Just when Huang An didn't know what to do, he heard Zhang Wenhe inside the carriage say: "Go in and search again. This time you go in personally."
"ah!"
Huang An was stunned for a moment, not expecting Zhang Wenhe to let him go in to search.
It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid. A large area like the Tiger Flag Artillery Range does not only have a few rooms. It can be used as an artillery range. It covers a large area. If the area is too small, one shot can hit the courtyard wall. .
In such a large area, it is no problem to hide some people. If the people from the Tiger Flag really want to attack him, it will be difficult for him to get out of it.
"What are you still doing? Go quickly." Zhang Wenhe's voice in the carriage became obviously impatient.
Huang An pursed his lips, knowing that he had no choice, so he had no choice but to walk into the gun range.
"Master Huang, the civilians will accompany you in." Huang Zhong moved his body and opened the door to the artillery field.
More than thirty soldiers brought by Huang An followed Huang An and walked inside together.
At this time, I heard Zhang Wenhe inside the carriage say: "There is no need to go in with so many people. Mr. Huang, just bring a few soldiers in and the rest stay outside."
Huang An stepped back from the door and said with a grimace: "Mr. Zhang, I'd better bring a few more people in so that we can have someone to take care of us if we encounter any danger."
"No need, you are an official of the imperial court and guarding Lingqiu. They don't dare to do anything to you." Zhang Wenhe said in the carriage, "The rest of the people stay outside to guard me."
"This" Huang An hesitated.
He thought it was too few to bring more than thirty soldiers in, so naturally he didn't want to leave people outside.
Huang Chong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Huang, the common people never do anything like killing people or killing officials, so Mr. Huang, feel free to go in and search."
Huang An, who heard this, sneered.
As far as he knew, the Tiger Character Banner had definitely killed a lot of people in the past year or so. The corpses floating out of the moat outside Lingqiu City from time to time were the best proof.
Zhang Wenhe in the carriage said: "Mr. Huang, search carefully after entering."
Huang An knew that he had no choice but to go in, so he raised his hand and pointed at a few soldiers and said: "You, you, you, and you, you two will go in with me, and the rest will stay outside to protect Mr. Zhang."
Except for a few soldiers who followed Huang An into the artillery field, the rest of the soldiers retreated around the carriage and guarded it.
Huang Zhong glanced at the carriage, smiled, and then followed Huang An into the artillery field.
"Everyone has gone in?" Zhang Wenhe in the carriage asked the person he brought from Fubiao Camp.
The other party replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, everyone has gone in."
"Well, just go in." Zhang Wenhe said lightly.
"Mr. Zhang, the Tiger Flag is obviously on guard. Even if Mr. Huang goes in to search again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find evidence of the cannon being cast in the Tiger Flag."
Zhang Wenhe said: "I didn't expect the people in the Tiger Flag to be on guard. It is really difficult to find any evidence of crime here at the artillery field."
"Then why did Mr. Huang let Mr. Huang go in and search again?"
There was silence in the carriage for a while, and then Zhang Wenhe said: "Huang An wants to curry favor with the governor, so he will naturally search hard for evidence of the Tiger Flag. There may be some missing evidence in this artillery range that he discovers. Even if there is not, with him and The grievances between the Tiger Flags might have started in the artillery range. If Huang An died in the artillery range, we wouldn't have to look for any evidence. Just the charge of killing an official would be enough to kill Liu Heng. Death place."
"I understand, Mr. Zhang deliberately gave the people of the Tiger Flag an opportunity to take action. No wonder Mr. Huang only asked Mr. Huang to bring a few cavalry into the artillery field."
"That's not entirely true." Zhang Wenhe said, "People from the Tiger Character Flag may not take action against Huang An, but since we have come to Lingqiu, we must collect as much evidence as possible about the Tiger Character Flag."
In the gun range.
Huang An stood in front of several rooms, pointed with his hand, and asked, "What are these rooms used for?"
"It stores charcoal, sulfur and other materials used to make firecrackers." Huang Zhong explained at the side.
However, Huang An still opened the door and looked around the room. After confirming that it was no different from what Huang Zhong said, he exited the room.
After searching these rooms, he pointed to a courtyard and asked, "What is that place?"
"The gun range." Huang Chong said with a smile.
Huang An walked over quickly, passed through a door, and saw a large flat open space in front of him.
How could he not guess in such a large open space that this was the place where the Tiger Flag cannon was cast and tested.
But there is no evidence, and just an empty field doesn't mean much.
When the last room was searched, Huang An and his men retreated from the gun range.
Even though they knew that this was the gun range where Tiger Flag cannons were cast, there was no evidence of any crime left inside. After searching for a long time, nothing was found.
Arriving at the carriage outside the gun range gate, he whispered to Zhang Wenhe in the carriage: "Mr. Zhang, I have searched, and there is indeed nothing. It seems that they must have received the news in advance, and it is related to the casting of cannons." All the belongings were moved away, and no evidence of guilt was left.”
Zhang Wenhe in the carriage said: "There must be more than one cannon in such a large artillery range. Even if it is moved, where can it be moved? Lingqiu is your territory. Think about it, where can they move the artillery range? "
Huang An pondered for a moment and then said: "I know a place where the people from the Tiger Flag might move the artillery range."
"Where?" Zhang Wenhe asked.
"Hutou Village."
"Hutou Village?" Zhang Wenhe said in the carriage, "Where is this place? Is it also in Lingqiu?"
Huang An said: "Hutou Village is a mountain in Lingqiu. In the earliest days, Liu Heng occupied the mountain and became the king. Now there is a wine shop with a tiger character flag on the mountain. Now that I think about it, the artillery range here may also be there. Moved to the mountains.”
"If you are asked to go to Hutou Village, can you find evidence of the cannon-casting of the Tiger Flag?" Zhang Wenhe asked in the carriage.
"This" Huang An hesitated for a moment and said, "It's difficult. Hutou Village is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the artillery range is really on the mountain of Hutou Village, Liu Heng will definitely not let his subordinates go up the mountain easily."
Zhang Wenhe said: "You have soldiers and horses guarding the camp. It shouldn't be a problem to gather 700 people. Are you afraid that you won't be able to take down a Hutou Village?"
Huang An hesitated for a moment and said: "The soldiers and horses guarding the camp are controlled by two thousand households, Chen Yusheng and Wang Tong. With the relationship between Chen and Wang's two thousand households and the tiger-character flag, it is difficult for the lower official to mobilize the garrison troops." The soldiers and horses of the battalion go to Hutou Village."
"So even if you know that the gun range of the Tiger Character Flag is in Hutou Village, you still have no way to find evidence that the Tiger Character Flag cannon was cast?" Zhang Wenhe, who was in the carriage, sounded dissatisfied.
"The lower official is incompetent." Huang An said, "If the governor can send troops to Lingqiu, the lower official will definitely be able to find evidence of the cannon being cast with the tiger-character flag."
"The governor is asked to do everything, so what else do you need to do?" Zhang Wenhe said dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes, yes, that's what Mr. Zhang said." Huang An apologized repeatedly.
Zhang Wenhe knew that he couldn't do anything, so he said: "Go back to the county seat." 11
