The secret son of Luo Tian Cult was found and taken down, and Li Ling was only half done. The other half was to dig out everything he knew from Tang Duanfang's mouth, especially the hiding places of the Luo Tian Cult who were still hiding in Wuchang and the entire Huguang area, as well as their various superficial identities.

Although he may not have much information as a secret son, Li Ling will not let go of any possible clue. Because judging from the clues he has at present, the Luo Tian Sect has made great plans in Huguang, and he must find out the ditch mice as soon as possible to prevent problems.

But he would be so stubborn that he would not be able to fight to the death. Even if he was an iron man, he could still squeeze him out of juice as long as he fell into the hands of the Imperial City Department. He would not be afraid that he would not speak under all kinds of tortures.

At the same time, Li Ling had also sent officers and soldiers to quickly surround Tang Duanfang's house and the tavern he just mentioned, and arrested all the people in the inner world. These people, especially the latter, are probably also people from Luotian Sect, and are the helpers used by Tang Duanfang to protect himself.

Before noon, all the people from both sides were captured without missing a word, and then sent to the jail of the yamen and handed over torture by Yang Zhen, vowing to ask more inside information about the conspiracy from these guys.

As dusk approached, just as Li Ling couldn't help but want to go to the prison to find out what happened, Yang Zhen rushed back. There were still a lot of blood left on his body, which was obviously left after the torture. At this time, because the matter was of great importance, he didn't care to change his clothes first.

I saw him look excited, and at the same time he looked at Li Ling with a little calming look, "Sir, they've called it!"

"Oh? Except for Tang Duanfang, those are also from Luo Tian Sect?"

"There should be no problem with slaves in his family. After a questioning, his wife told the truth. She was a member of the Luotian Sect, and she was older than Tang Duanfang. Tang Duanfang joined the sect because of her. However, in terms of status, she was not as good as her husband, and she didn't know much. But one thing is very important - many officials in Wuchang City have people from the Luotian Sect, most of whom are favored concubines, so they can not only know a lot of information from the government and then pass it on, but also influence their husbands through the wind beside her. For example, the governor Jiang Guixun's most favored concubine, Zhang Zhuer is theirs." As he said that, Yang Zhen sent a list.

When Li Ling heard this, he frowned. When he took it, he was even more shocked. He saw that the paper was densely packed with thirty or forty people, almost all the officials who once held real power in Wuchang's yamen. It can be said that this yamen has been penetrated into a sieve by the Luotian Sect.

Before, he was a little surprised that Luo Tian Cult had the confidence to take Huguang, but now he understood it vaguely. If they could really control local officials through these female sects, they could indeed control the entire Wuchang. And with Luo Tian Cult's secret plan over the years, not only did the officials in Wuchang City have problems?

After pondering for a moment, he said decisively: "The people on the list must be taken down as soon as possible, and there are also officials related to them, which is also useless." This is consistent with his purpose. If they are taken down, there will inevitably be many vacancies, which will allow those who are participating in the King of England to make up for the actual vacancies.

But soon Li Ling turned his attention back to the present: "What else? What did Tang Duanfang and the others ask?"

Yang Zhen immediately replied: "They have many contact dens in the city, and there are two car dealers, which are also the industry of Luotian Sect, which is used to convey messages to the outside world at any time. Before I came to meet the adults, I had already sent people to go to those places and arrested all the relevant people."

"Hmm." Li Ling nodded with satisfaction, "Is there any?"

"There is also the reason why he took the risk of poisoning those big families. On the one hand, he wanted to disrupt our Wuchang City. After all, these big families have a considerable influence in the city. Once they die, someone will inevitably be ready to move because of panic or hatred. Once the Luotian Sect instigates from the side, it will cause a new round of chaos.

"On the other hand, it is to protect yourself and hide your identity. Tang Duanfang does have many contacts with these wealthy families. Recently, he has revealed his identity as the leader of Luo Tian's helm to the Hu family and other families, trying to persuade them to join forces with themselves, and then use the power of Jiang Guixun and others to get rid of us and capture this city.

"Of course, just like Jiang Guixun's previous plan, they also intended to fight for a snipe and clam to gain profit, so they incited the rioters to attack our Xiangchun Garden a few days ago. This resulted in the failure of the entire plan, and we seized the opportunity to take down those big families and officials."

Li Ling had also inferred these things one by one through the results before, and what he cared more about was Tang Duanfang's identity in Luotian Sect: "Do you mean he is Tang Duanfang or Luotian Sect's helm leader in Huguang?" This is an important figure. You must know that in the southwest, a helm leader almost completely caused the two southwest provinces to fall into chaos.

"He did say that, but he also said that the one who really made the decision this time was not the helm leader, but two elders who had already taken root here and had been in the layout for many years."

"Elder..." When talking about this title, Li Ling immediately thought of Zhao Chenghuang who had fought with him many times. Could it be that he was here to make trouble again? If this is true, you have to be more careful next time. This opponent is not simple.

"It's the elders, and two elders - the earth elders and the wind elders."

"It's true that he...he told them where they are now?" Li Ling suddenly felt energetic and asked anxiously. Zhao Chenghuang is his old rival and old enemy. If this person doesn't die for a day, he will be uneasy all day long. Moreover, after the previous few battles, although he seems to have a little advantage, every process is led by Zhao Chenghuang, and he is often in secret and in the light. And this time, the situation may change, if he is in Wuchang...

This hope was quickly broken by Yang Zhen: "As Tang Duanfang explained, they were not in Wuchang City. Although they were sure to be in Huguang, whether it was Feige's letter or using people to send messages, their whereabouts were always changeable. Even the helm leader in the sect could not accurately grasp their position and their current superficial identity."

"Be serious?" Li Ling said suspiciously. This was too cautious. Even his subordinates were hidden.

"Wei Zhi has used all his skills to him, and he can confirm that what he said is not false, so there should be no mistake." Yang Zhen was quite confident in his methods.

Now, the joy on Li Ling's face disappeared, but then he saw a hint of pride on the other person's face, and then he cursed: "Don't hide half of this big thing, say half of it, say whatever you want, otherwise I'll ask someone to arrest you for a long time."

"Haha, please be careful, this is just a little inference made by the subordinate based on the information he obtained, but more than 80% should be correct."

"explain."

"I made inferences based on the contact methods he explained, and the time left in the secret letters had been obtained..." As he said that, Yang Zhen came to the map beside the wall of the hall, and pointed his hand, "and then calculated based on the flight speed of ordinary carrier pigeons and the travel speed of ordinary people and horses, and then he could draw a conclusion that they could only send the letter to Wuchang at these times when they were in Xiangfan area!" The last point was to Xiangfan City, where they had been.

After hearing this answer, Li Ling was obviously stunned: "Is Xiangfan..." If this is true, it would be a bit surprising. You must know that he had just been to Xiangfan, and it was there that laid the foundation for the victory of the entire Huguang. But now, I know that the real focus of the Luotian Sect is in Xiangfan. Even the two of their main elders are hiding in it. This really makes me feel a dramatic feeling of passing the enemy.

But if you think about it carefully, it is reasonable. Without mentioning anything else, Xiangfan's strategic position in Huguang and even the entire Central Plains is enough to make the Luotian Sect set this place as the key point of the uprising. Because once Xiangfan can be taken down, you can advance from both water and land to all directions, swallow the entire Huguang, and then go to the Central Plains; you can also retreat with such a strong city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack as your confidence, and deal with the official army well!

Such a city with ease of advancing and retreating is not the most important thing for the Huguang government. It is indeed more suitable for a sudden rise of troops than Wuchang!

After a moment of silence, Li Ling nodded and said, "Since you make an inference, I am naturally willing to believe it. However, this matter is very important and I still have to prove it. Fortunately, Yang Chen is now in Xiangfan, so we can ask him to help investigate the secretly in the local area first. With the eyes and ears of the Imperial City Secret spies, I think I can always find some relevant clues."

Sometimes, if you are looking for needles in a haystack without any direction, you are looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is naturally impossible to find traces of the Luotian Sect. But like now, since you have guessed that they might be in Xiangfan, you can just pay more attention to it and you can catch clues.

Yang Zhen said a little surprised: "My elder brother is in Xiangfan?" He only knew that his brother did not meet with his family with the imperial envoy, but was arranged by the adults to have other important tasks, but he didn't know that he had actually gone to Xiangfan again. Did the adults have expected something that would happen in Xiangfan, so he sent him to find out the news first? Thinking of this, he looked at Li Ling even more admirably. It was really a magical idea.

Li Ling just smiled casually: "I have something important to him to do, and I think there will be almost a result at this time." At this point, the familiar figure he saw in Xiangfan that day flashed through his mind. He asked Yang Chen to lead someone to secretly investigate. I think there should be an answer.

While he was talking, someone suddenly came to report to the outside world: "Sir, Lord Yang has sent someone to send a message back."

When Li Ling heard this, he felt even more energetic: "Send the letter quickly."
Chapter completed!