The rain did not stop, and it fell from the sky in a silk thread, fell on the roof tiles, and rolled down the slope, converging into a thin stream in front of the eaves, stirring up the sound of water.

After listening to Shen Liang's report that he had rescued Miss Yu, Sun Tu's face in the hall was gloomy. This time, the trip to the south of the city that he personally participated in had little effect, and it was far less than Shen Liang's side. However, he was not unhappy that his subordinates had overshadowed him, but he was just annoyed and upset that the whole plan had not succeeded.

Because according to the relevant clues obtained before, Wanjia Grain and Rice Shop should be an extremely important den for Pink Swallow, so he will personally lead the team to get people there. But as a result, this operation encountered almost no resistance, and successfully took down the five people who remained in the store, but these five people were just ordinary guys, and they didn't know what kind of pink swallows the grain and rice shop was actually related to.

After a careful search, Sun Tu also found that in addition to a few hundred catties of grain in the store, he couldn't even find half a penny. Obviously, the other party noticed that the situation was not good early on, so before he did it, a golden cicada had come out of his shell and disappeared without a trace.

This alone was enough to make Sun Tu feel annoyed, but after returning to the yamen, some of the thieves who were interrogated made him know that the situation was not good, because the next people who were arrested by the servants were actually just some small people who acted according to orders, and none of them could explain the identity of the main criminals of Pink Swallow, let alone their other dens.

So when Shen Liang reported everything, Sun Tu didn't see any joy, especially when he heard that one of the important people actually committed suicide by taking poison after being taken down, he frowned deeply: "Is this pink swallow so powerful?" He refused to give us an account of his inner story even if he died. ”

"Dutou, this time the clues are really completely broken, they actually came to hand the gecko to cut off the tail, and cut off all the key places that have been found by us and may expose their identities, and it will be extremely difficult to continue the investigation." Shen Liang couldn't relax after understanding the current result, and said with a wry smile.

After working hard for this time, I thought that even if I couldn't uproot the pink swallow, I could use this to get its thief head. But in the end, he only caught some small fish and shrimp, and the only thief leader Wang Wu who was captured actually committed suicide, which made him feel helpless for a while.

"You can't just forget it, judge, continue to judge them. I don't believe that these dozens of people can't ask for useful information from their mouths! Sun Tu darkened his face and gritted his teeth.

"Sun Guanren, we have been busy for more than ten days, and the brothers are already exhausted, and now that Miss Yu has been rescued safely, why do you have to work so hard?" Ma Huaibang couldn't help but say persuasively. Subsequently, even Lu Fang nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's all heads, everyone is tired, and if you want to interrogate, you don't have to rush to ...... for a while."

"I'm worried that the night will be long and dreamy, and these people won't stay long." Sun Tu said worriedly: "This time, the people of Pink Swallow can clean up the finishing touches so cleanly, maybe even these peripheral small characters have been transferred by them tomorrow, it must be because they got the news early." ”

"Dutou means ......" Shen Liang quickly understood, and his face was shocked: "Someone in our yamen is reporting to them?" ”

"I can't think of a more plausible explanation than that. Therefore, it is necessary to interrogate them immediately, and even if it is torture, they must pry open all the mouths of these people! Sun Tu said categorically.

"Who is going to torture indiscriminately?" As soon as Sun Tu's words fell, a rather majestic voice suddenly came from outside, and then Xue Yuanpeng, who was full of excitement and a smile on his face, walked in. This made Sun Tu and the others quickly get up and salute: "I've seen the general judgment." ”

Xue Yuanpeng also stayed in the yamen last night, but he did not participate in this arrest of the pink swallow, and handed everything over to Sun Tu. It wasn't until they finished the errand and Shen Liang rescued Miss Yu safely that he came forward to take the person to himself, and then sent someone to deliver a letter to the Yu Mansion, so the credit and favor were in his hands.

However, Xue Tongju was still quite satisfied with Sun Tu's ability to rescue Yu Dieyu from the thieves in just a dozen days, so he came over to comfort him at this moment. I didn't want to go to the front of the hall, but I heard Sun Tu's words, and after learning the answer, the smile on his face suddenly fell: "Sun Dutou, this case has been solved, why do you bother to make more trouble?" ”

"Why did the general judge say this? Now what we have caught is just a small character under the pink swallow, and the real criminals are still at large! How can you just stop tracking it like this! Sun Tu immediately argued.

Xue Yuanpeng shook his head and said, "Sun Dutou, it seems that you made a mistake." What this official asked you to do before was just to find Miss Yu and rescue her back, as for what pink swallows, it is just some conjecture of a fool in the countryside, and you can't do it at all, if you want to track it down, it will only disturb the city of Tokyo and make people panic! Therefore, this official will never allow you to continue to track down any pink swallows! Do you understand? ”

At this moment, Xue Yuanpeng was completely in the posture of his boss, without any room for negotiation, and looked directly at Sun Tudao.

Sun Tu was even more surprised, how could the other party be so decisive? However, he still insisted on it: "Then what if you have to investigate it?" ”

"That official can take away your authority and leave you with no one available!" Xue Yuanpeng said and glanced at the others: "Wait a minute, if you dare to investigate this matter in private, there will be no place for you to wait in this Kaifeng Mansion!" ”

At this time, Sun Tu was completely stunned, and at the same time, a terrible thought suddenly appeared in his heart, could it be that the power of the Pink Swallow is so big that he can control the general judgment of Kaifeng Mansion? What happened in the past few days that could make Xue Tongju make such a relentless decision?

The "general judgment ......" couldn't think of a reason, so Sun Tu could only continue to argue. But before he could speak, Xue Yuanpeng had already raised his hand to interrupt him: "This time, even Taiwei Tong can't speak for you, I still have some ways in Kaifeng Mansion to do this." ”

After a pause, he slowed down his tone again: "Sun Dutou, this official knows that you want to make meritorious contributions, but it is better not to involve too much in some things, otherwise it will only be too much." That's all there is to it, think about it! With that, he finally flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

And Sun Tu stood there for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses.

The other party can even ignore the pressure from Tong Guan, obviously he has quite confidence. This kind of confidence comes from two aspects, one is that there are people behind them who will support their decisions, even Tong Guan can't help the other party; The second may be because they have Tong Guan's handle, which can be used as a coercion to prevent them from making a move.

Thinking of Tong Guan's handle, Sun Tu's face changed, isn't this the arson case in Changxingfang before? Previously, his judgment on Kaifeng Mansion's practice of shielding Zhou Yun and hastily closing the case was that the other party did not dare to offend Tong Guan, and in line with the principle that more things are better than less, he would pull a few substitutes for the dead ghosts to come out to atone for the crime. Now it seems that the intentions of these officialdom people are too deep, and they are clearly preparing for the future.

Then, he thought of one more thing, maybe his previous speculation about their confidence also existed, because no matter how you look at Xue Yuanpeng and Han Changzhou, it is impossible to have anything to do with Pink Swallow, then it can only be a powerful person in the DPRK and China, and it is a powerful person who is not under Tong Guan who secretly asked Kaifeng Mansion not to continue to investigate Pink Swallow-related matters.

It is said that the relationship between people in the officialdom is intertwined and complicated, and Sun Tu finally understood it at this time. Kaifeng Mansion alone can already be integrated with Tong Guan and another related magnate through the power in his hands, plus Yu Shen who will come later, the relationship network will become more complex and huge, so that the whole body will be involved, making many things that should be easy to solve become uncontrollable.

Originally, he thought that the fact that Pink Swallow had been able to do evil in the capital for many years without being broken by the government was due to the other party's careful actions, but now it seems that the truth is far more than that, and the dirtiness of the inside story will probably be extremely appalling when it is revealed!

And this is just the tip of the iceberg of the malpractices of the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty!

......Seeing Sun Tu standing there, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he didn't react for a long time, Shen Liangdu was a little worried, and stepped forward and whispered.

Only then did Sun Tu come back to his senses, but he found that only the two of them were left in the hall at this time, and everyone else had left. Obviously, after Xue Tong's judgment expressed his attitude, Ma Huaibang and other people who were not his subordinates no longer listened to orders, and even Lu Fang, who was already dissatisfied with him, left on his own.

This made Sun Tu's mood even more depressed: "Shen Liang, do you think this time we are a success or a failure?" ”

"This ......" Shen Liang was silent for a while before he said: "Under Dutou's plan, we finally rescued Miss Yu safely, and it can be regarded as an explanation to Shangfeng, it is finally successful, right?" ”

"But for me, this result is still a failure, because the Pink Swallow thieves are still at large, even if this time there will be some restraint after this, but in a few months, they will do evil again, for the sake of the people of Tokyo!" Sun Tu said with a gloomy expression: "I have already failed once before, and I don't want to feel such powerlessness again!" ”

Shen Liang immediately understood that the failure he was referring to was the result of the previous Changxingfang arson case, and that time Sun Dutou could only retreat due to the situation, and the result seemed to be the same result again today.

After slowly exhaling a breath of turbidity, Sun Tu's eyes shot a gleam: "Since you feel that you still have a way out, then I will simply lift this table and see how you can balance the forces of all parties!" ”

Determination has been made, no compromise!

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