Chapter 84 – All from Kyoto

Gao Da’s luck was bad, I should say very bad.

He knew that earlier at the noodle stall, one of the government officials had sneaked away, but he didn’t care. Because of the government officials are mostly greedy and afraid of death, and in his judgment, the district of a county, it is unlikely to appear what great characters, he and the mute lady two people’s reaction is also considered very fast, back to the mansion to carry the child and then go to the city gate, the government simply can not possibly react to it.

But when he walked about half a mile to the city gate, he heard the sound of the heavy city gate closing, as well as noisy shouts and tense dispatching sounds. Gao Da stared, staring into the distance at the city gates, at the increasing number of magistrates gathered there, a little cold in his heart, greatly shocked and surprised.

He twisted his head to look at the maiden beside him, the previous action was too hasty, the woman’s maiden corner was already sweaty, her face was flushed, the clear pupils of her eyes were full of panic and uneasiness.

Gouda patted her hand and whispered, “Fear not, I am here.”

Dumb lady half-open mouth, nodded, but in his heart, thinking that his husband killed the magistrate, this is against the court, I’m afraid that his family of three can no longer live, a touch of bitterness floated up to the heart, seeped into the eyes, looking very sad.

The city gates received the order from somewhere, just tightly closed the city gates, without expanding the scope of the search, so it gave Gouda some time to react. He frowned, holding the child, holding the hand of the mute woman, and walked towards the back of the residential complex, disappearing into Dazhou City in no time.

The reason why Gouda had very bad luck was because the members of a special case division of the Ministry of Justice had chosen to gather in Dazhou. To say it is also a coincidence, this one special case division is exactly the door under the middle book university scholar He Zongwei sent out people, checking the …… is exactly the year may escape from the big east mountain tiger guards up to the highland.

He Zongwei has been keeping calm in Kyoto these months, because he knows that with his own strength and connections in the dynasty as well as his majesty’s holy favor, they are all completely insufficient to shake Fan Xian’s position, so he has been secretly carrying out that thing.

He wanted to open this gap from Wang Qinian or Gouda. However, after months of investigation, there was still not a single clue about Wang Qinian of the Supervisory Yuan, and even though the old Wang Tou was obviously hiding with his family, the Specialized Case Division couldn’t find any breakthroughs. On the contrary, under the strong pressure and support exerted by He Zongwei, the officials of the Ministry of Justice started to investigate from the smallest details under the Dadong Mountain, but vaguely touched the escape route of Gouda, and finally locked the possible hiding place in the seven state and county cities south of the Dongshan Road and north of the Jiangbei Road.

Dazhou was precisely one of them.

In the vast sea of people, want to find an expert who everyone thought he was dead, how difficult, and this matter is impossible to send the sea arrest paperwork, so the Ministry of Justice thirteen Yamen’s experts, this half a year, has been in these seven state cities as well as the countryside of the four wilds in the search for a needle in the bottom of the sea, but has never found.

In addition to the experts of the thirteen yamen of the Ministry of Justice, there were also a few experts from the inner court, who were also sent here by He Zongwei. Although Emperor Qing had given this part of his strength to He Zongwei just to protect his personal safety, He Zongwei had already pressed all his chips on Wang Qinian and Gouda, so all of them were sent over.

Seeing that the Eastern Barbarians had been pacified, seeing that Fan Xian would be returning, yet Daoshi He still had not heard any good news from his subordinates, so he began to get anxious, and although he still displayed a calm and gentle face in front of his subordinates, he began to exert strong pressure in his private orders.

The experts of the thirteen magistracies of the Ministry of Justice were almost driven crazy by this pressure, and they gathered in Dazhou this time to exchange information in their hands, to share and share, in the hope of being able to find the Tiger Guard that had already disappeared.

At this very moment, the magistrates who were rushed to the city to check the household registration were lazy and entered a noodle stall, and the owner of that noodle stall fought to kill.

The yamen who slipped away hadn’t had time to rush back to the Dazhou government office, but he met these sinister and unattainable looking adults of the 13 government offices first.

This yamen, in a state of panic, reported what had happened in the stall before to these adults from Kyoto. And these by He Da Da Shi’s pressure whole about to go crazy Ministry of Justice officials, brain buzzing a sound, although not sure who that noodle stall owner is, but the criminal investigation officials very sensitive intuition as well as a strong executive power, so that they in the first time, over the Dazhou Prefecture Yamen jurisdictional authority, directly issued the order to close the gates of the city.

Gao Da’s family of three, then sealed in Dazhou city.

After a night of lights, the officials of the Ministry of Justice had already established the identity of that noodle stall owner. Whether it was the chopsticks that were broken in two, or the wounds of the dead yamen in the noodle stall, they all illustrated this person’s highly skillful knife skills and vicious strikes. An expert in such a realm would actually hide in a small town and sell noodles? There must be a ghost.

The mood of the thirteen Yamen officials were all very tense, torches were lit all around the noodle stall, illuminating everything in here very brightly, and they were thinking in their hearts that after working hard for more than a year, they should have finally found the rightful master, right? The red glow of the fire reflected on the faces of all the Ministry of Justice officials, who were staring nervously and excitedly at the inner court expert in the noodle stall, hoping to get his final confirmation.

That pale-faced inner court expert gently pressed down the chopsticks’ breaks with his fingertips, and after a long moment of silence, he nodded his head.

The Ministry of Justice officials looked at each other, they could not help the joy in their eyes, in order to investigate this unwarranted imperial criminal, they have endured too much pressure from the He Da Da Shi, and this is a rootless matter, in the seven major roads of the State of Qing running around for a whole year, only to finally put the target in the vicinity of Dazhou, they did not think that their own luck would be so good, the target popped up on its own so quickly.

That inner court expert is now directly under the command of He Zongwei, however, he has been sinking in the palace all these years, he is not sure why the great scholar He wants to investigate this matter, but he only knows that this escaped noodle stall owner is probably the only remaining tiger guard in the world, a hint of worry flashed across his old face, not knowing what kind of danger is hidden behind this matter.

The old people in the palace knew that the Tiger Guard was a fierce man trained by Fan Shangshu, and it was through the matter of Dadong Mountain that His Majesty used to chop off all of Fan Shangshu’s powerful wings, so how is it that Dazhou still has one left?

The inner court master’s eyes suddenly flourished, secretly thinking that could it be that Senior Minister He had received a secret decree from His Majesty, and that was why he had gone out of his way to look for this person in the whole world? But what about Little Lord Fan? If the news of this person being alive were to reach Lord Little Fan, what would be the consequences?

But this was all something that only the great men needed to consider, they were just subjects, subordinates, they acted according to their orders, and since it was an imperial prisoner who had fled from the battlefield, he had to be captured. The inner court masters looked at the joyful eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Justice and couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts, secretly thinking that these officials probably didn’t know the horror of the Tiger Guards.

Especially a Tiger Guard who had actually learned to flee from the battlefield.

Sealing the city for a whole day and night, the governor of Dazhou also knew about this matter, although he was also very angry at the unruly people who dared to kill their own magistrates, but compared to the sealing of the city this kind of big event, he was even more a little bit of unexplained anger. These thirteen magistrates from the Ministry of Justice, actually dare to interfere in local politics, do not they understand that once the city is closed, the people of Dazhou city will have a hard time living?

However, when the thirteen magistrates from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs showed this governor the secret order of the middle minister under the door and the identity of the inner court masters, the governor immediately fell silent like a quail, he knew that that noodle stall owner was not only an imperial court prisoner, but he was afraid that he also had some very scary backgrounds, which caused so many people from Kyoto to come to arrest him.

The governor of Dazhou immediately showed his attitude, mobilized all the officials in the state government office, began to cooperate with the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs from Kyoto, combing through the city, and all of the local chief elders were also mobilized.

In a place like Qing, once the local government is fully mobilized, it is not difficult to find a few people in the city, since the criminal has a wife and children, he will always have to sleep, eat, and deal with people.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice were satisfied with the strength of cooperation from the Dazhou side, and they believed that it would take two days at the most to force that Chin prisoner out of the civilian houses in Dazhou City.

Gouda, who was hidden in the private residence. It had been a day and a night since he had eaten anything, and he had carefully covered up the traces, among which he had only ventured to steal a few pieces of clothing and some dietary water for the little children. The Tiger Guards had never been trained to flee and hide, yet having followed Fan Xian for several years, Gao Da would have been hard to find if he had really been hiding alone.

However, as the officials judged, he had his mother and child beside him, which was the most troublesome thing, and the spirit of the mute mother had been tormented to the point where she could not bear it any longer, and her large eyes were full of sadness and faintness.

Two days’ time. Gao Da knew that the officials would need at most two days if they wanted to find their three. After pondering for a long time, he decided to take the initiative to break out.

The time of the breakout was chosen at twilight, the time when people were most likely to relax their spirits, and it was still the first day after the murder at the noodle stall.

In the blood-soaked twilight, Gao Da, who had tied a cloth chain around his chest and tied his child to his chest, held his wife and slowly walked towards the city gates.

He thought for a long time, but could not think of a way to bring his family over the high city wall, so he only chose to break through.

He walked towards the city gates step by step. The soldiers and magistrates at the city gate were nervously staring at the people entering and exiting the city, although the city was nominally sealed, but in reality, the villagers who were responsible for picking up water and food were still allowed to enter and exit the city, it was just that the guards here seemed incredibly strict, and it even felt stricter than in Kyoto.

Several officials from the Ministry of Justice in Kyoto, holding a portrait, coldly and meticulously checking everyone’s appearance.

Getting closer and closer to the city gates, Gao Da felt his hands getting a little wet, not from his own nervous sweat, but from Niangzi’s hands. He turned his head to look at the mute maiden and realized that her body was already trembling.

It seemed that he couldn’t hide it from those officials of the Ministry of Justice at the city gates who were as sensitive as wolf dogs, Gao Da sighed in his heart. Of course, he never expected to be able to sneak out.

The family of three just stood in front of the city gates, in front of the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the magistrates, and the sergeants. It was only seven feet away from the line that led out of the city.

And beyond the city gate, there was a donkey cart carrying green vegetables.

Gao Da’s eyes were on that donkey cart.

“The city has been sealed, no one may enter or leave.” A sergeant said loudly to Gouda. It was obvious that these three people could not be farmers outside the city.

The eyes of the experts from the Ministry of Justice’s thirteen magistracies narrowed as they looked at the family close at hand, the pupils of their eyes gradually shrunk, the portrait in their hands gradually lowered, their hands slowly leaning towards the hilts of their swords.

It was too recognizable, they instantly recognized that the visitor was the imperial court prisoner that they had been chasing for a year!

The other party had actually taken the initiative to jump out and come to the city gates, did they want to just kill their way out of the city gates!

The experts of the Ministry of Justice slowly came out from everywhere, gradually going to surround this family of three right in the center.

However, when this encirclement had not yet closed, Gouda had already lifted his face and calmly glanced at the nearest Ministry of Punishment expert in front of him, there was not a trace of emotion in those eyes, just indifference.

“Bind your hands ……!” That Ministry of Punishment expert suddenly felt a menace coming right in front of him, he roared in a high voice and at the same time drew out the saber on the side of his waist.

Binding his hands only had time to utter the first two words before the last two words were extinguished by a shower of blood. In a flash of lightning, Gao Da took two steps forward and reached out like a dragon, chopping the expert’s wrist.

The Ministry of Justice expert had no time to make any reaction at all, and only hurriedly retreated, however, when his wrist was still swaying in the air, it snapped with a click.

Gao Da snatched his saber and swung down with a backward elbow, leaving behind a streak of blood and a disheveled and slumped body of the Ministry of Punishment expert.

He retreated back to the Mute Lady’s side again and coldly looked around at the experts and soldiers of the Ministry of Punishment who were killing over, without a trace of fear, without a trace of self-doubt, there was only a powerful confidence.

A knife in hand, who can block?

Knife light gusts, up to the sword with wife and son to the city gate in front of the breakthrough. There is no enemy in front of the knife, and every time the knife comes out, one person will die. With the sound of blood and wind to open the way, in a flash, they will be protruding from the city gates.

This is the victory in a word of courage, in an instant it is actually shocked all the Ministry of Justice officials, let them look at that strong figure, it is difficult to close the circle.

Seven feet away, not far, the car is not far. Gao Da’s body and face had already been stained with a lot of blood, his hand was still holding the mute maiden tightly, carefully protecting her, so the price he paid was a few more bloody cuts on his own body.

The Thirteen Yamen’s experts were really powerful, just how could they be as brave and terrifying as Gouda.

With a bellowing cry, Gao Da was like a bloody dragon, shattering the combined attacks of the three Ministry of Justice experts in front of him. The blade shattered into countless fragments, and he used these fragments to open up a path, rushing towards the outside of the city.

Just then, a palm printed over, right in the twilight, from the direction of that car, slapping him in the face.

Gouda stifled a grunt and sank to the ground, striking out with a straight fist.

The fists and palms met, and a cloud of wind and smoke rose from the city gates.

When the wind and smoke fell, the expert from the inner court looked at him in a daze and said, “Gouda, you really aren’t dead.”

The pupils of Gouda’s eyes shrunk as he pulled Niang Zi behind himself, “It’s actually you, could it be that Eunuch Yao is also here?”