C3565 elephant nose pit

On the north side of Salonga's house, there was not only a Fire Temple, there was also a place called elephant nose pit.

Xiao Letian would definitely be confused if he knew of this place, because in his many years of living in Beijing, he had never heard of this place.

One must know that this is a very bustling place near the East Peak, how could there be such a strange place name?

In fact, it was normal that Xiao Letian did not know it. In his previous life, only a portion of the true people in Beijing would be familiar with this name.

This place was actually within the boundaries of Spring Rain's Lane and Spring Rain's Lane in the Eastern Region. This was a place that had been abolished long ago by the modern man.

elephant nose pit is a weird name! However, this name was very accurate, because in ancient times, elephants were really kept here!

When he was in power, he had to bring a few elephants from the south to celebrate his birthday every year, and this elephant nose pit was the place where he bathed and cooled the elephants.

At that time, there were many ponds and reeds in the city, which were completely different from the high-rise buildings of the 21st century.

elephant nose pit was a huge pond filled with reeds. In the summer, the scenery here was very beautiful!

After the dryad passed away, the Qing Empire's national power gradually weakened, and the number of elephants transported from the south decreased, so this elephant nose pit was no longer as real as it was now.

Without the administration of the government, the people began to plunder the water, and over the long period of time the land was filled and built. The huge pond was divided into three parts, and that was the origin of the names before, during, and after the pits.

Right now, the elephant nose pit had already been divided into three ponds by the alleyway and the house. As time went on, this place would probably be completely filled up and buried.

When he thought about the topography of elephant nose pit, Li Tuo understood that Salonga would definitely not be able to escape in a hurry. With such a large patch of reeds on the elephant nose pit, it was definitely a good place to hide people.

Following Li Tuo's orders, Isha led the soldiers of the minister of nine city gates to flank the man. Some of the soldiers even flipped over the wall of the backyard and directly jumped to the edge of the hole in front of the elephant's nose.

"Ignition lever..." Carefully searching … Lock onto Salonga... "

"Wrapping... Wrapping... Quick, quick... Every alley is blocked... "

"Salonga... You can come out now … I can't hide anymore … "Hurry up and come out …"

"Come out... "If you don't come out soon, we'll start a fire …"

The reeds pond in late autumn had long since turned yellow. Even the Fire God couldn't escape if he set fire to it … He searched from the back of the pit all the way to the middle of the pit, finally arriving at the front pit.

All of the commoners within several kilometers were shocked awake, even the northern Head Office could faintly hear the chaos occurring here.

"Look …" Found... "Is that black shadow a person …"

The crowd immediately became excited, Isha took the lead and rushed forward, dragging out a dead dog-like black man from the mud at the edge of the pit.

Salonga who was hiding in the mud of the reeds was finally arrested!

Li Tuo looked at the lump of smelly black mud on the ground in front of him, and hurriedly pinched his nose with his hands in disgust, "Change him into a new set of clothes …" Ouch … "No matter what, this is a relationship between subjects of the same hall, don't freeze to death …"

There was no need to think about bathing. A few bailiffs casually picked up a pair of tattered cotton-padded jacket and pants and put them on since they didn't know that it was the clothes of the servant from Salonga's family.

After changing into dry clothes, Salonga who was half dead from the cold had finally regained a bit of consciousness. Li Tuo who was sighing and shaking his head, pointed at his teapot: "There's still half a pot of hot tea here, Mr. Sa …" Take a sip! "

Salonga drank the hot tea slowly. This was a pot of Soul-Returning Soup!

All the women who were watching him through the window in the room began to cry. "Master …" Wu wu wu … Master... "What should we do …"

"I don't have a home anymore …" The entire place has been plagiarized … "

Salonga drank half a pot of tea and was finally able to speak. He sat on the stone floor in the rear garden and looked up at Li Tuo as he panted.

"Li Tuo? I've never offended you before. What do you mean by this? "Why did you copy my house!"

Li Tuo looked at him as if he was looking at a fool. "I said Salonga …" "You've been an official for much longer than I have. Do you really need to ask?"

"What is your identity? How precious was the identity of a Manchu with a blue flag? "And it's even a teacher from the Ministry of Justice, Military Intelligence Service Zhang Jing's position …"

"With your status, is that really something I can rob your family of? Without a decree, I can move the troops of minister of nine city gates and the minister of nine city gates? "

Salonga was silent for a moment, he of course knew that Li Tuo had not lied to him, and did not have a command, who would dare to act brazenly and try to rob a house!

"Li Tuo... For the sake of us working together, tell me the truth. Who did I offend? Who gave the order? "

"Salonga! You still don't understand? You're still playing dumb? "

"The order was personally issued by Empress Dowager Xi. Manager Li Lianying has already captured and interrogated all of Military Intelligence Service's young eunuchs one by one!"

"Something about the loss of the fake Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's golden seal … Don't you know anything at all? "

"Ah?" The golden seal was lost? I don't know … How should I know? You won't doubt me, will you? To the heavens and the earth, you cannot wrongly accuse others! "

Even at this time, Salonga still refused to admit it. Li Tuo shook his head. The eunuchs of the palace have already identified you, but you still don't admit it? "

"framing!" This was framing someone! I want to see the empress dowager, I want to see the prince … " Salonga who was struggling wanted to jump up and leave, but Isha simply rushed over and kicked his knee.

"Kneel down …" "Lord Li asked you a question, and you still dare rebel …"

Putong! Salonga's knee struck the stone floor, causing his face to go pale from the pain. You... You can't wrong me... We brothers don't have any conflict with each other! "

"Forget it, big brother. I'm begging you. Send a message to the empress dowager. I really didn't steal anything. Send a message to the empress dowager …" I beg you! "

Li Tuo squatted in front of Salonga with a bitter face. It's not easy to deal with! "No matter what, the imperial government has found a witness. If someone proves that you stole it, the imperial government will have to handle the case as well …"

"What about physical evidence? White Fang, what do you mean by 'what you say'? You copied my house, did you copy out the golden seal? "

"To catch a thief, one must catch a thief; to catch a traitor, one must catch a pair! Don't you, Li Tuo, understand this logic? Where are the loot? Where is the golden seal? "

Li Tuo shook his head: "I really did not find any golden seals in your house. But just because there's nothing here doesn't mean there's nothing else! "

"Someone come …" Let me show Master Salonga our harvest … "