It wasn't until the sun turned to the west that Su Jin limped out of the Daming Temple with the help of Chao Chao Mahan and others. When passing by the archway in front of the temple, he saw the men brought by Feng Laohu leaning against the wall.
While basking in the sun, Host Shanxiang didn't know how to arrange them properly. Su Jin didn't bother to take care of it. He just sent Feng Laohu to send a message to these people to wait in peace. High-speed update
Su Jin was very worried. He had been able to delay for a while, but no matter what, he could not delay tonight. At night, these people would definitely not wait here obediently. If they rushed to the temple to rescue Feng Laohu, they would be in big trouble.
Su Jin stretched out his hand to greet Zhang Long and whispered in his ear: "Hurry down the mountain and find Magistrate Song at the Magistrate's Yamen. Order him to send five hundred soldiers here to capture all these people. Tell Magistrate Song, don't ask why.
, It’s so urgent, if it’s too late, everything will be over.”
Seeing that Su Jin was serious about what he said, Zhang Long hurriedly twisted his butt and ran down the mountain. As he ran, he attracted the sideways glances of the surrounding pilgrims who were coming down the mountain in twos and threes. Su Jin stamped his feet anxiously and had no time to stop him, so he quickly turned his face away.
, lowered his head and urged Wang Chao. Ma Han helped him rush down the mountain. He didn't let out a sigh of relief until he rounded the mountain wall and was out of sight of Feng Laohu's gang of thugs.
"This kid ran away in a hurry before hearing what he said. He almost made those people recognize us."
"Isn't that right? There are a few people over there looking this way. Do they recognize us? I have seen those people in Sanli Hutong at Beikou. I remember them," Wang Chao said.
Su Jin was surprised and said: "Without any further delay, hurry down the mountain. We can't delay. If you know them, they must also know us."
Su Jin ignored the pain in his body, threw away Wang Dynasty and Mahan, and ran down the mountain quickly. The three of them barely made it into the corner, and several figures appeared on the mountain wall behind them.
"Brother Wu Neng, did you see clearly? Those officers and soldiers who just went to Sanli, Beikou to cause trouble that day?" said one of the thugs.
"Nonsense, when did my eyes miss anyone? Those two sturdy men were standing at the head that day. When their horses pulled our iron fence, they helped to shout." The person who spoke was right.
It was Xin Wuneng, Feng Laohu's great disciple.
"Yes, yes, that's right. I remembered what my senior brother said. Later, when the bird envoy entered the Fugui Building, these two boys followed him in and were invited to a side room to eat a large table of snacks."
"You remember too? Is it them?"
"That's right, you can't run away."
"What are they doing here? I don't see the face of the thin one in the middle. I wonder if he is the bird envoy."
"Most likely, they also come to the temple to burn incense?"
Xin Wuneng said: "Can you burn incense? I'm afraid it's not possible. Master came here to worship Buddha, and these boys also came. I'm afraid they want to do harm to Master."
"It's not good for Mr. Tiger? Just a few of them? Senior brother, you are joking, one master can beat twenty of them. I see that thin man is limping, I am afraid he will be beaten by the master if he meets him."
Xin Wuneng pondered: "I'm not sure. Logically speaking, the master will not fall out with him, unless these boys have offended the master. I really want to catch these boys and ask them why they disappeared in the blink of an eye."
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"Brother, it's more important to protect Master. What kind of magic method Master is doing in the temple? The old monk said, I'm afraid it will take some time to come out. If we get into trouble and someone takes advantage of us, we will be in big trouble. Master
There are so many enemies in our country, and there will be no year when someone who is not afraid of death will try to kill us, so we’d better live in peace.”
Xin Wuneng nodded and said: "What I'm saying is that the master has told me that when he goes out, just protecting him is a great achievement. Besides, these guys may really be here to burn incense. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the common people can burn incense, and the officials
Naturally, I can also burn incense and worship Buddha."
Several people muttered and turned around, keeping a close eye on the temple door.
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At dusk, Su Jin and others returned to Yangzhou City. As soon as they entered the North City Gate, they saw a large group of people walking along North Street and about to leave the city. The leader was Song Xiang. It seemed that Song Xiang had not committed another crime this time.
I was so confused that I personally took my soldiers and horses to get the person.
Su Jin hurriedly went up to him and pulled Song Xiang aside to tell him everything he saw and heard. Song Xiang stamped his feet and said: "Special envoy Su, I thought you found the grain harvesting or conclusive evidence. You just overheard these things."
, it’s not considered evidence, how to get someone?”
Su Jindao: "What evidence do you need now? We need to get it first. Otherwise, once he escapes from trouble, we will be passive. Don't forget that he is a devil with hundreds of lives at hand. He has five to six hundred disciples. Once he gets out of trouble, we will be passive."
How do you plan to quell the rebellion?"
Song Xiang said: "If he wants to cause trouble, it is natural for our government to send troops to suppress it. But now, if there is no conclusive evidence to accuse him, it will be easy to catch him, but it will be difficult to let him go."
Su Jin smacked his lips and said: "My Lord Prefect, why are you so accepting of death? I'll go back to collect the evidence. I already have some clues. If you don't capture him now, once he gets out of trouble, you will stop at nothing to control him."
When your subordinate officials rose up to cause trouble, you didn't even know how you died."
Song Xiang was hesitant, and Su Jin angrily kicked a bunch of fallen leaves on the roadside and sent them flying all over the sky: "I risked my life to eavesdrop, and almost lost my life, and you are still hesitating here?
If you don't go, I'll leave immediately. What does it have to do with me that Yangzhou is in chaos? No matter how your subordinates collude with him, and no matter how famine happens in the next year, what does it have to do with me? There are still people in various state capitals.
There is so much food waiting for me to handle, but I help you, but you don’t help yourself. It’s okay, let’s break it up. I think you can be the prefect for a few days.” After saying that, he raised his feet and left.
Song Xiang hurriedly stopped him and said: "Please calm down, envoy. Aren't we afraid that it is against the procedures? If we take him and accuse him without evidence, the people under his command have made it clear that they are going to make a fuss, so shouldn't we let him go?"
The government can take advantage of him, but you must hurry up and find the evidence."
Su Jindao: "Tonight, I will definitely give you evidence. Go quickly. Dynasty is blocked at the intersection at the foot of the mountain. If you don't go, it will be too late."
Song Xiang had no choice but to get on his horse and gallop out of the city towards Shugang Mountain with his men and horses.
Su Jin did not return to the government office because there were too many informants there, so he went directly to the Yuelai Inn in Xicheng and asked Ma Han and Zhang Long to call Zhao Dutou and Pan Jiang for discussion.
After eating something casually and changing some clothes, Pan Jiang and Zhao Dutou had already arrived. Su Jin was not polite and straight to the point, he told what he had seen and heard today. Everyone was stunned by what they heard. They didn't expect this.
Feng Laohu is actually so powerful, with so many big cases on his hands, yet he has lived happily in Yangzhou for so many years.
Zhao Dutou opened his mouth and said: "This old thief is so capable that he has brought all the officials in Yangzhou into trouble. How to do it, please tell me, my lord."
Su Jin pondered: "He discovered it today, so the place where the evidence of the official's confession was hidden is not clearly stated, but I guess it must be in the hands of that person."
Pan Jiang said: "Who? Who can make Feng Laohu trust him like this?"
Su Jin said: "Perhaps Feng Laohu just gave it to her for safekeeping, and she didn't know what it was. This person was the only woman who showed tenderness to Feng Laohu in his confession. She was Mihua Niang, the top female official of the Red Film Studio. Feng Laohu
Tiger said at the time that he and Rice Flower Girl got along quite well, and the reason was that Rice Flower Girl looked a bit like his mother, so I speculated that since he said that the evidence was not with him, and the evidence was so important, he would definitely
I won't let them escape my control, so the only possibility is to put them in the hands of Rice Flower Girl."
Pan Jiang nodded and said: "It makes sense, but I have heard of Mi Hua Niang from the Hong Kong Cinema. This woman was one of the top red cards in Yangzhou City at that time, and she had a fierce personality. Some dignitaries spent a lot of money to kiss Fangze, but they were...
She came back with such scoldings, the reason is just that she doesn't like him, and I don't know how she got together with this Feng Laohu."
Su Jin said: "Feng Laohu must have hidden something from her, but now is not the time to discuss these things. Are you afraid that this Mi Hua girl has a weird temper and won't cooperate with us?"
Pan Jiang nodded and said: "This is one, and the other is that even if we get the evidence and kill all these officials, we still can't get a place to store grain. In the past few days, some people have come to win over me.
He knew that I had been beaten and scolded by the envoy, and he wanted to establish friendship with me. Even though I was trying to make some insinuations, I didn't get any definite information. With such a sudden move by the young master, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to find out the information."
Su Jin said: "What is food? Compared with this big thing, food is insignificant. Digging out these moths is like finding a big granary worth ten million stones. Besides, I don't believe it. There is no place to store food."
, I can dig out millions of stones of grain even if I dig three feet into the ground."
Pan Jiangdao: "In that case, my lord will give the order."
Su Jin stood up and said solemnly: "Tonight is a matter of life and death. We must be prepared for everything. Even if we don't get evidence from Mi Hua Niang, we will use force to search through all Feng Laohu's mansions to find the evidence."
, everyone must understand this first, there is absolutely no way out; therefore, I have ordered that Pan Jiang be reinstated to his post immediately. Your reinstatement document is in the hands of Song Quan, the son of the prefect of Song Dynasty. You immediately go to get the reinstatement document and lead the rest.
The 1,500 soldiers guarding the four gates were tightly guarded, and not a single bird was allowed to fly out, because we could not let them jump over the wall and spread the news that we had opened a warehouse to release military rations, nor could we allow them to do so.
If any of them escapes, we will kill them without mercy if necessary!"