At two o'clock in the morning, everything in Fushi County was completely silent, and everything was dark. Only one or two dim lanterns occasionally flickered in front of the inn's door.
Near the South City Gate, Liu Er's dilapidated thatched hut belongs to the slums. It is dark here, there is no moonlight, and thick dark clouds cover the sky.
At this time, a dark figure crept close to Liu Er's house, looked around at the door for a moment, pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, and entered the house in a flash.
The house is very dark during the day, and nothing can be seen in the house at night.
The black shadow cursed in a low voice: "What a fool! There are piles of rags. Who knows where he will hide?"
"Is this what you're looking for?"
There was a voice behind him, the lights suddenly turned on, and a tall young man was seen standing behind the door, holding a stack of money in his hand.
The young man weighed the coins and said with a smile: "Are you looking for these coins? There are twenty-five coins in total, right?"
The man in the room was short and thin. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran out of the door. However, a tall, fat man walked in from the outside. The man bumped into the big man and was grabbed by the big man.
The big man nodded to Zhong Huan, "He is the only one, there is no one else."
"Leave two brothers to continue monitoring, while the others close the net."
"Many dark shadows appeared from behind the surrounding houses and rooftops, and they quickly disappeared into the night."
"The thin man was put into a large car and taken to a large house."
Yang Ye walked out with a big smile and gave a thumbs up to Zhong Huan, "The judge is indeed our internal guard's military advisor. His judgment is accurate. How did you know that someone would come to Liu Er's dilapidated house?"
"All Zhou Jin's flaws are on Liu Er. How can he rest assured? When we come to Yanzhou, he will definitely find someone to come over and take a look secretly, for fear of leaking something, such as money."
"Brother Zhong is absolutely right. Come, bring him up."
The thin man was brought up, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Excuse me, I am not a spy of the Jin Kingdom!"
"Why did you go to Liu Er's house?"
"I'm going... to see if there's anything good about it!"
Yang Ye shook his head, "You idiot, you think others will be as stupid as you, believe your stupid words, and dare to talk nonsense when you are about to die, drag him down and chop off his head!"
Several big men grabbed him and walked outside. The man was so frightened that he lost control of his urine and screamed: "Don't kill me, I'll tell you anything! I'll explain!"
Yang Ye winked, and several big men threw him to the ground. Yang Ye stepped forward, stepped on his hand, and said coldly: "You only have one chance. If one word of it is untrue, I will crush your hand."
finger!"
"The villain is a salesman, his name is Wang Jiulang. He lives in Fenglai Lane in the east of the city and makes a living selling goods everywhere. When the villain was selling goods in Lepan Town yesterday, someone asked me for help and said he would give me ten taels of silver. Give me two taels first.
Two, give me another eight taels when the matter is completed."
"What kind of person is he?"
"She is about the same age as me, in her thirties, tall and thin."
"What are the features on the face?"
"It seems... like there is a scar on my forehead."
Sure enough, it was Zhou Jin, and Yang Ye asked again: "What did he ask you to look for?"
"He drew a map for me and asked me to come to that room at night to find some money. Where it might be hidden, he asked me to dig on the wall or the ground."
"Then, how do you give it to him after you find it?"
"He asked me to find him at the Baxian Restaurant in Lepan Town at noon tomorrow. He asked me to come alone and not to bring anyone else with me."
"Do you swear that every word you said is true?"
"The villain has parents, a wife and children, and they all rely on me to support the family in Hukou. How dare you talk nonsense?"
"Listen!"
Yang Ye said coldly: "I will give you one last chance. If you help us catch this general named Zhou, after the incident is completed, I will reward you ten taels of silver and let you go home. But if you dare to hide anything,
If you cause him to run away, you will definitely die."
"I promise not to tell a single word of lies. What if he doesn't believe me?" The thin man cried in fright.
Zhong Huan winked at Yang Ye, indicating that he could be trusted.
"As long as you cooperate with us honestly, we don't have to kill you!"
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Lepan Town is located about thirty miles south of Fushi County. It is the only way to Luoshui Road. It is mainly a resting place for merchants. Many businessmen estimate that they cannot reach Fushi County before dark, so they will stay in Lepan
town.
There are also many businessmen who find that dry food and water supplies are low after going out for skin care, and they will replenish them in Lepan Town. Therefore, there are many inns and taverns in Lepan Town, and there are also several shops that specialize in providing dry food supplies.
At noon, the streets of Lepan Town are bustling with people, and many farmers around come to purchase daily necessities, making the town particularly lively.
In the center of the town is a restaurant called Baxian Restaurant, which is also the largest restaurant in the town. At noon, it was half full.
Sitting by the window on the second floor was a tall and thin man, about thirty years old, with dark skin, who looked strong and strong.
This person is none other than Zhou Jin, the commander of the Song Army stationed in Yanzhou. His army is responsible for the security patrol of the kerosene warehouse, so he is very aware of the delivery and transportation of kerosene.
Brother, I spent three thousand taels of silver to buy a piece of information that can be easily obtained with a little effort.
Many people knew this information, so Zhou Jin believed that he could not be found. The only failure was that he hired an old boatman Liu Er and rented a boat. Although he killed Liu Er that night, he killed the old boatman Liu Er.
Two, but he left a lot of clues.
For example, he paid Liu Er with money because Liu Er knew that money was valuable and easier to hide, so he specifically asked him for money.
He didn't feel it was a risk at the time. The prefecture and county checked and found nothing wrong. But when he didn't find any money on Liu Er, he realized that he had made a mistake.
Today is still cloudy, the wind is relatively strong, mixed with rain, the weather is a bit cold, and pedestrians are walking in a hurry on the street. At this time, a peddler selling groceries walked into the town leading a donkey, shaking a rattle with one hand, and soliciting business.
Wang Jiulang is here! Zhou Jin drank the wine in one gulp and looked around Wang Jiulang, but saw no suspicious person.
He felt relieved. Yesterday evening, the inner guard cavalry had returned to the capital. They came in the morning and left in the afternoon. What could they find?
Seeing Wang Jiulang's relaxed expression, he estimated that Wang Jiulang must have gained something from his visit to Liu Er's house last night.
At this time, Wang Jiulang came down to the restaurant, looked up and saw Zhou Jin in front of the window on the second floor. He temporarily stored the goods with the restaurant owner and went up to the second floor.
He came directly to sit across from Zhou Jin and asked in a low voice, "Have you found it?"
Wang Jiulang took out a cloth bag from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it to Zhou Jin.
Zhou Jin picked up the cloth bag and opened it. Inside was the twenty-five silver coins he gave Liu Er. Zhou Jin was immediately overjoyed and asked quickly: "Where did you find it?"
"Following your instructions, I dug it out of the wall."
"Not bad! Not bad! I will reward you."
At this time, two waiters came over with wine and food. When they passed by Zhou Jin, the two waiters threw away the food and threw Zhou Jin to the ground. The other person grabbed Zhou Jin's arm tightly to prevent him from letting go.
Go and draw the knife.
The surrounding diners jumped up one after another, swarmed forward, pushed Zhou Jin to the ground, tied his hands behind his back, and took away the daggers and knives in his arms.
Zhou Jin was pushed to the ground, but he did not struggle. He stared at Wang Jiulang with fierce eyes, which frightened Wang Jiulang.
Some soldiers blocked Zhou Jin's mouth with rags, covered his head with a black hood, and escorted him out.
Several waiters were hiding at the entrance of the stairs and shivering. Yang Ye smiled and patted Wang Jiulang on the shoulder and placed a ten-tael silver ingot on the table.
"We keep our word, you can go home."
"General, will he come to take revenge on me?"
"No! He colluded with Jin Bing and committed a major crime. He is dead."
Wang Jiulang then accepted the money and left tremblingly.
The Song army immediately found an inn's room number from Zhou Jin. More than a dozen soldiers rushed to the inn, found the room where Zhou Jin lived, and found two thousand taels of silver and some other items.
All the belongings were packed and taken away by the soldiers of the Song Army. In the carriage, several soldiers escorted Zhou Jin, and others followed on horseback, driving towards the county seat like a gust of wind.show_htm3();