The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1408

[1408.Chapter 1337 A great contribution]

White Lotus Sect’s lair was discovered last night.

In the name of the warehouse, the leader claimed to be a merchant.

But it was several nearby businessmen who made the report.

Businessmen are like this. They like to look for business opportunities. Seeing that there is a warehouse here and raising a banner, businessmen nearby will inevitably want to visit. After going back and forth, some people will notice that something is wrong.

Because these people have no interest in doing business at all, they are impatient with any visitors, even if they just meet them, and they are confused when asked what they do for business.

Businessmen have the widest exposure to the world, and generally speaking, you can’t deal with them.

In addition, the White Lotus cult bandits are being hunted everywhere now. If in the past, businessmen followed the principle of not causing trouble, even if they spied something, they would never deal with the government. Report to the government… Scary, don’t cause trouble. It’s better to be in trouble.

But now, it’s different to assassinate Duke Qi.

That was the ancestor’s mentor.

So, the police officers were alerted, and they immediately began to deploy manpower around the cargo station. Sure enough, they sensed something was wrong, because it was difficult to tell how many thieves there were in the warehouse. Immediately afterwards, the Xincheng Soldiers and Horses Department was directly transferred.

A team of people from the New City Soldiers and Horses Department came and prepared revolvers and guns. Immediately afterwards, everyone secretly blocked the entrances and exits everywhere, and everyone swarmed in.

But these thieves are not fuel-efficient lamps. Not only did they set a trap in the cargo station, several officers and soldiers fell into the trap and were seriously injured. Moreover, the people inside were all highly skilled in martial arts, and they had already prepared weapons. , this sword is very powerful, but no matter how good your skills are, you are still afraid of short guns. The short revolver made a crackling sound, leaping in the air, holding a long knife, the blade was shining with silver, and fell to the ground directly. , with four or five bullet holes in his body, blood trickling down.

These people were stubborn and screamed: “The dog officers and soldiers actually used thunder and deceit.”

Then, they were dragged out like dead dogs and examined at once, thirteen of them.

Shuntian Prefecture and the Xincheng Army and Horse Division determined that if the warehouse was a lair, then there must be wings, and they must be entrenched nearby, just in time to respond. Therefore, the nearby building map was laid out long before the operation, and they were responsible for commanding It was Xu Ye, the prison chief of Shuntian Prefecture, who stared at the nearby map and had already figured out the details of all the nearby buildings. Which buildings were more suspicious and might be harboring religious bandits, so he immediately organized manpower to carry out attacks.

All this was carried out in the middle of the night, and at dawn, more than a hundred people were arrested. These people were both men and women, including many young and beautiful “heroines”.

After Fang Jifan learned about it, he rarely got up early and organized people to torture him. However, Fang Jifan had no interest in the ‘heroine’. There were always young and beautiful women in the world. As for the so-called children of the world, Fang Jifan didn’t feel cold at all.

People often have some kind of beautiful imagination about these people, but in fact, a group of vicious bandits who dare to kill officials are not something ordinary people would take seriously.

The vast majority of the so-called Jianghu children may still be wary of the government. If they meet an honest and humble commoner, they still don’t know what evil they look like. The so-called Jianghu, no matter how beautiful it is, is about doing justice for God, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. But in this era, if you peel off that layer of mystery, they are actually just a group of criminals.

Xu Ye is an old criminal. More than a hundred people were interrogated separately. He questioned them one by one and soon found out a few who were not strong-willed enough. Then, he selected the higher-status criminals among them. After that, he specially entertained .

But soon, the prince and Duke of Qi arrived.

In this water prison, it is surrounded by cement, like a copper wall and an iron wall. Dozens of guards are lined up on both sides. The person who was arrested is the leader of the hall, he is in his forties and calls himself Zhang Jin.

He was hung on the instrument of torture, his hair was disheveled, and his body was already torn and bloody.

Fang Jifan came in and frowned. He was not a person who liked to abuse violence, even when dealing with such an imperial prisoner. You could give him a fair punishment, but such physical torture was really unnecessary.

Faced with such a situation, he actually felt compassion for such a bruised and bruised person. After all, torture was too cruel.

Of course, Fang Jifan did not criticize Xu Ye harshly. Times are advancing slowly. After all, Fang Jifan is not a person on the cloud. He naturally knows that any era has its “ignorance”.

“What did he say?”

Xu Ye cheered up and slowly gave Zhu Houzhao, and Fang Jifan said.

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Duke of Qi, he has recruited them all, and handed over a roster. They have their gang members not only in Beijing, but also in Baoding, Shandong and other places. I have already taken the roster and ordered people to continue to arrest the remaining gang members and follow the map. , within a few days, they will all be killed.”

“What else?”

“He himself admitted that this time, they planned to do something big. This time, they and Wang Gong infiltrated a large number of backbones of the White Lotus Sect. The people in the factory warehouse colluded and stole a large amount of gunpowder in order to do harm to Mr. Liu.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

Zhu Houzhao said: “Haha, it’s true.”

Fang Jifan said: “He really said that.

“Of course, they all figured out that the only way to cause trouble was to kill Mr. Liu, so they could take the opportunity to start an incident and say that Mr. Liu was a cabinet scholar and a thorn in their side.”

Fang

Jifan gritted his teeth: “This group of bewildered traitors, our successor is going to cut them into pieces. Have they agreed on when to do it?”

Xu Ye hesitated: “But… because the imperial court has noticed it, His Majesty sent someone , to protect Liu Gong and others, they realized that the opportunity was lost, so they gave up the plan.

“So, they intend to return without success?”

“No” Xu Ye shook his head. He replied seriously: “They put it all together again and thought that since they couldn’t assassinate the cabinet bachelor, they had to find another important target now that they were here. So they thought about it and looked for the most suitable candidate.”

Fang Jifan sneered: “The person they want to choose must have a high position, love the people like a son, be loyal to the court, have a very high reputation, be honest with others, and be based on faith. Only such a person can assassinate Only he can shake the foundation of the country, right?”

“The Duke of Qi is really clever and can predict things like a god. He is really a role model for villains to learn from.” Xu Ye said excitedly: “Yes, that’s what they think, so they plan to do it. They started to attack Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, and even secretly inquired about Zhang Butang’s residence. It can be said that everything was ready. They only needed the east wind. Fortunately, the humble people caught him in time, otherwise Zhang Butang would have been killed. These thieves are very vicious.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

Zhu Houzhao said from the side: “Ah, it’s not Fang Jifan they want to kill.”

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but glance at Zhu Houzhao, and he couldn’t control his emotions for a moment and became angry. of.

“There is no difference between killing me and killing Zhang Butang. No matter who you want to kill, they are all treacherous officials and traitors. They are worse than a bunch of dogs. How can they act so boldly? How can they take the court and me in their eyes? Although this bitch confessed , It’s already a dead end, but don’t be polite to such a rebellious minister, beat him hard for more than ten hours.”

After the explanation, Fang Jifan stormed out of the cell, and Zhu Houzhao hurriedly chased him out: ” Lao Fang, hey, Lao Fang, why are you walking in such a hurry?”

Fang Jifan glanced back at Zhu Houzhao, and when he saw him catching up in a hurry, he said, “Why am I walking in a hurry? It’s because you are walking slowly. That’s all.”

Zhu Houzhao forced a smile towards Fang Jifan.

“I’m very surprised, why don’t they kill you.”

Fang Jifan laughed and said, “I’m so happy that it’s too late. The most serious troubles of our Ming Dynasty are actually a bunch of drunkards with neither eyes nor intelligence. Isn’t this a blessing from God? Am I a Ming Dynasty? Your Highness, this is the blessing of the imperial court.”

Zhu Houzhao thought it made sense, but he did not nod in agreement, but joked again and again: “Actually, I think they are quite smart…ah, ah… …Don’t look at me like this. I’m just joking. In any case, our Shuntian Mansion has cracked a major case. I’ve already sent someone to the palace to announce the good news.”

Just as he was talking, someone came in a hurry: “His Royal Highness, Duke of Qi, Your Majesty. Here we come.”

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were both in high spirits, not expecting Emperor Hongzhi to arrive so quickly.

The two looked at each other and hurriedly went out to pick up the driver.

When they came out of the dungeon, Emperor Hongzhi had arrived at the main hall of Shuntian Mansion. Countless officials from Shuntian Mansion prostrated themselves in the hall and outside the hall.

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned by the huge formation of Shuntian Mansion. There must be thousands of people inside and outside here. With so many officials, the prince and Fang Jifan, it was really…

He was not in a hurry to ask who captured the imperial prisoner. Condition.

Mou Bin stood aside, thinking in his heart that he hoped that what he captured was not the real master, but a group of petty thieves.

Emperor Hongzhi picked up a few official documents and looked at them. Most of the official documents contained trivial matters, such as where they were stolen, which workshops had disputes with surrounding houses, and so on.

Emperor Hongzhi took a closer look and saw that they were densely packed, but he also enjoyed them.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan came. They bowed down and Emperor Hongzhi waved to them: “No need to be more polite. How about it? I heard that the imperial prisoner was captured. Where is he?”

This kind of reporting matter Zhu Houzhao did his part and said with a proud look on his face: “My ministers and others heard that there was a thief in Shuntian Mansion. They did their best and conducted a thorough investigation. Last night, they destroyed several White Lotus sect nests and seized more than a hundred people.” Among them, most of them are servants from Shuntian Mansion, who have contributed a lot, especially Xu Ye, the prison chief. This man is a great talent, and even his subordinates admire him.”

(End of this chapter)