"Boss, I caught one trying to sneak away."
After Mr. Zhang, who was standing in front of several people, heard these words, his expression suddenly changed, and the palms hanging on his waist trembled.
"Bring the person here." Huang Hong said to his men, then turned to look at Mr. Zhang, "When the person is brought here in a while, Mr. Zhang, please also see if he is an acquaintance of your Zhang family."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhang explained with trembling lips: "Did you arrest me by mistake? Maybe a servant in the family wants to go shopping or do something. Don't cause any misunderstanding."
"If it's a misunderstanding, we'll find out when someone brings it over." Huang Hong chuckled lightly.
The person was quickly taken over by people from the Foreign Intelligence Agency.
"Head, it's this guy. He wanted to escape over the wall, but was directly captured by our people guarding there. This is what was found from the other party."
As he spoke, he handed over a short knife and a intact letter.
Huang Hong did not touch the dagger, but reached out to take the envelope, pulled the letter out, held it in front of his eyes and read it.
There is only one piece of paper in the envelope, and the content on it occupies half of the letter paper. You can roughly read it at a glance.
After reading the contents of the letter, Huang Hong showed a smile on his face. He said to Mr. Zhang beside him: "Mr. Zhang, please take a look at the arrested person. Do you recognize him?"
"No, I don't know him." Mr. Zhang shook his head without even looking.
Seeing this, Huang Hong continued: "Take a closer look. He is Zhang Kui, the steward of the outer courtyard of your house. How come you don't recognize him?"
"Is he Zhang Kui?" Master Zhang pretended not to know and glanced at the captured Zhang Kui for a few times, then said immediately, "The affairs of the outer courtyard are all directly managed by the housekeeper. Although I am the master, I rarely interfere with the government. It’s a matter between superiors and subordinates.”
Huang Hong laughed after hearing this forced explanation.
At this time, Deng Cun also noticed something was wrong.
How can the master of the house not even know the steward of the house? He is obviously lying.
Huang Hong shook the letter in his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang can say that he doesn't know his manager, but how can he explain this letter?"
Mr. Zhang's face suddenly turned gloomy.
The smile on Huang Hong's face faded and he said coldly: "Even if you don't admit it, how long do you think Zhang Kui can last under the torture?"
Plop!
Mr. Zhang collapsed on the ground.
"Arrest everyone, seal the Zhang family's residence and all the Zhang family's shops." Huang Hong ordered his men.
Seizing a large family like the Zhang family requires Deng Cun's assistance.
Soon, all the women and servants of the Zhang family were driven out and taken to the prison by a small team of soldiers to be interrogated by the government.
One of the teams from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau and some soldiers began to liquidate and seize the Zhang family's property.
"I didn't expect that the Zhang family was buried so deeply. Fortunately, Deputy Director Huang discovered it, otherwise it would definitely be a cancer in Jinan Mansion in the future." Deng Cunxun gave Huang Hong a small compliment.
At the same time, I secretly admired that the people from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau actually dug out the spies planted by the slave thieves in Jinan Mansion as soon as they came to Jinan Mansion.
"The matter is not over yet. Captain Deng still needs to continue to cooperate." Huang Hong said to Deng Cun with a smile.
When Deng Cun heard this, he was shocked and said in surprise: "There are still slaves and thieves in Jinan City?"
"Don't you know it when you go?" Huang Hong smiled.
Hearing this, Deng Cun said: "Everything will follow the instructions of Deputy Director Huang, but where should we arrest people next?"
"Governor's Yamen." Huang Hong whispered four words.
Deng Cun's face changed color.
After a long while, he said hesitantly: "Is it possible that I am mistaken? There are slave spies in the governor's yamen. Everyone in the yamen has been sorted out."
"Let's talk after we get there." Huang Hong replied with a smile.
Most of the people from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau and Deng Cun's soldiers were left behind at the Zhang family. Huang Hong and Deng Cun only took a team and rushed to the governor's Yamen.
As soon as Huang Hong, who had the title of imperial envoy, arrived at the governor's Yamen, he was immediately reported to the Yamen.
Hong Chengchou came out with the people from the yamen.
"Why don't you say hello in advance when the imperial envoy is here? I might as well send someone to greet you." Hong Chengchou greeted Huang Hong warmly when he saw him.
Huang Hong said with a smile: "Hong Futai doesn't mind if I come to the door rashly."
"How can I dislike it? I, the governor of Shandong, can't even be happy that the imperial envoy can come to the Yamen. Please come in quickly. The imperial envoy might as well stay in the Yamen for dinner today." Hong Chengchou warmly greeted Huang Hong back to the Yamen.
Huang Hong shook his head and said: "This time I came to the Governor's Yamen to arrest someone. I would like to thank Hong Futai for cooperating with me and bringing the person here."
"Arrest someone? Arrest who?" Hong Chengchou was stunned by Huang Hong's words.
What the other party said surprised him. He had no idea that the imperial envoy would arrest someone from his governor's office.
Huang Hong said: "Catch the secret spy sent from Liaodong."
"This, how is this possible! How could people from Liaodong be in the governor's Yamen? Could it be a mistake!" Hong Chengchou did not believe that there were spies planted by others in his Yamen.
There is a spy in the governor's office. No matter what the final result is, the governor will not be friendly to him.
Huang Hongdao: "It's not your fault that there is a spy in the yamen. He stayed in the past. Not to mention Hong Futai, you haven't been in Jinan Mansion for a long time. Even the old people in the yamen can't guess it."
"This is impossible. Anyone who can stay in the governor's office and continue to work as an official must have a clean background, otherwise he would have been fired long ago." Hong Chengchou still didn't want to believe that there was a spy planted by others in the governor's office.
At this time, Deng Cun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Deputy Director Huang has caught many spies who were slave thieves today. Previously, the Zhang family in Jinan Mansion was also discovered by Deputy Director Huang as their spies."
"I already know what happened to the Zhang family. They are now in the prison of the governor's office. But to say that there are spies in the governor's office is really hard for me, the governor of Shandong, to believe." Hong Chengchou said, looking at Huang Hong.
Huang Hong saw that Hong Chengchou did not want others to interfere with the governor's Yamen affairs.
He could understand this, but people still had to be caught.
Then he directly said to Hong Chengchou: "It's better to bring the person here first. As for whether he is a spy, Hong Futai might as well stay and interrogate him together."
"I wonder who it is?" Seeing Huang Hong take a step back, Hong Chengchou had to take a step back.
Huang Hong said: "One of the counselors who manages household registration is a person left behind by the former governor of Shandong."
"Go and bring over the person the imperial envoy mentioned." Huang Hong ordered a government servant beside him.
"Yes." The officer agreed and turned to lead the people.
At this time, Huang Hong said to Deng Cun on the side: "Captain Deng, please bring his men with you to accompany us."
"good."
Deng Cun agreed, took a few soldiers and left with the government servant.
