jdhmnovel Chapter 645 The Embroidered Uniform Guard's Signature Skills
Chapter 645 The Embroidered Uniform Guard's Signature Skills
According to Dong Huaian's analysis of the maps drawn up by the villages and communities where the children went missing, the cases are mainly concentrated in Jiaoxian and Jimo. If we break it down further, they are concentrated in the areas of Guzhen, Fengmeng, and Laoshan.
In places like Changyi, Pingdu, and Weixian, similar cases are actually rare.
Dong Huai'an said with a bitter expression, "Your Highness, I originally drew this map to investigate their movement routes, but..."
"But when I sent someone to Laiyang, I found out that these thieves had already left Laizhou, and even many villages and communities under Laiyang's jurisdiction had fallen victim to their evil deeds."
Yang Shaofeng grunted in response with a dark expression and continued looking at the map drawn by Dong Huai'an.
Dong Huai'an's meaning was simple: these kidnappers had already run away, and might even have left Dengzhou Prefecture.
The so-called mapping out their movement routes is more like locking the barn door after the horse has bolted; there's no way to predict their next move by mapping out their movement routes.
After a long while, Yang Shaofeng finally raised his head and looked at Dong Huai'an, saying, "Prefect Dong, these people may not have left Laizhou, or even Dengzhou."
After saying that, Yang Shaofeng simply called over the commander of the Imperial Guards of the Prince Consort's Mansion and ordered, "Send someone to notify all coastal garrisons to block all possible sea routes from Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou."
After the commander of the Imperial Guards of the Prince Consort's Mansion agreed, Yang Shaofeng turned his gaze to Dong Huai'an: "Notify all prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the three prefectures that all people entering and leaving the city gates must be strictly questioned."
“Each village and community shall arrange for able-bodied men to patrol, paying particular attention to those whose faces are unfamiliar.”
"And those workshops and construction sites should be temporarily shut down, and the number of workers should be taken stock. The government offices of each prefecture and county should send people, along with the heads of each village and community, to identify the workers."
Dong Huai'an first bowed in agreement, then asked with great curiosity, "Does Your Highness think these people are still in Laizhou Prefecture?"
Yang Shaofeng sneered and said, "There is one case of a missing child in Weixian County, none in Changyi, two in Pingdu, and none in Yexian County."
"The locations where the crimes occurred were all concentrated in the southern coastal area of Laizhou."
"In other words, the cases of missing children in Weixian and Pingdu are not the same as the cases of missing children in the southern coastal area of Laizhou."
"If this group's goal was to abduct children, they wouldn't have only focused on the southern coast of Laizhou while ignoring the northern coast."
Dong Huai'an nodded, then asked with considerable curiosity, "Why didn't these people start their attack from the northern coastal area?"
To be honest, whether it's Qingzhou, Laizhou, or Dengzhou, the northern coastal areas are relatively better developed, while the southern areas are relatively worse.
This means that the population in the north is larger than that in the south.
If these people are going to abduct children, why don't they start by targeting the north, where there is a larger population and more children?
Yang Shaofeng pointed at the map and laughed, "Qingzhou's capital is Yidu, Laizhou's capital is Yexian, and Dengzhou's capital is Penglai. They are all in the north, with Yexian and Penglai being on the coast."
“They started their operation in the north, and they might have escalated the situation as soon as they abducted a few children.”
"On the other hand, we start from the south, make some noise, and put the coastal prefectures, counties, villages and communities in the north on high alert. Then these people go into hiding, making the coastal prefectures, counties and villages in the north think that the matter is over."
"When you relax after being tense, you tend to be more relaxed than usual."
"In this way, they can not only abduct children from the southern coastal areas, but also abduct more children from the northern coastal areas, basically without delaying either."
Dong Huai'an immediately realized what was going on.
The reason these people started from the south was likely to deliberately alert the enemy, waiting for the villages along the northern coast to calm down before launching a surprise attack and abducting even more children.
The only miscalculation these people made was that they didn't expect that abducting some children would attract the attention of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, let alone attract the evil star Yang Dianfeng.
Dong Huai'an smacked his lips, hesitated for a moment, but still tentatively said, "What if, what if these people have already gone far away?"
Yang Shaofeng sneered and said, "Indeed, we cannot rule out the possibility that these people have already fled far away."
"Only geese leave their calls as they fly by, and people leave their names as they pass through life."
“It’s impossible for these people to leave no trace at all.”
"As long as we catch them by the slightest bit of their weakness, the Embroidered Uniform Guard can find them."
What do the Embroidered Uniform Guards do?
The Embroidered Uniform Guard was originally used for dirty work.
Framing and extracting confessions through torture—these are the special skills of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
There's a joke from later generations about two intelligence agencies boasting about their superiority. To test who was more impressive, the KGB released a rabbit into a forest to see who could find it first. The KGB set fire to the forest and refused to apologize, claiming it was all the rabbit's fault. Meanwhile, the KGB stormed into the forest, captured a bear, and successfully made the bear admit it was the rabbit.
This is a joke.
But when applied to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, this is a stark depiction of reality.
Since some bastards keep popping up to disgust people, let them see how awesome the Embroidered Uniform Guard is.
Driver's sticker?
Don't be ridiculous, that thing only appeared during the Yongle era; there weren't so many rules during the Hongwu era.
Even if I do... I hold the imperial edict and the imperial sword, so I can write it for you on the spot. How many copies do you need?
This official can even have someone prepare evidence for you in advance and write your statement beforehand, so that you can confess, sign and affix your fingerprint once you arrive, and then proceed to the next step of the process.
Yang Shaofeng grinned maliciously and continued, "As for sealing off all the seaports and city gates, that's obviously to alert the enemy."
If these people have really already fled far away, then such a large-scale blockade of the sea and city gates is of course useless.
What if these people were still in Qingzhou, Laizhou, or Dengzhou?
With such a commotion, some of these people are bound to panic.
People are more likely to make mistakes when they are flustered.
After a slight pause, Yang Shaofeng stood up and said, "Prefect Dong, please continue with your work. I have other matters to attend to."
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Jiaoxian County.
The constables at the four city gates carefully questioned all the passersby.
Even locals living in Jiaoxian County need to bring their household registration booklet as proof to enter or leave the city.
Standing on the city wall, Yang Shaofeng glanced at the passersby and casually asked, "Haven't there been any movements lately?"
Xu Yan, the magistrate of Jiao County, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and replied with his hands clasped, "Your Highness, everything in Jiao County has been normal recently, and there has been no disturbance."