The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 384
The next day, a large-scale mountain search began. Three days later, the Song army returned to Hangzhou.

In Hangzhou government office, Zhao Tong pointed to a person in front of him and said calmly: "His name is Fang Gu, and he is Fang La's nephew, but he is a few years older than Fang La. Looking at Fang La since he was a child, he can identify him."

Zhao Kai looked at Fang Gu suspiciously: "Second brother, are you serious? I still think Fang La is the one who was caught. The false empress and the false princes and ministers all died in front of him. How could it be a substitute?"

Zhao Tang looked at him and said, "This Fang La only has a rough jade seal on his body, and he doesn't have the token of the leader of the Ming Cult. This is the biggest loophole, and Fang La is very skilled in martial arts, but when he was arrested, he couldn't even commit suicide. Isn't it a joke?"

Zhao Kai retorted: "Maybe he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is ruthless in killing others, but he can't kill himself? As for the token of the Demon Cult, how important is the jade seal? I think this is true, and we should return to the capital as soon as possible to return to life." yes!"

Zhao Tang smiled slightly: "Third brother, this Fang La is a character who is so high and high, flying over the eaves and walls, if it is true that the golden cicada has escaped from the shell, and then gathers some demon cult thieves who slipped through the net, can you start again and sneak into Tokyo to take revenge?" What should we do? Don’t forget, you are also a part of this siege!”

"How can I be afraid of such grassroots bandits!" Zhao Kai said disdainfully, and suddenly remembered the scene of seeing corpses and blood flying all over the place on Bangyuan Mountain, and his voice was slightly weak: "Since the second brother insists on Fang La being a fake, then the identification is , I'm not in a hurry to go back!"

Zhao Tong looked at Tong Guan and said, "Fang Gu alone is not enough. Shumi Tong, your apprentice Mu Shuang also has contacts with Fang La, so let's tell them together."

Tong Guan was not at ease in his heart, if Fang La escaped with the trick of the golden cicada, he would lead his troops back to his command and hand over a fake Fang La to the Taoist Emperor. of.

"Yes, my lord!" Tong Guan said hurriedly.

After a while, Hangzhou prison.

The three of them brought all the generals from all walks of life together to stand in front of Fang Lalao.

I saw that the prison was dark at this time, Fang La was stripped of his robes, chained to the post, and a rag was stuffed in his mouth, but his eyes were wide open, looking at the people outside the prison, and let out an angry "wuwu".

Zhao Tong looked at him for a moment, and the other party said: "Go in and have a look."

Fang Gu had a guilty conscience, he never dared to see Fang La, but Zhao Tun asked him to identify him and had to obey, so he had to lead the order and go into the prison.

He lowered his body slightly and went up to the front. Fang La immediately became agitated when he saw him coming, and the iron chain rattled loudly, Fang Gu was so frightened that he hurriedly backed away.

Zhao Tun squinted his eyes: "Remove the rag."

The rag was removed from Fang La's mouth, and she immediately cursed: "Fang Gu, you beast who betrayed your ancestors, you still have the face to see me?"

Fang Gu panicked, but everyone outside was watching, so he had no choice but to say: "Uncle Thirteen, my nephew is doing this for the good of the Fang family. Why do you say you can't do it, but want to rebel? This is a serious crime against the Jiu Clan. If it wasn't for my nephew's abandonment of darkness , I'm afraid the Fang family will be completely ruined in your hands."

"You damn thing, my Fang family doesn't have such a cowardly, treacherous animal like you! I can't wait to cut you into pieces to get rid of the hatred in my heart!" Fang La spat out a mouthful of blood and sprayed Fang Gu. Head and face.

Fang Gu also got angry: "Uncle Thirteen, you said that you have no shortage of food and drink, and you still have a lacquer garden. What kind of demon sect did you join, and you rebelled and became a traitor? I think you are the one who betrayed the Fang family." Ancestors, I'm sorry for the Fang family, you deserve to die!"

Fang La was so angry that she screamed "Aww", her eyes were bloodshot, and she stretched out her head to bite Fang Gu, which made Fang Gu almost fall down.

The two guards next to him rushed over to hold him down, Zhao Tun frowned and said, "Gag your mouth again, Fang Gu, check carefully!"

Seeing that Fang La couldn't move, Fang Gu wiped the cold sweat off his head, and murmured: "I don't care if you are called Uncle Thirteen anymore, you are a rebel Fang La, so I will call you Fang La, you rebel, do you remember going to the tree when you were young? Touched the bird, fell and fell on the head, a long wound was drawn, and the scalp was turned over at that time..."

While talking, he went to pick Fangla's hair, and saw that there was a wound that had healed long ago, which was more than three inches long, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong said: "How?"

Fang Gudao: "My lord, there are indeed scars."

Zhao Tong said: "Keep watching!"

Fang Gu turned to the side again: "I remember you have a blue birthmark on your waist!"

He lowered his head to look, and there was indeed a birthmark, shaped like a crescent moon, and he couldn't help saying: "There are also!"

Then he scratched his head and turned to the back: "I still remember that you, a rebel, once went fishing in the water and was bitten by a turtle on the back. That time, you screamed in pain, and you couldn't even lie down at night. It lasted a full month. That's good."

After speaking, he tore Fang La's cloth pants forcefully, and there was a "hissing" sound, and Fang La let out an angry "whooping" sound. Fang Gu looked at it and shouted: "My lord, there are also old traces of this turtle bite!"

Zhao Tun said with a gloomy face, "Come out!"

Even though these scars are the same as Fang Gu remembers, he still doesn't believe that this is Fang La, but even these traces of childhood can be made, I am afraid that Fang Gu will not be able to find anything, after all, Fang La can not be forced to ask about secrets Answer, can only be identified by looking at the appearance.

At this time, Tong Guan said to Lin Chong who was standing in the shadow outside the prison, "Can you tell the truth?"

Lin Chong's heart was beating wildly. When Fang La took off the gag rag just now, he was afraid that he would find out that he had called out his name. At this moment, he wished to leave the prison immediately, so he hurriedly said: "The disciple's appearance and voice are right, so it should be Fang La... ...However, the disciple has not had much contact with this thief chief, so what he said may not be correct."

He wished that Fang La would die immediately, but he really couldn't tell if this was Fang La, so he kept his mouth shut and shied away.

Tong Guan looked at Zhao Tong and said, "My lord, this..."

Zhao Tang looked inside, only to see that Fang La was also looking at him, he sneered and said: "Fake is fake, you Xibei bastard really think that the king has nothing to do!"

Fang La twitched her eyebrows, not knowing what was going on in her mind.

Zhao Tang turned to look at Yao Pingzhong and said, "Xiyan, did I ask the person you were looking for to bring it?"

Yao Pingzhong stepped forward and said: "My lord, only two of the five were found, and the remaining three are missing. They should have left Hangzhou."

Zhao Tong nodded: "Two are enough, they can prove each other!"

Zhao Kai wondered, "Second brother, who are you looking for this time?"

Zhao Tong said a word in a low voice, everyone was stunned, and then he showed a look of sudden realization, Tong Guan said: "My lord is really good at tricks, with these two people here, I'm afraid it's a debate between truth and falsehood!"

Zhao Kai said with a fake smile: "Second brother is really capable, he can think of such things, but I underestimated second brother!"

Zhao Tong said: "How can I compare with the third brother, Zhilan Yushu plays the wind and the moon, and the ten-mile flower field has a nickname!"

Zhao Kai's face turned dark immediately, everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, they all lowered their heads.

Yao Pingzhong went out to call for someone, and after a while, two women came in, clothed with Jingchai, and their faces were covered with black cloth.

These two people are not nearby, they are the concubines that Fang La took in when he was in the Qianwang Palace in Hangzhou. Zhao Tang didn't kill these women at that time, and let them go. There are five people in total, and now he has found two.

To say that the person who is most familiar with Fang La in the world must be his wife Shao Yuxian, but Shao Yuxian is dead, and even if he is alive, it is impossible to prove it. A game, but the price of this game is really high.

Apart from Shao Yuxian, the person who is most familiar with Fang La is not his sons and ministers, but the concubines he has accepted in Hangzhou. After all, some things can be faked, but some things cannot be faked...

The two women concealed their appearance, which was ordered by Zhao Tun. After all, they have become good family members by hiding their identities, and their peaceful life should not be broken because of this incident.

The two daughters greeted each other, and then Yao Pingzhong was brought into the prison.

Fang La was a little stunned at first when he saw the two women, but then his expression became bad, as if he had thought of something, he began to struggle desperately on the pillar.

Zhao Tong said indifferently: "Light more candles, don't be shy about anything, you must look carefully!"

There was a lot of butter and wax in the prison. Yao Pingzhong walked forward with a smirk and looked at Fang La. Fang La's eyes showed a trace of panic. Yao Pingzhong stretched out his hand and tore it violently...

After a while, the three of them walked out of the gate, Zhao Tang looked at the two girls and said, "How?"

The two daughters both whispered: "Report to the lord, this is not Fang La in the prison!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone exclaimed, Zhao Kai looked at the two daughters with great interest: "You two...how did you tell the difference?"

The two women looked at each other, then whispered a few words shyly.

Zhao Kai laughed out loud when he heard this, but after a few laughs, he lost his joy and his face turned ugly.

All the generals also looked gloomy. There is no doubt that the two former concubines of Fang La will not make mistakes in identifying Fang La's authenticity.

Apart from Fang La's wife, this is the closest person to him, and it is absolutely impossible to admit that he is wrong.

What the two women said was all secret evidence, so it was hard to fake, so people had to believe it, but if they believed it, they had to face the fact that they had caught a fake Fang La, and they had really escaped from their shells.

Zhao Tong waved his hand, Yao Pingzhong took the two daughters away, he looked at the crowd and said, "What do you guys say?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Tong Guan wiped the sweat from his forehead with a silk handkerchief, it turned out to be true, if he went back to his command, it would be a big joke for Zhen Fangla to run out to make trouble again in the future.

"My lord, there are no thieves and thieves in the capital now, only this fake Fang La is left..." Tong Guan said cautiously.

Zhao Tong said: "Private Tong's meaning... the only plan now is to get the real news about Fang La from this person? But since he dared to pretend to be a bandit chief, he wanted to kill himself before, showing that he is not afraid of death, what can Privy Tong do?" "

Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said: "I believe that he is not afraid of death, but I don't believe that he is not afraid of torture. Life under torture is worse than death. If I don't believe him, I will not recruit!"

Zhao Tong nodded. At this moment, there is no other way but to use punishment. After all, what Tong Guan said is right, not being afraid of death does not mean not being afraid of torture. Tong Guan was born in the court and has led the army for many years, so he is very good at punishment. I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who are like him.

After saying that, he executed the sentence immediately. The jailer inside pulled the rag from the mouth of the fake Fang La, and asked again.

Zhao Kai only looked at it for half an hour, then turned around and ran away, saying that his head was heavy, but in fact he couldn't bear to watch the bloody scene, Zhao Tong moved a chair, sat in front and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

The generals are all accompanying, after all, time is running out, it will be beneficial to arrest Fang La if he asks about Fang La's movements earlier.

Tong Guan's methods of torture were superb, even with more than a dozen severe tortures, the man was not knocked unconscious, at first he gritted his teeth and endured it, then he screamed, and at the end he burst into wailing.

But every time he came up to ask whether to recruit or not, he still said that he was Fang La and wanted to die.

Until it was getting dark outside, Tong Guan didn't interrogate even half a word, and he was so anxious that he ran around like ants on a hot pot.

Zhao Tang asked someone to prepare food and brought it over, and he and the others ate in the prison, and continued the torture and interrogation after eating.

He has been speculating about this person's true identity in his heart. If he can't reveal this person's true identity and prevent his psychological defense from collapsing, then even if he is tortured to death, he may not confess.

A person who can be a stand-in is not as simple as Tong Guan thinks, he will confess everything after being tortured.

This kind of person has extremely strong willpower, and after all kinds of special training, he even feels less pain than ordinary people.

Fang La is the leader of the Ming religion and the emperor of the Shenggong. The substitute to choose must be chosen from thousands of choices, but the appearance is not enough, and the will, bones, character, and other aspects must be taken into account.

Moreover, the Ming religion is still martial, so the training of this substitute must be strict and strict, so as to ensure that if the substitute dies, it will not only prevent disasters, but at least the real body will not show up before the real body, and the whole world will think that the real body is dead.

Zhao Tong's head hurts a little. It stands to reason that only Shao Yuxian knows that such a double is fake, and even Chen Kuutong didn't see it, so it is absolutely impossible to hide it silently. You can walk in the Ming Cult if you don't have a face or a mask, and this status should not be too low, so it is reasonable.

Otherwise, how could he recognize so many characters?Familiar with so many things?Mingjiao is so big, it's not enough for Fang La to tell him!

Zhao Tuo sorted out the clues little by little, starting from the banner commander, thinking that this person's rank cannot be too low, not to mention the large number of banner commanders, the power is not that great, and many places are not allowed to go.

Could it be scattered people?This is possible, but the status of Sanren is still not enough, and both Sanren and Dharma kings can open doors outside and recruit disciples and believers in their own homes, so it is a bit unreasonable. Since this person is a substitute, he will not leave Fang La too far. Otherwise it loses its meaning.

So Illuminati?Zhao Tong suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the people in the prison.

Will it be the Lightbringer?

There are four Envoys of Light in Ming Cult, divided into front, back, left, and right.

Zuoshi is Fang Qifo and the next leader of Mingjiao.

The right envoy is him, the number of Uighur Mingjiao.

The former envoy was Chen Fan, the Nine Transformations of the Dragon, whose whereabouts are unknown at this moment.

The queen... Who is the queen?
On the list of the leaders of the Mingjiao in the Central Plains that Liyanazha gave him, there is no name for the Empress of Light.

Lianazha explained that the Empress of Light is the shadow of the leader, who protects the leader at special times and can disregard his life, so no name is needed.

The shadow of the leader?Thinking of this, Zhao Tong stood up with a "huh", isn't the shadow of the leader the other side of the leader?In other words, it can also be a substitute for the leader!
He suddenly stepped forward and walked into the prison. Tong Guan was puzzled and hurriedly followed.

Zhao Tun came in front of this person, although this person was covered with cuts and bruises, he was still awake, at this moment a pair of bloody eyes stared at Zhao Tun.

Zhao Tang looked into his eyes, and said word by word: "I know who you are!"

This person's face was already numb, but when he heard the words, he tried his best to move the corners of his mouth, revealing a sneer, and uttered a few words weakly: "I...is Fang La..."

Zhao Tong shook his head, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "You are not Fang La, you are the light-bright-empress-envoy of Mingjiao!"

As soon as he said the words, the man's sneer immediately froze, his eyes stared at Zhao Tun, and gradually lost his mind, as if he didn't believe that these words came from Zhao Tun's mouth.

Zhao Tong continued: "You are the Empress of Light, the shadow of the leader of the Ming Cult, and also... Fang La's substitute!"

The man's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, his eyes rolled suddenly, and he passed out.

"My lord..." Tong Guan was overjoyed when he saw this. He knew that Zhao Tun was right. This man has an extremely strong willpower, but he has been tortured and kept awake. Although there are his methods in it, this man himself is also at work. But at this moment, it was clearly hit by Zhao Tun's words, his heart was broken, his mental will collapsed instantly, and he fell into a coma.

Zhao Tong nodded, heaved a sigh of relief, then turned and walked out, saying as he walked, "Don't let him die, wake him up and ask where Fang La went."

Tong Guan nodded, since this person's will has been destroyed, it will be much easier to get him to confess...

Zhao Tong went back to the government office in Hangzhou, went to the guest room for dinner, and left at midnight.

On the morning of the second day, before he could go to prison, Tong Guan came to the door.

Seeing Tong Guan's complex expression, Zhao Tong asked, "Have you confessed?"

Tong Guandao: "My lord, I recruited... but I recruited. This person's real name, surname, and identity of the Demon Sect are all recruited. He is indeed the Empress of Light."

Zhao Tang saw him hesitating, and asked in confusion, "Where did Fang La go?"

Tong Guan smiled wryly and said, "This person doesn't know where Fang La went. He said that Fang La would never tell him about such things, even if he tortured him severely, he would not be able to tell."

Zhao Tong touched his chin when he heard the words: "That's the truth, but he can't be ignorant. If Fang La can entrust his wife and children to him and let him decide whether to kill or not in the end, then he will definitely know something!"

Tong Guan said: "This person said...Fang La had been looking at the map before he left. He paid attention to the expression in Fang La's eyes, and saw that he had stopped and thought about the four places. He suspected that Fang La had gone to one of the four places on the map."

"Oh?" Zhao Tun frowned and said, "Which four places?"

Tong Guan said: "He said that Fang La first looked at Hebei."

Zhao Tong said: "Hebei Tianhu? They have dealt with each other before, so it is possible."

Tong Guan nodded and said: "I also think about Tian Hu's place. This person said that the Taizhou seaside that Fang La saw for the second time, I think it should be Xianju Lu Shinang's place."

Zhao Tong said: "Lu Shinang is the head of the Mingjiao, but he joined the Mingjiao late, and he is not close to the Mingjiao general altar. Although Fang La's uprising echoes this time, he has not joined the army. This is also a good place to go."

Tong Guan said: "Fang La probably didn't know at that time that Lu Shinang's bandits had been broken up by the ministers, and Lu Shinang only led dozens of people into the sea. If he knew now, he probably wouldn't go again."

Zhao Tun pondered for a moment and then said: "Where is the third place?"

Tong Guan said: "The man said that it seems to be Guangnan West Road and Jingnan South Road, he is not sure about this, after all, the two are adjacent.

Zhao Tong said: "It's either Gao Jiubian from Guizhou, or Zhong Laoyao from Dongting. Both of them are thieves and thieves. When Wang Qing was playing in Luzhou, these two and Song Jiang Tianhu all brought people to help out. !"

Tong Guan continued: "The fourth place is due to the west. According to that person, it seems... It seems to be in the West Sea or among the mountains to the south. I think this should be where Fang La feels that he has nowhere to turn to, and he will die in the end. where to go."

Zhao Tong said: "If you don't seek refuge, it's safe to go to Tubo. After all, the land there is vast and sparsely populated, and my Song army is not as good as it is. If you hide for a few years and come back, you may be able to operate again and make a comeback."

Tong Guan said: "What the prince said is very true."

Zhao Tong pondered for a moment, then immediately called Zhao Kai to discuss the matter with the generals.

Hearing the fake Fang La's confession, Zhao Kai asked suspiciously, "Why are there so many places to go, that person is not lying, is he?"

Tong Guan said: "After careful interrogation, the man's will has collapsed and his heart is ashamed. It doesn't look like he is lying. Besides, if he is really lying, he can just mention two places casually, and there will be no map involved."

Zhao Tong nodded: "As long as he tells us the location, we will definitely go after it. There is really no need to waste energy and effort by drawing any maps."

Zhao Kai said: "Then what should we do now?"

Zhao Tong said: "Although Fang La has been away for a few days, we still have to send troops to chase after him. All the roads in the prefectures have already set off to capture official documents, and the counties and villages are full of his portraits. How far can he go?"

Zhao Kai said: "Even so, the place where he doesn't leave the crowd is, wouldn't it be like looking for a needle in a haystack?"

Zhao Tang looked at him: "Third brother can tell the officials about this."

Zhao Kai resentfully said: "Just chase after him, and I didn't say no to chase!"

Zhao Tun ordered someone to spread the map of the army on the table, and said: "Although the man said that there are four possible places, there are actually five places. The youngest, and... the tribes of Tubo."

At this moment, Zhao Kai frowned and pointed to Tubo's position: "How do we chase here? There are several military routes to go from Zhexi to Tubo, who knows which one Fang La will take?"

Zhao Tong said, "I'll send troops to chase Tubo!"

Zhao Kai immediately said: "Then I will go to the direction of Hebei Tianhu, after all, this king has conquered Tianhu, and the road is familiar... However, if I don't see Fang La after chasing there, I will go back to Beijing directly !"

Zhao Tong said: "Fang La was not caught, how will you report back to the officials when you go back?"

Zhao Kai said angrily: "Then the king will be stationed in Hebei for a period of time, and when you haven't caught Fang La, go back together."

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "How does the third brother know that me and Tong Shumi can't catch the bandit chieftain?"

Zhao Kai snorted coldly and remained silent.

Tong Guan looked at the two of them and asked, "Which way is that minister going?"

Zhao Tong said: "I don't have many soldiers here. Guizhou and Dongting Lake are both bandits' nests, and they need a large army to subdue them. Clerk Tong should go there. There won't be too many people on board, it's enough for me to walk away once."

Tong Guan said yes, and immediately began to arrange, leaving [-] troops to guard the Liangzhe Road, search for the remaining bandits, and prevent the remnants of the Ming Cult from causing chaos.

On Zhao Tun's side, 1 people were left to guard Hangzhou City, and Yao Pingzhong and Zhang Xian were asked to take [-] troops and horses to search along the road in Tubo.

When the two were about to leave, he secretly confessed that the two would take this opportunity to go westward, go to Hongjue Temple in Niutoushan, Jiangning, transport all the huge amount of gold, silver and jewels to Longyou Governor's Mansion, and then ask Wu Song to pass him to obey his orders.

A few days later, Zhao Tang headed straight for Xianju with Du Po, Wu Song, one hundred bloody vanguards, and three thousand cavalry...

(End of this chapter)