"I also need the cooperation of some local personnel," Xue Ziliang said, "and some safe houses. I need to have transportation routes to move the target out."
"I'll make the arrangements." Lin Baiguang said, "You want Gao Shunqin to be brought back to Lingao?"
"Yes. But Jiang Shan said that if it is not convenient to take him away, he will destroy the body near the Pearl River Estuary. The Senate has no intention of inviting him to be a member of the CPPCC," Xue Ziliang said, "just let him disappear and appear on the road.
, it makes people feel like he ran away on his own."
Lin Baiguang disapproved in his heart: "With all due respect, is this plan too troublesome? You are bringing a large living person, the target is too big. And if you go to the Pearl River Estuary - don't forget that Hong Kong Island is in our hands.
There will still be suspicion on our heads. To be safer, it is better to go north and go to the Nanxiong Prefecture area to let him show his face."
Nanxiong Prefecture is an important transportation artery between Guangdong and Jiangxi. It is a must-pass when entering and exiting Guangdong by land.
"What's your opinion?" Xue Ziliang has a lot of discretion in carrying out this task - the Foreign Intelligence Service gave him the instruction to make Gao Shunqin "disappear". As for how to disappear, it is up to him. Of course, it is absolutely not allowed to be used.
At first glance, it looks like the method of murder.
"It's best to disappear on the spot." Lin Baiguang has been in Guangzhou for several months, and he knows a lot about the social sentiments and officialdom style of this time and space. In ancient times, although the investigation level was weak and the administrative ability was poor, there were city walls. Once the patrol officials were discovered,
If an important official like Shi goes missing, he will immediately "close the city gates and search the whole city." To ensure that the high patrol officer is taken out, he must be taken out of the city as soon as possible.
"Hmm..." Xue Ziliang was noncommittal.
Lin Baiguang also talked about some aspects of the plan that he thought were not appropriate. At the same time, he also said that he would instruct the Guangzhou Security Department to fully cooperate with his actions.
Xue Ziliang said with a smile: "Your Guangzhou Security Department executed that evil slave directly. The method was cruel enough."
"This matter really has nothing to do with us." Lin Baiguang immediately clarified - he didn't want this kind of misunderstanding to exist, "He is a flea-like thing, it doesn't matter whether he is alive or dead. I sent someone to investigate, and it was done by someone high up.
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The two talked for a while, and then Lin Baiguang sent him to the inner courtyard to rest and arrange specific actions himself. Xue Ziliang took a bath and lay on the bed to think about the next action plan.
Yu Baocun gazed melancholy at the dark sky, with overlapping clouds and hidden stars and moon. The entire high-rise mansion was deserted and deserted, and there was no sound of people. There was only a corner lamp on in the hall, and the dark eaves of the multiple floors were dark.
The shadow weighed heavily on the top of my head, making me feel suffocated.
All the family members in the mansion, regardless of their status, have been kicked out. The slaves were detained in Nanhai, Panyu counties and Guangzhou government offices. The few masters in the mansion moved to the nearby temple with their thin boxes and cages -
When Gao Xunjian took office, he did not bring many family members with him. The entire Gao residence was already under the control of the government officials from one government and two counties.
Yu Baocun was sitting in the hall, worried. Gao Xunjian had been missing for seven or eight days without any explanation. During this period, the city gate was closed for a time and the whole city was searched. Not even half of Gao Xunjian's hair was found.
As the prefect of Guangzhou, Yu Baocun had the difficult task of finding the high patrol inspector again. He was having a headache because of this. The inspector general was not a high-ranking censor, but he was an important local official, so he could not just
This mystery is gone. When Wang Zunde passed away due to illness in Zhaoqing, the imperial court issued an edict specifically to inquire about this matter. Besides, this high-ranking minister was still a good person just a few days ago!
Everyone knows that Gao Xunjian hates barbarians, so there are rumors in the city that Australians or Francois secretly killed Gao Xunjian. But so far, there is still no one alive or dead. Is he dead or kidnapped?
, no one dares to draw this conclusion until now.
The government officials from one prefecture and two counties in Guangzhou were all dispatched, turning the whole city upside down, but still found nothing. Yu Baocun also told the flower boats and fishing boats on Baietan and the Xijiang River: Any corpse floating on the river must be reported to the government office.
He specially organized several old servants of the Gao family to not only visit the newly recovered floating corpses every day, but also to check the cemetery outside the city where the corpses of poor and beggars were stored, and the humanization factory, but there was still no whereabouts.
.
In the end, Yu Baocun had no choice but to return to Gao's house, and urged a group of workers, led by Gao's servants, to dig three feet into the entire house to search. They made a great fuss, but found nothing in the end.
The most suspected servants of the Gao family: the maids who were on duty in the study that night, and the bookboys who served closely in the study... were all taken to the Nanhai County Yamen for severe interrogation, and were given hundreds of whippings and tortures.
Several slaves were beaten until they screamed and fell into unconsciousness several times, but they still couldn't get anything out of them: the confession was still the same: after Mr. Gao returned home, he had a midnight snack in his study and wrote a long book. By the end of the year,
At that time, I had just undressed and rested under the care of Aunt Su. During the torture, the slaves who were sleeping outside the study admitted that they had dozed off until the middle of the night. But how could the master not do it? I really can't explain.
Aunt Su - Su Ai is not missing, but she is Master Gao's beloved concubine. Now that Master Gao's life and death are unknown, Yu Baocun does not dare to torture her, but only asks her to say a few words. Su Ai is very knowledgeable and knows this.
The matter was extremely serious. If Gao Shunqin died, she would have no way out. Even if the government was not prepared to use her as a scapegoat, the Gao family would never let her go. So they did not dare to show off and tell the story of what happened that night.
Everything is clearly explained.
The situation was not much different from what the slaves said. She had been waiting on the master in the inner study to write and write. At the end of the year, she served the master on the toilet. Then she cleaned up the manuscripts on the table, put all the memorials and letters into the manuscript box and locked it.
She just slept with her. The master was already asleep at the time. As for why he disappeared later, she couldn't explain clearly - anyway, when she woke up, the master was no longer by her side - it was already dawn.
Yu Baocun was half-convinced about Su Ai's confession. A living person disappeared from the bed, and Su Ai, who was sleeping with him, didn't notice it? He felt that this was the biggest loophole. He wanted to seize this loophole and torture him, but he was afraid that the police would order him to do so.
As soon as he returned safely, he offended him to death. He asked Li Fengjie several times for instructions and even followed He Chengzong's approach, but the replies he received were all vague. Obviously, Mr. Li himself did not want to cause this trouble.
But someone in the Gao family was obviously dissatisfied with Yu Baocun's ambiguous attitude. A few days ago, a housekeeper was sent over, saying that he could not understand why Yu Baocun was still polite to the biggest suspect so far and did not torture him severely. At the same time, he also gave gifts.
Got three hundred taels of silver.
Yu Baocun, who has been involved in official matters for a long time, certainly understands the mystery. However, the matter is of great importance, so he has to think carefully in advance and stand firm. What's more, Su Ai is also very knowledgeable, and he gave her five hundred taels of silver as a gift on the day he interrogated her.
Fortunately, someone finally came to share this embarrassing situation. Li Fengjie was very anxious when he saw that Yu Baocun could not find out the reason for seven or eight days, so he used his connections and mobilized Lin Ming, a member of the Jinyiwei Examination Bureau in Foshan, to come and assist in the investigation.
Yu Baocun was surprised and happy. What was surprising was that the Jin Yiwei people were not easy to get along with. What was pleasant was that Lin Baihu had a reputation as a "good at arresting people". If he came forward to investigate, he might be able to open up the situation - don't have to
He said that Jin Yiwei would not be as worried about Su Ai as he was.
Yu Baocun had hope as soon as he arrived. After briefly interrogating the servants of the Gao family, he asked his old anti-theft officers to lead him around to investigate. He didn't know where he got it a few days ago.
After hearing the news, Lin Ming immediately left the city with his subordinates and stayed there for several days.
Thinking about it, their uniformed guards must have some tricks up their sleeves. Just as Yu Baocun was thinking about it, suddenly there was a ruckus of horse hooves outside the door, and people suddenly became noisy outside. Yu Baocun perked up. This momentum was only seen by Lin Ming and his party, so they must have arrived.
Come back. They are the only ones who still ride horses in such a grand manner after dark.
He quickly stood up and walked around the hall pretending to be worried.
Sure enough, within a short while, Lin Ming came in through the gate with seven or eight followers. This group of people were all dressed in casual clothes and were dusty with travel. Lin Ming was less than 30 years old. He was handsome and handsome, and his height was second to none among the officials of the Ming Dynasty.
He was very eye-catching when walking among the crowd, which fit the image of Jin Yiwei. Yu Baocun knew that this person was "lustful". Not only did he have several beautiful concubines at home, but when he came to investigate the case this time, there was a young woman among his entourage - although he changed his name
She was dressed in men's clothing, but at a glance you could tell she was a woman.
"Master Lin -" Yu Baocun hurriedly went out and stepped down to greet him. His attitude was very respectful. In terms of rank, Yu Baocun, the magistrate's main hall, was several levels higher than a mere Jinyiwei test hundred households. However, the days when the East Factory was raging had not passed long, and the officials
We are still very afraid of this group of people.
"Let's talk after we go in!" Lin Ming, who was dusty from all the work, just cupped his hands and walked into the hall with the wind and dust.
Lin Ming indeed brought news. He patrolled the city for several days and soon received a piece of news: Early on the day Mr. Gao disappeared, a sedan horse from a wealthy family left the Jinghai Gate. This was because the city gate had just opened at that time.
The gatekeeper and his party were about to leave the city. The gatekeeper thought it was very strange, so he still remembered it.
"Ordinary wealthy officials and gentry would never wait for the city gate to leave the city early in the morning if there was no urgent matter!" Lin Ming took off the cloak from his waist and threw it on the chair.
"Please have some tea." Yu Baocun let the tea go first, and then said slowly, "As Master Lin saw, which row of sedan horses was Mr. Gao hit by?"
"*** out of ten." Lin Ming said with confidence, "This matter is very strange."