After obtaining approval from Tong Guan, Sun Tu then rushed to the Street Department and the City Gate Department to hand over the Privy Council's warrant to the relevant officials. Of course, the seal on this warrant was not Tong Guan's but that of one of the chief officers below.
But even so, just a warrant from the Privy Council was enough to make the two Tokyo security offices obediently obey orders and make corresponding arrangements quickly. After all this busy work, when Sun Tu returned to the police station, it was already around noon, and the environment here was completely different.
Early this morning, people from the public security station were dispatched one after another, and according to the map, all the members related to Pink Swallow in the east and south of the city who had been confessed were captured. In just a few hours, no less than fifty people were brought in. In addition to some of the prisoners who were captured originally, there are now nearly a hundred people detained in the security station, and the number of prisoners exceeds the number of guards.
And as they continued to take people, they also caused some chaos in various parts of the capital, which attracted the dissatisfaction of officials such as the censor who patrolled the city. At this time, two petty officials were questioning in the hall with dark faces, saying that they wanted to go to the security office. The person gave an explanation, which made Shen Liang busy dealing with it, and it was really difficult.
It wasn't until he saw Sun Tu coming in that Shen Liang breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Tou..." Hearing this, the two officials quickly turned around and looked at Sun Tu coming over arrogantly: "You are the police station." Sun Tu, the capital's chief? I was about to ask you, why are you taking people so randomly for no reason? If you cause unrest to the people of the capital, can you afford it?"
"Are you two members of the Street Department? Or are you officials under my Kaifeng Mansion?" Sun Tu ignored their tough attitude and asked after walking to the upper seat and sitting down.
"We are from Yushitai, and we happened to hear about this matter..." One of them immediately revealed his identity and wanted to question again, but was interrupted by Sun Tu: "Since you are not an official in the public security yamen, this matter I have no reason to explain to you. What I can say is that what our Public Security Bureau is doing today is precisely for the stability and prosperity of Tokyo City, and to protect the people from thieves."
"Sun Dutou, I don't see how what you are doing can protect the country and the people! If everyone acts as arbitrarily as you do, the city of Tokyo will not be in chaos!" The censor suddenly said He glared and said threateningly: "Don't you believe that I will give you a copy of this to the imperial court?"
"I only know how to do things according to the rules. It doesn't matter whether you participate or not. But if you continue to cause trouble, I will suspect that you are colluding with the thieves and trying to disrupt our laws. If this is true, don't blame me. The official ordered to arrest him!" Sun Tu's attitude was even tougher, and he immediately said with a serious look on his face.
"You..." The two officials were just about to say something else, but then they saw a few officers nearby who actually wanted to step forward to take someone away, which made them feel shocked. If he were really captured by these rude guards and locked up with some thieves, his reputation would be ruined. At that moment, the two of them no longer dared to entangle, and stood up angrily: "Sun Dutou, we will definitely report what happened today to the court and convict you of disturbing the capital and disturbing the people!"
"Whether it's a crime or a merit is not something you two can decide. Let's leave or not." Sun Tu waved his hand as if to drive people away, not taking these two censors seriously at all.
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He left in a bit of embarrassment, and Shen Liang just stepped forward and said, "Du Tou, isn't this too offending? These crows at Yushitai are the most difficult to offend..."
"It doesn't matter, what we have to do now is to complete the errand and catch all the thieves. As for the others, as long as they make contributions, are we afraid that they will talk like women? By the way, what is the result today?" Sun Tu did not He took it seriously and quickly changed the topic.
Upon hearing this, Shen Liang frowned: "Du Tou, now we have captured nearly a hundred people, and the room behind them has been filled with them. Many people are still crying for injustice. Should we interrogate? Just in case there are any mistakes?"
"There is no rush. Even if some people are innocent, it is not wrong to lock them up for a day or two. As for interrogation, it is not necessary. Most of these people are just peripheral subordinates of Fenyanzi. It is impossible to ask for further information from them. Come. All I want is this result."
"Then shall we continue to arrest people?" Shen Liang asked still with worry on his face. Even if they were just detained, their burden would be huge, not to mention how to deal with them in the future.
"If my guess is right, I won't be able to catch anyone soon." Sun Tu smiled softly, "I have driven them into despair. These people should probably think of repeating their old tricks and go back underground to take refuge. Alright."
Shen Liang is also an old man in Kaifeng Mansion. He immediately understood when he heard this: "Do you mean they will enter the Wuyou Cave? What should we do?" Kaifeng Mansion was unable to cause such a big battle back then. Eradicating the thieves who escaped into Wuyou Cave will be impossible now with only the few people from the Public Security Bureau.
Before Sun Tu could express his intention, Cui Lueshang had already hurried in from outside. He didn't even bother to wipe off the sweat on his face, so he clasped his fists and said, "Du Tou, I just went to several places in succession to capture people but all failed, and there is no news from the city gate. I'm afraid those thieves already know that we are here." Dasuo went all over the city and went to hide elsewhere.”
As soon as he finished speaking, two more subordinates ran in nervously. As soon as they saw Sun Tu, they reported urgently: "Du Tou, a few thieves suddenly got into trouble and escaped from our hands. They actually jumped under the bridge and entered. In the culvert, several of our brothers tried to chase them, but because they were not familiar with the roads, we finally let them escape. Moreover, many thieves had already escaped into the culvert... "
"They actually entered the Worry-free Cave?" Cui Lueshang immediately changed his expression after hearing this: "What can we do?" Obviously, like Shen Liang, he also knew this allusion.
"You don't have to be impatient, just sit down and talk." Sun Tu seemed quite calm, smiling and appeasing everyone.
Before they could react, several more subordinates came in a hurry and passed on similar news. Those thieves related to Pink Swallow suddenly ran into Wuyou Cave, and it was extremely difficult to catch them.
Seeing his subordinates looking at him with uneasy eyes, Sun Tu laughed: "Don't worry, this is the result I want. As long as I force them into the Wuyou Cave, more than half of my plan will be completed, which is enough to kill them." All the pink swallows that have caused trouble for many years were caught in one fell swoop.”
How can this be? Everyone looked at their house with disbelief
Boss, if they didn't understand Sun Dutou's ability and resourcefulness, they would all think that the other party was talking crazy.
Where are Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower? It was deep underground and the roads were extremely complicated. Even if one or two thousand men and horses were thrown in, it might not be enough. The reason those thieves were able to escape Bao Fuyin's pursuit was because they hid there for several months, so the court had to give up. Now it is even more impossible to do it with them alone.
Sun Tu glanced at the people in front of him and said with a smile: "What? Don't you believe it?"
No one spoke. Although everyone had doubts in their hearts, looking at Dutou's confident look and thinking about his previous performance, they couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.
"What do you think is the most difficult thing about completely eradicating Pink Swallows?" Sun Tu suddenly changed the subject and asked.
The subordinates shook their heads in confusion. In their opinion, nothing was difficult, and only their heads could open a way, forcing these thieves to burrow into the ground. Fortunately, Sun Tu didn't expect them to give an answer, so he answered: "The most difficult thing is not to capture those little people who belong to the periphery. Even if we can catch them all today, there will still be others after a while. Work your life for the pink swallows. This so-called wild fire will never burn out, but will be rekindled by the spring breeze.
"So if we want to completely eradicate Pink Swallow, the most important thing is to catch and convict the leading thieves. However, they are the most cautious and often hide very deeply. Even if we have tried our best, we still have not gained much, and even they Not many of the important strongholds were found.
"In this case, why can't we change our strategy and stop looking for their hiding places, but start directly from them? Now is the opportunity. Today, many of our subordinates have fled underground. Do you think those leaders will Aren’t you going to follow him in to appease him?”
Shen Liang understood and nodded repeatedly: "What Dutou said is that I am afraid that the leaders of the Pink Swallows have gone underground now. Otherwise, if they don't care about these subordinates now, they will no longer be able to make people work for them in the future."
"Yes, instead of working hard to find them one by one, it is better to get them together and catch them all in one go. And everything I have deployed before is to give them an idea to escape underground and enter In their so-called worry-free cave, there is no other way to survive.”
At this point, everyone naturally understands Sun Tu's intention, but there is still one most critical question that has not been answered. The thieves have now gone underground according to Dutou's design, but how to capture them
The question came around again, and everyone looked at Sun Tu to see if he had any clever ideas to solve this problem.
Sun Tu stood up and said, "It was winter when Bao Gong took people, so it was difficult to catch these people after they fled underground. Fortunately, it is only autumn now, so things are naturally different. Moreover, this time, Lian Lao The sky is helping us, we will definitely succeed in this battle!" As he said that, he looked up at the sky and strode out.
The others were still a little confused. After walking out of the door, they all looked up at the still dark sky above their heads. The rain in the sky has not stopped yet. It has been raining for almost a month. …