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"This bastard thing, it's been a few days since it stopped, and I've been running to listen to some new song in the middle of the night. How dangerous is Binghe on a snowy night, it's not good to stay in this kind of weather, and you have to go out, it's just angry old man. The old man's reputation was completely ruined in the hands of this beast. It's really infuriating. Lu Zhongtian, who learned of the situation, was angry and annoyed, and stomped his feet and scolded.

Lu Liang, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, smacked his lips and said, "Xiangye is angry, it's useless to say this at this time." Now in the hands of the strongman, what is the situation tonight? Is it a deliberate premeditated kidnapping, or is it the enemy of the son of the Yanai to seek revenge? Whether it is money or death, these are unknown. I have to quickly find a way to find out, search for the thief, and rescue the son of Yanai. ”

When Lu Zhongtian heard the sentence 'money or death', he chuckled in his heart. I have such a son when I am old. Although it is not a weapon, it is also the meat of my heart. If it's gone, then I'm really dead. The person who reported the whole thing didn't say it too clearly, and I didn't know how many strongmen there were, why they made the move, and what the purpose was.

"You're right. You have to save people first. Someone, where is Zhang Chaotang? Bastard thing, where are the people? Lu Zhongtian asked loudly.

Zhang Chaotang is the commander of the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the general leader of the Minister's Mansion. Hearing this, he hurriedly came in from outside the hall, bowed down and said, "Xiangye, the villain is here." ”

"Take someone there immediately, and control everyone in Hongyan Tower. This matter is in Hongyan Tower, and they will definitely not be able to get rid of it. What kind of song to sing on a snowy day in the middle of the night, there must be something boring. One by one, I was tortured and interrogated, asking if any of them were guilty of thieves, or if they had done it. Lu Zhongtian shouted.

"Yes!" Zhang Chaotang arched his hand.

“…… Wait, not only the people in Hongyan Tower, but all the people on that boat tonight were arrested and tortured for me, and I passed the customs one by one. These people are also extremely suspicious. Lu Zhongtian shouted again.

"Lu Xiang, that Hongyan Tower is the property of the king of Kangping County, and the people on the boat tonight are all the sons and daughters of the nobles of the capital family. Do you think twice, otherwise I'm afraid there will be a dispute......" The butler reminded softly beside him.

"Strife? The old man's son was kidnapped by thieves! Now life and death are uncertain! Do I have to take care of their face? If the heavens are fine, if there are three long and two short, the old man must let some people accompany the burial. Lu Zhongtian shouted angrily.

The housekeeper was so frightened that he hurriedly shut up. Secretly scolded himself for not saying such things at this time.

"By the way, there's ...... Immediately go and inform the Infantry Division and the Ma Military Division, and mobilize people to block the inner city. The gates of the inner city must be strictly checked, and they must not be allowed to take the heavenly gifts out of the capital. Street by street, house by house, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find people. Lu Zhongtian shouted at Zhang Chaotang.

Zhang Chaotang responded loudly, turned around and came to the courtyard, a shout of orders sounded, and hundreds of guards from the Prime Minister's Mansion gathered, braved the heavy snow and rushed out of the Prime Minister's Mansion to run an errand. Soon after, a large number of forbidden troops rushed out of the barracks of the Ma Military Division and the Infantry Military Division and began a large-scale search and arrest operation in the inner city.

This night, in the inner city of Bianliang, it can be said that chickens and dogs are jumping people and horses. Laughing streets and alleys are all set up checkpoints, and street by street begins to search. The people didn't know what was going on, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense, so they had to let these people break into their homes and search everywhere. There was an atmosphere of panic throughout the city.

However, the night passed and nothing was found. After the thief disappeared from the river, there was no trace of him. Most of the inner city was searched, and even the houses of some big officials were not spared, but there was no news. The only gain was that on the night of the capture, Hongyanlou and the gang of sons and benefactors on the ship passed through the hall one by one, and learned a little bit of clues.

According to the confession, someone infiltrated the boat last night, and the people who were held hostage were a man and a woman. The man claimed to be a businessman from other places who came to Beijing and came to listen to Liu Yan'er's new song. The woman, who claimed to be Lin Bing'er, followed a little maid named Chunxiang into the boat. The little maid named Haruka was given a heavy sentence, but it turned out that the little maid did not know the female thief who had mixed up on the ship. She couldn't even tell her face, and thought she was a new servant girl.

After interrogation, the rest of the people ruled out suspicion, and their confessions that night were all correct. The situation is that after Lu Tianci arrived, the woman named Lin Bing'er sneaked into the ship hall and kidnapped Lu Tianci. Another accomplice was armed with a firearm and killed two of the guards. He was then picked up by other accomplices, who were never seen again when they boarded the ship.

The investigation of the situation at the scene revealed that the roof of the ship's hall on that building was indeed collapsed by firearms, and a large number of small iron beads were found in the bodies of the two dead guards. This situation is reminiscent of a bloody massacre in the middle of the temple in the north of Beijing last winter. Dozens of people died in the temple and were burned to the ground. This iron marble was also found at the scene. This evidence leads directly to the remnants of the cultists. Because according to the conclusion of the previous criminal department, the Jingbei tragedy was attributed to the Qingjiao, because firearms were found in the hands of the Qingjiao bandits.

This discovery made Lu Zhongtian fall into an ice cellar. If it is the revenge of the remnants of the bandits, then it will be difficult for Lu Tianci to survive nine times out of ten.

Although Lu Zhongtian was extremely depressed and anxious, he did not give up hope. After all, the thief showed no signs of leaving the city, and if the other party wanted to kill someone, he could do it on the ship. This shows that there is still a little bit of hope. Lu Zhongtian gave an order to continue the search, to see people alive and corpses to death, and to find out.

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The heavy snow did not stop until the early hours of the morning, and the snow on the ground reached a foot thick. It was as if the energy that had been accumulated for a long time suddenly burst out. After dawn, the entire capital was covered in snow and became a snow-white world. The quaint and heavy houses suddenly became lovely after the snow was covered with snow. If it weren't for the forbidden soldiers coming and going to search in the streets and alleys of the inner city, it would have been a different weather in the capital this morning.

When Lin Jue woke up, the snow outside the window was bright, and he smelled a faint fragrance on the tip of his nose. Lin Jue sat up and looked at the incense, and found that there were a few plum blossoms on the wooden table in the corner of the room. The faint fragrance slowly enters the nose, and if you don't wake up from your sleep, you won't be aware of it.

Lin Jue was in high spirits and got up to get dressed and washed. After washing up, I came to the small hall and found Guo Bing, Guo Caiwei, Xie Yingying and Fang Huanqiu all sitting in the hall dressed and talking. The brazier in the house was burning, but the face of the little county lord was not good.

"Husband, it is rumored outside that Lu Zhongtian's son Lu Tianci was kidnapped, did you do it last night?" Guo Caiwei asked.

Lin Jue looked at Bai Bing, who blushed and shook his head. Guo Caiwei frowned and said: "Don't look at Bing'er, she didn't say anything after I asked for a long time, you guys are good, now you are hiding everything from us." Will Yingying and I become deaf and blind? ”

Lin Jue stepped forward and sat down next to her, smiling, "What are these words?" How did he hide it from you? I'm just afraid you're worried. It's too risky, and I've told you beforehand that you're going to be worried. Therefore I did not tell you. Yes, it was indeed us who tied up Lu Tianci last night. ”

The little county lord frowned and said, "Husband, it's not that I'm unreasonable, this matter is so important, how can you do this?" Now the audience is in a bang, Lu Zhongtian is going to turn the city over. If he knew that you did it, the consequences would be unimaginable. You are heart-wrenching to save the Green Dancing Girl, we can understand. But you also have to think about us, for the war. You can't act so willfully. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Wei'er, that's why I didn't tell you. Since you gave birth to Zhan'er, you are no longer as open-minded and decisive as before. Of course, this is not to blame you, this is human nature, and it is reasonable. But what I want to tell you is that I am not only doing this to save Green Dance and Little Tiger, but also to save ourselves. Green Wu's identity has been suspected by Guo Xu, and this will be related to the life and death of Concubine Rong, the Empress Dowager Liang's Mansion and even us, so they must be rescued immediately. So I had to take drastic measures. I had to. ”

Guo Caiwei was stunned for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I see, then why didn't you tell us beforehand?" We're all in the dark. ”

Lin Jue sighed: "Why do I talk too much to you about such things? I don't have to worry you in vain. I was going to tell you about it when the matter was over. Since you have a misunderstanding, I can only tell you. Of course, I don't want to leak the news before I act. It's not that you're afraid of leaks, but that the walls have ears. There are eyeliner in the palace, how dare I believe that there are no eyes and ears in our house? This kind of thing is too dangerous, so it is natural to keep it strictly confidential. Even a fluctuating mood or an unintentional remark can cause the action to fail and the plan to fail. If you blame me, blame me. It was all my idea, and I asked everyone involved not to reveal the slightest bit of information. ”

Guo Caiwei and the others were relieved when they heard this, they were indeed a little angry, and they were really unhappy to be concealed and excluded by Lin Jue, but after Lin Jue explained like this, everyone understood the importance of the matter.

"So what now? You tied up Lu Tianci, you must have exchanged Lu Tianci for Green Dance and Little Tiger. But doesn't this also let Lu Zhongtian and King Huai know that it was you who did it? Will they take a break? Guo Caiwei frowned.

"They weren't going to take a break. I'm not afraid. They have no authority, and of course I won't be stupid enough to publicly admit that I kidnapped Lu Tianci. In the end, they will only know in their hearts that I did it, but they have no proof of it. If they want to deal with me, they can only do it secretly, and they can't do anything about me on the surface. At present, I can only take one step at a time, and when things get to this point, in fact, it is no longer possible to tolerate compromise. But don't worry, I'll have a solution. Lu Zhongtian and King Huai can't do whatever they want, there are still ministers in the court, and there are also the Son of Heaven above, and they don't dare to act arbitrarily. ”

The little county lord sighed and said, "It seems that we can't be at peace again." Husband, you have to be more careful. Lu Zhongtian and Guo Xu have no bottom line in their actions, and they don't know what they will do. From this day forward, you must be closely protected when you go out. We must also strengthen the guards in the house to avoid accidents. ”

Guo Caiwei nodded slightly, and was about to speak, when suddenly a maid goddess came in in a panic outside the hall and reported: "Oh no, there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside, blocking the front and back doors of our house." They are going to enter the house to search for some kind of thief, and Sun Dayong and dozens of guards confronted them at the gate of the courtyard, as if they were ...... It looks like a fight is going to start. ”

Lin Jue was stunned when he heard this, and the women also looked flustered. The little county lord shouted with a cold face: "This is worth it, who is so bold?" Actually want to break into our mansion and search it? ”

Xie Yingying reminded in a low voice: "County Lord, people are going to search for people, but this matter was done by the husband, maybe they already know about it." ”

The little county lord was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that he didn't seem to be so angry. His own husband tied up Lu Yanei, and I am afraid that the people came to ask the teacher for guilt, but it was not a provocation for no reason.

Lin Jue stood up and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, they are only suspicious at most, and it is more likely to be a routine search." Now the whole city has begun to search, and there is no fuss. If I knew that I did it, I would have broken in a long time ago, how could I be so polite? Sit down, and I will go with them. ”

The little county lord said, "I'll go too." ”

Lin Jue wanted to dissuade him, but he gave up after thinking about it. After all, the little county lord is the emperor's niece, the county lord of the Liang Palace. If she is present, it is still a bit of a deterrent. As for Yingying and Huanqiu, they didn't have to go, so as not to be frightened by the tense scene.

At that moment, Lin Jue, Guo Caiwei and Bai Bing hurried to the front court, and as soon as they left the front hall, they heard someone outside the courtyard gate shouting: "I was ordered to search all the mansions in the place where Xiangguo Temple belongs, no matter whose mansion it is, we must search it again." If you stop it again, you will not blame us for being polite. The captain has reason to suspect that you are hiding thieves in the palace. ”

Sun Dayong's sneer came: "Joke, ordered to search? Whose orders were taken? Shall you enter private mansions as you wish? You say that you are looking for thieves, but we know that you did not enter the house and cause trouble. ”

"Bold, we are on business at the order of our boss, Lu Xiang asked for a holy decree, and the saint and Concubine Mei Niangniang issued a holy decree and a decree respectively, no matter whose official's mansion must be searched. You don't understand the seriousness of the matter yet. Last night, Lu Xiangaiko was kidnapped in front of everyone, and someone died. Lu Xiang was furious, and the court was shocked. Just now we searched the mansion of the head of the household department, the four members of the family, the capital family is still cooperating, which mansion are you here? How dare you resist a search? If you don't get out of the way, Lao Tzu will really not be polite to you. When the time comes, don't blame the old men for killing people by mistake. The leader of the officers and soldiers outside the door shouted loudly.

Sun Dayong sneered: "You might try." None of you would want to come in without the orders of my master. ”

"Okay, then don't blame us for being rude. Brothers, rush me. If there is any resistance, you are welcome, the guy will greet me. If you die, someone will support you. The leader of the officers and soldiers shouted.

A noise of owls sounded, and the sound of blades unsheathed was loud. At the gate of the courtyard, the Lin family's nurses also drew their steel knives one after another, ready to fight. At this time, a sneer rang out.

"Hehehe, Cui Xiaoliu, what a great majesty. Do you dare to go wild in front of my house? ”

The captain of the forbidden army is surnamed Cui Mingguangzu, and he is the sixth in line, so his nickname is Cui Xiaoliu. But this nickname is known only to people in the army. The nickname between soldiers and soldiers is not officially tuba. Being called out at this moment, Cui Guangzu couldn't help but be stunned.

But seeing that the other party's nursing home made way of a way, a young man came out of the door. Cui Guangzu was stunned when he saw it, and a smile instantly appeared on his face, and he stepped forward and bowed: "Oh, it's Lord Lin, Xiaoliu gave Lord Lin a salute." ”

Lin Jue frowned and waved his hand: "Don't dare, Captain Cui has been promoted and become a captain, I can't stand your courtesy?" When you were in the Bolang sand, Captain Cui fell into the quagmire, and when Lin risked his life to pull you out, you Captain Cui was not so cross. By the way, you were just a Janissa cavalryman. was promoted to lieutenant so quickly, and I don't know whose light it was. ”

Cui Guangzu's face turned red, and he said continuously: "Lord Lin is angry, Lord Lin is angry, Xiaoliu has today, all thanks to the grace of the adults and the grace of saving lives." The villain really didn't know that this was an adult's mansion, and he actually made a mistake in front of the adult's door, which is really damned. The adults are angry, and the villains cut off their fingers to show remorse and punishment for what they have done. ”

Cui Guangzu did what he said, and after the words fell, he stretched out his hand and rested on the stone steps in front of the door, and slashed it with a knife. In the blood splatter, one ring finger had been cut off by the roots, and the blood was immediately injected. Cui Guangzu's face turned pale in pain, and his body shook slightly, but he forcibly held back his voice.

Lin Jue was also taken aback, this kid said that he would cut off his fingers, he was not ambiguous at all, but he was a tough character. Speaking of this Cui Guangzu, I have to mention the battle of Yangwu with the Qingjiao bandits a few months ago. In that battle, Lin Jue led hundreds of cavalry to raid the enemy camp, pinned down the bandits, and was trapped in Bolangsha to deal with the opponent. In the end, when reinforcements came, they cut off the way of the bandits with fire and annihilated their opponents. That battle is still talked about so far, with thousands of soldiers and horses to ten times the enemy, and dare to go out of the city to attack the camp, I am afraid that only Lin Jue dares to do this.

Cui Guangzu was a cavalryman of the forbidden army at that time. Among the cavalry of Lin Jue's attack camp was him. When he was trapped in Bolangsha, on the way to the exit of Bolangshadong, this Cui Xiaoliu almost sank into the quagmire and was swallowed. If it weren't for Lin Jue's quick hand to grab one of his arms and pull him out of the muddy water with the help of others, Cui Xiaoliu would already be a rotting corpse in the deep mud.

After this battle, the cavalry who followed Lin Jue's attack camp were promoted one by one, and Cui Guangzu was already brave in battle, and he made such a great contribution that he was suddenly promoted to the position of infantry captain of the Guards Infantry Division. Afterwards, when all the cavalry gathered together, they all thanked Lin Jue's kindness. If it weren't for the battle with Lord Lin, how could they have where they are today. Although the military rank of this group of people is not high, they are already quite face-saving figures in the forbidden army. Those who participated in the two battles of counterinsurgency were all straight in the army and had doubled their faces. Although there are many bad habits in the barracks, the basic one, the atmosphere of respecting the strong, is still the mainstream.

For Cui Guangzu, his gratitude to Lin Jue is even greater. Because Lin Jue not only promoted him to an official, but also became a character. It also saved his life. Cui Guangzu was grateful to Lin Jue from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Jue appeared today, and Cui Guangzu suddenly found that he was playing tricks in front of Lin Jue's mansion, and he regretted it in his heart. Even if he severed his finger to punish himself, he did not hesitate at all. His own life and today's status can be said to be given by Lord Bailin, and he actually has eyes and ignorance of Mount Tai and runs to the door of the nobleman's mansion to shout, and it is light to cut off his fingers. If it weren't for the fact that he would still hold a sword in the future, he would have wanted to cut off his entire palm to express his guilt.

"What is this for? Bastard, what is this. Lin Jue exclaimed in astonishment.

"Xiaoliu is not a person, he actually came to the door of Lord Lin's mansion to make a fuss, if it weren't for the fact that I had to keep this dog's life to serve the country and support my family, I would have wanted to stab myself to death." Cui Guangzu said with remorse.

Lin Jue understood his intentions, he didn't know that this was his mansion at all, so he was ashamed. This kind of person who understands how to repay his gratitude is already very rare, especially in the chaotic environment of the forbidden army.

"Hey, why are you doing this? Quick, take the needle and thread, and it may be possible to sew it up at the moment. Lin Jue commanded repeatedly.

Someone immediately ran to get a needle and thread, Lin Jue rolled up his sleeves, took wine to clean the severed finger, connected the sore, and sewed the severed finger one by one. Because it was chopped with a knife, the interface was even neat, and there was no difficulty in fragmentation, so Lin Jue dared to do this. After that, Bai Bing took the special pharmaceutical powder of Huaizhong and put it on him, and wrapped it with a cloth towel.

Lin Jue was not sure that he would let this finger come alive, but Lin Jue knew that this was the most correct way to deal with it. After that, Cui Xiaoliu had to go to the hospital for medical treatment, but this first step must be needed to sew up the severed fingers. As for whether it can be revived, it depends on creation. As long as you don't get infected, you are seventy or eighty percent sure.

"Cui Guangzu, go to the doctor quickly. If it is revived, it may be able to restore some functions. You're too impulsive, too. Isn't it just searching for thieves? You have business to do, can I still make it difficult for you? What if your people come in with me and have a look? After the bandaging was completed, Lin Jue wiped the blood stains on his hands.

Cui Guangzu smiled reluctantly: "Lord Lin, don't torture the villain, search Lord Lin's mansion?" Kill me? And then he will take the man away. After a few days, I came down to make amends to Lord Lin in person. ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and said, "No need, no need." ”

Cui Guangzu said: "Yes, I must do it, otherwise I can't get over it in my heart." Summoning the order, collect the team and return to the camp. ”

Cui Guangzu bowed down to Lin Jue and said goodbye, turned around and walked away with a group of officers and soldiers in an instant.