might be traces left on the ground, came to the fence, and first checked the door lock, it was intact and there was no sign of prying .

He took out a sweat towel from his arms, held the iron lock, opened it with a key, then covered his hands with the sweat towel, and gently pushed open the door of the cell.Standing by the door, he carefully observed the situation in the cell, but found no signs of a struggle.

Came to the side of Butler Su's body and squatted down to check. There were no obvious injuries on other parts of the body, only the throat was hit by an arrow. Well, this Butler Su couldn't make a sound at all, and was killed by an arrow through his throat.

Yang Qiuchi carefully observed Steward Su's posture when he fell to the ground, squatted beside the corpse, and observed the surroundings one by one. Afterwards, he got up and left the cell, and called the two guards on duty in this row of cells to question.

These two guards have been on duty just now and have not left. Apart from the two of them, no one else has come in, and they have not heard any unusual movements.

"This is strange! Could it be that a ghost shot him to death?" Song Yun'er followed Yang Qiuchi all the time, and after listening to the words of the two guards, she said to herself.Immediately, seeing Yang Qiuchi's serious expression, he didn't dare to say more, and followed behind obediently.

Yang Qiuchi went straight out of the row of prison cells, came to a small open space behind the house, first looked around, and then carefully checked along the cell walls.Although the light rain has basically stopped, the ground is already wet.

The cells in the Bazhou Yamen are only as big as a football field in total, and the prison for repeat offenders is kept in isolation in a small courtyard. The entire prison was quickly inspected. Yang Qiuchi asked the guards at the gate of the cell and the gate of the yard for repeat offenders, and he was not unfamiliar. People have come in.

Then, Yang Qiuchi called the cell boss over and asked, "Are there bows and arrows in our cell?"

The head of the yamen prison was surnamed Wu, and because he had six fingers, he was nicknamed Liuzhi Wu.Such a big incident happened in the cell. As the head of the cell, he might not be able to get away with the crime of dereliction of duty. At this moment, he was so frightened that he really deserved his nickname.

Hearing Mr. Zhizhou's question, Liuzhi Wu bowed and said tremblingly: "Return...to Mr., there are no... no bows and arrows in the cell, and the brothers are only equipped with waist knives and... and iron rulers. If the Mr. I need bows and arrows, the little ones... the little ones will find someone right away... go to the police room and get them."

Yang Qiuchi said again: "No need, how many people are on duty in the cell tonight?"

"A total of... there are 21 on duty."

"Where are the prisons for heavy criminals? How many are there?"

"With me, there are... there are twelve"

"Okay, then immediately call all the people who are on duty in the courtyard of the felony prison to gather here tonight!"

"Yes!" Liuzhi Wu hurried out.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Qiuchi pondered, now that Su Renfu and housekeeper Su are dead, there is no way to conduct further detailed verification of the news that Lin Xiang said, but it is only a few days away from the middle of the month, and there is no time to verify and fully investigate for himself. To prepare, you must act decisively and arrange immediately.

The only news we know now is that the boats of the boat gang that trafficked smuggled salt probably traveled up the Jialing River and arrived at Baoning Prefecture before the [-]th. Before intercepting, there is not much time left for myself.

Yang Qiuchi immediately thought about the arrest plan, so he had to divide his troops into two groups. One went straight to the Jialing River to arrest the boat gang's fleet of smuggling salt, and the other went to Baoning Mansion to monitor and control Lu Jianli to prevent him and other boat gangs from getting serious. The leader absconded or destroyed the evidence.Once the interception of the boat gang's private salt fleet is successful, Lu Jianli and other important leaders of the boat gang will be arrested immediately.

Now I only have 40 guards and more than 20 arresters, and my strength is insufficient, but Baoning Prefecture has a hundred households of Jinyiwei, so I can only recruit the Jinyiwei of Baoning Prefecture's Hundred Households to participate in the arrest and rush to the Jialing River for reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Yang Qiuchi called Nan Gongxiong aside, and ordered him to immediately arrange a male guard team, prepare to leave overnight, rush to Baoning Mansion, and inform Xia Ping to do a good job of guarding the yamen, protecting Song Qing and her lair.

Then, he called the head catcher Zhan Zheng and told him to gather all the catchers and prepare to set off to carry out the mission.In order not to startle the snake, and facilitate the secret search of the fishing boats on the river, Yang Qiuchi asked all the catchers to wear casual clothes.Zhan Zheng didn't dare to ask more questions. After agreeing, he hurriedly summoned people to go.

During this period, Liuzhi Wu had already called the twelve wardens from the prison for repeat offenders to line up in the yard.

Yang Qiuchi stared at their faces one by one from the beginning to the end, and then turned around and stared slowly from the end to the head again, and stopped from time to time to look from all directions.Then he walked around behind them and looked back and forth twice.Seeing these twelve jailers straighten their hairs.

After reading it, Yang Qiuchi returned to them, glanced coldly at the guards, and said: "Just now, under the eyes of my master, a murder case happened. An important prisoner who committed a crime again He was shot to death with a bow and arrow! My master is very angry, and the consequences will be serious!"

Why is this sentence so familiar? Yang Qiuchi seems to remember it. It was said by Uncle Li (Ge You), the old thief in "A World Without Thieves". How audacious! Dare to kill in front of Lao Tzu, I simply don't take Lao Tzu seriously."

After a pause, he pointed to a row of guards in front of him. Now, I have found out the real culprit, and he is one of the twelve of you! "

The jailer was stunned and looked at each other in blank dismay.

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