However, this time, due to the large number of manpower invested and the large-scale search, it didn't take long for someone to quickly discover some clues.

For example, the fire in this flower shop was the result of being ignited internally by multiple places at the same time; it was not set on fire during robbery by outsiders. Another example is that several corpses were found here and there with traces of being tied up and executed.

But this can only prove that there is something suspicious about this flower shop; it cannot directly point to the direction that Guo Chongtao wants to pursue. However, according to the distribution of open ditches and culverts, Jiang Tian finally converged on this flower shop.

After entering the workshop, things changed.

Later, Jiang Tian stood in front of a covered shaft in the backyard, but he felt a sense of déjà vu. It looked like a wide well that had dried up, filled with garbage that had been thrown away for many years.

Smelling of all kinds of corruption and decay.

However, after Jiang Tian asked someone to use a rope to hang down a glass wind lamp as a detection device, it immediately illuminated the scratches made by some huge force on the moss on the rather spacious inner wall;

When it reaches the bottom, it suddenly becomes a flickering flame.

"What a good Jiang Sheng, this is indeed a suspicious relationship."

Guo Chongtao, who came after hearing the news, was also overjoyed: at this time, without any explanation from Jiang Tian, ​​someone had already tied a rope around his waist, and slipped in after a few rubs; but it was the former jailer Murong Wu who was always accompanying him. Then,

His voice resounded loudly:

"There are several dropped bodies here, as well as covered secret passages and ditch exits."

"The body was broken into pieces, and there were bite marks on the head, neck and shoulders."

"Come down quickly and help. The exit of the secret tunnel is blocked by heavy objects."

After another half an hour, Murong Wu and others, who were covered in stench, once again emerged from under a stage used for open-air singing and dancing performances among the rocks and rocks in the inner garden of the flower house, and used their swords to split the nailed partitions and get out;

Immediately there was a burst of cheers and cheers.

And Guo Chongtao, who seemed to be suffering from the wait, but always remained calm and calm on the outside, also breathed his last breath invisibly. However, he did not bother to ignore the stench all over Murong Wu and others, and extended his arms to greet them.

road:

"Thank you for your hard work. How is the situation inside?"

"Don't worry Xantai, there is a wonderful cave inside."

Murong Wu could only look around for a moment, and then said vaguely:

"That's good, go down quickly and change this outfit!"

Guo Chongtao seems to be in good physical and mental health, because he knows that this matter has been basically settled; so if nothing unexpected happens, no one can compete with him in terms of the priority of investigation of this case.

Then, as the main film was dismantled and pushed to the side, the fragments of the wooden platform were cleared away; an exit located under the root of the rockery, obscured by several strange-shaped flowers and stones; was suddenly exposed to the broad daylight.

in the air below.

After some cleaning and widening, Jiang Tian was also invited to the hidden place inside. However, this time it was a larger space than the original dark cellar of the abandoned warehouse; and it went deep underground diagonally and was divided into

Several size intervals for different functions.

Except for a special secret passage that led to the abandoned well and was covered with some kind of claw marks; later, during the rounds of exploration by knocking on the wall and digging into the ground, two corridors, one large and one small, were found again, extending diagonally upwards;

They are directly connected to the back room of the kitchen and the material warehouse.

As for the furnishings and objects inside, there was no time to move them in a hurry, so more obvious clues were missed. For example, the detention compartment was as rusty as an iron cage, and there were still chewed bone fragments; it was obviously used. A thick clay pipe for feeding.

For example, there are a large number of thick chains made of fine iron, oversized shackles; wooden frames covered with claw marks and other restraint devices. In addition, there are many small rooms dug out in the four walls to serve as rest rooms, dining halls, and storage rooms. The place is full of traces of long-term life and residence.

Just above the lighting fixtures and the cooking stove, there are thick layers of black oily smoke. It looks like it has been frozen for a day; I don’t know how many years it has been secretly operating in the apprentice’s workshop. ; I don’t know that many more people disappeared quietly and were killed.

Therefore, compared with Jiang Tian's mood, which changed from a detached spectator to one that felt as if he was experiencing it, Guo Chongtao, who became confident and hesitant again, appeared in front of many subordinates gathered outside; but he was loud and high-spirited. announced:

"Take my zhazi and go to the Cha Yuan, Dian Yuan and the left and right Jinwu Guards in Wutai to mobilize manpower;"

"The few teams we had at the beginning are no longer enough. We need to mobilize at least two or three groups of people."

"Following the established rules, please invite colleagues from the Procuratorate, Palace Court and Taiwan Court in Xiantai to come over as witnesses on the spot."

"At the same time, a search document is issued; I want everyone in the right disciple's office, as well as the relevant agencies, not to miss anyone who is related."

"I still want to see who else dares to speak out loudly and claim that this matter does not exist at all and is just nonsense spread by ignorant people."

After he assigned tasks one by one and finished explaining these official matters, Jiang Tian reappeared beside him, but he couldn't help but remind him again:

"Xantai, it's best to investigate some more. There may be more clues about the retreat route of the people here."

"Yes, yes, I did make an oversight."

When Guo Chongtao heard this, he couldn't help being a little surprised and said apologetically: Then he shouted to the left and right:

"Guo Feng, Ah Wu, each of you bring some people here and continue to obey Jiang Sheng's follow-up instructions; all matters will be as explained by me personally."

So not long after, the laborers who were summoned from outside shouted slogans and used iron drills and wooden poles to tie ropes and lay them on the main street around the flower house. Those heavy covers covering the horizontal ditches on both sides After lifting up the stones one by one and moving them aside.

Immediately it was revealed that the filth hidden under the ground had not seen the light of day for a long time. And in the place where the dirty and smelly turbid water converged, there were many footprints sunk deep in the mud. At this time, it was the turn to be good at it. Track the trail for the pros.

Then, in this culvert that could be passed by just lowering your head slightly, someone naturally followed these vague footprints and found them five blocks away; but there were at least three branching trends again. .

One of the paths went straight to the east, and finally disappeared on a Wuhoupu watchtower near the square wall in the East District. The other path went straight to the south; it finally appeared at a burned car. Horse stables, backyard sheds used for raising livestock.

The trend of the last trail, however, was somewhat unexpected, pointing directly to a place not far in front of the square gate; that is, the first group to enter Youtu Square, a temporary gathering point used to collect and accommodate outsiders. .

After hearing this feedback, Guo Chongtao's expression immediately changed. Because he suddenly remembered that the missing garrison captain Chen Guanshui was the one who sent people to establish a stronghold in Youtufang first to explore the specific situation.

Proposed proactively.

This also means that the contacts he has been pursuing were actually escorted out by arranged traitors under his own nose? It seems that the prison guard Gu who was sitting back and watching what happened was

Zuo Lang (general) also seemed a little suspicious.
Chapter completed!