The lair of the White Lotus Sect was discovered last night.

In the name of the treasury, one person at the head claimed to be a businessman.

However, it was a few nearby businessmen who were reported.

Merchants are like this, they like to look for business opportunities, and when they see a warehouse here, they play a banner again, and the merchants in this neighborhood inevitably want to come to the door, and some people notice that something is wrong.

Because these people have no interest in doing business at all, they are impatient with any visitor, even if they just see him, and it is also a fog to ask him what he does.

The merchants have seen the widest range of the world, and in general, they cannot be prevaricated.

In addition, the White Lotus Sect bandits are now being arrested everywhere, if in the past, the merchants were in line with the principle of not causing trouble, even if they found out about something, they would never deal with the government, report to the officials and scare them, but don't cause trouble.

But now, it would be different to assassinate the Duke of Qi.

That's the mentor of the ancestors.

So, the officials and the officers were alert, and immediately began to arrange manpower around the cargo station, and sure enough, they noticed that something was wrong, because it was difficult to tell how many thieves there were in the warehouse.

A team of people came from the Xincheng Terracotta Division, prepared a revolver, and then, everyone secretly blocked the entrances and exits everywhere, and everyone rushed in.

But said that these thieves, but not the light of the release, not only set a trap in the cargo station, several officers and soldiers fell into the trap, the injury is not light, and the people inside, all of them are strong in martial arts, they have already prepared weapons, this sword is a tiger and a tiger, but no matter how high the kung fu is, I am also afraid of the short gun, the revolver short gun snapped, jumped in the air, holding a long knife, the blade of the silver man, the person fell directly to the ground, four or five bullet holes on the body, blood trickled.

These people were stiff and screamed: "The dog officers and soldiers have made thunderbolts and deceit." ”

Then, they were dragged out like dead dogs, and thirteen people were tested.

Shuntianfu and Xincheng Terracotta Division determined that if the warehouse was a nest, then there must be a party, and it must be entrenched nearby, just echoing, therefore, the nearby building map was laid out before the action, and the person in charge of the command was Xu Ye, the official of the Shuntianfu Torture Room, stared at the nearby map, and had already figured out the bottom of all the nearby buildings, which buildings were more suspicious, and might harbor bandits, and immediately organized manpower to attack.

All this was done in the middle of the night, and by dawn more than a hundred people were arrested, both men and women, among whom were young and beautiful 'women'.

After Fang Jifan learned about it, it was rare to get up early and organize people to torture him, and Fang Jifan had no interest in 'women', there was never a shortage of young and beautiful women in this world, as for the so-called children of the rivers and lakes, Fang Jifan was not interested at all.

People often have some kind of beautiful imagination about these people, but in fact, a group of evil bandits who dare to kill officials don't want to be taken seriously by the people.

The vast majority of the so-called sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes may still be afraid of the government, if they meet honest people, they don't know what to look at, the so-called rivers and lakes, no matter how beautiful they are, what is the way of heaven, what robs the rich and helps the poor, but in this era, peeling off that layer of mysterious clothing, is actually just a group of criminals.

Xu Ye is an old criminal name, more than a hundred people came to interrogate separately, he asked one by one, and soon noticed a few people who were not strong enough, and then, among them, selected a higher status of the bandits, and after that, specially entertained.

But soon, the crown prince and the Duke of Qi arrived.

In this water prison, surrounded by cement, like a copper wall, dozens of servants are lined up on both sides, and the one who was arrested is a hall master, aged forty, and calls himself Zhang Jin.

He was hung on a torture instrument, his hair scattered, and his body was already covered with open flesh and blood.

Fang Jifan came in and frowned, he is not a person who likes to abuse violence, even if he treats such a prisoner, you can punish him properly, but this kind of torture is really unnecessary.

Faced with such a situation, such a bruised person actually felt compassion, after all, the torture was too cruel.

Of course, Fang Jifan did not criticize Xu Ye harshly, the times are slowly progressing, Fang Jifan is not a person on the clouds after all, he naturally knows that any era has its 'ignorance'.

"What did he say?"

Xu Ye's spirits perked up, so he slowly gave Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan to the two of them.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Qi Guogong, he has recruited and handed over a roster, not only in Beijing, but also in Baoding, Shandong and other places, there are their henchmen, and his subordinates have already taken the roster, and ordered people to continue to arrest the rest of the party, according to the map, within a few days, they can be all wiped out."

"What else?"

"He confessed to himself, this time, they planned to do a big thing, this time, infiltrated a large number of backbones of the White Lotus Sect, they colluded with the people in the warehouse of Wang Gongchang, and stole a large amount of gunpowder, which is preparation, and it will be unfavorable to Liu Gong."

Fang Jifan: ""

Zhu Houzhao said: "Haha, sure enough." ”

Fang Jifan said: "Did he really say that? ”

"Of course, they worked together to think that only by killing Liu Gong could they cause chaos, so that they could take the opportunity to start an incident, saying that Liu Gong was a cabinet scholar, a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh."

Fang Jifan gritted his teeth: "This group of dizzy traitors, our Jifan wants to break their corpses into thousands of pieces." Did they agree on when to act? ”

Xu Ye hesitated: "However, because the imperial court has already noticed it, His Majesty has sent people to protect Liu Gongren, etc., they feel that the opportunity has been lost, so they have given up this plan." ”

Fang Jifan exhaled: "In this way, they are planning to return in vain?" ”

"Nope." Xu Yeyu immediately replied very seriously: "They all summed up, thinking that since they couldn't assassinate the cabinet scholars, they were all here, and they always had to find another important target, so they thought about it and looked for the most suitable candidate." ”

Fang Jifan sneered: "The person they want to choose must be in a high position, and he also loves the people like a son, is loyal to the court, has a very high reputation, treats people honestly, and is based on faith and righteousness, only such a person, assassinating him, can shake the country's foundation, right?" ”

"Qi Guogong is really clever, he is like a god, and he is really a model for villains to learn." Xu Ye excited: "That's right, that's what they think, so they plan to do something to Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, even Zhang Butang's mansion, they have secretly investigated, it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, fortunately, the inferior people are arrested, etc., and the arrest is timely, otherwise Zhang Butang will have to be poisoned by these thieves." ”

Fang Jifan: ""

Zhu Houzhao said on the side: "Ah, it's not Fang Jifan that they want to kill." ”

When Fang Jifan heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Houzhao, and for a while he was restrained and angry.

"There is no difference between killing me and killing Zhang Butang, no matter who you want to kill, they are all chaotic ministers and thieves, a group of dogs are not as good as things, they are so bold and reckless, where is the court and me in their eyes, although this dog thing confesses, it is a dead end, but treat such a chaotic minister and thief, don't be polite, give me a hard beating, beat him for more than ten hours."

After explaining, Fang Jifan walked out of the cell angrily, and Zhu Houzhao hurriedly chased him out: "Old Fang, hey, old Fang, what are you doing in such a hurry." ”

Fang Jifan glanced back at Zhu Houzhao, and when he saw him hurriedly catching up, he said, "Where am I in a hurry, it's just that you are walking slowly." ”

Zhu Houzhao squeezed out a smile at Fang Jifan.

"This palace is very strange, why don't they kill you."

Fang Jifan laughed and said: "It's too late for me to be happy, our Daming's henchmen are all a group of wine bags and rice bags, they have no eyes and no IQ, isn't this God bless my Daming?" His Royal Highness the Prince, this is a blessing for the imperial court. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and seemed to think it made sense, but he didn't nod in agreement, but teased again and again: "Actually, I think they are quite smart, don't look at the palace like this, the palace is just joking, in any case, we have cracked a big case in Shuntianfu, and I have already let people enter the palace to report the good news." ”

As he was talking, someone came in a hurry: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Duke Qi Guogong, Your Majesty is here." ”

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were both in good spirits, and they didn't expect Emperor Hongzhi to come so quickly.

The two glanced at each other and hurriedly went out to pick up the car.

When they came out of the dungeon, Emperor Hongzhi had already arrived at the main hall of Shuntian Mansion, and countless officials from top to bottom of Shuntian Mansion fell down in and out of the hall one after another.

Emperor Hongzhi and such a large formation of Shuntianfu were also dumbfounded, inside and outside here, I am afraid that there are thousands of people, so many officials, the crown prince and Fang Jifan, it is true

He did not rush to inquire about the circumstances of the arrest of the prisoner.

Mu Bin stood aside, thinking in his heart, what he hoped to arrest was not the main master, but a group of people.

Emperor Hongzhi picked up a few official documents on the case and saw that most of them were trivial and new, where they were stolen, which workshop had disputes with the surrounding houses, and so on.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it carefully, and it was dense, but it was also relished.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan came, the two bowed, and Emperor Hongzhi waved at them: "No need to be polite, how about it, I heard that the Qin prisoner took it, where is the person?" ”

Zhu Houzhao took this kind of report seriously, and said with a smug face: "Erchen and others, I heard that there were thieves in the Shuntian Mansion, and I tried my best to do my best, and under a thorough investigation, I destroyed several White Lotus Sect nests last night and took more than 100 people. Among them, most of them are the servants of the Shuntian Mansion, and they have contributed a lot, especially Xu Ye, the official of the torture room, this person is a great talent, and even his sons admire him. ”