"The ruling ministers can also be hereditary. If Cao Pi does not usurp the Han Dynasty, it will be passed down from generation to generation in the Cao family." Taoist said, "So there is this second rumor: Emperor Song was just a figure like the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Australia has always been ruled by Prime Minister Wen. The descendants, in the name of prime minister, exercise imperial authority. I heard that the leader of the bandits, named Wen Desi, is a descendant of Wen Xingong."
Butler Hu thought, "But you always said that this is unreliable..."
The theory that Wen Desi is a descendant of Wen Tianxiang has been around for several years. The Taoist priest in front of him was entrusted by his master to secretly go to various cemeteries related to Wen Tianxiang to check whether there were any changes in the feng shui of the Wen family.
After Wen Tianxiang died in Beijing, his body was buried beside Wuli Road outside Xiaonanmen, Beijing. In addition, Zhang Qianzai, a fellow villager, buried Wen Tianxiang's fingers and hair in his hometown of Wenjia Village, Futian, Jiangxi Province, where the descendants of the Wen family thrived.
Not only have Taoist priests visited these two cemeteries, but he has also traveled thousands of miles to Guangdong to see the tomb of Wen Tianxiang’s mother in Sihui County. Wen’s mother set out from Guangdong for Beijing hoping to see Wen Gong for the last time. On the way, she received a message from Wen Gong who died. According to the news, he died of illness in Sihui; he also visited the "Tomb of the Second Daughter" in Lianping County, Guangdong - it is said that his two daughters died of illness on the way to him - and found nothing unusual.
"Furthermore, the descendants of Wen Xiang are clearly recorded in the annals of history," the Taoist said. "He had two sons in total: Fo Sheng and Dao Sheng, both of whom died of illness in the army. Although one daughter, Liu Niang, survived to him. When you are loyal, after all, you are not considered a descendant of the Wen family..."
When it comes to these issues, Butler Hu naturally has no choice but to listen.
"... After Wen Xiang was sent to Dadu, his second brother Tianbi and his sister Yisun came to see him for the last time and made arrangements for Wen Xingong's death. At that time, they planned to adopt Tianbi's son to Wen Xingong . This is what Wen Xingong said in the letter he wrote to his brothers: "My son will continue, and I will regret my death..." This shows that at that time, Prime Minister Wen himself and the Wen family thought that all his sons were dead, and he could only adopt his brothers. The son has come to inherit the lineage of incense. How can we talk about having a son fleeing to sea and establishing a new Song Dynasty?"
"So what the Taoist priest means is..."
"I think this last rumor is the most likely: the Kun thief is not a descendant of the Song Dynasty at all, but a scoundrel who fled overseas. I don't know where he got some strange skills. He grew up like a monkey and established his country abroad. Now that the Central Plains is troubled, he They are just pretending to be in the name of the Song Dynasty to deceive people and plot the world!" The Taoist slammed his fist on the table, and the oil lamp danced. "I have read countless documents collected by the noble master, and the sentences used in the writing never avoid the names of Song emperors in the past dynasties. , many documents simply write 'Zhao Gou', 'Zhao Kuangyin', 'Northern Song Dynasty', 'Southern Song Dynasty'... and so on. If we really regard the Song Dynasty as the Zhengshuo, how can we act so contrary to etiquette?"
"So..." Butler Hu pinched his beard and thought, "We have to find out where this Wen Desi comes from and where is his ancestral grave?"
"Exactly. This is exactly what I want to report to your noble master."
"Then..." Butler Hu lowered his head and paced around the room, "Is our work ahead in vain?"
The Taoist picked up the compass again and examined it carefully. After a long time, Fang said, "Maybe, but Pindao felt that the previous divination spells were not in vain. At least, his Zhao family's luck has not improved. This is for sure. That’s it.”
Li Ziyu has been in a haze these past few days, as if he was in a dream. In the process of searching for Ming Nu, he inadvertently uncovered a major case at Maojia Inn. Everyone said that he was so lucky that smoke was rising from his ancestral grave. Although he was not transferred to the task force, everyone knew that Li Ziyu's promotion and change of job was a certainty.
Although he was not transferred to the task force, the huge wave caused by the Maojia Inn case still dragged him into it: almost the entire police system of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau revolved around this case. Li Ziyu was so busy for several days that he couldn't care about Ming Nu's case. Gao Chongjiu was transferred to the task force and simply disappeared - in fact, even though he knew where he was, it was inconvenient to bother him right now.
However, Zeng Juan had to explain something. Li Ziyu had just started working in the security field and had little qualifications and experience. He did not have his own "eyes and ears" like his retained husband, so he had to use his spare time to inquire about the situation at various teahouses.
Now he has a "tiger skin" on his body, and he has "appeared" in handling cases with Gao Chongjiu, so he is treated poorly everywhere. However, I never got any useful information. Sometimes I would rush to get information, but it would be an irrelevant person.
After struggling like this for more than ten days and seeing no news at all, Li Ziyu thought about using some means to find an excuse to label Zeng Juan's ex-brother-in-law and his wife as "suspects" and arrest them in the police station. After "entertaining" them, they naturally found out the whereabouts of Ming Nu.
There was a huge risk in doing this. After all, Li Ziyu was a newcomer and was quite afraid of the Australians' "knowledge of everything", so he hesitated for a few days and did not dare to make a move.
On this day, Li Ziyu was writing a report when he saw Gao Chongjiu hurriedly walked in.
"Ayu, stop writing!" Gao Chongjiu said in a low voice without being polite, "There is news from Ming Nu!"
Li Ziyu stood up suddenly: "Where is it? Are you still in Guangzhou?" He had to worry. If Mingnu was sold to another place, even just to a place like Dongguan, where the clan's power was deeply rooted, Gao Chongjiu would also Nothing can be done.
Gao Chongjiu did not speak, and motioned for him to go to a quiet place to talk.
Li Ziyu was confused for a moment, but then thought that a large number of children's bones were found in the Maojia Inn case. Could it be that Mingnu's remains were found? Thinking of this, his feet became weak and his expression changed greatly.
"You can rest assured that he is still here!" Gao Chongjiu saw that his face suddenly turned pale and knew what he was thinking. He quickly gave him a reassurance, "Just follow me."
The two of them came to a secluded corner in the courtyard outside the office, and Gao Chongjiu started talking about business.
These days, he has been working on errands in the task force, so naturally he has no energy to run around anymore about Li Ziyu's affairs. However, the Maojia Inn case involves a large number of missing persons cases. He can legitimately mobilize the police to investigate various missing persons and trading cases in Guangzhou. And with the big hat of "extreme homicide" in hand, anyone can Always think carefully before keeping a secret for someone else. So I got reliable news very quickly.
"He is still in Guangzhou city," Gao Chongjiu said, "I found a private tooth. He sold a girl more than ten days ago. Her physical characteristics are very similar to Ming Dynasty! I asked him, and he said This girl was sold to a family named Huang in Guanxiang, Xiaonanmen!"
"Huang's surname? This is wrong. Zeng Juan's brother-in-law's surname is Cao..."
"The wife he is currently married to is named Huang." Gao Chongjiu reminded him.
Now Li Ziyu remembered that when they went to Zeng Juan's brother-in-law's tea house, the woman was called "Cao Huangshi!" And Gao Chongjiu also said that her natal family was in "Xiaonanmen Guanxiang".
"so……"
"That's right." Gao Chongjiu nodded lightly, "Mingnu was taken to her parents' home by Cao Huang and sold."
"This vicious woman!" Li Ziyu gritted his teeth and slapped the wall. He quickly said, "Thank you, Master Jiu! I wonder where Ming Nu is now?"
"According to Renya, this Cao Huang family originally wanted to find a wealthy family to sell her as a maid, but when she heard that she needed a mediator and the money was still small, she decided to sell her to a brothel as a pipa boy. Now she is in Fangchun Yuan. "
Now that she had the exact news, Li Ziyu was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked her. Gao Chongjiu said in a low voice: "You and I are our own people, and I am just a little help. You don't have to be polite, but I can't come forward in this matter, so you can only handle it yourself - remember, although this matter is 'private' , but even if it is implemented, it must be able to stand on the word 'public'."
Li Ziyu nodded vigorously and said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Jiu, for the tip!"
After sending Gao Chongjiu away, Li Ziyu returned to his desk. He already knew how to "turn private affairs into public affairs". One of the main tasks of the Public Security Department at the moment was to "rectify the weathering industry." It is the daily work of the Public Security Department to conduct inspections of brothels to see if they are implemented in accordance with the management regulations. The focus is to check whether there is any behavior of "bribing or forcing women to work as prostitutes."
Although the first article of the management regulations prohibits buying women as prostitutes, and practitioners must follow the principle of "voluntariness", there are policies and countermeasures. Some bold people still take risks despite the temptation of free money. Where there is a market, there will be people. Unfortunately, some people are still doing this kind of business through "private teeth". A few days ago, two brothels were reported to be buying women privately. Therefore, using the excuse of "strengthening inspections" to visit Chunyuan is a legitimate thing.
Li Ziyu went through the relevant procedures first and set off with Zhao Gui, the only member of the group. Because there have been recent major cases related to human trafficking, additional National Army personnel must be deployed to conduct investigation and patrols in places that may be related to human trafficking. So there were several National Army soldiers traveling with us.
After entering Lefang Street, Li Ziyu went straight to Guan Zhong Temple. According to the rules, such daily inspection work requires the leader of this group to accompany him. Fang Miaozhu was drinking tea and resting on the bamboo couch. When he saw the police coming, he hurriedly got up to greet them.
Li Ziyu didn't waste any time and said: "On a daily basis, we will randomly select several institutes to check the implementation of the regulations."
Old Man Fang said with a bitter face: "Poor Master! Didn't you just check it the day before yesterday? You always check every three days and every five days, how can we do business... You can't be considerate of everyone..."
Li Ziyu had been hanging around in the Public Security Department for a while, and now he was embarrassed at any time. He immediately said with a straight face: "I want to sympathize with you. Who told you that you had another woman bought privately in the yard a few days ago? Please understand it yourself. Come on, if you do business honestly and according to the regulations, it will be smooth. You don’t have to pull off your pants, get whipped, and pay money. What’s this called? It’s called being cheap!” (To be continued.)
