Dang Shiying, a close confidant of Gao Qiu, looked at the boat for a while, frowned and said, "Sir, something seems wrong. I'm afraid there is no one in the cabin, otherwise the thief should have more than one person punting the boat."
After Gao Qiu thought about it, he knew something was wrong. His expression suddenly changed, his heart moved, and he shouted to the river: "I don't know which mountain top the hero comes from. If you want money, just tell me where it is. Gao will definitely send someone to send it. I just want to protect it." of children¡¯s lives.¡±
Ruan Xiaoqi saw that there were already ships blocking the river in front, and knew that he could not hide it from Gao Qiu. Thinking of Tian Bao, he smiled and said: "Grandpa is Tian Bao, and he doesn't want gold or silver. You can send 10,000 soldiers to Hedong in exchange for you." son."
Gao Qiu was in charge of the imperial army, so he naturally knew the names of Tian Hu and Tian Bao from Hedong. He had seized several state capitals in the past two years to cause rebellion. Unexpectedly, he now dared to come to Tokyo and kidnap the son of a minister.
Gao Qiu consciously induced Ruan Xiaoqi to confess, and stopped talking to Ruan Xiaoqi. He turned to Dang Shiying and said, "Take people to follow this boat. After stopping it, you must capture this person alive."
After saying that, he turned his horse's head and led the people back upstream.
After walking for more than a mile, I saw the chasing boats on the river.
Gao Qiu saw that several sailors in the river were unable to catch up with Ruan Xiaoqi in their boats, and he couldn't help but feel angry secretly. He must train these ruffians well when he goes back.
Looking at Gao Qiu's livid face, the sailors in the river felt secretly frightened. However, they had no choice but to practice on ordinary days by driving some painted boats and colorful boats in the Jinming Pond, which carried various military equipment, such as big flags, lions and leopards, swords, barbarian cards, etc. Gods, ghosts, dramas, etc. also need to carry clubs to play and play. They sail the boat to seek stability, but they can't sail a fast boat.
Gao Qiu looked at the officer on the bow and shouted: "Where did the thieves on the ship disembark?"
"As soon as they were out of the range of the archers, some of the thieves disembarked and seemed to have escaped in three groups."
When Gao Qiu heard the officer's answer, he almost burst into anger and cursed: "Idiot, the thief got off the boat early and escaped. Why did you ask me to chase him along the river? Come here, capture him and torture him when you go back." Thieves collude."
Seeing Gao Qiu¡¯s order, the sailors on the ship did not dare to hesitate and immediately grabbed their superiors.
The officer hurriedly said: "Sir, please spare your life. If it's just a small thing, don't tell me. Just now, the master asked the villain where the ship escaped to. The villain just said it was in front, so the master chased after it. When the villain wanted to say something again, sir. Hurry up, there¡¯s no one left.¡±
Gao Qiu thought about it and realized that he was really anxious just now. He didn't expect the thieves to go ashore and escape, so he only asked about the whereabouts of the ship. He couldn't wait to catch up, and he seemed to hear what he was saying from behind, but it was covered by the sound of horse hooves and he couldn't hear clearly.
However, the order had been given, and Gao Qiu did not intend to change his tune. He shouted: "Then you will be punished for not practicing diligently. Many of you will not be able to catch up with the thief's ship. Take it back and talk about it later."
Just about to hit the horse and leave. Thinking of this lesson again, he turned around and asked, "Where did the thief go?"
"Going all the way north, all the way west, all the way south."
Gao Qiu remembered what Ruan Xiaoqi said about Hebei. He first divided two groups of people to pursue them in the west and south directions, and he personally led the people to pursue them in the north. After chasing for more than ten miles, he failed to catch up with the suspicious person, so he couldn't help but return to the Taiwei Mansion in frustration.
Everyone in the mansion also knew about the robbery in the government office. Seeing Gao Qiu coming back with a livid face, he waited on him without showing any arrogance.
Gao Qiu angrily drank tea in the festival hall. As a captain of the Imperial Guard, he was in charge of hundreds of thousands of Imperial Guards. Unexpectedly, his son was kidnapped from Tokyo in broad daylight. I don¡¯t know how many people were injured in Daxiangguo Temple, and I¡¯m afraid there will be trouble in the court again tomorrow.
Gao Qiu rested for a while, then looked at the two elite Imperial Guards kneeling in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "What did Yameni go to Xiangguo Temple today? Where was he kidnapped?"
These two elite forbidden troops were assigned by Gao Qiu to Gao Yanei as guards. They were knocked unconscious by Chao Yong before, but after waking up, they came to the Taiwei Mansion to plead guilty.
The two of them glanced at each other, not daring to hide anything, and reported: "The Yamen arrested a woman and took her to the alley behind the temple, where we were attacked."
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Gao Qiu slapped his hand on the table and cursed: "You are an ineffective thing. He does random things all day long. It doesn't matter if he is taken away. It saves me a lot of worry."
The maid waiting on the side saw that the tea cup on the table was knocked over, and the tea water ran down Gao Qiu's hand, and she hurriedly came forward to wipe it.
Hearing this, Mrs. Gao Qiu couldn't help crying: "We only have one son, if you don't care about him, who will provide for us in the future?"
The dozens of concubines nearby started to cry when they saw Madam, and they all started wiping their tears too.
Gao Qiu was still thinking about how to deal with the court affairs. When he heard a room full of women crying, he couldn't help but be upset and said: "Okay, you all go down, I have my own opinion."
"The officials must rescue him."
Mrs. Gao Qiu closed her eyes again.After giving instructions, he led the concubines out.
Gao Qiu rubbed his temples and then said: "A few people defeated you, do you know where they came from?"
The Imperial Guard's face turned red and he said, "Without any conversation, one person knocked us out."
Back then, Gao Qiu selected a few people from thousands of people in the Forbidden Army to protect the safety of his family. Hearing this, he couldn't help but stare and said, "One person?"
Seeing Gao Qiu's suspicious look, the imperial guards hurriedly said: "I dare not deceive you, sir. It is indeed one person. The rest of the followers in the Yamen were also knocked unconscious by that person."
It¡¯s not that Gao Qiu suspected them of lying, he just couldn¡¯t believe it. When he heard that more than a dozen people were all knocked down by one person, he couldn¡¯t help but be stunned.
One of the Forbidden Army soldiers thought for a while and said: "The woman accompanying the man once told the government office to stop. Her accent seemed to be from Jiangnan."
Hearing this, Gao Qiu couldn't help but be startled, and thought about it carefully. The man driving the boat had an accent that sounded a bit like someone from Jingdong, but he said he was Tianhu from Hedong. There was also a woman from Jiangnan among them. Could it be that these thieves were not a group?
Thinking of this, Gao Qiu asked people to summon the two followers of Gao Yamen who came to report the news.
When the two came in, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
Gao Qiu said: "You have been following the thieves who hijacked the government office. Did you find anything wrong with those thieves?"
The entourage who was following Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "After the thieves captured Yanei and went back, they seemed to hear a noise, and then some people took Yanei out, but we led the imperial army to block the thieves behind. They just came out.¡±
It seems that these thieves are not in the same group, but why do so many people with strong martial arts gather at Daxiangguo Temple? My son must have been arrested after they bumped into him. If they were specifically trying to arrest him, then many people would certainly not have gone to just two people.
"If there really are people from Tian Hu, I'm afraid other thieves are also rebels from all over the country. Could it be that they gathered in Tokyo to plot a rebellion?"
Thinking of the terrible situation, Gao Qiu hurriedly told him to send officials from the Ministry of Punishments to the Daxiangguo Temple to investigate.