"Boom!" The soldiers pushed the siege car and crashed directly into the brick wall of the teahouse.
More than 600 people worked together to remove tiles, demolish walls and move bricks.
The people watching whispered: "Why did the officers and soldiers demolish the Yuansheng Teahouse?"
"There must be an official who lost all his money in there and is too angry to take revenge!"
Shi Wenyi also came with the robes. He is a master at serving people. He set up a table across the street from the teahouse and put tea and dried fruits on it. He also used green gauze to surround a small tent to block the dust.
Chang Feng, Fatty Xu and Wang Miaoxin were drinking tea in the tent and waiting for the results.
The vast "rough copying" continued until midnight.
A disgraced captain entered Qingsha's tent: "Master Chang, we have finally found the entrance to the secret room."
Everyone arrived at the ruins of the teahouse.
I saw a three-foot-square secret passage entrance in the southeast corner of the ruins. Chang Feng picked up the torch and shined it. There were long stone steps in the secret passage.
Chang Feng raised the torch and was about to go inside.
However, Wang Miaoxin grabbed Chang Feng and said, "What if there is a hidden weapon inside? Chang Qianhu, you are currently in charge of Nansi, and you have a heavy responsibility. It's better to find a few strong men to go and investigate first."
Wang Miaoxin is worthy of being a national expert in the fourth level of Tongyou Realm, and he is really thoughtful.
Chang Feng said: "Well, thank you Brother Wang for the reminder. Come on, who will reward you for your bravery? I need five people. Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
Among the imperial guards, there were many captains and warriors who wanted to show their faces in front of the emperor's celebrities. These people look very much like Chang Feng from two and a half years ago.
It didn’t take long for five people to sign up.
Chang Feng said: "The five of you go down with torches. Hold the wooden shields of the Soldiers and Horses Division, and be careful of hidden weapons."
The five people said in unison: "Yes!"
After a while, Chang Feng heard their shouts: "Master Chang, there are no hidden weapons down there, but there are more than a dozen big boxes!"
Chang Feng, Fatty Xu and Wang Miaoxin then entered the secret passage and came underground.
I saw that this underground secret room was not big. Five or six feet from east to west, three to four feet from north to south.
Fatty Xu said: "I thought how big Xue Jun's arsenal could be."
Chang Feng said: "Didn't you hear what Shopkeeper Gao said? There were only 300 ordnances used by Xue Jun here at the beginning. How big can they be?"
Chang Feng counted a total of fifteen boxes, large and small.
Fourteen of them have seals with the words "Nanzhen Fusi secret stake secret salary" and the year and month written on the seal.
Opening these fourteen wooden boxes, they were all filled with white money.
Chang Feng was finally able to show in front of Wang Miaoxin the skills he had honed by raiding homes. He estimated the total amount of silver at a glance: "It's about thirty-two thousand taels. It's not a small amount!"
Fatty Xu was surprised: "Such a lot of money? Mr. Liao shouldn't be involved in corruption, right?"
Liao Fanyong is Wang Miaoxin's old boss. Wang Miaoxin looked unhappy when she heard this: "We, Mr. Liao, have always been a breeze."
"Many hidden stakes are in enemy territory and cannot receive payment. This batch of silver should have been accumulated by the secret stakes over the years. Mr. Liao is only temporarily keeping it for them."
"If not, there is no need for Mr. Liao to indicate on the seal that it is a secret salary."
Chang Feng opened the wooden box without a seal. There were many books in the wooden box.
One of the volumes is two hundred pages thick. Chang Feng carefully took the torch and took a photo, and saw on the cover of the booklet "General roster of hidden stakes in Fusi, Jinyiweinan Town".
The front of the booklet is stamped with the official seal of the envoy of Nanzhen. Chang Feng asked Fatty Xu to hold the torch. He held the roster in both hands and flipped through it. There was also a Qi Feng seal on the side of the roster.
(Note: The Qifengzhang commonly used by modern people was invented in the Han Dynasty.)
There is more than just a hidden pile roster in the box. There is also a large amount of confidential information handed over by the hidden stakes.
There are also more than a dozen "Nanzhen Fu Shi Yue Ji". This is what Liao Fanyong recorded about the major events he encountered every month since he became the envoy of Nanzhen.
Fatty Xu was overjoyed: “I have finally found this box of treasures!”
Chang Feng ordered: "Come on, carry all these boxes back to Nanzhen Fusi!"
Later in the night.
The lights in the duty room of Nanzhen Fushi were brightly lit.
Chang Feng first ordered Shi Wenyi: "Take people to carry these fourteen boxes of silver into the private treasury. The hidden pile brothers went deep into the tiger's den, and it is extremely difficult and dangerous. We must keep their wages and money safe."
The old longevity star Sun Guishou sighed: "Sigh. I'm afraid there are only two out of ten brothers who can return to the capital to receive these secret salaries."
Chang Feng asked: "Where are the remaining seventy-eight percent? Were they all discovered and killed by the enemy?"
Sun Guishou shook his head slightly: "That's not true. Many Anzhuang brothers have been lurking in enemy territory for most of their lives. Most of them got married and had children or even grandchildren in enemy territory. They will never return to the capital in this life."
From ancient times to the present, there has been such a group of people in China.
They do not ask for anything, remain anonymous, and guard China silently in secret.
Many of them cannot regain their original identities even after death.
The Ming Dynasty also had countless Yu Zecheng and Zheng Yaoxian.
Chang Feng pointed to the box where the hidden stake list was kept: "I am the student of Nansi. Even if I get the hidden stake roster, I probably won't know how to use it."
"How about three Qianhu watching it with me?"
Black Maitreya Zhao Xiangfo shook his head: "Absolutely not! Only the people in charge of Nansi can see the secret list. Even the commander cannot read it easily!"
"This is a rule of the Jinyiwei that has lasted for hundreds of years! We dare not break this rule!"
Chang Feng was a little embarrassed: "But Datong is in urgent need of information about the Tatar army. I am also a newbie."
Sun Guishou said: "You only need to pick out from the roster the names, cover identities, contact information, and code words of the people lurking in the troops of the little Tatar Prince Chahar's headquarters, and give them to me."
"I'll take care of the rest."
Chang Feng nodded: "Okay!"
He flipped through the roster. Jot something down on a piece of paper from time to time.
There are a total of eight people hiding in the little prince Chahar's headquarters.
Chang Feng was surprised to see that there were not only people with low status such as captains of ten men and grooms, but also Zharuhuachi (the judge of affairs) and heads of thousands of households from the little prince's headquarters.
Chang Feng copied the information of these eight people and handed the paper to Sun Guishou.
Sun Guishou felt as if he had found a treasure after reading it: "Wonderful! I will rush to Datong right away! Chang Qianhu, farewell!"
Chang Feng asked: "Senior Sun, I'd better send someone to Datong. You are already seventy-nine. Just in case."
Sun Guishou said: "Don't worry! Don't look at me, little old man, my beard and hair are all white. But I can ride a maid in the same room at night, and I can ride a horse during the day!"
Now that the words have come to this point, Chang Feng can no longer stop him: "Okay. Take care of yourself, Senior Sun."
The list of hidden stakes has been found, and Sun Guishou will rush to Datong immediately to contact the hidden stakes in the Little Prince's army and collect urgently needed military information. Chang Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
The next step is to find the mastermind behind the assassination of Liao Fanyong and Shopkeeper Gao.
Chang Feng guessed that it was probably the Vulture Club.
He thought to himself: I have only been in office for one day, and I found the secret list. If the vultures can be uprooted again, Brother Nansi, everyone will look up to me.
In addition to the roster, there are more than a dozen "Nanzhen Fushi Monthly Notes" in the box.
Chang Feng had no time to read the monthly diary of the Chenghua Dynasty. Only the monthly diary of the second year of Hongzhi was selected.
The more he looked, the more frightened he became!
There is this paragraph in the monthly diary: Guan Gong from a hundred households has successfully broken into the Zuohu Dharma Hall of the Vulture Society. He is about to discover a huge secret.
This secret involves whether the little prince can successfully break into the hinterland of Ming Dynasty from Datong; it also involves the safety of the emperor today!
The emperor's safety? Could the vulture want to assassinate the emperor?
Chang Feng continued reading: Guan Gong will go to Liao Mansion to report this secret on the night of February 16th.
February 16th night? Wasn't it the night when Liao Fanyong was assassinated?
Chang Feng said these two paragraphs to everyone.
Fatty Xu disagreed: "The safety of the emperor is the responsibility of our Han generals in the Imperial Guard."
"Master Chang once served as a general of the Han Dynasty. You should know that the palace is heavily guarded!"
"Assassinating the Emperor is not about assassinating Master Liao and Shopkeeper Gao. How could the Vulture succeed?"
Wang Miaoxin interjected: "Maybe it's a secret method - poisoning? Poisoning is impossible. The palace is very concerned about the royal meal. It needs to be tested three times."
What Wang Miaoxin said is true. When Concubine Wan Gui deliberately tried to poison Zhu Youtang, Empress Dowager Zhou took a strict look at her, and she failed to succeed for more than ten years.
Chang Feng said: "Yes. It seems that the emperor's guards are airtight. But as people have their say, they are not afraid of thieves stealing, but they are afraid of being remembered."
"The Vulture Society has actually targeted the Emperor. If it is not uprooted, the Emperor will always be in danger."
Fatty Xu still didn't care: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no precedent of an emperor being assassinated."
Chang Feng glared at Fatty Xu: "What a stupid thing to say! It's disrespectful to say something. If the emperor is assassinated, our imperial guards, from commanders to captains and warriors, will all commit suicide to thank the world."
"In short, now that I am in charge of Nansi, I have to uproot the Vulture Society."
Wang Miaoxin poured cold water on Chang Feng: "Uprooting the vulture? I'm afraid it's not that easy."
Black Maitreya Zhao Xiangfo spoke: "Chang Qianhu. I have been investigating the assassination of Master Liao today."
"The general guard at the Liao Mansion reported that the secret words communicated by Mr. Liao and the visiting host that night were 'Everyone makes up for the imperfections of heaven' and 'Only for the sake of the common people, not for the master'."
"Nan Si's joint codes are specific, and each hidden stake is different. Check the roster. Who does this set of joint codes belong to?"
Fatty Xu's eyes lit up: "Huh? Are you using the lyrics in "The Military Song of the Red Scarf Army" as a codeword?"
Xu Da, the ancestor of Fatty Xu, was a serious Red Turban Army member. The military song of the Red Scarf Army can be sung by descendants of the Xu family throughout the ages.
"Every man can make up for the imperfections of heaven, only for the sake of the common people and not for the Lord" are exactly the lyrics in the military song.
Chang Feng quickly checked the roster, and then said: "This set of code words belongs to the secret agent Guan Gong who is lurking in the Daguan camp."
Wang Miao thought: "In other words, there is only one possibility, Guan Gong has betrayed!"
Everyone still doesn't know that Guan Gong was killed.
Chang Feng said: "It's not just Guan Gong who may have betrayed. Shopkeeper Gao was killed, Yang Chun is also suspected of betraying. Yang Chun is one of the four hemp gangsters in Yuansheng Teahouse."
"The roster contains the addresses of Guan Gong and Yang Chun in Daguanying. Let's go to Daguanying and bring them back to Nansi. We will know after the first trial."
Wang Miao thought: "Okay! I will order three hundred strong men now."
Chang Feng waved his hand: "What are you bringing so many people for? Aren't you afraid of scaring these two people away if you mobilize a large number of people?"
"It's enough to bring ten capable warriors with scorpion crossbows."
Wang Miaoxin quickly dissuaded her: "Absolutely not! There are tens of thousands of Mongolian people in the Daguan camp. Most of the Vulture Society people are lurking there, and the number is unknown. It is too dangerous to go with only ten people!"
Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Why should I be a royal guard if I'm afraid of danger? No matter how many Meng people there are in the high-ranking camp, it's still the world of our Ming Dynasty! I don't believe that a few young men can rebel against heaven!"
"Besides, we are bringing the scorpion crossbow. Oh, by the way, check the scorpion crossbow carefully before setting off. Don't be like Master Liao and let others tamper with the scorpion crossbow."
Having said this, Chang Feng asked Hei Maitreya: "Zhao Qianhu, have you found out who manipulated the scorpion crossbow?"
Zhao Xiangfo replied: "We are investigating and the results will be available within a day or two."
Chang Feng seemed to be demonstrating to Zhao Xiangfo: "It's too slow. I found the secret list within a day. Is it still going to take a day or two to catch a kid?"
Zhao Xiangfo was silent.
Liao Fanyong was assassinated the night before yesterday, and Chang Feng had not slept for a whole day and two nights.
But he was in high spirits at the moment. For the first time in the southern town of Fusi, the first shot had to be fired.
In this state, it is easy for people to make mistakes.
It would be the biggest mistake to only bring ten strong men to the high official camp!
(End of chapter)
