Chapter 16: Bloody Guards Headquarters! Sun Yourong is a traitor?
The inner hall of the county government.
When Xu Chong arrived, Wu Wenjing, Zhou Ze, and the six clerks were all there.
What was different from the past was that Wu Wenjing stood in the hall like everyone else, with a solemn expression and his back slightly bent, as if he was waiting for someone.
Xu Chong was alert and stood in the third position without making any noise.
"Please come in, Master Fu!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wu Wenjing shouted loudly.
As soon as the words fell.
The sounds of "clang" and "clang" were heard.
All the doors and windows moved and closed one after another, and in the blink of an eye, the hall was dark.
Xu Chong's pupils shrank sharply because he had seen this kind of method before.
"quiet!"
Wu Wenjing shouted loudly, stopping the commotion, and then bowed to the main seat: "Please give instructions, Master Fu!"
Shangguan?
Everyone looked up, and only then did they realize that there was an extra person sitting on the main seat belonging to the county lord!
The light was dim and his face could not be seen clearly. Only his blood-stained clothes looked particularly eerie.
Blood-stained clothes?
Xu Chong's heart moved, and he had some vague guesses.
"In a small county with only 10,000 people, there are quite a few people who eat government food."
The blood-stained man's voice was low and full of disdain.
"Yes, yes, what the adults taught me is..."
Wu Wenjing wiped his forehead and kept smiling apologetically.
"I will only say this once."
In the dim light, two eyes without any emotion stared at Wu Wenjing firmly, "I didn't ask you to speak, even if you have to hold your mouth to death, you have to shut up, understand?"
“…”
Wu Wenjing was about to explain clearly, but he swallowed the words back.
"very good."
The blood-stained man nodded in satisfaction and said, "I summoned you here so that you can cooperate with me to arrest a traitor from the Taiping Dao."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Chong saw Wu Wenjing's whole body tremble violently and he almost couldn't stand still.
It was as if I heard something extremely terrifying.
"This traitor holds a high position in the Taiping Dao. The order I received is to capture him alive."
"Remember, you can die, but she can't."
As he spoke, the blood-stained man's voice was somewhat teasing: "Speaking of which, I have been tracking you all the way from Zhanghua Mansion, and have been through poor mountains and bad waters along the way, but you have come here and entered the city. What luck you have, tut tut..."
Hearing this, Wu Wenjing seemed to be hesitant to speak . He wanted to speak several times but didn't dare. He had no choice but to raise one hand.
Like a primary school student holding his pee in class.
"explain."
The man in blood-stained clothes raised his chin.
"Please rest assured, sir. We officials are paid by the emperor, and we will defend the court to the death. We will never coexist with the rebels..."
Halfway through his words, Wu Wenjing felt that the man in blood-stained clothes was getting impatient, so he quickly got to the point; "May I ask if you have a portrait of the traitor? If we have a reference, we can arrest him faster."
"portrait?"
The blood-stained man smiled and said, "Wu Wenjing, it's fine if someone else asks this, but as a seventh-rank county magistrate, how can you ask such a stupid question?"
In an instant, Wu Wenjing's heart sank to the bottom.
He was not really stupid. He would rather be scolded than ask that question purely to get information about the traitors.
Now he knows.
Tongmai realm, there is no escape.
Because only warriors at the Tongmai realm can change their appearance by moving bones.
Tongmai realm!
Killing him is not much harder than killing a chicken!
Wu Wenjing wailed in his heart, but did not dare to show it on his face.
"But I can tell you a few images that the traitor used."
The man in blood-stained clothes knocked on the table and recalled: "The first time I arrested her, she was wearing a long white dress, with a veil wrapped around her face, and was more than five feet tall. The second time, she was a sixty-year-old woman..."
Xu Chong didn't hear anything about what was said next.
The words 'white long skirt, light gauze wrapped around the face, more than five feet tall' kept repeating in his ears.
This damn thing, could it be that there is a beautiful woman? ? ?
So, Sun Yourong’s real identity is that Taiping Dao traitor?
What about the Third Master?
Could it be that the Third Master is also a traitor?
The secret channel that I have been thinking about is the Taiping Dao?
More importantly, Sun Yourong fled to Canglong County...Isn't she hiding in Xu's house?!
Xu Chong was in great confusion. He lowered his head deeply and pretended to listen carefully.
"Okay, that's all I have to say."
The blood-stained man described all the images used by the rebels, and then looked at Wu Wenjing: "I will only give you ten days. If you fail to do anything within the time limit, you should know the consequences."
As soon as the words fell, everyone felt the pressure relieved, and when they looked again, the man in blood-stained clothes was gone.
The clerks of the Sixth House were just civilians, and this method was completely beyond their understanding. They felt uncomfortable when the man in blood-stained clothes was there, and now that he was gone, they immediately came forward to ask questions.
"Sir, this...is this Shangguan a human or a ghost?"
"Isn't he some charlatan who's cheating people?"
"Yeah, it disappeared in a flash, just like a magic trick."
“…”
Wu Wenjing was already upset, and he immediately flew into a rage after hearing this quarrel. He pointed at the officials' noses and started scolding them.
Xu Chong turned a blind eye to this scene and pulled Zhou Ze aside.
"Master Zhou, looking at the way Shangguan is dressed, could he be a Blood Robe Guard?"
"Who else but the Blood Robe Guards would dare to dress like this?"
Zhou Ze shook off Xu Chong's hand, looking surprised.
"It's really the Blood Robe Guard..."
Xu Chong's heart tightened.
The Daqing Blood-Clothed Guards are similar to the ancient Jinyi Guards in the previous life. They are responsible for guarding the emperor and patrolling and arresting people.
In addition to the six main offices in Zhili, each of the thirty provinces had a branch office, and each prefecture had a thousand-household office.
There are no Blood-Clothed Guards permanently stationed in a small place like Canglang.
So although Xu Chong had heard of this department a long time ago, today was the first time he saw it.
"If the county master can be so cautious, his rank must be quite high, right?"
Xu Chong touched his chin and asked, "Master Zhou, do you know the name of this Shangguan?"
" Fu Yuanlong, the chief flag of the Zhanghua Mansion's Thousand Households Division."
Zhou Ze chuckled and said meaningfully: "You can try to curry favor with him, maybe you can get what you have been thinking about day and night."
"Yeah, that makes sense. We can try it."
Xu Chong touched his chin, looking as if he was thinking seriously.
Zhou Ze: “…”
"By the way, what's the matter with the Taiping Dao?"
Xu Chong asked again, "This is the first time I've heard of it."
"You just need to know that they are traitors."
Wu Wenjing scolded a group of officials and walked towards the two men with a sullen face. "For rebels, the attitude of the court has always been to kill the wrong ones rather than let them go."
I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go...
Xu Chong's heart sank to the bottom.
"General Fu only gave us ten days."
Wu Wenjing added, "How should we proceed? Let's quickly come up with a set of rules."
"That's easy to do."
Zhou Ze spoke first, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice: "Our Lord Xu is the Registrar and has been gathering his strength for several months. It is time for him to make some efforts. I believe that a mere rebel will not be able to defeat our Lord Xu."
As he said this, he glanced at Wu Wenjing obliquely.
He had already figured it out: between black money and life, the latter was more important.
It would be best to let Xu Chong take on this kind of suicidal task.
"Well, what Mr. Zhou said makes sense."
Wu Wenjing stroked his beard and looked at Xu Chong: "My nephew has been an official for a short time, so I would like to use this as an opportunity to train him. What do you think?"
Xu Chong was stunned at first, and then he was ecstatic.
Just when I was worrying that the investigation would be directed at Xu Fu, the responsibility of leading the team fell into my hands. What a godly teammate!
Of course, I can't agree too quickly, I still have to hold back a bit.
"This is a serious matter, and there are only ten days left. I am afraid that I can't do anything on my own."
Xu Chong had a gloomy face and said in a cold voice: "If you find nothing, aren't you afraid of being blamed by your superiors?"
"Master Xu is wrong."
Zhou Ze narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "Your Excellency is in charge of the overall situation, and I have to assist you. We are all working for our superiors, but the division of labor is different. How can you say that it is all your own work?"
Wu Wenjing said nothing, which was considered as his agreement with Zhou Ze's statement.
It was obvious that the two of them were determined to push all the danger and responsibility onto Xu Chong.
Xu Chong continued to pull in silence.
"in addition."
Zhou Ze suddenly had an idea: "Maybe the rebel has what Lord Xu needs?"
very good.
The motivation is there.
"Since you two insist, when Lord Fu asks me about it, I will tell you the truth."
Xu Chong snorted coldly and walked away.
