At this moment, Xu Xu was thinking hard in a temple outside Zhangjiawan Town.
I have an important clue in my hand, but I can't find anything.
As a cold case specialist sent by the Foreign Intelligence Agency, when he led the special investigation team to Tianjin, Leng Ningyun had been rescued. Logically speaking, this was a good thing, saving him a lot of trouble and responsibility. But the instructions that followed were
It gave him a big head.
The Foreign Intelligence Agency directly gave him the highest directive from the Senate, asking him to dig out the masterminds behind the Leng Ningyun kidnapping case based on the clues currently found, and reminded him that this time it is likely that he is the one they have been tracking.
Shi Weng Group".
The name of the Shiweng Group is famous among the elders, but after years of arrests and arrests, no important person has been captured. After arriving in Guangzhou, the original limited security force was further diluted, and many major cases were solved, including big names.
Not a single one was caught, and many unsolved cases accumulated.
Counting on one's fingers, starting from the "Nao Lingao" case, to the subsequent witchcraft case, tax case, counterfeit medicine case... there are traces of Shi Weng Group's involvement behind these cases.
The reason is simply that they do not have much intelligence power in the capital. Although numerous clues point out that the Shi Weng Group is a powerful official in the capital. However, the intelligence work of Leng Ningyun and other Shanhai Five Road in the capital is limited to collecting public information.
.Firstly, the awareness of confidentiality in this time and space is very poor, and public intelligence or even gossip is enough to grasp many important situations; secondly, the surveillance of the capital is extremely strict, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Shuntianfu, Wucheng Military and Horse Division... various yamen are intertwined.
, buildings are built, and secret spies are everywhere. Collecting secret information can easily lead to disaster and affect normal business activities. The main job of Shanhai 5th Road is revenue; and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau is unable to deploy a second team in the capital, only in the mainland
After the strategy began, a second set of full-time intelligence teams parallel to the Five Elements of Mountains and Seas were deployed.
Such a weak force, coupled with the Shi Weng Group's intelligence work system that transcends time and space, prevented the Foreign Intelligence Agency from obtaining any useful clues in the capital.
Leng Ningyun's case revealed too many useful clues. This is why Jiangshan immediately ordered the organization of capable personnel after seeing the first batch of reports issued by Min Zhanlian's team, and Xu Xu led the team to the capital.
After Xu came to Tianjin, he traveled day and night and arrived in Zhangjiawan on the first day of the new year. Like Min Zhanlian, he decided to choose this place as his headquarters.
The headquarters is located in Niersi Village, less than ten miles southeast of Zhangjiawan Town. This place is an important channel for water transportation. There is a saying that "when a ship arrives at Zhangjiawan, the helm is at Liersi". The market is quite prosperous.
There is a Taoist temple here called Youmin Temple. It is located in the west of Niersi Village and on the south bank of the canal. It is a Taoist temple. In the temple, a bronze statue of the Golden Flower Virgin is enshrined, commonly known as the Niangniang Temple. In the 14th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Taoist priest Zhou Congshan memorialized
Please give me a view on my forehead and say: "Guan of Blessing the People".
The terrain of this temple is high and covers an area of more than ten acres. It faces south and faces north. In front of the temple is the Grand Canal that transports water. It is a place with connections in all directions. Therefore, this place was designated as the headquarters if the access was allowed.
Most of these temples and palaces had houses for rent. With the money, everything was easy. They quickly rented a courtyard in the temple, set up a radio station, and started collecting intelligence using businessmen as cover.
With his arrival, all the teams in the capital have upgraded their equipment. Each team is equipped with a small radio station and operator, and has also been strengthened with walkie-talkies, allowing it to remotely control multiple teams to carry out operations at the same time in Zhangjiawan in real time.
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Licensing analyzed all the intelligence obtained here and came to several basic conclusions.
First, the matter was carried out by the Shi Weng Group; second, the purpose of the kidnapping was to force the Senate to negotiate peace; third, the kidnapper had other intentions during the implementation process and instead extorted huge sums of money; fourth, Mr. Yang had major problems.
suspected of being involved in the case.
Xu Xu realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not only did they grasp that the mastermind behind the Shi Weng Group was Wang Yehao, they also discovered important clues about several core personnel in the group. The Taoist priest captured by Min Zhanlian's team was even more valuable to discover.
The reason is that Min Zhanlian's team did not interrogate him carefully when he was eager to save people. Now that he has time, space, and professionals, he can examine all the internal organs of this fake Taoist priest.
Although he has the best interrogators in the Political and Security Bureau, he feels that they are only "technical". Although it is fast and convenient to obtain confessions through torture, there will inevitably be deviations. Liu Wei chose to explain the problem in the first place, which shows that his
Once your defenses are broken, you can get more information by taking a quick look at it.
However, Liu Ming was already dying when he was transferred to him, so he could only send the team of health workers to take care of him with good food and drinks. Although Liu Ming did not hurt his vitals, he bled a lot, and the wound developed inflammation after it was sutured.
, I had a high fever for many days in a row. Even with antibiotic treatment, the strong man was dying after all the efforts. Not to mention interrogation, even answering was very difficult.
Fortunately, there were no more important matters in the capital at this time, and he was not in a hurry. While Liu Zheng was recovering from his injuries, Xu Xu started to make plans to eradicate the Shi Weng Group.
Originally they knew nothing about the Shi Weng Group, but now they know the leader of the group. However, it is easy to assassinate Wang Yehao, but he is an official of the imperial court. Once he is killed suddenly, the imperial court will definitely investigate. What's more, based on the current situation,
Wang is just the financial backer behind the scenes, and someone else is actually responsible for executing the command.
This person or this group is not only sophisticated, but also familiar with a lot of knowledge about the old time and space. He has the deepest understanding of the Senate besides the Hale Group. Not only is this person or group of people allowed, but almost all the elders of powerful organizations believe that there is likely to be someone similar to this group.
People like Hale from the old time and space.
Their primary target is not Wang Yehao, but this "Hale Like". Although the Senate has not issued a specific order, the elders of powerful institutions have already understood it tacitly.
Xu Xu dispatched three groups of key surveillance personnel, one group focused on controlling Wang Yehao; one group focused on controlling Eunuch Yang and Young Eunuch Yang; and the third group focused on controlling Shopkeeper Shen of Xia Ji Shanxi House.
As for other relevant persons with clues discovered in the investigation of the Leng Ningyun case, surveillance personnel have also been dispatched to follow them day and night to collect intelligence. However, except for the discovery of some conspiracy to collude to run against Delong, there are currently no useful clues.
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"How is Liu Zheng's condition?" he asked the health worker.
"The temperature has dropped this morning, but there should still be a low fever in the afternoon. There is no danger."
"Are you conscious?"
"It's clear, and he asked me if I was a thief."
Xu Yixiao: "Tell the brothers who are accompanying him to watch him closely to prevent him from committing suicide."
"Restraints were used and a cannon was used on his mouth. He couldn't die."
"Get him some more Qi-boosting medicine and food. Don't be reluctant to spend money." Xu Xu said, "This man is a treasure now."
After the hygienist left, the correspondent sent reports from each team. It was already the third day since Delong opened. The rush was over and the passenger flow returned to normal.
A few small tricks worked, and Xuancheng felt proud.
Wang Yehao, who was under surveillance, had no important news. He was just like an ordinary bureaucrat in the capital. He went to the Yamen every day to do things, visit guests, meet people, have banquets... There was no special behavior. He saw a lot of people in order to keep tabs on him.
The team has limited power, and it is impossible to check everyone's situation, so it is quite difficult. Xu Xu can only focus on monitoring Wang Yehao's important servants, servants and staff.
Although they have focused on the matter, the surveillance team is still unable to catch it. An official of Wang Yehao's level only has twenty or thirty people on his staff, some of whom live in his house permanently, and some who live abroad and come to the house once every few days.
As for family servants, in addition to the important servants purchased by the housekeeper, there are more than ten servants who work for him for a long time. Based on the intelligence collected, the analysis team has selected more than a dozen people on the key monitoring list.
Through the surveillance of these people, Xu Xu learned that Wang Yehao was currently sending people to look for Wang Liang and Liu Wei, including Tongzhou and other places. Liu Wei's residence was also found - naturally, there was only one person in Liu Wei's residence.
Blood stains can be found. But this also proves the authenticity of Liu Zheng's confession.
It was also discovered from the surveillance that Wang Yehao had frequent exchanges with ministers and had many contacts with Wen Tiren's party. It seemed that he was discussing something important. Combined with Liu Wei's confession, it should be for the purpose of "negotiating peace."
Obviously, after Leng Ningyun was rescued, the plan to negotiate a peace with hostages had gone bankrupt, but Wang Yehao did not give up this effort. He was still trying to promote peace.
"It wouldn't be a bad thing if he really succeeded." Xu Xu thought, but he didn't know how Wang Yehao could convince the emperor or what specific operations he should do.
At this juncture when the emperor showed his intention to "suppress Kun", Wang Yehao advocated peace. His overall strategic view should be higher than that of many ministers.
However, when thinking about "Mr. Le" mentioned by Leng Ningyun, Xu Xu increasingly felt that "Mr. Le" was probably Wang Yehao's main adviser, and he was most likely the Hale Like he was looking for.
But this "Mr. Le" is quite mysterious, because no one in the royal palace has ever mentioned anyone with the surname "Le". Obviously, this is a pseudonym.
Although according to Leng Ningyun's oral account, the hand-painted portrait of the Technical Division of the National Police Headquarters is still floating in the sea, there is no trace of this person in all the staff photos taken so far.
It seems that Wang Yehao and this person do not have direct contact on weekdays, and most of them communicate through some secret channels. Xu Xu thought, this is a bit like modern intelligence work. This Mr. Le is not simple.
He has directed many intelligence collection and special operations in areas under the Ming Dynasty. The level of secret activities in the 17th century was very low. Even the secret gangs and cults were not much better. As long as there was someone to guide them locally, they would be able to do anything.