The world goes on as usual.

On April 10th, April 11th...April 12th, shortly after walking into the side courtyard of Yunzhongfu Yamen, Mandu Daru met Gao Puhu and his party who came out in a hurry. The two groups faced off for a while.

Gao Puhu, who had not slept well, bowed and saluted, and stepped aside to the side of the road. After Mandu Daru and others passed by, he walked dejectedly toward the outside of the Yamen, with the breakfast bag still wrapped in his sleeves.

Hu cake.

"How's it going over there, Lao Gao?"

After going to the public room assigned to the patrol officers and shooing away some people, Mandu Daru started talking to a few of his confidants: "It doesn't look very satisfactory."

"You should be scolded. I haven't finished eating the cakes in my sleeves and I'm in a hurry to go out." The person who answered was Mandu Daru's old comrade in the army, nicknamed "Lao Dao". He was tall, with a pockmarked face, and was good at

Torture is also good at observation, and it's obvious that he also saw the clues in Gao Puhu's sleeves.

"In the past two days, I heard that there was almost a fight. The lost young master's father was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He was running around everywhere. Last night, Liang Wang took the opportunity to attack the commander. I guess the prefect was also attacked here.

Scolding. If the master is scolded, will Gao Puhu feel better?"

There were well-informed police officers around who talked about this matter, and some people smiled and said: "Fortunately, we are fine here."

There is a reason why there is nothing here. Wanyan Xiyin said hello to Yunzhong Mansion when he was promoted to Mandu Daru. His most important task at the moment is to arrest the Black Flag spies and ensure the progress of the May competition. Therefore

The matter of Xun Gui's disappearance could not be settled here for a while.

Mandu Daru thought for a while: "Is there no progress yet? Have we found anything here? If it is a general kidnapping, someone should come to make demands now."

"The strange thing is that there is no request. In fact, according to the current situation in Yunzhong, who is really trying to get rich? Who dares to get into trouble at this time? I'm afraid the water is deep here, and maybe people from the east can do it themselves. A big living person

, I was shopping in an antique shop, and there were guards following me outside, but they suddenly disappeared. There is something mysterious about this matter..."

"It's possible if it's a black flag..."

"Maybe there is, but... arrest a few nobles and make the two sides quarrel more? At the risk of exposing yourself? How great can the benefits be..."

After everyone discussed it, Mandu Daru said: "It's hard to say now, let's continue to investigate. He can't catch him, but we caught him. It's a good thing."

April 12th passed peacefully, followed by April 13th. Things in the yamen were trivial. The pursuit of things like Black Flag and Clown continued. He knew that sooner or later results would appear, but for now he could only accumulate like this.

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On the afternoon of the thirteenth day of his arrival, he suddenly received a summons from the Ceres God Mansion. Mandu Daru hurried there. Xiyin met him in the study, briefly asked about his work, and then turned to another topic.

"Have you heard about Wanyan Linqi?"

"The humble position knows..."

"Do you think it's possible that Black Flag did it?"

"Bizhi feels... there is indeed... a certain possibility... Bizhi has actually been secretly pursuing clues to this matter these past few days..." Mandu Daru answered cautiously.

Xiyin nodded: "Check more about this matter." Then he waved his hand, "You can go back."

Mandu Daru understood, and after leaving, he mobilized his men and began to investigate the case in Gao Puhu's hands. His investigation was already a little late at this time, and most of the first-hand information was concentrated in Gao Puhu's hands.

It's not easy to ask Gao Puhu for it, just let people inquire in secret.

On the night of April 14th, the two groups of people met again on the road to the side courtyard of the Yamen. Gao Puhu hesitated slightly, then retreated to the side of the road and bowed his hands in salute. This time his action was much crisper. Mandu

Daru walked over with his chin raised. When Gao Puhu and his group disappeared at the end of the corridor, Mandu Daru, who had been walking forward, turned around and frowned slightly.

"Lao Gao has a problem." Lao Dao, who was on the side, also came closer and whispered.

The two gangs have always had a grudge. Two days ago, Gao Puhu was busy working on Wanyan Linqi's case. He was scolded by the prefect so much that he didn't even have time to eat breakfast. After seeing Mandu Daru, he reluctantly gave in. Today

Although the light at night was dim and the other party seemed to be giving way just like the previous two days, the look on his face was obviously different.

The case was solved so quickly?

But why not promote it?

Aren't the bosses still arguing and wrangling?

Mandu Daru was puzzled. After a while, he arranged his personnel. On the one hand, he began to investigate Gao Puhu. On the other hand, he began to go to Wanyan Linqi's father to observe and inquire about the kidnapped young nobleman.

, whether he came back or not.

On April 15th, news came back that Wanyan Linqi had not returned, but the prison in the north of the city where Gao Puhu was currently had extra guards posted, so it was possible that someone had been captured.

In the huge Yunzhong Mansion, there is not just one cell on the government office side. The small cell in the north of the city has not been used by many people in the past. Later, most people tacitly agreed that it was a stronghold and private cell used by the chief constable near the north gate. It was full.

Du Daru hesitated for a moment, thinking of Xi Yin's interview two days ago, he immediately ordered his troops and headed towards the north gate.

Thick white clouds are rising in the sky of the city. The sun is like a sharp sword, shining directly through the gaps in the clouds. People are walking on the street, and everything is normal. At this time, the knife falling towards Xifu has already pierced the heart of Yun Zhong.

Inside.

In the afternoon, when he arrived near the cell at the north gate of Yunzhong Mansion, Mandu Daru saw that several groups of private soldiers from the royal palace had surrounded the area. Although they had not established formal support, many of them knew how to read the wind.

Passers-by have already taken a detour.

"Something's happened..." There seemed to be countless ants crawling behind his head. Mandu Daru ordered his men, "Go and notify the God of Ceres that something is going to happen..."

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After noon on April 15th, Wan Yanchang arrived at the courtyard with a prison in the north of Yunzhong City. After entering the slightly spacious lobby, he saw Zong Bi and the other two Jurchen princes, and then two more princes.

Arrive here together.

"It's not a good idea to have a private court in Nianhan," he questioned.

Zong Bi replied: "If you don't look at a big case in private, it won't be tried."

Wanyanchang arrived in Yunzhong on the eighth day of the lunar month, and on the ninth day of the lunar month, he knew about the kidnapping of Wanyan Linqi, a junior. Since then, Zongbi continued to use this incident to make troubles - this is not surprising. He arrived in March

Starting from Yunzhong, there have been tense confrontations and conflicts between Zong Bi, Zong Han and others every day. After all, this time they came here to divide the power of the Xifu. Wan Yanchang does not reject such a fight for every inch of land.

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From the afternoon of the ninth day to the fifteenth day of the lunar month, only six days passed, Zong Bi said that the case had been solved, and that the whole matter would even play a decisive role in the East-West dispute. Wanyanchang was doubtful, but he probably guessed

Guess, the whole thing may have spread to the highest levels of the cloud.

The old file brought up by the yamen servant was about half a foot high. At the top was a few new confessions. There were also some blood-stained swords, guns, tokens and other things as evidence. I don’t know where they were obtained from.

Four prisoners and the rescued little Xungui Wanyan Linqi were brought along.

The interrogation began in front of six Jurchen princes.

The whole thing is not complicated.

One of the four prisoners, a member of the Black Flag Army, together with a woman from the Ceres Mansion, kidnapped Wanyan Linqi on the afternoon of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. When Chief Gao Puhu found them, the woman from the Ceres Mansion

Taking advantage of the chaos to escape, the member of the Black Flag Army was arrested. After being tortured for half a day, the member of the Black Flag Army confessed a series of shocking inside stories:

For more than ten years, Chen Wenjun, the "Mrs. Han" in Gushen Mansion, relied on her status to convey important information from the Jin Kingdom to the south for a long time. She first colluded with the Secret Intelligence Department of the Wu Dynasty, and later cooperated with

The Wu Dynasty also formed an alliance with the Chinese army.

After the fall of the Central Plains, this "Mrs. Han" not only delivered countless important information to the south, but also directly or indirectly helped a large number of anti-Jin martyrs and Black Flag members escape danger in the Jin Kingdom. It was the important information she delivered that

On behalf of the Black Flag Army in the south, he found out the truth about the Jurchens' Fourth Southern Expedition. The confession stated that without the assistance of this information, it would probably have been several times more difficult for the Chinese Army to win the Southwest Battle.

According to the confession of this Black Flag member, Gao Puhu later produced a large amount of evidence that he had saved regarding the transmission of messages and the arrangements for the escape of Han slaves or prisoners. He then captured three people who had no time to escape and were involved.

The underworld figures further prove the authenticity of all this information. Some clues even vaguely point to Wanyan Xiyin, the god of grain who has always admired Sinology...

Wan Yanchang and several others looked through the confessions and evidence, and clues were pieced together into a web in the words and words. After a long time, Wan Yanchang put down the file, clapped his palms on the table, and stood up.

"It just happened to be such a coincidence. After I was caught, the evidence was prepared one by one. None of the important figures from the Black Flag and Wu Dynasty were missing in these confessions, leaving only these three gangsters to prove these things... You

What kind of idea do you have!"

He approached the Black Flag member among the four prisoners. The man kneeling on the ground was covered in blood and was emaciated. His hands were hanging on the ground. When he got closer, he could see that all the nails on his ten fingers were gone and they were all bloody.

Wan Yanchang raised his foot and stepped on his right hand. The man screamed and fell to the ground, twitching and wailing, with blood and saliva flowing out of his mouth.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

The sound of crying echoed throughout the room.

The prisoner in Black Flag didn't answer, but Wanyan Zongbi from behind stood up: "——Uncle, is this important?"

Wan Yanchang looked back at Zong Bi, then at the eyes of the other four people. After a moment, he sighed slightly.

"...It's not important anymore."

He let go of his feet and walked outside. There were white clouds in the sky outside. The Black Flag prisoner on the ground was lying in a pool of blood. His right hand, which had all the nails removed, started to bleed again. He just lay there, looking outside.

He screamed a few more times, with blood and saliva flowing out. The three prisoners next to him were all famous gangsters in the clouds. Their eyes hated him, but looking at him twitching on the ground, they felt...

No one dared to really get close to him.

"Ahhhh...hehehehe..."

He seemed to have lost his temper, and after the pain passed, he laughed creepily several times.

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Mandu Daru didn't know what exactly happened. He kept running outside throughout the afternoon and evening.

After discovering that the guards outside the prison were unusual, he knew that the matter was out of his control, and quickly sent someone to notify Ceres. However, the person sent there came back shortly after and reported that Ceres was not at the house, and even though he was there,

In the mansion, there were so many officials visiting every day that even some small detectives could not jump in to report the matter.
To be continued...