Gao Qiu's close confidant Dang Shiying looked at the boat for a while, frowned and said: "Sir, something seems wrong. I'm afraid there is no one in the cabin, otherwise the thief should have more than one person punting the boat."
After Gao Qiu thought about it, he knew something was wrong. His face suddenly changed, and his heart moved. He shouted to the river: "I don't know which mountain top the hero is from. If you want money, just tell me where it is. Gao will definitely send someone to send it. I just want to protect him."
of children’s lives.”.
Ruan Xiaoqi saw that there were already boats blocking the river in front, and knew that he could not hide it from Gao Qiu. Thinking of Tian Bao, he smiled and said: "Grandpa is Tian Bao, and he doesn't want gold or silver. You can send 10,000 soldiers to Hedong in exchange for you."
son."
Gao Qiu was in charge of the imperial army, so he naturally knew the names of Tian Hu and Tian Bao from Hedong. He had seized several state capitals in the past two years to cause rebellion. Unexpectedly, he now dared to come to Tokyo and kidnap the son of a minister.
Gao Qiu consciously induced Ruan Xiaoqi to confess, and stopped talking to Ruan Xiaoqi. He turned to Dang Shiying and said: "Take people to follow this boat. After stopping it, you must capture this person alive."
After saying that, he turned his horse's head and led the people back upstream.
After walking for more than a mile, I saw the chasing boats on the river.
Gao Qiu saw that several sailors in the river couldn't catch up with Ruan Xiaoqi in their boats, and he couldn't help but feel angry secretly. He must train these ruffians well when he goes back.
Looking at Gao Qiu's livid face, the naval forces in the river felt secretly frightened. However, they had no choice but to practice on weekdays by driving some painted boats and colorful boats in the Jinming Pond, which carried various troops and various tricks, such as big flags, lions and leopards, sabers, and barbarian cards.
Gods, ghosts, dramas, etc. also need to carry a music club to play music. They sail the boat for stability, but they can't sail a fast boat.
Gao Qiu looked at the officer on the bow and shouted: "Where did the thieves on the ship disembark?"
"As soon as they were within range of the archers, some of the thieves disembarked and seemed to have escaped in three groups."
When Gao Qiu heard the officer's answer, he almost burst into anger and cursed: "Idiot, the thief got off the boat early and escaped. Why did you ask me to chase him along the river? Come here, capture him and torture him when you go back."
Thieves collude."
Seeing Gao Qiu's order, the sailors on the ship did not dare to hesitate and immediately grabbed their superior.
The officer hurriedly said: "Sir, please spare your life. I'm not going to tell you unless it's a minor one. Just now, the master asked the villain where the ship escaped to. The villain just said it was in front, so the master chased after it. When the villain wanted to say something else, sir.
Hurry up, there is no one left."
Gao Qiu thought about it and realized that he was really anxious just now. He didn't expect the thief to go ashore and escape. He only asked about the whereabouts of the ship. He couldn't wait to catch up with him. He seemed to hear what he was saying behind him, but he was covered up by the sound of horse hooves.
clear.
However, the order had been given, and Gao Qiu did not intend to change his words. He shouted: "Then you will be punished for not practicing diligently. Many of you will not be able to catch up with the thief's ship. Take it back and talk about it later."
Just as he was about to beat his horse away, he remembered this lesson again and turned around and asked, "Where did the thief go?"
"Going all the way north, all the way west, all the way south."
Gao Qiu remembered what Ruan Xiaoqi had said about the incident in Hebei. He first divided two groups of people to pursue them in the west and south directions. He personally led the people to pursue them in the north. They chased for more than ten miles, but did not pursue the suspicious person.
The man couldn't help but return to Taiwei's Mansion in annoyance.
Everyone in the mansion also knew about the robbery in the Yameni. Seeing Gao Qiu come back with a livid face, they all waited on him in a manner that dared not show up.
Gao Qiu was angrily drinking tea in the festival hall. As a captain of the imperial army, he was in charge of hundreds of thousands of imperial troops. Unexpectedly, his son was kidnapped from Tokyo in broad daylight. It is unknown how many people were injured in the Daxiangguo Temple.
, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the court again tomorrow.
Gao Qiu rested for a while, then looked at the two elite imperial guards kneeling in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "What did Yanei go to Xiangguo Temple today? Where was he kidnapped?"
These two elite imperial troops were assigned by Gao Qiu to serve as guards for Gao Yanei. They were knocked unconscious by Chao Yong before, but after waking up, they came to the Taiwei Mansion to plead guilty.
The two of them glanced at each other, not daring to hide anything, and reported: "The Yamen arrested a woman and took her to the alley behind the temple, where we were attacked."
"boom"
Gao Qiu slapped his hand on the table and cursed: "You are an ineffective thing. He does random things all day long. It doesn't matter if he is taken away. It saves me a lot of worry."
The maid who was waiting on the side saw that the tea cup on the table was knocked over, and the tea flowed into Gao Qiu's hand, and she hurriedly came forward to wipe it.
When Mrs. Gao Qiu heard this, she couldn't help crying: "We only have one son, if you don't care about him, who will provide for us in the future?"
Dozens of concubines nearby saw the lady start to cry, and they all started wiping their tears too.
Gao Qiu was still thinking about how to deal with the affairs in the court. When he heard a room full of women crying, he couldn't help but be upset and said: "Okay, you all go down, I have my own opinion."
"The officials must rescue him."
Mrs. Gao Qiu gave another warning with tears in her eyes before leading the concubines out.
Gao Qiu rubbed his temples and then said: "A few people defeated you, do you have any idea where they came from?"
The Imperial Guard's face flushed red and he said: "Without any conversation, one person knocked us unconscious."
At the beginning, Gao Qiu selected a few people from thousands of people in the Forbidden Army to protect the safety of his family. When he heard this, he couldn't help but stare and said: "One person?"
Seeing Gao Qiu's suspicious look, the imperial guards hurriedly said: "I dare not deceive you, sir. It is indeed one person. The rest of the followers in the yamen were also knocked unconscious by that person."
Gao Qiu didn't suspect them of lying, but he just couldn't believe it. Hearing that more than a dozen people were all knocked down by one person, he couldn't help but be stunned.
One of the Forbidden Army soldiers thought for a while and said: "The woman who was accompanying the man once told the Yameni to stop. Her accent seemed to be from Jiangnan."
When Gao Qiu heard this, he couldn't help but thought about it carefully. The man driving the boat had an accent that sounded a bit like someone from Jingdong, but he said he was Tianhu from Hedong. There was also a woman from Jiangnan among them. Could it be that these thieves were not a group?
Thinking of this, Gao Qiu asked people to summon the two followers of Gao Yamen who came to report the news.
When the two came in, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
Gao Qiu said: "You have been following the thieves who hijacked the office, but have you found anything wrong with those thieves?"
The entourage who was following Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "After the thieves captured Yanei and went back, they seemed to hear a noise, and then some people took Yanei out, but we led the imperial army to block the thieves behind.
They just came out."
It seems that these thieves are indeed not a group, but what is the purpose of so many people with strong martial arts gathering at Daxiangguo Temple? My son must have been caught by them before they arrested him. If it was specifically to arrest him, then many people would definitely
It won't be just two people.
If there really are Tian Hu people, I am afraid that other thieves are also rebels from various places. Could it be that they gathered in Tokyo to plot a rebellion?
Thinking of the terrible situation, Gao Qiu hurriedly told him to send officials from the Criminal Department to Daxiangguo Temple to investigate.