Daqing Criminal Division

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1740

Nine days.

Shuntian Prefecture.

At the time when a fierce chase in the dark alley at the end of Yuanjiazhuang Lime Kiln was taking place.

In the imperial city, everything about the disputes of the previous two days seemed to be in place, and everyone began to enter the normal order of their new day.

Speaking of Shuntian in the new emperor's five years, it is actually quite different from the past. After five years of a long recovery period, the buildings, streets, and archways in Beijing have a culture that a new dynasty should have. The bottom line.

Today's Suncheon is shrouded in the beauty of this era as usual.

The imperial court is very busy today, from the central court to the common people, from the inner city to the outer city, the preparations for the day's street celebrations and parade ceremony on the other side of the House of Internal Affairs have come to an end.

There was a sound of beating drums in the imperial palace in the inner city, which seemed to line up in advance to welcome the coming Tibetan visiting team in the outer city. A eunuch in red standing in the center was beating his whip outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation. A drum with a human face is pushed out.

Another hundred or so horses with flowered red helmets slowly pulled it to the central celebration square in front of the Shenwu Gate.

According to the etiquette of this dynasty, on such occasions, from the court nobles down to civil and military officials, all need to wear auspicious clothes.

Auspicious clothes are often worn during general celebrations and official activities, while in important ceremonies, sacrifices to altars and temples, and weddings after accepting the queen, the emperor wears higher-level court clothes.The accessories worn in court clothes include court crowns, shawls and court boots and many other accessories.

In addition, there is a great disparity in power between the DPRK and China and the foreigners, and it is necessary to maintain a strong, magnanimous and polite friendship posture in this kind of diplomacy. Therefore, there must be no mistakes in today's occasion.

Because, enter, this time is to show and establish a national demeanor;

This time, it is also for maintaining and negotiating peace between the two parties.

For this reason, the Ministry of Rites has already set up various departments and is responsible for receiving the leaders and envoys of various states, helping them handle the affairs of paying tribute to the central dynasty, welcoming and seeing off guests, issuing various pass certificates, providing daily necessities for guests, and arranging Accommodation and food etc.

As for the diplomatic etiquette of the past dynasties, it is nothing more than these.The first is the suburban labor, that is, when the princes of the state, the leaders of the vassal state and their envoys arrive at the border of the capital, the central government will send officials to greet them and exchange gifts to show respect.

After arriving at the specially set suburban work, the visitors will be greeted by a special person to stay in a hotel in the city, and a banquet will be held for them.

The next step is the grand pilgrimage ceremony. According to the meeting date determined by the central government, the guests first wait outside the gate of the royal ancestral temple in a car, and then they are introduced by a special person. Kneel and bow your hands and bow your head.

Until the end of a grand and formal Hajj, the central government presents chariots, horses, clothing and food to the guests, and special personnel are responsible for banqueting and escorting them out of the country.

This series of procedures will basically go through a cutscene under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites in the next four or five hours. The entire imperial city has entered an orderly mode, so that everyone who rushed to the outer city first They are also in a hurry.

Considering that the most important link is the first step, suburban labor.

At present, the envoy sent by the Tibetans this time, the nobleman Ren Langjietsedan, and [-] advance troops are waiting to be received at the city gate, and the southern army plane must immediately send someone to be responsible for the first step of the meeting, gift giving and reception Work.

For this reason, Boss Tingyu, who is very old and rarely seen in front of people, is standing alone in front of the Taihe Palace, thinking about something.

Seen from the back, this is an old man with white hair, straight back, thick and black eyebrows, and shining eyes.

About ten steps behind him stood another young attendant, holding a dust whisk in his hand. Besides, this prime minister of the Han Dynasty who was standing on the armrests looked more handsome than ordinary fourth and fifth rank officials. Simpler.

Just looking at the bony demeanor of this face, this old man's face looks like an eagle watching a wolf, his eyes are sharp, like the eyes of an eagle, and he is suspicious by nature, often looking back like a wolf.

He didn't go to the front court today to join in the fun, but wandered around and circled back to his Southern Army plane. Looking at the old man's crane patch today, the white border of the inner official uniform is inlaid with red, which can be seen from his youthful spirit and strength.

It's just that, although there are some extremely important diplomatic matters in the imperial city today, it is bound to attract the attention of many parties, but his subordinates can't think of anyone to use.

If we talk about people, there are quite a few, but these people are actually sometimes like weapons in hand.

Some people like the ones that can be grasped in the hand and can be used with ease, but he prefers sharper ones. Although it is sharp, it will cut his fingers if he is not careful, but only such knives can be regarded as radiant.

But now, with the light of the new dynasty, there are more capable people who are eloquent and good at controlling power in the court, but there are also fewer ruthless people who were really willing to soak their lives in blood and who were brave and bloody.

A domesticated dog can never compete with a ferocious wolf.

It’s just that, five years ago, perhaps—

I don't know why, but I didn't think about it.

There are some things, the old boss Tingyu knows that it is useless to think about them, maybe they will meet again when the time comes.

But when the old man looked around, he also suppressed what he had just thought. In front of him, he saw the fat man Wang Jian who was ordered to go to the suburbs to work respectfully and smiled, and he couldn't help but stop. The old man didn't show anything for a while.

"Wang Jie pays homage to Boss Tingyu."

Fatty Wang Jie, who usually flaunts his power and power, still behaves very humble and obedient in front of this old man.

"Wang Jie, Tu Lichen, Dahasu and others have already gone to the rural areas first?"

As he spoke, he scanned the documents checked by one of the staff in his hand, and Boss Tingyu thought about it but also thoughtfully mentioned something to him.

"Everything is secure, has anyone ever arrived?"

Boss Tingyu asked this question.

"Ah, yes, Boss Tingyu, everyone is here. I have already verified everything about the labor in front of the suburbs, and there will be no mistakes. Please rest assured that there is only one student in the capital today, and I will take full control of it." good,"

Wang Jie smiled and said to Boss Tingyu, as if he was full of confidence in his ability, but the boss heard the words but didn't answer, instead he thought about it and said,

"Even if everyone is there, there is always something to pay attention to if one person is not there, just like a chess game missing in the group, this chess can never be played."

"Wang Jie, you have always been a thoughtful person. I have heard about what happened to you in Houguangping Library a few days ago."

"I'm old, I don't care about the previous things, and even this time it's your younger selves' business. My old hands and feet can't do anything anymore."

"But I also want to send you a message. Sometimes it's good to be more thoughtful, but you should also pay attention to what you really should pay attention to, instead of just looking at yourself, look around more. Your duty is to guard the Shuntian Mansion. It's not about showing off your talents in advance, you know?"

It's a pity that Wang Jie only thinks that the boss is thinking highly of himself, so he has the heart to praise him and encourage him here, and he just grabbed the middle sentence and quickly echoed,

"Hey! Hey! The student has been taught, but you have been in the court all your life, how can you grow old! As the saying goes, although the tortoise lives, there is still a time, and the snake rides the fog, and it ends up as ashes. , and you are a martyr in his twilight years, so full of ambition..."

Seeing it, Wang Ji, a fat man who is ruthless, babbled all the good things he said in his life.

The conversation between the top and bottom is almost over.

Although Wang Jian was cunning and thoughtful, he couldn't help it at the time of employing people, so he sent his words here, and the elder who turned his back to him and looked at the sky in the distance nodded noncommittally, and then proceeded to Looking thoughtfully at the red-golden sky outside the imperial city, he said,

"Okay, that's enough. It will take your hard work to welcome the King of Tibet and the Living Buddha in the capital."

"No hard work, no hard work, since the 13th year of King Sejong, we will welcome such a major event again, and we need to set an example in front of the people of Suncheon Prefecture."

"Well, then I hope everything goes well tonight."

After saying this, Boss Tingyu also went to the palace first. The city was divided into three teams, and the affairs of the outer city were handed over to the courtiers in the outer city. Squeezed in, with this important task in hand, Wang Zhen was overjoyed, and he couldn't wait too much, so he sat in a sedan chair and thought about going to the rural area as soon as possible.

Before leaving, he saw Boss Tingyu leaving, but he also turned his head and forgot about the conversation just now, and just scolded the two porters beside him who looked a bit unfamiliar and got on the sedan chair first.

Before he came out, he also saw a group of salute teams carrying a few large red cylinders onto the opposite drum cart.

What do you do with a few empty tanks?

There is nothing in the empty tank.

strangeness.

Wang Jie saw this scene but didn't pay attention to it at all, and then got into the sedan chair, and patted the sedan chair door to ask a question.

"Why is no one here? Where are the rest? Why are those few missing?"

"..."

When Wang Zhen heard this, the bearers outside did not answer, and it took a long time for him to reply.

"It's all gone."

Wang Jie, who was sitting inside, murmured for a while, but he didn't take it to heart, let alone listened to any teachings, so he waved his hands impatiently inside.

"A group of people can't see that this military plane is good. Forget it. Boss Tingyu just said that tonight is my chance to show off. This time I need to be in charge of security. Why haven't the encouragement and the fireworks on the sky and the ground been arranged yet?" good?"

"Hurry up and get up, let's go quickly."

……

"…hehe…"

Moment of application

Going back to the lime kiln in Yuanjiazhuang, when the two names on the opposite side were announced, not to mention that the cheekbone on the opposite side was severely beaten, and the teeth were all crippled, the black-clothed spider, ordinary people would feel shocked when they heard it. .

"...Nanjunji, Haidongqing?"

In the darkness, the burly black-clothed spider who was leaning over to confront the two of them with clenched fists immediately changed his expression and muttered something to himself.

Under his heart, he realized that the plan of conspiring in the lime kiln in Yuanjiazhuang had been exposed.

Then, from the very beginning, he was a little different from other black-clothed spiders. The one with a tattoo on his palm took a step back suddenly, his eyes showed some weirdness, he stopped for a second, then retracted his arms, desperately wanting to go to the inside of the kiln. run.

This voluntary escape is undoubtedly very abnormal.

Because if there was no special evidence left in the kiln, the gang would have realized that the gangsters who were rounded up would not turn around in a hurry and want to go inside, instead of fleeing directly to the street outside.

If this person is not the chief envoy of the case, he will also be an important informant who knows the inside story.

However, amidst the chaos in the dark alley outside the lime kiln in Yuanjiazhuang, Fu Yu and Duan Xiao couldn't tolerate anyone in the group escaping again. Step by step chased into the interior of the kiln.

The process of the two sides chasing along the way is extremely exciting and thrilling.

Because the dark alley is too narrow and close to the surrounding houses, it is impossible to reach the shooting range of the gun in hand, and it is easy to accidentally injure, so the arrest can only be completed in person.

The tiles on the roofs of the houses on both sides fell down as they were hit by the three people's struggle. The black-clothed spider, who was obviously more skilled than ordinary people, took advantage of the terrain and took advantage of the gap between overturning a wooden cart. , threw off Duan Ou's gap and turned into a small path.

But before the criminal successfully broke through, he bypassed the wall outside the kiln first, and Fu Yu, who was blocked in front, thrust his foot in from behind the wall. In an instant, the strength of Fu Yu's hand directly hit his face.

The black-clothed spider with its eyes straightened and kicked viciously on its cheek and stomach could only see a black afterimage left in the depths of its pupils.

"Touch—" once, the flimsy hollow brick wall was knocked out and collapsed

There was Fu Yu who was like a mad dog in the front, and Duan Xiao who was an evil star in the back.

As a last resort, the black-clothed spider crawled up from the ground and coughed out a mouthful of blood. It gritted its teeth and rushed into the kiln. At the same time, it picked up a bag of lime and threw it on their faces and bodies.

"Ah! Ahh——! Ah!"

The road was accompanied by roaring and panting fights, and a large amount of white flying dust drifted down like snowflakes for a while. If this thing entered the eyes, mouth and nose, it would definitely burn the eyes and skin.

The two had no choice but to chase forward while covering their faces with their arms and followed closely.

And because there were still a few people outside blocking the way of the other black-clothed spiders, Fu Yu and Duan Xiao only chased the other party who was jumping off the wall, and jumped over the wall together.

This flew over the outer wall, and when the two of them landed on the ground with their mouths, noses and feet.

In front of him, he had already entered a dilapidated kiln factory that was pitch-black and surrounded by emptiness and dimmed lights.The black-clothed guide who just ran into the kiln obviously took advantage of the lack of light and found a place to hide with the help of surrounding objects.

This person may wait for an opportunity to appear again from a height or anywhere to attack them.

In this regard, Fu Yu and Duan Xiao, who were covered in sweat after chasing here, and their faces were coldly pressed against each other's backs, did not say a word. They kept a posture of looking around for danger while checking the environment, and walked inside step by step.

At this moment, hunting and capturing are continuing.

They also carried a quick-fire gun in their hands, and everything around them looked suspicious in such a dark and closed atmosphere.

footsteps.

Breathing.

Fu Yu and Duan Xiao, who were chasing the murderer without saying a word, fully heard the icy cold water dripping from the roof.

At the end, this is obviously the place inside the Yuanjiazhuang lime kiln for plotting and conducting some kind of special experiment.Around the nose, including above the roof, there is a strange smoke lingering.

This is an indescribable smell, somewhat similar to the smell of fermented urine.

Filled with dizzy, nauseating and nauseating interiors left behind by a certain refinement, it's very irritating.

As Bao Sanzi and the owner of the restaurant said, the closer you get to this place itself, the more you can feel the weirdness and mystery of something they did in this weird kiln.

The two of them looked around at the moment, and could vaguely see a large number of bags of limestone from the kiln piled up in the warehouse on the side of the workshop, as well as white dust that fell on the ground, fixed and suspended above their heads.

A large square pulley made of wood, a large hemp rope firmly tied to the hanging pulley, and a large wooden barrel suspended in mid-air.

And in the central area of ​​the kiln in the middle of the whole, there is vaguely a concave, square large water tank built with bricks and stones.

The tank is square in shape, filled with clean water, and has two holes on all sides, one in and one out, and the water itself is recycled.

Because the pulley in the middle drives the static water flow in the clear water tank, and promotes the flow velocity of the water in the pool, so the wooden bucket hanging above is also running on the pulley with the hemp rope,

And issued a "squeak - squeak" to the sound of rotation.

On the edge of the entire large pool, there are also two bamboo tubes that are not in direct contact with the water surface of the tank. These two bamboo tubes standing on both sides are connected together one by one.

The surface of the water in the tank itself 'gumbled' a small bubble that burst as soon as it floated out.

But oddly speaking, the one on the left is facing upwards.

The one on the right is facing down, and there are huge sealed water tanks buckled above the outlets of the bamboo tubes themselves.

These two are each holding the exits on both sides, and there are empty red sealed large water tanks inside.

It reminds me of what the owner of the restaurant said, that the kiln had transported a large number of empty water tanks. Obviously, since these seemingly empty water tanks are placed at both ends of these bamboo tubes, there must be other water tanks. Useful.

But at this moment, when Fu Yu and Duan Xiao were thinking about where the hidden guide was.

From the side of the wall, a black figure rolled out from the side of the two of them on the spot, swung its arms viciously and unfolded a fire pocket, and faced them in the direction of the sink to confront them again.

"Stop it all! Did you hear me, I said... tell you to stop!"

When the black-clothed criminal, who was so vicious and brutal that he twisted his face behind a black cloth scarf and was still shaking the firefoil in his hand, said this, he still pressed his knee hard on the ground.

The other party was obviously driven to a desperate situation step by step, so he had to use this method.

Right now, the clothes on this man's body were stained with white lime powder from head to toe, and his braids were scattered on his shoulders early. When Duan Xiao and Fu Yu saw his behavior, they also turned around together, keeping Fu Yu, who was looking at this negotiating angle, immediately followed up with a question.

"What do you want to do, put down the open flame for me immediately."

This warning was clearly heard in one ear of the man in black even as the three of them maintained their confrontation.

But for Fu Yu's warning to himself, they didn't dare to act rashly after entering here. The other party just spat a mouthful of blood and spit on the ground, then said with a sneer,

"Heh...hehe, what do you think I want to do...Push it away quickly, put down the flintlock guns in your hands, and raise your hands again, or I will die with you two! This back, the back thing! You haven’t seen it before, haven’t you… It’s something that can crush your bones! As long as the sparks go up, they will explode immediately, and the entire kiln will be wiped out!”

Shattered to pieces.

That said, the seductive tone of the black clothes did not seem to be lying.

Because they have traced the case all the way to this point, it is impossible not to understand that this time this group of people has been planning to do some ulterior secret behind the scenes. At this moment, the two sides are facing each other. All the mysteries that started with the Luanyiwei sighting incident seemed to be about to be revealed.

In this regard, Fu Yu and Duan Xiao, who had no fear in their eyes, did not immediately fight back or intensify the situation in front of them.

Instead, one left and one right were silent for a while, and then they were catching up with the other party, and then according to the person's statement, they squatted down, put down the quick-fire gun in their hands, and raised their own hands first.

It was also under such a premise that the two sides once again launched a positive conversation.

"Put away your booklet, we have already put down our own things, you'd better think about your own life."

Having said this, Fu Yu raised his hand and waved it to indicate that there was no other threatening person on him.

"My life...my life has already been targeted by Nanjunji and Haidongqing. If this trick is not used, is it possible to get out of here?"

The man in black sneered coldly.

"Of course you have a chance to get out of here, but you might as well answer me a question first... Are you a 'spider'?"

As if wanting to say a few words to him as much as possible, Duan Xiao turned sideways and circled with him expressionlessly, raising his hand and asking.

"Yes, I am a member of the 'Spider', and the matter has come to an end, so it doesn't matter if I tell you the origin of my identity."

The man in black sneered coldly.

"Then I don't think you are the real mastermind of this case, because the real mastermind cannot be as embarrassed as you are now, you are just ordered by others."

Hearing this sentence, Fu Yu raised his hands and cooperated with this conversation, followed Duan Xiao's words and said,

"That's it. Also, you should not be from Shuntian Prefecture. I can recognize your accent. Although your official speech is good, you still have a local accent. Therefore, the lime kiln in Yuanjiazhuang has always been your stronghold, maybe."

"Also, do you know Baltu?"

While maintaining the back-and-forth conversation pattern with him, Duan Xiao said this again.

The name Baltu sounds quite familiar.

Therefore, the man was the third spider that was captured by Fu Yu and Duan Xiao in the previous Taiping Mansion case. When the man in black heard this, his face darkened and his hands trembled even more flustered. This scene fell on Fu Yu. In the eyes of Yu and Duan Xiao, there is no need to say anything, which represents everything.

"The two of us might as well tell you that Baltu has been arrested in Taiping Mansion."

Fu Yu opened his mouth and said.

"It was he who personally confessed that there may still be 'spiders' in Shuntian Mansion, otherwise we would not have found out about Shuntian. As for what you have been doing, I want to track this down. It is time for us to expose everything."

"Do you know what we... are doing? Oh, just rely on you?"

The black-clothed receptionist who was clearly flustered but still unwilling to admit the truth gritted his teeth and resisted.

It's a pity that Fu Yu and Duan Xiao didn't plan to give him a chance either.

While keeping a distance between the two of them and paying attention to this person's every move, Duan Xiaocai and Fu Yu narrowed their eyes expressionlessly after realizing that there was a flaw under his right hand, and then followed the train of thought and said,

"I think your plan was perfect at the beginning."

"Because what you create are non-existent, invisible 'things', ordinary people can't even perceive what you are doing."

"...'doesn't exist', invisible? What does that mean?"

Hearing this, the black clothes made people's hands tremble even more, his face twisted and sneered, and his nose was still dripping with sweat.

He expected that their plan would not be exposed, it was seamless, but in the next second, he met Duan Xiao's squinted eyes and an answer that did not contain the slightest fear, but contained a sense of confrontation.

"gas."

"This kiln has been secretly producing gas that is invisible to human eyes, so you guys have been able to make this in Shuntian Prefecture for so long without anyone noticing it, because this thing It’s just invisible.”

--"gas."

"Am i right?"