As expected, Wang Bo found his uncle Wei Tong for help. Wei Tong heard that he was assisting in investigating the base of the "Beijing News" in Lin'an. Without saying a word, he immediately sent more than a hundred elite warriors to participate in the investigation, and personally paid a thousand guan to offer a reward for "Beijing News".
The place where Beijing News is printed.
In the lobby, Wei Tong spitted and said to Wang Bo: "Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. I don't believe that these ordinary people are worth the temptation of money?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! What uncle Guo said is a wise saying!"
Wang Bo smiled with a smile on his face and flattered him: "Thank you for your generous donation. I believe that with your help, the Beijing News' nest in Lin'an will be destroyed soon."
Wei Tong twirled a few rat whiskers and asked proudly: "The key is whether my reward is known to the people. Only if they know it will it be effective."
"Everyone knows that we not only posted a list offering rewards, but also used various channels to spread the news. Every beggar and every gangster in Lin'an knows about it. They are the most active."
At this moment, the housekeeper ran over and said, "Your Majesty, there is a gangster outside, saying he knows where the Beijing News' lair is?"
Wang Bo was overjoyed and stood up. Wei Tong raised his head and laughed, "I'm just telling you! Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men, and there will be no mistakes."
"I'll go back to the county office now and take people to arrest me."
Wei Tong said with a murderous look on his face: "I will also send warriors to assist you. I must catch these sons of bitches."
The scoundrel who reported the report, whose surname was Bao, lived in Wenjia Village outside the city, about ten miles away from Lin'an City. He said to Wang Bo: "I got up and went to the hut last night and found that the room diagonally opposite was brightly lit. I secretly slipped through the crack in the door.
When I saw that there were many people printing newspapers inside, I knew that this must be the newspaper office where the county offered a reward."
Wang Bo chuckled and said, "Hurry up and lead the way, and you will definitely be rewarded generously."
The rogue smiled again and said, "I heard there is a huge reward of one thousand guan!"
Wang Bo's face sank, and when he was about to have a fit, his aide Jia Yingfang quietly pulled him back and reminded Wang Bo that now was not the time to fall out.
Wang Bo could only hold back his anger and said: "As long as the report is true, you will definitely receive a heavy reward."
A group of more than two hundred people marched to Wenjia Village. The gangster pointed at a large courtyard at the east end of the village and said, "That's the courtyard. There is a big room in it."
Wang Bo nodded. The compound is close to the river and waterways extend in all directions. It is indeed an ideal place for printing newspapers.
He waved his hand and said, "Surround the compound!"
More than a hundred archers and more than a hundred warriors surrounded them from the left and right. The courtyard wall was very short. They climbed over the courtyard wall and rushed in. After a while, the gate opened, and the archers came out quickly with their heads high and chanted, bowing and saying: "Kai
Mr. Xian, it is indeed a printing house, but there is no one inside, and everyone has disappeared."
Wang Bo frowned, but there was no one there. He waved his hand and said, "Go in and take a look!"
The archers surrounded Wang Bo and walked into the courtyard. When he walked into the big room, he saw a mess and countless printing equipment. Dozens of newspapers that failed to be printed were scattered on the ground, as well as scattered wooden characters. The table was full of
It was ink, and there was a thick stack of white paper in the corner. Wang Bo nodded and said: "It seems that this is indeed the home of the Beijing News' printing office. The harvest is huge. The whistleblower will be rewarded fifty gold coins. Everyone will
Take everything back, this is the evidence we found."
Staff Jia Yingfang turned around and quickly discovered that something was wrong. The printing equipment was broken and had been broken for a long time. It was impossible to print at all. The newspapers that failed to be printed were scattered on the ground a long time ago. It should be the latest issue.
Yes, but they were at least a few months ago.
He immediately found the scoundrel who reported him and asked him, "Tell me the truth, how did you discover this printing house?"
"I didn't mean that I got up late last night."
"Fart! It's surrounded by a wall. You can see a ghost. If you don't tell the truth, you won't get a penny."
The scoundrel had no choice but to stammer: "Actually, a person told me that this is the printing office of the "Beijing News", and there was a big reward from the county, so I was asked to go and report it."
"What kind of person is he?"
"I didn't know him, but he had the key to the door and took me to the room window to have a look. I saw a lot of printing tools and I believed it. Then I rushed to the county."
Jia Yingfang immediately understood that they had been fooled and that the other party was deliberately prepared to fool them.
"Who owns this house?"
The scoundrel said with a sad face: "It's my old house, I rented it out."
"Who are you renting your house to?"
"I didn't know him. He gave me three dollars and I rented it to him for a month, but I never saw him again."
"Is this the one who showed you the printing press yesterday?"
The rogue shook his head, "It's not the same person, I don't even know him,"
When asked, Jia Yingfang became angry. This guy is a fool. He thought for a while and said, "Don't tell the county magistrate what we just said, otherwise you won't get a penny reward."
The scoundrel nodded in panic, "I know! I know! I'm not a fool. If I tell the county gentleman the truth, there will definitely be no reward!"
Call him stupid, but he is very smart when it comes to money. I wonder who is stupid?
Jia Yingfang didn't want to expose the matter, so he got up and left. He knew in his heart that if it was just the county prince, it would be okay to talk about it himself, but when it came to Wei Guojiu, if he told the truth, Wei Guojiu would be so angry that he might be unlucky.
At this time, next to a forest in the distance, several men were paying attention to the situation in the Dongtou compound. When the magistrate Wang Bo led his people to carry out all the things in the house, they turned around and disappeared into the woods.
Wang Bo and his party returned to the county town, but saw several vegetable farmers returning angrily, shouting: "The city gate is closed, don't go back to the city, go home quickly!"
Wang Bo was a little surprised. It was just after noon, why was the city gate closed? He quickly asked Dutou Ma Song to find out the situation.
Not long after, Ma Song galloped back on horseback and shouted: "County Lord, the city gate is indeed closed, it seems to be some kind of military emergency!"
Wang Bo was a little dumbfounded. There was an urgent military situation and he, the magistrate of the county, was still outside the city!
Jia Yingfang whispered: "The county gentleman might as well call the door. Uncle Wei Guo's people are here too!"
Wang Bo suddenly realized that the other party would not give him face, but Wei Guojiu's face must be given.
A group of people rushed to the city and shouted at the door. The soldiers at the top of the city heard that they were the subordinates of the magistrate and Wei Guojiu, so they did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ran to report.
Uncle Wei Guo was really easy to use, and the general guarding the gate did not dare to offend him, so he had to order the door to be opened and let people in.
After entering the city, Wang Bo quickly stepped forward and asked, "General, what happened to close the city gate?"
"I heard that tens of thousands of Chen Qing's cavalry were coming and had already reached Huzhou. All the superiors urgently ordered the city gates to be closed."
Wang Bo was startled. Chen Qing's tens of thousands of cavalry had arrived in Huzhou. Wouldn't they be able to reach Lin'an at night? Oh my God, is this a rebellion?
At this moment, Wang Bo suddenly felt that there was no point in searching the lair of the "Beijing News".
Once Chen Qing's cavalry enters the city, can he still save his life?
Wang Bo was worried about gain and loss and ordered his men to return to the county government office, while he rushed to his uncle's house alone.
