"Brother Liu, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that our arrest of Zheng Canghai has spread. The bad news is that a gentleman named Ding was also arrested. It was a thief."
Originally, Liu Geng was planning to ask Zheng Canghai's family to redeem him with gold and silver. When he heard the news, he was immediately stunned.
What's going on?
Didn’t Shenjin of Lingzhou collude with the thieves? Why are they now fighting among themselves?
I couldn’t figure out the twists and turns for a while, and Liu Geng was a little undecided.
What they, the 50th, can do in Lingzhou is very limited. Although after being trained by Coach Nangong, all 50 of them have been transformed, but the situation in Lingzhou is complicated, and the strengths of Liu Geng and others are only in specific actions.
Above, there is no one among the fifty people who can stand up and take on the task of planning the overall situation.
When Liu Geng was worried about how to deal with Zheng Canghai, he didn't know that his every move was being watched by one person.
At the same time, inside the Zhizhou Yamen of Congxing Fucheng, Joining the Army came in with two people.
As soon as he entered the room, Tang Hao greeted Chen Ping and said, "Hi! Why didn't I guess it was Hall Master Zhao? Chen Ping, you are not an authentic guy!"
Chen Ping was overjoyed when he saw that the people who came were indeed Zhao Jin and Nangong Minghou, and then defended: "Master Tang mistakenly blamed the boy. Hall Master Zhao is planning to give us a surprise."
Then he bowed his hands to Zhao Jin and Nangong Ming. He had actually told Tang Hao about Zhao Jin, but who knew that Zhao Jin had started taking action before he came.
"Brother Zhao, Coach Nangong, I won't say any polite words. The current situation is..."
Although this is the first meeting between Chen Ping and Nangong Ming, this meeting is not a time for greetings, and Nangong Ming's temperament is relatively cold and he doesn't care about it.
When Chen Ping asked Zhao Jin and Nangong Ming about the intelligence they had, and learned that the fifty people were acting on their own and that they had been secretly observing and evaluating the training results, he was filled with admiration.
And Zhao Jinnan Gongming is also very measured. The tasks assigned to these fifty people are mainly to collect intelligence and conduct surveillance, in order to prevent disrupting his own layout.
"Zheng Canghai was caught by Liu Geng? Well, he has good abilities and can think of such a way to frame the blame."
"Brother Luo has passed away. I believe he will be back soon."
Chen Ping and Zhao Jinnan Gongming met here, while Liu Geng outside the city confirmed the identity of the visitor.
"It turns out to be Brother Luo. It seems Mr. Chen has arrived in Lingzhou?"
These people often talk about Luo Li from Nangong Ming, and they have always admired him very much. After all, top masters are the goals of these people's efforts.
Luo Li carefully observed the actions of these people and saw that they were the work of Nangong Ming. This place is very close to Qianzhou, and Chen Ping also sent a letter to notify them before. It can be seen that these people are the same group trained in the mountains.< /p>
So he didn't do anything and showed up directly to show his identity.
Liu Geng's first reaction was fear. He had obviously been training at Qianlong Mountain for several months and was still the top among fifty people. Even so, he felt a deep powerlessness when facing Luo Li.
Luo Li nodded slightly and did not answer, but looked around the people in the room, and then pointed out their shortcomings one by one.
"There are no traps set outside the yard, and there are only bright and no hidden sentries."
"Everything must be done in batches during meal interrogations, and a high degree of vigilance must be maintained at all times."
"The technique is too unfamiliar and leaves too many clues."
Liu Geng blushed at these words, and he couldn't help but retort: "I have clearly arranged a secret sentry!"
Luo Li stared at Liu Geng and said with confusion in his eyes: "You call that a secret whistle? Is that how Nangong Ming taught you?"
Liu Geng stopped talking. In front of Luo Li, he could only be punished.
"You follow me to see Chen Ping first. Don't touch Zheng Canghai for now. He may still be of great use."
Luo Li didn't say any more and took Liu Geng with him back to Zhizhou Yamen.
Just as soon as he entered the city, the conversations at the tea stalls on both sides of the street made Luo Li frown.
"Have you heard that Mr. Ding from the east of the city is dead?"
"Which Master Ding? The Master Ding who was said to have been kidnapped two days ago?"
"That's right! Tsk, tsk, I don't know who did it, it's so cruel!"
Luo Li and Liu Geng looked at each other and determined that it was the gentleman Ding, and immediately rushed to the Zhizhou Yamen.
When Luo Li arrived at the place, he saw Nangong Ming waiting for him under the corridor of the Yamen for a long time.
"Brother Luo."
"Brother Nangong."
Both of them were not good at words. After a brief exchange of greetings, Luo Li and Liu Geng met with Chen Ping and told Chen Ping the news of the death of the gentleman named Ding.
"You only arrested Zheng Canghai. Does this mean that the death of Ding was caused by thieves?"
Chen Ping analyzed this information, various conjectures gathered in his mind, and finally pointed to a question.
What exactly is this organization doing in Lingzhou?
If Gong Heng was silenced before and Qin Yuanwai committed suicide, it can also be said that they killed the gentleman surnamed Ding now in order to cut off the clues. What is their purpose?
Chen Ping was puzzled. The reason why this organization can spread all over the Yuzhou Prefecture is that it mainly relies on local officials and gentry to exist, especially the gentry.
This is because officials still have terms of office, but the gentry has always been rooted in the local area. This is the case with the so-called gentry who are iron-clad as county magistrates.
"Strange, so strange."
"It's really confusing."
Tang Hao and Yang Anguo were also confused about this. Chen Ping simply put the issue aside for the time being. Ding Shishen's death was an opportunity, and he wanted to use his tricks to get it right.
There are rumors that Zheng Canghai was arrested by the government. Now that Ding Shishen is dead, the fear and anger of the Lingzhou gentry will inevitably attack the government.
Regardless of whether this is a thief's attempt to divert trouble to the east, he will solve it.
"Liu Geng, you cooperate with Mr. Tang to put on a good show for the gentry in Lingzhou!"
.......
Zheng Canghai had spent the past two days in a state of fear, thinking that he, an old man in his sixties, with half of his neck buried in loess, had to experience being kidnapped, which was a really bad feeling.
At this moment, he didn't know that Ding Shishen, who was also kidnapped like him, had died, and he was even thinking about how to make up for the loss after returning.
In the dark room, Zheng Canghai was half asleep when he suddenly heard a cry of killing outside. He was suddenly awakened, and not long after, he felt a little firelight approaching.
"Is it Master Zheng? Quick! Send Master Zheng back!"
On the way back, Zheng Canghai was filled with the joy of escaping death. He looked at the officers and soldiers of the Yamen who carried him all the way, and his heart was filled with gratitude.
Although he is an official, ordinary bandits should not dare to tear up votes, but if they are not afraid of 10,000, they are afraid of anything.
In Congxing Fucheng after dusk, the vendors were closing their stalls, the merchants on the street were about to close their doors, and there were few pedestrians on the road, but now it is different from the past.
Many people gathered at the stalls along the street, in small groups, glancing in the direction of the city gate from time to time.
"How long have the government soldiers been out of the city?"
"It's been more than two hours, I don't know if I can come back tonight."
"Those gentlemen said that the government would arrest Mr. Zheng. I thought it was impossible at the time. Mr. Zheng used to be a censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Unless the prefect and magistrate were crazy, how could they dare to arrest him?"
"That's right, now that the officers and soldiers have got the news and go out of the city to rescue people, there may be many casualties, tsk tsk!"
Discussions continued on both sides of the street, and as the noise came from the city gate, the people quickly reacted and rushed to the city gate.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Doctor Miao, Doctor Miao!"
"Everyone else, get out of the way. Grandpa's water and fire sticks don't have eyes!"
"Is it Mr. Zheng? Can you see clearly?"
"Mr. Zheng thanks all the fellow villagers for their concern, and hopes to get out of the way so that I can go home and recuperate as soon as possible."
At the crowded city gate, Tang Hao's soldiers led the troops, and Sergeant No. 10 carried guns and sticks to clear the way. Zheng Canghai stood up on the stretcher and thanked the people around him. Various voices were mixed together, and the scene was very chaotic. On the top floor of the restaurant nearby, Chen Ping took in all this and said to Tang Hao next to him.
"Master Tang, Master Yang, why don't you go down and see Master Zheng?"