After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 415 Sophora japonica forest

Wang He's lips trembled as he asked, "Sir... How did you know this?"

Gu Mingda looked at the man in front of him and said, "When you suddenly decided to join the team asking for the reward money on the boat, I felt something was wrong at the time."

After getting off the boat, Wang He expressed his intention to surrender. Gu Mingda was also short of manpower, so he agreed.

However, he also paid close attention to Wang He later. Perhaps Wang He was not good enough in covering up. Every time she heard others mention the Li family, her reaction was particularly unusual.

Next, it is the skill that Wang He relies on for survival. She originally wanted to open a martial arts school, and the foundation of the school is her family's Huang Chang Long Fist.

Once the clues are revealed and others start to speculate, the truth of many things will be revealed.

"Your original surname should be Huang. I have seen Huang Changquan in the provincial capital in my early years and I remember it very clearly." Gu Mingda said.

The Huang family was once a big family in Guanglin Prefecture. Although they made their fortune through military service, they later had many businesses but few people, which was the biggest drawback of the Huang family.

The Huang family offended the Li family a few years ago. The Li family took advantage of the imperial concubine's power and not only seized their property, but also "accidentally" killed the entire family at the hands of bandits.

Wang He is the only survivor of the Huang family.

When she heard Gu Mingda talking about her origins, her eyes suddenly turned red and she said, "The Li family has done so many bad things and hurt my parents and relatives. I want revenge. Is that wrong?"

Zhang Yunniang was standing by, and when she heard her say that, she also felt distressed, and comforted her, "You did the right thing. Revenge for your parents is a natural thing. Our Gu family is now at odds with the Li family, so we need your help."

When Wang He heard this, he looked at Gu Mingda in surprise.

Gu Mingda said: "The Li family wants to use the same method they used to deal with your family to deal with the Gu family."

Gu Mingda also talked about the attacks he had suffered from the censors in the court during this period, and the details of Zhang Yuniang's previous case.

"Since you have been keeping an eye on their family, you should be able to see that he has been in frequent contact with the censor during this period." Gu Mingda said.

Wang He nodded and said, "The Li family did have frequent banquets with several imperial censors some time ago."

Wang He originally wanted to get some other evidence against Li Ziqin, but after staring for a long time, she only saw that the person feasting with him was the censor, so she didn't think much about it.

Gu Mingda asked again: "What about the exchanges with the Imperial Master's Mansion?"

Wang He had obviously been watching for a long time, and said, "Every time someone comes to the palace, the housekeeper of the Li family has to go to the Imperial Master's Mansion. During this period, no one came to the palace, but all the people from the Imperial Master's Mansion went to the Li family, and they went more and more frequently."

Although Wang He was unable to find out what was going on in Li's family, this much information was enough to explain the problem.

At least when the palace sent people here before, it meant that the palace probably had a request to the Imperial Master's Mansion, but now, it seems that the Imperial Master's Mansion is more anxious.

Considering that the middle-aged man in gray robe who was responsible for trafficking children actually hid with Wu Wulang when the storm was tense, it is likely that these two people were working for the Li family, but they were responsible for different areas. The children trafficked by the man in gray robe were eventually sent to the national teacher. The Li family must have something big going on and needed to rely on this national teacher.

All of this is consistent with the practice of evil methods. If it weren't for such evil skills, she wouldn't have had so many children.

"You often do nursery business, do you know where in the city there are large tracts of locust trees?" Gu Mingda asked. He was just asking tentatively, but he didn't expect Wang He to actually know something.

"Although I'm in the nursery business, I don't have many customers buying locust trees. After all, there has always been a saying that people are buried under locust trees, and many wealthy families are superstitious about locust trees. But I have a colleague who bought 20 grown locust trees last month. He said a big customer wanted them."

Gu Mingda immediately asked: "Do you know where those locust trees were sent?"

Wang He nodded and said, "I vaguely heard him say that the customer only wanted the locust trees and didn't need them to arrange the planting. He was also very generous in paying. It was quite strange."

Gu Mingda's heart skipped a beat, and he had a vague feeling that these locust trees seemed to be hiding some incredible secrets.

Wang He quickly took Gu Mingda to the family that was said to want the locust tree. The place was remote and close to the suburbs, so there was a large area of ​​​​space available.

It is precisely because there are so few people around that even if something happens, it is not easy to be noticed.

Gu Mingda sent people to Jingzhao Prefecture to inquire about the owner of the property. According to the property deed registered with the government, there was nothing unusual about the owner of the property. He seemed to be just an ordinary businessman.

Gu Mingda felt that this should be the cover-up method of the Imperial Master's Mansion. He was doing some shameful things behind the scenes, so naturally he did not want others to associate this house with the Imperial Master's Mansion.

But it is precisely because of this method of cover-up that it is convenient for Gu Mingda now. If this house is really registered under the name of the national teacher, and Gu Mingda wants to search it, he will have to obtain the emperor's approval. If he does so in a high-profile manner, it may be suspected of alerting the enemy.

Gu Mingda not only brought that team of internal guards, but also mobilized officials from Jingzhao Prefecture.

A group of people arrived at the seemingly ordinary house in a mighty procession.

He was stopped just at the entrance.

"Who are you? Do you know who our master is? How dare you come here and cause trouble?" the doorman said viciously.

When the Jingzhao prefect who had come along to join in the fun heard this, he immediately decided to back out.

But Gu Mingda held up the official filing document and said, "Your master is the businessman Chen Si. Is there someone else behind you?"

The gatekeeper immediately said arrogantly: "Our master will be appointed as the Imperial Master by His Majesty himself in the future! If you want to search this house, our Imperial Master will not let you off!"

Jingzhao Prefecture Yin was about to ask to wait a little longer, but Gu Mingda had already issued an order: "How dare he make random accusations against the Imperial Master and defame the Imperial Master's reputation? Take him down immediately!"

When the team of internal guards heard this, they immediately took action, but the people from Jingzhao Prefecture were a step slower.

After Gu Mingda had the doorman captured, he immediately walked in aggressively. Before he arrived, he had used a high place nearby to check the exact location of the locust tree forest in the house. After entering, he went straight to the locust tree forest without any hesitation.

The officers following behind him had already blocked the front and back doors of the house, to prevent anyone from running out.

After entering the locust tree forest, everyone felt that there seemed to be an unusually large number of flies in the forest.

Gu Mingda glanced at the soft soil, a trace of pity flashed across his eyes, but he still ordered: "Dig it up!"