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Chapter 2 Infiltrating the County Office

A house on West Street, Shanyang County is the residence of Liu He, a clerk in the county government office.

The main room is a place specifically responsible for storing archives and evidence, and the clerk is the person responsible for managing the archives.

It was almost the fourth time, and it was late at night and the streets were silent and there was no pedestrian.

A figure appeared outside Liu He's residence, and he was Han Tao who came in the dark.

Through memories, he can confirm that Han Gu's identity and family background determine that he has no motivation to believe in Taiping Cult and help Taiping Cult to revolt.

Then only the possibility of Tang Zhou framed and framed the case. To prove this result, you must know what evidence he used to prove that Han Gu participated in the rebellion, so that he could find the flaws and prove that he used perjury to make a falsification and thus turn the tables.

To understand all this, the best way is to get the files from Tang Zhou when he reported it, or even see direct evidence of his report.

Han Tao's original owner was a rich child, and he was generous and often went to places such as singing and dancing workshops.

He and Liu He met several times in the Song and Dance House. The two of them had similar interests and became friends. They often drank flower and wine together for fun.

Han Tao thought about it over and over again. Although this was a bit risky, now he could only go to the county government to check the evidence and make a comeback...

Han Tao carefully observed the surrounding environment. Liu He's residence was an independent courtyard with two people in the courtyard wall. He carefully looked around the base of the wall and found a small dog hole at the base of the wall on one side.

Han Tao immediately lay on the ground happily and tried hard to get into the dog hole...

Han Tao entered the yard, first entered the kitchen, touched a kitchen knife for cutting vegetables as a weapon, and then came to Liu He's bedroom window with ease, carefully opened the window from outside, and then quietly climbed through the window into the bedroom.

There was a person lying on the bed, sleeping soundly and making a faint snoring sound. It was Liu He.

Han Tao quickly walked to the edge of the bed and suddenly reached out and pressed his hand on Liu He's mouth.

Liu He was awakened in an instant and wanted to shout in panic, but found that his mouth was covered. He was about to struggle, but Han Tao was already holding a kitchen knife in his hand and putting it on his neck...

"Promise me not to yell, I will let go of your mouth and blink if I agree." Han Tao whispered to Liu He.

Liu He also recognized Han Tao in front of him at this time and hurriedly blinked hard.

Han Tao then let go of the hand covering Liu He's mouth, but still did not take away the kitchen knife.

Liu He looked at Han Tao in surprise and asked in panic: "Brother Zizhen, you, you are not..."

"I shouldn't be on the death row, am I? I escaped myself!" Han Tao interrupted Liu He directly, "Stop talking, tell me, what evidence Tang Zhou used to report that my father was rebellious?"

"When Tang Zhou came to the county government to report, he held a list of members of Taiping Road in Shanyang County, with Ling Zun's name on it, which proves that Ling Zun joined Taiping Road and wanted to participate in the rebellion together." Liu He introduced the situation to Han Tao.

"Just like this?" Han Tao felt that it would be too hasty to behead his family with such evidence.

"Of course not. When the county magistrate came to your house to arrest people, he found a letter from Lingzun's study that he wrote to Taiping Cult, claiming that he would cooperate with the Taiping Cult to rebel in Shanyang County. This is the most conclusive evidence." Liu He continued to say to Han Tao.

"A handwritten letter? This is absolutely impossible!" After hearing this evidence, Han Tao, who had already made a detailed analysis of the possibility of Han Gu's rebellion, firmly expressed his doubts...

"Zizhen, of course I also hope that the letter is not true. But at that time, this evidence was handed directly to the county magistrate Li Zhu. He had been dating Lingzun for many years and was very familiar with Lingzun's handwriting. He confirmed on the spot that it was written by Lingzun himself, so he ordered you to be imprisoned immediately and reported to the Hanoi County Magistrate, and finally decided to be executed for you." Liu He responded helplessly.

Liu He's words made Han Tao fall into deep thought. He didn't expect that the county magistrate would confirm that the letter was written by Han Gu. What was going on?

Has his judgment been wrong? Han Gu is a very cunning disguise. He tried his best to create the image of a generous businessman, but in fact he believed in Taiping Sect and was a senior "undercover".

This idea was quickly denied by Han Tao himself. If Han Gu was really a believer of Taiping Cult with deep hidden depths, it means that he had definitely not just joined Taiping Cult recently, and should be an old believer. Why do you need to write such a letter to express your loyalty?

So, this letter must be forged.

If you can find the flaws in this letter, it will be like a disguised prove that Han Gu was wronged.

"When you searched your house, did you still confiscate a lot of books and letters from my house?"

"Yes, there are a lot of these things."

"Okay, let me see these books, letters, the so-called handwritten letters and the list of Taiping Cults that my father wrote." Han Tao made his own request to Liu He.

"Don't you know that stealing files privately is a serious crime? I don't dare to do this head-losing thing." Liu He's head was shaking like a rattle, and he immediately refused Han Tao's request.

"Who asked you to steal the file? You helped me into the county government, I want to go and see it myself." Han Tao said his plan.

"The county magistrate has been dating your father for many years, and he has determined that it is Lingzun's handwriting. What's the point of seeing it again? Listen to me, don't take risks. If you have that time, just run away quickly." Liu He persuaded Han Tao.

"I can confirm whether it makes sense after reading it myself, and you don't have to worry about it. But if you don't take me there, your father will receive a pension tomorrow." Han Tao didn't want to talk nonsense to Liu He anymore.

"What does the pension mean?" Liu He was stunned by Han Tao's statement.

"You arrested the rebel party and were killed. Shouldn't the court give you pensions?" After Han Tao finished speaking, he stopped talking nonsense and gently touched Liu He's neck with the kitchen knife in his hand...

Liu He was instantly scared to death and almost screamed, while Han Tao's hand was already pressing on his mouth at this time, making him unable to shout.

Han Tao's eyes were fierce and glared at Liu He: "Give you one last chance, do you want to be a model of the imperial court who died or want to survive?"

"I, I'll take you there, I'll take you there..." Liu He agreed helplessly.

Han Tao did not hurry to move forward. He pressed Liu He's neck with a knife and asked him to get up and go to the table.

"Light up the light, write me a letter, and just write me that you have received one thousand taels of silver from me." Han Tao ordered.

"One thousand taels of silver, when will I have received so much money from you? Don't cheat me!" Liu He defended anxiously.

"Do you want me to keep putting my knife around your neck to the county government? With this letter, if you dare not cooperate with me to play tricks, I will present it to the county master. According to the Han Dynasty, I have received so many bribes. Even if you are not sentenced to abandon the market and beheaded, you will be imprisoned for three generations." Han Tao expressed his thoughts.

Liu He knew that it was useless now, so he could only write a letter that he had received 1,000 taels of him as Han Tao told him, and handed it to Han Tao.

Han Tao looked carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he put away the letter and then put down the kitchen knife placed on Liu He's neck.

Han Tao ordered Liu He: "Go and prepare a few items for me, a snakeskin bag filled with flour, and then seal it with wax. Then prepare a windproof lantern and a few twine, and prepare a bundle of hay, and find me some ginger to boil water for drink."

Liu He looked at Han Tao and wanted to ask, but looked at Han Tao's glaring eyes, swallowed the words to his mouth again, lowered his head and prepared things according to Han Tao's instructions.

Han Tao took this opportunity to open Liu He's bedroom wardrobe, found a few cotton jackets to put on his body, and then walked to the brazier for heating in the house to start baking.

He had been running from the prison to Liu He's house in a water suit, all with his energy. Now that he relaxed a little, he felt cold all over and quickly found a way to drive away the cold and recover. After all, there was a series of actions next, which required him to maintain good physical strength and physical condition.

After a while, Liu He prepared everything Han Tao asked for. In order to please Han Tao, he not only prepared ginger water, but also prepared some food for him.

There was a sound of beating people from outside. At this time, the fourth update was already half past, and Han Tao had less time left. He did not dare to delay any longer, so he immediately called Liu He and set off quickly in the night.

After the fourth update, it is equivalent to between 2:00 and 4:00 in the current time. This period of winter night is the day when people sleep the deepest, and it is also the most difficult time for those who insist on sleeping.

At the gate of the county government, several yamen runners were patrolling and guarding with weapons.

If they were normal, they might have been lazy to sleep, but tonight, a serious traitor like Ma Yuanyi was imprisoned in the prison, and no one dared to neglect it. Even the county magistrate Feng Zhong personally guarded here, and he was very energetic and forced to hold on.

Han Tao quietly arrived beside the street opposite the county government office. He observed the situation at the county government office from afar, then retreated and walked around the street a little further away from the county government office.

Han Tao chose a big tree on the side of the road, hanged the snakeskin bag upside down on the trunk with twine, facing down the bag, and then put the windproof lantern outside the snakeskin bag, and adjust the position of the candle to a position facing the mouth of the snakeskin bag to fix it.

Then he spread the hay and spread it on the ground under the lantern.

After everything was settled, Han Tao lit the candle and quickly left...

A loud explosion came, and then a fire rose into the sky, quickly illuminating the sky.

The county magistrate Feng Zhong and the yamen runners who were guarding the yamen were shocked. They didn't know what had happened, but just stared blankly at the pillar of fire rising in front of them.

When Feng Zhong saw this scene, he did not dare to neglect it and immediately issued an order to the yamen runners beside him: "Liu Si, you two, hurry up and call all the yamen runners up, guard the prison, and be careful of any rebellion against the party and robbing the prison!"

It is definitely not an accident that such a movement occurs at this time. He must be more careful. If the rebel party runs away, he will not be able to bear the blame.

When the yamen runner who called Liu Si heard the order, he immediately ran to call someone.

Feng Zhong pulled out his waist knife from his waist, took the yamen runners around him, and carefully fumbled towards the pillar of fire in front of him...

In the backyard of the county government, Li Zhu, the county magistrate who had just fallen asleep, was also awakened by the loud noise, got up in a hurry, and went to the front door of the county government to check what had happened.

After a brief hustle and bustle in the backyard, the tranquility returned to its original state.

A head quietly appeared on the wall of the backyard, and that person was naturally Han Tao.

He stepped on Liu He's shoulder and with his help, he climbed up to the wall.

Afterwards, Liu He also climbed up the wall with difficulty, and the two landed quietly. Then Liu He led the way and took Han Tao straight to the main record room of the county government office.

In order to make a name for the east and west, Han Tao carefully created a "time bomb", which indeed successfully attracted the attention of the county magistrates and yamen runners guarding at the door, and also attracted the county magistrates in the backyard, so they were able to sneak into the county magistrates.

Liu He took Han Tao to the main record room with familiarity, took out the key and opened the door, took him in, and then quickly closed the door.

Han Tao whispered to Liu He: "Where did that letter be placed?"

Liu He came to a shelf, took out the letter from it, and handed it to Han Tao: "It's it."

Han Tao carefully took out the scythe and lit it. With the faint light, he checked the content of the letter. The content of the letter was only a few sentences, but he expressed his attitude of wanting to be loyal to the Taiping Cult and support the uprising.

Han Tao finished reading the letter carefully and returned him to Liu He. Liu He put it away and urged anxiously: "You have seen the letter, too, you can't see any problem, let's go quickly."

Han Tao knew that Liu He was worried that the county magistrate and others would find it back, but he only read the letter and did not directly see any flaws. He was thinking about what to do...

"Where are the account books I searched for in my house?" Han Tao asked.

Liu He pointed helplessly at the dozen boxes piled up in the corner: "It's all here."

Without hesitation, Han Tao went forward and opened the box directly, and began to look through it carefully.

"You shouldn't think of reading all the letters for so many times, right? Then when will you see them? And even if you have read them all, what can you see?" Liu He urged anxiously.

Han Tao ignored him at all, just lowered his head, and looked through the account book and letters in his hand seriously and quickly, hoping to find the characteristics of Han Gu's handwriting...

In the street opposite the county government office, Feng Zhong led many yamen runners to put out the fire.

County Magistrate Li Zhu had already arrived. Seeing the fire extinguished from a distance, he hurried forward and asked Feng Zhong: "What happened, why did there be a loud noise, and how did the fire catch?"

Feng Zhong looked at Li Zhu with a blank look on his face, but he couldn't answer at all.

On the ground in front of him, there were only some powder burned into black ash. Then, in the middle of these powders, he saw fragments of snakeskin bags scattered on the ground and the remains of burnt lanterns. He could not see anything else, which made him unable to judge how these things caused fire and how loud noises were made...

The crowing sound of a rooster came from afar, and a trace of whiteness appeared in the sky, and the sky was about to brighten.

Han Tao was still looking through the account book and letters seriously. Although he was looking through it very fast, he had only finished half of it. He looked up at the sky and looked through it faster...

Liu He stood beside him, trying to urge Han Tao, but he didn't dare to speak, for fear of disturbing him, so he could only rub his hands constantly and be anxious in secret.

Finally, Han Tao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showed a smile, and then exclaimed in a low voice: "It's true that there is a fake, I found the problem!"
Chapter completed!
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