Chapter 1067: Captured without mercy

When Yu Pingfeng went out to Dusi Yamen early this morning, he felt something was wrong. Both eyes were twitching violently. As the saying goes, if the left eye jumps, wealth will be lost and the right eye will jump, but he is also the first to have both eyes jump at the same time.

I encountered this for the first time, and I didn’t know whether it was a good omen or a bad omen. After arriving at the Yamen, the situation not only did not improve, but also jumped more violently. Although Yu Pingfeng is not a very superstitious person, he still feels a little bit in such a situation.

The prisoner muttered, thinking that he might have been hit by something evil.

Near noon, after Yu Pingfeng had finished handling some official business and was about to go to lunch, his subordinates suddenly came to report that someone from the Jinyi Guards had come to ask for a meeting. Yu Pingfeng had also been waiting for the progress report from Liao Xun these days.

Then he asked his subordinates to bring the guests.

The visitor was not wearing the official uniform of Jinyiwei, but claimed to be Liao Xun's personal attendant, and showed his identity badge and Liao Xun's warrant. After arriving at the court, he presented a letter to Yu Pingfeng. Yu Pingfeng

When Feng saw that the words on the envelope were indeed Liao Xun's handwriting, he immediately opened it and read it. After reading a few lines, Yu Pingfeng couldn't help but get excited.

Liao Xun mentioned in the letter that he had followed the clue of Cheng Fengxing to find the person in charge of Haihan in Hangzhou, and through the cooperation provided by Chengfengxing, he had secretly arrested this person last night. Currently,

He was being detained in Chengfengxing outside the city. Under Liao Xun's persuasion, this man had abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, and was willing to serve the court to deal with the Haihan people. However, this man still lacked trust in Liao Xun's identity, so Liao Xun hoped that Yu Pingfeng could

To come forward to appease him, with his fourth-grade official position as the Zhejiang Dusi Commander, he should be enough to make the other party put down his last guard.

However, Liao Xun specifically pointed out in the letter that according to this person’s confession, Haihan had agents in important departments such as the Zhejiang Dusi Department, the Sentencing Department, the Procuratorate Department, etc. Therefore, when Yu Pingfeng travels, do not disclose your whereabouts to colleagues, and do not use

The official's house was decorated to prevent his whereabouts from being exposed and all his efforts being wasted. The messenger had prepared special carriages and horses outside the Yamen. As long as Yu Pingfeng changed into civilian clothes and obeyed the messenger's arrangements, he would be escorted to the outside of the city for a meeting.

The signature of the letterhead is Liao Xun's. Yu Pingfeng has had official correspondence with him. The handwriting is familiar to him. He can tell it is not a forgery by looking at the signature. However, it is a bit unreasonable for Liao Xun to make such an arrangement. We still need to ask more questions.

He only needed to be clear, so he slowly folded up the letter and said to the sender: "Sir Liao is really good at taking people without making a sound. I wonder how many people Mr. Liao sent out for yesterday's operation? Were there any casualties during the operation?"

The messenger clasped his fists and responded: "For your information, sir, yesterday Sir Liao only brought a dozen brothers and set up an ambush in the store. The storekeeper used the excuse of immigration to lure his opponents to come alone.

It took no effort to capture him. That man was also a coward. The knife went to his neck and it immediately softened. Mr. Liao had prepared several torture methods in advance, but none of them were used."

After Yu Pingfeng heard what he said, he did not doubt that there was something in it, and continued to ask: "Since Mr. Liao has captured the opponent, why don't you escort him back to the city, but invite me to go out of the city to deal with it?"

This matter?"

The messenger responded: "This person has many secrets, and according to his account, every yamen in the Hangzhou government has his accomplices stationed there. Even the Jin Yiwei is not safe. Mr. Liao is worried that his accomplices will find him after he is escorted into the city, and he may be silenced."

The risk was high, so he stayed outside the city and temporarily requisitioned a store as a base to investigate the case. Mr. Liao said that it would be better not to let him show his face for the time being until his accomplices who were hiding in Hangzhou were hunted down."

Yu Pingfeng couldn't help but frown when he heard that Haihan had actually planted many people in the Hangzhou government. It's no wonder that most of the methods used to deal with Haihan in the past year were in vain. I'm afraid that the Zhejiang Dusi

The Haihan people had already received the news before the decree came out of Hangzhou. If these Haihan agents lurking in various yamen are not eliminated, it will be difficult to promote the decree to rectify Haihan to other state capitals in the future. In this way

, Liao Xun did have good reasons for doing this.

The messenger continued: "What Mr. Liao wants is for Mr. Yu to show his face and identify himself in the past, and let the person know that a big shot in the government is paying attention to this matter. It will not delay Mr. Yu's handling of official business in the afternoon."

If you just show up and appease the Haihan prisoners captured by Liao Xun, it won't take much time. It just so happens that Yu Pingfeng has nothing else to do, so it doesn't hurt to go over during lunch break to see what's going on. Yu Ping

Feng paid attention and asked the messenger to wait in front of the hall. He changed into casual clothes and came out with only one attendant. Then he followed the messenger out of the Yamen. Sure enough, a black-cloaked carriage stopped at the corner of the street.

After Yu Pingfeng and his entourage got on the carriage, the carriage soon started heading south.

With the Jin Yiwei's warrant, the carriage passed through customs at the city gate and left the city without even a symbolic inspection. When the carriage arrived outside Chengfengxing, someone opened the gate and let the carriage in, and then quickly closed it again.

The gate. If you hadn't been staring at Chengfengxing, it would be difficult to notice that such a carriage had entered inside in an instant.

The carriage stopped in the courtyard of Cheng Fengxing. After Yu Pingfeng and his entourage got off the bus, the messenger took them inside. Yu Pingfeng saw that all the merchants were young and strong men in casual clothes. Although they were not wearing any

Weapons, but all of them seemed to be extremely capable. Presumably they were all Liao Xun's subordinates. However, when he arrived, Liao Xun didn't come out to greet him. It was a bit strange for a small family to put on airs in front of a fourth-grade officer.

Inflated, he is usually referred to as "Master Liao", which is just a polite word in official circles. Do you really think that Jin Yiwei has some privileges? Although Yu Pingfeng's face remained calm, he was already thinking about what to do after they meet.

I tried to beat Liao Xun so that he would not forget how much he weighed.

When he finally entered the courtyard, Yu Pingfeng saw a person sitting in the hall opposite the patio. It was Liao Xun who invited him here. There was a big Eight Immortals table in the hall, and Liao Xun was sitting behind the table.

, saw Yu Pingfeng coming but had no intention of getting up to greet him. Yu Pingfeng snorted, asked his entourage to wait outside, and walked straight into the hall.

"Master Liao, you have such a big air!" Yu Pingfeng cupped his hands and said in a very unhappy tone. He really couldn't understand why Liao Xun, who was quite good at being a good person before, was actually playing tricks with him after not seeing each other for several days.

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Liao Xun smiled bitterly and replied: "Your Majesty, please forgive Liao for his inconvenience of movement and the loss of welcome!"

Yu Pingfeng asked in surprise: "Mr. Liao, could it be that he injured his legs and feet when he caught the thief yesterday?"

"That's not true..." Liao Xun raised his hand and pointed to the seat next to him, motioning for Yu Pingfeng to sit down.

Yu Pingfeng sat down next to Liao Xun. As soon as his butt touched the chair, he caught a glimpse of Liao Xun's hands and feet wearing iron shackles that were covered by the tablecloth of the Eight Immortals table. He was so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground.

"Master Yu, there is no need to panic. Since you are already here, let's stay as a guest."

Following a joke, Yu Pingfeng saw a masked man appear at the door, and the follower he brought from the city had disappeared silently at some point.

"Who are you? Are you trying to rebel if you dare to detain an official of the imperial court?" Yu Pingfeng stretched out his hand and pulled the shackles on Liao Xun's body. He found that it was impossible to untie him, so he decisively gave up the useless attempt and focused his attention.

to the masked man.

"My Excellency Gong Shiqi, Your Majesty Yu is coming here. I apologize for not being able to greet you from afar." Gong Shiqi revealed his identity without concealment: "I am one of the Haihan people whom Your Majesty Yu deeply hates."

Yu Pingfeng's heart suddenly sank and he said to Liao Xun: "Then it seems that the letter you sent to me is all false news?"

Liao Xun smiled bitterly and said: "My family's lives are in the hands of Haihan thieves. I'm sorry, Sir!"

Yu Pingfeng realized almost immediately that Liao Xun had somehow fallen into the hands of the Haihan people. Unable to withstand the coercion of the other party, he had surrendered to the enemy. According to the other party's arrangement, he deliberately wrote a letter and handed it to him, using

His eagerness to seek success led him out of the city. The most terrible thing is that Yu Pingfeng believed Liao Xun's words and did not tell his colleagues and family about his whereabouts before setting off. Now no one in Dusi Yamen knows his specific movements.

, even if someone discovers that he is missing, it is impossible to find this place in a short time. Yu Pingfeng really wants to rise up to resist, but unfortunately he is not wearing any weapons, and it seems that it will be difficult to break out of this store.

While he was hesitating, several masked men poured in at the door, each holding a wooden stick as thick as an egg and more than two feet long in their hands. However, these men did not rush forward to attack him;

He stopped five feet away. But if Yu Pingfeng still tried to resist with force at this time, I'm afraid that before he could stand up, the wooden sticks around him would be smashed down. Yu Pingfeng saw that

The opponent's advantage was hard to shake, so he did not try any more useless resistance at the moment. He just stared at Gong Shiqi to see what the Haihan leader would do.

Gong Shiqi walked to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down: "Master Yu, you have been chasing me, Haihan, so hard this year and tried every means to expel us from Zhejiang. It's been a hard work."

Got it!"

Yu Pingfeng said: "For a person like you who has no respect for the king's law, the government will naturally punish you. Do you know how big a crime it is to detain a court official?"

Gong Shiqi nodded and said: "Master Liao has already said it before about the detention of imperial officials. But since you have questions, let me explain it again. No matter how big an official you are in the Ming court, you can't control it."

Haihan, the laws of the Ming Dynasty cannot cure the crimes of the Haihan people. I set up a trap to arrest you because you have been using the power in your hands to go against Haihan. You think you can overpower Haihan with your official position in the Ming Dynasty, but today

I want to tell you, this idea is really wrong!"

Yu Pingfeng said: "Kill if you want. What do you want to do by holding us here?"

Gong Shiqi said: "Master Yu, don't be so anxious, there are still places where you can come in handy. Come here, bring a pen and paper!"

Immediately, someone presented paper, pen, inkstone and other stationery supplies. Gong Shiqi said: "Master Yu, don't be confused. I went to all this trouble to invite you here, not just to ask for your calligraphy. Now I need you to write a letter."

Write a letter to your companion, and the content should be copied from the letter you saw Master Liao before."

"Are you trying to lure Mr. Guo here?" Although Gong Qiqi did not mention Guo Zheng's name, Yu Pingfeng had already thought of his true purpose.

"Don't the three of you always advance and retreat together? How nice it is to be able to gather here, and by the way, you can also see the Haihan people you have always wanted to see. It can be regarded as getting your wish." Gong Shiqi said teasingly.

Yu Pingfeng said angrily: "How could I be coerced by you to do such a dirty thing?"

Gong Shiqi said: "It's okay if you don't write, but there will be an unknown fire in your house tonight, and no one may be able to escape."

"Despicable!" Yu Pingfeng cursed angrily: "Barbarians are indeed acting like villains!"

Gong Shiqi was not upset and said calmly: "I'm just a servant doing dirty work for Haihan. No matter how you insult me, it's useless. I'm here in Hangzhou just to complete the task. As for what means to achieve the goal... none

People will care about the fate of losers. What you should do now is to prevent yourself from losing too completely. At least, try your best to keep the lives of your family members safe."

Yu Pingfeng looked at Liao Xun beside him, and suddenly understood the other person's feelings. He must have been very embarrassed when Liao Xun was forced to write a letter to him this morning. The Haihan people actually came up with such a poisonous plan to lure Fang San.

People throw themselves into the trap one by one, which is really hard to guard against.

Gong Shiqi added: "Remember to mention in the letter that the two of you are together now. After finishing the letter, Mr. Liao also signed it, which should be more convincing."

Yu Pingfeng thought that this was indeed the case. With him and Liao Xun acting as guarantees, Guo Zheng, who received the letter, would naturally not doubt his presence and would probably come to meet him soon. In this way, the city of Hangzhou would be transformed in one day.

, probably three high-ranking officials will disappear inexplicably. But in his current situation, there is no way to change the direction of the situation, and he is unable to resist Gong Shiqi's arrangements.

About an hour later, the messenger who had brought Yu Pingfeng here earlier entered the city again in a carriage carrying another just-released letter. His destination was the Provost and Prosecution Office in the city.

This letter was delivered to Qianshi Guo Zheng. If Guo Zheng acted quickly enough, he would be able to take the carriage provided by the action team out of the city and rush to Chengfengxing before the city gate closed, and meet up with his two fellow victims.

Gong Shiqi ordered Yu Pingfeng and Liao Xun to be taken to different rooms and guarded. Now they are waiting for Guo Zheng to take the bait. This mission will be completed. Looking back on the mission to Hangzhou this time, it can be a turn of events.

The development of the current situation was indeed a situation that he and Takahashi Minami had never imagined beforehand.
Chapter completed!