Chapter 1939

Now we have the body number of the freight truck and the delivery record of each truck from the coke factory. By comparing the two, we can confirm that these three trucks of coke were indeed shipped by this foreman.

"Ding Qi, Wu San, Geng Si... that's right, these are the three cars! They were all sent out this morning, and then they never came back to write off the accounts!" The foreman was extremely grateful at this moment for this person whom he had complained about countless times.

The cargo registration system is usually considered too cumbersome for delivery procedures, and one has to make written records one by one. However, when something really happened, we realized that this system is not a decoration, but an effective guarantee.

Judging from the forward and backward freight records, most of the pallet trucks and porters that set off from the coke factory this morning have returned from the industrial area, handed in their receipts, and received their wages. The few who have not yet returned have also

The industrial zone was investigated by the military. Only these three vehicles were left with goods but no one was there, and several porters in one of the vehicles repeatedly made excuses to enter the Wusan Workshop, which was under martial law.

He suddenly disappeared after being rejected by the guard, which became one of the biggest doubts in the investigation.

But according to the records at the coke factory, the porters responsible for transporting the three trucks of coke all noted "casual workers", that is, people who have no fixed labor relationship with the coke factory. There are too many such casual workers, and the vast majority of them

Some people have not obtained Haihan nationality, and the coke factory has no way to verify their registration status one by one. They can only note them as casual workers to facilitate the settlement of wages - the remuneration of casual workers is calculated on a per-time basis, and the income level is relatively the lowest.

of the first gear.

"Master Jun, please see, the people who checked behind this record are the people who have handed in the receipt and received their wages. According to Master Jun, the three trucks of goods were not transported to the workshop at all, so they will definitely not get the receipt, and they will not get the receipt."

It's impossible to come back here to settle wages." The foreman tremblingly explained the reason for this to the investigators, expressing his innocence.

"Think about it again, is there anything special about the people responsible for transporting these three trucks of coke? For example, their accent, clothing, manners, whether there is a leader among them, have you heard them talking about someone, a certain place or something?

Something?" The officer would not let him go easily and continued to ask for relevant information.

In fact, Xue Zheng and others negotiated with the cavalry guarding the entrance and exit many times during activities in front of the Wusan Workshop, and their appearance has been recorded. However, if further confirmation can be obtained from the coke factory freight foreman, it will naturally be more

It is conducive to the investigation of the incident. And with more information about the suspicious object, we can conduct an in-depth analysis of its true purpose of approaching the Pentosan Workshop.

"Master Jun, I want you to think about it carefully..." Seeing the officer asking such detailed questions, the foreman thought that the casual workers who pulled goods this morning were probably wanted criminals, or maybe they were ruthless people who carried out murder cases and ran away incognito.

Of course, it is impossible for me to do this business of selling goods just for the wages that are enough to survive. I must have other motives.

By noon, the investigation work still had not made much progress, but this would not affect the original schedule of Li Bo and his party. However, due to the temporary appearance of Bai Kesi, Qiao Zhiya took the initiative to change the location of lunch and arranged for everyone to return to Daling

Dining at the manor.

Of course, the reason for this adjustment is not unrelated to the strange situation that occurred outside the workshop in the morning. After all, when they were about to leave the industrial area, hundreds of people who had already dispatched still could not find the ten people who disappeared in the air.

A few porters. For safety reasons, Qiao Zhiya thought it was better to arrange for important people to go to a proper place first, and Daling Manor was undoubtedly one of the safest places in Changhua.

At this time, Zhang Qianzhi did not return to Daling Manor with the convoy, but went to the county town to meet with subordinates of the local Ministry of Security to understand the progress of the investigation of this strange incident.

In fact, security personnel from the Ministry of Security were also included in the previous security measures. However, because the Ministry of Security did not have many personnel stationed locally and did not have a field establishment dedicated to carrying out special tasks, it did not mobilize in large numbers like the military did. It only mobilized

The two of them followed Li Bo and his party, not so much to perform a security mission, but to cooperate with Zhang Qianzhi and accept his dispatch at any time.

After the investigation of this incident began in the morning, Zhang Qianzhi, as an official of the security department, naturally had to intervene to understand the situation. His intelligence analysis and case investigation skills came in handy, and he soon noticed several unreasonable things in this incident.

place.

Zhang Qianzhi and two of his men first went to the field to check the location where the three trucks of coke were found, and then rushed to the coke factory to check the morning's shipment records. They found that the records of the three trucks of coke were together, which means that it is possible

They set off at the same time, and this was confirmed by the freight foreman.

These people set off together and disappeared together, so it is almost certain that the approximately fifteen porters responsible for transporting the three carts of coke were most likely the same group of people. One of the carts of coke was transported to the destination Wusan Workshop because of the

Due to the martial law, he was unable to enter the premises to deliver the goods. After several negotiations with the guards, he actually left the cart of coke outside the Wusan Workshop.

Zhang Qianzhi found out the problems that need to be solved first. First, one of the destinations of these goods happened to be the Bosan Workshop that the Prince of Joseon wanted to visit. Is this a coincidence or someone did it intentionally? Second, the porter asked to enter the traffic.

After the goods failed, they left quickly and quietly. Regardless of whether their original purpose was to really deliver goods or have other articles, what was the reason that made them suddenly give up and leave here quickly.

The arrangements for the visit to Wusan Workshop were made by Qiao Zhiya himself, but Qiao Zhiya naturally would not make stupid mistakes in confidentiality measures. It was not until Li Bo and his party arrived in Changhua and confirmed their local visit itinerary that Qiao Zhiya was notified

The foreman of the workshop had a very small group of people who knew about this arrangement in advance, so he could easily conduct an investigation. Since Qiao Zhiya set the visit here, of course he knew the entirety of the workshop and could confirm the safety situation here.

The coke factory has no idea that the Wusan Workshop has special arrangements today, otherwise it may not have arranged to transport coke to the workshop in the morning. The workshop ordered coke from the coke factory earlier than Qiao Zhiya ordered the coke to the workshop.

The visit arrangements were notified, so the possibility of internal and external collusion to cause trouble was basically ruled out.

Then the transportation task that this group of people received seems to be a coincidence. It happened to hit the Wusan Workshop where a large number of people were deployed, so that it was very likely that it ruined some of their original plans, so they suddenly abandoned the truck.

Then Zhang Qianzhi met with the plainclothes men who were performing security duties nearby, and combined with the locations where the vehicles were abandoned, he had a rough guess in his mind.

Unlike the cart outside Wusan Workshop, the other two abandoned carts were still quite far away from their destinations. Zhang Qianzhi’s intuition was that this group of people was gathering nearby to prepare for some kind of action.

That's why they gave up the trucks as a cover for their identity. Parked on the side of the road, these trucks would quickly block traffic and attract attention, so they didn't have much time to act.

However, just before this group of people took action, some unexpected situation occurred here, which forced them to suspend their plans and leave decisively. This seemed to be a good explanation for the various doubts about the "disappearing porter incident".

After Zhang Qianzhi found out the context, he went through the timeline carefully and found the suspected source of this unexpected incident. The cavalry guarding the entrance and exit of Wusan Workshop noticed the porters for the last time.

It was Bai Kesi who came to the workshop from the dock in a carriage. Zhang Qianzhi did not think that Bai Kesi sitting in the carriage would alert the enemy, but the group of cavalry guarding him would probably have such an effect.

"Let me confirm again. Before this convoy came, there were four of you guarding the entrance and exit. After the convoy came, some people were left behind to guard the entrance and exit with you. So in the end, there were ten cavalry guarding here. Right.

Right?" Zhang Qianzhi asked the cavalryman who had seen Xue Zheng for the last time for a detail to verify some of his speculations.

After receiving a positive answer, Zhang Qianzhi thought that he had almost figured out the reason. Although the target of the other party was still unclear, he could basically conclude that this incident was not a coincidence, but a premeditated attack that was interrupted.

"Go to the garrison camp immediately, and in the name of the Ministry of Security, ask the garrison to send troops to blockade Changhua Port and suspend ships from leaving the port. In addition, block the official roads leading from Changhua to the north and south, and punish the young and strong men who leave Changhua in groups.

It must be strictly investigated!”

Zhang Qianzhi immediately issued an order to his subordinates. He didn't know if such measures would be enough to stop the group, but he could only try his best with the mentality of making up for the situation. After issuing the order, he immediately rushed to Daling.

Manor, report the matter to Bai Kesi and Qiao Zhiya.

"Are you saying that this group of people pretended to be porters and sneaked into the industrial area with the purpose of attacking the people who were in the Wusan workshop in the morning?" After listening to Zhang Qianzhi's report, Qiao Zhiya frowned and pointed to himself: "Then the most interesting thing is

There are only two valuable targets, one is me, and the other is the Prince of Joseon... Oh, I also missed Lao Bai!"

Bai Kesi said to Qiao Zhiya: "According to what Zhang Qianzhi said, it was precisely because my arrival interrupted the group's actions that they chose to evacuate. That means I should not be their target."

Qiao Zhiya said: "The guards brought by Lao Bai further strengthened the outer defense force of the workshop, and this group of people only had more than ten people in total, so they did not dare to launch a strong attack again, and they did not have more time to readjust, so in the end they just

Can you give up the action, Zhang Qianzhi, this is what you speculated, right?"

Zhang Qianzhi responded: "That's right. I suspect that they talked to the cavalry at the door several times before, just to test and lower the cavalry's vigilance, and then after gathering people, they launched a surprise attack and broke into the workshop to carry out their plan.

Plan. But when they realized that there was nothing they could do after the security force was strengthened, and their whereabouts would probably be exposed soon, they retreated decisively."

"Even if they are lucky enough to break through the perimeter and rush in, a dozen or so of them will die!" Qiao Zhiya is extremely confident in the security measures he deployed. Although he already believes 70% of Zhang Qianzhi's inference, for this

This method of attack is still very disdainful.

Zhang Qianzhi felt that Qiao Zhiya's confidence was not excessive. In the workshop at that time, there were not only a team of Qiao Zhiya's personal guards, but also an infantry squad of 12 people led by Gai Liangcai. These people were all fully armed and had to deal with this kind of situation.

A small scene with only a dozen opponents is certainly not a problem. What's more, there is also Qiao Zhiya, an old military leader who came from the military. In his early years, he also led an army to fight overseas and almost became a senior general in the army. The scene is a bit chaotic.

Can't scare him.

However, although Qiao Zhiya was confident, he was not blind. After complaining, he still asked Zhang Qianzhi: "In your opinion, is their target me or the crown prince of Joseon?"

Zhang Qianzhi hesitated for a while before responding: "Currently we have too little information to judge the other party's goals, but I personally prefer the Joseon Crown Prince."

"Oh? What's the reason? Tell me!" Qiao Zhiya asked with interest.

Zhang Qianzhi said: "I speculate based on the opponent's behavior of pretending to be a porter. If they want to deal with you, they should have better choices and more complete plans. And the situation that occurred this morning, no matter how you look at it, is

It is an imperfect plan, and it can even be said to be full of loopholes. Regardless of the time, location, or environment, it is not suitable. Even if it is done, there is no chance. I think the person in charge of the other party is either too incompetent or lacks enough time.

To plan the details of the action, otherwise the degree of completion should not be so low."

Zhang Qianzhi paused before continuing: "As for why the other party's target is the Crown Prince of Joseon... To be honest, I don't have any evidence. I just used the elimination method to make this judgment."

"But according to your judgment, the other party's hasty actions make sense." Qiao Zhiya took over and began to explain his judgment: "I made all the arrangements for the local itinerary of the Joseon Crown Prince, to keep it confidential.

All departments were notified one day in advance to prepare separately. However, there are not many places to visit in the local area, just the Shilu Mine and Changhua Industrial Zone. It is not difficult to predict the itinerary. No matter where the other party learned about the Crown Prince

The itinerary is still purely vague. The preparation time given to them is indeed quite limited, and it is impossible to plan a complete action plan in advance, so it is easy for such a chaotic situation to occur. "

The two of them asked and answered questions, peeling off the cocoons, and slowly figured out the cause and effect of the incident. Although it was not accurate, it was actually very close to the real situation.

"What a terrible future!" Bai Kesi sighed: "It seems that Lao He trusts you so much that he specially transferred you to perform the task. He is indeed foresighted!"
Chapter completed!