The patrol soldiers were even more unaware. No one on the street noticed this scene. The footsteps and shouts were still as smooth as ever.
The visitor carried a large living person and jumped around on the roof, avoiding possible sight. He also used the chimney to avoid the eyes of the soldiers patrolling in the four-corner towers of each city.
When he reached the point where he couldn't avoid it, he jumped down into the narrow and deserted alley, twisting and turning.
Finally stopped.
After waking up Ye Feng and standing still, Qi Jun pointed around and said: "I have calculated that if I want to be completely unnoticed, with my skills and familiarity with the capital, I can only reach here at most. If you go in any direction, you will be seen."
Ye Feng rubbed his face, moved his neck, and looked around.
This was a test he and Qi Jun did.
Previously, he had recreated the scene as a normal civil servant would be when he went to the Yamen. Qi Jun pretended to be a kidnapper, trying to figure out what circumstances to take the person away silently.
The carriage's rear compartment panel would open, and Ye Feng was completely unaware of it. Those were the tricks Qi Jun had done on the carriage in advance.
In order to truly restore the scene, Ye Feng was really stunned.
"Then check the situation of every household in this city. During the period when officials disappeared nine years ago, were there any houses that were rented out or bought and sold? There was only one renter or buyer, and he rarely went out. , and no one remembers his appearance.”
If you want to hide someone, you can't just rent a room, it must be the entire house, or a nearby and remote courtyard.
Most likely, you should buy it so you don’t have to deal with the owner. And if it is just a temporary hiding place, the house will be empty on weekdays.
Qi Jun pursed his lips and whistled, notifying the Red Fish Guards to investigate, and then said to Ye Feng: "This is just a route where officials missing on the street may be kidnapped. Next, shall we go to those missing in the mansion?" Want to try it out?"
Ye Feng looked over and looked at him strangely, and asked: "You fly around on the roof on weekdays, but the soldiers on the corner tower of Fangshi ignore you?"
"hold head high."
Qi Jun responded and asked even more strangely: "Even if they don't recognize my face, they still recognize the color of our robes. They won't meddle in other people's business."
Ye Feng understood.
He is thinking...
"If a gangster puts on such clothes and carries people around, wouldn't it be like entering a deserted land?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he paused, shook his head and said: "No. If that's the case, if someone sees it, I will tell you when you ask me."
Therefore, bad guys will hide from others no matter what.
So, is there another possibility?
"After abducting people from the carriage, they don't have to fly around like you, but just stuff them into a nearby carriage?" Ye Feng asked.
Qi Jun nodded, his eyes swept around with a bit of confusion and pain, and he unconsciously replied: "As long as the coachman doesn't notice it, and rushes back home only to find that there is no one in the car, there will be a certain time difference for the pretender to be there." The carriage escaped. But this is like betting on when the coachman will find it. It should be impossible for the gangster to take such risks. So let’s search this area."
During those three years, forty-eight officials, big and small, disappeared. The gangster's scheming, methods, and meticulousness cannot be underestimated. As long as there is such an element of gambling on luck, I probably won't do it.
Ye Feng, on the other hand, listened to what he was saying, but his eyes were fixed on Qi Jun's eyes.
"Is there anything else you haven't told me?"
He thought the pain in Qi Jun's eyes was strange.
If Qi Jun thought of his murdered father because of this case, he had a calm look in his eyes when he mentioned the case before. Only at this time, pain would suddenly arise, and Ye Feng intuitively felt that he had something to hide from himself.
When Qi Jun heard the question, his leopard eyes lowered for a moment, then he pointed to the quiet and cold small restaurant on the side and said, "We'll talk after we go in."
There are some things that have been suppressed in his heart for too long, and he also wants to talk to Ye Feng about them.
Ye Feng is the only person who gives him the desire to talk. This kind of tacit understanding between smart people in solving cases cannot be achieved by confidants.
And since he is a close friend, he is willing to talk about it.
"My father was not a bad man."
Qi Jun sat in the corner by the window, walked away from the shopkeeper and waiters in the small restaurant, turned the tea cup in his hand, and spoke in a low voice.
Ye Feng didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly and listened quietly.
Qi Jun originally thought that Ye Feng would sneer, refute or ridicule, but Ye Feng didn't. This comforted him greatly.
Putting down the tea cup, he folded his fingers on the table, looked back at Ye Feng's phoenix eyes, and continued: "When I was young, my father always taught me: You can't just look at things on the surface, but you must uphold the principles when doing things. Your own principles, bottom line, and means are not important.
You also know that I was trained as the successor of Jin Yiwei. Sometimes, I find it puzzling to find my father acting harshly and cruelly. My father said: Jinyiwei has a fierce reputation, and this must be preserved. It would be a nice color.
I didn't understand it when I heard it. Later, when I took charge of the Imperial Guard, I understood it. Only if you are fierce, only if you are fierce, will others be afraid of you, your work will be much easier, the resistance you will encounter will be much smaller, and your Majesty will be more at ease. "
As he spoke, Qi Jun felt countless memories surge up in his mind. The words he had held in his heart for a long time seemed to have opened a floodgate at this moment. He wanted to pour them out, but they were blocked there and became chaotic.
After a few breaths, he said again: "I don't know if you know about General Zhuang. He was also a powerful general who was tabooed by His Majesty.
My father received an order to wipe out his entire family. He did it. It was probably more than a month before I returned home. Seriously injured. But do you know? He smiled broadly. And I noticed: there was a strange milky smell on his body. "
Qi Jun raised a hand, covered his eyes, and let out a long breath.
I don’t know if I should say the following words...
But thinking about Ye Feng's behavior for so long, Qi Jun finally spoke out again.
"When you examined my father's bones, there were still some scars that you didn't reveal, right? They were caused by Qin Haoxian's long golden armor, right? I found those scars on his body after he came home from serious injury. "
"Do you know who treated my father's injuries? Mr. Zhang Wangzhi. My father came home quietly with serious injuries, so I asked Mr. Zhang to invite me alone..."
Qi Jun paused here, not knowing what to say next.
Yes, he feels like a confidant in Ye Feng, has the trust of a brother, and even feels like they can rely on each other. but……
He had to hesitate, and he couldn't help but hesitate. It concerns the lives of his nine clans.
But without saying it, he couldn't express what he really meant.
Tangled for a moment.
