Sure enough, as Xu Jie said, Fang Kongzhang, who had been servile for a while, finally left Yingtian Mansion and rushed to Yangzhou.

He was too stressed for this matter, even Bi Ziyan was forced to resign. He rarely wanted to resign, let alone the chief officer at the place where the incident happened.

Recently, calls for Fang Kongxu to be imprisoned and punished. Both reformists and conservatives were very dissatisfied with this matter and even asked to take Fang Kongxu's sacrifice flag.

As soon as Fang Kongzhao arrived in Yangzhou Prefecture, he didn't care about seeing Feng Jiangfeng and directly found Gong Dingzi.

In Yangzhou Prefecture, Fang Kongzhao looked majestic and said aggressively: "Mr. Gong, you have been to Yangzhou Prefecture for several days, why haven't you seen you solve the case?"

Gong Dingzi naturally knew that all the officials from Southern Zhili were in danger. He was quite polite to the chief official of the border and said with a smile: "Governor Fang, are you trying to guide me or do you want to spy on the case?"

Fang Kongzhao naturally knew Gong Dingzi's foundation, sneered in his heart, and said decisively: "Mr. Gong, don't say these nonsense. The entire Nanzhili is now in a state of rebellion, and all government affairs are stagnant. The sound of the court's crimes is broken. As the governor of Nanzhili, I naturally have the right to calm the situation. If Lord Gong cannot find out the case as soon as possible and settle the case, I will write to the emperor and ask the court to send someone else!"

After Fang Kongxiao finished speaking, his eyes stared at Gong Dingzi with a burning look.

He couldn't wait, Nanzhili couldn't wait, and Beijing could not wait. He knew very well that any case was a trivial matter, but whoever hindered the "New Deal" would definitely be a heinous crime. Not to mention the emperor, even the cabinet would not let him go easily.

Gong Dingzi looked at Fang Kongzhao and glanced at Xu Jie and others again.

Fang Kongzhang and others brought a lot of people, as well as a group of officials from Yangzhou Prefecture, more than 20 people, staring at him, as if he would not give an answer, and he would eat him alive.

Gong Dingzi was silent for a while, looking at Fang Kongzhao and said with a solemn look: "Governor Fang, this angel is just to hide his eyes and ears. Let me tell you the truth. This group of people is not simple, and their hands and feet are neat and clean, and there is no clue left. However, this angel still found a clue."

Everyone was shocked when they listened to Gong Dingzi's words.

Xu Jie even said in a rescue effort: "What clues can be made, when will people be arrested and solved?"

Gong Dingzi deliberately kept it a secret for a while and said, "When Zhou Tongzong and others visited Xiao Qinhuai, this group of people followed behind. Several people had seen their appearance. These people had been taken away by me and were detained in a certain place. As long as the portrait was painted, they would definitely be able to catch people. As long as they were caught, other problems would be solved."

Fang Kongqi's body was always flashing, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "I passed the order from this official, Yangzhou City will only be allowed to enter but not leave immediately. All the soldiers and soldiers of Yangzhou Prefecture, the Criminal Prison Division and other personnel will be dispatched by the angels, and no resistance or obstruction will be allowed!"

"Yes!" The group of people felt a stern and responded loudly.

Fang Kongqi knew that Gong Dingzi was hiding in the military yamen to prevent open and secret arrows. He glanced at the military commander of Yangzhou Prefecture and said, "This time I am overstepping power, do you have no objection?"

The commander in charge of the Yangzhou Prefecture Army was named Chen Yixiu. He raised his hand and said, "Governor Lu has sent orders to the last general, but the last general has no objection."

Fang Kongzhao turned his head and looked at Gong Dingzi, saying, "I am in this Yangzhou Prefecture. If the case is not solved, I will not leave. Everything will be done."

Gong Dingzi said: "Governor Fang, don't worry, I will go now. As long as I get the portrait, I will search the whole city and be sure to catch these villains."

"Okay, I'm waiting for good news!" Fang Kongzhao said in a deep voice.

Gong Dingzi bowed to everyone and strode away from Yangzhou Prefecture.

Chu Jianghan did not leave, stayed, stood in the crowd, and seemed unknown.

Fang Kongzhao's eyes swept over the person present and said coldly: "Start immediately, Yangzhou Prefecture will block it, no one is allowed to leave, and no one is allowed to pass on the news without authorization, otherwise he will be guilty of accomplice!"

Everyone knew the importance of this matter, and they raised their hands to respond without hesitation.

Although Chu Jianghan also bowed and looked up, he quietly took some action. The people under him were silently mixed among the people in the governor's yamen, monitoring the entire government office.

Gong Ding ran out of Yangzhou Prefecture, got on the carriage, changed direction quietly, got on the Qinhuai River, and then hid many times, then turned back to the city and rushed to the northwest corner.

This is a big yard. As soon as Gong Dingzi entered the door, he was closed tightly. There was no sound inside, and there was no movement at all.

Just after Gong Dingzi entered, two people appeared in a corner, looked at each other, and one of them quietly left.

In the evening, a carrier pigeon flew into a yard of Shenlong Mansion, and a maid quickly brought it into the show building in the backyard.

In the Xiulou is a woman, a very young, pretty, and somewhat outstanding woman. She is gently shaking the cradle and humming the lullaby.

In the cradle is a seven or eight-month-old baby, wrapped in his fingers and sleeping.

The maid quietly walked in, handed the note to the woman, and spread it in front of her.

The woman glanced at her eyes, frowned slightly, and a sense of resentment and boredom appeared on her face.

She looked at the child in the cradle and said in an extremely gentle tone, "How many people are we in Yangzhou Prefecture?"

The maid bowed and cautiously whispered, "Back to Madam, there are twenty people. Now the city is closed down. If you don't reveal your identity, you can't get out at all."

The woman was silent for a while and said, "Find a reason and send twenty people in, silence all those who see their faces, and then find a way to replace them. You must not reveal your strength without knowing it."

"Yes." The maid responded softly, and then said, "Madam, the master wrote to us to keep a low profile. He felt that the capital might be suspicious."

The woman was quiet for a while and said, "Well, you go to the port yourself and send the twenty ships away. As long as you leave the port, we will be silent for a while."

"Yes." The maid responded and turned around to leave.

"Wait," the woman suddenly spoke again, saying, "What is the attitude of that general?"

The maid turned around and said more cautiously: "He eats empty talk and resells military rations. If these are found to be dead by the Ministry of War, the wife will cover them up for him, and she will definitely be honest and obedient."

The woman smiled in her eyes and said, "Well, then we will have a little more protection. You should stare carefully and don't be careless."

"Yes." The maid whispered, and waited for a while before quietly retreating.

At night, Yangzhou Prefecture.

Chu Jianghan lives in a quiet, inconspicuous room, with a foot-opening window and looking down at the yard.

Not long after, a young guard came in and whispered in his ear: "Sir, there were six or seven people who quietly climbed over the wall and ran away separately, and we lost a few of them."

Chu Jianghan frowned and said, "This group of people is not simple, it's not surprising that they all come back. They are all fake. The real thief must still be in this yard!"

The guard raised his hand and continued, "There are many people entering the city today, and nothing special was observed on the city gate. By the way, a team of Jinyiwei entered the city. It is said that it was a secret investigation of the case. Even Governor Fang could not ask more about it. He let it go without looking at the face."

The Jinyiwei was the emperor's personal guard. His authority was higher than anything else, and no one dared to do anything randomly. It was natural that Fang Kongzhang let him go, as expected.

But Chu Jianghan felt bad, his face was serious, he closed the window and whispered: "How are the preparations made by the adults? Are they appropriate?"

The guard also stepped forward and said in his ear: "Don't worry, sir, I've been transferred from the army, absolutely elite, one for ten, and ambushed. As long as someone dares to go, there will be no entry or exit!"

Chu Jianghan stood up, sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Okay! I'll go see Governor Fang now and take over the entire Yangzhou government office. I want to see how long this thief can hide!"

"Yes!" The guard followed Chu Jianghan and took over the management power from Fang Kongxi, instantly causing the water inside and outside the Yangzhou government office to be ventilated, and even a fly could not fly in, let alone fly out.

The Yangzhou government office was in an instant and everyone was in danger. They hid in the house one by one, not daring to breathe.

As night fell, in the yard in the northwest corner, Gong Dingzi was holding a wine glass and drinking alone, leisurely and at ease.

Zhang Su likes Gong Dingzi's calmness and ease, standing in front of him, saying, "Sir, you have already ambushed. As long as they dare to come in, there will definitely be no entry or exit!"

Gong Dingzi smiled and looked up at him and said, "Don't catch them all, leave a few spaces and let them run out a few. I really want to see who is doing something and what is the purpose..."

Zhang Su immediately understood and said, "Do you want to follow the clues? Yes, let's make arrangements now."

Gong Dingzi nodded gently, drank the wine glass in one go, and then looked at the beating lights with a hard look.

Before we knew it, there were shadows quietly gathering in the darkness not far from the yard.

Everyone looked at the yard not far away with calm eyes, and a low discussion rang out.

"After Gong Dingzi entered, no one came out, and there was no movement in the yard. I tried to see from a high place. There were everyone in the yard for a long time. I think they must have ambushed."

"It's not surprising that there is an ambush. Gong Dingzi has always been cautious in his work and will not make any mistakes. From the fact that he has made so many moves, he can tell whether the ambush is enough."

"He borrowed more than a hundred people from the government soldiers, fifty people were in Yangzhou Prefecture, and the others disappeared, probably here."

"That's simple. Go in and sprinkle a wave of poison powder first, then use the rainy pear blossom needle. Besides, we still have a firearm in our hands."

"The firearm cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary. Let's rush in, observe where the person is locked up and kill him. We immediately withdraw, and then use the Jinyiwei waist card to leave. The city gate will be opened soon. The group of people who just came in will leave. Even if Fang Kongzhang and Gong Dingzi were suspicious, they would not dare to find out our heads!"

"Yes!" a group of people whispered secretly.

I don’t know how long it took, a black shadow suddenly rushed out, and then one by one seemed to come out of thin air. With a good understanding, he rushed directly to the courtyard wall and then jumped in one after another.

Forty people, even if they climbed over the wall silently, they should have alarmed the people in the yard, but strangely, the yard was still as quiet as before, just like an empty yard, with a figure, and no sound at all.

The men in black stood there without moving rashly. They looked at each other, then rushed into the room and began to search each other.

In the secret room, Gong Dingzi held a periscope and observed the movement outside, standing still without moving.

Zhang Yu stood beside him and heard the rewards coming from outside from time to time.

After a while, she said, "Sir, they almost all came in, aren't they going to do it?"

Gong Dingzi raised his head, looked at the snow-white walls, and said lightly: "You go out of the secret passage, let the people from the east and south yards gather around the two walls, and the people from the west and north yards withdraw from them, tell them that if you kill them, you don't need a living."

Zhang Su was stunned and said, "Sir, don't survivor?"

A strange sneer appeared on Gong Dingzi's face and said, "You can try it."

Zhang Yu raised his hand and said, "Yes."

As he said that, he turned around and left the dark secret passage behind him. The secret passage went to the next yard where the elite soldiers Gong Dingzi borrowed from Lu Xiangsheng were hidden.

The man in black quickly finished searching the yard and arrived at the southeast corner of the yard, which was inconspicuous and similar to thatched cottages.

It looks ordinary here, but it is very dark, like a beast of a hidden man, which is unsettling.

A group of people in black blocked here, facing each other. After a moment, several men in black stepped forward, silently opened the door, and then retreated, whispering: "There is a secret passage."

The leading man in black waved his hand, and several men in black stepped forward, blocked the gap, and opened the mechanism with great caution.

Once opened, everyone was ready to attack, but the mechanism was opened, not a random shot, nor a dark passage. Twenty lights were brightly lit, and a huge piece of paper was pasted on the wall.

A man in black rushed in, his face changed drastically, and he brought it back to the leading man in black.

I saw it: No one saw your true face.

"Retreat!" The man in black threw it away, turned around and ran back.
To be continued...