Security Bureau Headquarters.
Zhu Youxuan was protesting. The single room that originally belonged to him was suddenly filled with more than a dozen people. They were all noisy and cursed, and there was no peace. He almost didn't even have a place to stand.
Guo Gang ignored Zhu Youhui at all. He threw the man in, didn't even untie the shackles, and just closed the door and left.
In the beginning, there were no dungeons at the Security Bureau headquarters. In order to facilitate interrogation and detain important prisoners, more than fifty dungeons were opened.
Because the Ministry of Punishment is very competitive and the Security Bureau has not actively opened up the market and expanded the number of consumers, no one usually lives in these cellars, and most of them are vacant.
But now the situation suddenly changed. In just one night, the Security Bureau attracted more than 300 customers. In addition to giving them shackles, shackles and other specialties, they also had to control their behavior.
There are only so many cellars, and they can’t be filled to capacity.
Although the Security Bureau has many houses in the capital, if they are too spread out, it will not be conducive to interrogation.
After much thought, Xue Xia decided to show some democratic spirit and let these Yin soldiers decide whether to live on the ground or underground.
It stands to reason that it would be nice to live on the ground, with wind, flowers, snow and moon, a wide view, fresh air, and the opportunity to climb over the wall and run out for a look.
But the problem is that the wind is from the north and the flowers are plum blossoms. Although the snow has not come, the moon is very cold.
The result of living up there and admiring the moonlight is probably to freeze to death.
This trick worked very well. In just one night, more than a hundred people reported their situation in exchange for accommodation vouchers in the cellar. As for those hardcore and wait-and-see factions, they can only stay on top.
However, Xue Xia looked up at the rainy sky and knew very clearly that not many people would survive the night. Although Nanjing was located in the south of the Yangtze River, ordinary people could not endure the cold and wet weather in winter.
The rules of the Security Bureau are very clear. If you don't explain the situation, you will explain yourself.
The interrogation of Xiaoyu Xiaoxia was handed over to Xue Xia. Gu Sanshen, Xiong Wucheng, Tang Buping, Pang Huan and others were taking turns interrogating important figures.
The old woman was a weakling. Ever since she was tortured by Pang Huan, she was honest and had only one condition: as long as she didn't hit her, she would say whatever she asked.
She even told stories about her entering the palace as a palace maid, not being favored by Zhu Yuanzhang, being beaten for making mistakes, and finally being thrown out of the palace when she got older.
She participated in the ancient and modern plans with the young master. Apart from the fact that her father was beaten and broken by Zhu Yuanzhang and died in less than two years, the more important thing was that she was dissatisfied with her own situation.
No matter what her motives are or whether she is mentally abnormal, she is an old woman after all. Anyone who looks at her will think that she is harmless and will not be wary. Young Master and Gu Jin chose this kind of person to serve as their intelligence chief. I wonder if there is no one available. Still painstaking.
Mang Zhong confessed a lot, including the list of shady soldiers within the palace that the Security Bureau had always wanted, a total of eighteen people. But looking at the list carefully, ten of them were from the palace supervisors and had been rounded up by the security bureau long ago. One of them was Lu Shan, the ex-shangfu who ran away. This person was also dead.
What surprised Gu Sanshen was that Amber, the former palm print of the Waihuayi Bureau who had been beaten by Empress Ma, was also on the list. The other personnel were all marginal figures. They had no important positions and were not close to Zhu Yunwen, the Empress, etc. Opportunities for people.
After getting this list, Gu Sanshen finally breathed a sigh of relief. It at least meant that there were no major problems within the palace. Even though the prince had been operating for many years, he had never penetrated into the key points of the inner court.
Gu Sanshen handed the list to Tang Buping and asked him to enter the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor. Tang Buping was very grateful to Gu Sanshen. He had made mistakes and always needed a credit to make up for it. This list was very important.
Compared with a weakling like Mang Zhong, Jin Zhong's treatment was much better, especially after learning that his family was placed in Bozhou, Fengyang Prefecture, and that the Security Bureau had sent people to rescue them, he told everything he knew.
In addition to Li Zengzhi's name, Jin Zhong also named Xu Zengshou and Zhu Gaoxu, which shocked Gu Sanshen.
However, Jin Zhong could not produce evidence. After all, Zhu Gaoxu and Xu Zengshou had better brains. They hid behind the scenes and pushed the stupid Li Zengzhi to the front. Now Li Zengzhi lives in the Security Bureau and cannot leave, while Zhu Gaoxu and Xu Zengshou are still living their lives well.
As for Wang Guangsheng, the son of former Minister of Justice Wang Huidi, he was an idealist. When the whip shattered his ideals and only the bloody reality was left, Wang Guangsheng chose to surrender and handed over a group of princes and gang members, including the court officials involved in the Guo Huan case. There are twenty-six descendants in total.
These families have become the support point for the princes and ancient and modern forces, providing them with local funds, footholds, materials and a small number of manpower, hiding among the people.
Li Qi is tough-talking and has not confessed yet.
After some interrogation and intelligence compilation, the Security Bureau finally figured out the structure of ancient and modern forces:
In ancient and modern times, he is responsible for making suggestions and being the mastermind.
The young master Li Qi was responsible for human trafficking, colluding with Hongwu's remaining ministers, and training undercover soldiers.
Wang Guangsheng is Li Qi's most important deputy, responsible for coordinating families from various places and transporting materials and property.
Manzhong is responsible for information transmission and search.
Because of his status, Jin Zhong was assigned the responsibility of lobbying the nobles of the capital and pulling people into trouble.
The Thousand-Faced Man is responsible for threatening, assassinating, and leading underworld operations.
In addition to these, Jin Zhong also revealed a key piece of information, that is, there is another crucial figure among the ancient and modern forces:
Bangu.
This person is the biggest promoter of the expansion of power in ancient and modern times. Whether it is the King of Zhou's involvement in the White Lotus Sect, or the King of Qi's accelerating rebellion, or the White Lotus uprising in Qingzhou, using the Yangtze Temple to hide his traces, and bribing the guards to buy and sell weapons, he has his shadow.
The first person in ancient and modern times is Pangu. This is the consensus of Mang Zhong, Wang Guangsheng, Jin Zhong and a group of Yin soldiers. However, no one can tell clearly who Pangu's true identity is, whether he is Liu Bowen's grandson Liu Lao.
If you want to completely unlock the secrets of Pangu, Gujin and others, there is only one breakthrough point: the young master Li Qi.
However, although Li Qi is not a burly man and does not have much martial arts skills, his bones are very hard. In other words, his heart is dead. No matter how tortured the security bureau is, and they use all their means, they still refuse to speak.
Gu Sanshen is very anxious, but Pang Huan is very patient. If you find a treasure and meet someone who is not afraid of death, then it is easy. You can try any method to see which punishment is more painful and effective. People are not afraid of death. , but that doesn’t mean you can’t feel pain.
Blood-Hand Yama is not just a joke. A tough guy like Gu Sanshen can't stand it anymore. Li Qi is a bit too nervous to faint. Just like that, he almost died after being tortured. He originally wanted to say nothing. As a result, Pang Huan was scolded.
Pang Huan simply plugged Li Qi's mouth and continued playing. People wouldn't explain it anyway. As long as he couldn't die, he would continue playing. As for when he wants to say it, it depends on his mood at that time.
In Pang Huan's view, who is Gu Jin and who Pan Gu is, in fact, has no fundamental value. The Yin soldiers in the inner court have been eliminated, the list of related Hongwu officials has also been obtained, and the corresponding guards officers have been escorted to the capital. The remaining Yin soldiers have also been arrested. Most of the leaders who can maintain the operation of the organization are now in the Security Bureau. No matter how smart Gu Jin and Pan Gu are, without their minions and the family behind them to support them, their tricks It won't work at all.
In other words, with the arrests of Li Qi, Wang Guangsheng, Jin Zhong, Mang Zhong and others, the ancient and modern forces have been almost destroyed, leaving only a few wandering ghosts lingering in the dark.
But this is the human world, not hell, it is a ghost, so you should take care of Po Meng's business and then go to reincarnation.
Before Gu Sanshen could wait for Li Qi's explanation, he received the document from Fengyang Liu Changge. After reading the content, he was so happy that he asked Pang Huan, who studied the art of bone removal, to stand up. He looked at the dying Li Qi and said with a smile: " Li Qi, you see clearly, you have no hope anymore. The White Lotus Sect, as your other hand, has been completely cut off."
Li Qi finally fainted when he saw the news in the document that the Buddha's mother was beheaded and Han Tianfu, Yu Chou's mother and others were arrested.
Completely finished.
Without the support of the Hongwu family, and without the intelligence network of Mang Zhong, as long as they can still maintain relations with the White Lotus Sect, relying on the abilities of Gu Jin and Pan Gu and others, they may not be unable to deal a heavy blow to the Ming court.
Now that the Buddha Mother is dead and the bandit leader of the White Lotus Sect is arrested, Gu and Jin will not only lose their own power, but also all foreign aid.
Great things can no longer be accomplished!
Gu Sanshen ignored Li Qi, who was pretending to be faint, and entered the palace with the documents.
The policy discussion for the martial arts test was arranged outside the Fengtian Hall, hosted by the Ministry of War. Zhu Yunwen, Xu Huizu and others were waiting in the hall. There were only two policy questions, both of which were simple:
The first question: How to train a soldier if he is given a guard.
The second question: Where is the enemy and how to defend against it.
There are not so many twists and turns, just two essay questions. Considering that the cultural level of the martial arts examiners is low and the difficulty of holding a writing brush exceeds that of a three hundred kilogram stone, Zhu Yunwen pioneered the "talking strategy" and waited until he could write. Write down what comes out. If you really can’t write, don’t worry. Just talk about it. Leave it to the end. Go to the temple alone to express it orally. There will be written records and it will be judged in the end.
If you can't write or even speak, then there's nothing to do. You'll get zero points for policy and discussion, but that's no problem. As long as you're brave enough, like Xue Lu, Ji Gang, Yuan Yue, etc., there's still hope.
Zhu Yunwen was listening to Wu Juren talking about military training. When he saw Gu Sanshen coming, he got up and went to the side hall to summon Gu Sanshen.
After Gu Sanjian saluted, he took out Liu Changge's document and congratulated: "Your Majesty, the leader of the White Lotus bandits, Buddha Mother, has been killed. The leaders of the White Lotus bandits from all over the country have been arrested. They are now on their way to the capital."
Zhu Yunwen flipped through the documents. Liu Changge explained in detail. Regarding Li Fangying's involvement, he did not bring any personal color or emotion. He only described the process and results of the entire incident. At the end, he also included a list of the arrested leaders of the White Lotus Sect.
The Buddha Mother is dead.
Zhu Yunwen was a little confused about this result. This bandit leader, who was regarded by the imperial court as the strongest leader of the White Lotus Sect, fell into Fengyang City like this. It was neither clear nor heroic.
Silently and low-key, it was as if fate had made a joke.
But she died anyway.
If you die, just die, that's a good thing.
At present, the ancient and modern forces, the White Lotus forces, a major conspiracy group and a major religious group that disrupted the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty have finally been severely damaged. Although they have not been caught in ancient and modern times, and the White Lotus Sect will not be completely extinct because of this, at least they have lost their best subordinates or leaders, and in a short period of time, they will no longer have the power to cause trouble.
"Your Majesty, after interrogation, it was discovered that there are twenty-six families who secretly support the ancient and modern forces and provide them with materials, shelter and manpower. They are all family members of officials involved in the four major Hongwu cases."
Gu Sanshen handed over a list.
After Zhu Yunwen took it, he looked at it carefully, feeling a little heavy in his heart.
The four major Hongwu cases affected countless families. Even so, despite all the efforts of the ancient and modern masters, they only managed to win over twenty-six families. It can be seen that most families are still unwilling to experience another turmoil and do not want to quarrel with the court. The enemy, or in other words, they are very aware of current affairs and are unwilling to kill themselves with eggs and stones.
These twenty-six families happened to be on the opposite side of the imperial court.
Zhu Yunwen closed the document, with some pain in his eyes, and whispered: "Isn't it enough to kill one person?"
