Li Rufeng smiled, this Huang Qi is really interesting!
What did Qin Erlang talk about that caused the family to be cleaned up? Whether this matter had anything to do with Leng Ningyun, they couldn't tell. However, Qin Erlang did come to provide information about Elder Leng on the official road northwest of the capital.
Could it be that the other party killed Qin Erlang because of this? Judging from the cutting off of the tongue, it was indeed a warning to others "not to talk too much".
However, their search in the northwest of Beijing did not yield much results. The escort sent to investigate could only verify that such a car and a group of people passed by. There were no witnesses as to whether Elder Leng was in the car or not.
Now that Qin Erlang was suddenly killed, it seemed to confirm the information he provided at the beginning. Moreover, Qin Erlang's backstage was Liu Ying, the biggest suspect at present.
Several clues are intertwined, and there seems to be a clear and dark direction.
However, even with this clue, their original problem still existed. There were too many places to go on the official road in the northwest of the capital, and they were simply unable to visit them one by one.
To say there are clues is actually the same as not having any clues.
At this time, Chen Cui brought useful news: Cao Sheng of Zhangjiawan and Eunuch Cao, the steward of Nanyuan, were indeed related.
"...They are both from Wei County, Daming Prefecture, and they are uncles from the same clan. When Cao Sheng came to the capital to make a living, Eunuch Cao took good care of him. Later, Cao Sheng made his debut in Zhangjiawan. The same goes for Eunuch Cao.
The ceremony was very respectful. The relationship between the two has always been good."
When Li Rufeng heard this, he immediately added this clue to the mind map on the wall. Now Liu Zhen - Cao Sheng - Eunuch Cao - Liu Xiaozhuan - Third Master Qin - Qin Erlang - Yang Tianliang... all of them were connected together.
These lines, whether they appear or not, are all pointing to a certain person. Now Li Rufeng can say with certainty: This group of people has a conspiracy. But he cannot confirm that the conspiracy is related to Leng Ningyun.
The two faced each other for a long time before Li Rufeng said: "I don't think we need to worry about Qin Erlang's situation. Since we know that Liu Zhen is the most suspected person, we might as well use this person as a breakthrough and let Min Zhanlian's team kidnap him secretly."
Min Zhanlian's handling of this matter did not involve He Liansheng and Delong. Even if Liu Zheng had nothing to do with this matter, he would be torn apart by directly silencing them.
"It's just that if we touch Liu Ying, we will definitely alert the enemy. Shopkeeper Leng's whereabouts are unknown, so we may alert the enemy." Li Rufeng sighed, "And I'm worried..."
"Are you worried that Liu Zheng doesn't know the whereabouts of Elder Leng?"
"Yes." Li Rufeng nodded, "If it is an ordinary kidnapping case, if you capture the key figures, you will naturally find the tickets. For people like them, if they divide their forces into several groups and only capture one, they may not know the specific whereabouts."
"We are going to take this matter in two ways. One is to let Min Zhanlian continue to secretly investigate Liu Zheng's information to see if he can bring out any other characters. The other is to continue searching for the whereabouts of Elder Leng in suspicious locations." Liao Sanniang narrowed her eyes.
Eyes, "I have a vague feeling that Elder Leng is in the capital and has not gone far."
"You mean..."
"It seems from the current clues that Nanyuan is the most suspicious place." Sanniangzi said, "We still have to go to Nanyuan to explore!"
It's not that they haven't paid attention to this place in the past, but firstly, the place is too big and difficult to find; secondly, they also asked people for information, but didn't get any useful information.
However, combined with the recently collected intelligence, if someone is secretly manipulating the city foxes and rats in the capital, then the information obtained through inquiring may not be true. Combined with the various suspicious aspects of Yang Tianliang in the intelligence, Liu Xiaozhen's case, the gangsters in the bandit team
There are eunuchs... the possibility of hiding tickets in Nanyuan has greatly increased.
Since reconnaissance is to be carried out again, we cannot go back to the old path and must send special personnel to do it.
Nanyuan is a very large area. There are not only the "Haihu" responsible for guarding the garden, but also the eunuch's office responsible for its management, as well as the duty rooms where the guards and soldiers are stationed... These buildings are scattered here and there.
In the wilderness of 120 miles around, without a reliable guide, no matter how great a hero you are, you will still be helpless.
When Li Rufeng was receiving training in Lingao, he listened to the lectures given by veteran officers of the General Reconnaissance Bureau, who specifically mentioned the importance of "guides". Without guides, it would be difficult to effectively execute assault and reconnaissance operations.
But there was no reliable relationship with Liansheng inside. Li Rufeng and Sanniangzi discussed for a long time, but they couldn't find a suitable candidate.
"I can only borrow it from outsiders." Li Rufeng said.
"You mean, Mr. Qin?"
"Since Mr. Qin is very familiar with the eunuch in charge of Nanyuan, he is a ready candidate."
"I'm afraid that Eunuch Cao may be involved in the case..." Liao Sanniang said worriedly.
Li Rufeng's face twitched: "Let's just do it all the time..."
"Absolutely not." Seeing the fierce look in his eyes, Liao Sanniang quickly dissuaded him, "It's really embarrassing. We won't be able to survive in the capital."
Li Rufeng walked around the room a few times and suddenly said: "Yes!"
"What?"
"I think of a person." Li Rufeng said that this person was one of the common people in the capital: Monk Dao.
As the old saying goes: Beijing officials who are out of town, monks who come to Beijing. Monks from other places, whether they are monks who have received ordination, or wild fox Zen who pretend to rely on gods and Buddhas, as long as they come to Beijing in a favorable situation, if they are lucky, they will become famous in a few years.
This man was a Taoist priest who came to Beijing. His surname was Wu and his given name was Cheng. In the early years of Tianqi, he accompanied his master to Beijing. For a time, he also followed the master to eat popular and spicy food, which was very comfortable.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Tianqi passed away and Jinshang ascended the throne. The master's benefactor was frustrated in officialdom, and his master was also unlucky. After all the troubles, the master returned to his hometown in despair. Wu Cheng saw the prosperity of the capital and was unwilling to accept it.
After returning to his hometown, he stayed in the capital to hang out.
This mess has been going on until now, and Wu Cheng is now a clerk in a "Eunuch Temple" in the capital. There are many eunuchs in the capital. They will leave the palace when they get old. The rich ones stay at home to receive blessings, and the wealthy ones return to their hometowns for retirement.
However, most of the eunuchs were born in poverty, and very few of them became powerful after entering the palace. Therefore, most of them could only take shelter in various temples. Therefore, there were temples in the capital dedicated to providing care for eunuchs. Eunuchs only needed to make a donation.
With "incense money" and "lamp oil money", you can live in the temple for old age and be buried by the monks and Taoists after death.
Although Wu Cheng is said to be a "lister", in fact the Taoist temple does not provide him with food or drink, and does not even provide him with a place to live. It just gives him a "name". Because of this relationship, his main daily life
Working within the group of eunuchs in the capital, they can barely cope with it.
"Wu Cheng is very familiar with the eunuchs, especially the 'black eunuch' in Nanyuan," Li Rufeng said. "After all, he is not a famous Taoist priest. Eunuchs with a little bit of status would look at him with their nostrils. Only Luo Luo
Only the eunuch who guards Nanyuan will believe in his teachings. So he hangs out in Nanyuan all year round and is very familiar with it. There is just one thing..."
"What?"
"This man is very familiar with Third Master Qin. If we ask him to do something, Third Master Qin will definitely know."
This is indeed something to worry about. Liao Sanniang thought for a moment and punched the table lightly: "Forget it. Let's also invite the God of Wealth."
Liao Sanniang's idea was to secretly kidnap Wu Cheng, lure him with a lot of money, and let him act as a guide to find the person. Regardless of whether Leng Ningyun was found or not, he would be secretly imprisoned afterwards, and then released depending on the situation until everything was settled.
Or silence.
"That's it, that's all." Li Rufeng nodded in agreement. He suddenly sighed: "We are still very timid in doing things here! We must take into account the world's humanities and morality in everything we do."
"If we can really do things unscrupulously, what do we, the bodyguards, need to do?" Liao Sanniang sighed, "It is only because of this world that we have the value of existence."
Li Rufeng was startled and said: "I didn't expect that Sanniang has such true knowledge and insight!"
"Look at what you said," Liao Sanniang smiled, "Anyone can see the general trend of the world as long as they don't cover their eyes. Jianghus and rivers can only exist in peaceful and prosperous times. In troubled times, who can tell you the rules of the rivers and lakes!"
The world has become chaotic in recent years, and the bodyguards are the ones who feel the same way. Even though they are in this "best place", they still seem to have a false "peaceful scene". But as soon as they leave the city gate and walk on the official road, they can
I feel that the "rules" that our ancestors relied on to survive are falling apart.
When she said this, Li Rufeng felt a lot confused. Fortunately, they were all subordinates of the "Australians", and they had a place to rely on for hope in this world where everyone was walking on thin ice.
"After all, we are working as errands for the Australians!" He said with a forced smile, "When the time comes when we can no longer survive as escorts, we may go to Guangdong to work as security guards for big companies in factories!"
Liao Sanniang pursed her lips and smiled: "That doesn't mean that you and I can be 'cadres' anyway. It's just that the profession of bodyguards will probably never exist again." After saying this, she sighed softly, as if she had infinite melancholy.
The information provided by Huang Qi was quickly conveyed to various groups. Because the people he mentioned were all within the reconnaissance range of Min Zhanlian's group, his work suddenly became very important. Li Rufeng was worried that they did not have enough manpower, so he called another
A group of people went to Tongzhou and other places to listen to his instructions.
In order to facilitate the response, he and Min Zhanlian negotiated and Min Zhanlian's entire team moved to Tongzhou, leaving only traffic information about the two people in Zhangjiawan; Li Rufeng sent people to keep an eye on Luocheng and Nanyuan.
Min Zhanlian thought over and over again and believed that the key to the matter lay with Liu Zhen. This person was probably the front-line commander, and catching him would be equivalent to gaining the "eye of the game."
But precisely because he has the heaviest responsibility, once he attacks him, it will shake up the whole situation. Especially when Leng Ningyun's whereabouts are unknown. Min Zhanlian's thoughts at this moment are different from those at the beginning. He not only wants to rescue Leng Ningyun, but also
We should take this opportunity to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
Naturally, he couldn't tell his subordinates what he was thinking, so he just said that it was not appropriate to alert others at the moment, and he only wanted to pay attention to Xiao Wu and keep an eye on Liu Zhen.