Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 723 Checking the Car
Dressed in casual clothes, Zeng Tai strode over, angrily scolded the team leader, "Who made you let him out of the city privately!"

The team leader was taken aback, and lowered his voice: "My lord, he said, they are the vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

Zeng Tai sternly said: "So what, no one or any vehicle can leave the city without inspection!"

The driver sneered and said, "Hey, man, I don't think you know what the Ministry of Internal Affairs does!"

Zeng Tai turned his head and said angrily: "I don't think you know what the governor of Luozhou does!"

The driver was taken aback, he stood there with his mouth open, and the team leader hurriedly said: "This is Master Zeng, the governor of Luozhou!"

The driver was so frightened that he jumped out of the car, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Lord Inspector, forgive me for being blind!"

Zeng Tai hummed, "Get up and talk."

The driver rose tremblingly.

Zeng Tai asked, "Which Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are you from?"

The driver was tongue-tied and said, "Shan, from Shanjin Bureau."

Zeng Tai asked again: "Who is your official?"

The driver hurriedly said: "I will be the chief supervisor Shar Khan."

Zeng Tai nodded: "What's on the car?"

"It's charcoal soil for melting gold."

Zeng Tai asked again, "What are you doing out of town?"

"My lord, the Shanjin Bureau clears and transports the muck every day, once at noon and Shenshi, usually through the north gate, but today the north gate is closed, so you can only go around through the east gate."

Zeng Tai nodded, and said to the head of the police squad: "Check carefully!"

The squad leader led all the yamen servants to rush forward, Zeng Tai looked at it and turned to leave.

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang watched what happened below from the tower.

Wang Mang said softly: "Brother Yuanfang, these two carriages are very suspicious!"

Li Yuanfang nodded: "I have the same feeling, but there's no way for these two carriages with troughs to hide people? Could it be in the muck?"

Wang Mang chuckled, and pointed to the team leader downstairs: "Look, they have all inserted their knives in, if someone had come out already."

Li Yuanfang looked down, and sure enough, the squad leader led the arresters to stab the muck with a knife.

Li Yuanfang shook his head: "Jing Yang, I still don't feel right."

Wang Mang glanced at Li Yuanfang: "It's better to be careful in everything, let me see, let me go down and have a look!"

Li Yuanfang shook his head slightly: "I'll go outside the city to see it myself."

Wang Mang glanced at Li Yuanfang and nodded.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and Zeng Tai came over.

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang saw Zeng Tai coming over to meet him.

Li Yuanfang whispered a few words in his ear, and Zeng Tai said in surprise, "Oh?"

Li Yuanfang put his hand to his mouth and gave a soft "shh", Zeng Tai nodded quickly.

At this time, the government servants inspected the earth-moving vehicles of the Shanjin Bureau and found nothing unusual.

The squad leader waved his hand and asked his subordinates to let them pass.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, the driver hurriedly yelled at his companions to set off, and several large carts slowly headed out of the city.

Not far away, there is a tea shed for tourists to rest temporarily, which is transparent on all sides.

Li Yuanfang didn't know when he sat here. He ordered a pot of tea and sat at the table drinking tea alone, but his eyes were fixed on the crowds and vehicles passing by the city gate.

Li Yuanfang saw the two chariots of the Shanjin Bureau slowly passing the tea shed and heading north, he quickly got up and got out of the shed, untied his black-tailed horse from the horse post, flew on the horse and followed.

Wang Mang and Zeng Tai looked at Li Yuanfang's back and took a deep breath.

……

Two carriages galloped towards the muck field at the north gate of Luoyang.

This muck yard is located at the foot of Mang Mountain, and it is a place where the muck and garbage cleared and transported out of the city are specially piled up.

The carriage stopped in front of a mound of dirt, and four drivers jumped out of the carriage, opened the rear trough of the carriage, and then used the crank handle in front of the carriage to shake the rear bucket of the carriage, dumping the dregs inside the carriage.

Li Yuanfang immediately observed the movement of the two carriages down the hillside not far away.

The four drivers unloaded the muck and put it on the gutter, then turned around and drove the carriage towards the city.

Li Yuanfang felt a little surprised, thought for a while and pulled his horse down the slope.

……

Wang Mangzheng and Zeng Tai stared closely at the flow of people below from the tower.

Suddenly, the two previous carriages drove into the upper east gate of Luoyang, and Li Yuanfang followed from a distance, and the carriages drove slowly into the city.

Wang Mang glanced down and found that the two carriages from before had returned.

He wanted to look outside, and sure enough, Li Yuanfang had also returned.

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang exchanged glances, and Li Yuanfang shook his head slightly.

Wang Mang took a deep breath, it seems that Li Yuanfang didn't find anything.

At this moment, the two carriages that were moving slowly stopped in front of them suddenly.

Wang Mang looked down.

The driver of the first carriage shouted to the one behind: "Hey, the shovel on our carriage has fallen into the muck field, we have to go back to get it, you go back first!"

The driver on the second car replied: "Okay, you turn around and take it, I will drive forward."

While talking, the sergeant guarding the city came over and asked, "What are you doing here to block the city gate?"

The driver on the first car said: "Mr. Jun, I'm sorry, our things were left outside the city, go back and get them right away, we have to turn around in the wrong car!"

The defenders said impatiently, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

The driver repeatedly agreed, turned the car around and drove out of the city.

Wang Mang glanced at the carriage below, and frowned suspiciously.

Li Yuanfang at the gate of the city watched two carriages going towards each other, one south and one north, and the carriage going outside the city passed by him.

He saw that the two coachmen were still in the carriage, and the carriage heading for the city was passing through the city gate and heading towards the city. Li Yuanfang didn't see any clues, so he rode his horse into the city gate after thinking about it.

At this moment, Zeng Tai was standing on the city tower, looking at the crowds passing by inside and outside the city gate, hoping to see something.

Wang Mang looked in the direction of the city gate and murmured, "Why did you go back again?"

At this time, Li Yuanfang came over, and Zeng Tai stepped forward to meet him: "How is it, Yuanfang, have you gained anything?"

Li Yuanfang shook his head: "It is indeed an earth truck from the Shanjin Bureau, there is nothing suspicious about it."

Wang Mang asked: "What happened to that car, why did it go back?"

Li Yuanfang said: "They said the shovel was left in the muck yard and they had to go back to get it."

Wang Mang frowned: "Then why both of them went to get it?"

Li Yuanfang also found that something was not quite right.

He murmured: "I followed them to the North Gate muck yard, and followed them back, and found nothing unusual..."

Having said that, he suddenly stopped, remembering the two carriages that crossed each other just now.

"not good!"

Wang Mang suddenly remembered something, and was startled.

Li Yuanfang blurted out, "No, I've been fooled!"

Zeng Tai repeatedly asked: "What's the matter, Jing Yang, Yuan Fang?"

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang ignored Zeng Tai, jumped up and ran down the tower, Zeng Tai looked at the two of them rushing away and shook his head in puzzlement.

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang galloped out of the city and came to the muck yard. They yanked their horses and looked around, but there were no traces of earth trucks.

Wang Mang frowned: "Brother Yuanfang, they can't run far. There is only one official road to the east gate. Let's chase east. We should be able to catch up tonight."

Li Yuanfang nodded: "Yes, we must catch them!"

While the two were talking, they turned their horses and chased Zhengdong along the official road.

　Preview of the next chapter: Who will Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang meet in the process of chasing the carriage? Can they catch up?Stay tuned!
　　
　
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