my wonderful zoo

Chapter 40
"What should we do? We don't have the ability to take the initiative now." Chen Xun also knew that it was impossible to keep the morale of the personal guards high.

"Can you send someone to tie up Le Zhi?" Lu Hui made a bold suggestion.

"This will leak traces." No matter how backward the current investigation methods are, it is impossible for a "county public security bureau director" to be kidnapped silently.

Not to mention Lezhi and Wang Sichu were paired up these days, even when he was alone, there would be at least ten archer guards behind him.

Even if he barely succeeded in tying him up, it would be impossible to kidnap him out of the city without leaving any traces.

In this era, the investigation methods are backward, but there are also few people, and the population is almost non-mobile. The urban population of Guangzhou City is only 6 or 30.To tie up Le Zhi and then quietly evacuate Guangzhou City, at least 30 people would have to be mobilized. The goal of [-] people is already too big, and it is impossible to disappear.

This is still the process of tying.

What about after binding?It has to be interrogated. As long as there is an interrogation, there will be a focus. If there is a focus, Lezhi will notice which force the person who kidnapped him comes from.

Did he kill him after he was tied up and interrogated?

Um……?It's not impossible!Chen Xun was a little moved, Le Zhi had long been on his death list.

"It would be easy if we didn't kidnap him out of the city." Lu Hui suggested again.

This is what Chen Xun thought of.

At night, he secretly sneaked into the place where Le Zhi was resting, interrogated him quickly, and then killed him with a knife. Without the burden, it would be much easier to escape.

If some more deceptive traces are made, such as robbing Lezhi of all his money, it can also divert the direction of subsequent investigators.

However, there is a hidden danger.

"It's easy to tie him up, but there is a high chance that officials in Guangzhou will still doubt us in Chenjiazhuang." Chen Xun said.

Unlike later generations, where evidence is the key to conviction, as long as the current officials suspect that you did it, it is enough to cause you huge trouble.

If Guangzhou officials suspect that Chen Jiazhuang did it, they can directly launch retaliatory actions against Chen Jiazhuang without the need for evidence.

Unfortunately, Chen Xun didn't know that all the cover-ups he had made before had been clearly guessed by Wang Si.

Therefore, information asymmetry will cause people to make wrong decisions.

"It's simple, we just need to grab a few more."

"That's a good idea."

"Then let's discuss it carefully?"

"Row!"

……

On February 20nd, when the dragon raised its head, at 50:30 pm ([-]:[-]), in a small courtyard in Xingyefang, Guangzhou, more than [-] strong men crowded into a room of more than [-] square meters. He was resting in the corner. Although there were many people in the room, the voices were very low. Only a few people sitting around in the middle were talking.

On the Eight Immortals Table in the middle of the room was a map of Guangzhou City, marking the location and orientation of roads, houses, and main buildings in Guangzhou City. Ten people were crowded on the Eight Immortals Table, sitting together.

"Most of the people living in this house are officials, and there are many servants in it, so it is not suitable for action." The person who spoke was the spy leader arranged by the Chen family in Guangzhou.

"Le Zhi lives in an inn outside this place. The name of the inn is Yiranju, and the owner's surname is Zhang. The inn's main customers are those who are looking for officials to do business. It is close and convenient, so although the price is expensive, it is full of guests all year round. .”

"How many people are there in the full house?" Chen Xun asked. In order to ensure the efficiency of the interrogation and prevent his subordinates from making too many mistakes and revealing their actions, Chen Xun could only come over to direct the action in person.He has a wonderful menagerie that can provide some very crucial support, such as horses that come and go without a trace!

"The inn provides meals and drinks, so the two-story building facing the street is the lobby and private rooms, and the guest rooms are in the backyard. They are all bungalows. There are 40 rooms in total. Based on two to four people per room, the minimum is 80 people and the maximum is [-] people." The spy replied.

"There are too many people." Lu Hui said.

"Indeed, it is difficult to kidnap and interrogate Le Zhi without alerting the enemy." The spy also said.

"Are there any records of Le Zhi's recent movements? Are there any times when he was alone outside?" Chen Xun asked.

"It's all recorded, and basically I didn't act alone. I just brought half of my subordinates with me when I went to listen to the music." Half of my subordinates were five people.

Chen Xun looked at the map on the table and tried hard to find a breakthrough.Suddenly, he thought of what the spy had just said about the price of this inn, and then asked: "All Le Zhi's men live in this inn?"

"Of course not, he is the only one. The others live in a cheap inn two streets away, sleeping in Datong shop. They take turns reporting every morning and then follow Le Zhi's arrangements." the spy replied.

"Then tie him out and interrogate him again." Chen Xun said.

"Guangzhou City has a curfew, and it's too far here." The spy reminded.

"Find a yard around the inn, pick a family with a small family, tie Le Zhi there, and take him to a remote alley to kill him after the interrogation." Chen Xun said, the small yard rented by the spy was separated from Yiran Residence. For most of the city of Guangzhou, it is impossible to rob people all the way here.

It's too late to rent a house now, and you have to find a dental office to rent a house, which is easy to be detected, so you can only give the family some compensation at that time.

"it is good."

"Now discuss the retreat plan. We will move in the middle of the night and finish the interrogation before dawn. Then we will leave the city at dawn, head north first, and then take a boat from Beijiang and go southward around Guangzhou."

…Everyone added some suggestions one after another.

"You can arrange for someone to prepare a boat in Datang Town, just enough for 30 people." Datang Town is located in the northwest of Guangzhou, close to Beijiang.

"Don't you need me to prepare horses?"

"I will prepare the horses. After everyone meets me, I will take you to find the horses. Horses do not take boats, so you don't need to prepare a big boat."

"That's easy. I'll prepare it at dawn tomorrow."

"Okay, let's all go to bed early. We're all going to check out the spots tomorrow. I'm going to force everyone to squeeze in tonight."

On the second day, everyone was divided into five groups. They were familiar with the surrounding environment of Yiranju and the road from Yiranju to the north gate assembly point. A total of three targets were prepared this time. By then, the troops were divided into five groups, with two groups mainly attacking and two groups attacking. Assisting the main attack, feinting all the way, and finally creating the illusion that three targets were robbed, two were successful and one failed.

After checking the locations, everyone went back to rest early. At midnight that night, Chen Xun and other people involved in the operation were woken up by the night watchman.

Everyone had a quick bite to eat and went out in groups.

During the decades of peace in Guangzhou, night patrols had long been slack, and the Imperial Guards all hid in their tents and slept. The soldiers they recruited had meager military salaries, so it was impossible for them to do their best.As for the archers in the yamen, they are soldiers who are here to perform military service (labor service). Not only do they have no money to pay, but they also have to bring their own dry food and weapons, and they are not likely to wander around in the middle of the night.

Everyone walked together in twos and threes, traveling lightly and hid when they saw the patrolling soldiers. They all arrived at their destination without any danger.

Chen Xun raised his head and looked at the moon above his head. He estimated that it was almost Chou hour.

"action!"

(End of this chapter)