Mystery makes me strong

Chapter 2602 The Bait Appears

A few days later.

The yamen where the prosecutor is located.

Suddenly, a constable who was temporarily dispatched knocked on the door and came in.

"What's the matter?" Tuiguan Liu did not look up and continued to look at the case file.

"Report to the Magistrate, there is a man named Wu Sanwen outside the door."

"He said that he was the real deceased. No, he was the real Wu Sanwen." The constable said in amazement.

"He came to the government office to ask for his identity documents so that he could take up his post."

When Wen Rensheng, who was outside the door, heard this, he immediately realized that this was a bait.

But other people naturally don't think so.

At least the constable took it seriously.

Liu Tuiguan's expression suddenly changed, and then he said, "Okay, call him in quickly."

"Forget it, I will go meet that person myself."

Of course, Tui Guan Liu was just acting.

Not long after, a thin but capable middle-aged man appeared in a side room of the second hall of the yamen.

He is in his thirties and looks to weigh around 100 pounds.

No wonder he was easily killed by an assassin.

After Wu Sanwen came in, he bowed to the magistrate and said:

"Reporting to the Magistrate, the person living in Liu Gen's house is actually a lowly official."

"That night a friend came to see me and we both got drunk. He had no place to stay and I happened to have some things to buy, so I gave him my sleeping place."

"And I stayed in the inn by myself, so that it would be convenient for me to go shopping early the next morning."

In fact, there is a loophole in this statement.

Wen Rensheng knew it as soon as he heard it.

If there was suddenly an outsider staying here, why didn't Liu Gen and Liu's father mention this before?

It can be said that Liu Gen was not at home, but Liu's father was always at home at night.

If he changed from Wu Sanwen to another person, wouldn’t he ask a few questions?
Even if Wu Sanwen intended to avoid Liu Gen, two drunk people would make a lot of noise when they returned home.

Why didn’t Liu Gen’s father hear it?
And Liu Tuiguan also asked: "According to what you said, why didn't Liu Gen's father hear it? Why didn't he report it before?"

"That's because Liu Gen's father is old and goes to bed early. Once he wakes up, he snores like thunder."

“I have no idea what’s going on around me.”

"Liu Gen told me this." Wu Sanwen replied quickly.

"Knowing this, I let my friends stay at my place while I sleep at the inn."

After hearing this, Tui Guan Liu nodded.

"That could explain a thing or two."

"Yes, unless he gets up at night, he can hear the noise." Wu Sanwen quickly agreed.
"He was snoring at the time, so I thought I shouldn't disturb him. He would be gone tomorrow morning anyway, so it would save me trouble."

When Liu Tuiguan heard this, he continued, "You're not bad at all."

"But why did it take you so long to come here and admit that you're not dead and collect your identity documents?"

Wu Sanwen looked around and whispered:

"Actually, I'm afraid that the killer will appear again."

"I found that the rumors had died down these days, so I dared to come here to collect my identity documents."

"Killer, do you know that man is a killer?" Tui Guan Liu asked subconsciously.

"Yes, I haven't offended anyone before, and that good friend hasn't offended anyone either. This is our first time in this county."

"No one knows us. If someone came specifically to kill me, it must be the killer."

"They must have taken a fancy to my identity written on the humanities book, and it was this identity that offended certain people." Wu Sanwen whispered.

Hearing this, Liu Tuiguan said, "Then who are you? Tell the truth."

"Well, I'm just an ordinary minor official assigned to the border." Wu Sanwen looked around and didn't say it directly.

So Tui Guan Liu asked the people to leave.

Then Wu Sanwen mysteriously took out a white flower from his arms, took out an old general, and put it on top.

The king is in Bai Shang, this is a rebellion...

"What a mess." Liu Tuiguan took a deep breath and matched the secret code.

This man is what the strong man called bait.

To be on the safe side, he did not go to meet the bait privately with the strong man.

Otherwise, once exposed, there will be no room for maneuver.

He only knew the code word the sturdy man said.

"Okay, okay, I got it. After comparing the documents, I will return them to you. Remember not to lose them again in the future." Tui Guan Liu said directly.

As soon as Wen Rensheng heard this, he knew a loophole had appeared.

In order to fish, you have to expose fatal loopholes.

This document is important evidence, how can a prosecutor just return it to the suspect?
Isn't this funny?
Of course, there were too many loopholes in the feudal ancient times.

No one cares anymore.

Putting aside other things, is the imperial palace strict enough?
Wasn't it the same situation where vendors, rebels, and cooks broke into our Qing Dynasty?
The so-called strictness is actually a stereotype left by people from film and television dramas.

The real feudal society is a big scam.

The big ones deceive the small ones, and the small ones coax the big ones.

Everyone is barely maintaining a system that is doomed to collapse.

Some are more deceptive and thus last longer, while some scams are so rubbish that they fail after a few years.

Some scams are quite advanced and can last for hundreds of years.

"Thank you, sir." Wu Sanwen quickly bowed.

From beginning to end, he did not kowtow.

This is actually a sideways way of proving to others that he is not a commoner.

The kowtow between officials follows a certain system. If the two parties are not from the same system, they do not necessarily have to kowtow.

"However, you still need to prove your identity." Liu Tuiguan said again at the critical moment.

The other party then took out another small seal.

"This is an official seal that matches the identity document."

"At the time, I put my documents in a package because they were a bit big and difficult to carry around. I was afraid they would get damaged."

"But this small seal is what I carry with me." Wu Sanwen handed the small seal to Liu Tuiguan.

Tui Guan Liu took them out for comparison, and did so very carefully.

You can't tell at all that this was handed to the strong man by him personally.

"The comparison is correct. It seems that you are the original owner."

"Take the document first and leave the county immediately."

"Don't cause me any more trouble." Liu Tuiguan waved his hand.

He portrayed the image of a bureaucrat who doesn't want to get involved in big affairs vividly.

As for what to do with the deceased and the case, just leave it there.

The murderer was sentenced to flee far away and difficult to capture.

Anyway, there are a lot of cases piling up every year.

Does anyone really think they need to solve every case?
Isn't it just someone who died?

Every year, a group of people don’t die in vain.

So if you look at it from this point of view, there is no big flaw in this matter.

This is also the basis of the strategy formulated by Liu Tuiguan and the strong man.

Afterwards, Wu Sanwen left the yamen with documents, seals and other items.

When he walked, he always took the small path.

Wait until the other party has walked most of the day's distance.

At this time, Tui Guan Liu called Wen Rensheng and a group of detectives.

"Okay, let's get going now."

"You don't need to ask anything, just follow me."

He naturally doesn't have to worry about getting lost.

Because the route has been determined long ago.

They just need to follow from a distance and don't need to see Wu Sanwen.

This prevents it from being discovered by interested parties.

As for the name, just use the name of business trip.

Afterwards, Tui Guan Liu greeted the county magistrate and informed the government office that he was going out on official business.

Naturally, the government did not refuse.

After all, it's good to have someone to take on this kind of hard work.

No matter how difficult it is for Tui Guan Liu, if he refuses to do his job and keeps giving up, it will not be good if his superiors question him.

So people who do hard work in the government office may have difficulty in getting promoted, but if they do things normally, as long as their superiors are not stupid, they will still follow the procedures. Of course, there is no shortage of fools, so the system will collapse sooner or later.

"If what I expected goes as expected, the poisonous snake will come out soon." After Liu Tuiguan led his men on the road, he said casually.

The detectives around couldn't understand what was said, but they just followed.

It is impossible for everyone to have a horse but not be able to ride it.

Only the magistrate had a horse.

And the horse was very old.

Walking thirty miles a day is the best you can do.

At this time, when everyone was following Wu Sanwen from a distance, Wu Sanwen hired a carriage from a business in the city after leaving the city.

This carriage has a fixed route.

Just walk along the main roads in the county.

Because there is too much food in this world, and crimes happen frequently, wars are rare.

Similarly, there are few large-scale bandits.

Because there is no source of population.

Only occasionally a few fugitives gathered together.

Because they had no shortage of food, they seldom went down the mountain to rob.

After all, every time you rob someone you are taking a risk.

So it is safe on the road.

After all, we are all strangers to each other on the road.

There is rarely a motive for murder between strangers, so the probability of cases occurring on the road is very low.

Wu Sanwen first took a horse carriage, and then went south to take a boat on the canal.

In this way, when we reach the Central Plains, we can take a boat on another river that connects to the canal and head northwest.

After traveling several hundred miles northwest, the carriage turned and headed northeast.

After the carriage, they took the official road again.

By trekking and taking detours like this, you can reach the northern border.

The whole journey is actually not far, but it is not short either.

If he could endure the bumps and not seek convenience, he could ride his horse all the way from the border grasslands to the capital.

After running across the flat wasteland, we crossed a mountainous area and then entered a plain area and rode on Pegasus again.

In this case, it would be difficult to travel through the mountains and wilderness.

Other places can run 600 miles a day.

It would probably take a week to reach the capital.

And this place happened to be carefully selected by the prince's staff.

In this way, under normal circumstances, it will look far away and will not attract attention.

But at critical moments, as long as you are hardworking and persevering, you can overcome the difficulties of the journey and reach the capital in time.

Of course, these must be elite men.

And the scale can only be less than three hundred.

In fact, in the positive change, three hundred people in key positions are enough.

And the pursuit of comfort is what leads to visits like this one.

First go south, then west, then north, then east, making a big turn.

Try to take a boat or a carriage as much as possible, it will be comfortable.

And it is safe for the body too.

If you take shortcuts, your body may be in danger.

Many migrants and officials died on the road.

People cry when they see off someone who is traveling far away because the probability of death is too high, so they basically have to be prepared to never see each other again.

In this way, riding in a carriage or a boat is safer because it puts less strain on the body.

The time will be very long.

It will take at least 2 months to get there.

However, the term of office is extended to six months.

It is very common for a certain position in a place to be vacant for half a year.

I walk less than fifty miles a day.

This was the normal driving speed of the ancients.

In fact, the ancients always put slowness first.

It is common to walk thirty or forty miles a day.

To modern people, this is not even as fast as riding a bicycle for an hour.

There is a huge gap between ancient and modern roads.

There are now various types of roads, which are very flat, surrounded by villages and relatively safe.

Even for a normal walk, you don't need to bring too much stuff. You can just buy whatever you need on the way.

In ancient times, if you did this, you would die.

You have to carry a lot of dry food and water, and calculate how much distance you have to walk every day.

Never take unfamiliar roads.

Otherwise, encountering thieves on the road would be a small matter, but without water and dry food, it would be a dead end.

Therefore, the ancients seldom traveled far.

Except for a few official roads, some maintenance is still done by compacting them with loess.

Most of the other roads are made by people.

There is no maintenance, everything depends on the weather.

Whether marching or traveling, the speed is quite slow.

If tens of thousands of troops set out, they would form a long snake.

Why is it most dangerous for an army when it is on the march?

Because the soldiers ahead have already set out for dozens of miles, but the soldiers behind are still in the camp and have not walked out?
Once attacked, neither the head nor the tail will be aware of the situation.

Even if there were messengers running back and forth to report the situation.

The poorly organized troops had no time to organize a counterattack.

They will only be defeated one by one by outnumbering others in certain areas.

By then, there will be chaos and murder.

Countless generals and troops died on the march.

That’s why we need pioneers.

Those who often say that there are hundreds of thousands of troops occupying one place, that is simply impossible.

The reason is very simple, because the roads are restricted.

There were hundreds of thousands of people, and it was impossible to get away just by walking.

Forget about logistics, what about walking in the wild?

The wilderness is full of dangers.

In ancient times, development was not complete and people would usually trample on the fertile fields on the roadside when walking.

There are fields and easy roads to walk on.

When you get into the wilderness, it can be fatal.

There are mountains, forests, or hills on both sides.

Why did the army divide its forces even though it knew that dispersion would lead to weakness?

It’s not that I don’t want to concentrate, it’s that I can’t concentrate.

It is too inefficient to concentrate and follow one path.

When will we be able to reach the battlefield?

Therefore, in ancient times, battles usually consisted of launching attacks from several directions and then converging at the end.

In this way, the marching efficiency can be improved and more supplies can be obtained along the way. In fact, it is to plunder local warehouses and plunder local people.

Even within the country, it is still looting.

Forcefully conscripting men and forcibly collecting food.

So wherever the army went, there was chaos.

It will take a few years of tax exemption to recover.

After one march, the route was abandoned within a few years.

Abandoned means that the village is ruined.

Wen Rensheng naturally knew these things. The reason why he paid attention to this was because the man surnamed Wu was deliberately observing the road and even writing and drawing on paper.

It was obviously a plan to send troops back to the capital in the future.

These are all important combat knowledge.

(End of this chapter)