In the courtyard, silence fell again, and everyone waited with sweaty palms for the echo below.
"Your Majesty!" Guo Guanseng leaned into Zhu Yunxi's ear, "If it is really a secret passage, 80% of the thieves have already started to flee."
"But the thief is already frightened. This is a fight between trapped beasts. Even if he runs, he can't run far! The secret passage will always have an end, and it can't be too long!"
"I want to hear the results!" Zhu Yunxi said, "I don't want to hear the process of your analysis!"
"Yes!" Guo Guanseng said again, "We need to search the secret passage, but we must not let go of the sea arrests in the city, especially the wells in each household. We must send people to keep an eye on them!"
"You tell people to do it!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand impatiently.
"Yes!" Guo Guanseng immediately called back to several of his subordinates and warned them carefully.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, like a huge fart.
The wall of the courtyard not far away shook violently, and the ground quickly bulged, and then sank visibly to the naked eye, forming a large pit.
"The secret passage has collapsed!" A guard in Jinyi yelled heartbreakingly.
"Does it sound like gunpowder?" Chang Sheng's heart was splitting, and he stood in front of Zhu Yunxi fiercely, "The thief actually has gunpowder?"
Zhu Yunxi also felt a wave of fear in his heart. If those assassins had weapons like thunder in their hands when they assassinated him, and threw them directly...then he might be really in trouble today.
"No!" He was alert again in his heart, "Since the assassins can get gunpowder, they must also be able to get firearms. Guns and artillery are strictly managed, but palm mines like grenades can't even be removed from various guards.
Few? If they have it, why don’t they use it?”
"My brothers!"
When the roaring stopped, He Guangyi threw himself down on the collapsed pit, crying and digging desperately.
"My brothers!"
The secret tunnel collapsed, and those who went down were probably not spared. And now, the only clue was broken.
"Uncle!" Zhu Yunxi said.
"exist!"
"Assemble two battalions of soldiers and dig them for me along here..." Zhu Yunxi's eyelids twitched. "I'll dig out the secret passage, and dig out the Jin Yiwei buried in it too!" After saying that, he paused and looked around.
One week, "The Jin Yiwei encountered an unexpected event. Death in battle will be regarded as first-class military merit. One of the family members will be selected to join the Jin Yiwei!"
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"Master Hou, Master Hou, please slow down!"
Fan Guanghua, commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Department, escorted Chengen Marquis Zhao Sili out of the carriage and said with a smile, "Why are you here in person?"
Zhao Sili limped back, his body trembling. Looking at the night sky that looked like daylight and the soldiers of the Army and Horse Division around him, he felt a sense of fear in his heart.
Fortunately, fortunately, his responsibility for the internal defense of the capital has been handed over.
Fortunately, fortunately, the prince is not with the emperor.
"Can I not come?" Zhao Sili was supported and sat down on a stone pier. "When such a big thing happens, our Army and Horse Department will bear the brunt. If I don't come and take a look, how can I rest assured!"
, and then said, "Brothers, cheer up. Don't think that you are the ones responsible for such a big case. Whether it's the Jinyi Guards or the patrol army, there is always something they can't do compared to us!"
"The assassin who dares to assassinate the emperor must have been carefully prepared for a long time. Maybe he has been lurking in the capital for a long time. We are all local snakes, and we are very skilled. We can't be prepared to be of great use!"
"We have found an assassin from Jinyiwei!" Fan Guanghua said with a smile.
He is different from ordinary warriors. He is a martial arts scholar in the thirteenth year of Hongwu. It was Zhao Sili who promoted him from the guard during the period when he was in charge of the security of the capital. Because the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division would inevitably fight with each other.
When dealing with dignitaries, it takes more than just a rough guy.
"Found it? Where is it?" Zhao Sili asked.
"The small courtyard at the intersection of the three lanes behind Qianmen Street and Mao'er Xiejie Street!" Fan Guanghua said with a smile, "I heard that thieves dug a tunnel in that yard." He sighed, "Thieves.
They are really cunning. Who would have thought that they would dig tunnels in the capital city... Hey, long live the Lord and bring great blessings to the sky..."
"Wait a minute! Authentic?" Zhao Sili suddenly stood up, thoughtfully, and hurriedly shouted, "Quick, call Hou Er over, hurry up!"
As their names suggest, the two Hous have a sharp mouth, a monkey's cheeks, a deer's head, and rat eyes. They have no flesh on their bodies and their eyes are all messy.
"Master Hou!" Hou Er saw Zhao Sili and ran over quickly, crying, "You have to save this little guy! I've been following you since I started working as an errand!"
"Shut up!" Zhao Sili's head was buzzing and he grabbed Hou Er's collar directly. "I want to ask you, Mao'er Xiejie is your jurisdiction. Don't you know that the thieves are digging tunnels?"
"Good Lord Hou! Where did the little one know where to go!" Hou Er cried, "That area is full of private houses, and there is no oil or water on weekdays...nothing happens, who can pay attention..."
"You're a damn good-for-nothing!" Zhao Sili scolded, "You're in charge of that area. Don't you know there are real faces?"
"I walk around the streets every day and never see a stranger..."
"Shut up!" Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Sili cursed again, "The thieves dug a tunnel over there and they must transport the soil. That's not just a tiny bit of soil, it's a truckload of dirt, not two loads a day.
God can do everything, but you didn’t notice at all?”
"Little man..." Hou Er cried, "I told you that there are private houses over there, except for the daily dung trucks..."
"Wait!" Zhao Sili interrupted him fiercely.
Hou Er was stunned at first, and then jumped up to three feet high, "Yes, yes, I remembered it. When I was eating roast duck on the street a while ago, I happened to watch the dung truck pass by. I was thinking at the time, how fast can I do it?
It’s night, and where is the manure truck? It’s morning, isn’t it?”
"And..." Hou Er rolled his eyes, "I told the brothers below that these people are really neat at work, so the manure truck doesn't smell at all!"
Zhao Sili's face was full of ferocity, "Who owns the dung truck over there?"
"It turned out to be Bai Wu from outside the city..." Hou Er thought about it, "Later, someone from above spoke and gave a group of strangers, named Chen Tai." Then he said, "Little man
I've seen that guy, he has a weird accent and a big tongue. He also... He also paid five silver dollars to the villain..."
Snapped!
Zhao Sili slapped him in the face.
Transporting dung may not sound good, but it is true that there is a prosperous business among the people. Those who transport dung in the capital can earn much more than the coolies at the dock. Such a job must be done by someone with connections in the government. Moreover, they must pay regular bills to the government.
Pay money, and in order to make a living, each dung gang will injure a few people every year.
It sounds strange that a group of outsiders can make a living by hauling dung in a street.
Moreover, the manure truck is the vehicle that the officials are least willing to inspect. When they see it, they want to turn around and pretend they didn't see it.
The place where the incident occurred is not a commercial area with oil and water.
Think about it again, the assassins dug a tunnel and pretended to be transporting dung to deliver soil...
"Hou Er!" Zhao Sili's lips were trembling and his face was heavy.
"Master Hou! Your orders!"
"Who said hello? The one who asked the foreigners to carry the excrement?" Zhao Sili asked.
"I asked about it and heard that he is the head of the Inspection Department and the head of the Administration Department!" Hou Er said tremblingly.
"Xiaofan!" Zhao Sili said again.
Fan Guanghua also became serious, "Master Hou, I will listen to you!" (This man has a good son)
"Arrest first!" Zhao Sili said coldly, "I'm the wrong one to arrest you!"
"Master Hou!" Fan Guanghua lowered his voice, "The emperor has just been assassinated, and they must be busy in the area right now! What if... what if they know the inside story or... are involved, or know who the thieves are?
Whereabouts, I took someone there under my humble duty to alert others, but who knows if they have any other accomplices hiding there?"
"That's right, I'm so upset!" Zhao Sili slapped his forehead and said quickly, "Send someone to tell He Guangyi, the commander of the Jinyiwei, to tell him my name!"
"Yes!" Fan Guanghua agreed simply, pulled someone over and warned him solemnly.
The man ran away like flying.
"That...the group of people who transport dung?" Fan Guanghua whispered again, "Master Marquis, do you think..."
"Still waiting!" Zhao Sili felt really confused.
Fan Guanghua glanced at the people around him calmly, then pulled Zhao Sili to a place where no one was around, "Master Hou, this is a great achievement!" After saying that, he paused and said, "This is a great achievement that can last a lifetime!"
Suddenly, Zhao Sili's heart became warm.
It doesn't matter if you catch the wrong one. A group of manure haulers were killed without even asking a question.
But if you catch it right, it will be a shocking feat.
Although he is now a very popular minister in the Zhao family, who would think that he has done a lot of credit!
At this moment, Zhao Sili thought of his son who was far away in Myanmar, as well as the prince and queen in the palace.
"I'm so damn..." Zhao Sili cursed in his heart.
If something unexpected happens to the emperor today, it is true that his grandson can ascend the throne and become emperor, but will the throne be stable?
"Can your people do it?" Zhao Sili asked.
"Sixty or seventy people have seen blood!" Fan Guanghua grinned.
Zhao Sili waved his hand, "Find me a strong bow that I can use!" Then he shouted to Hou Er, "Can you find that group of strangers who are transporting dung?"
"They must go to Nancheng!" Hou Er's eyes flashed, "When they took over this business, I saw their settlement documents and they were in Nancheng!"
"Let's go!" Zhao Sili slapped his lame leg, "Follow me and arrest the person!"
"Bring more lime powder, and replace the waist knife with an iron ruler and an iron fork!" Zhao Sili gritted his teeth and said, "Bring more dogs! Let's go dark under the lamp!"