Chapter 48 Yangzhou Tiger Group
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Zhong Nan also looked at Liu Han with some surprise, he didn't dare to ask, and continued with a little hesitation: "My lord, I have already said that I was ordered to investigate Mo Kun's line, and after Gu Gongzi took over the internal guard of Yangzhou, he did not find Mo Kun, let me investigate." β
"What are you in charge of in Yangzhou?" asked Liu Han.
"Xia Guan is the leader of the Tiger Group. Zhong Nan replied, looking at Liu Han's gaze with some doubts, the internal guards in various places are not just lurking, the internal guards in each state retain a tiger group, and this group is responsible for operations full-time, including dealing with traitors.
"How could Mo Kun be gone?" Liu Han felt that there was something wrong with him, when he let Mo Kun go, he had no reason to disappear, but he just disappeared, whether he ran away by himself or was killed by someone, Liu Han favored the latter in his heart.
"I don't know. Zhong Nan responded: "The order I received is to investigate Mo Kun, and if there is any betrayal, there will be no forgiveness." β
Zhong Nan said and looked at Liu Han carefully, the jade plate is enshrined, there are very few guards in the interior, only a few old monsters in the palace have such a jade plate, this person looks very young, how can there be a jade card?
"Who gave you the order?" Liu Han then asked.
"Gu Wei, the head of the Gu Mansion. β
"What is his position in the internal guard?"
"Gu Wei is Gu Shuo's cronie and descendant, and he is the head of Gu Shuo's internal government to the outside world, and he is actually Gu Shuo's heir. Zhong Nan replied that these circumstances were not clear to Sister-in-law Song, and it seemed that he was at the core of Yangzhou's internal security system.
Liu Han frowned and stood up, feeling very strange in his heart, he felt that the opponent's moves were very chaotic, not at all the one who was strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, on the contrary, some of his manners were at a loss, and his moves were all flaws, was this that person's game?
Sister-in-law Song looked at Liu Han's back, she was completely relieved, don't look at Liu Han letting her go, but she was still uneasy in her heart, I don't know if Liu Han deliberately indulged or settled accounts after the autumn, but after tonight, she was completely relieved, Liu Han would not target her, and her family of three was safe.
"Five days ago, the adults released Mo Kun, how could Mo Kun disappear?" Sister-in-law Song asked, Zhong Nan looked up at Sister-in-law Song in surprise, and Sister-in-law Song said lightly: "Didn't you ask me about the last task, let me tell you, the last task I received was to assassinate the adult, I failed, I was caught by the adult, and then, the adult tracked down Niu Fu, and then caught Mo Kun, but then he was attacked, and the big man escaped from the battle, but then Duan Sanye and Gu Shuo were killed at the same time." β
Hearing this, Zhong Nan's expression changed greatly, Gu Shuo and Duan Sanye are all core personnel of Yangzhou's internal guards, if they want to kill Liu Han, it must be an order from the palace, after they miss, the people behind must erase the traces, and they must clean up the handling personnel.
"My lord," Zhong Nan said in a trembling voice, "The subordinates don't know. β
Liu Han's robe sleeves shook, Zhong Nan suddenly felt that his left hand could move, and Sister-in-law Song sneered, but she felt a little emotion in her heart.
"How many people are there in the Tiger Group now?"
Zhong Nan was slightly stunned, and Ma replied: "The Tiger Group has suffered a lot of losses over the years, and there are only seven people left in the entire group, and now there are three people who can be dispatched at any time." β
"Only seven people?" Liu Han frowned, his tone was slightly dissatisfied, Zhong Nan hurriedly explained: "My lord doesn't know, the members of the tiger group are generally recruited by the people of the rivers and lakes, but the characters of the rivers and lakes are unruly, so the tiger group is generally trained in the palace, or the palace is drawn from the tiger guards or the army, but for some reason in the past few years, after the loss of the tiger group's personnel, it is rarely supplemented, I have reported to Gu Jian many times, but for some reason, there has been no result." β
Liu Han's brows were still tightly locked after hearing this, and the posture made by the opponent was like a kind of palace infighting, trying to muddy the water, but the problem is, the head coach has already appeared, what is the purpose of the opponent's desire to cover it up?
It seems that there are a lot of clues, but in fact, they are still at a loss, and they don't know where to start.
"I," Liu Han hesitated slightly, before he said: "I can trust you for the time being, from now on, all the Tiger Group will enter a state of standby at any time, in addition, from now on, the Tiger Group will accept my direct command, and the orders of others will not be allowed, so let's cut off the contact with Yangzhou Internal Guard." β
After speaking, Liu Han's robe sleeves shook again, Zhong Nan found that he could move again, and was about to speak, Liu Han stretched out his hand to show a note, Zhong Nanqian took it and looked carefully, this is the warrant in the palace, with the seal of Gonggong Mu on his face.
"The subordinates obeyed. Zhong Nan no longer had any doubts, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.
"Good rest. After Liu Han finished speaking, his figure disappeared at the door, and Song Se and Zhong Nan bowed to each other.
Slowly getting up, Sister-in-law Song looked at Zhong Nan, Zhong Nan laughed dryly: "Sister-in-law Song, Zhong was offended just now, and I couldn't help myself, so I have to be, and I ask my sister-in-law to forgive me." Sister-in-law Song sneered, but it was not easy to investigate, Liu Han had already let him go, and if he pursued it himself, in case it caused Liu Han's dissatisfaction, it would be inappropriate.
"I'm small here, do you want to stay here, or do you have other plans?"
Zhong Nan smiled bitterly and hugged his fist at Sister-in-law Song: "Sister-in-law, let's rest, I'm going to say goodbye." β
Zhong Nan didn't wait for Sister-in-law Song to speak, so she opened the door and left, Sister-in-law Song didn't plan to keep him at all, after he left, she went over to close the door, and then sighed heavily.
When Liu Han arrived outside the city, the sky was already light, there was a bright color on the horizon, the early fishing boats sailed away, and the bamboo forest village had cooking smoke rising.
Liu Han looked around, flashed into the city, the city wall was empty, the soldiers guarding the city were all shrunk in the city gate tower to rest, in peacetime, the garrison was relaxed, plus this hour, the soldiers who had been guarding all night were already sleepy, thinking that the people who changed the guard should come quickly.
In fact, it doesn't matter if there are people, it is impossible for these soldiers to see Liu Han's figure clearly.
After entering the city, Liu Han's speed was still the same, the road avoided the two patrolling city guards, and when he arrived near the City God Temple, he looked around to confirm that it was correct, and walked into the alley opposite, he quickly arrived outside a small courtyard, and after looking around, he jumped into the courtyard.
When he reached the door, he did not hesitate, but when he landed his palm on the door, the door opened, and he lifted his feet and entered the house.
Knife's sleep was very shallow, this was determined by his experience, he came back late last night, but even so, his sleep was very light, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong, he didn't open his eyes, and slowly stretched his hand into the bed.
"Get up when you wake up. β
Hearing this, Xiaodao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes and saw Liu Han, he hurriedly got up, Liu Han looked at him, and shook his head slightly: "You don't take off your clothes when you sleep?"
It's not that the knife hasn't taken off, but it's just that it's taken off its coat, and the strength inside is still the same.
"Recently, Yangzhou has not been peaceful, so it's better. Knife smiled bitterly and sighed: "Get used to it." β
Liu Han also sighed, an internal guard like a knife must always be vigilant, such a day will not be just a day.
"Speaking of which, when I was in the wind and rain building, I slept peacefully for a few days. The knife sighed, his expression very gloomy.
"The past is over," Liu Han said and motioned for Xiaodao to sit down, Xiaodao did not sit on the stool opposite him, but turned around and sat in the corner, Liu Han didn't care: "Let's talk about it, you have all those discoveries." β
"Why did you just come here today?" Xiaodao didn't say what he found, but asked Liu Han, Liu Han smiled slightly: "Something happened, delayed, how did Gu Shuo die?
"Gu Shuo was killed by his concubine, and that concubine is already dead. The knife replied, Liu Han frowned slightly: "Who killed it?"
"This man's name is Lu Zhou, fifty-two years old, he lives in Ji'e Lane, and there is a river behind the house, and the little girl has been thrown into the river. Xiao Dao said and took a sip of water from the water bowl, and then continued: "This Lu Zhou looks very honest, usually set up a small noodle stall at the entrance of the alley, I have watched him for five days, nothing comes out, the people who eat are all people in the past, there are all kinds of things, and no abnormalities are found." β
Liu Han listened silently, and the knife continued: "There is a bird behind his house, and after killing the woman that night, he let go of the bird, well, although it is late, but I saw that the bird is flying eastward." β
"To the east?" Liu Han perked up, this was a very useful clue, and the knife nodded: "Xiangdong, it will definitely not be wrong." β
"To the east, it's good. Liu Han remained silent, very happy in his heart, to the east, it was either the east of Changchun Lake or the back mountain of Zizhu, it seemed that his judgment was not wrong.
Xiaodao nodded: "Yes, it's Xiangdong, I've been monitoring him for the past few days, but the other party is very careful, this guy doesn't have any superfluous moves, and no one has contact." β
"Who else is in his house?"
Xiaodao shook his head: "This man has no children and no daughters, a lonely old man." β
"It was really clean. Liu Han got up with a smile, and said calmly: "Don't monitor him anymore, I'll send someone else, what's the Gu family's recent movements?"
"The Gu family has been very lively recently, yesterday, Gu Shuo sent, last night, the old lady of the Gu family invited the patriarch of the Gu family to testify, and divided the two sons, the eldest and the second quarreled, and finally, the eldest Gu Chen got 300 acres of paddy fields and 80 acres of mulberry fields outside the city, Gu Heng got the Defu Building and cloth shop in the city, and gave Gu Chen 500 taels of silver every year, which should last for three years. β
"Hehe, my father's bones are not cold, the two brothers quarreled, hehe, I'm afraid it's not that simple. Liu Han sneered lightly.
Xiaodao smiled, and Liu Han was slightly contemplative: "In this way, Gu Heng took Gu Shuo's job, and now he should be regarded as an internal guard, well, is there any news in the palace?"
Xiaodao shook his head: "I don't know, I didn't receive an order from the palace." β
Liu Han didn't speak after hearing this. Thinking silently, Xiaodao saw this and asked tentatively, "Is there anything difficult about the adults?"
Liu Han still frowned, did not answer, Xiaodao thought about it, and said tentatively: "Why don't I go to Changchun Lake to have a look, the general cover-up can't hide from my eyes." β
"No, don't go, in this game, you are a dark chess," Liu Han thought about it and said: "If the nest of the Baigongfang is really in Hudong, they must be very wary of the strange faces that appear in Hudong during this time, if you go like this, not only may you not find anything, but there is a possibility of exposure, understand?"
Xiaodao looked at Liu Han silently, he suddenly had a strange feeling, this person and Xiao Yu's way of acting is similar but different, Xiao Yu is more ruthless, this person is softer, the two of them have the same thing is that they both plan and then act, and they are unwilling to take risks.
"What about Hudong?" asked Xiaodao, Liu Han said lightly: "Let Gu Heng investigate, hmph, this can't rule out a trap, besides, those people in Yangzhou are still trustworthy, and they must be allowed to move in order to tell the difference." β
"Understood, what is the task of the next stage of the subordinate?" asked the knife again.
"Dormant for the time being. Liu Han commanded, the knife was stunned, at this critical moment, let him enter the dormant period, what kind of road is this.
"Hibernation is not for you to rest," Liu Han saw his doubts, so he explained: "They make frequent moves, especially to kill Gu Shuo, this should not be, I suspect that they are planning something big in Yangzhou, Gu Wei impeached Yangzhou Assassin Shi, Yangzhou County Guard, Yangzhou Governor, and Huainan County King, this matter has not been dealt with by the imperial court, with the old spicy of the hundred workshops, it is estimated that the imperial court will deal with it, you will stare the Jianghu characters on the ground in Yangzhou to death for me." β
Xiaodao breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed: "My subordinates understand." β
"Go to sleep, I'll rest too. Liu Han said and sat down cross-legged in the room, Xiaodao wanted to persuade him to rest in bed, but after thinking about it, he didn't speak, and he continued to sleep in bed.
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