The sound of horse hooves broke the silence of the morning, and the figures of several knights emerged from the morning fog, heading towards Beijing.
Liao Sanniang took the lead and walked in front. Her body was soft and elastic. She held the rein in her left hand and kept her upper body perpendicular to the horse's spine. Her body moved gently with the horse's movement, forming a seamless tacit understanding between the horse and the horse.
Liao Sanniang loosened the reins, the weight of her left hand disappeared, and the horse's head and neck drooped, indicating that she gave up control of the horse and allowed the horse to walk slowly and leisurely along the road.
Liao Sanniang raised her right hand and touched the raised collar. There was a little bump at the corner of the collar. It was a deadly poison that could be bitten by lowering your head. When a woman was captured, she had to face torture that was a hundred times more painful than that of a man.
The woman who rolled through the jungle of swords and guns never grudged death. Her indifference to death stopped the god of death. The blood on the knife tip will always belong to others.
Raising her head slightly, she was a little lost in thought. A day and a half had passed since Mr. Leng disappeared. Liao Sanniang only slept for a few hours during this period. She spent the rest of the time running around the city. She spread her manpower and contacted several places around the capital.
The local gangsters in the villages and counties along the main road are mainly the servants and slaves everywhere. These low-level officials hold the public power of local investigation and public security management. These people can control the local Yifu, Bai arrested, and some
There is a lot of activity energy in the place, so focus on checking Boss Leng’s horses. Horses have big targets, have been seen by many people, and are easy to identify. Starting from these, you are more likely to achieve a breakthrough.
Li Rufeng sits in Beijing, managing relations between all parties, and dealing with blackmail letters and intermediaries that may come at any time. In the male society of the Ming Dynasty, people always trust men more.
Liao Sanniang didn't have much hope in the investigation. In order to claim credit and receive rewards, these civilians often lied and provided false information. Most of the information they provided was useless. From the perspective of the robbers, they abandoned the vehicles but were reluctant to part with the horses and kept them.
The biggest clue was given. But horses are different from carriages. The traffic capacity is much higher. The roads can be walked on small roads or in the wilderness. There are as many loopholes as meshes. Like the assistants, Liao Sanniang can't do much, but she can't
If you think too much, you will panic and you will not be able to accomplish anything.
Ever since Liao Sanniang came to Beijing, there has been a vague uneasiness. The further away from Guangzhou, the more serious the influence of Australia and Song Dynasty will decline.
The Jingshi Station is the most unique among all the foreign stations, and it is also the most dull of all the foreign stations in Australia and Song Dynasty.
The capital, the political center of the Ming Dynasty, is densely populated with informants and factory guards. All eccentricities mean deviance. Once you are out of tune with the city, the capital station will immediately become the most beautiful target.
The isolated capital station, for the sake of protection, except for the financial system that was retained due to the need for work docking, all Australian and Song customs, whether it was Heliansheng, Delong or Lengzhai, were changed to the Ming etiquette and used as little as possible.
Almost all of the naturalized civilian employees in unimportant positions are employees recruited locally or nearby. They are managed completely in accordance with the etiquette of feudal society, mainly relying on contracts, shop rules, family laws, and official laws for restraint, which leads to inconsistency.
Many expatriates from Lingao quickly assimilated and resumed the living habits of the Ming Dynasty.
The so-called rules Li Rufeng mentioned have actually never been strictly followed. Even in modern times, the lack of supervision and instant communication tools and relying solely on employee consciousness will lead to the abandonment of rules and regulations. In the capital station with strong feudal colors, rigidity
The rules and regulations are often unable to adapt to the complex and changing situation at any time, and modifications have become the norm. Various rules and regulations of Lingao have become a piece of paper due to repeated modifications, and what can be truly implemented is the simple and crude feudal family law.
Liao Sanniang once heard complaints from other expatriates. If there is only one veteran in an expatriate station who calls the shots, he must be the one who speaks his mind. He will often make some small tricks in which the general is outside and does not accept the emperor's orders. Some "violations"
"Provisions", and later there was a security incident. These have been included in relevant textbooks.
Master Leng is the rule maker. All the rules at the Capital Station are used to manage others. Regarding guards and temporary changes in travel routes, Master Leng often decides on his own - which makes Li Rufeng's statement about rules sound more like
It is an excuse and a shirk of responsibility after the accident.
Master Leng would kneel down and kowtow to the elders of the day, but within the Capital Station, Master Leng was the absolute leader and had irrefutable authority. He said whatever he said, and no one dared to question it.
As far as his personality is concerned, Liao Sanniang admires him very much. Like most elders, he does not have the cold-blooded decisiveness of a wealthy family. Instead, he is quite upright and kind. He does not indulge in women, but he is also fond of entertainment and banquets.
He has no interest in drinking. He is fair in the personnel and official affairs of Jingshi Station, and he is an expert in business. However, Liao Sanniang always feels that this Mr. Leng has some elements that are unwilling to be lonely in his bones. On the surface, he
I lived a regular life at Jingshi Station, dealing with everything around me cautiously. But I always had the urge to "do something big".
He is very easy-going and often jokes with Lingao's employees. Mr. Leng once joked to Liao Sanniang about the expatriate elders: The Senate treats expatriate elders like they are buying lottery tickets, and they win every day.
5 million, and has won prizes for ten consecutive years. After all, expatriate veterans have never only faced enemies from all sides, but also faced various man-made disasters, natural disasters, diseases and countless unpredictable accidents.
The greatness of the Senate is not worth showing off in the face of the power of nature. It has been running through troubled times under simple security, sanitation, and disaster prevention conditions. For ten years, there have been no deaths, disabilities, or disappearances of expatriate senators. This in itself is enough to impress.
Although many of the self-respecting miracles of the Senate relied on fate, many problems were temporarily obscured by the light of various expatriate achievements under the excitement of results-only theory and individual adventurism for the realization of personal values.
While enjoying luck, you are also constantly accumulating random numbers.
Liao Sanniang doesn't understand what a lottery is, but she can roughly guess that it is a kind of gambling. There are a lot of loopholes in the special, slightly chaotic management system of the Jingshi Station. The Jingshi Station is a special team built according to local conditions. It was launched during the Northern Expedition
In the post-Ming Dynasty era, the survival of Jingshi Station has increasingly become a focus of controversy. On the one hand, the financial, industrial and commercial business of Jingshi Station has been very effective, but on the other hand, it conflicts with the original low-key and hidden purpose of building the station. With the arrival of Australian goods,
With the increase in sales, savings, loans and contacts with high-level customers, Boss Leng's reputation is getting bigger and bigger. As his exposure increases, so does his risk.
Is it to be completely abolished or to be completely taken over by indigenous employees? All parties are still studying and considering. Liao Sanniang has no right to make irresponsible remarks and cannot say anything, but she has seen some signs. The capital station is likely to be reduced, or
He said that he was going underground and that Mr. Leng would probably return to Guangzhou.
Master Leng ridiculed the Senate's gambling on the issue of dispatching, but he himself remained the same, still putting his personal orders above the system of the capital station. There was no change at all, and he felt that it was natural.
Other people who came to Lingao also sensed something more or less, and they would whisper to each other in their spare time.
There are ten great evils in the Ming Dynasty Code. The first three are treason;
The fear of being beheaded makes people's hearts extremely fragile, and the hearts of Lingao employees are full of anxiety and insecurity. In this uncertain moment, the kidnapping of Elder Leng may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
The human heart is delicate, and a momentary shake in one person's mentality may push everyone into the abyss.
All Liao Sanniang's pretentiousness is for the sake of stability. People must see that things are progressing. Until someone from Lingao comes or the situation changes, Liao Sanniang and Li Rufeng have no choice but to persist.
Liao Sanniang recovered her mind, looked at the winding road in front of her, and whispered to herself: "Let's go forward."
Back in Delong, the gate was deserted, and there was no crowd of people as expected. However, there were seven or eight people on the street supporting the Shuntian Prefecture government officials. A notice with the Shuntian Prefecture's seal had been pasted on the screen wall. It seemed that
, Wu Kaidi persuaded the government to temporarily seal the bank.
She did not go ahead, but took a detour through the back alleys. After twists and turns, she knocked on a small door in an inconspicuous narrow alley and returned to Delong.
The hot tea gradually warmed up Liao Sanniang's body. Liao Sanniang looked at Li Rufeng through the tea cigarette and found that this always energetic man seemed to be a little sluggish.
Liao Sanniang held the cup with both hands, smiled softly, and said: "Why should the chief escort have to judge himself so anxiously?"
Li Rufeng sat on an armchair, stroked his head and said, "I originally thought that killing was the most dangerous thing, but now I realize that sitting idle like this is the most torture."
Liao Sanniang said with a smile: "Would you like me to ask the chief escort for a string of beads and recite the meditation mantra to straighten your mind?"
Li Rufeng smiled bitterly and said: "A certain person has a violent temper in his life. He doesn't want to eat fast and recite Buddha's name. He just wants to be happy and kill people. Unfortunately, he can't find the culprit."
Liao Sanniang asked: "Is there any news from Guangzhou?"
Li Rufeng scratched his head twice and replied: "It's fast. It is said that they are using telegraph boxes to transmit and receive transmissions. It will be faster than a stagecoach. But such military weapons are not available everywhere.
of."
While the two were talking, suddenly a person burst into the hall, it was Xiao Bazi. He waved an envelope in his hand and shouted: "Here it comes! Here it comes! The reminder letter is here!"
Li Rufeng and Liao Sanniang stood up at the same time. They looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief. The big stone hanging in their hearts finally fell to the ground.