Chapter 287 New Appearance
Unsurprisingly, as one of the many achievements during Taixing's reform period, the school rebuilt on the ruins of the Liyuan Garden also has spacious sewers extending in all directions. The ditch located under the backyard of Zhizhishe is just connected to one of the main channels.
Therefore, along this culvert that had obviously been widened privately, he closely followed various traces of its recent use; Jiang Tian walked for more than two miles in one go before he found a place submerged in the grass. Deep, with a hidden exit among vines and thorns.
But it was the gurgling sewage and floating objects that eventually merged into a river not far away near the outer wall of the vassal palace. After removing the dense vegetation and thorns, you can vaguely see the Han Dynasty Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace in the distance. The base of each platform in the ruins of the palace.
Then, Jiang Tian suddenly turned around and came back, pulled out a horizontal knife from the sergeant who was following him, bluntly faced the dirt and moss-mottled wall with the back of the knife, and suddenly scraped hard; immediately the next layer of attachment peeled off; And on the wall that had been scratched by the knife, there were especially scratch marks.
These scratches vary in length, depth, and age. They do not look like the handwriting of humans. Moreover, the directions are messy and intertwined. They look like some kind of huge existence. In a quite hasty situation, they once made the scratches. The result of having been here many times.
At this moment, he suddenly understood something. Why did the search for the traces of the ferocious beast that escaped into Beiyuan with so much fanfare and in the end yield no results? Because they obviously missed this place. It seemed that there were many people and no cover, but it was located in the school district with dense underground pipe network and ditches.
Then they arranged for manpower to monitor and search nearby. Jiang Tian, who had turned around again, had not gone very far when he encountered another team of sergeants who were responsible for searching for side roads in the underground pipe network; the leader of the fire chief could not wait to report first. : "Sir, a new secret passage has been discovered."
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Tian was led to another knee-deep drainage channel after the main road of the culvert turned and branched. Soon after, he saw several figures illuminated by special wind lanterns, as well as the wall they were guarding. Above, a fresh-looking brick opening.
Judging from the cross-section of the masonry and the quality of the cement in the opening, this place was hastily sealed up within a month or two. Obviously, it is vaguely consistent with what happened before. And behind this opening, there is another abandoned alleyway.
Because it is enclosed, this lane is drier than the cold and humid outside; there is a faint mold and another indescribable smell in the air, and the bricks and stones on the walls are peeling off in many places, and Exposing the pitted soil layer of the original excavation surface.
However, here Jiang Tian also saw scratches again, the kind that could easily break the bricks and stones of the wall, and even spread to the inner layer of adobe. Then, he heard from the front, the yelling and shouting of the sergeant who was exploring the path first, as well as the faint sound of running and chasing.
But when Jiang Tian rushed over, everything was over. Because, he has come to an empty underground space. This space is filled with messy debris, but it just blocks the exit of the ditch, which is ballasted by multiple stone slabs.
In this underground space that clearly belonged to a storage warehouse, some sergeants who came out first had already forcibly restrained several handymen who looked bruised and swollen; there was even a soldier in a white shirt. It's just that he was still shouting something incomprehensible.
Then, two well-dressed sergeants nodded slightly to Jiang Tian; they held knives and cards and suddenly rushed towards the outside world with their hands crossed in opposite directions. Suddenly, there was a lot of noise and loud noises. There were screams and screams, but there was no threatening roar.
A moment later, Jiang Tian frowned and stood in a hall, looking at the various people who had been captured and controlled on the spot. Among them were handymen in gray-brown shorts, students and students in white shirts, and several ordinary teachers and lower-level teachers in blue robes.
Without exception, they all wear a cloth bib in front of them, similar to a butcher/cook's cloth bib; it is also stained with bits of blood or other dirt; in several of the above pictures, there are stone tables reflected by the light mirror. , each has a corpse with its limbs and limbs disemboweled and its flesh and blood molded into a lake.
However, Jiang Tian had no way to directly question them based on these corpses; because regardless of the past dynasties, it was not against the law to dissect pigs and sheep. After a while, an older instructor spoke nervously: "You... how did you all show up?"
"Then tell me first, where is this place?" Then Jiang Tian turned to him and asked, "Why is there a secret passage that secretly leads to other places?"
"This... this... this is the teaching place shared by the Department of Pharmacology, Prescription, Knife and Acupuncture, and the Department of Physiology and Physiology of our hospital." The teacher trembled at the sight of him, but he forced himself to Do Jingjing said: "As for the secret passage? It is something that has never been heard of before."
At this time, faint noises and shouts came from outside. After Jiang Tian led someone out of the door. The teachers and students gathered outside suddenly lost their voices for a moment; but they all fell back in a large circle, and some people fell to the ground because they lost support behind them.
This also made him touch his face involuntarily, but he didn't find any blood or dirt. Was his image already so terrifying? After a while, as Jiang Tian ordered people to fire arrows into the air, in addition to the backup teams that rushed over to search, there were also related people from the Kyoto Domain who came to negotiate and explore the situation.
"Jiang Sheng, ah no, Supervisor Jiang; to be honest, I never thought that we would meet each other under such circumstances." Shen Yizhi, who is an assistant teacher at the Fourth Gate of the Imperial College, also had a wry smile and helplessness on his face. He said to Jiang Tian, "Could it be that things have gotten out of hand?"
"That's not right. You should be serving in the Sixth Academy of the Imperial Academy. Why do you suddenly come to participate in the matter? This has nothing to do with the rights and wrongs of the Beijing University Academy of Affairs." However, Jiang Tian asked in return: "As for whether It’s out of control, it all depends on the school’s attitude.”
"Isn't it because of the noble official?" Shen Yizhi, however, became more and more helpless, stroking his hair, and said with a superior look: "Now that the school has such an important relationship, none of the mountain chiefs/seat masters are willing to do so. If you come forward, I, a tutor from another school, will be sent over."
"In that case, let me tell you the truth!" Jiang Tian said sternly: "During the investigation, I was able to obtain confessions from the criminals on the spot, and there were people in the hospital who were colluding and secretly colluding with the animal disaster; now I have obtained both human and material evidence; There are also serious suspicions of cover-up, which awaits follow-up investigation.”
"This... this... is really an unimaginable disaster from heaven!" Shen Yizhi didn't doubt the authenticity after hearing this, because he had already seen the monster; but his face immediately fell and he sighed: "Is it possible that even student Xin Xin desires a piece of pure land?"
"You shouldn't ask me about this, but ask those people with ulterior motives who secretly caused the beast disaster or were connected with it." Jiang Tian immediately shook his head and said: "It is the selfish desires of this person that brought this country to the imperial court. The highest university in the world has been dragged into a dangerous and sinful whirlpool."
"Next, I hope Brother Shen can pass on a message for me;" Jiang Tian continued to say solemnly: "What I have seized now is just the beginning; if we don't want to cause more collateral damage, we must next The school needs to cooperate and investigate as much as possible.”
"Please go ahead and tell me, Supervisor, and I will convey it word for word." Shen Yizhi could not help but solemnly said: "As for the present, if it is related to my duties, naturally it will not matter. Prevarication.”
"Okay, for the sake of Brother Shen, I will speak frankly." Jiang Tian also nodded and said: "Based on the evidence that has been seized, I suspect that there are people in the vassal academy who are secretly committing evil acts in the name of association. matters, and even conduct alien research in private. At least being familiar with the distribution of underground ditches and secretly digging secret passages is no longer something outsiders can do independently. In addition, when the imperial court conducted large-scale raids in the Forbidden Garden, it was not A ferocious beast with nothing to gain; there are also clues to prove that it may have been hidden in this hospital through special channels..."
After this explanation, even though Shen Yizhi had been mentally prepared for this, he couldn't help but be thrown into confusion by the appalling contents. Despite this, he finally suppressed the stormy emotions, and did not forget to put forward the minimum requirement that had been discussed and explained in advance:
"If this is the case, this school naturally has a personal responsibility; I just ask the Supervisor to understand that Beijing University is the highest university in the world and a place for the imperial court to nurture scholars and talents. The next search, arrest, and news will be Teachers from our school must also be present to avoid humiliating Sven’s testimony too much..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone hurriedly come to report: "Oh no, the Crown Prince of Lu Fan, who was responsible for guaranteeing the association, and the current leader of the Zhizhi Society have all disappeared from the building. It's..." After hearing this, Shen Yizhi couldn't help but feel depressed.
As one of the many associations affiliated to the college, naturally not just cats and dogs can apply for and establish one, especially some medium and large associations, which also have certain thresholds. For example, a guarantee of a certain grade and title, or a lump sum of gold would also work.
And the guarantor behind this Zhizhishe, Lu Fan from Shamenyi, although he is not a veteran prince or a senior vassal, he also has a serious fiefdom and subjects, more like something between The product of the transition between a noble and a feudal lord.
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