Chapter 390 The real murderer is brought to justice
Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi.
"What other ideas does Zhang Qing have?"
Although I hate Zhang Anshi for being so soft-hearted.
But Zhu Di sometimes wanted to see what was thinking in Zhang Anshi's mind all the time, because this guy would always have all kinds of crooked ideas.
And based on years of experience, these crooked ideas really work.
It's just... there's not much time left. This is not the capital city after all. The Jinyiwei is just stationed here with a hundred households, and the person behind the scenes is a local snake.
If there were several months, Zhu Di would certainly be confident that he would dig three feet into the ground to find the person, even if it took ten days and a half, he would be sure.
But now it seems that capturing someone within twelve hours is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky.
After all... these people, even in Nanchang, are just here for the first time, and the other party is obviously an old fox. He has lived near Nanchang Mansion for a long time, so he knows everything about it. What's more, this person is so cautious. This person is in the dark, and he and Zhang Anshi are in the open.
, it is really not easy to solve the problem at hand.
Zhang Anshi said: "Move the rescue troops."
"Move the reinforcements?" Zhu Di asked: "Where are the reinforcements?"
"I can sow the beans and form an army."
Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi, who immediately lowered his head angrily and hurriedly explained: "I'm not joking, but... I naturally have my own way."
Zhu Di looked at him for a long time and finally said: "There is not much time, you act quickly and don't delay the military plane."
Zhang Anshi said: "Here."
With that said, Zhang Anshi actually started to take action. He first said to Chen Daowen: "You order all the captains to set up checkpoints at the ferries and official roads everywhere to interrogate all the idlers."
After hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but said, "Is this feasible?"
Zhang Anshi shook his head: "It's not feasible."
Zhu Di: "..."
Zhu Di's eyes were speechless, as if to say, what are you doing?
Zhang Anshi said casually: "The other party is a local snake here. If you want to escape, there will always be a way. It is impossible to solve this problem simply by setting up a blockade. However... I have my own reasons for doing this."
Zhang Anshi is actually a little anxious. Now he is racing against time.
At that moment, he said to the captain on the side: "Bring me pen, ink, paper and inkstone."
After a while, someone brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Then Zhang Anshi picked up his pen and began to write vigorously.
After writing dozens of words, he immediately handed them to Zhu Yong, saying: "Immediately ask people to post them everywhere, and... spread the word, everyone must memorize all the words above.
If you are familiar with the above words, in three days, I, Zhang Anshi, will set up a shed in Tengwang Pavilion and other places. Everyone only needs to recite it, and then he will distribute an egg for three days! Tell them that there are enough egg tubes here."
After saying that, he said to Zhang Fu: "You are taking people to buy eggs. You can buy as many as you can."
Although this was very puzzling, Zhang Fu didn't think much about it and nodded hurriedly: "Yes."
Qiu Song looked anxious at the side and said hurriedly: "Big brother, big brother, what about me, what about me?"
Zhang Anshi said without thinking: "You are smarter and are here to protect His Majesty... and me."
Qiu Song: "..."
It sounded mysterious to everyone, and it was understandable that there were cards everywhere at the front, but there were recitations and eggs at the back, which made it a bit confusing.
Zhu Di's face dropped, and he said, "I have lost two million and a half million taels of silver, but I still want to send eggs out?"
Zhang Anshi saw that Zhu Di had a bad look on his face, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I will do my best..."
Zhu Di only nodded: "As for people like Xu Qi, they must work harder and give me a good trial."
Zhang Anshi said: "Follow the order."
In fact, at this time, Zhu Di was already tired. He had been running all the way, and he only stopped now. Someone had prepared a bed for Zhu Di.
Although Zhu Di didn't understand what Zhang Anshi was up to, since he agreed to leave the matter to Zhang Anshi, he stopped talking and went to bed.
Although he was exhausted, everything came to his mind, and he couldn't help but find it difficult to fall asleep. It took a long time before he managed to fall asleep. However, late at night, he heard the sound of Zhu Di grinding his teeth and said vaguely: "My money!
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"Why……"
Someone sighed.
Stay at home here.
It's getting late.
The Taoist looked grimly and found the old man.
"It's a disaster."
The old man looked tired, with his head lowered, as if he had been meditating here for a long time.
"After all, it's still a bad move. Pindao advised you at the beginning that this plan may not be possible if all the mechanisms are calculated! If there are too many calculations, it means there are more variables. Pindao heard that Xu Qi and others...
You are already in jail, why are you still here, why don’t you leave?”
The old man still looked unhurried and said, "There's no rush."
But the Taoist was anxious, frowning and said: "It's urgent."
The old man said slowly and calmly: "Xu Qi and the others will not speak for a while. What's more, I want to leave, and I need to escape unscathed. There are still some things that need to be arranged and arranged, and there are some things that must be taken away. Not to mention.
The Jin Yiwei must have set up cards everywhere, so even if they have to leave, it will take some time to arrange and decorate."
"When will it be ready?"
"Seven or eight hours are enough."
The Taoist looked at the old man with emotion and said, "If I had known this today, why would I do it in the first place?"
The old man said: "Are you going to kill me today?"
The Taoist just remained silent.
The old man murmured: "The times were unfavorable for me... I actually allowed them to escape this disaster. It seems... they are really going to be ruined."
The Taoist said: "It's useless to talk too much now. You'd better think about what's going on right now."
The old man suddenly raised his head and looked at the Taoist. His eyes were bright red, with a hint of terror: "Right now? What is there to think about now? Do they have any ability to imprison me? I dare to do this.
Things, of course, have other plans. After tomorrow, I will escape. The sky is high and the sea is vast, dragons are hiding in the sea, and tigers are returning to the mountains. What can they do to me? But... I missed such a God-given opportunity. It is truly a first-class experience in life.
It's a pity that finding such an opportunity again would be even harder than reaching the sky."
The old man said it with a hint of regret at the end.
The Taoist said: "Perhaps this is the number of heaven."
The old man was quite excited and said: "The number of days? The number of days? If God is so blind, then the saint's teachings will disappear like this? Will the country of etiquette become a land of barbarians?"
The Taoist said nothing.
The old man then said: "It seems... I have to think of another way."
At this time, the Taoist said: "Xu Qiren and others are in jail. Could it be that..."
"I can't care about them anymore." The old man said calmly: "Don't worry, they won't confess for a while. They are people who know their interests."
The Taoist just remained silent.
The old man looked at the Taoist and said, "Where does the Taoist plan to go after today?"
"There is no need to worry about being poor in the world anymore. You might as well go back to the mountains and stop caring about worldly things from now on."
The old man said: "I really envy you."
The Taoist said: "You can do the same."
The old man shook his head: "I still have one breath left, so I have to fight again."
The Taoist took a deep look at the old man and was speechless.
The old man then sat silently, as if he was reminiscing about something. After a while, he said again: "I never expected that decades have passed by in a blink of an eye, and it's pitiful for people like me to survive and yet to see each other again."
The world has fallen to this point, I really hope the world can return to its original state."
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, seeming to be taking a nap or continuing to think of good strategies.
This sitting lasted until dawn.
At dawn in the morning, a beam of light suddenly bloomed in the dark sky. Although the first light at dawn was weak, it suddenly cut through the dark night sky with the crowing of the rooster.
In the morning light, accompanied by eager footsteps.
Someone came in a hurry. This man was hunched over. He walked to the old man's side and whispered: "Master, the contact has been made."
The old man then opened his eyes, looked up at this person, and said calmly: "Have you packed everything?"
"It's packed, the important things are all stored securely, and there's also a load of carriages and horses..."
The old man nodded and continued: "Where is the person who will take care of you?"
"Arrangements have been made over there. Don't worry, Master, everything is safe."
The old man nodded and sighed: "Don't forget anything."
"yes."
The old man stood up slowly and sighed: "I never thought that when I get old, I would have to flee. It's a pity, it's a pity."
He didn't know what he was regretting, whether it was his pity for his fate or the fact that the water thief didn't succeed.
But the infinite regret filled in his words was still revealed.
The old man thought for a moment and then said, "Have the arrangements been made for everyone else in the family?"
"According to the master's instructions, it is ready."
The old man nodded and said nothing more, but he was too old and stood up tremblingly, so the servant had to carefully support him.
The old man looked back and said to the Taoist who had stayed with him all night: "Today... I say goodbye. We will see you again someday. When I settle down, you can just wait and see in the mountains. As long as I have one breath left, I will be able to do great things."
After saying that, he let his servant help him and slowly walked out of here. He saw a small sedan waiting outside.
This mansion is outside Nanchang City. From here, you can see the city walls. The old man didn't say anything and got into the sedan chair.
Immediately, several people followed him.
The road we followed along this road was neither a highway nor a ferry, but a mountain road.
This road leads to Meiling, which is rarely visited on weekdays. You can also take this road all the way to Gao'an County, Ruizhou Prefecture. Once there, you can reach the Jinjiang Ferry and go down the river.
This road has been abandoned for a long time, and no one pays attention to it on weekdays. Even in the Nanchang Prefecture and County Chronicles, this mountain trail has been mostly forgotten.
The person who guards this place is a local Yi Cheng. It was originally set up to suppress strong men in the mountains. This official position was established since the Yuan Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, it was naturally used. However, this place is really inconspicuous and there is no trace of it at all.
People care.
Halfway through the journey, I saw an official with several old officials coming to greet me. They went to the sedan to salute.
The old man was taking a nap in the sedan chair. When he heard the sound, he opened the curtain and nodded to the postmaster: "Is everything okay?"
"Nothing, I'll give you a ride."
"Can."
There was a look of frustration on the Yi Cheng's face, and he seemed to have deep feelings for the old man.
Along the way, we came to a river in the mountains. There was a small river here. The name of the small river was unknown. Even during the dry season, the river often dried up. Because of this, the formerly bustling ferry had long been abandoned.
But it is now the flood season, so boating is still possible on the river.
But here, there is already a man waiting with several slaves.
When the old man's sedan arrived and he got off the sedan, the man hurriedly came forward to greet him, bowed down and saluted, with tears in his eyes.
The old man touched his head and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The man then sobbed with tears in his eyes: "I am leaving here, I don't know when I will return."
The old man smiled and said: "Sooner or later, I will come back."
The man stood up, wiped his tears, and said: "The ship has been prepared. It is the official ship of Ruizhou Prefecture. You can leave Nanchang Prefecture along this waterway. After leaving Nanchang Prefecture, no one dares to check. The waterway here has long been blocked."
It’s deserted and the Jinyi Guards can’t find it here.”
The old man was not worried about Jin Yiwei, but said: "You have been living here for a long time, and one day I will come back."
After saying that, he waited for the accompanying servants to carry the belongings onto the boat, but he still stopped here and chatted with a few people.
Seeing that the old man still behaved calmly, everyone felt relieved.
"Over there at Ruizhou Mansion..."
"Don't worry, over there in Ruizhou Mansion... I have someone I can trust." The old man said with a calm smile.
Just as he was talking, suddenly, a ship suddenly came down from the upper reaches of the river at a rapid speed.
Someone shouted: "What kind of ship is that?"
When everyone saw it, their expressions changed and they all looked around.
But on that boat, holding an open fire, there was actually a captain in fish uniform on the same boat.
The man who greeted the old man shouted: "You go first, sir, I will resist here."
The Yi Cheng was also startled. He actually pulled out the weapon he carried and shouted: "These damn hawks and dogs."
The old man looked astonished. He obviously never expected that there would be an ambush here.
People around him started to resist.
The old man's expression was dull, as if he knew better than others that once his whereabouts were discovered, then... everything would really come to nothing.
But at this moment, another group of people suddenly came out of the mountain, shouting: "Don't let the thieves leave."
On the river and in the mountains, there are actually all the captains in Jinyi.
The old man looked up at the sky.
At this time, the sun was already three poles high, and the sky was clear.
He sighed and said, "How did it get to this point?"
The ships on the river finally intercepted the old man and others' ship.
The lieutenant who came out of the mountain quickly fought with the oncoming postmaster. In just one move, the postmaster's arm was cut off. He covered his wound, staggered, and shouted in grief and anger: "
Go, go quickly."
The people who came to greet the old man were furious: "Fight with them, fight with them."
The old man only smiled bitterly and said: "It's over, everything is over."
A moment later, a school captain arrived and easily knocked down the old man without waiting for a few people to resist. Then the old man was knocked over directly.
At this time, he no longer had the calm demeanor that he had just before, and was thrown into the dirt. Then, his hands were cut off behind his back, tied tightly, and his mouth was stuffed with a ball of cloth.
At this time, someone stood up and said with a smile: "Finally found it, almost all the efforts were in vain, took them all away!"
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Xu Qi and Liu Rong were covered in blood after a night of torture.
The two of them were dragged out like dead dogs. The prison clothes on their bodies were rather bloody clothes.
Obviously, in order to force them to speak, the captains were a little anxious.
At this time, the two of them were delivered to Zhu Di while dying.
Zhu Di looked at the two of them coldly, his face like an iceberg.
From the corner of his eye, he first glanced at Zhang Anshi, who was standing aside, and then said, "Are you willing to say it?"
The scorching sun at noon outside has shone in through the paper window.
Zhu Di asked: "What time is it?"
"Your Majesty, it's noon." A captain on the side replied.
After Zhu Di heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper.
Twelve hours are almost coming to an end.
Now it seems...maybe the other party has escaped.
It’s just that I don’t know how much effort it will take to look for it again.
What's even more frightening is that there are probably many people who have already hidden all the emperor's money.
And as for the people behind the scenes, they are even more worried!
Zhu Di and Zhang Anshi cannot stay in Jiangxi forever, and there is no telling what trouble this person will cause.
At this time, Zhu Di looked at Xu Qi and said, "You still refuse to speak until now?"
Xu Qi's weak voice was almost inaudible: "I don't know what your majesty is talking about?"
Fortunately, it was very quiet here, so Zhu Di still heard what he said clearly.
Zhu Di said coldly: "I ask you where the person behind the scenes is?"
Xu Qidao: "I don't know, and I don't know who is behind the scenes. All of this was ordered by me, and I am guilty of ten thousand deaths..."
Zhu Di said angrily: "You won't shed tears until you see the coffin."
Xu Qi smiled bitterly, but even a subtle expression made him feel endless pain. He tried hard to raise his face that was already beyond recognition, and weakly said: "Why would your Majesty say this to a person who is about to die?"
Zhu Di sneered: "You think I don't have the means to deal with you?"
Xu Qidao: "I've seen the methods before, and I can't hide it...it's unspeakably painful, but I really have nothing to say."
Murderous intent flashed across Zhu Di's eyes.
But soon, he fell silent.
Because he immediately realized that Xu Qi's words were clearly intended to offend him, make him lose his mind, and kill Xu Qi immediately.
But killing Xu Qi is so cheap.
Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said: "If you continue to torture, give me every piece of flesh and skin on your body..."
Xu Qi closed his eyes, looking like he was at the mercy of others.
But at this moment, Chen Daowen came in a hurry and said with obvious excitement on his face: "Your Majesty, the man has been found."
After Zhu Di heard this, his eyes suddenly opened.
After hearing this, Xu Qi and Liu Rong, who had just closed their eyes and waited for death, suddenly showed a hint of panic.
Then... they all tried their best to look back.
But I saw an old man being carried in a state of embarrassment.
At this moment, Xu Qi couldn't help but feel that the world was spinning, as if he had been struck by lightning.
He opened his eyes in disbelief and murmured: "How...how...possible...how could things come to this point."
Then Liu Rong even loudly roared: "God is unkind and wants to put us to death."