It was purely accidental that Zhang Xiude caught Liu Chengqi.

At the beginning of the roundup operation, he followed the deputy battalion commander of the Guangning City Governor's garrison camp to Guandi Temple, and was accompanied by Sun Yuan, the garrison commander of Xiaoheishan Post. Who would have thought that the group of gossip scholars outside the Guandi Temple were too timid, and they were all scared when they shot and lay down. He didn't use his actions at all.

Later, when he was binding, a backbone of the Bagua Sect gave Liu Chengqi's residence in a panic in order to survive. However, he did not know Liu Chengqi's name, but called him the "chief instructor".

When Zhang Xiude found out, he volunteered to lead a small team of people to arrest him. As a result, as soon as he was halfway through, he heard the whistle in the north. So he and his subordinates divided into two groups and led two soldiers to the entrance of the village. When he saw the whistle blowing soldier, he learned that the escaped guy was running very fast, Zhang Xiude knew that he had met Lian Jiazi and his kung fu was not weak, so he chased after him without thinking.

During the running, Zhang Xiude used "horizontal jump" many times, chasing more than three miles before knocking Liu Chengqi down with a slap.

"Long Jump" means the light skills in traditional martial arts, which originated from the field footwork in the cold weapon era. It is usually called "Eight Steps to Challenge the Cicada" in storytelling books, and Tong Lin in "Yongzheng Sword and Heroes Picture" is good at this.

To practice this kind of footwork, you must treat the pelvis as a bow arm, twist the waist, hips, and hamstrings into a force as a bow string, and you can jump out with just one force. Shang Yunxiang, the master of Xingyi Sect in the late Qing Dynasty, was a master of this. He did not need to assist, but one longitudinally was three feet away. The length of the ruler in the Qing Dynasty was 31.96 cm, ten feet was more than three meters, and three feet were more than nine meters.

Zhang Xiude was recruited into the North Navy Intelligence Bureau because of his superb skills. People with good boxing must have strong footwork. When he killed the old man of Shu Mulu's family with one punch in the capital, he relied on his footwork. He jumped closer to him from six or seven meters, and the other party had no time to react and was beaten to "Black Tiger Heart".

Although he seemed calm when talking to Liu Chengqi, his body was seriously overdrawn and he felt lucky.

First of all, both of them were in their thirties and at the age of peak physical strength; secondly, Liu Tingxian's second son is quite good at kung fu. Not to mention that he was guided by famous teachers in the Bagua Sect since childhood, in order to survive in the years since his exile, he has been rushing in the mountains and forests to hunt wild animals for many years, and has learned footwork without a teacher.

Originally, the origin of traditional martial arts moves and footwork is not only the experience of fighting on the battlefield, but also the imitation of wild beasts.

The only thing that Zhang Xiude has the advantage is his momentum. He represents the prestigious Northern Navy and is upright; while Liu Chengqi is a cult element who is naturally right to the regime. He fled in the dark and panic is inevitable.

A few minutes later, when several sweaty North Navy soldiers arrived at the scene with flashlights, they saw Liu Chengqi, whose hands and feet were tied and Zhang Xiude, who was squatting aside and smoking and waiting for him, were all secretly amazed.

At the same time, the North Navy's investigation of Kuoshantun was also in full swing. All alleys in the village were blocked, and soldiers knocked on doors and searched doors.

The successful roundup of Guandi Temple was only started, and there were many things to do later. The entire search continued until the morning of the next day. Half of the families in Kaoshantun were arrested, with more than 20 people in men, women, old and young. Among these people, there were more than 20 wives, concubines and children of the four Liu father and son, and there were several long-term workers.

As noon approached, Sun Yuan transferred more than a dozen ox and horse carriages from Xiaoheishan Post. A large number of people and a field radio station arrived early in the morning. Among these people were political workers from the garrison camp, clerks from the battalion, staff from the intelligence bureau, and even several former constables and clerks from Guangning County.

When these people arrived, they didn't even have lunch and immediately began an assault interrogation of gossip believers. Once there was a result, the people responsible for the arrest had to immediately search the homes of those believers in other villages and capture the remnants.

Liu Tingxian and his son were used as interrogation sites in several yards in Kuoshantun. In order to protect Fubao, Sun Yuan personally took him into an empty house in the front yard of Liu Tingxian's house, and then loosened him, and asked him to bring him hot water and food. He also told him not to go out for the time being, and wait here and go back with him in the afternoon.

Fu Bao was frightened all night and was not at ease until now. Seeing that Sun Yuan was leaving, he didn't care about the pain in his hands and feet, so he hurriedly called the other party and asked carefully: "Platform Commander Sun, Yongtai, the youngest person is Zhou Tianzhu, can't turn over this time, right?"

Sun Yuan showed a playful smile on his face and said, "Don't worry! No one asked you for debts. But you must learn from your mistakes and you can't make money anymore. Think about your mother and your wife and children!"

It would be fine if I didn't mention the bad things, but Fu Bao immediately said with a bitter face: "Now that the errands are gone, and it's really not good to farm small. I'm going to tell you that the food in my family is enough to eat for a few days."

Sun Yuanxin said that these bannermen were used to it, and then said, "Don't worry, the relief grain and cotton coat will arrive in a few days. If you have nothing to do, you can cut some firewood. How can you pass this winter?"

Fu Bao was overjoyed and bowed quickly. Then Sun Yuan said, "In a few days, someone will come to Shengjing to teach you classes, teach you agricultural skills, and use new farm tools. Go and listen and study hard. By the beginning of next spring, fifty acres of land will be enough for you."

"Yes, yes, the smaller ones must go, they must go!"

Sun Yuan shook his head helplessly and turned around and left.

In the afternoon, the Bagua scholars and their families who had completed the preliminary interrogation were taken to Xiaoheishan Post, with twenty people as a team. There were many empty rooms in the post station and road record yamen there, and one or two hundred people could not be a problem. Liu Tingxian and his son and their families were sent to the prison in Guangning County tomorrow morning.

With the inauguration of personnel and the interrogation, a large number of cult books, statues, silver coins, talismans, incense blocks and other items were seized one after another. For example, in a cellar in the backyard of Liu Tingxian's house, thousands of taels of silver coins, more than a dozen sets of new cotton coats, and thousands of kilograms of grain and cured meat were seized. In a camphor wooden box in the bedroom of the back house, two stamps and a bag containing various hand-coated treasure scrolls were also seized.

One of these two seals is engraved with the words "Chongdetang", while the other is engraved with "Kijitang" in seal script. According to Liu Tingxian's explanation, these two seals are the evidence of the head of the sect, and the "authorized seal" of the sect must be stamped with these two seals to be considered valid.

In the bag with the "Imperial Tickets" written, there are various treasure scrolls of Bagua Buddhism, including two books, "Taihuang Treasure Scroll", "Five Women's Preaching", "The Complete Collection of Nature and Reason", "Early Words", "The Secret of Specializing in the Eighteen Plots", "Kong Ming Asking My Son", and "Preface Text". In addition, there is a scroll that is more than one foot long that has been rolled up.

The officer of the Intelligence Bureau who was responsible for counting the items registered the titles of all the treasure scrolls one by one, and finally picked up the scroll. At first, he thought it was a painting, but when he opened it halfway, he suddenly felt a sudden thrill and hurriedly asked someone to invite Zhang Xiude over.

"Lao Zhang, please take a look at this."

Zhang Xiude took the scroll and looked closely. He saw seven neatly crafted characters written on his head, "The First Genealogy of the Bagua Sect" written on it. Looking back, he found that it actually listed the lineage inheritances of the various generations of the Bagua Sect and the leaders of the various hegua Sects since the early years of Kangxi. It notes the names of each family member, the date of birth and death, the ancestral home, and even the female family records.

The more Zhang Xiude looked, the more solemn he looked, and thought that if this picture was true, then the major families of the Bagua Sect in the northern region could be caught in one gossip!

"Send a telegram to Shengjing immediately and report to Chief Shen!"

When Chen Guisheng received the telegram, he was having supper. After reading the telegram silently, he handed it to Li Rui, chief of staff of the Eastern Front Command.

"It's OK! Xiao Shen." Li Rui slapped the table and said happily: "I found such a big case quietly. The leader of the gossip sect, tsk, you have helped me a lot! Come on, I will use tea instead of wine, and I'll toast you."

Guisheng cried with the other party and said humbly: "Chief of Staff, I didn't expect it either."

Li Rui praised: "I am worthy of staying by His Majesty for several years. If I don't take action, I'll have to do it!"

When Guisheng heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly and said he didn't dare.

Although Zhao Xin has not yet been renamed as emperor, many senior officers trained by him in the North Navy have privately called him "Your Majesty". Many people had a question in their minds before, that is, why did Prince Zhao not ascend the throne and become emperor after the battle of Shengjing?

Just recently during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the battle of Shengjing came to an end, someone plucked up the courage to ask this question. Zhao Xin's expression at that time was a smile and asked back: "Acclaiming emperor outside the pass, do you want me to be Nurhaci or Huang Taiji?"

Well, many people understand now. It turns out that person still has such a taboo in his heart.

Two days later, Wang Changsheng, the head of the North Navy Intelligence Bureau, received a telegram from Guangning. As an important tyrant of Zhao Xin, Wang Changsheng knew Zhao Xin's attitude towards the Bagua Sect, so he immediately followed the map and sent a telegram to the intelligence stations in Shandong, Henan and Zhili to search and investigate the Hou family in Jinxiang, Gao family in Shangqiu and Daxing.

For a time, the North Navy Intelligence Bureau deployed stakes in various parts of North China. Most of them disguised themselves as merchants who purchased local products and rode donkeys to their target locations.

Speaking of which among the many branches of the Bagua Sect, Li Gua Sect, Zhen Gua Sect and Kan Gua Sect are the three most powerful and influential branches. Needless to mention the first two branches, just talk about the Kan Gua.

In the Eight Trigrams, the Kan Gua belongs to water and represents the north in its direction. When Liu Zuochen established the religion, Dan County, located in Caozhou Prefecture, was the central palace, so the scope of activities of the Kan Gua included Qufu and Zhili. By the time when Liu Sheng became the "Zhongtian Sect Head", the real power figure of the Kan Gua was Kong Wanlin from the Kong family of Qufu.

Although it was Qufu, Kong Wanlin, a man who hated the Qing Dynasty extremely hated. He had been secretly developing his power, trying to be a big shot like Wang Lun.

Unfortunately, in the 37th year of Qianlong, Kong Wanlin was captured, and the leader of the Kan Gua was the Zhang family in Rongcheng, Zhili. Later, with the Zhang family being arrested, the activity center of the Kan Gua turned to Daxing. The external name is "the tribe of the Baiyang Sect Kan Gua", which was also the predecessor of the later Tianli Sect.

The situation is similar to that in Kuoshantun. At least since the 37th year of Qianlong, in addition to the ignorant people, some Manchus from Zhenglan Banner also joined the Kan Gua Sect. The original purpose was to eliminate disasters and cure diseases.

In addition to the above three places, the Intelligence Bureau also sent a sealed telegram to the Beijing Intelligence Station, asking to monitor a guy who was engaged in the work of a refueling outside Shuncheng Gate. The person's name was Lin Qing.

That's right, it was Lin Qing who personally led the sects to attack the Forbidden City in another time and space. However, this person has not yet joined the Kan Gua Sect, but is in front of the updater outside Xuanwu Sect.

As mentioned before, the North Navy Intelligence Bureau has five intelligence points in the capital, among which the four branch station located outside Dongbianmen is specialized in tracking, surveillance and operation. The main members of this stronghold were developed from the Cao Gang in the early years, mostly from Shandong people. The stronghold used to conceal its identity was a big wine jar called "Changfa".

On October 18, 19th year of Qianlong's 59th year, in the evening, the big wine jar was already full of guests. It was dinner time, and many people were not busy drinking, but filled their stomachs first. Several friends with Shandong accents were busy, and they held a tray to bring bowls of soup noodles to the diners.

In those days, the taverns in Beijing were generally opened by Shandong and Shanxi people, and the business of big wine jars was found in the Ming Dynasty. They were originally used to wholesale wine, and in the Qing Dynasty they were both retail. In addition to selling yellow wine and a small amount of food, they also sold some cutter noodles and so on. In history, in the late Qing Dynasty, many taverns evolved into Erchen Shops, which also sautéed and cooked dishes.

"Changfa" is the largest tavern in the Dongbianmen area. Most of the people who consume here are peddlers and soldiers guarding the city gate. In short, they are all kinds of things, all kinds of religions and all kinds of things.

The entire tavern is a house made of two reed mats covering the roof and surrounded by adobe walls. In addition to the door, there is also a kitchen. There are eight large pottery wine jars more than two feet high, and one-quarter of the bottom is buried in the soil. The wooden lids on the door are painted with red paint, and four or five stools are placed around it. This is the table.

Unlike other taverns, every winter, the "Longfa" will place a cast iron stove with a diameter of one foot and five in the door and the coal balls are burned. A large copper pot is usually placed on the furnace mouth. The water inside is boiling away and white steam is constantly sprayed out from the spout, making the room warm and not so dry.

Unlike later taverns, the taverns in the capital sold mostly rice wine, from Shandong, from Zhejiang, and from the suburbs of the capital. For example, Caiyu, Lixian, in the south of the city, Lishuiqiao, in the north of the city, Xiji, Tongzhou in the east of the city, Heilongtan in Haidian, and Liangxiang in Zhili, were all distributed in large and small winemaking workshops.

The reason why the Intelligence Bureau wanted to open a tavern here was because outside Chongwenmen, not far away, was a distribution center for wholesale of alcohol. The Qing Dynasty strictly prohibited opening winemaking workshops in the inner city. All wine transported to the capital was uniformly sold by eighteen businesses, and the carts transporting wine could only go to Chongwenmen, so it was also called "Winemen".

There are many types of wine in the shop, so there are more customers. Especially after the White Dew Festival, more people drink wines suddenly.
Chapter completed!