Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 357

Luoyang.

Di Renjie walked into the Dali Temple with a small belly at a leisurely pace.

Wherever they passed by, everyone in Dali Temple warmly greeted: "Morning Di Si Cheng!"

Many officials in the inner guard have two positions. While serving in the inner guard, they also have positions in the three provinces, six ministries and nine monasteries, but they often have different positions.

Di Renjie is relatively rare. He is capable of both positions and has performed outstandingly. He is gentle with others, has an amiable smile, and his colleagues are willing to get along with him.

At this time, when he came to his workstation, the officials had already compiled the records of all the missing children in Luoyang and even Henan provinces in recent years according to his arrangement, and piled them up into several tall stacks.

Di Renjie checked and screened them one by one, and asked the officials to compare the map of Luoyang and mark the places and streets where the child was lost.

In the past few days, the inner guards searched the city, and many scattered thieves were caught, but the core group under Shang Gong's command was not caught.

The old woman could also tell that the imperial court attached great importance to Jiangnan, but anyone who couldn't stand Qiu Shenji's torture would only explain the situation of Jiangnan's rebellion. The internal guards kept reporting, and the two sides kept seeing each other.

Di Renjie can't help with things far away in the south of the Yangtze River, but he can follow the files of the past and search for Yaren who is close by in Luoyang.

This boring work has been going on for several days, and the officials of Dali Temple are a little bored. If it weren't for Di Sicheng's nice words, he would invite them to eat noodles after work, so as to ensure that the get off work will be as good as it is, and it has been a busy morning. , and finally you're done.

When Guo Yuanzhen came to look for Di Renjie, he saw a crude map that marked more than [-] squares and cities in Luoyang, and it was full of small nails.

When he inquired and realized that each of these nails represented at least one child being abducted, his expression darkened: "These thieves should be cut to pieces!"

Di Renjie's eyes were equally serious, but a little excited, he stroked his beard and said: "The trace of the thief has been found, Yuan Zhen might as well take a look..."

Guo Yuanzhen leaned forward to take a closer look, and soon became thoughtful:
"In this way, it is indeed clear at a glance. The number of children abducted in the north of the city is relatively small, because there are rich and powerful people in the workshop, Wuhou and Fang Ding patrol more frequently and are more vigilant. Even so, because the children of rich households are better Sell ​​it, the matchmaker will still take the risk."

"And there are more kidnapping cases in the south of the city. Huairenfang and Guirenfang have lost the most children, because these two cities are close to Jianchunmen, and they can leave the city immediately after abducting a child. For the same reason, Renhefang and Guirenfang The same is true for Guide Square, which is close to Changxia Gate..."

"what?"

When Guo Yuanzhen said this, he suddenly let out a sigh: "These places are also very good. Sishunfang, Guandefang, and Xiuwenfang are all well-connected and crowded. Why are there so few children lost? Could it be that they deliberately avoided..."

Di Renjie said approvingly: "Yuan Zhen is really smart. This group of toothmen are under the orders of the Shang Palace. They are different from ordinary human traffickers. They don't wander around, but stay in Dongdu all the time."

"If I were them, if I wanted to have a safe den in Luoyang for a long time, I would have to carefully choose the scope of my crimes, especially when abducting children would have to haunt the streets from time to time, increasing the possibility of being seen by acquaintances, and even more so. Avoid the market where you are hiding."

Guo Yuanzhen nodded: "These neighborhoods have convenient roads and numerous waterways. It is indeed appropriate to set up a thief's den in it. There are even three caves for cunning rabbits. There are dens, and they will move their dens every once in a while."

Speaking of this, he frowned: "There are tens of thousands of people in every square city. If you search together, it is easy for the thieves to escape in disorder. If you search sequentially, it is easy to scare the snake. This group of thieves is just like that old poisonous woman. Be extremely cautious!"

Di Renjie shook his head: "We can't disperse our forces, we must concentrate our efforts to search one place. Up to now, we have no further clues, so we can only boldly guess that this group of thieves is hiding in Xiuwenfang now!"

Guo Yuanzhen was stunned: "Xiuwenfang? That's where the young lady of Yang's mansion suffered misfortune. Wu's son's fast horse got hit by a shadowless needle, and he stumbled and ran away... So, we thought wrong before, didn't the child want to Running, but to reveal where the thief is, the reason why the prostitute kills her is because she is frightened by the exposure of the den?"

Di Renjie sighed: "It's just a guess at the moment. If it's true, the little lady is smart and brave. It's a pity..."

He looked worried: "And there are likely to be many abducted children in the den of thieves. We must prevent those idiots from jumping over the wall."

Guo Yuanzhen gritted his teeth and said: "At this point, I can only do my best. When I catch these thieves, I will follow Brother Qiu to watch the execution and watch them die tragically!"

With a target, the two immediately went to the inner guard to mobilize competent personnel, and at the same time notified the Imperial Army and the Luoyang County Government, and the three parties carried out the search together.

But when he got out of the imperial city and just crossed the bridge, Guo Yuanzhen saw from a distance that the elite hundred cavalry headed by Cheng Wuzhong were coming in a long prison cart, ostentatiously crossing the city, attracting crowds of people on both sides.

In recent years, for some reason, the prison van has been very busy, and it often escorts high-ranking officials, and the common people gradually become numb after seeing them too much, but this time is different, the escort is a bald monk.

This is terrible, before entering the city gate, there are people who worship Buddha quit and follow all the way, and some come forward to argue, and even cry for their father and mother.

The screams were so miserable, I am afraid that if the father and mother are really dead, they will not be so sincere.

Guo Yuanzhen was shocked: "Isn't that Cheng Lingjun? Arresting so many monks, no matter whether it is justified or not, will cause trouble for the upper body. Let's go forward and ask?"

Di Renjie observed, but saw that Baiqi was proud and unafraid, and then thinking that these people went out of the city with Li Yan, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The ones who should be worried are these monks who are doing evil."

Sure enough, Baiqi escorted the long prison cart to a cross street with a large number of people, unable to walk.

Nothing else, the Buddhist worshiping people who got the news surrounded them, three floors inside and three floors outside, and shouted: "Let go of the master! Let go of the master!" "How can you blaspheme my Buddha, you will be punished!" " Aren't you afraid of going to the eighteenth floor of hell?"

Although these Buddhist believers didn't dare to do anything, but all the hostile eyes gathered over, Cheng Wuzhong couldn't help it, and sneered: "Read the wanted list from the government and listen carefully to them, what are these masters like! "

Baiqi stepped forward, unfolded the wanted notice, compared with the monks in the prison car, and read aloud: "Lu Da, the ghost face, Xiling bee thief, has repeatedly blocked the road and robbed, causing great harm, killing hundreds of people, and the arresters will be very powerful." Shoot and kill, and receive the reward with the head!"

Buddhist believers heard the words and looked, and saw that the head portrait painted on the wanted notice was quite different from the monk in the prison car, but the thick red scars on the left side of his face were exactly the same, and the fierce eyes were even more so. It made everyone's heart tremble.

Impossible, it is impossible for me to be so fierce...

Baiqi continued to read, and even compared many monks who had been reduced to corpses, and listed their crimes one by one:

"Miao Qi, a villain, a bandit in the river, has repeatedly plundered villages and killed hundreds of people. Those who arrest them can be shot, and they will be rewarded with their heads!"

"Mao Huo, the gangster in Luozhou, killed dozens of people. Those who arrest them can be shot, and the leader will receive the reward!"

"Wild slave, whose name is unknown, a Yunzhou bandit who killed dozens of people, whoever arrests him can be shot, and the leader will receive the reward!"

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As the wanted persons corresponded with the monks one by one, there was an uproar all around.

There were no large-scale uprisings in Gaozong's reign, but there were many small-scale bandits.

On the one hand, with the collapse of the government military system, there are more and more deserters. The most likely way is to fall into the grass and become a bandit.

So much so that in the end, even Li Zhi's royal driver and bandits who traveled between the two capitals dared to touch them, and they were able to leave a mark in the history books, which proved that the situation was really serious.

However, the advantages of Shaolin Temple are indeed prominent. They want to become a monk to avoid disasters, but they don’t want to spend the whole day with the lamps and ancient Buddhas. Next, the Shaolin Temple is basically over.

The arrest notices of the Songyang County Government are obviously incomplete, and some of them have not been found for a long time. Next, they will be sent to the Ministry of Punishment to dig up more criminal evidence.

Cheng Wuzhong originally didn't want to publicize it. After all, Buddhism has influence on the lower classes and the upper class nobles, but these Buddhist believers dared to come up to make trouble when they saw the prison car being escorted, so don't blame him for being rude and beating their worship Fomen's face is gone.

The wanted notice is like a demon mirror, showing its original shape one by one, and finally made the onlookers shout:
"A wanted robber with hundreds of lives in his hands, a quiet place in Buddhism? It's ridiculous!"

"Behead! Behead all!!"

"My Buddha is merciful! My Buddha is merciful! This must be fake... fake..."

"Which monastery do these bandits belong to? It's the monastery's problem, not the Buddha's!"

The common people discussed a lot, with different expressions. Under the gaze of Baiqi, the believers who worshiped Buddha looked away and scattered in despair.

Some were dejected and left suspiciously.

Some murmured in their mouths, looking for various excuses.

Thinking that there are gangsters among the monks, it's too scary, I have to go to the temple to worship Buddha, and I'm shocked.

Cheng Wuzhong knows that it is impossible to change too much, but as long as a few people can wake up, he also feels that he has done a good deed, and when he sees the Buddhist believers who have dispersed in desperation, he is even more relieved, and he waved his hand: "Go, escort The bandit monk has entered the punishment department!"

"Yes!!"

Baiqi shouted loudly and headed for the imperial city with arrogance.

Guo Yuanzhen was not entirely optimistic about the show. After finding the prison cart, another group of Shaolin monks walked forward dejectedly, rolling their eyes: "Mr. Di, do you think there are people who worship Buddha?"

Di Renjie was startled: "Do you want these monks to cooperate with us?"

Guo Yuanzhen said: "Shaolin Dharma Jin is well-known among martial arts practitioners. These monks definitely have the ability to protect themselves. If they can further study Wenfang Huazhai, can they help us determine the target, cooperate internally and externally, and rescue those who have been tortured?" A child in captivity?"

Di Renjie pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Although it is dangerous, it does have a better chance of keeping children safe. Yuan Zhen, this method is very good!"

Encouraged, Guo Yuanzhen rode forward and stretched out his hand towards the monk soldiers: "You have been recruited by the inner guards, go, I will take you to do a great good deed and get a real meritorious deed!"

(End of this chapter)