The carriage started quickly and soon arrived at the intersection. Investigator No. 1 was following on foot. He was already out of breath from the rush. When he saw the carriage coming, he immediately got on board. People were coming and going on the road. Qiao Yan said It was inconvenient to travel in a large car, so soon I was caught up by Yang Cao's carriage on a shortcut. After following for a while, Yang Cao slightly lifted the curtain and looked forward. He saw that the carriage was not as steady as before, and the carriage was swaying slightly from side to side. The load was obviously not heavy, and the ruts were very shallow. Yang Cao immediately felt something was wrong and whispered: "Go and see if there is anyone in the carriage."
Investigator No. 1 immediately jumped off the carriage and hurried over. He rubbed his body against the shaft of the carriage in front and immediately fell down. He said, "Ah, the big carriage hit someone."
The driver was startled, and immediately stopped the cart and said, "You, you bumped into me, what are you doing to me?"
Investigator No. 1 immediately got up and grabbed the bridle of the horse, saying: "How can it be that you want to leave after hitting someone?" After saying that, he got on the car and pulled the handlebar, taking the opportunity to bump into him. Unintentionally, I raised the curtain with my arm and suddenly found that there was no one in the car.
The investigator immediately took out his work permit, flashed it, and shouted at the coachman with a fierce look on his face: "Where are the people in the car? I am from the yamen. You have to tell the truth, or else you will be sued!"
The coachman was at a loss and didn't know who the person in front of him was. All he saw was that he had a ferocious face, and he was afraid to provoke him. He couldn't help but said: "No, I don't know. Well, as soon as the man got on the coach, he gave me a double reward. All I had to do was deliver a letter to Sanxiantai. The car curtains had to be hung up on the road and the curtains could not be opened. They said that if the letter was not delivered, they would charge me double the money. After that, they did not call me at the shaded area at the corner of the last intersection. Stop, jump out of the car and drive away." He said and took out an envelope.
Investigator No. 1 grabbed the envelope, opened it, and saw that it was indeed a piece of white paper. He stopped talking to the coachman and reported back immediately after taking the envelope. As soon as Yang Cao saw it, he knew that he had been tricked and lost. Now. That person was the only clue to this matter. Once lost, he would be lost like a cow in the sea, and he must be recovered as soon as possible. She quickly spread out a regional map in the carriage that marked the streets, exits, and paths around the surveillance area, and wandered around the map with nervous eyes. At the same time, he was thinking quickly in his mind. If he did not go outside the city and walk, it means that their stronghold is in the city or at least there is a foothold in the city. The location where he got off the bus should not be where the stronghold is, otherwise it will be exposed after a little analysis. The driver said that getting off the bus at the previous intersection meant that Yang Cao and the others had found the target in time. Judging from the time, it should not be more than half a street away, and there was a possibility of a follow-up. Thinking of this, Yang Cao quickly marked the target with a red pencil on the map. I circled the possible locations and paths of several targets, then pulled open the car's trunk, took out the eight-power telescope, handed the map and telescope to the No. 2 investigator who was sitting on the side of the car, and said: " From the commanding heights, search and observe." Scout No. 2 took the things and nodded.
The coachman glanced around and stopped the carriage along a high wall beside the road. Scout No. 2, holding a telescope in hand, stepped on the roof of the vehicle and jumped up to the wall in two steps. Then he climbed up a big tree with the help of the wall and rode on the tree. On the fork, he covered the telescope with a cloth and quickly searched the streets and alleys by comparing the target's appearance features with the points marked on the map.
As time passed by, Yang Cao took out his pocket watch and looked at it. Cold sweat slowly began to form on his forehead, and the eyes of the three people under the tree gradually became more and more anxious. Suddenly, the No. 2 investigator
The telescope suddenly stopped swinging and stood still for a moment. He held the telescope in his left hand and pointed to the west with his right hand. Then he quickly made a few one-arm sign language downwards. Yang Cao immediately lowered his head and looked at the map and said: "The target is from the west.
To move eastward, he took the Fifth Line."
At this time, the No. 2 investigator tilted his legs, held his hands and feet on the tree trunk twice, and almost jumped down from the tree. As soon as he landed, Yang Cao immediately said to him: "You have the best physical fitness. You can walk on foot."
Cross the line, the Geng line is wide, and the cart takes the Geng line, move." Then the coachman shouted: "Drive!" The cart galloped straight through the Xiejie according to the planned route, while the No. 2 investigator came from the other side of the narrow street.
He took a shortcut and ran away.
Yang Cao's carriage drove around for a while, slowed down on a straight road in front of Qiao Yan, and put down the No. 1 Scout. The No. 2 Scout just came out of the narrow alley, and was still some distance away from the target. The No. 1 Scout took his time.
The newsboy on the opposite side of the road said: "A daily newspaper." He took out a coin from his pocket and threw it over. Investigators always carry a lot of change with them in case they need to pay bills at any time without having to change.
Investigator No. 1 stood quietly by the roadside holding a newspaper, looking over the edge of the newspaper and observing silently. When he was young, Qiao Yan passed in front of Investigator No. 1. After he passed six or seven meters, Investigator No. 1
He calmly put away the newspaper, and Shi Shiran followed slowly. At this time, Investigator No. 2 had also recovered from the violent breathing of running, and slowly followed behind Investigator No. 1. Still following the instructions of No. 1.
, Deputy No. 2 resumed his position, and Yang Cao's position changed slightly, falling slightly behind Investigator No. 2. Although Guangzhou has been recovered, there are still not many women showing their faces. If a woman appears repeatedly, she will
They are more eye-catching and easier to expose, so generally only male investigators are assigned to serve as lead investigators, and women are often used as mobile substitutes.
Yang Cao followed Investigator No. 2 and walked through another street. She suddenly noticed something strange in the eyes of a beggar on the side of the road. Although the beggar kept shaking his bowl of ballast to beg for food, his eyes were more than ten meters behind Qiao Yan.
Continuously patrolling. Yang Cao's heart skipped a beat, as someone responded to his target.
She walked forward quickly, surpassing Scouts No. 1 and 2 one after another. She held her waist with her hand to remind Scout No. 1 that someone was assisting her target. Scout No. 1 used her eyes to indicate that she had received it, and then put her hands behind her back and turned toward the back.
No. 2 sent a message, and No. 1 and No. 2 investigators immediately exchanged positions to confuse the responders, while Yang Cao slowed down and fell behind, searching for the beggar.
Sure enough, the beggar followed quietly among the crowd. At this time, Qiao Yan in front suddenly turned into an alley next to him, then pressed his body against the alley wall behind the street and peeked behind him. No. 2 changed positions.
The investigator did not follow him into the alley, but kept his eyes straight, walked slowly and walked straight through the alley. Investigator No. 1 stopped calmly and sat at a tea stall by the roadside.
Next, I ordered a cup of tea and two snacks, and drank slowly while reading the newspaper calmly. Yang Cao turned into a cloth shop by the road, randomly picked up fabrics, and chatted with the clerk.
while keeping a secret look through the door.
Qiao Yan stared at the back of Scout No. 2 who was going away. He looked back for a while, then turned his eyes to the beggar in the crowd. The beggar shook his head gently. Qiao Yan's heart suddenly felt relieved.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and waited for a while. When he saw nothing strange, he no longer hesitated, walked out of the alley and walked forward quickly.
Yang Cao walked out of the cloth shop and switched to the main shooting position. Investigator No. 1 followed behind her. The two of them followed Qiao Yan quietly, like an invisible trail. Investigator No. 2 turned his two sides outside.
Wearing a robe inside out, wearing a six-in-one melon-skin hat, with plaster on her face, shoulders slouched, she leaned against the wall in front of the street and took a nap, silently waiting for the target to appear. Everything gradually fell into place.
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Half an hour later, Qiao Yan stood in front of a courtyard door, knocking on the door with three short and two long keys, while looking around vigilantly. After a while, the courtyard door opened, and Qiao Yan ducked inside.
The courtyard door clicked and closed tightly.
Outside the door, at the street entrance, people were coming and going, bustling, and there was no loneliness at all in the dusk. The slanting light of the setting sun lazily fell on Yang Cao's shoulders, and Yang Cao lit a lady's holy boat with his right hand lazily.
Holding it, he blew out a smoke ring gracefully and said softly: "It's good to go home."
Back at the bureau, Yang Cao sorted out all the materials on hand and began to sort them out. To be honest, there were too many materials in front of her, and they were complicated. The data retrieval system set up by the computing center in Guangzhou helped them a lot.
They can use the "keyword" mode to query various related information at any time, but this kind of mechanical search still requires a lot of manpower to sort and analyze.
Although relevant card systems have been implemented, at a glance, there are hundreds of various index cards. This relies heavily on the brain power of the officials in charge.
Yang Cao realized that the existence of the Wu Squad had a qualitative change in the entire case. In the past, they only suspected the existence of the "Wu Squad", but this follow-up showed that this squad not only existed, but was also very powerful.
Be careful. She recalled the recent intensification of counterfeit currency cases, and the clues about the mysterious medicinal silver ingot "Sanjiang Mao" reported to her by Section 9 of the police.
What do they want to do when they get together? Obviously, collecting "love" is only part of it, otherwise it cannot be explained why they spend money to cultivate a "military squad". Yang Cao knows very well the cost of cultivating military force, which is far more than hiring a few literati to copy.
It can be compared. A team of several hundred people gathered together to eat and drink. Just eating and burning firewood for a day was a huge expense, not to mention the cost of monthly payments.
The expense of raising private soldiers for a long time is beyond the reach of even a wealthy family like the Liang family. The Zhongyi Camp in Foshan is a joint venture between all the big families in the fort.
Obviously, the Liang family is not alone. There may be many local wealthy families who are secretly colluding with him. However, these wealthy families either do not live in Guangzhou, or the main members of the family are in the countryside, and the limited powerful units of the Senate cannot monitor them.
their anomalies
Thinking of this, Yang Cao's hair stood up. Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it was understandable that these large households would jointly raise the militia and Xiangyong and the like. What do they plan to use it for now?