1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1531 The mastermind behind the scenes
With the continuous collection of confession information, Sun Jin also roughly understood the identity and background of this small gang. It turned out that they used to be a group of water bandits who did business without capital on the Qiantang River. Later, they were arrested for robbing an official's goods. The government mobilized the army to round up, and then broke up under repeated attacks.Its leader, Hao Qing, was imprisoned for a time, but was later released through some unknown means.But they all had a record in the government, and they didn't dare to resume their old jobs for a while, and they had no other survival skills, so they could only do the most unskilled moving work on the wharf.

Apart from a fight with Guo Ziping's men, this group has not done any illegal activities recently, and they don't know anything about Jin Yiwei's situation, and no one has heard of Hao Qing having other identities.They only knew that Hao Qing planned to take revenge on Guo Ziping, but they were completely ignorant of the matter of following Sun Jin.

Judging from the known information, Sun Jin thinks that what Hao Qing said is more likely to be true. After all, it is necessary to arrange for so many people to be seriously injured in advance, and to remember the exact same confession. It is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time.Moreover, if such a complicated game is just to clear Hao Qing's suspected status as Jin Yiwei, then the investment is really too great.So Hao Qing, who was almost sunk in the Qiantang River, finally got the chance to talk to Sun Jin again.

"Your subordinates have confirmed what you said." Sun Jin returned to the cabin, still expressionless: "But this can only prove that you have not lied about your identity. Just like this, it can't change your job." Fate, after all, you already know too much."

Hearing what Sun Jin said, Hao Qing knew that his subordinates were in danger. Otherwise, with their temperament, how could they obediently cooperate with the Haihan people's investigation.But in exchange for a chance to survive, he couldn't waste it, and immediately said: "The villain is willing to confess the mastermind behind the scenes, in exchange for a chance to survive."

He had mentioned this to Sun Jin before, but at that time Sun Jin still suspected that his identity was false, and did not believe anything he said.But now that his identity has been confirmed through other means, Sun Jin naturally has to find out who the mastermind behind this person is.As for whether to let Hao Qing live, Sun Jin would not have any soft-hearted considerations, but proceeded from reality. If Hao Qing needs to live as a witness, then he should be kept alive for the time being.

Sun Jin nodded and said, "You speak first. If you are successful, I will save your life."

Hao Qing couldn't help asking: "The little man's brothers...can you give me a way to survive? They don't know much, so they won't cause you any trouble."

Sun Jin would not agree to his request, but said coldly: "You explain the situation first, whether they can live or not depends on your cooperation!"

Hao Qing couldn't continue to be tough at this time, knowing that he didn't have the capital to bargain with the other party at all, so he could only sigh, from how he met a noble person in the Hangzhou prison, and how he was bailed out of the prison, so what Get away, use the identity of Jin Yiwei as a cover, and handle some difficult things for that person.It kept talking until the man came to the door two days ago and gave him the task of destroying the weaving workshop site.And what happened after that has already been told to Sun Jin once.

Sun Jin was also thinking about the credibility of Hao Qing's confession while listening to it. According to this confession, Hao Qing was a coolie doing dirty work for the mastermind behind the scenes, and the other party had the ability to get him out of Wang Yuan's nose. It is obvious that he is also a powerful figure in the local government to get out of the prison.As for the character Li Song, Sun Jin thought that it was probably just a puppet giving orders for others, and even the name might be fake.Hao Qing said that every time Li Song took the initiative to visit him, and he had no way of contacting the other party, this made Sun Jin's suspicion flare up again—is this Li Song really someone, or is it Hao Qing? Qing made up a character out of thin air in order to escape?
After listening to Hao Qing's confession, Sun Jin raised his own question: "How do you prove the existence of Li Song? Or, how can I find this person?"

After Sun Jin's question was raised, Hao Qing was silent for a moment. He really couldn't take the initiative to contact Li Song, and he usually only appeared when Li Song had something to do for him.But right now, saving his life is the most important thing, so he can only give it a try.

"This person will go to the villain's place in the city in the near future to listen to the report and understand the progress of the operation. If you can set up an ambush in advance, you will be able to capture this person." The idea is also out together.

When Sun Jin heard this, he felt that it was a feasible strategy. He only needed to let the field team deploy around the perimeter, and if the person appeared, he would subdue him.Immediately, he asked Hao Qing's residence in the city again, and then went to instruct the field team to prepare to enter the city.However, it was already late at this time, and the city gates of Hangzhou had been closed, so they had to wait until the next day before entering the city.

Sun Jin also specially called Guo Ziping to tell him to deal with the aftermath of those people who were kidnapped back. With so many people missing in the sky, it would be troublesome if someone reported to the government. Go to the government as soon as possible. Take care of it, so as not to make extra troubles.In addition, this group of people, including Hao Qing, had to be optimistic, otherwise, if the news leaked out, there might be problems with the safety of Sun Jin and others in the city.

The next day, the field team brought all kinds of equipment and entered Hangzhou City among ordinary people.Sun Jin still personally led the team according to past habits, and he really wanted to conduct interrogation as soon as the target was captured, so as to ensure that the timeliness of the intelligence would not be delayed.

When the field team arrived at Zhongguofang, where Hao Qing lived, they did not rush in immediately. Instead, they sent two people in to do a reconnaissance of the surrounding environment, making sure that there was no one watching them, and found two escape routes.Then he opened the door with the key he took from Hao Qing, went in and checked everything inside and out, and then came out to call his companions to go in.Even so, Sun Jin still kept a few people outside as a vigilante, in case things changed, he could give an early warning.

Since they don't know when the target will appear, they are also prepared to live here for five or six days.In order to avoid being exposed, they didn't even plan to cook together in this place, so they quietly lurked in it and waited for rabbits.

According to Hao Qing, Li Song only showed up at night, sometimes even after the curfew started, obviously to avoid revealing his identity.Those who have such scruples are often officials. However, considering that this person is only acting as a middleman and messenger, Sun Jin thinks that he is probably not an official, but a peripheral member of the government.Although this guess is not entirely accurate, it is not far from the truth.

Nothing happened that night, and then a peaceful day passed.As night fell, the object they had been waiting for finally appeared.

Li Song came to see Hao Qing that night, and said he would come back to find out the progress in a few days, but for the sake of safety, Li Song did not make an appointment with him, but acted randomly.But he never imagined that so many things happened in just two or three days, and there were still people ambushing Hao Qing's residence, waiting for him to fall into his trap.

As usual, Li Song walked to the door and was about to knock the door knocker, but with a little force on his hand, he found that the door was ajar. Standing at the gate of the courtyard, he greeted, "Is anyone at home?"

Li Song was very cautious, he still remembered not to bring Hao Qing's name, but Sun Jin had already made arrangements inside and outside the courtyard, and from the moment he walked to the door, he was already in a trap It's hard to get out.

Seeing that there was no response from inside, Li Song was still hesitating whether to enter the room to see if Hao Qing was asleep. Suddenly, someone strangled his neck from behind. Covering his mouth and nose, he couldn't make a sound.Then he saw a very frightening scene, several people rushed out from the dark corner of the yard, and dragged him into the house.Although Li Song tried to struggle desperately, he still couldn't compete with the big men and was quickly subdued.Both hands and feet were shackled by special shackles, and his mouth was also gagged. Even if he wanted to bite his tongue to kill himself, he couldn't do it.

"Look at the courtyard outside, in case anyone else breaks in." Sun Jin gave the order calmly.He knew that the possibility of people like Li Song going out alone at night was very small, and there were probably grooms, bearers and the like waiting not far from here.If Li Song didn't go back within a certain period of time, then his entourage might go to the yamen guards and city defense forces who patrol the neighborhoods in the city at night, so there won't be too much time left for the field team to deal with Li Song.

Then he walked up to Li Song and took a look at Li Song's appearance. Although his hair and clothes looked messy due to the struggle just now, they roughly matched the appearance Hao Qing had described.Moreover, judging from his clothes, he should also be a gentleman with a certain status, which made Sun Jin more affirmed some of his previous guesses about his identity.

"What I'm asking you now, you answer honestly. If you want to play tricks, I guarantee you will die out of this yard, understand?" Sun Jin intentionally approached Li Song's ear, and said to him in a low voice: "If you understand Just nod."

Li Song nodded with horror on his face. Now he really can't figure out what the origin of these masked men is. Could it be that Hao Qing is rebellious and wants to plot against him?But doing so will not save his family, but will harm them. Hao Qing should not understand this truth.

Before Li Song could figure out what happened, Sun Jin asked, "Are you Li Song?"

Li Song didn't expect the first question asked by the other party to be like this, but he knew right away that the other party was definitely not Hao Qing's gang, otherwise he wouldn't have asked such an idiot question.But when the other party asked this question, it was obvious that he was here waiting to arrest him, but Hao Qing was not here, how did these people find this place, and set up an ambush against him here?

This series of questions flashed through Li Song's mind, but before he could figure out the answer, the other party lost his patience.Sun Jin had already pulled out a gleaming dagger, and said in his mouth, "So I caught the wrong person, so I'm sorry, I can only make you a dead ghost!"

Li Song was so frightened that he shook his head vigorously and made a whimper, and then remembered that the other party said to shake his head to express it, and quickly changed it to nod, indicating that he was Li Song.

Sun Jin asked again, and when he saw the other party nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, he knew the identity of this person was correct.And this place is not a place to stay for a long time, Dang even ordered to retreat.When they entered the city, they specially brought in the special sedan chair and put it behind the courtyard.Immediately, everyone put Li Song into the sedan chair and fixed it, and then fed him a special pill to ensure that he would remain in a drowsy state for the next two hours.

A group of people carried the sedan chair and quickly left Zhongguofang. Although it had entered the curfew time, it was not a problem for the field team.They came out to do things, and the various identification certificates they carried covered almost every privileged department of Daming, and they were all real guys, not fake props.

Encountered several interrogations along the way, Sun Jin passed through without any haste, revealing his identity. He didn't encounter the slightest trouble, and no one dared to lift the curtain of the sedan chair to see who was sitting inside.After all, Sun Jin took the initiative to reveal his identity as Baihu, Fusi, Jinyiwei South Township. Since Baihu is just a role of running errands by the side of the sedan chair, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of these patrol teams have the courage to inquire about the identity of the person in the sedan chair. .

However, Sun Jin was not in a hurry to take the risk of going out of the city overnight. He led the team to another spare safe house in the city and stayed there until dawn.Seeing that Li Song had gradually regained consciousness before departure, he fed him another pill to make him fall asleep again, and then the group left the city smoothly from Fengshan Gate in the south of the city and returned to the pier again.To be on the safe side, Sun Jin also specifically brought up Hao Qing and asked him to identify Li Song.Seeing that Li Song was indeed captured from Hangzhou by this group of people, Hao Qing immediately dispelled all chances of luck, and only hoped that the group would show mercy and let him survive after they achieved their goal.

Li Song was woken up by a bucket of cold water, and then found that he had become a prisoner.Recalling what happened last night, he knew that it might be difficult to escape this time, but he still tried his best to pretend to be calm, hoping to use his brains to deal with the kidnappers.

But Sun Jin didn't want to waste too much time on Li Song, so he asked the key question straight to the point: "We arrested you because you asked Hao Qing to destroy the construction sites of the three weaving workshops in the south of the city. I want to know who is your master, give me the name, or I will sink you into the Qiantang River."

(End of this chapter)