Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 264
Xiao Wu nodded and said: "Tomorrow, we will set up a coffin shed on the east side of the yamen, and all the folks who want to come see you off for the last time, you can come."

Among the crowd, an inconspicuous ordinary man looked up at the county government office, and left the place quietly.

This person walked all the way, and came straight to Wang Buquan's house, which had been confiscated long ago, carefully looked around, and then turned over and jumped into the courtyard.

Above the main hall, Di Hentian was looking at a letter, and beside him sat Ryosuke Miyauchi and a man wearing a mask.

After reading the contents of the letter, Di Hentian casually removed the lampshade from the nearby candlestick, and set the letter paper on fire.

"Di Zuoshi, what was written in the letter? Is there a new arrangement from the Lord?" Miyauchi Ryosuke asked bluntly.

Di Hentian rubbed his chin with his hands, and pondered: "That's right, the letter said that An Lushan escorted Usumish to Luoyang, and the lord ordered us to get rid of him before he entered Luoyang."

"Di Zuoshi, with us people, I'm afraid we will be shot to death by random arrows before we get close?" the masked man said indifferently.

"Don't worry about this. All the refugees and beggars in Luoyang City have been kicked out of the city, and now they are all gathered in Caomiao Village outside Luoyang City. They have nothing to eat and drink, and they are being held and guarded like prisoners. Resentment. And Caomiao Village is the only way to go to Luoyang. At that time, someone will encourage them to loot the food. What we have to do is to assassinate while taking advantage of the chaos." Di Hentian stroked his chin and said with a rather proud expression: "Assassination After that, if we take advantage of the chaos to retreat and leave those beggars to take the blame, even if the imperial court goes to investigate, they will only think that those refugees and beggars did it, so why would they think of us?"

The masked man nodded and said, "'Borrowing a knife to kill' is a good idea. However, there is one thing wrong, we only have less than ten people. How can those beggars and refugees be opponents of soldiers?"

Di Hentian smiled and said, "It depends on you."

"Me?" The masked man froze for a moment. He pointed to his nose and asked, "What can I do?"

"An Lushan and Usumish are both lecherous, as long as you send out women, you can easily get close to them." Di Hentian squinted his eyes, staring at the masked man and said: "At this time, I will use you imprisoned women."

"I don't know what you're talking about." The masked man's shoulders shook slightly, and then he said indifferently.

"Oh, why don't you just let me talk about it. On the surface, Wang Buquan used his own power to cooperate with Zuo Hongji, but in fact he colluded with you secretly. The two of you robbed girls everywhere and then sold them. Although Wang Buquan He was killed by Li Canghai, but all his secret wealth fell into your hands, am I right?" Di Hentian touched his chin and said lightly.

The masked man couldn't sit still anymore. He looked at Di Hentian and said coldly, "How did you know this?"

Di Hentian picked up the teacup, and said without any haste, "Wang Buquan's housekeeper is an informant I personally placed beside him, and I know everything about Wang Buquan clearly."

Having said that, Di Hentian paused, glanced at the masked man, and said with a smile: "Naturally including you, otherwise we wouldn't have destroyed the evidence for you in such a timely manner."

The masked man was silent for a moment, and said: "I'm afraid this is your purpose? You know that I have many women in my hands, so you rescued me. Rather than saving me, it is because I still have some use value Bar?"

Di Hentian shrugged, and lazily said: "You can think whatever you want, you just have to remember that we are grasshoppers on the same rope now, since you joined us, naturally you have to show a lot of sincerity."

The man in the mask thought for a while, then suddenly sighed: "Those women were originally intended to be sold to the Japanese vagrants on Sang Island. Since the left envoy is useful, then let the left envoy deal with it. Take this waist card and go to Li Chunfang, you can take those girls away."

"Li Chunfang?" Di Hentian's eyes widened suddenly.

"It's Lichunfang." The masked man didn't understand why Di Hentian had such a sudden reaction, and hurriedly said: "Lichunfang is Wang Buquan's earliest secret stronghold, and it was in Wang Buquan's hands until after his death. It’s just really starting to work.”

Di Hentian's complexion turned ugly in an instant. Although he had already guessed that the so-called "three caves of cunning rabbits" could not have only one den in Hetou Village, he never expected that the other den was the largest in Zhengyang City. brothel.

"What's the matter, Zuo Shi? Why do you look so ugly?" The masked man looked at him with some puzzlement.

"The place where the fire broke out last night is 'Lichun Fang'." Di Hentian said with a word, gnashing his teeth.

The masked man stood up suddenly, and he was shocked and said: "What? Lichunfang is on fire?"

Di Hentian nodded with a gloomy face and said, "That's right, the Lichunfang has been turned into ruins."

"Do you know what caused the fire?" The masked man walked back and forth a few steps to calm himself down and asked suspiciously.

"I have sent someone out to inquire about the news, and there should be news coming soon." Di Hentian's face was livid, and he originally wanted to use the imprisoned girl in the hands of the masked man to carry out the assassination, but now it seems that this method seems to work. It doesn't work.

If Lichunfang has been turned into ruins, how can those women survive?
Careful calculation, step by step, but in the end was completely burned by a fire.

The more Di Hentian thought about it, the more annoyed he became, he suddenly slapped the low mahogany table beside him into pieces.

At this time, the man who had left from the gate of the county government office walked in quickly.

"How is the investigation going?" Di Hentian glanced at him and asked angrily.

The man was taken aback by Di Hentian's tone, and hurriedly said: "Return to the left, according to the investigation of the yamen, the fire last night was deliberately set by someone, as for who set the fire, we don't know. Li Chunfang has long been empty, and the yamen has nowhere to check."

"Did the yamen find a corpse in the dungeon in the backyard of Lichunfang?" the masked man asked suddenly.

The man froze for a moment, shook his head and said, "The dungeon was discovered, but no corpse was found."

"Don't you have any?" the masked man asked with a frown.

The man nodded: "Not a single one."

Di Hentian looked at the masked man who was lost in thought, and said, "Do you think there is something strange about it?"

The masked man nodded and said: "The left envoy doesn't know that there are nine young and beautiful women imprisoned in the dungeon in the backyard. They should have been sent to Sang Island, but the incident in Hetou Village put me in danger, so I didn't take the risk. Send those women out. In other words, those women did not die, but were rescued by others."

(End of this chapter)